Miroslav Krstic

Publication List Details

Period

1995 - 2007

Number

46

Co-Authors

Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2007)

Andras Balogh, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper we stabilize the parabolic equilibrium profile in a 2D channel flow using actuators and sensors only at the wall. The control of channel flow was previously considered by Speyer and...

Submitted to International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing (2007)

Wei-jiu Liu, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper, we propose a fortified boundary control law and an adaptation law for Burgers ' equation with unknown viscosity, where no a priori knowledge of a lower bound on viscosity is...

Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2007)

Andras Balogh, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper we stabilize the parabolic equilibrium profile in a 2D channel flow using actuators and sensors only at the wall. The control of channel flow was previously considered by Speyer and...

Strong Stabilization of the System of Linear Elasticity by a Dirichlet Boundary Feedback # (2007)

Wei-jiu Liu, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper, by using Nagy-Foias-Foguel's theory of decomposition of continuous semigroups of contractions, we prove that the system of linear elasticity is strongly stabilizable by a...

-global exponential (2007)

Wei-jiu Liu, Miroslav Krstic

The problem of global exponential stabilization by boundary feedback for the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation on the domain [0, 1] is considered. We derive a control law of the form u(0) = u x (1)...

Backstepping boundary control of of Burgers' equation with actuator dynamics, Systems and Control Letters (submitted (2007)

Wei-jiu Liu, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper we propose a backstepping boundary control law for Burgers ' equation with actuator dynamics. While the control law without actuator dynamics depends only on the signals u(0, t)...

Boundary Control of the Korteweg--de Vries--Burgers Equation: Further Results on Stabilization and Numerical Demonstration (2007)

Andras Balogh, Miroslav Krstic

We consider the Korteweg--de Vries--Burgers (KdVB) equation on the interval [0; 1]. Motivated by poor decay rates of a recently proposed control law by Liu and Krstic which keeps some of the boundary...

Closed-Form Solutions Of Stochastic And Deterministic Nonlinear Control Problems (2007)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

: We review our recent results on stabilization and optimal disturbance attenuation for nonlinear systems with uncertainties. The systems are affine in the control and the disturbance but otherwise...

Stochastic Nonlinear Lyapunov Stabilization and Inverse Optimality (2007)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

. While the current robust nonlinear control toolbox includes a number of methods for systems affine in deterministic bounded disturbances, the problem when the disturbance is unbounded stochastic...

Global Attitude/Position Regulation for Underwater Vehicles (2007)

Dejan M. Boskovic, Miroslav Krstic

In this paper a nonlinear controller is designed for a 6dof model of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) which includes both the kinematics and the dynamics. It is shown how the use of a Lyapunov...

Regularity of Solutions of Burgers' Equation with Globally Stabilizing Nonlinear Boundary Feedback (2007)

Andras Balogh, Miroslav Krstic, In L

We consider the viscous Burgers equation under recently proposed nonlinear boundary conditions which guarantee global asymptotic stabilization and semiglobal exponential stabilization in H 1 sense....

A Registrant shall not use, directly or indirectly, an employer’s or client’s information in any way that would violate the confidence of the employer or client (2007)

Kartik B. Ariyur, Miroslav Krstic

The paper provides a multivariable extremum seeking scheme, the first for systems with general time-varying parameters. We derive a stability test in a simple SISO format and develop a systematic...

Tuning of a Combustion Controller by Extremum Seeking: A Simulation Study 1 (2007)

Georg Schneider, Kartik B. Ariyur, Miroslav Krstic

krstic.ucsd.edu Attenuation of thermoacoustic instabilities by active control has lately received considerable attention. Many experimentally successful endeavors have used phase-shifting controllers...

Identification of Averaged Dynamics of a Controlled Combustion Instability 1 (2007)

Kartik B. Ariyur, Andrzej Banaszuk, Miroslav Krstic

Attenuation of thermoacoustic oscillations by active control has lately received considerable attention. In the present work, we identify the averaged dynamics or the dynamics of the amplitude of a...

MTNS Problem Book (2007)

Open Problems On, Vincent D. Blondel, Alexander Megretski, Roger Brockett, Jean-michel Coron, Miroslav Krstic, ...

this paper we consider the well-known Schur problem the solution of which satisfy in addition the extremal condition (z)w(z) min ; jzj < 1 (58.1) where w(z) and min are mxm matrices and min > 0...

APPLICATION OF STANDARD CHEST X-RAY IN DETECTION OF HEART CONDITIONS (2007)

Rade R Babic, Mirko Burazor, Miroslav Krstic, Sasa Zivic, Natasa Markovic, Ivana Burazor

This paper focuses on heart conditions which can be diagnosed using a technically correct standard chest X-ray. The paper presents: dextrocardia, aortic coarctation, isolated stenosis of the...

Optimal Mixing Enhancement in 3-D Pipe Flow (2005)

Krstic, MIROSLAV

We design a Lyapunov based-boundary feedback controller for achieving mixing in a three-dimensional (3-D) pipe flow governed by Navier-Stokes equations. We show that the control law maximizes a...

Closed-Form Boundary State Feedbacks for a Class of 1-D Partial Integro-Differential Equations (2004)

Smyshlyaev, Andrey S, Krstic, MIROSLAV

In this paper, a problem of boundary stabilization of a class of linear parabolic partial integro-differential equations (P(I)DEs) in one dimension is considered using the method of backstepping,...

Closed-Form Boundary State Feedbacks for a Class of 1-D Partial Integro-Differential Equations (2004)

Smyshlyaev, Andrey S, Krstic, MIROSLAV

In this paper, a problem of boundary stabilization of a class of linear parabolic partial integro-differential equations (P(I)DEs) in one dimension is considered using the method of backstepping,...

Feedback Linearizability and Explicit Integrator Forwarding Controllers for Classes of Feedforward Systems (2004)

Krstic, MIROSLAV

We identify a class of feedforward nonlinear systems that are linearizable by a coordinate change. Then we develop explicit expressions for the Lyapunov-based integrator forwarding recursive...

Stability of partial difference equations governing control gains in infinite-dimensional backstepping (2004)

Balogh, Andras, Krstic, Miroslav

We examine the stability properties of a class of LTV difference equations on an infinite-dimensional state space that arise in backstepping designs for parabolic PDEs. The nominal system matrix of...

Extremum Seeking Control for Discrete-Time Systems (2002)

Krstic, MIROSLAV

In this note, the concept of wide-band noise is analyzed via a certain integral representation. It is proved that there are infinitely many wide-band noise processes represented in integral form...

Stabilization of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems Driven by Noise of Unknown Covariance (2001)

Krstic, MIROSLAV, Williams, Ruth J

This paper poses and solves a new problem of stochastic (nonlinear) disturbance attenuation where the task is to make the system solution bounded (in expectation, with appropriate nonlinear...

Stability enhancement by boundary control in the KuramotoSivashinsky equation, Nonlinear Analysis (2001)

Wei-jiu Liu, Miroslav Krstic

We address the problem of Dirichlet and Neumann boundary control of the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation on the domain [0, 1]. First we note that, while the uncontrolled Dirichlet problem is...

Strong stabilization of the system of linear elasticity by a Dirichlet boundary feedback (2000)

Liu, Wei-Jiu, Krstic, Miroslav

In this paper, by using the Nagy–Foias–Foguel theory of decomposition of continuous semigroups of contractions, we prove that the system of linear elasticity is strongly stabilizable by a...

Editors (1999)

Vincent D. Blondel, Alexander Megretski, Roger Brockett, Jean-michel Coron, Miroslav Krstic, Anders Rantzer, ...

Some of the problems appearing in this booklet will appear in a more extensive forthcoming book on open problems in systems theory. For more information about this future book, please consult the...

Optimizing Bioreactors by Extremum Seeking (1999)

Hsin-Hsiung Wang, Miroslav Krstic, Georges Bastin

The optimization of the operation of biological reactors is an interesting nonlinear problem whose solution offers potential economic benefit. We apply a peak seeking method to approach the maximum...

On Global Stabilization of Burgers' Equation by Boundary Control (1999)

Miroslav Krstic

Although often referred to as a one-dimensional "cartoon" of Navier-Stokes equation because it does not exhibit turbulence, the Burgers' equation is a natural first step towards...

A Second Generation of Backstepping Designs and Robust Nonlinear Control of Aeroengines (1998)

Krstic, Miroslav

The objective of this research has been twofold: (1) to develop nonlinear control design techniques that can systematically accommodate nonlinearities and have optimality properties, and (2) develop...

A Second Generation of Backstepping Designs and Robust Nonlinear Control of Aeroengines (1998)

Krstic, Miroslav

The research completed has established connections between systematic methods of nonlinear stabilization and nonlinear optimal control. The redesigns of adaptive and robust nonlinear controllers...

A Second Generation of Backstepping Designs and Robust Nonlinear Control of Aeroengines (1998)

Krstic, Miroslav

The research completed has established connections between systematic methods of nonlinear stabilization and nonlinear optimal control. The redesigns of adaptive and robust nonlinear controllers...

Stabilization of Nonlinear PDE's and Applications to Control of Flows (1998)

Krstic, Miroslav

We have contributed in three general areas that are relevant to high performance control of aerospace vehicles. We have developed systematic techniques for real time optimization using the method of...

Output-Feedback Stabilization of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems Driven by Noise of Unknown Covariance (1998)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

We address the class of stochastic output-feedback nonlinear systems driven by noise whose covariance is time varying and bounded but the bound is not known a priori. This problem is analogous to...

Useful Nonlinearities and Global Stabilization of Bifurcations in a Model of Jet Engine Surge and Stall (1998)

Miroslav Krstic, Dan Fontaine, Petar V. Kokotovic, James D. Paduano

Compressor stall and surge are complex nonlinear instabilities that reduce the performance and can cause failure of aircraft engines. We design a feedback controller that globally stabilizes a broad...

Extremum Seeking Feedback: Stability Proof and Application to an Aeroengine Compressor Model (1998)

Miroslav Krstic, Hsin-Hsiung Wang, Summitted To Automatica

While the mainstream methods of adaptive control (both linear and nonlinear) deal only with regulation to known set points or reference trajectories, in many applications the set point should be...

Feedback Attenuation and Adaptive Cancellation of Blade Vortex Interaction on a Helicopter Blade Element (1998)

Kartik B. Ariyur, Miroslav Krstic

Blade vortex interaction (BVI) noise has been recognized as the primary determinant of the helicopter's far field acoustic signature. Given the limitations of design in eliminating this dynamic...

Inverse Optimal Stabilization of a Rigid Spacecraft (1998)

Miroslav Krstic, Panagiotis Tsiotras

We present an approach for constructing optimal feedback control laws for regulation of a rotating rigid spacecraft. We employ the inverse optimal control approach which circumvents the task of...

Stabilization of Stochastic Nonlinear Systems Driven by Noise of Unknown Covariance (1997)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

. The paper poses and solves a new problem of stochastic (nonlinear) disturbance attenuation where the task is to make the system solution bounded (in probability) by a monotone function of the...

Inverse Optimality Results for the Attitude Motion of a Rigid Spacecraft (1997)

Miroslav Krstic, Panagiotis Tsiotras

We present an approach for constructing optimal feedback control laws for optimal regulation of a rotating rigid spacecraft. We employ the inverse optimal control approach which circumvents the task...

Stochastic Nonlinear Stabilization - Part I: A Backstepping Design (1997)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

While the current robust nonlinear control toolbox includes a number of methods for systems affine in a deterministic bounded disturbances, the problem when the disturbance is unbounded stochastic...

Stochastic Nonlinear Stabilization - Part II: Inverse Optimality (1997)

Hua Deng, Miroslav Krstic

After considering the stabilization of a specific class of stochastic nonlinear systems in a companion paper, in this second part, we address the classical question of when is a stabilizing (in...

Inverse Optimal Design of Input-to-State Stabilizing Nonlinear Controllers (1997)

Miroslav Krstic, Zhong-hua Li

We show that input-to-state stabilizability (as defined by Sontag) is both necessary and sufficient for the solvability of a Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs equation associated with a meaningful differential...

Optimal Design of Adaptive Tracking Controllers for Nonlinear Systems (1997)

Zhong-hua Li, Miroslav Krstic

We pose and solve an "inverse optimal" adaptive tracking problem for nonlinear systems with unknown parameters. A controller is said to be inverse optimal when it minimizes a meaningful...

Performance Improvement and Limitations in Extremum Seeking Control

Miroslav Krstic

We propose the inclusion of a dynamic compensator in the extremum seeking algorithm which improves the stability and performance properties of the method. This compensator is added to the integrator...