Publications

2024

• Pole Placement and Feedback Stabilization for Discrete Linear Ensemble Systems. Available on arXiv: 2403.19017.

2023

• Sparse Linear Ensemble Systems and Structural Averaged Controllability: Single-input Case, with B. Gharesifard. Available on arXiv: 2312.09083.
• Geometric Characterization of the H-property for Step-graphons, with M.-A. Belabbas, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, appeared online.
• A Sufficient Condition for the Super-linearization of Polynomial Systems, with M.-A. Belabbas, Systems & Control Letters, 179:105588, 2023.  
• Controllability Issues of Linear Ensemble Systems over Multi-dimensional Parameterization Spaces, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 61(4):2425-2447, 2023.
• A Stochastic Binary Vertex-Triggering Resetting Algorithm for Global Synchronization of Pulse-Coupled Oscillators, with M. U. Javed and J. I. Poveda, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 10(4):1707 – 1719, 2023.
• On Structural Rank and Resilience of Sparsity Patterns, with M.-A. Belabbas and D. Zelazo, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(8):4783 – 4795, 2023.

2022

• Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Constrained Spacecraft Attitude Maneuvers, with T. Dearing, J. Hauser, M. Nicotra, and C. Petersen, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 45(4):638-650, 2022. 
• On the H-property for step-graphons and edge polytopes, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6:1766-1771, 2022.
• Gossip over Holonomic Graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas and J. Liu, Automatica, 136:110088, 2022.
• Structural Averaged Controllability of Linear Ensemble Systems, with B. Gharesifard, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6:518-523, 2022.

2021

• Distinguished Sets of Semi-simple Lie Algebras, with B. Gharesifard, Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics, 54:879–891, 2021. 
• On Integer Balancing of Directed Graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas, Systems & Control Letters, 154:104980, 2021.
• Sparse Linear Ensemble Systems and Structural Controllability, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67(7):3337-3348, 2021.
• Reputation and Pricing Dynamics in Online Markets, with Q. Ma, J. Huang, T. Basar, and J. Liu, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 29(4):1745-1759, 2021. 
• Triangulated Laman Graphs, Local Stochastic Matrices, and Limits of Their Products, with M.-A. Belabbas, Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 619:176-209, 2021.
• Scalable Resetting Algorithms for Synchronization of Pulse-Coupled Oscillators over Rooted Directed Graphs, with M. U. Javed and J. I. Poveda, Automatica, 132:109807, 2021.
• Excitation Conditions for Uniform Exponential Stability of the Cooperative Gradient Algorithm over Weakly Connected Digraphs, with M. U. Javed and J. I. Poveda, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6:67-72, 2021.  
• Controllability of Formation Systems on Special Orthogonal Groups over Directed Graphs, with M. Sinner and L. Pao, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 8(2):872-883, 2021.
• Optimal Spacecraft Guidance with Asynchronous Measurements and Noisy Impulsive Controls, with E. L. Jenson and D. J. Scheeres, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 5(5):1813-1818, 2021.
• Stabilizing Formation Systems with Nonholonomic Agents, with T. Dearing and M. Nicotra, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 5(2):403-408, April, 2021.

2020

• Optimal Control of Sampled Linear Systems with Control-Linear Noise, with E. L. Jenson and D. J. Scheeres, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 4(3):650-655, July, 2020.
• A Game-Theoretic Framework for Multi-Period-Multi-Company Demand Response Management in the Smart Grid, with K. Alshehri, J. Liu, and T. Basar, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, 29(3):1019-1034, 2020. 
• Ensemble Observability of Bloch Equations with Unknown Population Density, Automatica, 119:109057, 2020.

2019

• Controllability of Continuum Ensemble of Formation Systems over Directed Graphs, Automatica, 108:108497, 2019.
• Asymptotic Behavior Conjunctive Boolean Networks over Weakly Connected Digraphs, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65(6):2536-2549, 2019.
• Structure Theory for Ensemble Controllability, Observability, and Duality, Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, 31(2):1-40, Jun. 2019.
• Controlling and Stabilizing Rigid Formations Using a few Agents, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 57(1):104-128, 2019.

2018

• Sensor Placement for Optimal Estimation of Vector-valued Diffusion Processes, with M.-A. Belabbas, System & Control Letters, 121:24-30, Nov. 2018. 
• Controllability of Conjunctive Boolean Networks with Application to Gene Regulation, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 5(2):770-781, Jun. 2018.
• Stability Structure of Conjunctive Boolean Networks, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, Automatica, 89:8-20, Mar. 2018.

2017

• Optimal Capacity Allocation for Sampled Networked Systems, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, Automatica, 85:100-112, Nov. 2017.
• Voltage Graphs and Cluster Consensus with Point Group Symmetries, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 55(6):3869-3889, 2017.
• Global Stabilization of Triangulated Formations, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 55(1):172-199, 2017.
• Exponential Convergence of the Discrete-Time Altafini Model, with J. Liu, T. Basar, and M.-A. Belabbas, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62(12):6168-6182, Dec. 2017.
• Swarm Aggregation under Fading Attractions, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62(10):5198-5204, Oct. 2017.
• Controllability of Formations over Directed Time-varying Graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 4(3):407-416, Sep. 2017.
• Distributed evaluation and convergence of self-appraisals in social networks, with J. Liu, M.-A. Belabbas, Z. Xu, and T. Basar, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62(1):291-304, April 2017.

2016

• Distributed Averaging with Linear Objective Maps, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, Automatica, 70:179-188, Aug. 2016.

2023

• Attitude Trajectory Optimization and Momentum Conservation with Control Moment Gyroscopes, with T. L. Dearing, J. Hauser, C. Petersen, M. M. Nicotra. 22nd IFAC World Congress, 56(2):1937-1943, 2023.

2022

• The H-property of Line Graphons, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 2022 13th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), 2022.
• Robust Spacecraft Guidance with Control-Dependent Noise: Analysis and Application, with E. L. Jenson and  D. J. Scheeres, AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, p. 1590, 2022. 

2021

• Structural Averaged Controllability of Linear Ensemble Systems, with B. Gharesifard, 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (joint submission to IEEE L-CSS), 2021.
• Excitation Conditions for Uniform Exponential Stability of the Cooperative Gradient Algorithm over Weakly Connected Digraphs, with M. U. Javed and J. I. Poveda, 2021 American Control Conference (joint submission to IEEE L-CSS), 2021.

2020

• Optimal Control of Sampled Linear Systems with Control-Linear Noise, with E. L. Jenson and D. J. Scheeres, 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (joint submission to IEEE L-CSS), 2020.
• Stabilizing Formation Systems with Nonholonomic Agents, with T. Dearing and M. Nicotra, 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (joint submission to IEEE L-CSS), 2020.
• Fuel-Balanced Formation Flight Control of Underactuated Satellites, with T. Dearing, C. Petersen, and M. Nicotra, 2020 American Control Conference, pp. 4319-4324, 2020.  

2019

• Global synchronization of clocks in directed rooted acyclic graphs: A hybrid systems approach, 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 7352-7357, 2019.
• Optimal sensor design for secure cyber-physical systems, 8th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, pp. 387-390, 2019. 

2018

• Joint actuator-sensor design for stochastic linear systems, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 6668-6673, 2018.

2017

• Distinguished vector fields over smooth manifolds with applications to ensemble control, with B. Gharesifard, 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1963-1968, 2017.
• Asymptotic behavior of a reduced conjunctive Boolean network, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4404-4409, 2017.
• State-controlling sets for conjunctive Boolean networks, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 14290-14295, 2017.
• Optimal actuator placement for minimizing the worst-case control energy, with M.-A. Belabbas, 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 9991-9996, 2017.
• Orbit-controlling sets for conjunctive Boolean networks, with Z. Gao and T. Basar, 2017 American Control Conference, pp. 4989-4994, 2017.

2016

• Controlling a rigid formation from a triangle, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 57-62, 2016.
• Periodic behavior of a diffusion model over directed graphs, with Z. Gao, J. Liu, and T. Basar, 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 37-42, 2016.
• Cluster consensus over strongly connected voltage graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 22nd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, 2016. (please see the journal version)
• Stability of the continuous-time Altafini model, with J. Liu and T. Basar, 2016 American Control Conference, pp. 1930-1935, 2016.
• A continuous-time distributed algorithm for solving linear equations, with J. Liu, T. Basar, and A. Nedic, 2016 American Control Conference, pp. 5551-5556, 2016.

2015

• Controllability of formations over directed graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4764-4769, 2015.
• Formation control with triangulated Laman graphs, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4115-4120, 2015.
• Consensus with linear objective maps, with M.-A. Belabbas and T. Basar, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2847-2852, 2015.
• Distributed evaluation and convergence of self-appraisals in social networks, with J. Liu, Z. Xu, and T. Basar, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2895-2900, 2015.
• Stability of discrete-time Altafini’s model: A graphical approach, with J. Liu, T. Basar, and M.-A. Belabbas, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2835-2840, 2015.
• A Stackelberg game for multi-period demand response management in the smart grid, with K. Alshehri, J. Liu, and T. Basar, 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5889-5894, 2015.
• Decentralized formation control with a quadratic Lyapunov function, 2015 American Control Conference, pp. 4362-4367, 2015.

2014

• Centralized and decentralized formation control with controllable interaction laws, with R. W. Brockett, 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 601-606, 2014.
• Gradient flows for organizing multi-agent system, 2014 American Control Conference, pp. 5109-5114, 2014.