Publications - Multi-agent systems and control

Bart De Schutter


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  1. B. De Schutter, S.P. Hoogendoorn, H. Schuurman, and S. Stramigioli, "A multi-agent case-based traffic control scenario evaluation system," Proceedings of the IEEE 6th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC'03), Shanghai, China, pp. 678-683, Oct. 2003.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  2. R.T. van Katwijk, P. van Koningsbruggen, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "A test bed for multi-agent control systems in road traffic management," Proceedings of the 8th TRAIL Congress 2004 - A World of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics - Selected Papers (P.H.L. Bovy, ed.), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 309-329, Nov. 2004.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  3. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent model predictive control: A survey," Tech. rep. 04-010, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 23 pp., Dec. 2004.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))

  4. R.T. van Katwijk, P. van Koningsbruggen, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "A test bed for multi-agent control systems in road traffic management," in Applications of Agent Technology in Traffic and Transportation (F. Klügl, A. Bazzan, and S. Ossowski, eds.), Whitestein Series in Software Agent Technologies, Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag, ISBN 3-7643-7258-3, pp. 113-131, 2005.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  5. R.T. van Katwijk, P. van Koningsbruggen, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Test bed for multiagent control systems in road traffic management," Transportation Research Record, no. 1910, pp. 108-115, 2005.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  6. R.T. van Katwijk, P. van Koningsbruggen, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "A test bed for multi-agent control systems in road traffic management," Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 22 pp., Jan. 2005. Paper 05-0774.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  7. L. Busoniu, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Learning and coordination in dynamic multiagent systems," Tech. rep. 05-019, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 98 pp., Oct. 2005.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))

  8. L. Busoniu, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Multiagent reinforcement learning with adaptive state focus," Proceedings of the 17th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC 2005) (K. Verbeeck, K. Tuyls, A. Nowé, B. Manderick, and B. Kuijpers, eds.), Brussels, Belgium, pp. 35-42, Oct. 2005.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  9. Z. Lukszo, M.P.C. Weijnen, R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and M. Ilic, "Challenges for process system engineering in infrastructure operation and control," in 16th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering and 9th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, July 2006) (W. Marquardt and C. Pantelides, eds.), vol. 21 of Computer-Aided Chemical Engineering, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier, ISBN 978-0-444-52969-5, pp. 95-100, 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  10. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent model predictive control of transportation networks," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC 2006), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, pp. 296-301, Apr. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  11. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent model predictive control for transportation networks: Serial versus parallel schemes," Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing (INCOM'2006), Saint-Etienne, France, pp. 339-344, May 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  12. R. Babuska, L. Busoniu, and B. De Schutter, "Reinforcement learning for multi-agent systems," Tech. rep. 06-041, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, 7 pp., July 2006. Paper for a keynote presentation at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2006), Prague, Czech Republic, Sept. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))

  13. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent model predictive control for transportation networks with continuous and discrete elements," Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 609-614, Aug. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  14. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent controllers for large-scale transportation systems - Application to postal automation," Proceedings of the 9th TRAIL Congress 2006 - TRAIL in Motion - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 12 pp., Nov. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  15. L. Busoniu, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Multi-agent reinforcement learning: A survey," Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2006), Singapore, pp. 527-532, Dec. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  16. L. Busoniu, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Decentralized reinforcement learning control of a robotic manipulator," Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV 2006), Singapore, pp. 1347-1352, Dec. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  17. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent control of large-scale transportation systems: A survey," Tech. rep. 07-016, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 51 pp., Mar. 2007.  (bibtex)

  18. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Efficient implementation of serial multi-agent model predictive control by parallelization," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC '07), London, UK, pp. 175-180, Apr. 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  19. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Self-organizing moving agents: A survey," Tech. rep. 07-021, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 42 pp., May 2007.  (bibtex)

  20. G. Hug-Glanzmann, R. Negenborn, G. Andersson, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Multi-area control of overlapping areas in power systems for FACTS control," Proceedings of Power Tech 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6 pp., July 2007. Paper 277.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  21. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed Kalman filtering for multiagent systems," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2007 (ECC'07), Kos, Greece, pp. 2193-2200, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  22. L. Busoniu, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "A comprehensive survey of multi-agent reinforcement learning," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 156-172, Mar. 2008.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  23. R.R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent model predictive control for transportation networks: Serial versus parallel schemes," Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 353-366, Apr. 2008.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  24. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "A general modeling framework for swarms," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2008), Hong Kong, pp. 3796-3801, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  25. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Ant colony optimization for optimal control," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2008), Hong Kong, pp. 2040-2046, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  26. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Particle swarms in optimization and control," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 5131-5136, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  27. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Route choice control for DCVs in baggage handling systems - Comparison between centralized and decentralized approaches," Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 - TRAIL in Perspective - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 14 pp., Oct. 2008.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  28. M. Arnold, R.R. Negenborn, G. Andersson, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed control applied to combined electricity and natural gas infrastructures," Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Systems 2008: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Nov. 2008. Paper 172.  (bibtex)

  29. R.R. Negenborn and B. De Schutter, "A distributed model predictive control approach for the control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Systems 2008: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Nov. 2008. Paper 152.  (bibtex)

  30. R.T. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent coordination of traffic-control instruments," Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Systems 2008: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Nov. 2008. Paper 141.  (bibtex)

  31. D. Doan, T. Keviczky, I. Necoara, M. Diehl, and B. De Schutter, "A distributed version of Han's method for DMPC using local communications only," Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, Special Issue on Distributed Control in Networked Systems, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 6-15, 2009.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  32. Z. Lukszo, M.P.C. Weijnen, R.R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "Tackling challenges in infrastructure operation and control: Cross-sectoral learning for process and infrastructure engineers," International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 308-322, 2009.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  33. J.M. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Novel ant colony optimization approach to optimal control," International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 414-434, 2009.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  34. R.R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed model predictive control of irrigation canals," Networks and Heterogeneous Media, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 359-380, June 2009.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  35. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Fuzzy ant colony optimization for optimal control," Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 1003-1008, June 2009.  (abstract,  bibtex)

  36. R.R. Negenborn, S. Leirens, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Supervisory nonlinear MPC for emergency voltage control using pattern search," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 841-848, July 2009.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  37. M. Arnold, R.R. Negenborn, G. Andersson, and B. De Schutter, "Multi-area predictive control for combined electricity and natural gas systems," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2009, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1408-1413, Aug. 2009.  (bibtex)

  38. D. Doan, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "Overview, toolbox and tutorial manual of existing state-of-the-art distributed optimization algorithms," Deliverable D4.1.2, European FP7 STREP project HD-MPC, 17 pp., Aug. 2009.  (bibtex)

  39. R.R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Coordinated distributed model predictive reach control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2009, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1420-1425, Aug. 2009.  (bibtex)

  40. D. Doan, T. Keviczky, I. Necoara, M. Diehl, and B. De Schutter, "A distributed version of Han's method for DMPC of dynamically coupled systems with coupled constraints," Proceedings of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys 2009), Venice, Italy, pp. 240-245, Sept. 2009.  (abstract,  bibtex)

  41. R.T. van Katwijk and B. De Schutter, "Multi-agent control of traffic networks: Algorithm and case study," Proceedings of the 16th ITS World Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept. 2009. Paper 3017.  (bibtex)

  42. R.R. Negenborn, A. Sahin, Z. Lukszo, B. De Schutter, and M. Morari, "A non-iterative cascaded predictive control approach for control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 3652-3657, Oct. 2009.  (bibtex)

  43. R.T. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Multi-agent control of traffic networks: Algorithm and case study," Proceedings of the 12th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2009), St. Louis, Missouri, pp. 316-321, Oct. 2009.  (bibtex)

  44. H. Scheu, J.C. Calderón, D. Doan, J.F. García, R.R. Negenborn, A. Tarau, F.V. Arroyave, B. De Schutter, J.J. Espinosa, and W. Marquardt, "Report on assessment of existing coordination mechanisms for simple case studies, and on possible options for improving and extending these coordination mechanisms," Deliverable D3.3.1, European FP7 STREP project HD-MPC, 30 pp., Dec. 2009.  (bibtex)

  45. M. Arnold, R.R. Negenborn, G. Andersson, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed predictive control for energy hub coordination in coupled electricity and gas networks," Chapter 10 in Intelligent Infrastructures (R.R. Negenborn, Z. Lukszo, and H. Hellendoorn, eds.), vol. 42 of Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, ISBN 978-90-481-3598-1, pp. 235-273, 2010.  (online version,  bibtex)

  46. L. Busoniu, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Multi-agent reinforcement learning: An overview," Chapter 7 in Innovations in Multi-Agent Systems and Applications - 1 (D. Srinivasan and L.C. Jain, eds.), vol. 310 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, Berlin, Germany: Springer, pp. 183-221, 2010.  (online version,  bibtex)

  47. R.R. Negenborn, G. Hug-Glanzmann, B. De Schutter, and G. Andersson, "A novel coordination strategy for multi-agent control using overlapping subnetworks with application to power systems," in Efficient Modeling and Control of Large-Scale Systems (J. Mohammadpour and K.M. Grigoriadis, eds.), New York, New York: Springer, ISBN 978-1-4419-5756-6, pp. 251-278, 2010.  (online version,  bibtex)

  48. J.M. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Ant colony learning algorithm for optimal control," in Interactive Collaborative Information Systems (R. Babuska and F.C.A. Groen, eds.), vol. 281 of Studies in Computational Intelligence, Berlin, Germany: Springer, ISBN 978-3-642-11687-2, pp. 155-182, 2010.  (online version,  bibtex)

  49. A. Kozma, C. Savorgnan, R.R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "Report on or proceedings of a special session at an international conference," Deliverable D8.2.1, European FP7 STREP project HD-MPC, 16 pp., Feb. 2010.  (bibtex)

  50. Y. Li, J. Alende, M. Cantoni, and B. De Schutter, "Decomposition of a fixed-profile load scheduling method for large-scale irrigation channels," Tech. rep. 10-033, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Feb. 2010. Accepted for the 19th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA 2010), Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 2010.  (bibtex)

  51. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Performance analysis of irrigation channels with distributed control," Tech. rep. 10-032, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Feb. 2010. Accepted for the 19th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA 2010), Yokohama, Japan, Sept. 2010.  (bibtex)

  52. R.R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Coordination of local controllers in large-scale water systems," Tech. rep. 10-027, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 8 pp., Apr. 2010. Accepted for the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2010), Tianjin, China, Sept. 2010.  (bibtex)

  53. S. Leirens, C. Zamora, R.R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "Coordination in urban water supply networks using distributed model predictive control," Proceedings of the 2010American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3957-3962, June-July 2010.  (bibtex)

  54. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Offtake feedforward compensator design for an irrigation channel with distributed control," Proceedings of the 2010American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3747-3752, June-July 2010.  (bibtex)

  55. D. Alves, J. van Ast, Z. Cong, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Ant colony optimization for traffic dispersion routing," Tech. rep. 10-043, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., July 2010. Accepted for the 13th International IEEE Annual Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Madeira, Portugal, Sept. 2010.  (abstract,  bibtex)

  56. M.D. Doan, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "An improved distributed version of Han's method for DMPC of canal systems," Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, 6 pp., July 2010.  (bibtex)

  57. J. van Ast, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Generalized pheromone update for ant colony learning in continuous state spaces," Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2010), Barcelona, Spain, pp. 2617-2624, July 2010.  (bibtex)


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