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Bruce A. Francis

Bruce A. Francis

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
57
Citations
45823
World Ranking
1917
National Ranking
96

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - IEEE Control Systems Award "For pioneering contributions to H-infinity, linear-multivariable, and digital control."

Overview

Bruce A. Francis was affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spanned several main fields including Computer Science, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work encompassed a variety of subfields, most notably:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

Among the main topics covered in their research were:

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis

Bruce A. Francis received the IEEE Control Systems Award in 2015, with a citation recognizing "For pioneering contributions to H-infinity, linear-multivariable, and digital control."

Best Publications

  • State-space solutions to standard H/sub 2/ and H/sub infinity / control problems

    J.C. Doyle;K. Glover;P.P. Khargonekar;B.A. Francis

  • Feedback Control Theory

    John Comstock Doyle;Bruce A. Francis;Allen R. Tannenbaum

  • A Course in H∞ Control Theory

    Bruce A. Francis

  • Paper: The internal model principle of control theory

    B. A. Francis;W. M. Wonham

  • State-space solutions to standard H 2 and H ∞ control problems

    John Doyle;Keith Glover;Pramod Khargonekar;Bruce Francis

  • Optimal Sampled-Data Control Systems

    Tongwen Chen;Bruce A. Francis

  • The internal model principle for linear multivariable regulators

    B. A. Francis;W. M. Wonham

  • The Linear Multivariable Regulator Problem

    Bruce A. Francis

  • Necessary and sufficient graphical conditions for formation control of unicycles

    Zhiyun Lin;B. Francis;M. Maggiore

  • Local control strategies for groups of mobile autonomous agents

    Zhiyun Lin;M. Broucke;B. Francis

  • Formations of vehicles in cyclic pursuit

    J.A. Marshall;M.E. Broucke;B.A. Francis

  • Feedback, minimax sensitivity, and optimal robustness

    G. Zames;B. Francis

  • Stabilizing a linear system by switching control with dwell time

    H. Ishii;B.A. Francis

  • Stabilisation of infinitesimally rigid formations of multi-robot networks

    Laura Krick;Mireille E. Broucke;Bruce A. Francis

  • State Agreement for Continuous-Time Coupled Nonlinear Systems

    Zhiyun Lin;Bruce Francis;Manfredi Maggiore

  • Stability theory for linear time-invariant plants with periodic digital controllers

    Bruce A. Francis;Tryphon T. Georgiou

  • Linear control theory with an H ∞ 0E optimality criterion

    Bruce A. Francis;John C. Doyle

  • A lifting technique for linear periodic systems with applications to sampled-data control

    Bassam Bamieh;J. Boyd Pearson;Bruce A. Francis;Allen Tannenbaum;Allen Tannenbaum

  • Bilateral controller for teleoperators with time delay via /spl mu/-synthesis

    G.M.H. Leung;B.A. Francis;J. Apkarian

  • On H ∞ -optimal sensitivity theory for SISO feedback systems

    B. Francis;G. Zames

  • The internal model principle for linear multivariable regulators

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Tongwen Chen
Tongwen Chen University of Alberta
Pramod P. Khargonekar
Pramod P. Khargonekar University of California, Irvine
Hideaki Ishii
Hideaki Ishii Tokyo Institute of Technology
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar
Mathukumalli Vidyasagar Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
W.M. Wonham
W.M. Wonham University of Toronto
Keith Glover
Keith Glover University of Cambridge
Shahriar Mirabbasi
Shahriar Mirabbasi University of British Columbia
Bassam Bamieh
Bassam Bamieh University of California, Santa Barbara
Raviraj S. Adve
Raviraj S. Adve University of Toronto

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