Gang Tao's Conference Papers (Control Theory)
[1] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Robust model reference adaptive
control for multivariable plants,'' Proceedings of the 1988 American
Control Conference, pp. 749-753, Atlanta, GA.
[2] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Persistency of excitation and
overparametrization in model reference adaptive control,'' Proceedings
of the 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 757-758,
Austin, TX, 1988.
[3] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Model reference adaptive control of
plants with unknown relative degree,'' Proceedings of the 1989
American Control Conference, pp. 2297-2302, Pittsburgh, PA.
[4] J. S. Gibson, I. G. Rosen and G. Tao, ``Approximation in
control of thermoelastic systems,'' Proceedings of the 1989 American
Control Conference, pp. 1171-1176, Pittsburgh, PA.
[5] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``A model reference adaptive
controller for multivariable plants with zero residual tracking error,''
Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.
1597-1600, Tampa, FL, 1989.
[6] G. Tao, ``Robust adaptive control with reduced knowledge of
unmodeled dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. 3214-3219, Honolulu, HI, 1990.
[7] G. Tao, ``Model reference adaptive control of multivariable
plants with unknown interactor matrix,'' Proceedings of the 29th IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2780-2785, Honolulu, HI, 1990.
[8] G. Tao, ``New normalizing signals for robust adaptive
control,'' Proceedings of the 1991 American Control Conference, pp.
138-143, Boston, MA.
[9] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a class of time-varying and
non-linear plants,'' Proceedings of the 30th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. pp. 1100-1105, Brighton, England, 1991.
[10] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants
with unknown dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 1992 American Control
Conference, pp. 2710-2714, Chicago, IL.
[11] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of systems
with backlash,'' Proceedings of the 1992 International
Symposium on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 1-6,
Grenoble, France, July, 1992.
[12] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants
with unknown hystereses,'' Proceedings of the 31st IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 261-266, Tucson, AZ, 1992.
[13] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Continuous-time adaptive
control of systems with unknown backlash,'' Proceedings of the
1993 American Control Conference, pp. 1344-1348, San Francisco, CA.
[14] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants
with unknown output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 12th World
Congress of IFAC, vol. 6, pp. 7-10, Sydney, Australia, July 1993.
[15] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of plants
with unknown output backlash,'' Proceedings of the 32nd
IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2635-2640, San Antonio, TX,
1993.
[16] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Discrete-time adaptive
control of systems with unknown output hystereses,'' Proceedings of
the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 870-874, Baltimore, MD.
[17] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control systems with
L^{1 + alpha} tracking,'' Proceedings of
the 1994 American Control Conference, pp. 1267-1268, Baltimore, MD.
[18] G. Tao, ``A non-quadratic gradient algorithm,'' Proceedings
of the 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3608-3609, Lake
Buena Vista, FL, 1994.
[19] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Discrete-time adaptive
control of systems with unknown nonsmooth input nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.
1171-1176, Lake Buena Vista, FL, 1994.
[20] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Design of adaptive dead-zone inverse for
nonminimum phase plants,'' Proceedings of the 1995
American Control Conference, pp. 2059-2063, Seattle, WA.
[21] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of partially known systems,''
Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3007-3011,
Seattle, WA.
[22] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of
systems with multi-segment piecewise-linear nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3019-3024,
Seattle, WA.
[23] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Control of nonminimum phase plants with
output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 34th IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 973-974, New Orleans, LA, 1995.
[24] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of plants with unknown input and
output nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. 3429-3434, New Orleans, LA, 1995.
[25] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a class of nonlinear
systems with unknown dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the
13th World Congress of IFAC, vol. E, pp. 209-213, San Francisco, CA,
July 1996.
[26] G. Tao, ``Adaptive backlash compensation for robot control,''
Proceedings of the 13th World Congress of IFAC, vol. K, pp. 307-311,
San Francisco, CA, July 1996.
[27] M. Tian, G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Adaptive dead-zone inverse design for
nonlinear plants,'' Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision
and Control , pp. 4381-4386, Kobe, Japan, 1996.
[28] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Adaptive backstepping control design for
linear multivariable plants,'' Proceedings of the
35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 2438-2443,
Kobe, Japan, 1996.
[29] G. Tao, ``Robustness of MRAC schemes,''
Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 744-745,
Albuquerque, NM.
[30] G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Parameter estimation for coupled
multivariable error models,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control
Conference , pp. 1934-1938, Albuquerque, NM.
[31] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of sensor
uncertainties,'' Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference ,
pp. 2239-2243, Albuquerque, NM.
[32] G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation for actuator imperfections,''
Proceedings of the 1997 American Control Conference , pp. 3788-3792,
Albuquerque, NM.
[33] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive output dead-zone compensation,''
Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 1157--1161, San Diego, CA, 1997.
[34] K. Ezal, P. V. Kokotovic and G. Tao, ``Optimal control of
tracking systems with backlash and flexibility,''
Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 1749--1754, San Diego, CA, 1997.
[35] G. Tao and Y. Ling, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator
nonlinearity compensation,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control (invited), pp. 2858--2863, San Diego, CA, 1997.
[36] G. Tao, ``A robust adaptive law for l^{1 + \alpha} modeling
errors,'' Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. 4659--4664, San Diego, CA, 1997.
[37] G. Tao, ``Friction compensation in the presence of
flexibility,'' Proceedings of the 1998 American Control Conference
(invited), pp. 2128--2132, Philadelphia, PA.
[38] M. Y. Shi, G. Tao, J. H. Downs, ``Positive realness and tracking of
teleoperation systems,''
Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 2527--2532, Tampa, FL, 1998.
[39] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator
compensation with partially known high frequency gain matrix,''
Proceedings of the 37th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 3990--3995, Tampa, FL, 1998.
[40] M. Y. Shi, H. Liu, G. Tao and L. L. Fajardo,
``Stereo-fluoroscopic image-guided robotic biopsy system,''
Proceedings of the 1999 Photonics West: Internatal Biomedical Optics
Symposium, San Jose, CA, January 1999.
[41] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Numerical design and analysis of backlash
compensation for a multivariable nonlinear tracking system,''
Proceedings of the 1999 American Control Conference, pp. 3539--3543,
San Diego, CA, 1999.
[42] G. Tao, ``Hybrid control of sandwich systems with
nonsmooth nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the 14th World Congress of IFAC, pp.
Beijing, China, 1999.
[43] Z. Lin and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of a nonminimum phase
linear system,''
Proceedings of the 14th World Congress of IFAC,
Beijing, China, July, 1999.
[44] J. A. Stankovic, C. Y. Lu, S. H. Son and G. Tao,
``The case for feedback control real-time scheduling,''
Proceedings of the 11th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time
Systems, pp. 11--20, June, 1999, York, England.
[45] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. Allaire,
``Adaptive parameter estimation of magnetic bearings,''
Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Conference on Control
Applications, pp. 1193--1198, Kohala Coast, Hawaii, August 1999.
[46] M. Y. Shi, G. Tao and J. H. Downs, ``Adaptive control of teleoperation
systems,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 791--796, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
[47] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Analysis and control of sandwich
systems,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1156--1161, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
[48] X. L. Ma and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control designs for a two-body
system,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1246--1247, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
[49] G. Tao and X. L. Ma, ``Backlash compensation for
multivariable nonlinear systems with actuator dynamics,''
Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 3382--3387, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
[50] X. L. Ma and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator compensation control
with feedback linearization,'' Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conferences
on Decision and Control, pp. 5194--5199, Phoenix, AZ, 1999.
[51] C. Y. Lu, J. A. Stankovic, G. Tao and S. H. Son,
``Design and evaluation of a feedback control EDF scheduling algorithm,''
Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium,
pp. 56--67, Phoenix, Arizona, 1999.
[52] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. Allaire,
``Modeling and control of a magnetic bearing actuated beam,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 1602--1606, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[53] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Design and analysis of hybrid control
schemes for sandwich nonlinear systems,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 1669-1673, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[54] G. Tao, X. L. Ma and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive output tracking
control of systems with actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 2654--2658, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[55] G. Tao, Y. Ling and A. Taware, ``Parametrizations for adaptive
control of multivariable systems with actuator nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 2659-2663, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[56] G. Tao and X. L. Ma, ``Adaptive actuator compensation control for
multivariable nonlinear systems,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 2664--2668, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[57] G. Tao, X. L. Ma and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive state feedback
control of systems with actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 2669--2673, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[58] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao, J. H. Lee,
and P. Allaire, ``Implementation the control
system for a balance beam with magnetic bearings,''
Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference,
pp. 3069--3070, Chicago, IL, June 2000.
[59] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, G. Tao, and S. Son,
``Control-based performance specifications and metrics for real-time
systems,'' Proceedings of IEEE Real-Time
Technology and Applications Symposium, Washington, DC, June 2000
(in the work-in-progress session).
[60] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, G. Tao, S. Son, and M. Marley,
``Performance specifications and metrics for adaptive real-time
systems,'' Proceedings of the 20th IEEE Real-Time Systems
Symposium, pp. 13--23, Orlando, FL, December 2000.
[61] A. Taware, N. Pradhan and G. Tao, ``Feedback linearzation based
adaptive friction compensation for a sandwich nonlinear system,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 588--593, Arlington
VA, 2001.
[62] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Neural-hybrid control of
systems with sandwiched dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 594--599, Arlington
VA, 2001.
[63] G. Tao, S. H. Chen and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive control scheme
for systems with unknown actuator failures,'' Proceedings
of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1115--1120, Arlington VA, 2001.
[64] G. Tao, X. D. Tang and S. M. Joshi, ``Output tracking actuator failure
compensation control,'' Proceedings
of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1821--1826, Arlington VA, 2001.
[65] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator failure
compensation for a transport aircraft model,'' Proceedings
of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1827--1832, Arlington VA, 2001.
[66] A. Taware, G. Tao and C. Teolis, ``An adaptive dead-zone inverse controller
for systems with sandwiched dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the
2001 American Control Conference, pp. 2456--2461, Arlington VA, 2001.
[67] G. Tao, S. H. Chen and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive failure
compensation controller using output feedback,'' Proceedings of the
2001 American Control Conference, pp. 3085--3090, Arlington VA, 2001.
[68] J. A. Stankovic, T. He, T. Abdelzaher, M. Marley, G. Tao and
S. H. Son, ``Feedback control scheduling in distributed real-time systems,''
to appear in Proceedings of the 22th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium,
London, UK, 2001.
[69] A. K. Imai, R. R. Costa, L. Hsu, G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic,
``Multivariable MRAC using high frequency gain matrix facterization,''
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1193--1198, Orlando, FL, 2001.
[70] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``On matching conditions
for adaptive state tracking control of systems with actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1479--1484, Orlando, FL, 2001.
[71] A. Taware, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive tracking control of systems
with actuator nonlinearities and failures,''
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1607--1612, Orlando, FL, 2001.
[72] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive control of
parametric strict-feedback nonlinear systems with actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 1613--1614, Orlando, FL, 2001.
[73] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator
failure compensation control of parametric strict-feedback systems with zero
dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conferences on Decision and
Control, pp. 2031--2036, Orlando, FL, 2001.
[74] A. K. Imai, R. R. Costa, L. Hsu, G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic,
``Adaptive backstepping design for MIMO plants using factorization,''
Proceedings of the 2002 American Control Conference,
Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
[75] Lu, Y., T. Abdelzaher, C. Y. Lu and G. Tao, ``An adaptive
control framework for QoS guarantees and its application to differentiated
caching services,'' Proceedings of
the 2002 International Workshop on Quality of Service, Miami Beach, FL,
May 2002.
[76] X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for feedback
linearizable systems,'' Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on
Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA'02), June 10-14, 2002, Shanghai, China.
[77] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive control
scheme for output feedback nonlinear systems with actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress, T-Tu-A03, July 21--26,
2002, Barcelona, Spain.
[78] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator
failure compensation designs for a linearized
aircraft longitudinal model,'' Proceedings of the 2002
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, GNC-1, Monterey, CA, 2002.
[79] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive actuator
failure compensation for parametric-strict-feedback systems and an aircraft
application,'' Proceedings of the 2002 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation, and Control Conference, GNC-1, Monterey, CA, 2002.
[80] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Compensation of nonlinear MIMO systems for
uncertain actuator failures with an application to aircraft control,''
Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. 1245--1250, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.
[81] Y. Lu, G. Tao and T. Abdelzaher, ``LDU parametrized
discrete-time multivariable MRAC and application to a web cache system,''
Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 4492--4497, Las Vegas, NV, 2002.
[82] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``An adaptive actuator
failure compensation controller for MIMO systems,''
Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4778--4482,
Las Vegas, NV, 2002.
[83] L. F. Wang, G. Tao, J. A. Stankovic and X. D. Tang,
``Real-time design and simulation of actuator failure compensation for rocket
fairing vibration reduction,'' Proceedings of the
2003 American Control Conference, pp. 515--520,
Denver, CO, June 2003.
[84] S. H. Chen and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator
failure compensation for nonminimum phase systems,''
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 527--532,
Denver, CO, June 2003.
[85] G. Tao, ``A unification of multivariable MRAC based on high
frequency gain matrix decompositions,''
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 945--950,
Denver, CO, June 2003.
[86] Y. Wu, P. Allaire and G. Tao, ``An adaptive speed/flow
controller for a continuous flow left ventricular assist device,''
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 1171--1176,
Denver, CO, June 2003.
[87] Y. Lu, T. Abdelzaher and G. Tao, ``Direct adaptive control of
a web cache system,''
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference, pp. 1625--1630,
Denver, CO, June 2003.
[88] X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of actuator
failures for nonlinear MIMO systems under relaxed design conditions,''
Proceedings of the 2003 American Control Conference,
pp. 5123--5128, Denver, CO, June 2003.
[89] L. F. Wang, X. T. Tang, G. Tao and J. A. Stankovic,
``Actuator failure compensation schemes for vibration control of a rocket
fairing model,'' Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection,
Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 175--180,
Washington, D.C., June, 2003.
[90] E. F. Kececi, X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure
compensation for concurrently actuated manipulators,''
Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection,
Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 411--416,
Washington, DC, June 2003.
[91] E. F. Kececi, X. D. Tang and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure
compensation for cooperating multiple manipulator systems,''
Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection,
Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes,
pp. 417--422, Washington, DC, June 2003.
[92] J. T. Fei, S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``A
discrete-time adaptive actuator failure compensation controller,''
Proceedings of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and
Safety of Technical Processes, pp. 423--428, Washington, DC, June 2003.
[93] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive output feedback actuator failure compensation for a class of
state-dependent nonlinear systems,''
Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 1681--1686, Maui, Hawaii, 2003.
[94] G. Tao, S. H. Chen, J. T. Fei and S. M. Joshi,
``An adaptive actuator failure compensation scheme for controlling a morphing
aircraft model,'' Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and
Control, pp. 4926--4931, Maui, Hawaii, 2003.
[95] S. H. Chen, G. Tao, J. T. Fei and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive compensation of morphing actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference,
pp. 1805--1810, Boston, 2004.
[96] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and Y. J. Liu,
``In vitro test of an adaptive flow controller for a continuous flow LVAD,''
to appear in Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference,
pp. 1647--1648, Boston, 2004.
[97] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. O. Burkholder, D. R. Smith,
``An adaptive inverse control scheme for a synthetic jet actuator model,''
Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 2646-2651,
Portland, Oregon, 2005.
[98] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive output feedback design for actuator failure compensation
using dynamic bounding: output tracking and an application,''
Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3186--3191,
Portland, Oregon, 2005.
[99] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive output feedback design for
actuator failure compensation using dynamic bounding: output regulation,''
Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3315--3320,
Portland, Oregon, 2005.
[100] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and D. Olson,
``Modeling, estimation and control of cardiovascular systems with a left
ventricular assist device,''
Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 3841--3846,
Portland, Oregon, 2005.
[101] G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive output feedback compensation of variant actuator failures,''
Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 4862--4867,
Portland, Oregon, 2005.
[102] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang and G. Tao,
``Adaptive failure compensation control of autonomous robotic
systems: application to a precision pointing hexapod,''
Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, Washington, DC,
September 2005.
[103] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang, G. Tao, and S. M. Joshi, ``Adaptive
failure compensation for aircraft flight control using engine
differentials: regulation,'' Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA
Infotech@Aerospace, Washington, DC, September 2005.
[104] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. O. Burkholder and D. Smith,
``An adaptive inverse control scheme for synthetic jet actuator
arrays,'' Proceedings of the 2005 AIAA Infotech@Aerospace,
Washington, DC, September 2005.
[105] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. Burkholder and D. Smith,
``Adaptive compensation of nonlinearities in synthetic
jet actuators for nonlinear aircraft dynamics,''
Proceedings of the 2006 American Control
Conference, pp. 327--332, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
[106] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, and D. Olson,
``Study of Pressure Estimation for a Human Circulatory
System with a LVAD,'' Proceedings of the 2006
American Control Conference, pp. 713--718, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
[107] Y. Liu, X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive failure compensation for aircraft tracking
control using engine differential model,''
Proceedings of the 2006 American Control
Conference, pp. 5984--5989, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
[108] X. D. Tang, Y. Liu and G. Tao,
``A study of adaptation of multiple actuating signals for LTI
systems,'' Proceedings of the 2006 American Control
Conference, pp. 5996--6001, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
[109] D. Deb, G. Tao, J. Burkholder and D. Smith,
``Adaptive synthetic jet actuator compensation for
aircraft at high angles of attack,''
2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and
Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2006-6051, Keystone, CO, 2006.
[110] Y. Liu, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Direct adaptive actuator failure
compensation techniques with applications to aircraft flight control
systems,'' 2006 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and
Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2006-6554, Keystone,
CO, 2006.
[111] Z. H. Wang and G. Tao, ``Stabilization of an
underactuated rigid body using certainty equivalence adaptive
control,'' Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference,
pp. 3144--3149, New York, NY, 2007.
[112] S. S. Li and G. Tao, ``Feedback based adaptive sensor
uncertainty compensation for control of LTI systems,''
Proceedings of 2007 American Control Conference, pp. 4003--4008,
New York, NY, 2007.
[113] H. Shageer and G. Tao, ``Modeling and adaptive control
of spacecraft with fuel slosh: overview and case studies,''
Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control
Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6434, Hilton Head, South Carolina.
[114] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. Burkholder,
``Adaptive Approximation based Compensation of Synthetic Jet Actuator
Nonlinearities for Aircraft Control,''
Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6523,
Hilton Head, South Carolina.
[115] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``An adaptive disturbance rejection
algorithm for MIMO systems with an aircraft flight control
application,'' Proceedings of 2007 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2007-6647,
Hilton Head, South Carolina.
[116] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``An adaptive
inverse compensation scheme for signal-dependent actuator
nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the 46th IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4821--4826,
New Orleans, LA, 2007.
[117] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC of aircraft
with damages,'' Proceedings of 2008 American Control
Conference, pp. 2981--2986, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
[118] D. Deb, G. Tao and J. Burkholder, ``High-order
design of adaptive inverses for signal-dependent actuator
nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of 2008 American
Control Conference, pp. 3464--3469, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
[119] S. S. Li and G. Tao, ``Adaptive feedback control based artificial
pancreas,'' to appear in Proceedings of the 7th
World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2186--2191,
Chongqing, China, June 2008.
[120] Y. Liu, D. Deb and G. Tao,
``Modeling and multivariable adaptive control of aircraft with
synthetic jet actuators,'' Proceedings of the 7th
World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2192--2199,
Chongqing, China, June 2008.
[121] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Gain margins of model reference
adaptive control systems,'' Proceedings of the 7th
World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation, pp. 2246--2951,
Chongqing, China, June 2008.
[122] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with actuator
failures,'' Semi-Plenary Talk Abstract (2 pages), Proceedings of
2008 Chinese Control and Decision Conference, Yantai, China, July
3, 2008.
[123] H. M. Shageer and G. Tao, ``Zero dynamics analysis for spacecraft
with fuel slosh,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and
Control Conference, AIAA-2008-6455, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.
[124] J. O. Burkholder, G. Tao and M. Niestroy, ``Adaptive methods for
flight control diagnostics,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA-2008-6500,
Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.
[125] G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Direct adaptive control of
systems with actuator failures: state of the art and continuing
challenges,'' Proceedings of 2008 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA-2008-7284,
Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008.
[126] J. O. Burkholder and G. Tao, ``An adaptive design for model-based
diagnosis of uncertain nonlinear systems,'' presented at
2008 International Conference on Prognostics and Health
Management, Denver, CO, October 2008.
[127] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Gain margins of multivariable model reference
adaptive control systems,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 702--707, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.
[128] Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC using Nussbaum gains for
aircraft with abrupt damages,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE
Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1397--1342, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.
[129] H. Shageer, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive spline function
based compensation of synthetic jet actuators for aircraft flight
control,'' Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, pp. 2600--2605, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.
[130] J. X. Guo, Y. Liu and G. Tao, ``Multivariable MRAC
with state feedback for output tracking,'' Proceedings of 2009
American Control Conference, pp. 592--597, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
[131] Q. Sang and G. Tao, ``Performance robustness of MRAC
under reduced actuator effectiveness,'' Proceedings
of 2009 American Control Conference, pp. 4506--4511,
St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
[132] Y. Liu, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi, ``Modeling and model reference
adaptive control of aircraft with asymmetric damages,'' Proceedings
of 2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper
AIAA-2009-5617, Chicago, IL, August 2009.
[133] S. M. Joshi, G. Tao and T. Khong, ``A direct adaptive control approach
in the presence of model mismatch,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-5620, Chicago, IL,
August 2009.
[134] G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Adaptive detection of
sensor uncertainties and failures,'' Proceedings of 2009 AIAA Guidance,
Navigation and Control Conference, Paper AIAA-2009-5889, Chicago, IL,
August 2009.
[135] C. Singhal, G. Tao and J. O. Burkholder, ``Neural
networks based compensation of synthetic jet actuator nonlinearities
for aircraft flight control,'' Proceedings of
2009 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Paper
AIAA-2009-6177, Chicago, IL, August 2009.
[136] J. X. Guo and G. Tao, ``A multivariable MRAC scheme
with sensor uncertainty compensation,'' to appear in Proceedings
of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China,
December 2009.
[137] S. S. Li, G. Tao and Y. Liu, ``Discrete-time
MRAC schemes using sensor uncertainty compensation with
application to artificial pancreas'', to appear in Proceedings
of 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China,
December 2009.
Conference Papers (Control Applications)
[1] P. A. Ioannou and G. Tao, ``Dominant richness and improvement
of performance of robust adaptive control,'' accepted to
the 8th IFAC/IFORS Symposium on System Identification and Parameter
Estimation, Beijing, August 1988.
[2] J. S. Gibson, I. G. Rosen and G. Tao, ``Approximation in LQG
control of a thermoelastic rod,'' Proceedings of the 3rd Annual
Conference on Aerospace Computational Control, Oxnard, CA, August 1989.
[3] G. Tao, P. V. Kokotovic and G. Ianculescu, ``Adaptive
friction compensation applied to positioning of a space-station solar
array,'' Proceedings of the First IEEE Regional Conference on Aerospace
Control Systems, pp. 80-84, Westlake Village, CA, May 1993.
[4] W. O. Dennis and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of plants with
jumping parameters,'' presented at the SIAM Conference on Control and Its
Applications, St. Louris, MO, April 1995.
[5] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control for nonsmooth
nonlinearities,'' Proceedings of the International Conference on
Control and Information, pp. 207-209, Hong Kong, June 1995.
[6] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of
plants with output piecewise-linear nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the IFAC 1995 Youth Automation Conference, pp.
221-226, Beijing, August 1995.
[7] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Adaptive inverse: a new approach for
control of nonsmooth nonlinear systems''
Proceedings of the IFAC 1995 Youth Automation Conference, pp.
931-936, Beijing, August 1995.
[8] T. L. Coles and G. Tao, ``Control of manipulators with
time-varying parameters,'' accepted to the 1995 European Control
Conference, Roma, Italy, September 1995.
[9] M. Tian and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of non-minimum phase plants
with output dead-zones,'' Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.
[10] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``A state observer for multivariable adaptive
control,'' Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.
[11] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``An adaptive inverse control--A summary,''
Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1996.
[12] G. Tao, ``Adaptive backlash compensation,'' Proceedings of
the 6th Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability, and Dynamics of
Structures , Blacksburg, VA, June 1996.
[13] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Inverse control for output
nonlinearities,'' presented at Mathematical Theory of Networks
and Systems--1996, St. Louis, MO, June 1996.
[14] G. Tao and M. Tian, ``Adaptive control of output-feedback
canonical systems with input dead-zones,'' presented at Mathematical
Theory of Networks and Systems--1996, St. Louis, MO, June 1996.
[15] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of nonsmooth nonlinear systems,'' to
appear in Proceedings of Circuits, Systems and Computers '96 , pp. 451-455,
July 15-17, Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece (invited).
[16] E. A. Sniffen and G. Tao, ``Discrete-time adaptive control of
multivariable systems with input dead-zones,'' presented at the 1996 SIAM
Annual Meeting, Kansas City, MO, July 22--26, 1996.
[17] G. Tao, ``Algorithm-based actuator compensation,'' accepted to
Technology 2006 , October 29-31, 1996, Anaheim, CA.
[18] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Multivariable adaptive actuator
compensation,'' Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems , Baltimore, MD, March 1997.
[19] J. Burkholder and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator
compensation for autopilot design,'' Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems , Baltimore, MD, March 1997.
[20] Y. Ling and G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of multivariable systems
with actuator nonlinearities,''
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1998.
[21] M. Y. Shi, J. H. Downs, G. Tao and S. Graves, ``Control issues in
teleoperations with communication time delays,''
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 1998.
[22] G. Roberson and G. Tao, ``Sway control for trolley with pendulum
load,'' Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Nonlinear Vibrations, Stability,
and Dynamics of Structures, Blacksburg, VA, July 1998.
[23] A. Taware and G. Tao, ``Control of sandwich systems,''
Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference
on Information Sciences and Systems, Baltimore, MD, March 1999.
[24] M. Baloh, G. Tao and P. E. Allaire,
``Feedback linearization applied to a MIMO active magnetic bearing: A
systematic approach and application to a balance beam,''
Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Magnetic
Suspension Technology, Santa Barbara, CA, December 1999.
[25] J. H. Lee, E. F. Hilton, X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. E. Allaire,
``Integral sliding mode controller for magnetically suspended balance beam:
Theory and experimental evaluation,''
Proceedings of the
5th International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, Santa
Barbara, CA, December 1999.
[26] C. Lu, J. Stankovic, T. Abdelzaher, S. Son and G. Tao, ``Feedback
control real-time scheduling: support performance guarantees in unpredictable
environments,'' Work-In-Progress session in the 17th ACM Symposium on
Operating Systems Principles, Kiawah Island Resort, SC, December 1999.
[27] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. Allaire,
``Dynamic self-sensing for magnetic bearing control systems,''
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems,
vol. II, pp. TP8:21--26, Princeton, NJ, March 2000.
[28] A. Taware and G. Tao,
``Control of systems with hysteresis: survey and new topics,''
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems,
vol. II, pp. TP8:27--32,
Princeton, NJ, March 2000.
[29] N. Pradhan and G. Tao,
``Friction compensation control of a sandwich system,''
Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP8:33--38,
Princeton, NJ, March 2000.
[30] X. R. Zhang, G. Tao and P. Allaire, ``Nonlinear VSC Control for
magnetic bearing systems,'' presented at the 7th International
Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, August 23-25, 2000, Zurich, Switzerland.
[31] M. Baloh, G. Tao, P. Allaire and E. Maslen, ``Feedback
linearization of magnetic bearing actuator,'' presented at the 7th
International Symposium on Magnetic Bearings, August 23-25, 2000, Zurich,
Switzerland.
[32] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive actuator failure compensation: a survey of designs for linear
dynamics,'' Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TA6: 487--492, Baltimore, MD, March 2001.
[33] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive actuator failure compensation: nonlinear dynamics,''
Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference on
Information Sciences and Systems, vol. II, pp. TP6: 685--690,
Baltimore, MD, March 2001.
[34] C. Chen, J. Ludlow, J. Antaki, G. Tao, G. Bearnson, P.
Strojnik, P. Allaire and B. Paden, "Sensing and control for HeartQuest maglev
LVAD," Poster, ASAIO 2001, New York.
[35] S. H. Chen, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive actuator failure compensation based on MRAC designs,''
Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on
Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville,
VA.
[36] X. D. Tang, G. Tao and S. M. Joshi,
``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for nonlinear systems,''
Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on
Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville,
VA.
[37] A. Taware and G. Tao,
``Adaptive control of sandwich nonlinear systems,''
Proceedings of the 2001 International Symposium on
Adaptive and Intelligent Systems and Control, June, 2001, Charlottesville,
VA.
[38] P. Allaire, X. Zhang, M. Baloh, W. Jiang and G. Tao,
``Optimum four axis stable permanent magnet bearing suspension for artificial
heart pump applications,'' the 9th Congress of the International Society for
Rotary Blood Pumps, Seattle, WA, August 2001.
[39] J. H. Lee, Paul E. Allaire, Gang Tao, ``A benchmark magnetic
bearing system using sliding mode control including integral compensator:
analysis and experiments'' Proceedings of the 6th International
Symposium Magnetic Suspension Technology, Turin, Italy, October 2001.
[40] J. H. Lee, Paul E. Allaire, Gang Tao, ``Robust sliding mode
control with unmatched uncertainty for a magnetically suspended balance
beam'' Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Magnetic
Suspension Technology, Turin, Italy, October 2001.
[41] E. F. Kececi and G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure
compensation for a platform manipulator,''
Proceedings of the 6th Biennial Conference on
Engineering Systems Design and Analysis (ESDA02),
Istanbul, Turkey, July 2002.
[42] E. F. Kececi and G. Tao, ``An intelligent robotic walker:
mechanical design and control system,'' Proceedings of
the 2002 ASME International Symposium on Advances in Robot Dynamics and
Control (IMECE02), New Orleans, LA, November 2002.
[43] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, H. Wood and D. Olsen ``Adaptive
physiological controller: a solution for long term left ventricle assist device,''
Proceedings of the 10th Congress of International
Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Osaka, Japan, September 11-14, 2002.
[44] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, H. Wood and D. Olsen ``Advanced
physiological controller for a LVAD to prevent left ventricle collapse,''
Proceedings of the 10th Congress of International
Society for Rotary Blood Pumps, Osaka, Japan, September 11-14, 2002.
[45] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire and G. Tao, ``An adaptive controller for
left ventricle assist device,'' Proceedings of the 2nd Joint EMBS-BMES
Conference, Houston, TX, October, 2002.
[46] Y. Wu, P. E. Allaire, G. Tao, D. B. Olsen and J. M. Adams,
``An anti-suction physiological controller for a long-term LVAD,''
the 2nd ASAIO-ISAO Joint Conference, Washington D.C., June 2003.