Research Publications - Conference papers

Reserach Publications

  1. B.M. Chen, Z. Lin and C.C. Hang, "Solutions to general $H_\infty$-almost disturbance decoupling problem with measurement feedback and internal stability," to be presented at the 1998 American Control Conference.

  2. T. Hu, L. Qiu and Z. Lin, "Controllability and stabilizability of unstable LTI systems with input saturation," to be presented at the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1997.

  3. P. Hou, A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "On lp-stabilization of stricitly unstable discrete-time linear systems with saturating actuators," Proceedings ofthe 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.4498-450, 1997.


  4. Z. Lin, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti, Y. Shamash, "A direct method of constructing H2 suboptimal controllers - discrete-time systems," Proceedings ofthe 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.1008-1014, 1997.

  5. Z. Lin, X. Bao and B.M. Chen, "Further results on almost disturbance decoupling with global asymptotic stability for nonlinear systems," to be presented at Proceedings ofthe 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.2847-2852, 1997.

  6. Z. Lin, M. Pachter, S. Banda, and Y. Shamash, "Feedback design for robust tracking of linear with rate limited actuators," Proceedings of 1997 AIAA GNC Conference AIAA paper 97-3609, pp.780-788, 1997.

  7. Z. Lin, "Low gain feedback: a powerful emerging design technology," Plenary talk, Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Symposium on Control Theory and Applications (SISCTA'97), pp. 261-270, 1997.

  8. Z. Lin, B.M. Chen, Y. Shamash and J. He, "Solutions to General H-infinity Almost Disturbance Decoupling Problem with Measurement Feedback and Internal Stability," Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Symposium on Control Theory and Applications (SISCTA'97), pp. 331-335, 1997.


  9. Z. Lin, M. Pachter and S. Banda, "Toward improvement on tracking performance - nonlinear feedback for linear systems," Proceedings of the 2nd Scian Control Conference, vol. II, pp. 527-530, 1997.

  10. B.M. Chen, Y. Guo and Z. Lin, "Non-iterative computation of infimum in discrete-time H-infinity-optimization and solvability conditions for the discrete-time disturbance decoupling problem," Proceedings of the 2nd Scian Control Conference, vol. I, pp. 721-724, 1997.

  11. Z. Lin, "Robust semi-global stabilization of linear systems with imperfect actuators," Proceedings of the 2nd Scian Control Conference, vol. II, pp. 499-502, 1997.

  12. Z. Lin, "Semi-global stabilization of linear systems with position and rate limited actuators," Proceedings of 1997 American Control Conference, pp. 1297-1301, 1997.

  13. A. Saberi, A. Stoorvogel and Z. Lin, "Generalized output regulation for linear systems," Proceedings of 1997 American Control Conference, pp. 3909-3914, 1997.


  14. Z. Lin, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti, Y. Shamash, "A direct method of constructing H2 suboptimal controllers - continuous-time systems," Proceedings of 1997 American Control Conference, pp. 1766-1772, 1997.

  15. P. Hou, A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "Simultaneous external and internal stabilization for continuous and discrete-time critically unstable linear systems with saturating actuators," Proceedings of 1997 American Control Conference, pp. 1292-1296, 1997.

  16. Z. Lin, "Global control of linear systems with saturating actuators," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4357-4362, 1996.

  17. Z. Lin, "H-infinity-almost disturbance decoupling with internal stability for linear systems subject to input saturation," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4357-4362, 1996.

  18. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Low-and-high gain design technique for linear systems subject to input saturation - a direct method," Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4788-4793, 1996.


  19. Z. Lin, A. Saberi, A. Stoorvogel and R. Mantri, "An improvement to the low gain design for discrete-time linear systems subject to input saturation - solutions of semi-global output regulation problems," Proceedings ofthe 1996 IFAC World Congress, vol. F, pp. 1-6, 1996.

  20. R. Mantri, A. Saberi, Z. Lin and A. Stoorvogel, "Output regulation for linear discrete-time systems subject to input saturation," Proceedings of the 34th IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision, pp. 957-962, 1995.

  21. Z. Lin, B.M. Chen and Y. Shamash, "On global stabilization of a chain of integrators subject to actuator saturation via linear feedback of saturated state measurement," Proceedings of the IEEE Singapore International Conference on Intelligent Control and Instrumentation (SICICI), pp. 402-407, 1995.

  22. Z. Lin, A. Saberi, M. Gutmann and Y. Shamash, "Linear controller for an inverted pendulum having restricted travel - A high-and-low gain approach," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 2980-2984, 1995.

  23. Z. Lin, "Global stabilization and restricted tracking for linear systems subject to input and measurement saturation - a chain of integrators case," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 2488-2492, 1995.


  24. A. Saberi, Z. Lin and A Stoorvogel, "H_2 almost disturbance decoupling problem with internal stability," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3414-3418, 1995.

  25. Z. Lin, R. Mantri and A. Saberi, "Semi-global output regulation for linear systems subject to input saturation - a low-and-high gain design," Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 3214-3218, 1995.

  26. A. Saberi, Z. Lin and A.R. Teel, "Control of linear systems subject to input saturation." Proceedings of the 1995 American Control Conference, pp. 285-290, 1995.

  27. Z. Lin, A. Saberi, P. Sannuti and Y. Shamash, "Perfect regulation for linear discrete-time systems - A low-gain based design approach," Proceedings of the IEEE Regional NY/NJ Control Conference, Rutgers University, 1994.

  28. Z. Lin, A. Stoorvogel and A. Saberi, "Output regulation for linear systems subject to input saturation," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. pp. 2362-2367, 1994.


  29. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and A. Stoorvogel, "Semi-global stabilization of linear discrete-time systems subject to input saturation via linear feedback - an ARE-based approach," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. pp. 138-143, 1994.

  30. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and A.R. Teel, "Almost disturbance decoupling with internal stability for linear systems subject to input saturation - state feedback case," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. pp. 2778-2783, 1994.

  31. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and A.R. Teel, "Simultaneous L_p-stabilization and internal stabilization of linear systems subject to input saturation - state feedback case," Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. pp. 3808-3813, 1994.

  32. Z. Lin, B.M. Chen, A. Saberi and U. Ly, "Simultaneous H_2/H_infinity optimal control for discrete-time systems: the state feedback case," Proceedings of the 1994 AMerican Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 2246-2250, June, 1994.

  33. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Robust semi-global stabilization of minimum-phase input-output linearizable systems via partial state and output feedback," Proceedings of the 1994 AMerican Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 959-963, June, 1994.


  34. A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "Simultaneous stabilization of a family of SISO nonlinear systems via output feedback control," Proceedings of the 1994 AMerican Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 952-953, June, 1994.

  35. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Semi-global exponential stabilization of linear discrete-time systems subject to `input saturation' via linear feedbacks," Proceedings of the 1994 AMerican Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3152-3156, June, 1994.

  36. Z. Lin, A. Stoorvogel and A. Saberi, "The regulator problem and tracking for linear systems subject to input saturation," presented at The 13th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, March, 1994.

  37. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Semi-global stabilization of partially linear composite systems via linear dynamic state feedback," Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. San Antonio, pp 2538-2543, December 1993.

  38. V. Venkatasubramanian, A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "A notion of solutions and equilibrium points for non-smooth systems," Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. San Antonio, pp 1-7, December 1993.


  39. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "A low-and-high gain approach to semi-global stabilization and/or semi-global practical stabilization of a class of linear systems subject to input saturation," Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. San Antonio, pp. 1820-1821, December 1993.

  40. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Semi-global stabilization of partially linear composite systems via linear high-and-low-gain state feedback," Proceedings of the 1993 American Control Conference, San Francisco, June 1993.

  41. A. Saberi, B. M. Chen and Z. Lin, "Closed-form solutions to a class of \HI-optimization problem - output feedback case," Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. Tucson, Arizona, pp. 2261-2262, December 1992.

  42. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Semi-global stabilization of minimum phase nonlinear systems in special normal form via linear high-and-low-gain state feedback," Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. Tucson, Arizona, pp. 2482-2486, December 1992.

  43. Z. Lin and A. Saberi, "Semi-global stabilization of partially linear composite systems via feedback of the state of the linear part," Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. Tucson, Arizona, pp. 3431-3433, December 1992.


  44. Z. Lin, B. M. Chen and A. Saberi, "Explicit expressions for cascade factorizations of general non-strictly proper systems," Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. Tucson, Arizona, pp. 447-452, December 1992.

  45. Z. Lin, A. Saberi and B. M. Chen, "Linear systems Toolbox: System analysis and control design in the Matlab environment," Proceedings of 1st IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Dayton, Ohio, pp. 659-664, September 1992.

  46. A. Saberi, B.M. Chen and Z. Lin, "Closed-form solutions for a class of \HI-optimization problem - a non-ARE approach," Proceedings of the 29th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control and Computing, pp. 74-83, Monticello, Illinois, October 1991.

  47. A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "Global stabilization with almost disturbance decoupling of single-input-single-output nonlinear systems using output feedback," Proceedings of 1991 American Control Conference Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 1824-1925, June 1991.

  48. A. Saberi and Z. Lin, "Adaptive high-gain stabilization of `minimum-phase' nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conf. on Control and Decision. Honolulu, Hawaii, pp. 3417-3422, December 1990.

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