Publications: 

Books:

  1. Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, "Decentralized Control of Interconnected Systems," VDM Verlag, 2008.

  2. Javad Lavaei, Hossein Shafiee Zadeh and Masoud Shadnam, "Learning Advanced Mathematics: Roadmap for Participation in   Olympiad," Alavi Publication, 2003 (in Persian). 

  3. Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Structurally Constrained Control: Analysis and Synthesis,” to be published by Springer in 2010.

Book Chapter:

  1. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi, and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Control of Large-Scale Systems: Cost-Effective Information Flow Structure,” Efficient Modeling and Control of Large-Scale Systems, Mohammadpour and Grigoriadis Editors, in press by Springer.

Thesis:

  1. Javad Lavaei, "High-Performance Robust Decentralized Control of Interconnected Systems", M.A.Sc. thesis, Department of  Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, October 2006.

Refereed Journal Publications:

  1. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Optimal Periodic Feedback Design for Continuous-Time LTI Systems with Constrained Control Structure," International Journal of Control, vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 220-230, Feb. 2007.
  2. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Simultaneous LQ Control of a Set of LTI Systems using Constrained Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions," Automatica, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 274-280, Feb. 2007.
  3. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "High-Performance Decentralized Control Design for General Interconnected Systems with Applications in Cooperative Control," International Journal of Control, vol. 80, no. 6, pp. 935-951, Jun. 2007.
  4. Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, "Robust Stabilizability Verification of Polynomially Uncertain LTI Systems,"  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 9, pp. 1721-1726, Sep. 2007.
  5. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "A Graph Theoretic Method to Find Decentralized Fixed Modes of LTI Systems,"  Automatica, vol. 43, no. 12, pp. 2129-2133, Dec. 2007.
  6. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Control of Continuous-Time LTI Systems by Means of Structurally Constrained Controllers," Automatica, vol. 44, no. 1, Jan. 2008. 
  7. Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir Aghdam, "A Model Predictive Decentralized Control Scheme With Reduced Communication Requirement for Spacecraft Formation",  IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 268-278, Feb. 2008 (cited in the list of most downloaded papers of this journal).
  8. Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, "Robust Stability of LTI Systems over Semi-Algebraic Sets using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 417-423, Feb. 2008.
  9. Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, "Stabilization of decentralized control systems by means of periodic feedback," Automatica, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 1120-1126, Apr. 2008
  10. Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir Aghdam, "LQ Suboptimal Decentralized Controllers with Disturbance Rejection Property for Hierarchical Systems", International Journal of Control,  vol. 81, no. 11, pp. 1720-1732, Nov. 2008.
  11. Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Overlapping control design for multi-channel systems ,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 5, pp. 1326-1331, May 2009.
  12. Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Robust Controllability and Observability Degrees of Polynomially Uncertain Systems,” to appear in Automatica.
  13. Javad Lavaei and Amir G. Aghdam, “Performance Improvement of Robust Controllers for Polynomially Uncertain Systems,” to appear in Automatica.
  14. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir G. Aghdam, “Pole Assignment with Improved Control Performance by Means of Periodic Feedback,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.
  15. Javad Lavei and Somayeh Sojoudi, “Time Complexity of Fixedness Verification of Decentralized Modes,” to appear in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control.

Refereed Conference Papers:

  1. Javad Lavaei, John C. Doyle and Steven Low, "Utility Functionals Associated With Available Congestion Control Algorithms,"  to appear in IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM) 2010.   
  2. Javad Lavaei, "A New Decentralization Technique for Interconnected Systems,"  to appear in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009. 
  3. Javad Lavaei and Richard M. Murray, "Quantized Consensus via Adaptive Stochastic Gossip Algorithm,"  to appear in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009. 
  4. Javad Lavaei, John C. Doyle and Steven Low, "Congestion Control Algorithms from Optimal Control Perspective,"  to appear in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.   
  5. Javad Lavaei, Aydin Babakhani, Ali Hajimiri and John C. Doyle, "Solving Large-Scale Linear Circuit Problems via Convex Optimization,"  to appear in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.   
  6. Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei  and Amir G. Aghdam, "Robust Controllability and Observability Degrees of Polynomially Uncertain Systems,"  to appear in IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.    
  7. Javad Lavaei and Richard M. Murray, "On Quantized Consensus by Means of Gossip Algorithm--Part I: Convergence Proof,"  American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2009. 
  8. Javad Lavaei and Richard M. Murray, "On Quantized Consensus by Means of Gossip Algorithm--Part II: Convergence Time," American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2009. 
  9. Javad Lavaei and Somayeh Sojoudi, "Complexity of Checking the Existence of a Stabilizing Decentralized Controller," American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, 2009. 
  10. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "LQ Robust Controllers for Polynomially Uncertain Systems,"  in Proc. 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008.
  11. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Decentralized Pole Assignment for Interconnected Systems,"  in Proc. 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, 2008.
  12. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir Aghdam, "Rational Optimization using Sum-of-Squares Techniques," in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 2007.
  13. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir Aghdam, "Pole Assignment with Improved Control Performance by Means of Periodic Feedback,"   in Proc.  46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 2007.  
  14. Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir Aghdam, "A Near-Optimal Decentralized Servomechanism Controller for Hierarchical Interconnected Systems,"  in Proc. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, 2007.
  15. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Characterization of Decentralized and Quotient Fixed Modes Via Graph Theory," in Proc. 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007.
  16. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "On Structurally Constrained Control Design with a Prespecified Form," in Proc. 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007. 
  17. Javad Lavaei, Somayeh Sojoudi and Amir Aghdam, "Stability Criterion for General Proper Systems with Constrained Control Structure," in Proc. 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007.
  18. Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni and Amir Aghdam, "A Cooperative Model Predictive Control Technique for Spacecraft Formation Flying," in Proc. 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007.
  19. Somayeh Sojoudi, Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Optimal Information Flow Structure for Control of Interconnected Systems,"  in Proc. 2007 American Control Conference, New York, NY, 2007.
  20. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Robust Stability of LTI Discrete-Time Systems using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials,” in Proc. 2006  American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
  21. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "High-Performance Simultaneous Stabilizing Periodic Feedback Control with a Constrained Structure," in Proc. 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 2006.
  22. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Optimal Generalized Sampled-Data Hold Functions with a  Constrained    Structure," in Proc. 2006  American Control Conference ,  Minneapolis , MN, 2006.
  23. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Decentralized Control Design for Interconnected Systems Based on A Centralized Reference Controller," in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006.
  24. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "Elimination of Fixed Modes by Means of High-Performance Constrained Periodic Control," in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006.
  25. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Robust Stability of LTI Discrete-Time Systems Using Sum-of-Squares Matrix Polynomials," in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006.
  26. Javad Lavaei and Amir Aghdam, "A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for the Existence of a LTI Stabilizing Decentralized Overlapping Controller," in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006.
  27. Javad Lavaei, Ahmadreza Momeni  and Amir Aghdam, "High-Performance Decentralized Control for Formation Flying with Leader-Follower Structure," in Proc. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, 2006.

 

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