Publications about 'Nonlinear Control'

Books and proceedings

1. F. Bullo and K. Fujimoto, editors. Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 2006, volume 366 of Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 2007. Springer. Note: (Proceedings of the 3rd IFAC Workshop, Nagoya, Japan, July 2006). Keyword(s): Mechanical Control Systems. [bibtex-entry]

Thesis

1. F. Bullo. Nonlinear Control of Mechanical Systems: A Riemannian Geometry Approach. PhD thesis, Control and Dynamical Systems Department, California Institute of Technology, August 1998. Keyword(s): Motion Planning, Mechanical Control Systems. [bibtex-entry]

Articles in journal or book chapters

1. Y. Chen, F. Bullo, and E. Dall'Anese. Sampled-data Systems: Stability, Contractivity and Single-iteration Suboptimal MPC. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2026. Note: To appear. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control, Contraction Theory. [bibtex-entry]
2. J. W. Simpson-Porco and F. Bullo. Contraction Theory on Riemannian Manifolds. Systems & Control Letters, 65:74-80, 2014. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control, Mechanical Control Systems, Contraction Theory. [bibtex-entry]
3. F. Dorfler and F. Bullo. On the Critical Coupling for Kuramoto Oscillators. SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems, 10(3):1070-1099, 2011. Keyword(s): Power Networks, Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
4. S. Susca, F. Bullo, and S. Martìnez. Gradient Algorithms for Polygonal Approximation of Convex Contours. Automatica, 45(2):510-516, 2009. Keyword(s): Robotic Networks, Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
5. F. Bullo and D. Liberzon. Quantized Control via Locational Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 51(1):2-13, 2006. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
6. A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, and F. Bullo. Maximizing Visibility in Nonconvex Polygons: Nonsmooth Analysis and Gradient Algorithm Design. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 45(5):1657-1679, 2006. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control, Visibility Sensors in Robotics. [bibtex-entry]
7. F. Bullo, J. Cortés, A. D. Lewis, and S. Martìnez. Vector-valued Quadratic Forms in Control Theory. In V. Blondel and A. Megretski, editors, Unsolved Problems in Mathematical Systems and Control Theory, pages 315-320. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2004. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
8. W. T. Cerven and F. Bullo. Constructive Controllability Algorithms for Motion Planning and Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 48(4):575-589, 2003. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control, Motion Planning. [bibtex-entry]
9. S. Martìnez, J. Cortés, and F. Bullo. Analysis and Design of Oscillatory Control Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 48(7):1164-1177, 2003. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
10. J. W. Melody, T. Basar, and F. Bullo. On Nonlinear Controllability of Homogeneous Systems Linear in the Controls. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 48(1):139-143, 2003. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
11. F. Bullo. Series Expansions for Analytic Systems Linear in Controls. Automatica, 38(9):1425-1432, 2002. Keyword(s): Nonlinear Control. [bibtex-entry]
12. J. Cortés, S. Martìnez, and F. Bullo. On Nonlinear Controllability and Series Expansions for Lagrangian Systems with Dissipative Forces. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 47(8):1396-1401, 2002. Keyword(s): Mechanical Control Systems. [bibtex-entry]

Conference articles

1. J. Cortés, S. Martìnez, and F. Bullo. On nonlinear controllability and series expansions for Lagrangian systems with damping. In IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, USA, pages 2619-2624, December 2001. [bibtex-entry]
2. J. W. Melody, T. Basar, and F. Bullo. On nonlinear controllability of homogeneous systems linear in the controls. In IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Sydney, Australia, pages 3971-3976, December 2000. [bibtex-entry]

Miscellaneous

1. F. Bullo. Nonlinear control of mechanical systems. Note: Caltech-CDS Research Proposal, March 1996. [bibtex-entry]