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D-Index
57
Citations
15663
World Ranking
1937
National Ranking
761

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society
  • 2008 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Michael G. Safonov is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Control and Systems Engineering.

Within their work, key research topics include:

  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems

Frequent coauthors in Michael G. Safonov's publications are:

  • Sagar V. Patil
  • Yu-Chen Sung

Publications have appeared predominantly in these venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent papers include:

  • Unfalsified Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Time-Varying Plants, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Robustness of Uncertain Switching Nonlinear Feedback Systems Against Large Time-Variation, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Robustness of Uncertain Switching Nonlinear Feedback Systems against Large Time-Variation, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

Michael G. Safonov received recognition in the form of fellowships:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, 2013
  • Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), 2008

Best Publications

  • Survey of decentralized control methods for large scale systems

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

  • Gain and phase margin for multiloop LQG regulators

    Michael Safonov;Michael Athans

  • A Schur method for balanced-truncation model reduction

    M.G. Safonov;R.Y. Chiang

  • Stability and Robustness of Multivariable Feedback Systems

    Michael George Safonov

  • The unfalsified control concept and learning

    M.G. Safonov;Tung-Ching Tsao

  • Feedback properties of multivariable systems: The role and use of the return difference matrix

    M. Safonov;A. Laub;G. Hartmann

  • Stability margins of diagonally perturbed multivariable feedback systems

    Michael Safonov

  • Exact calculation of the multiloop stability margin

    R.R.E. de Gaston;M.G. Safonov

  • Simplifying the H∞ theory via loop-shifting, matrix-pencil and descriptor concepts

    Michael G. Safonov;D. J. N. Limebeer;R. Y. Chiang

  • A characterization of all solutions to the four block general distance problem

    K. Glover;D. J. N. Limebeer;J. C. Doyles;E. M. Kasenally

  • A global optimization approach for the BMI problem

    K.-C. Goh;M.G. Safonov;G.P. Papavassilopoulos

  • Control system synthesis via bilinear matrix inequalities

    M.G. Safonov;K.C. Goh;J.H. Ly

  • Robust Control Toolbox™ User's Guide

    Gary Balas;Richard Chiang;Andy Packard;Michael Safonov

  • Synthesis of positive real multivariable feedback systems

    M. G. Safonov;E. A. Jonckheere;M. Vermaj;D. J. N. Limebeer

  • Biaffine matrix inequality properties and computational methods

    K.C. Goh;L. Turan;M.G. Safonov;G.P. Papavassilopoulos

  • Model Reduction for Robust Control: A Schur Relative-Error Method

    M. G. Safonov;R. Y. Chiang

  • A multiloop generalization of the circle criterion for stability margin analysis

    M. Safonov;M. Athans

  • Design of strictly positive real systems using constant output feedback

    C.-H. Huang;P.A. Ioannou;J. Maroulas;M.G. Safonov

  • Cost detectability and stability of adaptive control systems

    R. Wang;A. Paul;M. Stefanovic;M. G. Safonov

  • Optimal Hankel model reduction for nonminimal systems

    M.G. Safonov;R.Y. Chiang;D.J.N. Limebeer

  • A Schur Method for Balanced Model Reduction

    M. G. Safonov;R. Y. Chiang

Frequent Co-Authors

Urbashi Mitra
Urbashi Mitra University of Southern California
Lucy Y. Pao
Lucy Y. Pao University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Athans
Michael Athans Instituto Superior Técnico
Keith Glover
Keith Glover University of Cambridge
Edoardo Mosca
Edoardo Mosca University of Florence
Giorgio Battistelli
Giorgio Battistelli University of Florence
Bor-Sen Chen
Bor-Sen Chen National Tsing Hua University
Pravin Varaiya
Pravin Varaiya University of California, Berkeley
Gary J. Balas
Gary J. Balas University of Minnesota
Andrew Packard
Andrew Packard University of California, Berkeley

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