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Christos G. Cassandras

Christos G. Cassandras

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
20350
World Ranking
1697
National Ranking
682

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 1996 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to discrete event systems and perturbation analysis and their applications.

Overview

Christos G. Cassandras is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has published extensively in the fields of engineering and computer science, with particular emphasis on control and systems engineering as well as automotive engineering.

Their research spans several main topics, including:

  • Traffic control and management
  • Advanced control systems optimization
  • Autonomous vehicle technology and safety
  • Distributed control multi-agent systems
  • Transportation planning and optimization
  • Vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)
  • Transportation and mobility innovations

Frequently collaborating on publications are the coauthors Wei Xiao, João P. Hespanha, Magnus Egerstedt, Miroslav Krstić, and Yasamin Mostofi. The number of collaborations with these individuals ranges from 29 to 34.

Their recent papers include:

  • "Adaptive Control Barrier Functions", 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • "A bi-level cooperative driving strategy allowing lane changes", 2020, Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies
  • "Bridging the gap between optimal trajectory planning and safety-critical control with applications to autonomous vehicles", 2021, Automatica
  • "Physiological and socioeconomic characteristics predict COVID-19 mortality and resource utilization in Brazil", 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Decentralized optimal merging control for Connected and Automated Vehicles with safety constraint guarantees", 2020, Automatica

They have published significantly in venues including:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Automatica
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

Christos G. Cassandras has also contributed to book publications, including "Safe Autonomy with Control Barrier Functions" published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers in 2023.

The scientist has received distinctions such as being named a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2008 and an IEEE Fellow in 1996 for contributions to discrete event systems and perturbation analysis and their applications.

Best Publications

  • Optimal control of a class of hybrid systems

    C.G. Cassandras;D.L. Pepyne;Y. Wardi

  • A decentralized energy-optimal control framework for connected automated vehicles at signal-free intersections

    Andreas A. Malikopoulos;Christos G. Cassandras;Yue J. Zhang

  • Sensor Networks and Cooperative Control

    Christos G. Cassandras;Wei Li

  • Optimal control and coordination of connected and automated vehicles at urban traffic intersections

    Yue J. Zhang;Andreas A. Malikopoulos;Christos G. Cassandras

  • Distributed coverage control and data collection with mobile sensor networks

    Minyi Zhong;Christos G. Cassandras

  • Stochastic hybrid systems

    Christos G. Cassandras;John Lygeros

  • Distributed Cooperative coverage Control of Sensor Networks

    Wei Li;C.G. Cassandras

  • Optimal control of hybrid systems in manufacturing

    D.L. Pepyne;C.G. Cassandras

  • Paper: A new approach to the analysis of discrete event dynamic systems

    Y. C. Ho;C. Cassandras

  • Perturbation analysis for online control and optimization of stochastic fluid models

    C.G. Cassandras;Y. Wardi;B. Melamed;Gang Sun

  • Discrete-Event Systems

    Christos G. Cassandras

  • An Optimal Control Approach to the Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Problem

    Christos G. Cassandras;Xuchao Lin;Xu Chu Ding

  • Asynchronous Distributed Optimization With Event-Driven Communication

    Minyi Zhong;Christos G Cassandras

  • Optimal dispatching control for elevator systems during uppeak traffic

    D.L. Pepyne;C.G. Cassandras

  • Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents With Physical Constraints

    Yan-Wu Wang;Yao-Wen Wei;Xiao-Kang Liu;Nan Zhou

  • Adaptive Control Barrier Functions

    Wei Xiao;Calin Belta;Christos G. Cassandras

  • Perturbation Analysis and Optimization of Stochastic Hybrid Systems

    Christos G. Cassandras;Yorai Wardi;Christos G. Panayiotou;Chen Yao

  • A Cooperative receding horizon controller for multivehicle uncertain environments

    Wei Li;C.G. Cassandras

  • On-line sensitivity analysis of Markov chains

    C.G. Cassandras;S.G. Strickland

  • Finite-Time Distributed Convex Optimization for Continuous-Time Multiagent Systems With Disturbance Rejection

    Zhi Feng;Guoqiang Hu;Christos G. Cassandras

  • Stochastic Hybrid Systems: Research Issues and Areas

    Christos Cassandras;John Lygeros

  • A new approach to the analysis of discrete event dynamic systems

    Y. C. Ho;C. Cassandras

  • Optimal control of a class of hybrid systems

    C.G. Cassandras;D.L. Pepyne

  • On maximum lifetime routing in Wireless Sensor Networks

    Xu Ning;Christos G. Cassandras

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan-Wu Wang
Yan-Wu Wang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lihua Xie
Lihua Xie Nanyang Technological University
Jim Kurose
Jim Kurose University of Massachusetts Amherst
John Lygeros
John Lygeros ETH Zurich
Wook Hyun Kwon
Wook Hyun Kwon Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Huei Peng
Huei Peng University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jay A. Farrell
Jay A. Farrell University of California, Riverside
Guoqiang Hu
Guoqiang Hu Nanyang Technological University
Janos Sztipanovits
Janos Sztipanovits Vanderbilt University

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