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Efstathios Bakolas

Associate Professor

Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Zinage, V., Arjun Ram, S. P., Akella, M., & Bakolas, E. (2024). Semi-global Exponential Stability for Dual Quaternion Based Rigid-Body Tracking Control. In AIAA Journal of Guidance, Dynamics, and Control (2024).
  2. Tsolovikos, Alexandros, Efstathios Bakolas, and David Goldstein. “Dynamic Mode Decomposition with Gaussian Process Regression for Control of High-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems.” Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control 146.6 (2024).
  3. I. Balci and E. Bakolas, “Constrained Minimum Variance and Covariance Steering Based on Affine Disturbance Feedback Control Parameterization,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2024, DOI:10.1002/rnc.7346
  4. Y. Lee and E. Bakolas, “Solutions for Multiple-Defender Single-Attacker Convex Target Guarding Games: Verification via Parametric Optimization,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (note: accepted in 03/2024)
  5. A. Abdulghafoor and E. Bakolas, “Multi-Agent Distributed Optimal Control for Tracking Large-Scale Multi-Target Systems in Dynamic Environments,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2023). DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2023.3302288
  6. Alexandros Tsolovikos, Akshit Jariwala, Saikishan Suryanarayanan, Efstathios Bakolas, and David Goldstein, “Separation Delay in Turbulent Boundary Layers via Model Predictive Control of Large-Scale Motions,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 35, No. 11, 115118 (2023), DOI:10.1063/5.0169138
  7. Vrushabh Zinage, Efstathios Bakolas, “Neural Koopman Lyapunov control,” Neurocomputing, Volume 527, 2023, Pages 174-183, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2023.01.029.
  8. A. Abdulghafoor and E. Bakolas, “Motion Coordination of Multi-Agent Networks for Multiple Target Tracking with Guaranteed Collision Avoidance,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 107, 5 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-022-01786-y
  9. Marchidan, A. and Bakolas, E., “A local reactive steering law for 2D collision avoidance with curvature constraints and constant speed,” Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 155, 2022, 104156 (19 pages), doi:10.1016/j.robot.2022.104156
  10. J. Lee, E. Bakolas, L. Sentis, “Hierarchical Task-Space Optimal Covariance Control with Chance Constraints”, IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3153094 (Note: accepted in February 2022)
  11. J. Selvakumar and E. Bakolas, “Min-Max Q-Learning for Multi-Player Pursuit-Evasion Games,” Neurocomputing, Volume 475,
    2022, pages 1-14, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2021.12.025.
  12. Y. Lee and E. Bakolas, “Guarding a Convex Target Set from an Attacker in Euclidean Spaces,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2021, DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3132083
  13. A. Abdulghafoor and E. Bakolas, “Two-Level Control of Multi-Agent Networks for Dynamic Coverage Problems,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2021 DOI:10.1109/TCYB.2021.3131292
  14. A. Tsolovikos, Saikishan Suryanarayanan, Efstathios Bakolas, and David Goldstein, “Model Predictive Control of Material Volumes with Application to Vortical Structures,” AIAA Journal, 2021, DOI: 10.2514/1.J060413
  15. V. Zinage and E. Bakolas, “Koopman Operator Based Modeling for Quadrotor Control on SE(3),” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 6, pp. 752-757, 2022, doi:10.1109/LCSYS.2021.3085963
  16. I. Balci and E. Bakolas, “Covariance Steering of Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems Based on Wasserstein Distance Terminal Cost,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 2000-2005, 2021, doi: 10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3047132
  17. J. Lee, E. Bakolas, L. Sentis, “Efficient Trajectory Optimization for Robotic Systems Constrained by Contact Kinematics and Forces,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 45, pp. 135–153, 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s10514-020-09952-7
  18. A. Tsolovikos, E. Bakolas, S. Suryanarayanan and D. Goldstein, “Estimation and Control of Fluid Flows Using Sparsity-Promoting Dynamic Mode Decomposition,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1145-1150, 2021. doi: 10.1109/LCSYS.2020.3015776.
  19. Bakolas, E. “Workspace Partitioning and Topology Discovery Algorithms for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2020, vol. 8, no. 1, 354-366, 2021. DOI: 10.1109/TCNS.2020.3002984.
  20. Pylorof, D. and Bakolas, E. “Safe nonlinear control design for input constrained polynomial systems using sum-of-squares programming,” International Journal of Control, vol. 94, no. 9, pp. 2603-261, 2021. DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2020.1726469.
  21. Demetriou, M. A. and Bakolas, E. “Navigating over 3D environments while minimizing cumulative exposure to hazardous fields,” Automatica, vol 115, no. 5, 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108859
  22. Pylorof, D., Bakolas, E. and Chan K. S. “Design of Robust Lyapunov-based Observers for Nonlinear Systems with Sum-of-Squares Programming,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol 4, no. 2, pp. 283-288, 2020.
  23. Marchidan, A. and Bakolas, E. “Collision Avoidance for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in the Presence of Static and Moving Obstacles,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, and Moving Obstacles,” AIAA JGCD, vol 43, no. 1, pp. 96-110, 2020.
  24. Bakolas, E., “On the Computation of Sparse Solutions to the Basic Controllability Problem for Discrete-Time Linear Systems,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 183, no. 1, pp. 292-316, 2019.
  25. J. Selvakumar and E. Bakolas, “Feedback Strategies for a Reach-Avoid Game With a Single Evader and Multiple Pursuers,” IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 696-707, doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2019.2914869
  26. Bakolas, E. “Dynamic Output Feedback Control of the Liouville Equation for Discrete-Time SISO Linear Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 64, no. 10, pp. 4268-4275, 2019.
  27. Selvakumar, J. and Bakolas, E., “Robust Time-Optimal Guidance in a Partially Uncertain Time-Varying Flow-Field,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 179, no. 1, pp. 240-264, 2018. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconjota_jseb_2018.pdf
  28. Bakolas, E. “Constrained Minimum Variance Control for Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems,” Systems & Control Letters, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 109-116, 2018. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconmvc_scl_fvrev_8.pdf
  29. Bakolas, E. “Finite-Horizon Covariance Control for Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems Subject to Input Constraints,” Automatica, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 61-68, 2018. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbakauto2018_fv2.pdf
  30. E. Bakolas, “Distributed Partitioning Algorithms for Locational Optimization of Multi-Agent Networks in SE(2),” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 101-116, 2018. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconieee_tac17_eb.pdf
  31. E. Bakolas, “On the finite time capture of a fast moving target,” Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 778-794, 2017.PDF iconjocam_2016_eb.pdf
  32. E. Bakolas, “Distributed Partitioning Algorithms for Multi-Agent Networks with Quadratic Proximity Metrics and Sensing Constraints,” Systems & Control Letters, vol. 91, no. 5, pp. 36-42, 2016. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbakolas_scl2016.pdf
  33. E. Bakolas and Marchidan, A., “Time-Optimal Control of a self-propelled particle in a spatiotemporal flow field,” International Journal of Control, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 623-634, 2016. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbakmar_ijc_2015.pdf
  34. A. Marchidan and Bakolas, E., “Numerical Techniques for Minimum-Time Routing on a Sphere with Realistic Winds,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 188-193, 2016.PDF iconjgcd_2016_ameb.pdf
  35. A. L’Afflito, Haddad, W. M., and Bakolas, E., “Partial-State Stabilization and Optimal Feedback Control,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 26, pp. 1026-1050, 2016. Publisher’s Version
  36. E. Bakolas, “Partitioning Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems Based on Finite Time Proximity Metrics,” Automatica, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 176-182, 2015. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbakauto15_final.pdf
  37. E. Bakolas, “Feedback Guidance in Uncertain Spatiotemporal Wind Using a Vector Backstepping Algorithm,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 631-642, 2015. Publisher’s VersionPDF icongjcdhc_v18_fedits.pdf
  38. E. Bakolas, “Decentralized Spatial Partitioning Algorithms for Multi-Vehicle Systems Based on the Minimum Control Effort Metric,” Systems & Control Letters, vol. 73, pp. 81-87, 2014. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbakolasscl_2014.pdf
  39. E. Bakolas, “Decentralized Spatial Partitioning for Multi-Vehicle Systems in Spatiotemporal Flow-Field,” Automatica, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 2389–2396, 2014. Publisher’s VersionPDF iconbak_autolos_final4.pdf
  40. E. Bakolas, “Optimal Guidance of the Isotropic Rocket in the Presence of Wind,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 162, no. 3, pp. 954-974, 2014.PDF iconbakolasjota2014.pdf
  41. J. H. Saleh, Haga, R. A., Favarò, F. M., and Bakolas, E., “Texas City Refinery Accident: Case Study in Breakdown of Defense-In-Depth and Violation of the Safety-Diagnosability Principle in Design,” Engineering Failure Analysis, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 121-133, 2014.
  42. R. Anderson, Bakolas, E., Milutinovic, D., and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Feedback Guidance of a Small Aerial Vehicle in a Stochastic Wind,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 975-985, 2013.PDF iconjgcd_364_2013.pdf
  43. E. Bakolas, “Optimal Partitioning for Multi-Vehicle Systems Using Quadratic Performance Criteria,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 11, pp. 3377-3383, 2013.PDF iconautomatica_inpress_2013.pdf
  44. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Partitioning for Spatiotemporal Coverage in a Drift Field,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 2064-2073, 2013.PDF iconautomatica_497_2013.pdf
  45. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Synthesis of the Zermelo-Markov-Dubins Problem in a Constant Drift Field,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 156, pp. 469-492, 2013.PDF iconjota_1562_2013.pdf
  46. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Feedback navigation in an uncertain flow-field and connections with pursuit strategies,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 35, pp. 1268-1279, 2012.PDF icon jgcd_354_2012.pdf
  47. P. Tsiotras, Jung, D., and Bakolas, E., “Multiresolution hierarchical path-planning using wavelet decompositions,” Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 66, pp. 505-522, 2012.
  48. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Relay Pursuit of a Maneuvering Target Using Dynamic Voronoi Diagrams,” Automatica, vol. 48, pp. 2213-2220, 2012.PDF icon auto_489_2012.pdf
  49. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal synthesis of the asymmetric sinistral/dextral Markov-Dubins problem,” Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 150, pp. 233-250, 2011.
  50. E. Bakolas and Saleh, J. H., “Augmenting defense-in-depth with the concepts of observability and diagnosability from Control Theory and Discrete Event Systems,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 96, pp. 184-193, 2011.
  51. J. H. Saleh, Marais, K. B., Bakolas, E., and Cowlagi, R. V., “Highlights from the literature on accident causation and system safety: Review of major ideas, recent contributions, and challenges,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 95, pp. 1105-1116, 2010.
  52. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “The Zermelo-Voronoi diagram: a dynamic partition problem,” Automatica, vol. 46, pp. 2059-2067, 2010.

Conference Proceedings and Papers

  1. Balci, Isin, and Efstathios Bakolas. “Density Steering of Gaussian Mixture Models for Discrete-Time Linear Systems.” ACC 2024, Toronto, Canada (2024).
  2. Yoonjae Lee, Goutam Das, Daigo Shishika, Efstathios Bakolas, “Guarding a Target Area from a Heterogeneous Group of Cooperative Attackers,” ACC 2024, Toronto, Canada (2024).
  3. Zinage, Vrushabh, Rohan Chandra, and Efstathios Bakolas. “Disturbance observer-based robust integral control barrier functions for nonlinear systems with high relative degree.” ACC 2024, Toronto, Canada (2024).
  4. Patrick, Steven, and Efstathios Bakolas. “Path Integral Control with Rollout Clustering and Dynamic Obstacles.” ACC 2024, Toronto, Canada (2024).
  5. Anton Burtsev, Akshit Jariwala, Efstathios Bakolas, and David Goldstein. “Data-Driven Flow Control for Finite Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers,” AIAA Aviation Forum 2024 (2024).
  6. Zinage, V., Arjun Ram, S. P., Akella, M., & Bakolas, E. (2024). Semi-global Exponential Stability for Dual Quaternion Based Rigid-Body Tracking Control. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 1587).
  7. Jariwala, Akshit, et al. “Generation of Hairpin Vortices Using a Hybrid Physio-Cyber Data Assimilation Approach.” AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum. 2024.
  8. V. Zinage, E. Bakolas, “Neural Koopman Control Barrier Functions for Safety-Critical Control of Unknown Nonlinear Systems,” ACC 2023, San Diego, CA, 2023
  9. I. Balci and E. Bakolas, “Covariance Steering of Discrete-Time Linear Systems with Mixed Multiplicative and Additive Noise,” ACC 2023, San Diego, CA, 2023
  10. Y. Lee and E. Bakolas, “Two-Player Reconnaissance Game with Half-Planar Target and Retreat Regions,” ACC 2023, San Diego, CA, 2023
  11. A.Z. Abdulghafoor, E. Bakolas, “Combined Macroscopic and Microscopic Multi-Agent Control For Multi-Target Tracking,” IFAC-MECC 2022, pages 669-674, 2022.
  12. S.D. Patrick, E. Bakolas, “Using Spherical Harmonics for Navigating in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments,” IFAC-MECC 2022, pages 567-572, 2022.
  13. A. James, E. Bakolas, “Gaussian Mixture Based Motion Prediction for Cluster Groups of Mobile Agents,” IFAC-MECC 2022, pages 408-413, 2022.
  14. M. Braquet, E. Bakolas, “Vector field-based collision avoidance for moving obstacles with time-varying elliptical shape,” IFAC-MECC 2022, pages 587-592, 2022.
  15. Miller, Y. Lee, E. Bakolas and M. Akella, Game-Theoretic Task Allocation for Multi-Satellite Earth Observation Problems, 2022 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, August 2022
  16. A. Jariwala, A. Tsolovikos, S. Suryanarayanan, E. Bakolas, and D. Goldstein, “On the Effect of Manipulating Large Scale Motions in a Boundary Layer,” AIAA Aviation, 2022
  17. S. Tankasala, C. Pehlivanturk, E. Bakolas and M. Pryor, “Smooth time optimal trajectory generation for drones,” European Control Conference, 2022, London, UK.
  18. V. Zinage, E. Bakolas, “Koopman Operator Based Modeling and Control of Rigid Body Motion Represented by Dual Quaternions,” American Control Conference 2022, pg. 3997-4002, Atlanta, GA, 2022.
  19. I. Balci and E. Bakolas, B. Vlahov, E. Theodorou, “Constrained Covariance Steering Based Tube-MPPI,” American Control Conference 2022, pg 4197-4202, Atlanta, GA, 2022.
  20. Y. Lee and E. Bakolas, “Guarding a Convex Target Set from an Attacker in Euclidean Spaces,” American Control Conference 2022, pg. 574-579, Atlanta, GA, 2022.
  21. Y. Lee, E. Bakolas and M. Akella, “Feedback Strategies for Hypersonic Pursuit of a Ground Evader,” IEEE Aerospace Conference 2022, Montana, 2022.
  22. V. Zinage and E. Bakolas, ” Minimum-fuel Spacecraft Rendezvous based on Sparsity Promoting Optimization,” AIAA SciTech 2022, San Diego, CA, January 2022.
  23. A. Tsolovikos, S. Suryanarayanan, E. Bakolas, E. and D. Goldstein,”Multiple Model Dynamic Mode Decomposition for Flowfield and Model Parameter Estimation,” AIAA SciTech 2022, San Diego, CA, January 2022.
  24. I. Balci and E. Bakolas, “Covariance Control of Discrete-Time Gaussian Linear Systems Using Affine Disturbance Feedback Control Policies,” IEEE CDC 2021, TX, USA 2021.
  25. I. Balci, A. Halder and E. Bakolas, “On the Convexity of Discrete Time Covariance Steering in Stochastic Linear Systems with Wasserstein Terminal Cost,” IEEE CDC 2021, TX, USA 2021.
  26. Y. Lee and E. Bakolas, “Optimal Strategies for Guarding a Compact and Convex Target Area: A Differential Game Approach,” IEEE CDC 2021, TX, USA 2021.
  27. M. A. Demetriou and E. Bakolas, “Optimal navigation over spatiotemporally varying hazardous fields,” IEEE CDC 2021, Austin, TX, USA 2021.
  28. V. Zinage and E. Bakolas, Koopman Operator Based Modeling for Quadrotor Control on SE(3), IEEE CDC 2021, Austin, TX, USA 2021, (dual IEEE L-CSS submission).
  29. A. D. Saravanos, A. Tsolovikos, E. Bakolas and E. Theodorou, “Distributed Covariance Steering with Consensus ADMM for Stochastic Multi-Agent Systems,” Robotics: Systems and Science, July, 2021.
  30. A. Tsolovikos and E. Bakolas, “Nonlinear Covariance Steering using Variational Gaussian Process Predictive Models,” IFAC MECC 2021, Austin, TX, USA, 2021.
  31. M. Braquet and E. Bakolas, “Greedy Decentralized Auction-based Task Allocation for Multi-Agent Systems,” IFAC MECC 2021, Austin, TX, USA, 2021.
  32. S. Patrick and E. Bakolas, “Collision Avoidance Using Spherical Harmonics,” IFAC MECC 2021, Austin, TX, USA, 2021.
  33. A. Abdulghafoor and E. Bakolas, “Distributed Coverage Control of Multi-Agent Networks with Guaranteed Collision Avoidance in Cluttered Environments,” IFAC MECC 2021, Austin, TX, USA, 2021
  34. I. Balci, and E. Bakolas, “Covariance Steering of Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems Based on Distribution Distance Terminal Costs,” 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2021 (dual IEEE L-CSS submission).
  35. Y. Lee, and Bakolas, E. “Relay Pursuit of an Evader by a Heterogeneous Group of Pursuers Using Potential Games,” 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 3173-3178, 2021.
  36. V. Zinage, and E. Bakolas, “Far-Field Minimum-Fuel Spacecraft Rendezvous using Koopman Operator and L2 / L1 Optimization,” 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 2986-2991, 2021.
  37. Bakolas, E., and Y. Lee, “Decentralized Game-Theoretic Control for Dynamic Task Allocation Problems for Multi-Agent Systems,” 2021 American Control Conference, New Orleans, LA, USA, pp. 3219-3224, 2021.
  38. J. Lee, S. H. Bang, E. Bakolas, L. Sentis “MPC-Based Hierarchical Task Space Control of Underactuated and Constrained Robots for Execution of Multiple Tasks,” 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020.
  39. Bakolas, E. and Tsolovikos, A. “Greedy Finite-Horizon Covariance Steering for Discrete-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Systems Based on the Unscented Transform,” 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USA, 2020, pp. 3595-3600, doi: 10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147505.
  40. Lee, J. Ahn, J. Bakolas, E., and Sentis, L. “Reachability-based Trajectory Optimization
    for Robotic Systems Given Sequences of Rigid Contacts,” 2020 American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO, USA, 2020, pp. 2158-2165, doi: 10.23919/ACC45564.2020.9147926.
  41. Tsolovikos, A., Suryanarayanan, S., Bakolas, E. and Goldstein, D. B., “Toward Model-Based Control
    of Near-Wall Turbulent Coherent Structures,” AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2020.
  42. D. Pylorof, E. Bakolas, K. Chan, “Design of Robust Lyapunov-based Observers for Nonlinear Systems with Sum-of-Squares Programming,” CDC, Nice, France, 2019 (dual IEEE L-CSS submission).
  43. J. Lee, E. Bakolas, L. Sentis, Efficient Trajectory Generation for Robotic Systems Constrained by Contact Forces, American Control Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2019
  44. D. Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Stabilization of Input Constrained Nonlinear Systems with Imperfect State Feedback Using Sum-of-Squares Programming,” IEEE CDC, Miami, FL, 2018.
  45. E. Bakolas, “Finite-Horizon Separation-Based Covariance Control for Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems,” IEEE CDC. Miami, FL., 2018.PDF icon cdc18_fv6.pdf
  46. E. Bakolas, “A Solution to the Minimum L1-Norm Controllability Problem for Discrete-Time Linear Systems via Iteratively Reweighted Least Squares,” American Control Conference. 2018.PDF iconl1control_acc18_ebakolas.pdf
  47. D. Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Robust Distributed and Decentralized Control of Large-Scale Nonlinear Systems with Input Constraints based on SOS Optimization,” American Control Conference. 2018.
  48. E. Bakolas, “Covariance Control for Discrete-Time Stochastic Linear Systems with Incomplete State Information,” American Control Conference. Seattle, WA, 2017.PDF iconeb_acc_2017.pdf
  49. J. Selvakumar and Bakolas, E., “Evasion with Terminal Constraints from a Group of Pursuers using a Matrix Game Formulation,” American Control Conference. Seattle, WA, 2017.PDF iconjseb_acc17.pdf
  50. D.Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Robust Control of Input Constrained Nonlinear Systems Subject to
    Unknown Bounded Disturbances Based on Convex Optimization,” American Control Conference. Seattle, WA, 2017.
  51. D. Pylorof, Bettadpur, S., and Bakolas, E., “On the Robust Attitude Regulation for Earth Observation Spacecraft Under Hybrid Actuation,” in 27th AASAIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2017.
  52. J. Selvakumar and Bakolas, E., “A pursuit-evasion game in the orbital plane,” in 27th AASAIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2017.
  53. E. Bakolas, “Optimal Covariance Control for Discrete Time Stochastic Linear Systems Subject to Constraints,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Las Vegas, NV, 2016.PDF icon bakolascdc2016_cv.pdf
  54. D. Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Analysis and Synthesis of Nonlinear Controllers for Input Constrained Systems using Semidefinite Programming Optimization,” American Control Conference. Boston, 2016.PDF iconacc2016_clf_sos_dpeb.pdf
  55. J. Selvakumar and Bakolas, E., “Evasion from a Group of Pursuers with a Prescribed Target Set for the Evader,” American Control Conference. Boston, 2016.PDF iconacc2016_jseb.pdf
  56. E. Bakolas, “Optimal Covariance Control for Stochastic Linear Systems Subject to Integral Quadratic State Constraints,” American Control Conference. Boston, 2016.PDF icondiststeering_acc16_eb.pdf
  57. D. Pylorof, Bakolas, E., and Russel, R., “A Nonlinear Controller for Low Thrust Stabilization of Spacecraft on CRTBP Orbits,” in 26th AASAIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA, 2016.
  58. D. Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Nonlinear Control under Polytopic Input Constraints with Application to the Attitude Control Problem,” American Control Conference 2015. Chicago, 2015.PDF icon acc2015_dpeb.pdf
  59. J. Selvakumar and Bakolas, E., “Optimal Guidance of the Isotropic Rocket in a Partially Uncertain Flow,” European Control Conference, 2015. Linz, Austria, 2015.PDF icon ecc15_jseb.pdf
  60. D. Pylorof and Bakolas, E., “Tracking a Maneuvering Target with an Underactuated UAV in the SE(3) Space,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA Science and Technology Forum 2015 . Kissimee,Florida, 2015.
  61. A. L’Afflitto, Haddad, W. M., and Bakolas, E., “State Feedback Control for Optimal Partial Asymptotic Stabilization,” Conference on Decision and Control 2014. Los Angeles, CA, 2014.
  62. E. Bakolas, “Partitioning Algorithms for Homogeneous Multi-Vehicle Systems with Planar Rigid Body Dynamics,” Conference on Decision and Control. Los Angeles, CA, 2014.
  63. E. Bakolas, “A Decentralized Spatial Partitioning Algorithm Based on the Minimum Control Effort Metric,” ACC 2014. Portland, OR, 2014.PDF icon acc14_eb.pdf
  64. E. Bakolas, “Minimum Time Control for a Newtonian Particle in a Spatiotemporal Flow Field,” ACC 2014. Portland, OR, 2014.PDF icon acc_2014_eb.pdf
  65. E. Bakolas, “Optimal partitioning for task assignment of spatially distributed vehicles based on quadratic performance criteria,” American Control Conference. Washington, DC, pp. 3206-3211, 2013.
  66. E. Bakolas, “Spatial partitioning for distributed agents driven by a line-of-sight navigation law in a spatiotemporal drift field,” American Control Conference. Washington, DC, pp. 2509-2514, 2013.
  67. E. Bakolas, “Evasion from a Group of Pursuers with Double Integrator Kinematics,” Conference on Decision and Control 2013. Florence, Italy, 2013.PDF icon cdc_2013_eb.pdf
  68. R. Anderson, Bakolas, E., Milutinović, D., and Tsiotras, P., “The Markov-Dubins Problem in the Presence of a Stochastic Drift Field,” 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Maui, Hawaii, pp. 130-135, 2012.
  69. R. A. Haga, Saleh, J. H., and Bakolas, E., “Texas City Refinery Explosion: Case Study in Breakdown of Defense-In-Depth and Violation of the Safety-Diagnosability Principle,” PSAM / ESREL. Helsinki, Finland, pp. pp. 4828-4838, 2012.
  70. E. Bakolas, Zhao, Y., and Tsiotras, P., “Initial Guess Generation for Aircraft Landing Trajectory Optimization,” AIAA Guidance and Control Conference and Exhibit. Portland, OR, 2011.
  71. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Pursuer and Moving Target Assignment using Dynamic Voronoi Diagrams,” American Control Conference. San Francisco, CA, pp. 5444-5449, 2011.
  72. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Relay Pursuit of a Maneuvering Target by a Group of Pursuers,” 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Orlando, FL, pp. 4270-4275, 2011.
  73. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Optimal Pursuit of Moving Targets using Dynamic Voronoi Diagrams,” 49th IEEE Decision and Control Conference. Atlanta, GA, pp. 7431-7436, 2010.
  74. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Time-Optimal Synthesis for the Zermelo-Markov-Dubins Problem: The Constant Wind Case,” American Control Conference. Baltimore, MD, pp. 6163-6163, 2010.
  75. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “The Zermelo-Voronoi Diagram: a Dynamic Partition Problem,” American Control Conference. Baltimore, MD, pp. 1320-1325, 2010.
  76. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “Minimum-Time Paths for a Light Aircraft in the Presence of Regionally-Varying Strong Winds,” in AIAA Infotech ’’AT’’ Aerospace, Atlanta, Georgia, 2010.
  77. E. Bakolas and Tsiotras, P., “The Asymmetric Sinistral/Dextral Markov-Dubins Problem,” 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Shanghai, China, pp. 5649-5654, 2009.
  78. E. Bakolas and Saleh, J. H., “Augmenting the Traditional Defense-in-Depth Strategy with the Concept of a Diagnosable Safety Architecture,” ESREL Conference. Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 2113-2122, 2009.
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