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D-Index
56
Citations
22641
World Ranking
2022
National Ranking
104

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2001 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to multivariable control design and to control engineering education.

Overview

Ian Postlethwaite is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and works primarily in the field of Engineering. Their research focuses on Control and Systems Engineering as well as Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms

Ian Postlethwaite has contributed to several publications, with notable papers including:

  • Discrete-time adaptive control of uncertain sampled-data systems with uncertain input delay: a reduction, 2020, IET Control Theory and Applications
  • Sir Alistair G. J. MacFarlane. 9 May 1931-2 November 2021, 2024, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Postlethwaite include:

  • Khalid Abidi
  • Hang Jian Soo
  • Keith Glover FRS
  • J.M. Maciejowski

Their work has appeared chiefly in venues such as:

  • IET Control Theory and Applications
  • Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Career recognitions include being named a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2006. Earlier, in 2001, they were awarded the title of IEEE Fellow for contributions to multivariable control design and control engineering education.

Best Publications

  • Multivariable Feedback Control: Analysis and Design

    Sigurd Skogestad;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Antiwindup for stable linear systems with input saturation: an LMI-based synthesis

    G. Grimm;J. Hatfield;I. Postlethwaite;A.R. Teel

  • The generalized Nyquist stability criterion and multivariable root loci

    A. G. J. MAcFARLANE;I. Postlethwaite

  • Truncated balanced realization of a stable non-minimal state-space system

    M. S. Tombs;I. Postlethwaite

  • Principal gains and principal phases in the analysis of linear multivariable feedback systems

    I. Postlethwaite;J. Edmunds;A. MacFarlane

  • Brief paper: Anti-windup and bumpless-transfer schemes

    Christopher Edwards;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Brief Linear conditioning for systems containing saturating actuators

    Paul F. Weston;Ian Postlethwaite

  • A new perspective on static and low-order anti-windup synthesis

    Matthew C. Turner;Ian Postlethwaite

  • A Probabilistically Robust Path Planning Algorithm for UAVs Using Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees

    Mangal Kothari;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Static H∞ loop shaping control of a fly-by-wire helicopter

    E. Prempain;I. Postlethwaite

  • Survey and application of sensor fault detection and isolation schemes

    Ihab Samy;Ian Postlethwaite;Da-Wei Gu

  • Incorporating Robustness Requirements Into Antiwindup Design

    M.C. Turner;G. Herrmann;I. Postlethwaite

  • State-space formulae for discrete-time H∞ optimization

    D.-W. Gu;M. C. Tsai;S. D. O'young;I. Postlethwaite

  • Square Root Cubature Information Filter

    K. P. B. Chandra;Da-Wei Gu;I. Postlethwaite

  • Static output feedback stabilisation with H∞ performance for a class of plants

    Emmanuel Prempain;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Real-time path planning with limited information for autonomous unmanned air vehicles

    Yoonsoo Kim;Da-Wei Gu;Ian Postlethwaite

  • Non-linear tracking control for multivariable constrained input linear systems

    M. C. Turner;I. Postlethwaite;D. J. Walker

  • Practical implementation of a novel anti-windup scheme in a HDD-dual-stage servo-system

    G. Herrmann;M.C. Turner;I. Postlethwaite;Guoxiao Guo

  • Pole-zero cancellations and closed-loop properties of an H ∞ mixed sensitivity design problem

    M. C. Tsai;E. J. M. Geddes;I. Postlethwaite

  • Improvements in product quality in tandem cold rolling using robust multivariable control

    E.J.M. Geddes;I. Postlethwaite

  • A Complex Variable Approach to the Analysis of Linear Multivariable Feed Back Systems

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  • Linear Matrix Inequalities in Control

    Guido Herrmann;Matthew C. Turner;Ian Postlethwaite

Frequent Co-Authors

James F. Whidborne
James F. Whidborne Cranfield University
Mi-Ching Tsai
Mi-Ching Tsai National Cheng Kung University
Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards University of Exeter
Luca Zaccarian
Luca Zaccarian Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Andrew R. Teel
Andrew R. Teel University of California, Santa Barbara
Branislav Hredzak
Branislav Hredzak University of New South Wales
Michael Athans
Michael Athans Instituto Superior Técnico
Shuzhi Sam Ge
Shuzhi Sam Ge National University of Singapore
Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
Bijnan Bandyopadhyay Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
J. S. Heslop-Harrison
J. S. Heslop-Harrison University of Leicester

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