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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Portugal
2022

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
66
Citations
26858
World Ranking
1113
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Portugal Leader Award
  • 2006 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
  • 1995 - Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Michael Athans was affiliated with the Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal. Throughout their career, they contributed to the field of automatic control and related areas.

Michael Athans received several professional distinctions recognizing their involvement and contributions to the discipline. In 1977, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Later, in 1995, they received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. In 2006, they was designated a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).

Best Publications

  • Optimal Control. An Introduction to the Theory and Its Applications

    Michael Athans;Peter L. Falb

  • Survey of decentralized control methods for large scale systems

    N. Sandell;P. Varaiya;M. Athans;M. Safonov

  • On the determination of the optimal constant output feedback gains for linear multivariable systems

    W. Levine;M. Athans

  • Analysis of gain scheduled control for nonlinear plants

    J.S. Shamma;M. Athans

  • Gain scheduling: potential hazards and possible remedies

    J.S. Shamma;M. Athans

  • The role and use of the stochastic linear-quadratic-Gaussian problem in control system design

    M. Athans

  • The LQG/LTR procedure for multivariable feedback control design

    G. Stein;M. Athans

  • Robustness of continuous-time adaptive control algorithms in the presence of unmodeled dynamics

    C. Rohrs;L. Valavani;M. Athans;G. Stein

  • Guaranteed properties of gain scheduled control for linear parameter-varying plants

    Jeff S. Shamma;Michael Athans

  • Gain and phase margin for multiloop LQG regulators

    Michael Safonov;Michael Athans

  • Robustness results in linear-quadratic Gaussian based multivariable control designs

    N. Lehtomaki;N. Sandell;M. Athans

  • On the complexity of decentralized decision making and detection problems

    J. Tsitsiklis;M. Athans

  • Suboptimal state estimation for continuous-time nonlinear systems from discrete noisy measurements

    M. Athans;R. Wishner;A. Bertolini

  • The stochastic control of the F-8C aircraft using a multiple model adaptive control (MMAC) method--Part I: Equilibrium flight

    M. Athans;D. Castanon;K. Dunn;C. Greene

  • On the optimal error regulation of a string of moving vehicles

    W. Levine;M. Athans

  • The Matrix Minimum Principle

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  • Robustness of adaptive control algorithms in the presence of unmodeled dynamics

    Charles Rohrs;Lena Valavani;Michael Athans;Gunter Stein

  • State Estimation for Discrete Systems with Switching Parameters

    C. B. Chang;M. Athans

  • Design of feedback control systems for stable plants with saturating actuators

    P. Kapasouris;M. Athans;G. Stein

  • Solution of some nonclassical LQG stochastic decision problems

    N. Sandell;M. Athans

  • Issues, progress and new results in robust adaptive control

    Sajjad Fekri;Michael Athans;Antonio Pascoal

  • 1972 IFAC congress paper: On the determination of optimal costly measurement strategies for linear stochastic systems

    Michael Athans

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos Silvestre
Carlos Silvestre University of Macau
Antonio M. Pascoal
Antonio M. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico
Jeff S. Shamma
Jeff S. Shamma University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael G. Safonov
Michael G. Safonov University of Southern California
József Bokor
József Bokor Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Joao P. Hespanha
Joao P. Hespanha University of California, Santa Barbara
Paulo Oliveira
Paulo Oliveira University of Lisbon
Pravin Varaiya
Pravin Varaiya University of California, Berkeley

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