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Dragoslav D. Šiljak

Dragoslav D. Šiljak

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
59
Citations
15093
World Ranking
1723
National Ranking
692

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Control theory
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Algebra

His scientific interests lie mostly in Control theory, Decentralised system, Nonlinear system, Linear system and Mathematical optimization. His work investigates the relationship between Control theory and topics such as Complex system that intersect with problems in Optimal control and Control theory. His Decentralised system research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Control system, Computation and Adaptive control.

His Nonlinear system research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Quadratic equation, Robustness and Constant. The various areas that Dragoslav D. Šiljak examines in his Linear system study include Nonlinear programming, Time complexity, System parameters, Controllability and Characterization. His Mathematical optimization research focuses on Stability and how it relates to Feedback control and State space.

His most cited work include:

  • Decentralized control of complex systems (1181 citations)
  • Large-Scale Dynamic Systems: Stability and Structure (866 citations)
  • Decentralized overlapping control of a platoon of vehicles (481 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His primary areas of study are Control theory, Mathematical optimization, Nonlinear system, Decentralised system and Applied mathematics. Control system, Linear system, Control theory, Robust control and Stability are the core of his Control theory study. The concepts of his Mathematical optimization study are interwoven with issues in Disjoint sets and Robustness.

His Nonlinear system research incorporates themes from Complex system, Quadratic equation and Mathematical analysis. His Decentralised system research incorporates elements of Optimal control, Platoon and Contraction. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Discrete mathematics, Matrix, Lyapunov function, Iterative method and Polynomial.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Control theory (51.19%)
  • Mathematical optimization (28.57%)
  • Nonlinear system (24.21%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 1998-2017)?

  • Control theory (51.19%)
  • Mathematical optimization (28.57%)
  • Nonlinear system (24.21%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Control theory, Mathematical optimization, Nonlinear system, Decentralised system and Robust control are his primary areas of study. Dragoslav D. Šiljak has researched Control theory in several fields, including Control and Electric power system. He focuses mostly in the field of Mathematical optimization, narrowing it down to topics relating to Linear system and, in certain cases, Matrix algebra, Inclusion, Control system, Observability and Hierarchical control system.

His research in Nonlinear system intersects with topics in Efficient algorithm and Quadratic equation. His work carried out in the field of Decentralised system brings together such families of science as Distributed computing, Platoon, State, Disjoint sets and Contraction. He has included themes like Gain scheduling, Circle criterion and Nonlinear dynamical systems in his Robust control study.

Between 1998 and 2017, his most popular works were:

  • Decentralized overlapping control of a platoon of vehicles (481 citations)
  • Robust stabilization of nonlinear systems: The LMI approach (230 citations)
  • Cooperative Avoidance Control for Multiagent Systems (182 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Control theory
  • Mathematical analysis
  • Algebra

His main research concerns Control theory, Nonlinear system, Decentralised system, Robust control and Mathematical optimization. While the research belongs to areas of Control theory, Dragoslav D. Šiljak spends his time largely on the problem of Control, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Optimal control and Bellman equation. His Nonlinear system research includes elements of Quadratic equation and Robustness.

His Decentralised system research integrates issues from Stability, State, Platoon and Disjoint sets. His study looks at the relationship between Robust control and topics such as Electric power system, which overlap with Control reconfiguration, Networked control system, Linear-quadratic-Gaussian control and Operating point. Mathematical optimization and Information structure are two areas of study in which Dragoslav D. Šiljak engages in interdisciplinary work.

Best Publications

  • Decentralized control of complex systems

    Dragoslav D. Šiljak

  • Large-Scale Dynamic Systems: Stability and Structure

    Dragoslav D. Siljak

  • Decentralized overlapping control of a platoon of vehicles

    S.S. Stankovic;M.J. Stanojevic;D.D. Siljak

  • Nonlinear systems;: The parameter analysis and design

    Dragoslav D Siljak

  • Decentralized adaptive control: structural conditions for stability

    D.T. Gavel;D.D. Siljak

  • An inclusion principle for dynamic systems

    M. Ikeda;D. Siljak;D. White

  • Reliable control using multiple control systems

    D. D. Šiljak

  • Robust stabilization of nonlinear systems: The LMI approach

    D. D. Šiljak;D. M. Stipanovic

  • Parameter space methods for robust control design: a guided tour

    D.D. Siljak

  • Cooperative Avoidance Control for Multiagent Systems

    Dušan M. Stipanović;Peter F. Hokayem;Mark W. Spong;Dragoslav D. Šiljak

  • Decentralized control with overlapping information sets

    M. Ikeda;D. D. Šiljak;D. E. White

  • Stability of Large-Scale Systems under Structural Perturbations

    Dragoslav D. Siljak

  • Control of Large-Scale Systems: Beyond Decentralized Feedback

    Dragoslav D. Siljak;Aleksandar I. Zecevic

  • Robust decentralized turbine/governor control using linear matrix inequalities

    D. D. Siljak;D. M. Stipanovic;A. I. Zecevic

  • Control of Complex Systems: Structural Constraints and Uncertainty

    Aleksandar I. Zečević;Dragoslav D. Šiljak

  • Structurally fixed modes

    M.E. Sezer;D.D. Šiljak

  • Robust stability and stabilization of discrete-time non-linear systems: The LMI approach

    D. M. Stipanovic;D. D. Siljak

  • Decentralization, stabilization, and estimation of large-scale linear systems

    D. Siljak;M. Vukcevic

  • Brief paper: Decentralized dynamic output feedback for robust stabilization of a class of nonlinear interconnected systems

    Srdjan S. Stanković;Dušan M. Stipanović;Dragoslav D. Šiljak

  • Decentralized control and computations: status and prospects

    D.D. Šiljak

Frequent Co-Authors

Dusan M. Stipanovic
Dusan M. Stipanovic University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mark W. Spong
Mark W. Spong The University of Texas at Dallas
Edward J. Davison
Edward J. Davison University of Toronto
George J. Pappas
George J. Pappas University of Pennsylvania

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