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Wim Michiels

Wim Michiels

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Mathematics

D-Index
43
Citations
9245
World Ranking
1677
National Ranking
22

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
41
Citations
9077
World Ranking
4225
National Ranking
88

Overview

Wim Michiels is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has a research focus that spans engineering and computer science, with a notable concentration on control systems and related mathematical methods. Their scholarly contributions include extensive work in fields such as control and systems engineering, computer networks and communications, civil and structural engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and numerical analysis.

The scientist's research topics reflect a strong emphasis on the stability and control of dynamical systems and uncertain systems, alongside numerical methods and matrix theory. Key areas of study include:

  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems
  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms
  • Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids
  • Numerical Methods for Differential Equations
  • Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization
  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation

Wim Michiels has published in several venues frequently, demonstrating a consistent presence in the scientific community. These venues include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
  • Automatica

Several recent papers highlight their work on control systems and delayed feedback mechanisms, including:

  • Fixed-Time Stabilization of Linear Delay Systems by Smooth Periodic Delayed Feedback, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • A Simple Finite-Time Distributed Observer Design for Linear Time-Invariant Systems, 2020, Systems & Control Letters
  • Distributed Observers With Time-Varying Delays, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Functional and Dual Observer Based Prescribed-Time Control of Linear Systems by Periodic Delayed Feedback, 2023, Automatica
  • Analysis and Optimized Design of an Actively Controlled Two-Dimensional Delayed Resonator, 2022, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers such as Bin Zhou, Tomáš Vyhlídal, Pieter Appeltans, Haik Silm, and Silviu-Iulian Niculescu.

In addition to journal articles, Wim Michiels has contributed to book publications. Notably, there is a title published by Springer International Publishing:

  • Accounting for Constraints in Delay Systems, 2022

Best Publications

  • Stability and Stabilization of Time-Delay Systems: An Eigenvalue-Based Approach

    Wim Michiels;Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

  • Stability and Stabilization of Systems with Time Delay

    R Sipahi;S Niculescu;Chaouki T Abdallah;W Michiels

  • Stability and stabilization of time-delay systems

    Wim Michiels

  • Finite spectrum assignment of unstable time-delay systems with a safe implementation

    S. Mondie;W. Michiels

  • Continuous pole placement for delay equations

    W. Michiels;K. Engelborghs;P. Vansevenant;D. Roose

  • Stabilizing a chain of integrators using multiple delays

    S.-I. Niculescu;W. Michiels

  • Combining Convex–Concave Decompositions and Linearization Approaches for Solving BMIs, With Application to Static Output Feedback

    Quoc Tran Dinh;S. Gumussoy;W. Michiels;M. Diehl

  • Static output feedback stabilization: necessary conditions for multiple delay controllers

    V.L. Kharitonov;S.-I. Niculescu;J. Moreno;W. Michiels

  • Stability, Control, and Computation for Time-Delay Systems: An Eigenvalue-Based Approach, Second Edition

    Wim Michiels;Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

  • Stabilization of time-delay systems with a Controlled time-varying delay and applications

    W. Michiels;V. Van Assche;S.-I. Niculescu

  • An eigenvalue based approach for the stabilization of linear time-delay systems of neutral type

    Wim Michiels;Tomáš VyhlíDal

  • Reliably computing all characteristic roots of delay differential equations in a given right half plane using a spectral method

    Zhen Wu;Wim Michiels

  • Consensus Problems with Distributed Delays, with Application to Traffic Flow Models

    Wim Michiels;Constantin-Irinel Morărescu;Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

  • Topics in Time Delay Systems

    Jean Jacques Loiseau;Wim Michiels;Silviu-Iulian Niculescu;Rifat Sipahi

  • Stability, Control, and Computation for Time-Delay Systems: An Eigenvalue-Based Approach

    Wim Michiels;Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

  • A NONSMOOTH OPTIMISATION APPROACH FOR THE STABILISATION OF TIME-DELAY SYSTEMS

    Joris Vanbiervliet;Koen Verheyden;Wim Michiels;Stefan Vandewalle

  • Spectrum-based stability analysis and stabilisation of systems described by delay differential algebraic equations

    Wim Michiels

  • NLEIGS: A Class of Fully Rational Krylov Methods for Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems

    Stefan Güttel;Roel Van Beeumen;Karl Meerbergen;Wim Michiels

  • Characterizing and Computing the ${\cal H}_{2}$ Norm of Time-Delay Systems by Solving the Delay Lyapunov Equation

    E Jarlebring;J Vanbiervliet;W Michiels

  • Stability and Stabilization of Systems with Time Delay. Limitations and Opportunities

    R. Sipahi;S.-I. Niculescu;C. T. Abdallah;W. Michiels

  • Recent Advances in Optimization and its Applications in Engineering

    Moritz Diehl;François Glineur;Elias Jarlebring;Wim Michiels

Frequent Co-Authors

Silviu-Iulian Niculescu
Silviu-Iulian Niculescu CentraleSupélec
Dirk Roose
Dirk Roose KU Leuven
Moritz Diehl
Moritz Diehl University of Freiburg
Henk Nijmeijer
Henk Nijmeijer Eindhoven University of Technology
Jean-Pierre Richard
Jean-Pierre Richard University of Lille
Jan Swevers
Jan Swevers KU Leuven
Rodolphe Sepulchre
Rodolphe Sepulchre University of Cambridge
Bin Zhou
Bin Zhou Harbin Institute of Technology
Denis Efimov
Denis Efimov University of Lille

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