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Elio Usai
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Publication Activity (10 Years)
Years Active: 1995-2024
Publications (10 Years): 29
Top Topics
Infinite Dimensional
Agent Systems
Sliding Mode
Diffusion Processes
Top Venues
VSS
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
CDC
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
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Publications
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Alessandro Bocci
,
Antonio Brogi
,
Gianpaolo Cugola
,
Stefano Forti
,
Luca Mottola
,
Virginia Pilloni
,
Sabrina Romano
,
Jacopo Soldani
,
Elio Usai
Towards enabling observability of energy demand, with NEST.
FRAME@HPDC
(2024)
Mojtaba Kaheni
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
G. Serra Ruda
,
Elio Usai
,
Mauro Franceschelli
Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
7 (2023)
Michael Ruderman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Energy-saving sub-optimal sliding mode control with bounded actuation.
CoRR
(2023)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
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.
55 (2023)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Diego Deplano
,
Alessandro Giua
,
Elio Usai
A Sliding Mode Observer Design for the Average State Estimation in Large-Scale Systems.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
6 (2022)
Mojtaba Kaheni
,
Elio Usai
,
Mauro Franceschelli
Resilient Constrained Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems With Improved Guarantee on Approximation Bounds.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
6 (2022)
Stefan Koch
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Sliding-Mode Boundary Control of an In-Line Heating System Governed by Coupled PDE/ODE Dynamics.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
30 (6) (2022)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
A novel finite-time first-order sliding-mode unknown input observer with certain fixed-time convergence characteristics.
VSS
(2022)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Sliding Mode-Based Robustification of Consensus and Distributed Optimization Control Protocols.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
66 (3) (2021)
Mojtaba Kaheni
,
Elio Usai
,
Mauro Franceschelli
A Distributed Optimization and Control Framework for a Network of Constraint Coupled Residential BESSs.
CASE
(2021)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Elio Usai
Combined Backstepping/Second-Order Sliding-Mode Boundary Stabilization of an Unstable Reaction-Diffusion Process.
IEEE Control. Syst. Lett.
4 (2) (2020)
Milad Gholami
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Seyed Mohsen Hosseini
,
Elio Usai
Distributed Finite-Time Secondary Control of Islanded Microgrids by Coupled Sliding-Mode Technique.
ETFA
(2020)
Mirna N. Kapetina
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Milan R. Rapaic
,
Elio Usai
Adaptive parameter estimation for infinite-dimensional LTI systems with finite-time convergence.
CDC
(2019)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Robust Finite-Time Frequency and Voltage Restoration of Inverter-Based Microgrids via Sliding-Mode Cooperative Control.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
65 (1) (2018)
Milad Gholami
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Zohreh Alzahra Sanai Dashti
,
Elio Usai
Robust consensus-based secondary voltage restoration of inverter-based islanded microgrids with delayed communications.
CDC
(2018)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
High Accuracy Sigma-Delta Modulator implementations via Suboptimal Quasi-Sliding Mode Control.
VSS
(2018)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Elio Usai
Output Feedback Stabilization of Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Processes with Constant Parameters.
SIAM J. Control. Optim.
55 (6) (2017)
Carolina Evangelista
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Paul F. Puleston
,
Elio Usai
Receding Horizon Adaptive Second-Order Sliding Mode Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbine.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
25 (1) (2017)
Julio Luna
,
Elio Usai
,
Attila Husar
,
Maria Serra Prat
Enhancing the Efficiency and Lifetime of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control With Nonlinear Observation.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
64 (8) (2017)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Elio Usai
A discontinuous algorithm for distributed convex optimization.
VSS
(2016)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Yury Orlov
,
Elio Usai
Consensus-Based Control for a Network of Diffusion PDEs With Boundary Local Interaction.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
61 (9) (2016)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Elio Usai
Robust distributed consensus on the median value for networks of heterogeneously perturbed agents.
CDC
(2016)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Arie Levant
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Adaptive second-order sliding mode control with uncertainty compensation.
Int. J. Control
89 (9) (2016)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Elio Usai
Integral sliding modes for the robustification of consensus-based multi-agent based systems.
VSS
(2016)
Julio Luna
,
Elio Usai
,
Attila Husar
,
Maria Serra
Observation of the Electrochemically active Surface Area in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell.
IECON
(2016)
V. Arrichiello
,
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elisabetta Punta
,
Elio Usai
,
Tullio Zolezzi
Attitude and position tracking of autonomous 6 d.o.f. vehicles with mono-directional actuators.
VSS
(2016)
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Alessandro Giua
,
Elio Usai
Finite-Time Consensus With Disturbance Rejection by Discontinuous Local Interactions in Directed Graphs.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
60 (4) (2015)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Yury Orlov
,
Elio Usai
Consensus-based control for a network of diffusion PDEs with boundary local interaction.
CoRR
(2015)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Observer-Based Air Excess Ratio Control of a PEM Fuel Cell System via High-Order Sliding Mode.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
62 (8) (2015)
Carolina Evangelista
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Paul F. Puleston
,
Elio Usai
Time-based adaptive second order sliding mode controller for wind energy conversion optimization.
CDC
(2014)
Martin Kleindienst
,
Markus Reichhartinger
,
Martin Horn
,
Elio Usai
An application of computer aided parameter tuning of a super-twisting sliding mode controller.
VSS
(2014)
Antonello Baccoli
,
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On the boundary control of distributed parameter systems by second-order sliding-mode technique. Recent advances and new results.
VSS
(2014)
Riccardo Caponetto
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Second order sliding mode approaches to fault detection and control of infinite dimensional systems.
ECC
(2014)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Recent advances in sliding-mode based consensus strategies.
VSS
(2014)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Milan R. Rapaic
,
Elio Usai
Discontinuous dynamical systems for fault detection. A unified approach including fractional and integer order dynamics.
Math. Comput. Simul.
95 (2014)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Domenico Salimbeni
,
Elio Usai
,
Seyed Mehdi Rakhtala
,
Abolzal Ranjbar Noei
Observer-based output feedback control of a PEM fuel cell system by high-order sliding mode technique.
ECC
(2013)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Boundary control and observer design for an uncertain wave process by second-order sliding-mode technique.
CDC
(2013)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Elio Usai
Finite-time consensus for a network of perturbed double integrators by second-order sliding mode technique.
CDC
(2013)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Simon Baev
,
Domenico Salimbeni
,
Yuri B. Shtessel
,
Elio Usai
A new approach to causal output tracking for non-minimum phase nonlinear systems via combined first/second order sliding mode control.
ECC
(2013)
Igor Boiko
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Frequency-domain analysis of self-excited oscillations for a class of multivariable relay systems.
ECC
(2013)
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Alessandro Giua
,
Elio Usai
Finite-time consensus with disturbance attenuation for directed switching network topologies by discontinuous local interactions.
CDC
(2013)
Milan R. Rapaic
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
,
Zoran D. Jelicic
Adaptive identification of the commensurate order in fractional processes by means of variable-order operators.
CDC
(2012)
Thierry Floquet
,
Diego Mincarelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Continuous and Discrete State Estimation in Linear Switched Systems by Sliding Mode Observers with Residuals' Projection.
ADHS
(2012)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Robust stabilization of an uncertain diffusion process with boundary control and sensing.
CDC
(2012)
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Alessandro Giua
,
Elio Usai
Finite-Time Consensus based Clock Synchronization by Discontinuous Control.
ADHS
(2012)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
,
Ruben Puche-Panadero
Detection of rotor broken bar and eccentricity faults in induction motors via second order sliding mode observer.
CDC
(2012)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Milan R. Rapaic
,
Elio Usai
,
Zoran D. Jelicic
Continuous finite-time stabilization for some classes of fractional order dynamics.
VSS
(2012)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Parameter tuning and chattering adjustment of Super-Twisting sliding mode control system for linear plants.
VSS
(2012)
Alessandro Pilloni
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Robust FDI in induction motors via second order sliding mode technique.
VSS
(2012)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Stefano Scodina
,
Elio Usai
On the Lyapunov-based second-order SMC design for some classes of distributed parameter systems.
IMA J. Math. Control. Inf.
29 (4) (2012)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Stefano Scodina
,
Elio Usai
Sliding-mode boundary control of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes with spatially varying parameters.
VSS
(2012)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Sliding mode control: A survey with applications in math.
Math. Comput. Simul.
81 (5) (2011)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Boundary second-order sliding-mode control of an uncertain heat process with spatially varying diffusivity.
CDC/ECC
(2011)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Stefano Scodina
,
Elio Usai
Lyapunov-based second-order sliding mode control for a class of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes.
CDC/ECC
(2011)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Exponential Stabilization of the Uncertain Wave Equation via Distributed Dynamic Input Extension.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
56 (1) (2011)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Yury Orlov
,
Elio Usai
Tracking Control of the Uncertain Heat and Wave Equation via Power-Fractional and Sliding-Mode Techniques.
SIAM J. Control. Optim.
49 (2) (2011)
Jorge Angel Davila Montoya
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Continuous and discrete state reconstruction for nonlinear switched systems via high-order sliding-mode observers.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
42 (5) (2011)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Milan R. Rapaic
,
Zoran D. Jelicic
,
Elio Usai
On second-order sliding-mode control of fractional-order dynamics.
ACC
(2010)
Nicola Orani
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Fault diagnosis for the vertical three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observation.
J. Frankl. Inst.
347 (6) (2010)
Yury Orlov
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Continuous state-feedback tracking of an uncertain heat diffusion process.
Syst. Control. Lett.
59 (12) (2010)
Siro Pillosu
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Consensus based decentralized estimation for linear plants with unknown inputs.
CDC
(2010)
Jorge Dávila
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Finite-time state observation for non-linear uncertain systems via higher-order sliding modes.
Int. J. Control
82 (8) (2009)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On the Transfer Properties of the "Generalized Sub-Optimal" Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Algorithm.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
54 (2) (2009)
Jorge Angel Davila Montoya
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
State observation for quasi-linear uncertain systems by nested high-order sliding mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
(2009)
Francisco Javier Bejarano
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Finite-Time Converging Jump Observer for Linear Switched Systems with Unknown Inputs.
ADHS
(2009)
Jorge Dávila
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Finite-time observation of the continuous and discrete state for a class of nonlinear switched dynamics.
ADHS
(2009)
Nicola Orani
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Mauro Franceschelli
,
Alessandro Giua
,
Elio Usai
Robust reconstruction of the discrete state for a class of nonlinear uncertain switched systems.
ADHS
(2009)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On the second-order sliding mode control of nonlinear systems with uncertain control direction.
Autom.
45 (12) (2009)
Nicola Orani
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Fault detection and reconstruction for a three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
(2009)
Nicola Orani
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Exact reconstruction of actuator faults by reduced-order sliding mode observer.
CCA/ISIC
(2009)
Jorge Angel Davila Montoya
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Observation of a class of quasilinear systems by quasi-continuous high-order sliding modes.
CDC
(2008)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Alejandro Dávila
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Elio Usai
Cascade Control of PM DC Drives Via Second-Order Sliding-Mode Technique.
IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron.
55 (11) (2008)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control and frequency-domain techniques.
Int. J. Control
81 (11) (2008)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On an output-feedback stabilization problem with uncertainty in the relative degree.
CDC
(2007)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control.
CDC
(2007)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Contact force estimation and regulation in active pantographs: An algebraic observability approach.
CDC
(2007)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Globally convergent real-time differentiation via second order sliding modes.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
38 (10) (2007)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Frequency characteristics of Levant's differentiator and adaptive sliding mode differentiator.
Int. J. Syst. Sci.
38 (10) (2007)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On the Finite-Time Stabilization of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Relative Degree Three.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
52 (11) (2007)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Performance Analysis of Second-Order Sliding-Mode Control Systems With Fast Actuators.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
52 (6) (2007)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Analysis of Chattering in Systems With Second-Order Sliding Modes.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
52 (11) (2007)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
On the finite-Time stabilization of a nonlinear uncertain dynamics via switched control.
ADHS
(2006)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Rafael Iriarte
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Parameter tuning of second-order sliding mode controllers for linear plants with dynamic actuators.
Autom.
42 (5) (2006)
Benedetto Allotta
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Luca Pugi
,
Elio Usai
VSC of a servo-actuated ATR90-type pantograph.
CDC/ECC
(2005)
Elio Usai
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.
40 (1) (2004)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Rafael Iriarte
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Analysis of the sub-optimal second-order sliding-mode control algorithm in the frequency domain.
CDC
(2004)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Output-feedback control of an underwater vehicle prototype by higher-order sliding modes.
Autom.
40 (9) (2004)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
49 (10) (2004)
Igor Boiko
,
Leonid M. Fridman
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Fast oscillations in feedback control systems with fast actuators driven by the second-order sliding mode 'suboptimal' algorithm.
CDC
(2004)
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise.
CDC
(2003)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alfonso Damiano
,
Gianluca Gatto
,
Ignazio Marongiu
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Robust speed and torque estimation in electrical drives by second-order sliding modes.
IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol.
11 (1) (2003)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Sliding-mode control with mild information demand for relative-degree 3 systems.
CDC
(2003)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Second-order sliding-mode control of container cranes.
Autom.
38 (10) (2002)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Output-feedback control of container cranes: a comparative analysis.
CDC
(2002)
Arie Levant
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Output-feedback control of the contact-force in high-speed-train pantographs.
CDC
(2001)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Digital second-order sliding mode control for uncertain nonlinear systems.
Autom.
37 (9) (2001)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Robust control of container cranes: theory and experimental validation.
CDC
(2001)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Global stabilization for nonlinear uncertain systems with unmodeled actuator dynamics.
IEEE Trans. Autom. Control.
46 (11) (2001)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Global tracking control for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems.
CDC
(2001)
Giorgio Bartolini
,
Alessandro Pisano
,
Elio Usai
Chattering reduction in the variable structure control of nonlinear systems with incomplete state availability.
ECC
(2001)