Publications

2026

Journal Articles

Maximum likelihood inference for high-dimensional problems with multiaffine variable relations

J. S. Brouillon; F. Dörfler; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2026. Vol. 183, p. 112690. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112690.

2025

Journal Articles

Distributionally robust infinite-horizon control: from a pool of samples to the design of dependable controllers

J-S. Brouillon; A. Martin; J. Lygeros; F. Dörfler; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2025. DOI : 10.1109/tac.2025.3560542.

On the Guarantees of Minimizing Regret in Receding Horizon

A. Martin; L. Furieri; F. Dorfler; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL. 2025. Vol. 70, num. 3, p. 1547 – 1562. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2024.3464013.

Erratum to “Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems”

L. Furieri; C. L. Galimberti; G. Ferrari‐Trecate 

IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems. 2025. Vol. 4, p. 53 – 53. DOI : 10.1109/ojcsys.2025.3529361.

Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design

C. L. Galimberti; L. Furieri; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Annual Reviews in Control. 2025. Vol. 60, p. 101012. DOI : 10.1016/j.arcontrol.2025.101012.

Conference Papers

Ensuring Stability in Bilinear Structured State-Space Models via IQCs: A Free Parameterisation Approach

V. Gupta; M. Zakwan; G. Ferrari Trecate; A. Karimi 

2025. 2025 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12.

Theses

Dependable learning and control through Neural ODEs

M. Zakwan / G. Ferrari Trecate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

Optimal Control under Uncertainty: From Regret Minimization to Distributional Robustness

A. Martin / G. Ferrari Trecate; J. Lygeros (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

2024

Journal Articles

Regret optimal control for uncertain stochastic systems

A. Martin; L. Furieri; F. Dorfler; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CONTROL. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.ejcon.2024.101051.

Power grid parameter estimation without phase measurements: Theory and empirical validation

J. S. Brouillon; K. Moffat; F. Dörfler; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Electric Power Systems Research. 2024. Vol. 235, p. 110709. DOI : 10.1016/j.epsr.2024.110709.

Hierarchical Control for Vehicle Repositioning in Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems

P. Zhu; G. Ferrari-Trecate; N. Geroliminis 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY. 2024. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3448300.

A Coverage Control-Based Idle Vehicle Rebalancing Approach for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems

P. Zhu; I. I. Sirmatel; G. Ferrari-Trecate; N. Geroliminis 

Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology. 2024. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3375765.

Learning to Optimize with Convergence Guarantees Using Nonlinear System Theory

A. Martin; L. Furieri 

IEEE Control Systems Letters. 2024. Vol. 8, p. 1355 – 1360. DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2024.3406967.

Learning to Boost the Performance of Stable Nonlinear Systems

L. Furieri; C. L. Galimberti; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems. 2024. Vol. 3, p. 342 – 357. DOI : 10.1109/OJCSYS.2024.3441768.

SIMBa: System Identification Methods Leveraging Backpropagation

L. Di Natale; M. Zakwan; P. Heer; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. N. Jones 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2024. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2024.3477301.

Conference Papers

A PAC-Bayesian Framework for Optimal Control with Stability Guarantees

M. G. Boroujeni; C. L. Galimberti; A. Krause; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024-12-16 – 2024-12-19. p. 8237 – 8244. DOI : 10.1109/cdc56724.2024.10886285.

Neural Exponential Stabilization of Control-affine Nonlinear Systems

M. Zakwan; L. Xu; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024-12-16 – 2024-12-19. p. 8602 – 8607. DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886677.

Optimal distributed control with stability guarantees by training a network of neural closed-loop maps

D. Saccani; L. Massai; L. Furieri; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024-12-16 – 2024-12-19. p. 3776 – 3781. DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886574.

Neural Distributed Controllers with Port-Hamiltonian Structures

M. Zakwan; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2024. 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Milan, Italy, 2024-12-16 – 2024-12-19. p. 8633 – 8638. DOI : 10.1109/CDC56724.2024.10886616.

Closing the Gap to Quadratic Invariance: A Regret Minimization Approach to Optimal Distributed Control

D. Martinelli; A. E. Martin; G. Ferrari‐Trecate; L. Furieri 

2024. 2024 European Control Conference (ECC), Stockholm, Sweden, 2024-06-25 – 2024-06-28. p. 756 – 761. DOI : 10.23919/ecc64448.2024.10591017.

Stable Linear Subspace Identification: A Machine Learning Approach

L. Di Natale; M. Zakwan; B. Svetozarevic; P. Heer; G. Ferrari-Trecate et al. 

2024. European Control Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024-06-25 – 2024-06-28. p. 3539 – 3544. DOI : 10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10590843.

Unconstrained Learning of Networked Nonlinear Systems via Free Parametrization of Stable Interconnected Operators

L. Massai; D. Saccani; L. Furieri; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2024. European Control Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 2024-06-25 – 2024-06-28. p. 651 – 656. DOI : 10.23919/ECC64448.2024.10591242.

Theses

Navigating the Loop: From Control Systems to Neural Networks and Back

C. Galimberti / G. Ferrari Trecate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

Estimation and control under uncertainty with application to power systems

J-S. Brouillon / G. Ferrari Trecate; F. Dörfler (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

2023

Journal Articles

Near-Optimal Design of Safe Output-Feedback Controllers From Noisy Data

L. Furieri; B. Guo; A. Martin; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Ieee Transactions On Automatic Control. 2023. Vol. 68, num. 5, p. 2699 – 2714. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2022.3180692.

Bayesian Error-in-Variables Models for the Identification of Distribution Grids

J-S. Brouillon; E. Fabbiani; P. Nahata; K. Moffat; F. Dorfler et al. 

Ieee Transactions On Smart Grid. 2023. Vol. 14, num. 2, p. 1289 – 1299. DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2022.3211546.

Hamiltonian Deep Neural Networks Guaranteeing Non-Vanishing Gradients by Design

C. Galimberti; L. Furieri; L. Xu; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2023.  p. 1 – 8. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2023.3239430.

On the Optimality and Convergence Properties of the Iterative Learning Model Predictive Controller

U. Rosolia; Y. Lian; E. Maddalena; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. Jones 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2023. Vol. 68, num. 1, p. 556 – 563. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2022.3148227.

Homothetic Tube Model Predictive Control With Multi-Step Predictors

D. Saccani; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. N. Zeilinger; J. Kohler 

Ieee Control Systems Letters. 2023. Vol. 7, p. 3561 – 3566. DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3336261.

Regularization for distributionally robust state estimation and prediction

J-S. Brouillon; F. Dörfler; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2023. DOI : 10.48550/arxiv.2304.09921.

Conference Papers

Minimal regret state estimation of time-varying systems

J-S. Brouillon; F. Dorfler; G. F. Trecate 

2023. 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Yokohama, JAPAN, JUL 09-14, 2023. p. 2595 – 2600. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1345.

Unconstrained Parametrization of Dissipative and Contracting Neural Ordinary Differential Equations

D. Martinelli; C. L. Galimberti; I. R. Manchester; L. Furieri; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Singapore, SINGAPORE, DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 3043 – 3048. DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383704.

Maximum likelihood estimation of distribution grid topology and parameters from Smart Meter data

L. Laurent; J-S. Brouillon; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2023. IEEE PES Grid Edge Technologies Conference and Exposition (Grid Edge), San Diego, CA, Apr 10-13, 2023. DOI : 10.1109/GridEdge54130.2023.10102720.

Safe Zeroth-Order Convex Optimization Using Quadratic Local Approximations

B. Guo; Y. Jiang; M. Kamgarpour; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2023. 21st European Control Conference – ECC2023, Bucharest, Romania, June 13-16, 2023. DOI : 10.23919/ECC57647.2023.10178374.

Model Predictive Control for Multi-Agent Systems under Limited Communication and Time-Varying Network Topology

D. Saccani; L. Fagiano; M. N. Zeilinger; A. Carron 

2023. 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Singapore, SINGAPORE, DEC 13-15, 2023. p. 3764 – 3769. DOI : 10.1109/CDC49753.2023.10383790.

Follow the Clairvoyant: an Imitation Learning Approach to Optimal Control

A. Martin; L. Furieri; F. Dorfler; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2023. 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Yokohama, JAPAN, JUL 09-14, 2023. p. 2589 – 2594. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1344.

Equilibria in Network Constrained Energy Markets

G. Como; F. Fagnani; L. Massai 

2023. 22nd World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Yokohama, JAPAN, JUL 09-14, 2023. p. 4168 – 4172. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2023.10.1760.

Theses

Data-Driven Control and Optimization under Noisy and Uncertain Conditions

B. Guo / G. Ferrari Trecate; M. Kamgarpour (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Datasets

Regularization for distributionally robust state estimation and prediction

J-S. Brouillon 

2023.

2022

Journal Articles

A Unified Passivity-Based Framework for Control of Modular Islanded AC Microgrids

F. Strehle; P. Nahata; A. J. Malan; S. Hohmann; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology. 2022. Vol. 30, num. 5, p. 1960 – 1976. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2021.3136489.

Optimal Adaptive Droop Design via a Modified Relaxation of the OPF

H. Sekhavatmanesh; G. Ferrari-Trecate; S. Mastellone 

Ieee Transactions On Control Systems Technology. 2022. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2022.3183164.

Robust Classification Using Contractive Hamiltonian Neural ODEs

M. Zakwan; L. Xu; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Ieee Control Systems Letters. 2022. Vol. 7, p. 145 – 150. DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3186959.

Consensus-Based Current Sharing and Voltage Balancing in DC Microgrids with Exponential Loads

P. Nahata; M. S. Turan; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2022. Vol. 30, num. 4, p. 1668 – 1680. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2021.3120321.

Data-Driven Unknown-Input Observers and State Estimation

M. S. Turan; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Control Systems Letters. 2022. Vol. 6, p. 1424 – 1429. DOI : 10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3102821.

Conference Papers

Neural Energy Casimir Control for Port-Hamiltonian Systems

L. Xu; M. Zakwan; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2022. 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Cancun, Mexico, December 6-9, 2022. DOI : 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9992784.

Distributed neural network control with dependability guarantees: a compositional port-Hamiltonian approach

L. Furieri; C. Galimberti; M. Zakwan; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2022. 4th Annual Conference on Learning for Dynamics and Control, Stanford, California, USA, June 23-24, 2022. p. 571 – 583.

Neural System Level Synthesis: Learning over All Stabilizing Policies for Nonlinear Systems

L. Furieri; C. Galimberti; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2022. 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Cancún, Mexico, December 6-9, 2022. DOI : 10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9992492.

Theses

Data-driven and Safe Networked Control with Applications to Microgrids

M. S. Turan / G. Ferrari Trecate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

Journal Articles

Supervised model predictive control of large-scale electricity networks via clustering methods

A. La Bella; P. Klaus; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

Optimal Control Applications & Methods. 2021. Vol. 43, num. 1, p. 44 – 64. DOI : 10.1002/oca.2725.

On Consensusability of Linear Interconnected Multi-Agent Systems and Simultaneous Stabilization

M. S. Turan; L. Xu; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 2021.  p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/TCNS.2021.3106446.

L2 output feedback control of delayed linear parameter varying systems with piecewise constant parameters: A clock-dependent L-K approach

M. Zakwan; S. Ahmed; N. Bajcinca 

International Journal Of Robust And Nonlinear Control. 2021. Vol. 31, num. 4, p. 1145 – 1167. DOI : 10.1002/rnc.5343.

Conference Papers

Actuator Placement for Structural Controllability beyond Strong Connectivity and towards Robustness

B. Guo; O. Karaca; S. Azhdari; M. Kamgarpour; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2021. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), ELECTR NETWORK, Dec 13-17, 2021. p. 5294 – 5299. DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683002.

A Behavioral Input-Output Parametrization of Control Policies with Suboptimality Guarantees

L. Furieri; B. Guo; A. Martin; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2021. 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), ELECTR NETWORK, Dec 13-17, 2021. p. 2539 – 2544. DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683647.

A unified framework for Hamiltonian deep neural networks

C. Galimberti; L. Xu; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2021. Learning for Dynamics and Control, Online, June 7-8, 2021. p. 275 – 286.

Bayesian Methods for the Identification of Distribution Networks

J-S. Brouillon; E. Fabbiani; P. Nahata; F. Dörfler; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2021. 2021 IEEE 60th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Austin, Texas, USA, December 13-17, 2021. p. 3646 – 3651. DOI : 10.1109/CDC45484.2021.9683503.

Theses

Hierarchical Control of Islanded Microgrids with Flexible Structures

P. Nahata / G. Ferrari Trecate (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

2020

Journal Articles

Dwell-time based stability analysis and L-2 control of LPV systems with piecewise constant parameters and delay

M. Zakwan; S. Ahmed 

Systems & Control Letters. 2020. Vol. 145, p. 104805. DOI : 10.1016/j.sysconle.2020.104805.

A scalable, line-independent control design algorithm for voltage and frequency stabilization in AC islanded microgrids

M. Tucci; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2020. Vol. 111, p. 108577. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108577.

A Passivity-Based Approach to Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrids with ZIP loads

P. Nahata; R. Soloperto; M. Tucci; A. Martinelli; G. Ferrari Trecate 

Automatica. 2020. Vol. 113, p. 108770. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108770.

A Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection Scheme With Application to DC Microgrids

A. J. Gallo; M. S. Turan; F. Boem; T. Parisini; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2020. Vol. 65, num. 9, p. 3800 – 3815. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2020.2982577.

Hierarchical Control in Islanded DC Microgrids With Flexible Structures

P. Nahata; A. L. Bella; R. Scattolini; G. Ferrari Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2020.  p. 1 – 14. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2020.3038495.

Conference Papers

On Existence of Equilibria, Voltage Balancing, and Current Sharing in Consensus-Based DC Microgrids

P. Nahata; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2020. European Control Conference (ECC 20), Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 12‑15, 2020. p. 1216 – 1223. DOI : 10.23919/ECC51009.2020.9143766.

Suboptimal Distributed LQR Design for Physically Coupled Systems

L. Xu; B. Guo; C. Galimberti; M. Farina; R. Carli et al. 

2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control – Meeting Societal Challenges, ELECTR NETWORK, Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 11032 – 11037. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.227.

Consensusability of linear interconnected multi-agent systems

M. S. Turan; L. Xu; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2020. 21st IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control – Meeting Societal Challenges, ELECTR NETWORK, Jul 11-17, 2020. p. 2915 – 2920. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.965.

2019

Journal Articles

Approximate Kron Reduction Methods for Electrical Networks With Applications to Plug-and-Play Control of AC Islanded Microgrids

A. Floriduz; M. Tucci; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions On Control Systems Technology. 2019. Vol. 27, num. 6, p. 2403 – 2416. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2018.2863645.

Enforcing optimal operation in solid-oxide fuel-cell systems

T. d. A. Ferreira; Z. Wuillemin; T. Faulwasser; C. Salzmann; J. Van Herle et al. 

Energy. 2019. Vol. 181, p. 281 – 293. DOI : 10.1016/j.energy.2019.04.188.

Distributed Fault Detection for Interconnected Large-Scale Systems: A Scalable Plug & Play Approach

F. Boem; R. Carli; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

Ieee Transactions On Control Of Network Systems. 2019. Vol. 6, num. 2, p. 800 – 811. DOI : 10.1109/TCNS.2018.2878500.

Stability Analysis of Primary Plug-and-Play and Secondary Leader-Based Controllers for DC Microgrid Clusters

R. Han; M. Tucci; A. Martinelli; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 2019. Vol. 34, num. 3, p. 1780 – 1800. DOI : 10.1109/TPWRS.2018.2884876.

Plug-and-Play Fault Detection and Isolation for Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems With Stochastic Uncertainties

F. Boem; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control. 2019. Vol. 64, num. 1, p. 4 – 19. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2018.2811469.

Conference Papers

Passivity-based Voltage and Frequency Stabilization in AC microgrids

P. Nahata; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2019. 18th European Control Conference (ECC), Naples, Italy, June 25-28, 2019. p. 1890 – 1895. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2019.8796119.

A Supervisory Control Structure for Voltage-Controlled Islanded DC Microgrids

A. La Bella; P. Nahata; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2019. 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, December 11-13, 2019. p. 6566 – 6571. DOI : 10.1109/CDC40024.2019.9029612.

2018

Journal Articles

Stabilizing plug-and-play regulators and secondary coordinated control for AC islanded microgrids with bus-connected topology

S. Riverso; M. Tucci; J. Vasquez; J. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Applied Energy. 2018. Vol. 210, p. 914 – 924. DOI : 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.08.110.

Stable current sharing and voltage balancing in DC microgrids: A consensus-based secondary control layer

M. Tucci; L. Meng; J. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

AUTOMATICA. 2018. Vol. 95, p. 1 – 13. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2018.04.017.

Line-Independent Plug-and-Play Controllers for Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrids

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CONTROL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY. 2018. Vol. 26, num. 3, p. 1115 – 1123. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2017.2695167.

Conference Papers

A Passivity-Based Approach to Voltage Stabilization in DC Microgrids

R. Soloperto; P. Nahata; M. Tucci; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2018. Annual American Control Conference (ACC 2018), Milwaukee, WI, USA, June 27-29, 2018. p. 5374 – 5379. DOI : 10.23919/ACC.2018.8431522.

Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection in the Secondary Control of DC Microgrids

A. J. Gallo; M. S. Turan; P. Nahata; F. Boem; T. Parisini et al. 

2018. European Control Conference (ECC), Limassol, CYPRUS, Jun 12-15, 2018. p. 351 – 356. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550549.

Voltage Stabilization in MVDC Microgrids Using Passivity-Based Nonlinear Control

A. Martinelli; P. Nahata; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2018. 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Miami Beach, FL, Dec 17-19, 2018. p. 7022 – 7027. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2018.8618882.

Distributed Cyber-Attack Detection in the Secondary Control of DC Microgrids

A. J. Gallo; M. S. Turan; P. Nahata; F. Boem; T. Parisini et al. 

2018. European Control Conference 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, p. 344 – 349. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2018.8550549.

2017

Journal Articles

Review on Control of DC Microgrids

L. Meng; Q. Shafiee; G. Ferrari Trecate; H. Karimi; D. Fulwani et al. 

IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics. 2017.  p. 1 – 1. DOI : 10.1109/JESTPE.2017.2690219.

Model predictive controllers for Reduction of Mechanical Fatigue in Wind Farms

S. Riverso; S. Mancini; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2017. Vol. 25, num. 2, p. 535 – 549. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2016.2572170.

Conference Papers

Plug-and-play design of current controllers for grid-feeding converters in DC microgrids

R. Han; M. Tucci; R. Soloperto; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2017. 11th Asian Control Conference (ASCC 2017), Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, December 17-20, 2017. p. 2182 – 2187. DOI : 10.1109/ASCC.2017.8287513.

A distributed attack detection method for multi-agent systems governed by consensus-based control

F. Boem; A. Gallo; G. Ferrari Trecate; T. Parisini 

2017. 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017. p. 5961 – 5966. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264562.

Decentralized and distributed robust control invariance for constrained linear systems

S. Riverso; K. Kouramas; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2017. 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2017), Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017. p. 5978 – 5984. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2017.8264564.

Containment and Consensus-based Distributed Coordination Control for Voltage Bound and Reactive Power Sharing in AC Microgrid

R. Han; L. Meng; G. F. Trecate; E. A. Alves Coelho; J. C. Vasquez et al. 

2017. 32nd IEEE Annual Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC), Tampa, FL, MAY 26-30, 2017. p. 3549 – 3556. DOI : 10.1109/APEC.2017.7931207.

2016

Journal Articles

A decentralized scalable approach to voltage control of DC islanded microgrids

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; J. C. Vasquez; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2016. Vol. 24, num. 6, p. 1965 – 1979. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2016.2525001.

Plug-and-Play fault detection and control reconfiguration for a class of nonlinear large-scale constrained systems

S. Riverso; F. Boem; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2016. Vol. 61, num. 12, p. 3963 – 3978. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2016.2535724.

What population reveals about individual cell identity: Single-cell parameter estimation of models of gene expression in yeast

A. Llamosi; A. M. Gonzalez-Vargas; C. Versari; E. Cinquemani; G. Ferrari-Trecate et al. 

PLoS Computational Biology. 2016. Vol. 12, num. 2, p. e1004706. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004706.

Conference Papers

Validation methods for population models of gene expression dynamics

A. M. González-Vargas; E. Cinquemani; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016. 6th IFAC Conference on Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE), Magdeburg, October 9-12, 2016. p. 114 – 119. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.12.112.

Scalable Monitoring of Interconnected Stochastic Systems

F. Boem; R. Carli; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

2016. 2016 IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, USA, December 12-14, 2016. p. 1285 – 1290. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2016.7798443.

Voltage stabilization in DC microgrids through coupling-independent plug-and-play controllers

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016.  p. 4944 – 4949. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2016.7799025.

Plug-and-play control of AC islanded microgrids with general topology

M. Tucci; A. Floriduz; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016. 2016 European Control Conference (ECC), Aalborg, June 29 – July 1, 2016. p. 1493 – 1500. DOI : 10.1109/ECC.2016.7810501.

Reports

Validation methods for population models of gene expression dynamics

A. M. González-Vargas; E. Cinquemani; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016

Voltage stabilization in DC microgrids: an approach based on line-independent plug-and-play controllers

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016

Consensus algorithms and plug-and-play control for current sharing in DC microgrids

M. Tucci; L. Meng; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2016

2015

Journal Articles

Plug-and-play state estimation and application to distributed output-feedback model predictive control

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

European Journal of Control. 2015. Vol. 25, p. 17 – 26. DOI : 10.1016/j.ejcon.2015.04.001.

Plug-and-Play Voltage and Frequency Control of Islanded Microgrids With Meshed Topology

S. Riverso; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 2015. Vol. 6, num. 3, p. 1176 – 1184. DOI : 10.1109/TSG.2014.2381093.

Distributed bounded-error state estimation based on practical robust positive invariance

S. Riverso; D. Rubini; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

International Journal of Control. 2015. Vol. 88, num. 11, p. 2277 – 2290. DOI : 10.1080/00207179.2015.1040844.

Plug-and-Play distributed model predictive control with coupling attenuation

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Optim. Control Appl. Meth.. 2015. Vol. 36, num. 3, p. 292 – 305. DOI : 10.1002/oca.2142.

Conference Papers

Stochastic fault detection in a plug-and-play scenario

F. Boem; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

2015.  p. 3137 – 3142. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402689.

A Plug-and-Play fault diagnosis approach for large-scale systems

F. Boem; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

2015. 9th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision andSafety for Technical Processes SAFEPROCESS 2015, Paris, France, September 2-4, 2015, 2–4 September 2015. p. 601 – 606. DOI : 10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.09.592.

Deterministic and stochastic MPC algorithms for minimizing mechanical stresses in wind farms

S. Riverso; S. Mancini; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2015.  p. 1340 – 1345. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402397.

Voltage control of DC islanded microgrids: a decentralized scalable approach

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; J. C. Vasquez; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2015.  p. 3149 – 3154. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2015.7402691.

Reports

Kron reduction methods for plug-and-play control of AC islanded microgrids with arbitrary topology

M. Tucci; A. Floriduz; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2015

2014

Journal Articles

Plug-and-Play Model Predictive Control based on robust control invariant sets

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2014. Vol. 50, p. 2179 – 2186. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2014.06.004.

Conference Papers

Voltage and frequency control of islanded microgrids: a plug-and-play approach

S. Riverso; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2014.  p. 73 – 78. DOI : 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007625.

Plug-and-play decentralized frequency regulation for power networks with FACTS devices

S. Riverso; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2014. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), Venice, Italy, November 3-6. p. 79 – 84. DOI : 10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007626.

Fault Diagnosis and Control-reconfiguration in Large-scale Systems: a Plug-and-Play Approach

S. Riverso; F. Boem; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

2014.  p. 4977 – 4982. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2014.7040166.

Reports

Model predictive controllers for reduction of mechanical fatigue in wind farms

S. Riverso; S. Mancini; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2014

Plug-and-play voltage and frequency control of islanded microgrids with meshed topology

S. Riverso; F. Sarzo; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2014

A decentralized scalable approach to voltage control of DC islanded microgrids

M. Tucci; S. Riverso; J. C. Vasquez; J. M. Guerrero; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2014

Plug-and-play fault diagnosis and control-reconfiguration for a class of nonlinear large-scale constrained systems

S. Riverso; F. Boem; G. Ferrari-Trecate; T. Parisini 

2014

2013

Journal Articles

A hybrid model predictive control scheme for containment and distributed sensing in multi-agent systems

L. Galbusera; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

Systems and Control Letters. 2013. Vol. 62, num. 5, p. 413 – 419. DOI : 10.1016/j.sysconle.2013.02.007.

Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control for Linear Systems

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2013. Vol. 58, num. 10, p. 2608 – 2614. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2013.2254641.

Conference Papers

Design of plug-and-play model predictive control: an approach based on linear programming

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2013.  p. 6530 – 6535. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760922.

Plug-and-play distributed state estimation for linear systems

S. Riverso; M. Farina; R. Scattolini; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2013.  p. 4889 – 4894. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760656.

Distributed bounded-error state estimation for partitioned systems based on practical robust positive invariance

S. Riverso; D. Rubini; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2013.  p. 2633 – 2638. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2013.6669300.

Identification of biological models from single-cell data: a comparison between mixed-effects and moment-based inference

A. M. Gonzalez; J. Uhlendorf; J. Schaul; E. Cinquemani; G. Batt et al. 

2013. Zurich, CH, July 17-19. p. 3652 – 3657. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.2013.6669366.

Plug and Play Distributed Model Predictive Control Based on Distributed Invariance and Optimization

M. N. Zeilinger; Y. Pu; S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. Jones 

2013. 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Firenze, Italy, December, 2013. p. 5770 – 5776. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2013.6760799.

Reports

Identification of biological models from single-cell data: a comparison between mixed-effects and moment-based inference

A. M. Gonzalez; J. Uhlendorf; J. Schaul; E. Cinquemani; G. Batt et al. 

2013

Distributed bounded-error state estimation for partitioned systems based on practical robust positive invariance

S. Riverso; D. Rubini; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2013

Plug-and-play distributed state estimation for linear systems

S. Riverso; M. Farina; R. Scattolini; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2013

2012

Journal Articles

Tube-based distributed control of linear constrained systems

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari Trecate 

Automatica. 2012. Vol. 48, num. 11, p. 2860 – 2865. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2012.08.024.

Distributed moving horizon estimation for nonlinear constrained systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2012. Vol. 22, num. 2, p. 123 – 143. DOI : 10.1002/rnc.1676.

Invalidation of the structure of genetic network dynamics: a geometric approach

R. Porreca; E. Cinquemani; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2012. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 1140 – 1156. DOI : 10.1002/rnc.2799.

Editorial of the Special Issue on System Identification for Biological Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Sznaier 

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2012. Vol. 22, num. 10, p. 1063 – 1064. DOI : 10.1002/rnc.2841.

Conference Papers

Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012.  p. 4193 – 4198. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2012.6426730.

Reports

Plug-and-Play Model Predictive Control based on robust control invariant sets

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

Hycon2 Benchmark: Power Network System

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control

S. Riverso; M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

Tube-based distributed control of linear constrained systems

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

PnPMPC: a toolbox for MatLab

S. Riverso; A. Battocchio; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

2011

Journal Articles

Moving horizon estimation for distributed nonlinear systems with application to cascade river reaches

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. Romani; R. Scattolini 

Journal of Process Control. 2011. Vol. 21, num. 5, p. 767 – 774. DOI : 10.1016/j.jprocont.2010.10.022.

Conference Papers

Learning the structure of genetic network dynamics : A geometric approach

R. Porreca; E. Cinquemani; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2011. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, Aug. 28 – Sept. 2, 2011. p. 11654 – 11659. DOI : 10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.01578.

2010

Journal Articles

Identification of genetic network dynamics with unate structure

R. Porreca; E. Cinquemani; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Bioinformatics. 2010. Vol. 26, num. 9, p. 1239 – 1245. DOI : 10.1093/bioinformatics/btq120.

Moving horizon partition-based state estimation of large-scale systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

Automatica. 2010. Vol. 46, num. 5, p. 910 – 918. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2010.02.010.

Call for Papers: Special Issue on System Identification for Biological Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Sznaier 

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2010. Vol. 20, num. 7, p. 842. DOI : 10.1002/rnc.1576.

Partitioning datasets based on equalities among parameters

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2010. Vol. 46, num. 2, p. 460 – 465. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2009.12.006.

Distributed Moving Horizon Estimation for Linear Constrained Systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2010. Vol. 55, num. 11, p. 2462 – 2475. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2010.2046058.

Conference Papers

Structural Identification of Unate-Like Genetic Network Models from Time-Lapse Protein Concentration Measurements

R. Porreca; E. Cinquemani; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2010.  p. 2529 – 2534. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717922.

Distributed moving horizon estimation for nonlinear constrained systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2010. 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems, Bologna, Italy, September 1 – 3. p. 909 – 914. DOI : 10.3182/20100901-3-IT-2016.00103.

State estimation for large-scale partitioned systems: a moving horizon approach

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2010.  p. 3180 – 3185. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2010.5530968.

Reports

Distributed moving horizon estimation for nonlinear constrained systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2010

2009

Journal Articles

Model Predictive Control Schemes for Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems with Single- and Double-Integrator Dynamics

G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Galbusera; M. P. E. Marciandi; R. Scattolini 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2009. Vol. 54, num. 11, p. 2560 – 2572. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2009.2031208.

Conference Papers

Distributed moving horizon estimation for sensor networks

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2009. 1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NECSYS), Venice, Italy, 24-26 September, 2009. p. 126 – 131. DOI : 10.3182/20090924-3-IT-4005.00022.

Canalizing structure of genetic network dynamics: modelling and identification via mixed-integer programming

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2009.  p. 5618 – 5623. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400670.

A moving horizon scheme for distributed state estimation

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2009.  p. 1818 – 1823. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400244.

A hybrid model predictive control scheme for multi-agent containment and distributed sensing

L. Galbusera; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2009.  p. 7006 – 7011. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2009.5400450.

Identification of parameters and structure of piecewise affine models of genetic networks

R. Porreca; S. Drulhe; H. de Jong; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2009. 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID09), Saint Malo, France, 6-8 July, 2009. p. 587 – 592. DOI : 10.3182/20090706-3-FR-2004.00097.

Book Chapters

Chapter 10: Tools for modeling, simulation, control, and verification of piecewise affine systems

A. Bemporad; S. Di Cairano; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Kvasnica; M. Morari et al. 

Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control: Theory, Tools, and Applications; Cambridge University Press, 2009. p. 299 – 324.

Chapter 4: Switched and piecewise affine systems

J. Daafouz; M. D. Di Benedetto; V. D. Blondel; G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Hetel et al. 

Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control: Theory, Tools, and Applications; Cambridge University Press, 2009. p. 89 – 134.

Reports

A moving horizon scheme for distributed state estimation

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2009

Canalizing structure of genetic network dynamics: modelling and identification via mixed-integer programming

R. Porreca; E. Cinquemani; J. Lygeros; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2009

Moving horizon state estimation of large-scale constrained partitioned systems

M. Farina; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Scattolini 

2009

Partitioning Datasets Based on Equalities Among Parameters

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2009

2008

Journal Articles

Containment Control in Mobile Networks

M. Ji; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Egerstedt; A. Buffa 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2008. Vol. 53, num. 8, p. 1972 – 1975. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2008.930098.

Subtilin Production by Bacillus Subtilis: Stochastic Hybrid Models and Parameter Identification

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; J. Lygeros 

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and systems I: Regular papers and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2008. Vol. 53, num. Special issue on systems biology, p. 38 – 50. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2007.911327.

Structural Identification of Piecewise-Linear Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks

R. Porreca; S. Drulhe; H. de Jong; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Journal of Computational Biology. 2008. Vol. 15, num. 10, p. 1365 – 1380. DOI : 10.1089/cmb.2008.0109.

The switching threshold reconstruction problem for piecewise-affine models of genetic regulatory networks

S. Drulhe; G. Ferrari-Trecate; H. de Jong 

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and systems I: Regular papers and IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2008. Vol. 53, num. Special issue on systems biology, p. 153 – 165. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2007.911326.

Average consensus problems in networks of agents with delayed communications

P-A. Bliman; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2008. Vol. 44, num. 8, p. 1985 – 1995. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2007.12.010.

Conference Papers

Identification of pieceWise affine models of genetic regulatory networks: the data classification problem

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2008. 17th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, 6-11 July, 2008. p. 307 – 312. DOI : 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.00052.

Contractive distributed MPC for consensus in networks of single- and double-integrators

G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Galbusera; M. P. E. Marciandi; R. Scattolini 

2008. 17th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Seoul, Korea, 6-11 July, 2008. p. 9033 – 9038. DOI : 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.01525.

2007

Journal Articles

Identification of hybrid systems: a tutorial

S. Paoletti; A. L. Juloski; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Vidal 

European Journal of Control. 2007. Vol. 513, num. 2-3, p. 242 – 260. DOI : 10.3166/ejc.13.242-260.

Metodi di identificazione per modelli affini a tratti di reti genetiche

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Porreca 

Convegno SIDRA, Genova, Italy. 2007. 

Conference Papers

Parameter identification for stochastic hybrid models of biological interaction networks

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; J. Lygeros 

2007.  p. 5180 – 5185. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434647.

A Model Predictive Control Scheme for Consensus in multi-agent Systems with Single-Integrator Dynamics and Input Constraints

G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Galbusera; M. P. E. Marciandi; R. Scattolini 

2007.  p. 1492 – 1497. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434323.

An Identification Procedure for Piecewise-Affine Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks

S. Drulhe; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; H. de Jong 

2007. 

Hybrid identification methods for the reconstruction of genetic regulatory networks

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2007.  p. 4845 – 4852.

A general framework for the identification of jump Markov linear systems

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; J. Lygeros 

2007.  p. 5737 – 5742. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434378.

Control schemes based on the wave equation for consensus in multi-agent systems with double-integrator dynamics

L. Galbusera; M. P. E. Marciandi; P. Bolzern; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2007.  p. 1498 – 1503. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434358.

Model Predictive Control Schemes for Consensus in multi-Agent Systems with Integrator Dynamics and Time-Varying Communication

G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Galbusera; M. P. E. Marciandi; R. Scattolini 

2007. 

Switch Detection in Genetic Regulatory Networks

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Chieppi; L. Magni; O. Bernard 

2007. 10th International Workshop, HSCC 2007, Pisa, Italy, April 3-5, 2007. p. 754 – 757. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-540-71493-4_77.

Sliding mode control for coordination in multi-agent systems with directed communication graphs

A. Ferrara; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. Vecchio 

2007.  p. 1477 – 1484.

Reports

A general framework for the identification of jump Markov linear systems

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; J. Lygeros 

2007

Identification of PieceWise Affine Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks: the Data Classification Problem

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2007

2006

Journal Articles

Consistent Sobolev Regression via Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Concepts

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 2006. Vol. 157, num. 8, p. 1075 – 1091. DOI : 10.1016/j.fss.2005.08.008.

Nonlinear Filtering for Switch Detection in Hybrid Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks

D. Chieppi; G. Ferrari-Trecate; L. Magni; R. Porreca; O. Bernard 

Convegno CIRA, Milano, Italy. 2006. 

Observability analysis and state observers for automotive powertrains with backlash: a hybrid system approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Gati 

International Journal of Control. 2006. Vol. 79, num. 5, p. 496 – 507. DOI : 10.1080/00207170600587507.

Analysis of Coordination in multi-Agent Systems Through Partial Difference Equations

G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Buffa; M. Gati 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2006. Vol. 51, num. 6, p. 1058 – 1063. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2006.876805.

Conference Papers

Hierarchical Containment Control in Heterogeneous Mobile Networks

M. Ji; M. Egerstedt; G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Buffa 

2006. 17th International Symposium on MathematicalTheory of Networks and Systems, Kyoto, Japan, July 24-28, 2006. p. 2227 – 2231.

Book Chapters

Laplacian sheep: a hybrid, stop-go policy for leader-based containment control

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Egerstedt; A. Buffa; M. Ji 

Hybrid systems: computation and control; Berlin: Springer, 2006. p. 212 – 226.

Reconstruction of Switching Thresholds in Piecewise-Affine Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks.

S. Drulhe; G. Ferrari-Trecate; H. de Jong; A. Viari 

Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control. HSCC 2006; Springer-Verlag, 2006. p. 184 – 199.

Reports

Subtilin Production by Bacillus Subtilis: Stochastic Hybrid Models and Parameter Identification

E. Cinquemani; R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; J. Lygeros 

2006

Switch Detection in Genetic Regulatory Networks

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Chieppi; L. Magni; O. Bernard 

2006

Reconstruction of Switching Thresholds in Piecewise-Affine Models of Genetic Regulatory Networks

S. Drulhe; G. Ferrari-Trecate; H. de Jong; A. Viari 

2006

2005

Conference Papers

Analysis of coordination in multi-agent systems through Partial difference Equations. Part II: Nonlinear control

G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Buffa; M. Gati 

2005. 16th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July, 2005. p. 209 – 214. DOI : 10.3182/20050703-6-CZ-1902.02087.

Optimal Control for Real-Time Feedback Rate-Monotonic Schedulers

T. Ayav; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2005. ISCIS 2005 20th International Symposium, Istanbul, Turkey, October 26-28, 2005. p. 894 – 903. DOI : 10.1007/11569596_91.

Average consensus problems in networks of agents with delayed communications

P-A. Bliman; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2005.  p. 7066 – 7071. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2005.1583300.

Analysis of coordination in multi-agent systems through Partial difference Equations. Part I: The Laplacian control

G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Buffa; M. Gati 

2005. 16th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Prague, Czech Republic, 3-8 July, 2005. p. 203 – 208. DOI : 10.3182/20050703-6-CZ-1902.02086.

Computation of Observability Regions for Piecewise Affine Systems: A Projection-Based Algorithm

M. Gati; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2005.  p. 6922 – 6927. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2005.1583276.

Comparison of four procedures for the identification of hybrid systems

A. L. Juloski; W. P. M. H. Heemels; G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Vidal; S. Paoletti et al. 

2005. 8th International Workshop, HSCC 2005, Zurich, Switzerland, March 9-11, 2005. p. 354 – 369. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-540-31954-2_23.

Reports

Average consensus problems in networks of agents with delayed communications

P-A. Bliman; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2005

2004

Journal Articles

Data-based hybrid modelling of the component placement process in pick-and-place machines

A. L. Juloski; W. P. M. H. Heemels; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Control Engineering Practice. 2004. Vol. 12, num. 10, p. 1241 – 1252. DOI : 10.1016/j.conengprac.2004.04.004.

Modeling and Control of Co-generation Power Plants: A Hybrid System Approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; E. Gallestey; P. Letizia; M. Spedicato; M. Morari et al. 

IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 2004. Vol. 12, num. 5, p. 694 – 705. DOI : 10.1109/TCST.2004.826958.

Conference Papers

Stability Properties of Adaptive Real-Time Feedback Scheduling: A Statistical Approach

T. Ayav; G. Ferrari-Trecate; S. Ylmaz 

2004. 

Comparison of three procedures for the identification of hybrid systems

J. H. G. Niessen; A. L. Juloski; G. Ferrari-Trecate; W. P. M. H. Heemels 

2004.  p. 643 – 648. DOI : 10.1109/CCA.2004.1387285.

Reports

Analysis of Coordination in multiple Agents Formations through Partial Difference Equations

G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Buffa; M. Gati 

2004

2003

Journal Articles

Anwendung von modellbasierter prädiktiver Regelung und Methoden der hybriden Systeme zur optimalen Produktionsplanung (Using Model Predictive Control and Hybrid Systems for Optimal Scheduling of Industrial Processes)

E. Gallestey; A. Stothert; D. Castagnoli; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

Automatisierungstechnik. 2003. Vol. 51, num. 6, p. 285 – 293. DOI : 10.1524/auto.51.6.285.22445.

A clustering technique for the identification of piecewise affine and hybrid systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli; D. Liberati; M. Morari 

Automatica. 2003. Vol. 39, p. 205 – 217. DOI : 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00224-8.

Regularization Networks for Inverse Problems: A state-space approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

Automatica. 2003. Vol. 39, p. 669 – 676. DOI : 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00280-7.

Lagrange Stability and Performance Analysis of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine Systems with Logic States

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; M. Morari 

International Journal of Control. 2003. Vol. 76, num. 16, p. 1585 – 1598. DOI : 10.1080/00207170310001619877.

Conference Papers

Stability analysis of discrete-time switched systems through Lyapunov functions with nonminimal state

P-A. Bliman; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2003. IFAC Conference on the Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS 03), St. Malo, France, 16-18 June 2003. p. 325 – 329. DOI : 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)36452-2.

Identification of an Experimental Hybrid System

A. L. Juloski; W. P. M. H. Heemels; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2003. IFAC Conference on the Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS 03), St. Malo, France, 16-18 June 2003. p. 39 – 44. DOI : 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)36404-2.

Computation Observability Regions for Discrete-time Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Gati 

2003.  p. 1153 – 1158. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2003.1272763.

Conditions of Optimal Classification for Piecewise Affine Regression

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Schinkel 

2003. 6th International Workshop, HSCC 2003 Prague, Czech Republic, April 3–5, 2003. p. 188 – 202. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-36580-X_16.

Single-linkage clustering for optimal classification in piecewise affine regression

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli 

2003. IFAC Conference on the Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS 03), St. Malo, France, 16-18 June 2003. p. 33 – 38. DOI : 10.1016/S1474-6670(17)36403-0.

2002

Journal Articles

Moving Horizon Estimation for Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2002. Vol. 47, num. 10, p. 1663 – 1676. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2002.802772.

Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Gaussian Concepts: Approximation Properties in Sobolev Norms

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 2002. Vol. 130, num. 2, p. 137 – 145. DOI : 10.1016/S0165-0114(01)00083-5.

Analysis of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

Automatica. 2002. Vol. 38, p. 2139 – 2146. DOI : 10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00142-5.

Conference Papers

Analysis of Discrete-Time PWA Systems with Logic States

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; M. Morari 

2002. 5th International Workshop, HSCC 2002, Stanford, CA, USA, March 25–27, 2002. p. 194 – 208. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-45873-5_17.

Representing logic and dynamics: the role of piecewise affine models in the biomedical field

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Liberati 

2002. 5th European Conference of the European Society of Mathematical and Theoretical Biology, Milan, Italy, 2-6 July 2002.

A New Learning Method for Piecewise Linear Regression

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli 

2002. Artificial Neural Networks — ICANN 2002 International Conference, Madrid, Spain, August 28–30, 2002. p. 444 – 449. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-46084-5_72.

Modelling and Control of Co-generation Power Plants under Consideration of Lifetime Consumption: A Hybrid System Approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; E. Gallestey; A. Stothert; G. Hovland; P. Letizia et al. 

2002. 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona, Spain, 21-26 July, 2002. p. 275 – 280. DOI : 10.3182/20020721-6-ES-1901.01197.

Modeling and Control of Co-generation Power Plants: A Hybrid System Approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; E. Gallestey; P. Letizia; M. Spedicato; M. Morari et al. 

2002. Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control – 5th International Workshop, HSCC 2002, Stanford, CA, USA, March 25–27, 2002. p. 209 – 224. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-45873-5_18.

Reports

Modeling and Control of Co-generation Power Plants: A Hybrid System Approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; E. Gallestey; P. Letizia; M. Spedicato; M. Morari et al. 

2002

2001

Journal Articles

Regularization networks: fast weight calculation via Kalman filtering

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 2001. Vol. 12, num. 2, p. 228 – 235. DOI : 10.1109/72.914520.

Conference Papers

Analysis and Control with Performance of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

2001. 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 25-27 June.. p. 200 – 205. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2001.945542.

Identification of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli; D. Liberati; M. Morari 

2001. 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington (VA), USA, p. 3521 – 3526. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2001.946178.

Reconfiguration strategies for hybrid systems

K. Tsuda; D. Mignone; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

2001. 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 25-27 June. p. 868 – 873. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2001.945826.

Computing the equivalent number of parameters of fixed-interval smoothers

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2001.  p. 2905 – 2910. DOI : 10.1109/.2001.980717.

Identificazione lineare a tratti di sistemi ibridi dinamico-logici

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2001. 

NARX Models: Optimal Parametric Approximation of Nonparametric Estimators

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2001. 2001 American Control Conference, Arlington, Virginia, USA, 25-27 June. p. 4868 – 4873. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2001.945754.

A Learning Algorithm for Piecewise Linear Regression

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli; D. Liberati; M. Morari 

2001. 12th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Italy, 17–19 May 2001. p. 114 – 119. DOI : 10.1007/978-1-4471-0219-9_9.

Book Chapters

A clustering technique for the identification of Piecewise Affine Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli; D. Liberati; M. Morari 

Proc. 4th International Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control; Springer-Verlag, 2001. p. 218 – 231.

Reports

Analysis of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

2001

Computing the equivalent number of parameters of fixed-interval smoothers

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2001

Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Gaussian Concepts: Approximation Properties in Sobolev Norms

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

2001

Analysis of Discrete-Time PWA Systems with Boolean Inputs, Outputs and States

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; M. Morari 

2001

Optimization with Piecewise Affine Cost Functions

G. Ferrari-Trecate; P. Letizia; M. Spedicato 

2001

2000

Journal Articles

Fast spline smoothing via spectral factorization concepts

G. Sparacino; G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Automatica. 2000. Vol. 36, num. 11, p. 1733 – 1739. DOI : 10.1016/S0005-1098(00)00100-X.

Reti neurali regolarizzate

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Matematica e Neuroscienze: Metodi, Modelli e Simulazione (Neuromat), Milano, Italy. 2000. 

Observability and Controllability of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

A. Bemporad; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2000. Vol. 45, num. 10, p. 1864 – 1876. DOI : 10.1109/TAC.2000.880987.

Conference Papers

Stability and Stabilization of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems: An LMI Approach

D. Mignone; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

2000. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.2000.912814.

A Kalman filtering algorithm for regularization networks

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2000. 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 28-30 June. p. 2220 – 2224. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2000.878574.

Moving Horizon Estimation for Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

2000. 2000 American Control Conference, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 28-30 June. p. 1684 – 1688. DOI : 10.1109/ACC.2000.879488.

Mixed Logic Dynamical Model of a Hydroelectric Power Plant

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; D. Castagnoli; M. Morari 

2000. 

Moving Horizon Estimation for Piecewise Affine Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

2000. AIChE annual meeting – “Exchanging Ideas for Innovation”, Los Angeles, California, US, 12-17 November 2000.

Book Chapters

Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Gaussian Concepts and Replicating Kernel Hilbert Spaces

R. Rovatti; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Intelligent Technologies – Proceedings of the WILF’99 Italian Workshop on Fuzzy Logic 1999; Shaker Publishing, Maastricht, NL, 2000. p. 37 – 48.

Reports

Regularization Networks for Inverse Problems: A state-space approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2000

Stability and Stabilization of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems: An LMI Approach

D. Mignone; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

2000

Reconfiguration strategies for hybrid systems

K. Tsuda; D. Mignone; M. Morari; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2000

NARX Models: Optimal Parametric Approximation of Nonparametric Estimators

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2000

Regularization networks: Fast weight calculation via Kalman filtering

G. D. N. A. G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2000

Hybrid Modeling and Control of a Hydroelectric Power Plant

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; D. Castagnoli; M. Morari 

2000

A clustering technique for the identification of piecewise affine and hybrid systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Muselli; D. Liberati; M. Morari 

2000

Analysis and Control with Performance of Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; F. A. Cuzzola; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

2000

Consistent Sobolev Regression via Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Concepts

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

2000

1999

Journal Articles

On the Wold decomposition of discrete-time cyclostationary processes

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. 1999. Vol. 47, num. 7, p. 2041 – 2043. DOI : 10.1109/78.771051.

Oltre i minimi quadrati: le reti neurali regolarizzate

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Convegno CIRA, Como, Italy. 1999. 

Consistent identification of NARX models via regularization networks

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 1999. Vol. 44, num. 11, p. 2045 – 2049. DOI : 10.1109/9.802913.

Conference Papers

Sobolev Approximation by means of Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Gaussian Concepts

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

1999. FUZZ-IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Seoul, Korea, p. 1024 – 1029. DOI : 10.1109/FUZZY.1999.793093.

Observability and controllability of piecewise affine and hybrid systems

A. Bemporad; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Morari 

1999.  p. 3966 – 3971. DOI : 10.1109/CDC.1999.827980.

Model Predictive Control: Ideas for the next Generation

A. Bemporad; G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; M. Morari; F. Torrisi 

1999. 1999 European Control Conference (ECC), Karlsruhe, Germany, 31 August – 3 September. p. 3880 – 3885. DOI : 10.23919/ECC.1999.7099937.

Theses

Bayesian methods for nonparametric regression with neural networks

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

1999. 

Book Chapters

Finite-dimensional approximation of Gaussian processes

M. Opper; G. Ferrari-Trecate; C. K. I. Williams 

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems; MIT Press, 1999. p. 218 – 224.

Reports

Moving Horizon Estimation for Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; D. Mignone; M. Morari 

1999

1998

Journal Articles

Zeros of Continuous-time Linear Periodic Systems

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate; S. Pinzoni 

Automatica. 1998. Vol. 34, num. 12, p. 1651 – 1655. DOI : 10.1016/S0005-1098(98)80023-X.

Conference Papers

Explicit evaluation of the equivalent degrees of freedom of smoothing splines: A spectral factorization approach

G. Sparacino; G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

1998. Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS’98), Padova, Italy, 6-10 July, 1998. p. 759 – 762.

The structure of predictable discrete-time cyclostationary processes

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

1998.  p. 751 – 753.

MAXENT priors for stochastic filtering problems

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate; A. Lecchini 

1998.  p. 755 – 758.

Nonparametric deconvolution of hormone time-series: A state-space approach

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Franzosi 

1998.  p. 346 – 350. DOI : 10.1109/CCA.1998.728443.

Identification of NARX models using regularization networks: A consistency result

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

1998.  p. 2407 – 2412. DOI : 10.1109/IJCNN.1998.687239.

1997

Journal Articles

On the zeros of discrete-time linear periodic systems

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing. 1997. Vol. 16, num. 6, p. 703 – 718. DOI : 10.1007/BF01371573.

1996

Conference Papers

Zeros of Continuous-time Linear Periodic Systems

G. De Nicolao; G. Ferrari-Trecate; S. Pinzoni 

1996.