Publications

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2026

Controller Design for Structured State-space Models via Contraction Theory

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

2026. 2026 European Control Conference (ECC), Reykjavík, Iceland, 2026-07-07 – 2026-07-10.

Neural Port-Hamiltonian Models for Nonlinear Distributed Control: An Unconstrained Parametrization Approach

M. Zakwan; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2026.  p. 1 – 16. DOI : 10.1109/tac.2026.3683628.

Learning and Control with Generalization and Stability Certificates

M. Ghoddousiboroujeni / G. Ferrari Trecate; A. Krause (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2026. 

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

Data-driven Distributionally Robust Control Based on Sinkhorn Ambiguity Sets

R. Cescon; A. Martin; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 4708 – 4713. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312633.

Robust Convolution Neural ODEs via Contractivity-promoting regularization

M. Zakwan; L. Xu; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 8028 – 8033. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312416.

Free Parametrization of ℒ 2 -bounded State Space Models

L. Massai; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 7012 – 7017. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312999.

MAD: A Magnitude And Direction Policy Parametrization for Stability Constrained Reinforcement Learning

L. Furieri; S. Shenoy; D. Saccani; A. Martin; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 942 – 947. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312015.

U-centrality: A Network Centrality Measure Based on Minimum Energy Control for Laplacian Dynamics

X. Zheng; L. Massai; M. Franceschetti; B. Touri 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 4338 – 4344. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312293.

Boosting the transient performance of reference tracking controllers with neural networks

N. Kirsch; L. Massai; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 8015 – 8021. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312988.

Neural Identification of Feedback-Stabilized Nonlinear Systems

M. G. Boroujeni; L. Meroi; L. Massai; C. L. Galimberti; G. Ferrari Trecate 

2025. 2025 IEEE 64th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2025-12-09 – 2025-12-12. p. 4201 – 4207. DOI : 10.1109/cdc57313.2025.11312335.

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. p. 7481 – 7486. DOI : 10.1109/CDC57313.2025.11312823.

En Route Path-planning for Partially Occupied Vehicles in Ride-pooling Systems

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

2025. 2025 European Control Conference (ECC), Thessaloniki, Greece, 2025-06-24 – 2025-06-27. p. 2952 – 2957. DOI : 10.23919/ecc65951.2025.11187020.

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.

Safe Zeroth-order Optimization Using Quadratic Local Approximations

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

AUTOMATICA. 2025. Vol. 174. DOI : 10.1016/j.automatica.2025.112141.

Dependable learning and control through Neural ODEs

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

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.

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.

Optimal Control under Uncertainty: From Regret Minimization to Distributional Robustness

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2025. 

2024

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

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.

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.

Estimation and control under uncertainty with application to power systems

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2024. 

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.

2023

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.

Regularization for distributionally robust state estimation and prediction

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

2023. DOI : 10.48550/arxiv.2304.09921.

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.

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.

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.

Regularization for distributionally robust state estimation and prediction

J-S. Brouillon 

2023.

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.

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.

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.

Data-Driven Control and Optimization under Noisy and Uncertain Conditions

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

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.

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.

2022

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Data-driven and Safe Networked Control with Applications to Microgrids

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. 

2021

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.

Hierarchical Control of Islanded Microgrids with Flexible Structures

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

Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2020

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

2019

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.

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.

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.

2018

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2016

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.

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.

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

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

2016

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.

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.

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

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

2016

Validation methods for population models of gene expression dynamics

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

2016

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.

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.

2015

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2014

Model predictive controllers for reduction of mechanical fatigue in wind farms

S. Riverso; S. Mancini; 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 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.

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

S. Riverso; F. Sarzo; 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

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.

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.

2013

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

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

2013

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 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.

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.

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.

Plug-and-play distributed state estimation for linear systems

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

2013

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

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 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.

2012

Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control

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

2012

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.

Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control

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

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

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.

Hycon2 Benchmark: Power Network System

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

PnPMPC: a toolbox for MatLab

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

2012

Tube-based distributed control of linear constrained systems

S. Riverso; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2012

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.

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

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

2012

2011

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.

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.

2010

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Distributed moving horizon estimation for nonlinear constrained systems

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

2010

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.

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.

2009

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.

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

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

2009

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.

Moving horizon state estimation of large-scale constrained partitioned systems

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

2009

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.

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.

Partitioning Datasets Based on Equalities Among Parameters

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2009

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

2008

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2007

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

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

2007.  p. 1477 – 1484.

A general framework for the identification of jump Markov linear systems

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

2007

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Metodi di identificazione per modelli affini a tratti di reti genetiche

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Porreca 

Convegno SIDRA, Genova, Italy. 2007. 

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.

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

R. Porreca; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2007

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. 

Hybrid identification methods for the reconstruction of genetic regulatory networks

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2007.  p. 4845 – 4852.

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.

2006

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. 

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

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

2006

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

2005

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.

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.

Average consensus problems in networks of agents with delayed communications

P-A. Bliman; G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2005

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.

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 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.

2004

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.

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.

Analysis of Coordination in multiple Agents Formations through Partial Difference Equations

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

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.

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

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

2004. 

2003

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.

Computation Observability Regions for Discrete-time Hybrid Systems

G. Ferrari-Trecate; M. Gati 

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2002

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Identificazione lineare a tratti di sistemi ibridi dinamico-logici

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2001. 

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.

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.

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.

Optimization with Piecewise Affine Cost Functions

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

2001

Analysis of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine and Hybrid Systems

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

2001

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2000

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

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

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.

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

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

2000

NARX Models: Optimal Parametric Approximation of Nonparametric Estimators

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2000

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.

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.

Consistent Sobolev Regression via Fuzzy Systems with Overlapping Concepts

G. Ferrari-Trecate; R. Rovatti 

2000

Mixed Logic Dynamical Model of a Hydroelectric Power Plant

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

Regularization Networks for Inverse Problems: A state-space approach

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

2000

Hybrid Modeling and Control 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.

Regularization networks: Fast weight calculation via Kalman filtering

G. D. N. A. G. Ferrari-Trecate 

2000

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. 

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.

Reconfiguration strategies for hybrid systems

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

2000

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.

1999

Oltre i minimi quadrati: le reti neurali regolarizzate

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

Convegno CIRA, Como, Italy. 1999. 

Moving Horizon Estimation for Hybrid Systems

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

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.

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.

Bayesian methods for nonparametric regression with neural networks

G. Ferrari-Trecate 

1999.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1998

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.

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.

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.

MAXENT priors for stochastic filtering problems

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

1998.  p. 755 – 758.

The structure of predictable discrete-time cyclostationary processes

G. Ferrari-Trecate; G. De Nicolao 

1998.  p. 751 – 753.

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.

1997

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

Zeros of Continuous-time Linear Periodic Systems

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

1996.