Amir G. Aghdam's Publications

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Books

2B.       Edward J. Davison and Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Control of Large-Scale Systems,” in preparation – to be published by Springer in December 2011.

1B.       Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Structurally Constrained Control: Analysis and Synthesis,” Springer, 2011.

 

Book Chapters

2BC. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Control of Large-Scale Systems: Cost-Effective Information Flow Structure,” Efficient Modeling and Control of Large-Scale Systems, Mohammadpour and Grigoriadis Editors, to be published by Springer in September 2010.

1BC. Edward J. Davison and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterization and Calculation of Approximate Decentralized Fixed Modes,” Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic System Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics, Chang-Hee Won, Cheryl B. Schrader, and Anthony B. Michel Editors, Birkhäuser Press, Boston, pp. 223-244, 2008.  

 

Published or Accepted Journal Papers (graduate students are underlined)

38J.     Amir Ajorlou, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam, Siamak Tafazoli and Sergey G. Nersesov, “Two-Stage Energy-Optimal Formation Reconfiguration Strategy,” accepted (conditionally) for publication in Automatica.

37J.     Kian Jalaleddini, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam, Mehdi Alasti and Vahid Tarokh, “Rate Assignment in Wireless Networks: Stability Analysis and Controller Design,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, to appear.

36J.     Hamid Mahboubi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam, Kamran Sayrafian-Pour and Vladimir Marbukh, “An Efficient Target Monitoring Scheme with Controlled Node Mobility for Sensor Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, to appear.

35J.     Saeid Jafari, Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Leader localization in multi-agent systems subject to failure: A graph-theoretic approach,” to appear in Automatica.

34J.     Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Sufficient Conditions for the Convergence of a Class of Nonlinear Distributed Consensus Algorithms,” to appear in Automatica.

33J.     Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Class of Bounded Distributed Control Strategies for Connectivity Preservation in Multi-Agent Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 2828-2833, Dec. 2010.

32J.     Sergey G. Nersesov, Parham Ghorbanian and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stabilization of Sets with Application to Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Motion,” Automatica, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 1419-1427, Sep. 2010.

31J.     Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Interconnection-Based Performance Analysis for a Class of Decentralized Controllers,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 796-803, May 2010.

30J.     Amir G. Aghdam, “Discussion on Adaptive Control for a Mobile Robot under Slip Conditions using an LMI-Based Approach,” European Journal of Control., vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 156-157, Mar. 2010.

29J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Performance Improvement of Robust Controllers for Polynomially Uncertain Systems,” Automatica, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 110-115, Jan. 2010.

28J.     Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Pole Assignment with Improved Control Performance by Means of  Periodic Feedback,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 248-252, Jan. 2010.

27J.     Kaveh Moezzi, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “An Adaptive Switching Scheme for Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems,” International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 1-11, Jan. 2010.

26J.     Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Controllability and Observability Degrees of Polynomially Uncertain Systems,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 11, pp. 2640-2645, Nov. 2009.

25J.     Kaveh Moezzi, Luis Rodrigues and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stability of Uncertain Piecewise Affine Systems with Time-Delay: Delay-Dependent Lyapunov Approach,” International Journal of Control, vol. 82, no. 8, pp. 1423-1434, Aug. 2009.

24J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Overlapping Control Design for Multi-Channel Systems,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1326-1331, May 2009.

23J.     Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Overlapping Control Systems with Optimal Information Exchange,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1176-1181, May 2009.

22J.     Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “An LQ Suboptimal Decentralized Controller with Disturbance Rejection Property for Hierarchical Systems,” International Journal of Control, vol. 81, no. 11, pp. 1720-1732, Nov. 2008.

21J.     Pedram Mahdavinezhad, Peyman Gohari and Amir G. Aghdam, “Supervisory Control of Discrete-Event Systems with Output: Application to Hybrid Systems,” International Journal of Control, vol. 81, no. 9, pp. 1451-1461, Sep. 2008.

20J.     Arash Mahmoudi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam and Peyman Gohari, “Switching Between Finite-Time Observers,” European Journal of Control, vol. 14, no.4, pp. 297-307, Aug. 2008.

19J.     Rafael Becerril, Amir G. Aghdam and Rashid R. Kohan, “Variable Structure Decentralized Control and Estimation for Highway Traffic Systems,” Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control-Transactions of the ASME, vol. 130, July 2008.

18J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stabilization of Decentralized Control Systems by Means of Periodic Feedback,” Automatica, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1120-1126, Apr. 2008.

17J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Stability of LTI Systems over Semi-Algebraic Sets using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 417-423, Feb. 2008.

16J.     Mani M. Tousi, Idin Karuei, Shahin Hashtrudi Zad and Amir G. Aghdam, “Supervisory Control of Switching Control Systems,” Systems & Control Letters, vol. 57, pp. 132-141, Feb. 2008.

15J.     Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Model Predictive Decentralized Control Scheme with Reduced Communication Requirement for Spacecraft Formation,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 268-278, Feb. 2008.

14J.     Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Discrete-Time Control of Continuous Systems with Approximate Decentralized Fixed Modes,” Automatica, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 75-87, Jan. 2008.

13J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Control of Continuous-Time LTI Systems by Means of Structurally Constrained Controllers,” Automatica, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 141-148, Jan. 2008.

12J.     Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “An Adaptive Tracking Problem for a Family of Retarded Time-Delay Plants,” International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 21, pp. 885-910, Dec. 2007.

11J.     Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Graph Theoretic Method to Find Decentralized Fixed Modes of LTI Systems,” Automatica, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 2129-2133, Dec. 2007.

10J.     Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Stabilizability Verification of Polynomially Uncertain LTI Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1721-1726, Sep. 2007.

9J.         Rafael Becerril, Amir G. Aghdam and Valery D. Yurkevich, “Decentralised Two-Time-Scale Motions Control Based on Generalised Sampling,” IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 1, issue 5, pp. 1477-1486, Sep. 2007.

8J.         Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Decentralized Switching Control for Hierarchical Systems,” Automatica, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1092-1100, Jun. 2007.

7J.         Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “High-Performance Decentralized Control Design for General Interconnected Systems with Applications in Cooperative Control,” International Journal of Control, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 935-951, Jun. 2007.

6J.         Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Simultaneous LQ Control of a set of LTI Systems using Constrained Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions,” Automatica, vol. 43, pp. 274-280, Feb. 2007.

5J.         Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Optimal Periodic Feedback Design for Continuous-Time LTI Systems with Constrained Control Structure,” International Journal of Control, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 220-230, Feb. 2007.

4J.         Rafael Becerril and Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralised Nonlinear Control with Disturbance Rejection for On-ramp Metering in Highways,” IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 1, issue 1, pp. 253-262, Jan. 2007.

3J.         Amir G. Aghdam, Edward J. Davison and Rafael Becerril, “Structural Modification of Systems using Discretization and Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions,” Automatica, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 1935-1941, Nov. 2006.

2J.         Shauheen Zahirazami, Idin Karuei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Multi-Layer Switching Control using Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions,” European Journal of Control, vol. 12, no.5, pp. 483-499, Oct. 2006.

1J.         Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Pseudo-Decentralized Switching Control,” Automatica, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 317-324, Feb. 2003.

 

Published or Accepted Conference Papers (graduate students are underlined)

103C.        Mohammad Amin Rahimian, Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterization of Link Failures in Multi-Agent Systems Under the Agreement Protocol,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

102C.        Hamid Mahboubi, Walid Masoudimansour, Amir G. Aghdam and Kamran Sayrafian-Pour, “Maximum Life Span Strategy for Target Tracking in Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

101C.        Amir Ajorlou, Amir G. Aghdam and Ali Jadbabaie, “A Connectivity Preserving Containment Control Strategy for Unicycles with Static Leaders,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

100C.        Mohammad Mehdi Asadi, Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Limited Angular Field of View,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

99C.            Mohammad Salehizadeh, Jalal Habibi, Amir G. Aghdam and Zahangir Kabir, “Laser Cavity Squeezing using Optimal Servo Controller in Optomechanical Sensors,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

98C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Farid Sharifi, Amir G. Aghdam and Youmin Zhang, “Distributed Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems for Coverage Problem in Presence of Obstacles,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

97C.            Jalal Habibi, Hamid Mahboubi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Distributed Coverage Optimization in a Network of Mobile Agents Subject to Measurement Error,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

96C.            Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Convergence Analysis for a Class of Bounded Distributed Connectivity Preserving Consensus Algorithms for Unicycles,” in Proceedings of 2012 American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, Jun. 2012 (to appear).

95C.            Mohammad Amin Rahimian and Amir G. Aghdam, “Structural Controllability of Multi-Agent Systems subject to Simultaneous Failure of Links and Agents,” in Proceedings of 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, USA, Dec. 2011.

94C.            Jalal Habibi, Hamid Mahboubi and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Nonlinear Optimization Approach to Coverage Problem in Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proceedings of 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, USA, Dec. 2011.

93C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Jalal Habibi, Amir G. Aghdam and Kamran Sayrafian-Pour, “Cooperative Self-Deployment Strategies in a Mobile Sensor Network with Prioritized Coverage Plan,” in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2011), Houston, USA, Dec. 2011.

92C.            Kazi Moinul Islam, Mohammad Salehizadeh and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterization of the Line Configuration in Wired Communication Networks,” in Proceedings of 2011 Research in Applied Computation Symposium (RACS 2011), Miami, USA, Nov. 2011.

91C.            Farzad Salehisadaghiani, Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Distributed Connectivity Preservation of a Team of Single Integrator Agents Subject to Measurement Error,” in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE Multiconference on Systems & Control, Denver, USA, Sep. 2011.

90C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Walid Masoudimansour, Amir G. Aghdam and Kamran Sayrafian-Pour, “Cost-Efficient Routing with Controlled Node Mobility in Sensor Networks,” in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE Multiconference on Systems & Control, Denver, USA, Sep. 2011.

89C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam, Kamran Sayrafian-Pour and Vladimir Marbukh, “Distributed Deployment Algorithms for Improved Coverage in Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proceedings of 2011 IEEE Multiconference on Systems & Control, Denver, USA, Sep. 2011.

88C.            Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterization of Fixed Modes in a Structurally Constrained Control System with Input and Output Delays,” in Proceedings of 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, Aug. 2011.

87C.            Saeid Jafari, Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “Leader Selection in Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Partial Failure,” in Proceedings of 2011 American Control Conference, San Fransisco, USA, pp. 5330-5335, Jun. 2011.

86C.            Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Relaxed Convergence Conditions for Multi-Agent Systems under a Class of Consensus Algorithms,” in Proceedings of 2011 American Control Conference, San Fransisco, USA, pp. 2795-2800, Jun. 2011.

85C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Kamran Sayrafian-Pour, “Self-Deployment Algorithms for Field Coverage in a Network of Nonidentical Mobile Sensors: Vertex-Based Approach,” in Proceedings of 2011 American Control Conference, San Fransisco, USA, pp. 3227-3232, Jun. 2011.

84C.            Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Connectivity Preserving Containment Control Strategy for a Network of Single Integrator Agents,” in Proceedings of 2011 American Control Conference, San Fransisco, USA, pp. 499-501, Jun. 2011.

83C.            Mahsa Golkar, Ahmadreza Momeni, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Iraj Mantegh, “Convergence Analysis and Controller Design for a Team of Mobile Robots Subject to Measurement Error,” in Proceedings of 2011 American Control Conference, San Fransisco, USA, pp. 3350-3356, Jun. 2011.

82C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Kamran Sayrafian-Pour, “Self-Deployment Algorithms for Field Coverage in a Network of Nonidentical Mobile Sensors,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Kyoto, Japan, Jun. 2011.

81C.            Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Degree of Exponential Stability in Polytopic Overlapping Control Systems,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 6908-6913, Dec. 2010.

80C.            Kaveh Moezzi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stability Analysis of Switched Time-Delay Systems with Polytopic Uncertainties,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 5649-5655, Dec. 2010.

79C.            Amir Ajorlou and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Class of Bounded Distributed Controllers for Connectivity Preservation of Unicycles,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 3072-3077, Dec. 2010.

78C.            Kian Jalaleddini, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Mehdi Alasti, “Stability of IS-856 CDMA Networks with non-Fully Buffered Users: A Fair Rate Allocation Strategy,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 6439-6444, Dec. 2010.

77C.            Saeid Jafari, Amir Ajorlou, Amir G. Aghdam and Siamak Tafazoli, “Distributed Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft using Deterministic Communication Schedulers,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 3084-3090, Dec. 2010.

76C.            Amir Ajorlou, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Sergey G. Nersesov, “Two-Stage Time-Optimal Formation Reconfiguration Strategy under Acceleration and Velocity Constraints,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 7455-7460, Dec. 2010.

75C.            Saeid Jafari, Amir Ajorlou, Amir G. Aghdam and Siamak Tafazoli, “On the Structural Controllability of Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Failure: A Graph-Theoretic Approach,” in Proceedings of 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, pp. 4564-4570, Dec. 2010.

74C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam, Kamran Sayrafian-Pour and Vladimir Marbukh, “Self-Deployment Algorithms for Coverage Problem in a Network of Mobile Sensors with Unidentical Sensing Range,” in Proceedings of 2010 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2010), Miami, USA, Dec. 2010.

73C.            Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Convergence Analysis for a Class of Nonlinear Consensus Algorithms,” in Proceedings of 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 6318-6323, Jun. 2010.

72C.            Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Decentralized Fixed Modes for LTI Time-Delay Systems,” in Proceedings of 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 6593-6599, Jun. 2010.

71C.            Hamid Mahboubi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam, Kamran Sayrafian-Pour and Vladimir Marbukh, “Optimal Target Tracking Strategy with Controlled Node Mobility in Mobile Sensor Networks,” in Proceedings of 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 2921-2928, Jun. 2010.

70C.            Kian Jalaleddini and Amir G. Aghdam, “Elimination of Limit Cycles in Wireless Networks using Three-Level Comparators,” in Proceedings of 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 1847-1849, Jun. 2010.

69C.            Sergey G. Nersesov, Parham Ghorbanian and Amir G. Aghdam, “Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Motion via Stabilization of Time-Varying Sets and Tracking,” in Proceedings of 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 4604-4609, Jun. 2010.

68C.            Amir Ajorlou, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam and Siamak Tafazoli, “Energy and Time Efficient Formation Reconfiguration Strategies,” in Proceedings of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, pp. 3081-3086, Dec. 2009.

67C.            Amir Ajorlou, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Connectivity Preservation in a Network of Single Integrator Agents,” in Proceedings of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, pp. 7061-7067, Dec. 2009.

66C.            Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Controllability and Observability of Uncertain Systems: A Robust Measure,” in Proceedings of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, pp. 4180-4186, Dec. 2009.

65C.            Kaveh Moezzi, Kian Jalaleddini, Amir G. Aghdam, Mehdi Alasti and Vahid Tarokh, “Adaptive Rate Assignment Strategy for CDMA2000 IS-856 Subject to RAB Delay,” in Proceedings of IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), Honolulu, USA, Dec. 2009.

64C.            Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Overlapping Control Systems with Delayed Communication Channels: Stability Analysis and Controller Design,” in Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, USA, pp. 4235-4241, Jun. 2009.

63C.            Kaveh Moezzi, Luis Rodrigues and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stability of Uncertain Piecewise Affine Systems with Time-Delay,” in Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, USA, pp. 2373-2378, Jun. 2009.

62C.            Vahid Raissi Dehkordi, Benoit Boulet and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust SISO Controller Order Reduction,” in Proceedings of 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, USA, pp. 2427-2432, Jun. 2009.

61C.            Kian Jalaleddini, Kaveh Moezzi, Amir G. Aghdam, Mehdi Alasti and Vahid Tarokh, “Controller Design for Rate Assignment in Wireless Networks,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), Dresden, Germany, Jun. 2009.

60C.            Mani M. Tousi, Amir G. Aghdam and Khashayar Khorasani, “A Hybrid Fault Diagnosis for a Team of Unmanned Vehicles,” in Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, Albuquerque, USA, May 2009.

59C.            Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Stabilization of Decentralized Time-Delay Systems with Commensurate Delays,” in Proceedings of 47th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 5022-5029, Dec. 2008.

58C.            Kaveh Moezzi, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Switching Supervisory Control Design for Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems,” in Proceedings of 47th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 2886-2893, Dec. 2008.

57C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “LQ Robust Controllers for Polynomially Uncertain Systems,” in Proceedings of 47th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 2244-2251, Dec. 2008.

56C.            Mani M. Tousi, Amir G. Aghdam and Khashayar Khorasani, “A Hybrid Fault Diagnosis and Recovery for a Team of Unmanned Vehicles,” in Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, Monterey, USA, Jun. 2008.

55C.            Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Performance Analysis for a Class of Decentralized Control Systems,” in Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 710-716, Jun. 2008.

54C.            Kaveh Moezzi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Adaptive Robust Control of Uncertain Neutral Time-Delay Systems,” in Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 5162-5167, Jun. 2008.

53C.            Arash Mahmoudi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam and Peyman Gohari, “On Observer Design for a Class of Impulsive Switched Systems,” in Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 4633-4639, Jun. 2008.

52C.            Shauheen Zahirazami, Shahin Hashtrudi Zad and Amir G. Aghdam, “Model Reduction and Consistency in Discrete Event Representation of Biological Systems,” in Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 1703-1708, Jun. 2008.

51C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Pole Assignment for Interconnected Systems,” in Proceedings of 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, USA, pp. 3601-3607, Jun. 2008.

50C.            Kaveh Moezzi, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “An Adaptive Switching Scheme for Network Control Systems Subject to Uncertainty,” in Proceedings of 46th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 653-658, Dec. 2007.

49C.            Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterizing All Classes of LTI Stabilizing Structurally Constrained Controllers by Means of Combinatorics,” in Proceedings of 46th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 4415-4420, Dec. 2007.

48C.            Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Near-Optimal Decentralized Servomechanism Controller for Hierarchical Interconnected Systems,” in Proceedings of 46th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 5023-5030, Dec. 2007.

47C.            Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Rational Optimization using Sum-of-Squares Techniques,” in Proceedings of 46th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 4723-4730, Dec. 2007.

46C.            Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Pole Assignment with Improved Control Performance by Means of Periodic Feedback,” in Proceedings of 46th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 1082-1087, Dec. 2007.

45C.            Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Optimal Information Flow Structure for Control of Interconnected Systems,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 1508-1513, Jul. 2007.

44C.            Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Cooperative Model Predictive Control Technique for Spacecraft Formation Flying,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 1493-1500, Jul. 2007.

43C.            Navid Dadkhah Tehrani, Luis Rodrigues and Amir G. Aghdam, “Satellite Formation Flying Controller Design Using an Optimal Decentralized Approach,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 3162-3167, Jul. 2007.

42C.            Vahid Raissi Dehkordi, Amir G. Aghdam and Benoit Boulet, “A Model Reduction Technique for IIR Filters using Balanced Realization,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 2899-2904, Jul. 2007.

41C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “On Structurally Constrained Control Design with a Prespecified Form,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 1501-1507, Jul. 2007.

40C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Characterization of Decentralized and Quotient Fixed Modes via Graph Theory,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 790-795, Jul. 2007.

39C.            Pedram Mahdavinezhad, Peyman Gohari  and Amir G. Aghdam, “Supervisory Control of Discrete-Event Systems with Output: Application to Hybrid Systems,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 4291-4296, Jul. 2007.

38C.            Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Stability Criterion for General Proper Systems with Constrained Control Structure,” in Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, New York City, USA, pp. 1648-1653, Jul. 2007.

37C.            Chong Xiang and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Two-Stage Formation Flying Strategy to Reduce the Mission Time,” in Proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on System of Systems Engineering, San Antonio, USA, Apr. 2007.

36C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Control Design for Interconnected Systems Based on A Centralized Reference Controller,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 1189-1195, Dec. 2006.

35C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for the Existence of a LTI Stabilizing Decentralized Overlapping Controller,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 6179-6186, Dec. 2006.

34C.            Mani M. Tousi, Idin Karuei, Shahin Hashtrudi Zad and Amir G. Aghdam, “Supervisory Control of Switching Control Systems,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 6028-6033, Dec. 2006.

33C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Elimination of Fixed Modes by Means of High-Performance Constrained Periodic Control,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 4441-4447, Dec. 2006.

32C.            Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Digital Control Design for Systems with Approximate Decentralized Fixed Modes,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 4448-4453, Dec. 2006.

31C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Robust Stability of LTI Discrete-Time Systems using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 2924-2930, Dec. 2006.

30C.            Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “High-Performance Decentralized Control for Formation Flying with Leader-Follower Structure,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 5947-5954, Dec. 2006.

29C.            Hadi Alasti, Amir G. Aghdam and Mehdi Alasti, “An Optimal Rate Assignment Mechanism for Multimedia Transmission over the Down-Link of IS856,” in Proceedings of 45th  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 627-632, Dec. 2006.

28C.            Mani M. Tousi, Amitabh Barua, Tao Jiang, Armineh Garabedian, Amir G. Aghdam and Khashayar Khorasani, “A Comparative Study on Information Flow Structures for Precision Formation Flying,” Small Satellites Systems & Services Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, Sep. 2006.

27C.            Tao Jiang, Mani M. Tousi, Amitabh Barua, Armineh Garabedian, Amir G. Aghdam and Khashayar Khorasani, “An Optimal Bang-Bang Control for Precision Satellite Formation Flying,” Small Satellites Systems & Services Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, Sep. 2006.

26C.            Amitabh Barua, Tao Jiang, Mani M. Tousi, Armineh Garabedian, Amir G. Aghdam and Khashayar Khorasani, “Towards a Commercial Software Environment for Spacecraft Formation Flying Application,” Small Satellites Systems & Services Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, Sep. 2006.

25C.            Amir G. Aghdam, “A Method to Obtain the Infinity-Norm of Systems using the Routh Table,” in Proceedings of 2006 World Automation Congress, Budapest, Hungary, Jul. 2006.

24C.            Vahid Raissi Dehkordi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Digital Filter Order Reduction,” Proceedings of 2006 World Automation Congress, Budapest, Hungary, July 2006.

23C.            Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Control Design using Piecewise Constant Hold Functions,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 207-212, Jun. 2006.

22C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “High-Performance Simultaneous Stabilizing Periodic Feedback Control with a Constrained Structure,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 839-844, Jun. 2006.

21C.            Shauheen Zahirazami, Idin Karuei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Multi-Layer Switching Structure with Periodic Feedback Control,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 5425-5431, Jun. 2006.

20C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Optimal Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions with a Constrained Structure,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 200-206, Jun. 2006.

19C.            Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir G. Aghdam, “Switching Control for Time-Delay Systems,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 5432-5434, Jun. 2006.

18C.            Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Stability of Discrete-Time Systems using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 3828-3830, Jun. 2006.

17C.            Hadi Alasti and Amir G. Aghdam, “Rate Control in cdma2000 IS856 Up-Link: A Control Theoretic View,” in Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 4888-4893, Jun. 2006.

16C.            Vahid Raissi Dehkordi and Amir G. Aghdam, “A Computationally Efficient Algorithm for Order-Reduction of IIR Filters using Control Techniques,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Toronto, Canada, pp. 898-903, Aug. 2005.

15C.            Shauheen Zahirazami and Amir G. Aghdam, “Switching Control using Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Toronto, Canada, pp. 1081-1086, Aug. 2005.

14C.            Rafael Becerril and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Decentralized Nonlinear Control for Highway Traffic,” in Proceedings of 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, Paper Code Mo-M18-TO/3, Jul. 2005.

13C.            Rafael Becerril, Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Minimizing Interconnection of Subsystems in Large-Scale Interconnected Systems using Generalized Sampling,” in Proceedings of 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, Paper Code Tu-E02-TP/13, Jul. 2005.

12C.            Idin Karuei, Nader Meskin and Amir G. Aghdam, “Multi-Layer Switching Control,” in Proceedings of 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, USA, pp. 4772-4777, Jun. 2005.

11C.            Rashid R. Kohan, Rafael Becerril and Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Nonlinear Traffic Control-I: Variable Structure Linearizing Control,” in Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, pp. 5467-5473, Dec. 2004.

10C.            Rafael Becerril, Amir G. Aghdam and Rashid R. Kohan, “Decentralized Nonlinear Traffic Control-II: Sliding Mode Observers,” in Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas, pp. 5474-5480, Dec. 2004.

9C.                Rafael Becerril, Amir G. Aghdam and Valery D. Yurkevich, “Decentralized Two-Time-Scale Motions Control using Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions,” in Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, USA, pp. 3369 – 3374, Jun. 2004.

8C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “An Optimization Algorithm for Decentralized Digital Control of Continuous-Time Systems which Accounts for Intersample Ripple,” in Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, USA, pp. 4273 – 4278, Jun. 2004.

7C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Application of Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions in Decentralized Switching Control,” in Proceedings of 2003 American Control Conference, Denver, USA, pp. 1152-1158, Jun. 2003.

6C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Maximizing SNR in DSL Networks: A Constrained Optimization Problem,” in Proceedings of 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 4053-4059, Dec. 2002.

5C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Application of Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions to Decentralized Control Structure Modification,” IFAC Symposium in Large Scale Systems, in Proceedings of 15th IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, Area Code 5a, Session Slot T-Th-A13, Jul. 2002.

4C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Decentralized Control of Systems Using Generalized Sampled-data Hold Functions,” in Proceedings of 38'th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, USA, pp. 3912-3913, Dec. 1999.

3C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Decentralized Switching Control Using a Family of Controllers Approach,” in Proceedings of 1999 American Control Conference, San Diego, USA, pp. 47-52, Jun. 1999.

2C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “Decentralized Switching Control,” in Proceedings of IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, Vol. 1, Patras Rio, Greece, pp. 1-7, Jul. 1998.

1C.                Amir G. Aghdam and Edward J. Davison, “A Class of Linear Time-varying Controllers for Decentralized Systems”, in Proceedings of IFAC Symposium in Large Scale Systems, vol. 2, pp. 49-54, Belfort, France, 1997.

 

Theses

  • Amir G. Aghdam, “Decentralized Control of Systems Using Switching Methods,” Ph.D. thesis, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Amir G. Aghdam, “Optimal Estimation of Errors in Inertial Navigation Systems,” M.A.Sc. thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

 

Patents

2P.        J. J. Hench, T. Gudmundsson, Amir G. Aghdam, I. Kanellakopoulos, G. Aral, Y. Tan, H. Singh and S. Shah, “Method and Apparatus for Impairment Diagnosis in Communication Systems,” US Patent no. 6,970,560 B1, date of patent: November 29, 2005.

1P.        T. Gudmundsson, J. J. Hench, Amir G. Aghdam, I. Kanellakopoulos, G. Aral, H. Singh, Y. Tan and S. Shah, “Design and Architecture of an Impairment Diagnosis System for use in Communications Systems,” US Patent no. 6,870,901 B1, date of patent: March 22, 2005.

 

 

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