Publications 2006-2008

Bart De Schutter


Note: If the pdf file (pdf) of the technical report that corresponds to a given publication is available, then this is indicated at the end of the entry for that publication. More information on the pdf file format can be found here. Hardcopies of the papers can also be requested by contacting me.


2006
  1. 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))

  2. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "State estimation under uncertainty: A survey," Tech. rep. 06-004, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 65 pp., Feb. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))

  3. I. Necoara, T.J.J. van den Boom, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Stabilization of max-plus-linear systems using receding horizon control: The unconstrained case - Extended report," Tech. rep. 06-007a, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 16 pp., Apr. 2006. A short version of this report has been published in the Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS'06), Alghero, Italy, pp. 148-153, June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))

  4. 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))

  5. 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))

  6. D. Corona and B. De Schutter, "Adaptive cruise controller design: A comparative assessment for PWA systems," Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS'06), Alghero, Italy, pp. 253-258, June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  7. O. Gietelink, B. De Schutter, and M. Verhaegen, "Adaptive importance sampling for probabilistic validation of advanced driver assistance systems," Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 4002-4007, June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  8. G. Jiroveanu, B. De Schutter, and R.K. Boel, "On-line diagnosis for time Petri nets," Proceedings of the 17th International Workshop on Principles of Diagnosis (DX-06), Burgos, Spain, 8 pp., June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  9. I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, T.J.J. van den Boom, and H. Hellendoorn, "Robust control of constrained max-plus-linear systems," Tech. rep. 06-024, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 22 pp., June 2006. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  10. I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, T.J.J. van den Boom, and J. Hellendoorn, "Stable receding horizon control for max-plus-linear systems," Proceedings of the 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, pp. 4055-4060, June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  11. I. Necoara, T.J.J. van den Boom, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Stabilization of max-plus-linear systems using receding horizon control - The unconstrained case," Proceedings of the 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS'06), Alghero, Italy, pp. 148-153, June 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  12. G. Schullerus, V. Krebs, B. De Schutter, and T. van den Boom, "Input signal design for identification of max-plus-linear systems," Automatica, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 937-943, June 2006.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  13. 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))

  14. T. Bellemans, B. De Schutter, and B. De Moor, "Model predictive control for ramp metering of motorway traffic: A case study," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 757-767, July 2006.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  15. O. Gietelink, J. Ploeg, B. De Schutter, and M. Verhaegen, "Development of advanced driver assistance systems with vehicle hardware-in-the-loop simulations," Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 569-590, July 2006.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  16. G. Jiroveanu, R.K. Boel, and B. De Schutter, "Fault diagnosis for time Petri nets," Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'06), Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 313-318, July 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  17. I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, T. van den Boom, and H. Hellendoorn, "Min-max model predictive control for uncertain max-min-plus-scaling systems," Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'06), Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 439-444, July 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  18. T.J.J. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "MPC of implicit switching max-plus-linear discrete event systems - Timing aspects," Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'06), Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 457-462, July 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  19. 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))

  20. M. van den Berg, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Effects of on-ramp and off-ramp metering on queue forming in urban traffic networks," Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 130-135, Aug. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  21. T.J.J. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "Dynamic railway network management using switching max-plus-linear models," Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 343-348, Aug. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  22. R.T. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Traffic adaptive control of a single intersection: A taxonomy of approaches," Proceedings of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 227-232, Aug. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  23. T. Bellemans, B. De Schutter, G. Wets, and B. De Moor, "Model predictive control for ramp metering combined with extended Kalman filter-based traffic state estimation," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 2006), Toronto, Canada, pp. 406-411, Sept. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  24. A. Hegyi, D. Girimonte, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "A comparison of filter configurations for freeway traffic state estimation," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 2006), Toronto, Canada, pp. 1029-1034, Sept. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  25. D. Corona, M. Lazar, B. De Schutter, and M. Heemels, "A hybrid MPC approach to the design of a Smart adaptive cruise controller," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA 2006), Munich, Germany, pp. 231-236, Oct. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  26. T.J.J. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "Modelling and control of discrete event systems using switching max-plus-linear systems," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 14, no. 10, pp. 1199-1211, Oct. 2006.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  27. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Decentralized traffic control and management with intelligent vehicles," Proceedings of the 9th TRAIL Congress 2006 - TRAIL in Motion - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 16 pp., Nov. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  28. 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))

  29. M. van den Berg, A. Hegyi, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Influencing long-term route choice by traffic control measures, a basic model study," Proceedings of the 9th TRAIL Congress 2006 - TRAIL in Motion - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 16 pp., Nov. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  30. R. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Look-ahead traffic adaptive control of a single intersection - A taxonomy and a new hybrid algorithm," Proceedings of the 9th TRAIL Congress 2006 - TRAIL in Motion - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 14 pp., Nov. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  31. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, H. Hellendoorn, Z. Papp, and T. van den Boom, "Hierarchical traffic control and management with intelligent vehicles: A survey," Tech. rep. 06-040, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Dec. 2006.  (bibtex)

  32. 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))

  33. 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))

  34. D. Corona, I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, and T. van den Boom, "Robust hybrid MPC applied to the design of an adaptive cruise controller for a road vehicle," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, pp. 1721-1726, Dec. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  35. B. De Schutter, J. Schepers, and I. Van Mechelen, "On algorithms for a binary-real (max,×) matrix approximation problem," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, pp. 5168-5173, Dec. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  36. I. Necoara, E.C. Kerrigan, B. De Schutter, and T.J.J. van den Boom, "Worst-case optimal control of uncertain max-plus-linear systems," Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, California, pp. 6055-6060, Dec. 2006.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  37. H. Taale, S. Hoogendoorn, M. van den Berg, and B. De Schutter, "Anticiperende netwerkregelingen," NM Magazine, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 22-27, Dec. 2006. In Dutch.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  38. T.J.J. van den Boom, B. Heidergott, and B. De Schutter, "Complexity reduction in MPC for stochastic max-plus-linear discrete event systems by variability expansion: Extended report," Tech. rep. CSE02-016a, Control Systems Engineering, Fac. of Information Technology and Systems, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 18 pp., Dec. 2006. A short version of this report has been published in Automatica, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1058-1063, June 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))


2007
  1. M. van den Berg, A. Hegyi, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Integrated traffic control for mixed urban and freeway networks: A model predictive control approach," European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 223-250, 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex)

  2. G. Jiroveanu, B. De Schutter, and R.K. Boel, "The on-line diagnosis of time Petri nets based on partial orders," Chapter 21 in Taming Heterogeneity and Complexity of Embedded Control (F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, S. Laghrouche, A. Loria, and E. Panteley, eds.), London, UK: ISTE, ISBN 978-1-905209-65-1, pp. 363-392, Jan. 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  3. A. Hegyi, B. De Schutter, J. Hellendoorn, and R.T. van Katwijk, "Testbed selection for the Transumo/ATMA sub-project Integrated Model Predictive Control (IMPreC)," Tech. rep., Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 11 pp., Feb. 2007. Report for the BSIK-TRANSUMO ATMA project.  (bibtex)

  4. B. De Schutter and A. Hegyi, "Introduction to the Special Section on ITSC'05," IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-3, Mar. 2007.  (abstract,  online version,  bibtex)

  5. T.J.J. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "On a model predictive control algorithm for dynamic railway network management," Proceedings of the 2nd International Seminar on Railway Operations Modelling and Analysis (RailHannover2007) (I.A. Hansen, A. Radtke, J. Pachl, and E. Wendler, eds.), Hannover, Germany, 15 pp., Mar. 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  6. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Continuous-state reinforcement learning with fuzzy approximation," Proceedings of the 7th Annual Symposium on Adaptive and Learning Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (ALAMAS 2007) (K. Tuyls, S. de Jong, M. Ponsen, and K. Verbeeck, eds.), Maastricht, The Netherlands, pp. 21-35, Apr. 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  7. 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))

  8. 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., Apr. 2007.  (bibtex)

  9. 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)

  10. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Hierarchical traffic control and management with intelligent vehicles," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'07), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 834-839, June 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  11. I. Necoara, E.C. Kerrigan, B. De Schutter, and T.J.J. van den Boom, "Finite-horizon min-max control of max-plus-linear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 6, pp. 1088-1093, June 2007.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  12. R.R. Negenborn, S. Leirens, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Supervisory nonlinear MPC for emergency voltage control using pattern search," Tech. rep. 07-025, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 21 pp., June 2007. Accepted for publication in Control Engineering Practice.  (bibtex)

  13. T.J.J. van den Boom, B. Heidergott, and B. De Schutter, "Complexity reduction in MPC for stochastic max-plus-linear discrete event systems by variability expansion," Automatica, vol. 43, no. 6, pp. 1058-1063, June 2007.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  14. R.T. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Look-ahead traffic-adaptive signal control," Proceedings of the 6th European Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services (ITS'07), Aalborg, Denmark, 12 pp., June 2007. Paper 2417.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  15. R. van Tongeren, O. Gietelink, B. De Schutter, and M. Verhaegen, "Traffic modelling validation of advanced driver assistance systems," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'07), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1246-1251, June 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  16. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Fuzzy approximation for convergent model-based reinforcement learning," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2007), London, UK, pp. 968-973, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  17. D. Corona, J. Buisson, B. De Schutter, and A. Giua, "Stabilization of switched affine systems: An application to the buck-boost converter," Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, New York, pp. 6037-6042, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  18. A. Hegyi, M. Burger, B. De Schutter, J. Hellendoorn, and T.J.J. van den Boom, "Towards a practical application of model predictive control to suppress shock waves on freeways," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2007 (ECC'07), Kos, Greece, pp. 1764-1771, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  19. M. Houwing, R.R. Negenborn, P.W. Heijnen, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Least-cost model predictive control of residential energy resources when applying μCHP," Proceedings of Power Tech 2007, Lausanne, Switzerland, 6 pp., July 2007. Paper 291.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  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. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Stability of cascaded Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems," Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2007), London, UK, pp. 505-510, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  23. R.R. Negenborn, A.G. Beccuti, T. Demiray, S. Leirens, G. Damm, B. De Schutter, and M. Morari, "Supervisory hybrid model predictive control for voltage stability of power networks," Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, New York, New York, pp. 5444-5449, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  24. T. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "Stabilizing model predictive controllers for randomly switching max-plus-linear systems," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2007 (ECC'07), Kos, Greece, pp. 4952-4959, July 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  25. I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, T.J.J. van den Boom, and H. Hellendoorn, "Stable model predictive control for constrained max-plus-linear systems," Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 329-354, Sept. 2007.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  26. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "TS fuzzy controllers for cascaded systems," Proceedings of the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Advanced Fuzzy and Neural Control (AFNC 07), Valenciennes, France, 6 pp., Oct. 2007. Paper MO4-2.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  27. A. Hegyi, T. Bellemans, and B. De Schutter, "Freeway traffic management and control," Tech. rep. 07-028, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 31 pp., Nov. 2007. Accepted for publication in Encyclopedia of Complexity and System Science, Springer, 2009.  (bibtex)

  28. D. Corona and B. De Schutter, "Comparison of a linear and a hybrid adaptive cruise controller for a SMART," Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 4779-4784, Dec. 2007.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))


2008
  1. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Continuous-state reinforcement learning with fuzzy approximation," in Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems III. Adaptation and Multi-Agent Learning (K. Tuyls, A. Nowé, Z. Guessoum, and D. Kudenko, eds.), vol. 4865 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Berlin, Germany: Springer, ISBN 978-3-540-77947-6, pp. 27-43, 2008.  (abstract,  online version,  bibtex)

  2. B. De Schutter, "The extended linear complementarity problem and its applications in analysis and control of discrete-event systems," in Pareto Optimality, Game Theory and Equilibria (A. Chinchuluun, P.M. Pardalos, A. Migdalas, and L. Pitsoulis, eds.), Springer Optimization and Its Applications, New York, New York: Springer, ISBN 978-0-387-77246-2, pp. 541-570, 2008.  (abstract,  online version,  bibtex)

  3. M. Burger, A. Hegyi, and B. De Schutter, "Suitability of different mean speeds for model-based traffic control," Proceedings of the 87th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 18 pp., Jan. 2008. Paper 08-2010.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. rep. (pdf))

  4. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Stability of cascaded fuzzy systems and observers," Tech. rep. 08-001, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 13 pp., Jan. 2008. Revised version. Provisionally accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems.  (bibtex)

  5. 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)

  6. D. Corona and B. De Schutter, "Adaptive cruise control for a SMART car: A comparison benchmark for MPC-PWA control methods," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 365-372, Mar. 2008.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex)

  7. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed Kalman filtering for cascaded systems," Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 457-469, Apr. 2008.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  8. I. Necoara, T.J.J. van den Boom, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Stabilization of max-plus-linear systems using model predictive control: The unconstrained case," Automatica, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 971-981, Apr. 2008.  (abstract,  online paper,  bibtex)

  9. 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)

  10. B. De Schutter and T. van den Boom, "Max-plus algebra and max-plus linear discrete event systems: An introduction," Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'08), Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 36-42, May 2008.  (abstract,  bibtex)

  11. I. Necoara, B. De Schutter, T. van den Boom, and H. Hellendoorn, "Model predictive control for uncertain max-min-plus-scaling systems," International Journal of Control, vol. 81, no. 5, pp. 701-713, May 2008.  (online paper,  bibtex)

  12. T. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "Randomly switching max-plus linear systems and equivalent classes of discrete event systems," Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems (WODES'08), Göteborg, Sweden, pp. 242-247, May 2008.  (bibtex)

  13. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Model-based predictive traffic control for intelligent vehicles: Dynamic speed limits and dynamic lane allocation," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV'08), Eindhoven, The Netherlands, pp. 174-179, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  14. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Consistency of fuzzy model-based reinforcement learning," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2008), Hong Kong, pp. 518-524, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  15. M. Gerard, B. De Schutter, and M. Verhaegen, "A hybrid steepest descent method for constrained convex optimization," Tech. rep. 08-015, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, June 2008. Accepted for publication in Automatica.  (bibtex)

  16. M. Houwing, R.R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "Economic advantages of applying model predictive control to distributed energy resources: The case of micro-CHP systems," Proceedings of the 16th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED'08), Ajaccio, France, pp. 1550-1555, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  17. Zs. Lendek, R. Babuska, and B. De Schutter, "Stability analysis and observer design for decentralized TS fuzzy systems," Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2008), Hong Kong, pp. 631-636, June 2008.  (bibtex)

  18. 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)

  19. 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)

  20. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Fuzzy partition optimization for approximate fuzzy Q-iteration," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 5629-5634, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  21. M. Burger, A. Hegyi, and B. De Schutter, "Model-based speed limit control with different traffic state measurements," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 14072-14077, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  22. D. Corona, J. Buisson, and B. De Schutter, "A Hamiltonian approach for the optimal control of the switching signal for a DC-DC converter," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 7654-7659, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  23. Zs. Lendek, K.M. van Schagen, R. Babuska, A. Veersma, and B. De Schutter, "Cascaded parameter estimation for a water treatment plant using particle filters," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 10857-10862, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  24. A.N. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Throughput optimization of automated flats sorting machines," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 51-56, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  25. 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)

  26. M. van den Berg, A. Hegyi, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Influencing long-term route choice by traffic control measures - A model study," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 13052-13057, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  27. T. van den Boom and B. De Schutter, "Model predictive control for switching max-plus-linear systems with random and deterministic switching," Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, pp. 7660-7665, July 2008.  (bibtex)

  28. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, J. Hellendoorn, and A.N. Tarau, "Traffic management for intelligent vehicle highway systems using model-based predictive control," Tech. rep. 08-026, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 15 pp., Aug. 2008. Accepted for the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, Jan. 2009.  (bibtex)

  29. A.N. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Route choice control of automated baggage handling systems," Tech. rep. 08-025, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 14 pp., Aug. 2008. Accepted for the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, Jan. 2009.  (bibtex)

  30. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Model predictive control for intelligent speed adaptation in intelligent vehicle highway systems," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 468-473, Sept. 2008.  (bibtex)

  31. R.R. Negenborn, M. Houwing, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Adaptive prediction model accuracy in the control of residential energy resources," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 311-316, Sept. 2008.  (bibtex)

  32. R.R. Negenborn, M. Houwing, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Model predictive control for residential energy resources using a mixed-logical dynamic model," Tech. rep. 08-028, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Sept. 2008. Accepted for the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC'09), Okayama, Japan, Mar. 2009.  (bibtex)

  33. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Centralized versus decentralized route choice control in DCV-based baggage handling systems," Tech. rep. 08-027, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Sept. 2008. Accepted for the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC'09), Okayama, Japan, Mar. 2009.  (bibtex)

  34. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Travel time control of destination coded vehicles in baggage handling systems," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 293-298, Sept. 2008.  (bibtex)

  35. M. van den Berg, B. De Schutter, J. Hellendoorn, and A. Hegyi, "Influencing route choice in traffic networks: A model predictive control approach based on mixed-integer linear programming," Proceedings of the 17th IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 299-304, Sept. 2008.  (bibtex)

  36. R.T. van Katwijk, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Movement-based look-ahead traffic-adaptive intersection control," Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control 2008, London, UK, 6 pp., Sept. 2008. Paper Th09.01.  (bibtex)

  37. L.D. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Dynamic speed limits and on-ramp metering for IVHS using model predictive control," Proceedings of the 11th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2008), Beijing, China, pp. 821-826, Oct. 2008.  (bibtex)

  38. L. Baskar, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "Intelligent speed adaptation in intelligent vehicle highway systems - A model predictive control approach," Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 - TRAIL in Perspective - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 13 pp., Oct. 2008.  (bibtex)

  39. 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.  (bibtex)

  40. M. van den Berg, B. De Schutter, A. Hegyi, and H. Hellendoorn, "Day-to-day route choice control in traffic networks with time-varying demand profiles," Tech. rep. 08-029, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Oct. 2008. Submitted to a conference.  (bibtex)

  41. M. van den Berg, B. De Schutter, H. Hellendoorn, and A. Hegyi, "Day-to-day route choice control in traffic networks - A model predictive control approach based on mixed integer linear programming," Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 - TRAIL in Perspective - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 14 pp., Oct. 2008.  (bibtex)

  42. S. Zegeye, B. De Schutter, H. Hellendoorn, and E. Breunesse, "A model-based predictive traffic control approach for the reduction of emissions," Proceedings of the 10th TRAIL Congress 2008 - TRAIL in Perspective - CD-ROM, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 11 pp., Oct. 2008.  (bibtex)

  43. 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)

  44. L. Busoniu, D. Ernst, B. De Schutter, and R. Babuska, "Policy search with cross-entropy optimization of basis functions," Tech. rep. 08-031, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 8 pp., Nov. 2008. Accepted for the 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Adaptive Dynamic Programming and Reinforcement Learning publication,Nashville, Tennessee, March-April, 2009.  (bibtex)

  45. 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)

  46. A. Tarau, B. De Schutter, and J. Hellendoorn, "Model-based control for throughput optimization of automated flats sorting machines," Tech. rep. 08-030, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 32 pp., Nov. 2008. Accepted for publication in Control Engineering Practice.  (bibtex)

  47. 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)

  48. R.R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed model predictive control of irrigation canals," Tech. rep. 08-032, Delft Center for Systems and Control, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, 22 pp., Dec. 2008. Accepted for publication in Networks and Heterogeneous Media.  (bibtex)


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