Publications

Stephen Prajna



Journal Papers

[J6] A Framework for Worst-Case and Stochastic Safety Verification Using Barrier Certificates.
S. Prajna, A. Jadbabaie, and G. J. Pappas.
Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2005.

[J5] Advanced Methods and Algorithms for Biological Networks Analysis.
H. El-Samad, A. Papachristodoulou, S. Prajna, J. C. Doyle, and M. Khammash.
To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE. 2006.

[J4] Barrier Certificates for Nonlinear Model Validation.
S. Prajna.
Automatica 42(1):117-126. 2006.

[J3] SOS-based Solution Approach to Polynomial LPV System Analysis and Synthesis Problems.
F. Wu, S. Prajna.
International Journal of Control 78(8): 600-611. 2005.

[J2] Nonlinear Control Synthesis by Convex Optimization.
S. Prajna, P. A. Parrilo, A. Rantzer.
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 49(2): 310-314. 2004.

[J1] An LMI Approach to Stabilization of Linear Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Systems.
S. Prajna, A. J. van der Schaft, G. Meinsma.
Systems and Control Letters 45(5): 371-385. 2002.


Book Chapters

[B5] Primal-Dual Tests for Safety and Reachability.
S. Prajna, A. Rantzer.
In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, pp. 542-556. Springer-Verlag. 2005.

[B4] SOSTOOLS and Its Control Applications.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, P. Seiler, P. A. Parrilo.
In Positive Polynomials in Control, pp. 273-292. Springer-Verlag. 2005.

[B3] Analysis of Non-polynomial Systems Using the Sum of Squares Decomposition.
A. Papachristodoulou, S. Prajna.
In Positive Polynomials in Control, pp. 23-43. Springer-Verlag. 2005.

[B2] Safety Verification of Hybrid Systems Using Barrier Certificates.
S. Prajna, A. Jadbabaie.
In Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, pp. 477-492. Springer-Verlag. 2004.

[B1] On Homogeneous Density Functions.
S. Prajna, A. Rantzer.
In Directions in Mathematical Systems Theory and Optimization, pp. 261-274. Springer-Verlag. 2003.


Theses

[T2] Optimization-Based Methods for Nonlinear and Hybrid Systems Verification.
S. Prajna.
Ph.D. Thesis, Control and Dynamical Systems, California Institute of Technology. 2005.

[T1] Results on Stabilization of Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Systems.
S. Prajna.
Master's Thesis, Fac. Mathematical Sciences, University of Twente. 2000.


Software

[S1] SOSTOOLS: Sum of Squares Optimization Toolbox for MATLAB.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, P. Seiler, P. A. Parrilo.
Downloadable from http://www.cds.caltech.edu/sostools. 2002, 2004.


Conference Papers

[C22] On Model Reduction of Polynomial Dynamical Systems.
S. Prajna, H. Sandberg.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Seville, Spain. 2005.

[C21] Methods for Safety Verification of Time-Delay Systems.
S. Prajna, A. Jadbabaie.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Seville, Spain. 2005.

[C20] On Scalar LQG Control with Communication Cost.
C.-K. Ko, X. Gao, S. Prajna, and L. Schulman.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Seville, Spain. 2005.

[C19] Analysis of the Lactose Metabolism in E Coli Using Sum of Squares Decomposition.
A. Ahmadzadeh, A. Halasz, S. Prajna, A. Jadbabaie, V. Kumar.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Seville, Spain. 2005.

[C18] Application of Robust Model Validation Using SOSTOOLS to the Study of G-Protein Signaling in Yeast.
T.-M. Yi, M. Fazel, X. Liu, O. Otitoju, J. Goncalves, A. Papachristodoulou, S. Prajna, J. C. Doyle.
Proceedings of Foundations of Systems Biology in Engineering (FOSBE), Santa Barbara, CA. 2005.

[C17] On the Necessity of Barrier Certificates.
S. Prajna, A. Rantzer.
Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic. 2005.

[C16] A Tutorial on Sum of Squares Techniques for Systems Analysis.
A. Papachristodoulou, S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC). Portland, OR, 2005.

[C15] Stochastic Safety Verification Using Barrier Certificates.
S. Prajna, A. Jadbabaie, G. J. Pappas.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Paradise Island, Bahamas. 2004.

[C14] S.O.S. for Safety.
H. Yazarel, S. Prajna, G. J. Pappas.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Paradise Island, Bahamas. 2004.

[C13] On Analysis and Synthesis of Safe Control Laws.
A. Rantzer, S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Champaign-Urbana, IL. 2004.

[C12] SOSTOOLS: Control Applications and New Developments.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, P. Seiler, P. A. Parrilo.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Aided Control Systems Design (CACSD), Taipei, Taiwan. 2004.

[C11] Nonlinear Control Synthesis by Sum of Squares Optimization: A Lyapunov-based Approach.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, F. Wu.
Proceedings of the Asian Control Conference (ASCC), Melbourne, Australia. 2004.

[C10] New Developments in Sum of Squares Optimization and SOSTOOLS.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, P. Seiler, P. A. Parrilo.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Boston, MA. 2004.

[C9] A New Solution Approach to Polynomial LPV System Analysis and Synthesis.
F. Wu, S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Boston, MA. 2004.

[C8] Barrier Certificates for Nonlinear Model Validation.
S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, HI. 2003.
The proofs can be found in this technical report.

[C7] POD Model Reduction with Stability Guarantee.
S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, HI. 2003.

[C6] Model Validation and Robustness Analysis of the Bacterial Heat Shock Response using SOSTOOLS.
H. El-Samad, S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, M. H. Khammash, J. C. Doyle.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, HI. 2003.

[C5] Analysis of Switched and Hybrid Systems - Beyond Piecewise Quadratic Methods.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Denver, CO. 2003.

[C4] On the Construction of Lyapunov Functions using the Sum of Squares Decomposition.
A. Papachristodoulou, S. Prajna.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, NV. 2002.

[C3] Introducing SOSTOOLS: A General Purpose Sum of Squares Programming Solver.
S. Prajna, A. Papachristodoulou, P. A. Parrilo.
Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Las Vegas, NV. 2002.

[C2] Inclusion of Frequency Domain Behaviors.
S. Prajna, P. A. Parrilo.
Proceedings of the Int. Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Notre Dame, IN. 2002.

[C1] Robust Active Control of a Vibrating Plate.
S. Prajna, O. E. Kaiser, S. J. Pietrzko, M. Morari.
Proceedings of the National Conference on Noise Control Engineering (NOISE-CON), Newport Beach, CA. 2000.