Elio Usai

121 papers C 4Journal 54Unranked 63
YearRankTypeTitle / Venue / Authors
2025 J jnl
Exact Leader Estimation: A New Approach for Distributed Differentiation.
CoRR
Rodrigo Aldana-Lopez, David Gómez-Gutiérrez, Elio Usai, Hernan Haimovich
2025 C conf
Thermal management of a school room via quadratic multi-objective optimization.
CoDIT
Zohreh Shahrouei, Marco Barbagelata, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2024 J jnl
A Privacy-Preserving Distributed Greedy Framework to Desynchronize Power Consumption in a Network of Thermostatically Controlled Loads.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli
2024 — conf
Adaptive stabilization of 3rd-order MIMO systems with uncertain control direction.
VSS
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2024 — conf
Distributed Optimization for Networks of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Energy Communities with Shared Energy Incentives.
CASE
Mohammed A. Messilem, Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai, Ruggero Carli
2024 J jnl
Editorial: Special Issue on Recent Developments in Sliding Mode Control/Variable Structure Systems dedicated to the memory of Prof. Vadim I. Utkin.
J. Frankl. Inst.
Michael V. Basin, Michael Defoort, Yuri B. Shtessel, Elio Usai
2024 J jnl
Resilient and Privacy-Preserving Multi-Agent Optimization and Control of a Network of Battery Energy Storage Systems Under Attack.
IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng.
Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli
2024 J jnl
Semiglobal Fixed-Time State Estimation and Unknown Input Reconstruction via First-Order Sliding-Mode Observers With Delay.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2024 — conf
Sliding Mode Boundary Control for Heat Equations with Uncertain Dynamic Actuators.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai, Yury Orlov
2024 — conf
Strict Lyapunov Functions for the Super-Twisting Consensus Algorithm.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Leonardo Callia, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2024 — conf
Towards enabling observability of energy demand, with NEST.
FRAME@HPDC
Alessandro Bocci, Antonio Brogi, Gianpaolo Cugola, Stefano Forti, Luca Mottola, Virginia Pilloni, Sabrina Romano, Jacopo Soldani, Elio Usai
2023 J jnl
Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro Pilloni, G. Serra Ruda, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli
2023 J jnl
Energy-saving sub-optimal sliding mode control with bounded actuation.
CoRR
Michael Ruderman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2023 J jnl
On the variable structure control approach with sliding modes to robust finite-time consensus problems: A methodological overview based on nonsmooth analysis.
Annu. Rev. Control.
Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2022 J jnl
A Sliding Mode Observer Design for the Average State Estimation in Large-Scale Systems.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Alessandro Pilloni, Diego Deplano, Alessandro Giua, Elio Usai
2022 — conf
A novel finite-time first-order sliding-mode unknown input observer with certain fixed-time convergence characteristics.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2022 J jnl
Resilient Constrained Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems With Improved Guarantee on Approximation Bounds.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli
2022 J jnl
Sliding-Mode Boundary Control of an In-Line Heating System Governed by Coupled PDE/ODE Dynamics.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Stefan Koch, Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2021 — conf
A Distributed Optimization and Control Framework for a Network of Constraint Coupled Residential BESSs.
CASE
Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli
2021 J jnl
Sliding Mode-Based Robustification of Consensus and Distributed Optimization Control Protocols.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2020 J jnl
Combined Backstepping/Second-Order Sliding-Mode Boundary Stabilization of an Unstable Reaction-Diffusion Process.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
Alessandro Pisano, Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pilloni, Elio Usai
2020 C conf
Distributed Finite-Time Secondary Control of Islanded Microgrids by Coupled Sliding-Mode Technique.
ETFA
Milad Gholami, Alessandro Pisano, Seyed Mohsen Hosseini, Elio Usai
2019 — conf
Adaptive parameter estimation for infinite-dimensional LTI systems with finite-time convergence.
CDC
Mirna N. Kapetina, Alessandro Pisano, Milan R. Rapaic, Elio Usai
2018 — conf
High Accuracy Sigma-Delta Modulator implementations via Suboptimal Quasi-Sliding Mode Control.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2018 J jnl
Robust Finite-Time Frequency and Voltage Restoration of Inverter-Based Microgrids via Sliding-Mode Cooperative Control.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2018 — conf
Robust consensus-based secondary voltage restoration of inverter-based islanded microgrids with delayed communications.
CDC
Milad Gholami, Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Zohreh Alzahra Sanai Dashti, Elio Usai
2017 J jnl
Enhancing the Efficiency and Lifetime of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control With Nonlinear Observation.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Julio Luna, Elio Usai, Attila Husar, Maria Serra Prat
2017 J jnl
Output Feedback Stabilization of Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Processes with Constant Parameters.
SIAM J. Control. Optim.
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Alessandro Pilloni, Elio Usai
2017 J jnl
Receding Horizon Adaptive Second-Order Sliding Mode Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbine.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Carolina Evangelista, Alessandro Pisano, Paul F. Puleston, Elio Usai
2016 — conf
A discontinuous algorithm for distributed convex optimization.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai
2016 J jnl
Adaptive second-order sliding mode control with uncertainty compensation.
Int. J. Control
Giorgio Bartolini, Arie Levant, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2016 — conf
Attitude and position tracking of autonomous 6 d.o.f. vehicles with mono-directional actuators.
VSS
V. Arrichiello, Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elisabetta Punta, Elio Usai, Tullio Zolezzi
2016 J jnl
Consensus-Based Control for a Network of Diffusion PDEs With Boundary Local Interaction.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Yury Orlov, Elio Usai
2016 — conf
Integral sliding modes for the robustification of consensus-based multi-agent based systems.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai
2016 C conf
Observation of the Electrochemically active Surface Area in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell.
IECON
Julio Luna, Elio Usai, Attila Husar, Maria Serra
2016 — conf
Robust distributed consensus on the median value for networks of heterogeneously perturbed agents.
CDC
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai
2015 J jnl
Consensus-based control for a network of diffusion PDEs with boundary local interaction.
CoRR
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Yury Orlov, Elio Usai
2015 J jnl
Finite-Time Consensus With Disturbance Rejection by Discontinuous Local Interactions in Directed Graphs.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Alessandro Giua, Elio Usai
2015 J jnl
Observer-Based Air Excess Ratio Control of a PEM Fuel Cell System via High-Order Sliding Mode.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2014 — conf
An application of computer aided parameter tuning of a super-twisting sliding mode controller.
VSS
Martin Kleindienst, Markus Reichhartinger, Martin Horn, Elio Usai
2014 J jnl
Discontinuous dynamical systems for fault detection. A unified approach including fractional and integer order dynamics.
Math. Comput. Simul.
Alessandro Pisano, Milan R. Rapaic, Elio Usai
2014 — conf
On the boundary control of distributed parameter systems by second-order sliding-mode technique. Recent advances and new results.
VSS
Antonello Baccoli, Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2014 — conf
Recent advances in sliding-mode based consensus strategies.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2014 — conf
Second order sliding mode approaches to fault detection and control of infinite dimensional systems.
ECC
Riccardo Caponetto, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2014 — conf
Time-based adaptive second order sliding mode controller for wind energy conversion optimization.
CDC
Carolina Evangelista, Alessandro Pisano, Paul F. Puleston, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
A new approach to causal output tracking for non-minimum phase nonlinear systems via combined first/second order sliding mode control.
ECC
Alessandro Pisano, Simon Baev, Domenico Salimbeni, Yuri B. Shtessel, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
Boundary control and observer design for an uncertain wave process by second-order sliding-mode technique.
CDC
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
Finite-time consensus for a network of perturbed double integrators by second-order sliding mode technique.
CDC
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
Finite-time consensus with disturbance attenuation for directed switching network topologies by discontinuous local interactions.
CDC
Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Alessandro Giua, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
Frequency-domain analysis of self-excited oscillations for a class of multivariable relay systems.
ECC
Igor Boiko, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2013 — conf
Observer-based output feedback control of a PEM fuel cell system by high-order sliding mode technique.
ECC
Alessandro Pisano, Domenico Salimbeni, Elio Usai, Seyed Mehdi Rakhtala, Abolzal Ranjbar Noei
2012 — conf
Adaptive identification of the commensurate order in fractional processes by means of variable-order operators.
CDC
Milan R. Rapaic, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai, Zoran D. Jelicic
2012 — conf
Continuous and Discrete State Estimation in Linear Switched Systems by Sliding Mode Observers with Residuals' Projection.
ADHS
Thierry Floquet, Diego Mincarelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2012 — conf
Continuous finite-time stabilization for some classes of fractional order dynamics.
VSS
Alessandro Pisano, Milan R. Rapaic, Elio Usai, Zoran D. Jelicic
2012 — conf
Detection of rotor broken bar and eccentricity faults in induction motors via second order sliding mode observer.
CDC
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai, Ruben Puche-Panadero
2012 — conf
Finite-Time Consensus based Clock Synchronization by Discontinuous Control.
ADHS
Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Alessandro Giua, Elio Usai
2012 J jnl
On the Lyapunov-based second-order SMC design for some classes of distributed parameter systems.
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Stefano Scodina, Elio Usai
2012 — conf
Parameter tuning and chattering adjustment of Super-Twisting sliding mode control system for linear plants.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2012 — conf
Robust FDI in induction motors via second order sliding mode technique.
VSS
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2012 — conf
Robust stabilization of an uncertain diffusion process with boundary control and sensing.
CDC
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2012 — conf
Sliding-mode boundary control of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes with spatially varying parameters.
VSS
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Stefano Scodina, Elio Usai
2011 — conf
Boundary second-order sliding-mode control of an uncertain heat process with spatially varying diffusivity.
CDC/ECC
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2011 J jnl
Continuous and discrete state reconstruction for nonlinear switched systems via high-order sliding-mode observers.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Jorge Dávila, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2011 J jnl
Exponential Stabilization of the Uncertain Wave Equation via Distributed Dynamic Input Extension.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2011 — conf
Lyapunov-based second-order sliding mode control for a class of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes.
CDC/ECC
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Stefano Scodina, Elio Usai
2011 J jnl
Sliding mode control: A survey with applications in math.
Math. Comput. Simul.
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2011 J jnl
Tracking Control of the Uncertain Heat and Wave Equation via Power-Fractional and Sliding-Mode Techniques.
SIAM J. Control. Optim.
Alessandro Pisano, Yury Orlov, Elio Usai
2010 — conf
Consensus based decentralized estimation for linear plants with unknown inputs.
CDC
Siro Pillosu, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2010 J jnl
Continuous state-feedback tracking of an uncertain heat diffusion process.
Syst. Control. Lett.
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2010 J jnl
Fault diagnosis for the vertical three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observation.
J. Frankl. Inst.
Nicola Orani, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2010 C conf
On second-order sliding-mode control of fractional-order dynamics.
ACC
Alessandro Pisano, Milan R. Rapaic, Zoran D. Jelicic, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
Exact reconstruction of actuator faults by reduced-order sliding mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
Nicola Orani, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
Fault detection and reconstruction for a three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
Nicola Orani, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
Finite-Time Converging Jump Observer for Linear Switched Systems with Unknown Inputs.
ADHS
Francisco Javier Bejarano, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
Finite-time observation of the continuous and discrete state for a class of nonlinear switched dynamics.
ADHS
Jorge Dávila, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 J jnl
Finite-time state observation for non-linear uncertain systems via higher-order sliding modes.
Int. J. Control
Jorge Dávila, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 J jnl
On the Transfer Properties of the "Generalized Sub-Optimal" Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Algorithm.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 J jnl
On the second-order sliding mode control of nonlinear systems with uncertain control direction.
Autom.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
Robust reconstruction of the discrete state for a class of nonlinear uncertain switched systems.
ADHS
Nicola Orani, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua, Elio Usai
2009 — conf
State observation for quasi-linear uncertain systems by nested high-order sliding mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
Jorge Dávila, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2008 J jnl
Cascade Control of PM DC Drives Via Second-Order Sliding-Mode Technique.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
Alessandro Pisano, Alejandro Dávila, Leonid M. Fridman, Elio Usai
2008 J jnl
Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control and frequency-domain techniques.
Int. J. Control
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2008 — conf
Observation of a class of quasilinear systems by quasi-continuous high-order sliding modes.
CDC
Jorge Dávila, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 J jnl
Analysis of Chattering in Systems With Second-Order Sliding Modes.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 — conf
Contact force estimation and regulation in active pantographs: An algebraic observability approach.
CDC
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 — conf
Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control.
CDC
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 J jnl
Frequency characteristics of Levant's differentiator and adaptive sliding mode differentiator.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 J jnl
Globally convergent real-time differentiation via second order sliding modes.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 — conf
On an output-feedback stabilization problem with uncertainty in the relative degree.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 J jnl
On the Finite-Time Stabilization of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Relative Degree Three.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2007 J jnl
Performance Analysis of Second-Order Sliding-Mode Control Systems With Fast Actuators.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2006 — conf
On the finite-Time stabilization of a nonlinear uncertain dynamics via switched control.
ADHS
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2006 J jnl
Parameter tuning of second-order sliding mode controllers for linear plants with dynamic actuators.
Autom.
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Rafael Iriarte, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2005 — conf
VSC of a servo-actuated ATR90-type pantograph.
CDC/ECC
Benedetto Allotta, Alessandro Pisano, Luca Pugi, Elio Usai
2004 J jnl
An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2004 — conf
Analysis of the sub-optimal second-order sliding-mode control algorithm in the frequency domain.
CDC
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Rafael Iriarte, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2004 — conf
Fast oscillations in feedback control systems with fast actuators driven by the second-order sliding mode 'suboptimal' algorithm.
CDC
Igor Boiko, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2004 J jnl
Modeling and IPC control of interactive mechanical systems: a coordinate-free approach: Stefano Stramigioli; LNCIS 266, Springer, London, 2001, ISBN 1-85233-395-2.
Autom.
Elio Usai
2004 J jnl
Output-feedback control of an underwater vehicle prototype by higher-order sliding modes.
Autom.
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2003 — conf
An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise.
CDC
Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2003 J jnl
Robust speed and torque estimation in electrical drives by second-order sliding modes.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alfonso Damiano, Gianluca Gatto, Ignazio Marongiu, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2003 — conf
Sliding-mode control with mild information demand for relative-degree 3 systems.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2002 — conf
Output-feedback control of container cranes: a comparative analysis.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2002 J jnl
Second-order sliding-mode control of container cranes.
Autom.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 — conf
Chattering reduction in the variable structure control of nonlinear systems with incomplete state availability.
ECC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 J jnl
Digital second-order sliding mode control for uncertain nonlinear systems.
Autom.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 J jnl
Global stabilization for nonlinear uncertain systems with unmodeled actuator dynamics.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 — conf
Global tracking control for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 — conf
Output-feedback control of the contact-force in high-speed-train pantographs.
CDC
Arie Levant, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2001 — conf
Robust control of container cranes: theory and experimental validation.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2000 — conf
Global stabilization and peaking reduction for nonlinear uncertain systems with unmodeled actuator dynamics.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2000 — conf
Load swing damping in overhead cranes by sliding mode technique.
CDC
Giorgio Bartolini, Nicola Orani, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
2000 J jnl
On multi-input chattering-free second-order sliding mode control.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Antonella Ferrara, Elio Usai, Vadim I. Utkin
2000 J jnl
Properties of a combined adaptive/second-order sliding mode control algorithm for some classes of uncertain nonlinear systems.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Antonella Ferrara, Luisa Giacomini, Elio Usai
1999 — conf
A digital 2-sliding control algorithm for a class of uncertain nonlinear plants.
ECC
Giorgio Bartolini, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
1999 — conf
Rotor speed estimation in electrical drives via digital second order sliding differentiator.
ECC
Alfonso Damiano, Gianluca Gatto, Ignazio Marongiu, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
1998 J jnl
Chattering Reduction and Robust Position Control in Induction Motor with Second-order VSS.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
Giorgio Bartolini, M. Marchesoni, Pierluigi Pisu, Elio Usai
1998 J jnl
Chattering avoidance by second-order sliding mode control.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
Giorgio Bartolini, Antonella Ferrara, Elio Usai
1997 J jnl
Output tracking control of uncertain nonlinear second-order systems.
Autom.
Giorgio Bartolini, Antonella Ferrara, Elio Usai
1997 J jnl
Some problems in the identification of a class of dynamical models for forest growth simulation.
Simul. Pract. Theory
Giorgio Corriga, Saverio Sanna, Elio Usai, Giampaolo Usai
1995 — conf
Modelling and Simulation of Forest Stands Growth.
EUROSIM
Giorgio Corriga, Saverio Sanna, Elio Usai, Giampaolo Usai