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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - IEEE Fellow For contribution to system identification for control systems
  • 2007 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Paul M.J. Van den Hof is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily lies within the field of Engineering, with a strong emphasis on Control and Systems Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  • Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design

Van den Hof's significant contributions are reflected in recent publications such as:

  • On Data-Driven Control: Informativity of Noisy Input-Output Data With Cross-Covariance Bounds (2021), IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Allocation of Excitation Signals for Generic Identifiability of Linear Dynamic Networks (2021), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Active Deformation Control for a Magnetically Levitated Planar Motor Mover (2021), IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
  • Abstractions of linear dynamic networks for input selection in local module identification (2020), Automatica
  • Single Module Identifiability in Linear Dynamic Networks With Partial Excitation and Measurement (2021), IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Frequent co-authors with whom Van den Hof has collaborated extensively include:

  • Magnus Egerstedt
  • Carolyn L. Beck
  • Elisa Franco
  • Jonathan P. How
  • Miroslav Krstić

Their research outputs have been published in multiple venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Recognized by professional societies, Van den Hof was named IEEE Fellow in 2008 for contributions to system identification for control systems. They were also made a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Identification and control—closed-loop issues

    Paul M. J. van den Hof;Ruud J. P. Schrama;Ruud J. P. Schrama

  • System identification with generalized orthonormal basis functions

    Paul M. J. van den Hof;Peter S. C. Heuberger;József Bokor

  • Robust Waterflooding Optimization of Multiple Geological Scenarios

    Gijs van Essen;Maarten Zandvliet;Paul Van den Hof;Okko Bosgra

  • A generalized orthonormal basis for linear dynamical systems

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  • An indirect method for transfer function estimation from closed loop data

    Paul M.J. Van Den Hof;Ruud J.P. Schrama

  • Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions

    Paul Van den Hof;Bo Wahlberg;Peter Heuberger;Brett Ninness

  • Closed-Loop Issues in System Identification

    Paul Van den Hof

  • Systems & Control for the future of humanity, research agenda: Current and future roles, impact and grand challenges

    Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue;Anuradha Annaswamy;Sebastian Engell;Alf J. Isaksson

  • Least costly identification experiment for control

    X. Bombois;G. Scorletti;M. Gevers;P. M. J. Van Den Hof

  • Identification of dynamic models in complex networks with prediction error methods : basic methods for consistent module estimates

    Paul M. J. Van den Hof;Arne G. Dankers;Peter S. C. Heuberger;Xavier Bombois

  • Model-based control of multiphase flow in subsurface oil reservoirs

    Jan-Dirk Jansen;Jan-Dirk Jansen;Okko H. Bosgra;Paul M.J. Van den Hof

  • Instrumental variable methods for closed-loop system identification

    Marion Gilson;Paul Van Den Hof

  • Hierarchical Long-Term and Short-Term Production Optimization

    Gijs van Essen;Paul Van den Hof;Jan-Dirk Jansen

  • Opportunities and challenges for process control in process intensification

    Nikola M. Nikačević;Adrie E.M. Huesman;Paul M.J. Van den Hof;Andrzej I. Stankiewicz

  • Identification of Normalised Coprime Plant Factors from Closed-loop Experimental Data

    Paul M.J. Van den Hof;Ruud J.P. Schrama;Raymond A. de Callafon;Okko H. Bosgra

  • Identification of Dynamic Models in Complex Networks With Prediction Error Methods: Predictor Input Selection

    Arne Dankers;Paul M. J. Van den Hof;Xavier Bombois;Peter S. C. Heuberger

  • Discrete time LPV I/O and state space representations, differences of behavior and pitfalls of interpolation

    Roland Toth;Federico Felici;Peter S. C. Heuberger;Paul M. J. Van den Hof

  • Quantification of uncertainty in transfer function estimation: a mixed probabilistic—worst-case approach

    Douwe K. De Vries;Paul M. J. Van den Hof

  • Identifiability of linear dynamic networks

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  • Asymptotically optimal orthonormal basis functions for LPV system identification

    Roland Tóth;Peter S. C. Heuberger;Paul M. J. Van den Hof

  • Refined Instrumental Variable methods for closed-loop system identification

    Marion Gilson;Hugues Garnier;Peter C. Young;Paul M.J. Van den Hof

  • Least costly closed-loop performance diagnosis and plant re-identification

    A Ali Mesbah;Xja Bombois;M Forgione;H Hjalmarsson

  • IdentificationofDynamicModelsinComplexNetworkswith PredictionErrorMethods-BasicMethodsforConsistentModule Estimates

    Paul M. J. Van den Hof;Arne Dankers;Peter S. C. Heuberger;Xavier Bombois

Frequent Co-Authors

Jan Dirk Jansen
Jan Dirk Jansen Delft University of Technology
Ali Mesbah
Ali Mesbah University of California, Berkeley
Mircea Lazar
Mircea Lazar Eindhoven University of Technology
Peter C. Young
Peter C. Young Lancaster University
Bo Wahlberg
Bo Wahlberg Royal Institute of Technology
József Bokor
József Bokor Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Hugues Garnier
Hugues Garnier University of Lorraine
Håkan Hjalmarsson
Håkan Hjalmarsson Royal Institute of Technology
Carsten W. Scherer
Carsten W. Scherer University of Stuttgart

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