Technical Reports
[1] G. Tao and P. A. Ioannou, ``Design and simulations of adaptive
controllers for a knee joint model,'' for the Rancho Los Amigos Medical
Center, March 1986.
[2] P. A. Ioannou and G. Tao, ``Linearized reduced-order models of
the F-16 aircraft dynamics,'' for Lockheed California Company,
April 1988.
[3] P. A. Ioannou, G. Tao and F. Ahmed-Zaid, ``Adaptive control techniques
for the Linearized model of the F-16 aircraft dynamics,'' for
Lockheed California Company, July 1988.
[4] J. S. Gibson, I. G. Rosen and G. Tao, ``Approximation in
control of thermoelastic systems,'' for the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, January 1991.
[5] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control of systems
with dead-zones and backlash,'' for Ford Motor Company,
November 1991.
[6] L. N. Brown and G. Tao, ``An adaptive PID controller,'' Department of
Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia, August 1994.
[7] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control of systems with practical
nonsmooth nonlinearities: Part I,'' for National Science Foundation,
November 1994.
[8] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control of systems with practical
nonsmooth nonlinearities: Part II,'' for National Science Foundation,
November 1995.
[9] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control of systems with practical
nonsmooth nonlinearities: Part III,'' for National Science Foundation,
November 1996.
[10] G. Tao, ``Adaptive inverse control of systems with practical
nonsmooth nonlinearities: Part III,'' for the National Science Foundation,
November 1996 (53 pages).
[11] K. Ezal, G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Robust and
adaptive control of a system with backlash and flexibility,'' for
Techno-Science, Inc., January 1997 (17 pages).
[12] K. Ezal, P. V. Kokotovic and G. Tao, ``Optimal control of
tracking systems with backlash and flexibility,'' for
Techno-Science, Inc., June 1997 (19 pages).
[13] G. Tao, K. Ezal and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive control and
identification of a flexible system with friction and backlash,'' for
Techno-Science, Inc., January 1998 (36 pages).
[14] G. Tao, ``Control of sandwich systems with backlash and
flexibility,'' for the Southeastern Center for Electrical Engineering
Education, June 1998 (80 pages).
[15] G. Tao, Y. Ling and P. V. Kokotovic,
``Backlash compensation for a multivariable nonlinear tracking system,'' for
Techno-Science, Inc., August 1998 (35 pages).
[16] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of sandwich nonlinear systems,''
for the National Science Foundation, September 1998.
[17] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of sandwich nonlinear systems,''
for the National Science Foundation, September 1999.
[18] G. Tao and X. L. Ma,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part I,
September 1999.
[19] G. Tao and X. L. Ma,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
II, December 1999.
[20] G. Tao,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
III, March 2000.
[21] G. Tao,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
IV, June 2000.
[22] G. Tao and S. H. Chen,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
V, September 2000.
[23] G. Tao and A. Taware, ``Adaptive control of sandwich nonlinear
systems,'' for the National Science Foundation, September 2000.
[24] G. Tao, X. D. Tang and S. H. Chen,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
VI, December 2000.
[25] G. Tao and S. H. Chen,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
VII, March 2001.
[26] G. Tao, S. H. Chen and X. Tang,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
VIII, June 2001.
[27] G. Tao, S. H. Chen, X. Tang and A. Taware,
``Robust adaptive control in the presence of uncertainties
and failures,'' for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Part
IX, September 2001.
More recent reports are not listed here.
Invited Talks
[1] G. Tao, P. V. Kokotovic and D. Recker ``Tutorial on adaptive
control and application to plants with unknown dead-zone/backlash,'' at
the 4th Annual Rockwell International Control and Signal Processing
Conference, Anaheim, CA, January 1992.
[2] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adapting to severe
nonlinearities,'' at the NSF Workshop on Nonlinear Control Systems,
St. Louis, MO, May 1992.
[3] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive backlash inverse:
numerical implementation for control applications,'' at the
SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications, Minneapolis, MN,
Sept. 1992.
[4] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with nondifferentiable
nonlinearities,'' at the University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA, January 1993.
[5] G. Tao and P. V. Kokotovic, ``Adaptive inverses of
nonsmooth nonlinearities with applications,'' at International
Conference on Control Theory and Its Applications, Jerusalem, Israel,
October 1993.
[6] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with nonsmooth
nonlinearities: some new results,'' at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, June 5, 1994.
[7] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with unknown nonsmooth
nonlinearities,'' at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD,
June 28, 1994.
[8] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control--performance auto-tuning under system
uncertainties,'' at the General Electric Company, Salem, VA, June 12, 1996.
[9] G. Tao, ``Adaptive state feedback control applied to a flexible
system with friction and backlash,'' at the
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, August 12, 1997.
[10] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control for uncertain systems,'' at the
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, May 24 -- May 30,
1998.
[11] G. Tao, ``Backlash compensation control of multivariable
nonlinear systems with joint flexibility and damping,'' at Techno Sciences,
Inc., Lanham, MD, March 17, 1999.
[12] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with actuator failures,'' at
NASA Langley Research Center, March 15, 2000.
[13] G. Tao and Avinash Taware, ``Control of sandwich nonlinear systems,'' at
Techno Sciences, Inc., Lanham, MD, November 9, 2000.
[14] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with actuator failures,'' at
University of Southern California, November 15, 2000.
[15] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control of systems with actuator failures,'' at
University of California, Santa Barbara, November 17, 2000.
[16]] G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for
flight control systems,'' at NASA Langley Research Center, August 16, 2001.
[17] G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of actuator failures with
applications to aircraft control systems,'' at National Institute of Aerospace,
May 19, 2003.
[18] G. Tao, ``Adaptive actuator failure compensation for power
systems,'' at National Science Foundation's Workshop, November 3, 2003.
[19] G. Tao, ``Adaptive compensation of actuator failures,'' at
Yale University, April 16, 2004.
[20] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control techniques for automotive
transmission systems,'' at Eaton Corporation, October 20, 2004.
[21] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control technologies for aerospace
systems: part I,'' a web-lecture for Boeing Company, April 7, 2005.
[22] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control technologies for aerospace
systems: part II,'' a web-lecture for Boeing Company, April 14, 2005.
[23] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control technologies for aerospace
systems: part III,'' at Boeing Company, April 21, 2005.
[24] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control: from theory to applications,'' at NUAA,
January 4, 2007.
[25] G. Tao, ``Adaptive control'' (a short course), at
NASA Langley Research Center and National Institute of Aerospace, May 9--10, 2007.