Research Projects
Modeling, identification and control of complex systems
2010 – 2015
Situation: project completed.
Summary: This project addresses the problem of modeling, identification and control of complex systems such as biotechnological processes. The class of biotechnological systems is often modeled by means of deterministic models subject to rational nonlinearities, large uncertainties and limited operational conditions. In this scenario, this project aims to develop a framework integrating model identification and control design tools.
Project members: Daniel Ferreira Coutinho – member / Luís Fernando Alves Pereira – member / Alexandre Sanfelice Bazanella – member / Carlos E. de Souza – coordinator / João Manoel Gomes da Silva Junior – member / Alain Vande Wouwer – member / Michel Gevers – coordinator / Phillippe Bogaerts – member / Paul VAN DOOREN – member / Michel Kinnaert – member.
Financial support: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – Auxílio financeiro / Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique.
Stability analysis, state estimation and control synthesis of Networked Control Systems (NCS)
2010 – Present
Situation: working
Summary: The fast development and growing application of modern communication networks in control systems have originated a great interest of the control system research community. In particular, the effects caused by signal quantization, induced delays and packet dropout in remotely controlled systems are studied in the area of NCS – Networked Control Systems. This project investigates convex methods to the stability analysis, state estimation and control synthesis of remotely controlled systems with limited communication capabilities.
Students: Doctorate (1).
Project Members: Daniel Ferreira Coutinho – Coordinator / Minyue Fu – Member / Carlos E. de Souza – Member / Rafael Maestrelli – Member.
Financial support: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico – CNPq.
A Convex Approach to the Stability Analysis and Control Synthesis of Dynamical Systems Governed by Partial Differential Equations
2012 – Present
Situation: working
Summary: This project investigates the application of the LMI (linear matrix inequality) framework to the stability analysis and control design of systems whose dynamics is described by coupled partial and ordinary differential equations.
Students: Doctorate (1).
Member: Daniel Ferreira Coutinho – Coordinator / Alain Vande Wouwer – Member / Carlos E. de Souza – Member / Christophe Prieur – Member / André Caldeira – Member/ Valter Junior de souza Leite – Member.
Financial support: CNPq and CAPES (Stic AmSud).