Primary Research Areas

  1. Relative Navigation (CDGPS) and Formation Flying Spacecraft

  2. Control and Decision Making for UAVs

  3. Robust, Nonlinear, and Adaptive Control

  4. Ph.D. and Master Theses

Robust, Nonlinear, and Adaptive Control

  1. J. Teo, J. P. How, E. Lavretsky, '' Proportional-Integral Controllers for Minimum-Phase Nonaffine-in-control Systems,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, accepted as technical note.
  2. B. D. Luders, M. Kothari, and J. P. How, '' Chance Constrained RRT for Probabilistic Robustness to Environmental Uncertainty,'' Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, USA, Jun./Jul. 2010, submitted.
  3. H. R. Shaker, J. P. How, '' Stability Analysis for Class of Switched Nonlinear Systems,'' Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, Jun./Jul. 2010, submitted.
  4. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' Analysis of Gradient Projection Anti-windup Scheme,'' Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, Jun./Jul. 2010, submitted.
  5. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' Geometric Properties of Gradient Projection Anti-windup Compensated Systems,'' Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, Jun./Jul. 2010, submitted.
  6. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' Anti-windup Compensation for Nonlinear Systems via Gradient Projection: Application to Adaptive Control,'' Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2009, accepted.
  7. B. Michini, J. P. How, '' L1 Adaptive Control for Indoor Autonomous Vehicles: Design Process and Flight Testing,'' Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Chicago, IL, Aug. 2009
  8. J. Teo, J. P. How, E. Lavretsky, '' On Approximate Dynamic Inversion and Proportional-Integral Control,'' Proceedings of the American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, Jun. 2009, pp. 1592 - 1597.
  9. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' On Approximate Dynamic Inversion,'' Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Tech. Rep. ACL09-01, May 2009, Aerospace Controls Laboratory. [Online]. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45514
  10. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' Equivalence between Approximate Dynamic Inversion and Proportional-Integral Control,'' Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008, pp. 2179 - 2183.
  11. J. Teo, J. P. How, '' Equivalence between Approximate Dynamic Inversion and Proportional-Integral Control,'' Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Tech. Rep. ACL08-01, Sep. 2008, Aerospace Controls Laboratory. [Online]. Available: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42839
  12. J. P. How, J. Teo, B. Michini, '' Adaptive Flight Control Experiments using RAVEN,'' Proceedings of the 14th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, New Haven, CT, Jun. 2008, pp. 205 - 210.
  13. A. G. Richards and J. P. How, ''Robust Stable Model Predictive Control with Constraint Tightening ,'' presented at the IEEE American Control Conference, June 2006.
  14. A. G. Richards and J. P. How, ''Robust Constrained Model Predictive Control with Analytical Performance Prediction,'' Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Aug 2004. AIAA-2004-5110
  15. A. Richards and J. P. How, ''A Decentralized Algorithm for Robust Constrained Model Predictive Control,'' Proceedings of the IEEE American Control Conference, 2004.
  16. L. Rodrigues and J. P. How, "Synthesis of Piecewise-Affine Controllers for Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems," Proceedings of the IEEE CDC, Dec 2003.
  17. L. Rodrigues and J. P. How, "Observer-Based Control of Piecewise-Affine Systems," International Journal of Control, Volume 76 Number 5 2003, pp. 459-477.
  18. L. Rodrigues and J. P. How, "Automated Control Design for a Piecewise-Affine Approximation of a Class of Nonlinear Systems," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2001
  19. T. Pare, A. Hassibi, and J. P. How, "A KYP Lemma and Invariance Principle for Systems with Multiple Hysteresis Non-linearities," International Journal of Control, February 2001
  20. B. Sayyar-Rodsari and J. P. How, "Estimation-Based Synthesis of H-Infinity-Optimal Adaptive FIR Filters for Filtered-LMS Problems," IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, January 2001
  21. L. Rodrigues and J. P. How, "Output Feedback Controller Synthesis for Piecewise-Affine Systems with Multiple Equilibria," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2000
  22. L. Xiao, A. Hassibi, and J. P. How, "Control with Random Communication Delays via a Discrete-Time Jump System Approach," Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2000.
  23. T. Pare and J. P. How, "Algorithms for Reduced Order Robust H-Infinity Control Design," Proceedings of the 38th Conference on Decision and Control, December 1999
  24. A. Hassibi, J. P. How, and S. Boyd, "Low-Authority Controller Design by Means of Convex Optimization," AIAA JGCD, December 1999
  25. M. Campbell, J. P. How, S. Groccot, and D. Miller, "On-Orbit Closed-Loop Control Results for the Middeck Active Control Experiment," AIAA JGCD, April 1999
  26. T. Pare and J. P. How, "Robust H-Infinity Controller Design for Systems with Hysteresis Nonlinearities," Proceedings of the 37th Conference on Decision and Control, December 1998
  27. T. Pare, H. Hindi, J. P. How, and S. Boyd, "Synthesizing Stability Regions for Systems with Saturating Actuators," Proceedings of the 37th Conference on Decision and Control, December 1998
  28. D. Banjerdpongchai and J. P. How, "Parametric Robust H2 Control Design with Generalized Multipliers via LMI Synthesis," International Journal of Control, 1998
  29. J. P. How, E. Collins, and W. Haddad, "Optimal Popov Controller Analysis and Synthesis for Systems with Real Parameter Uncertainties," IEEE Transactions of Control, Systems Technology, March 1996
  30. S. Groccot, J. P. How, and D. Miller, "Experimental Comparison of Robust H2 Control Techniques for Uncertain Structural Systems," AIAA JGCD, Vol 20., No. 3.
  31. E. H. Anderson and J. P. How, "Adaptive feedforward control for actively isolated spacecraft platforms," AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference and Exhibit, Kissimmee, FL, Apr. 7-10, 1997 AIAA-1997-1200
  32. S. Lim and J. P. How, "Input command shaping techniques for robust, high-performance control of flexible structures," AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, July 29-31, 1996 AIAA-1996-3842
  33. See also