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Journal papers

 

M. Prandini, L. Piroddi, S. Puechmorel, S.L. Brázdilová

Towards air traffic complexity assessment in new generation air traffic management systems.

IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Submitted, 2009

M. Prandini, V. Putta, J. Hu.

A probabilistic measure of air traffic complexity in three-dimensional airspace.

International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, special issue on Air Traffic Management: Challenges and opportunities for advanced control, preliminary accepted, 2009

A. Abate, J.P. Katoen, J. Lygeros, M. Prandini.

Approximate model checking of stochastic hybrid systems.

European Journal of Control, special issue on Stochastic hybrid systems, accepted, 2010

M.C. Campi, S. Garatti, M. Prandini.

The scenario approach for systems and control design.

Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 33(2): 149-157, 2009

M. Prandini and J. Hu.

Application of reachability analysis for stochastic hybrid systems to aircraft conflict prediction.

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54 (4), pp. 913-917, 2009.

A. Abate, M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.

Probabilistic reachability and safety for controlled discrete time stochastic hybrid systems.

Automatica, vol. 44 (11), pp. 2724-2734, 2008.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, C. Tomlin.
Conjugate Points in Formation Constrained Optimal Multi-Agent Coordination: A Case Study.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 45 (6), pp. 2119-2137, 2007.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Aircraft conflict detection in presence of a spatially correlated wind field.
IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 6 (3), pp. 326-340, 2005.

R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, M. Prandini.
Semantic indexing of soccer audio-visual sequences: a multi-modal approach based on controlled Markov chains.
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 14 (5), pp. 634-643, 2004.

M.C. Campi, J. Hespanha, M. Prandini.
Cautious hierarchical switching control of stochastic linear systems.
International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 18 (4), pp. 319-333, 2004.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Optimal coordinated motions for multiple agents moving on a plane.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 42 (2), pp. 637-668, 2003.

M.C. Campi and M. Prandini.
Randomized algorithms for the synthesis of cautious adaptive controllers.
Systems & Control Letters, Special Issue on Adaptive Systems, vol. 49, pp. 21-36, 2003.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Optimal coordinated maneuvers for three dimensional aircraft conflict resolution.
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 25 (5), pp. 888-900, 2002.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.
Adaptive LQG control of input-output systems - A cost-biased approach.
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, vol. 39 (5), pp. 1499-1519, 2001.

M. Prandini, J. Hu, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.
A probabilistic approach to aircraft conflict detection.
IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Special issue on Air Traffic Control - Part I, vol.1 (4), pp.199-220, Dec. 2000.

M. Prandini, M.C. Campi, S. Bittanti.
A penalized identification criterion for securing controllability in adaptive control.
Journal of Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control. Abstract in vol.8, pp. 491-494,
Full paper electronic access code: 29460, Nov, 1998.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.
A new recursive identification algorithm for singularity free adaptive control.
Systems & Control Letters, vol.34 (4), pp. 177-183, 1998.

M. Prandini, M. Campi, R. Leonardi.
Optimal delay estimation and performance evaluation in blind equalization.
International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol.11, pp. 621-640, 1997.

Book chapters

J. Lygeros and M. Prandini.

Stochastic hybrid systems.

Chapter of the HYCON Handbook of Hybrid Systems Control: Theory, Tools, Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge University Press, pp. 249-278, 2009.

A. Abate, M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.

Approximation of general stochastic hybrid systems by switching diffusions with random hybrid jumps.

Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, 2008. Short paper.

S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi, M. Prandini.

How many experiments are needed to adapt?

Chapter of the book "Modeling, Estimation and Control. Festschrift in Honor of Giorgio Picci on the Occasion of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday", Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 364, pp. 7-17, Springer-Verlag, 2007.

A. Abate, S. Amin, M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.
Computational approaches to reachability analysis of stochastic hybrid systems.

Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, April 2007. Regular paper.

M. Farina and M. Prandini.

Hybrid models for biochemical reaction networks: The case of the lac operon in E. Coli.

Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, April 2007. Short paper.

M. Prandini, M.C. Campi, S. Garatti.
Controller design through random sampling: An example.
Chapter of the book "Advances in Control Theory and Applications", Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 353, pp. 201-212, Springer Verlag,
2007.

M. Prandini and J. Hu.
Stochastic reachability: Theoretical foundations and numerical approximation.
Chapter of the book "Stochastic hybrid systems", Control Engineering Series,
vol. 24, pp. 107-138 Taylor & Francis Group/CRC Press, 2006.

S. Amin, A. Abate, M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.
Reachability analysis for discrete time stochastic hybrid systems.
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, March 2006.

M. Prandini and J. Hu.
A stochastic approximation method for reachability computations.
Chapter of the book "Stochastic hybrid systems: theory and safety critical applications", Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 337, pp.107-139, Springer Verlag, 2006.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, K.H. Johansson, S. Sastry.
Hybrid Geodesics as Optimal Solutions to the Collision-Free Motion Planning Problem.
Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer-Verlag, vol. 2034, pp.305-318, March 2001.

Conference Papers

S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi, and M. Prandini.

Adaptation and the effort needed to adapt.

48th Conf. on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2009.

M. Prandini and J. Hu.

A probabilistic approach to air traffic complexity evaluation

48th Conf. on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec. 2009.

M. Prandini, L. Piroddi, J. Lygeros.

A two-step approach to aircraft conflict resolution combining optimal deterministic design with Monte Carlo stochastic optimization.

European Control Conference 2009, Budapest, Hungary, August 23-26, 2009

I. Boniolo, S. Savaresi, M. Prandini, G. Borghi, B. Garavelli, S. Bittanti.
Performance Analysis of a Digital Compass for the Heading Estimation in Nautical Application.
5th IFAC Symposium on System Identification,
Saint-Malo, France, July 6-8, 2009.

A. Abate, M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, S. Sastry.

An approximate dynamic programming approach to probabilistic reachability for stochastic hybrid systems.

47th Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008.

M. Tanelli, M. Prandini, F. Codecŕ, A. Moia, S.M. Savaresi.

Analysing the interaction between braking control and speed estimation: the case of two-wheeled vehicles.

47th Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008.

M. Prandini and J. Hu.

Application of reachability analysis for stochastic hybrid systems to aircraft conflict prediction.

47th Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008.

M.C. Campi, S. Garatti, M. Prandini.

The scenario approach for systems and control design.

17th IFAC World Congress,  Seoul, Korea, July  2008.

Included in ``Plenary Papers, Milestone Reports & Selected Survey Papers'', pp. 180-188, 2008

M. Prandini and J. Hu.

A numerical approximation scheme for reachability analysis of stochastic hybrid systems with state-dependent switchings.

46th Conf. on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Dec. 2007.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.

A new approach to controller design in presence of constraints

46th Conf. on Decision and Control, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Dec. 2007.

Alessandro Abate, Saurabh Amin, Maria Prandini, John Lygeros, Shankar Sastry.
Probabilistic reachability and safe sets computation for discrete time stochastic hybrid systems.
45th Conf. on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, Dec. 2006.

M. Prandini.
A Self-Optimizing Switching Control Scheme for Uncertain ARMAX Systems.
2005 Joint CDC-ECC, Seville, Spain, Dec. 2005.

A. Danelli, M. Pozzi, P. Colaneri, A. De Marco, E. Musazzi, M. Prandini.
Stabilization of high voltage transmission network in emergency conditions.
40th International Universities Power Engineering Conference, Cork, Ireland, September 2005.

M. Prandini.
Adaptive stabilization of ARMAX systems via logic-based switching.
20th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Cyprus, June 2005.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, C.J. Tomlin.
Interesting Conjugate Points in Formation Constrained Optimal Multi-Agent Coordination.
Proc. American Control Conference 2005, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 2005.

M. Prandini.
Piecewise affine systems identification: a learning theoretical approach
43rd Conf. on Decision and Control, Atlantis, Bahamas, Dec. 2004.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Probabilistic safety analysis in three-dimensional aircraft flight.
42nd Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 2003.

J. Hu and M. Prandini.
Aircraft conflict detection: a method for computing the probability of conflict based on Markov chain approximation.
European Control Conference, Cambridge, UK, September 2003.

M. Prandini, J.P. Hespanha,  M.C. Campi.
Hysteresis-based switching control of stochastic linear systems.
European Control Conference, Cambridge, UK, September 2003.

R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, M. Prandini.
Semantic indexing of sport program sequences by audio-visual analysis.
IEEE International Conference on Image Processing  2003, Barcelona, Spain, September 2003.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Aircraft conflict detection in presence of spatially correlated wind perturbations.
AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conf., Austin, Texas, August 2003.

R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, M. Prandini.
A Markov chain model for semantic indexing of sport program sequences.
Proc. Int. Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services 2003, London, UK, April 2003.

J. Lygeros and M. Prandini .
Aircraft and weather models for probabilistic collision avoidance in Air Traffic Control.
Proc. 41th Conf. on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, USA, Dec. 2002. 

R. Leonardi, P. Migliorati, M. Prandini.
Modelling of visual features by Markov chains for sport content characterization.
Proc. European Signal Processing Conference 2002, Toulouse, France, September 2002.

M.C. Campi, J.P. Hespanha, M.  Prandini.
Cautious hierarchical switching control of stochastic linear systems
Proc.
MTNS 2002, Indiana, USA, August 2002.

J. Hespanha and M. Prandini.
Optimal pursuit under partial information.
Proc. MED 2002, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2002.

M. Prandini
Switching control of stochastic linear systems: Stability and performance results
Proc. 6th  Congress of SIMAI, Chia Laguna, Cagliari, Italy, May 2002.

J. Hespanha and M. Prandini.
Nash equilibria in partial-information games on Markov chains.
Proc. 40th CDC, Orlando, USA, Dec. 2001.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.
Logic-based switching for the stabilization of stochastic systems in presence of  unmodeled dynamics.
Proc. 40th CDC, Orlando, USA, Dec. 2001.

M. Prandini, J. Hespanha, G.J. Pappas.
Greedy control for hybrid pursuit games.
ECC Conf., Porto, Portugal, Sept. 2001.

S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi, M. Prandini.
Penalized identification for self-tuning control: An overview.
IFAC Workshop on Adapt. and Learning in Contr. and Signal Proc., Como, Italy, Aug. 2001.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, A. Nilim, S. Sastry.
Optimal coordinated maneuvers for three dimensional aircraft conflict resolution.
AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conf., Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2001.

M. Prandini and L. Bardella.
Identification of a constitutive model for epoxy resins.
Proc. XIII Convegno Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale, Brescia, Nov. 2000.

M.C. Campi, P. Fogazzi, F. Genna, M. Prandini.
Identification of a model for the stress-strain behavior of the periodontal ligament.
Proc. XIII Convegno Italiano di Meccanica Computazionale, Brescia, Nov. 2000.

J. Hespanha, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Probabilistic pursuit-evasion games: A one-step Nash approach.
Proc. 39th CDC, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2000.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.
A self-optimizing adaptive LQG control scheme for input-output systems.
Proc. 39th CDC, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2000.

J. Hu, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Optimal maneuver for multiple aircraft conflict resolution: a braid point of view.
Proc. 39th CDC, Sydney, Australia, Dec. 2000.

J. Hu, J. Lygeros, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
A probabilistic framework for highway safety analysis.
Proc. 38th CDC, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Dec. 1999.

J. Hu, J. Lygeros, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Aircraft conflict detection and resolution using Brownian motion.
Proc. 38th CDC, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Dec. 1999.

M. Prandini,  J. Lygeros, A. Nilim, S. Sastry.
Randomized algorithms for probabilistic aircraft conflict detection.
Proc. 38th CDC, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Dec. 1999.

M. Prandini, J. Lygeros, A. Nilim, S. Sastry.
A probabilistic framework for aircraft conflict detection.
Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conf., Portland, OR, USA, August 1999.

M. Prandini, S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi.
The stabilizability issue in least squares estimation: a penalized approach.
Proc. MTNS 98 Conf., Padova, Italy, July 1998.

M.C. Campi and M. Prandini.
Randomized algorithms for the synthesis of adaptive controllers.
Proc. MTNS 98 Conf., Padova, Italy, July 1998.

M. Prandini.
Penalized identification Techniques for adaptive control applications.
Book of abstracts 17th Benelux meeting, Mierlo, The Netherlands, March 1998.

M. Prandini and M.C. Campi.
Adaptive pole placement by means of a simple, singularity free, identification algorithm.
Proc. 36th CDC, San Diego, California, Dec. 1997.

S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi, M. Prandini.
Self-tuning control based on penalized least squares identification techniques.
Proc. 35th CDC, Kobe, Japan, Dec. 1996.

M. Prandini, M. Campi, R. Leonardi.
A new algorithm for the automatic search of the best delay in blind equalization.
Proc. of the 7th IEEE DSP Workshop, Loen, Norway, Sept. 1996.

M. Prandini, M. Campi, R. Leonardi.
New results on the evaluation of equalizers performance.
Proc. of the 7th IEEE DSP Workshop, Loen, Norway, Sept. 1996.

S. Bittanti, M.C. Campi, M. Prandini.
Penalized least squares identification for self-tuning adaptive control.
Presented at the Workshop on Nonlinear and Adaptive Control, Grenoble, France, Sept. 1996.

M.C. Campi and M. Prandini.
Singularity free adaptive LQG control: stability and optimality.
Presented at the MTNS 96 Conf., St. Louis, U.S.A., June 1996.

Thesis

M. Prandini.
Adaptive LQG control: optimality analysis and robust controller design.
PhD thesis, University of Brescia, Italy, February 1998.

R. Magni and M. Prandini.
Endogenous currents in bones: measurements and modeling.
Laurea's thesis, Politecnico of Milano, Italy, February 1994. In Italian.

Technical reports  

M. Prandini, L. Piroddi, S. Puechmorel, P. Casek

Intermediate report on timely prediction of complex conditions for en-route aircraft

Intermediate Deliverable n. 2, Workpackage 3 “Prediction of complex traffic conditions”, iFly project, April 2009

M. Prandini, L. Piroddi, S. Puechmorel, S.L. Brázdilová.

Complexity metrics applicable to autonomous aircraft.

Deliverable n. 1, Workpackage 3 “Prediction of complex traffic conditions”, iFly project, June 2008

M. Prandini, O.J. Watkins.
Probabilistic conflict detection.
Deliverable n. 2, Workpackage 3 "Reachability analysis for probabilistic hybrid systems", IST-2001-32460  HYBRIDGE, April 2005.

M. Prandini, M.C. Campi.
Reachability Analysis for Probabilistic Hybrid Systems with Application to Air Traffic Management.
Deliverable n.1, Workpackage 3 "Reachability analysis for probabilistic hybrid systems'', IST-2001-32460  HYBRIDGE, November 2004. 

M. Prandini, J.P. Hespanha, M.C. Campi.
Hysteresis-based switching control of  stochastic linear systems.} R.T. 2002-03-26, Dipartimento di Elettronica per l'Automazione,
University of Brescia, April 2002.

M. Prandini, M.C. Campi.
Logic-based switching for the stabilization of stochastic systems in presence of unmodeled dynamics.
R.T. 2001-01-23, Dipartimento di Elettronica per l'Automazione, Universit\`a degli Studi di Brescia, March 2001.

J.P. Hespanha, M. Prandini, S. Sastry.
Probabilistic pursuit-evasion games: A one-step Nash approach.
UCB/ERL M00/45, Electronics Research Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, September 2000.

 


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