Recent Publications
Journals
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Xu, H., Xiao, W., Cassandras, C.G., Zhang, Yi., and Li, L., “A General Framework for Decentralized Safe Optimal Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Multi-Lane Intersections”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, To appear, 2022.
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Meng, X., Cassandras, C.G., Sun, X. Xu, K., “The Price of Decentralization in Cooperative Coverage Problems with Energy-Constrained Agents”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, To appear, 2022.
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Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M. and Cassandras C.G., “Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of Targets with Uncertain States”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, To appear, 2022.
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Wollenstein-Betech, S., Salazar, M., Houshmand, A., Pavone, M., Paschalidis, I. C., and Cassandras, C.G., “Routing and Rebalancing Intermodal Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems in Mixed Traffic”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, To appear, 2022.
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Houshmand, A., Cassandras, C.G., Zhou, N., Hashemi, N., Li, B., and Peng, H., “Combined Eco-Routing and Power-Train Control of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Transportation Networks”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, To appear, 2022.
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Xiao, W., Belta, C., and Cassandras, C.G., “Adaptive Control Barrier Functions”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, To appear, 2022.
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Xu, H., Cassandras, C.G., Li, L., and Zhang, Y., “Comparison of Cooperative Driving Strategies for CAVs at Signal-Free Intersections”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, To appear, 2021.
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Xiao, W., Belta, C., and Cassandras, C.G., “Sufficient Conditions for Feasibility of Optimal Control Problems Using Control Barrier Functions”, Automatica, Vol. 135, pp. 1-11, 2022.
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Welikala, S., and Cassandras C.G., “Greedy Initialization for Distributed Persistent Monitoring in Network Systems”, Automatica, Vol. 134, pp. 1-16, 2021.
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Xiao, W., Cassandras, C.G., and Belta, C., “Safety-Critical Optimal Control for Autonomous Systems”, Journal of Systems Science & Complexity, Vol. 34, pp. 1723–1742, 2021.
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Zhou, N., Cassandras C.G., Yu, X., and Andersson, S.B., “The Price of Decentralization: Event-Driven Optimization Algorithms for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Tasks”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 8, 2, pp. 976-986, 2021.
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Welikala, S., and Cassandras C.G., “Distributed Non-Convex Optimization of Multi-Agent Systems Using Boosting Functions to Escape Local Optima”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 6, 11, pp. 5175 – 5190, 2021.
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Xiao, W., Cassandras, C.G., and Belta, C. “Bridging the Gap between Optimal Trajectory Planning and Safety-Critical Control with Applications to Autonomous Vehicles”. Automatica, 2021, to appear.
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Xiao, W., and Cassandras, C.G., “Decentralized Optimal Merging Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles with Safety Constraint Guarantees“. Automatica, Volume 123, 109333, 2021.
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Meng, X., and Cassandras, C.G., “Eco-driving of Autonomous Vehicles for Non-stop Crossing of Signalized Intersections“. IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering, To appear, 2020.
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Chen, R., and Cassandras, C.G., “Optimal Assignments in Mobility-on-Demand Systems Using Event-driven Receding Horizon Control“. IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1-15, 2020.
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Wollenstein-Betech, S., Silva, A.A.B., Fleck, J.L., Cassandras, C.G., and Paschalidis, I.C., “Physiological and Socioeconomic Characteristics Predict COVID-19 Mortality and Resource Utilization in Brazil“. PLOS One, pp. 1-15, 2020.
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Xu, H., Zhang, Y., Cassandras, C.G., and Feng, S., “A Bi-Level Cooperative Driving Strategy Allowing Lane Changes“. Transportation Research Part C Vol. 120, pp. 1-17, 2020.
- Wollenstein-Betech, S., Cassandras, C.G., and Paschalidis, I.C., “Personalized Predictive Models for Symptomatic COVID-19 Patients Using Basic Preconditions: Hospitalizations, Mortality, and the Need for an ICU or Ventilator“. Intl. Journal of Medical Informatics, Vol. 142, pp. 1-8, 2020.
- Meng, X., and Cassandras, C.G., “Trajectory Optimization of Autonomous Agents with Spatio-Temporal Constraints”, to appear in IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, 2020.
- Sun, C., Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., “Optimal Composition of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Teams for Coverage Problems with Performance Bound Guarantees”, Automatica, Vol. 117, pp. 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108961, 2020.
- Feng, Z., Hu, G., and Cassandras, C.G., “Finite-Time Distributed Convex Optimization for Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems with Disturbance Rejection”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 7, 2, pp. 686-698, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2019.2939642, 2020.
- Wang, Y-W., Zhao, M-J., Yang, W., Zhou, N., and Cassandras, C.G., “Collision-Free Trajectory Design for 2D Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 7, 2, pp. 545-557, https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2019.2954970, 2020.
- Yu, X., Andersson, S.B., Zhou, N., and Cassandras C.G., “Scheduling Multiple Agents in a Persistent Monitoring Task Using Reachability Analysis”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 65, 4, pp. 1499-1513, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8735881, 2020.
- Swaszek, R. M. A., and Cassandras, C.G., “Receding Horizon Control for Station Inventory Management in a Bike Sharing System”, IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 17, 1, pp. 407-417, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8792385, 2020.
- Chen, R., and Cassandras, C.G., “Stochastic Flow Models with Delays, Blocking and Applications to Multi-Intersection Traffic Light Control”, J. of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10626-019-00298-6, Vol. 30, 1, pp. 1-29, 2020.
- Fleck, J.L., Pavel, A.B., and Cassandras, C.G., “A Pan-Cancer Analysis of Progression Mechanisms and Drug Sensitivity in Cancer Cell Lines”, Molecular Omics, https://doi.org/10.1039/c9mo00119k, Vol. 15, pp. 399 – 405, 2019.
- Zhang, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., “An Impact Study of Integrating Connected Automated Vehicles with Conventional Traffic”, Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 48, pp. 347-356, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2019.04.009, 2019.
- Zhang, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., “Decentralized Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles at Signal-Free Intersections Including Comfort-Constrained Turns and Safety Guarantees”, Automatica, Vol. 109, pp. 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108563, 2019.
- Zhang, Y., Cassandras, C.G., Li, W., and Mosterman, P.J., “A Discrete-Event and Hybrid Traffic Simulation Model Based on SimEvents for Intelligent Transportation System Analysis in Mcity”, J. of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 29, 3, pp. 265-295, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10626-019-00286-w, 2019.
- Wang, Y-W., Wei, Y-W., Liu, X-K., Zhou, N., and Cassandras C.G., “Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents with Physical Constraints”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 64, 8, pp. 3239-3252, 2019.
- Zhang, Y., Su, R., Sandamali, G.G.N., Zhang Y., Cassandras, C.G., and Xie, L., “A Hierarchical Heuristic Approach for Solving Air Traffic Scheduling and Routing Problem with a Novel Air Traffic Model”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 20, 9, pp. 3421-3434, 2019.
- Sun, X., Cassandras C.G., and Meng, X., “Exploiting Submodularity to Quantify Near-Optimality in Multi-Agent Coverage Problems”, Automatica, Vol. 100, 2, pp. 349-359, 2019.
- Zhou, N., Yu, X., Andersson, S.B., and Cassandras C.G., “Optimal Event-Driven Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of a Finite Set of Data Sources”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 63, 12, pp. 4204-4217, 2018.
- Khazaeni, Y., and Cassandras C.G., “Event-driven Trajectory Optimization for Data Harvesting in Multi-Agent Systems”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 1335-1348, 2018.
- Brittain, K., Kamp, K., Cassandras C.G., Salaysay, Z., and Gómez-Márquez, J., “A Mobile App to Increase Informed Decisions About Colorectal Cancer Screening Among African American and Caucasian Women: A Pilot Study”, Gastroenterology Nursing, Vol. 41, 4, pp. 297-303, 2018.
- Pourazarm, S., and Cassandras C.G., “Optimal Routing of Energy-aware Vehicles in Transportation Networks with Inhomogeneous Charging Nodes”, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 18, 8, pp. 2515-2527, 2018.
- Nenchev, V., Cassandras, C.G., and Raisch, J., “Optimal Control for a Robotic Exploration, Pick-up and Delivery Problem”, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, Vol. 30, pp. 266-284, 2018.
- Cassandras, C.G., and Giua, A., (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Diagnosis, Opacity and Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems, Journal on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 28, 2, 2018.
- Wardi, Y. Cassandras, C.G., and Cao, X.R., “Perturbation Analysis: A Framework for Data-Driven Control and Optimization of Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems”, Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 45, pp. 267-280, 2018.
- Malikopoulos, A.A., Cassandras C.G., and Zhang, Y.J., “A Decentralized Energy-Optimal Control Framework for Connected Automated Vehicles at Signal-Free Intersections”, Automatica, Vol. 93, 7, pp. 244-256, 2018.
- Zhang, J., Pourazarm, S., Cassandras C.G., and Paschalidis, I. Ch., “The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks: Data-Driven Evaluation and Reduction Strategies”, Vol. 106, 4, Proceedings of the IEEE, pp. 538-553, 2018.
- Nucci, C.A., Cassandras C.G., and Bettis, G., (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Smart Cities, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 106, 4, 2018.
- Mao, J., and Cassandras, C.G., “Solving A Class of Discrete Event Simulation-based Optimization Problems Using “Optimality in Probability””, J. of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 28, 1, pp. 35-61, 2018.
- Cassandras, C.G., and Giua, A., (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Performance Analysis and Optimization of Discrete Event Systems, Journal on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 28, 1, 2018.
- Khazaeni, Y., and Cassandras C.G., “Event-Driven Cooperative Receding Horizon Control for Multi-agent Systems in Uncertain Environments”, IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 409-422, 2018.
- Malikopoulos, A.A., Cassandras C.G., and Zhang, Y.J., A decentralized Energy-Optimal Control Framework for Connected Automated Vehicles at Signal-Free Intersections Automatica, Vol. 93, No. 7, pp. 244-256, 2018.
- Zhang, J., Pourazarm, S., Cassandras C.G., and Paschalidis, I. Ch., The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks: Data-Driven Evaluation and Reduction StrategiesProceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 106, No. 4, pp. 538-553, 2018.
- Nucci, C.A., Cassandras C.G., and Bettis, G., (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Smart Cities Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 106, No. 4, 2018.
- Mao, J., and Cassandras, C.G., Solving A Class of Discrete Event Simulation-based Optimization Problems Using “Optimality in Probability” J. of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 35-61, 2018.
- Cassandras, C.G., and Giua, A., (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Performance Analysis and Optimization of Discrete Event Systems Journal on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 28, No. 1, 2018.
- Khazaeni, Y., and Cassandras C.G., Event-Driven Cooperative Receding Horizon Control for Multi-agent Systems in Uncertain EnvironmentsIEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 409-422, 2018.
- Pourazarm, S., and Cassandras C.G., Optimal Routing for Lifetime Maximization of Wireless Sensor Networks with a Mobile Source Node IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 793-804, 2017.
- Miao, L., Mao, J., and Cassandras C.G., Optimal Energy-Efficient Downlink Transmission Scheduling for Real-Time Wireless Networks IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 692-706, 2017.
- Cassandras C.G., Automating Mobility in Smart Cities Annual Reviews in Control, Vol. 44, pp. 1-8, 2017.
- Zhang, Y., Su, R., Li, Q., Cassandras, C.G., and Xie, L., Distributed Flight Routing and Scheduling for Air Traffic Flow Management, IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 18, 10, pp. 2681-2692, 2017.
- Fleck, J.L., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Design of Personalized Prostate Cancer Therapy using Infinitesimal Perturbation AnalysisNonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, Vol. 25, pp. 246-262, 2017.
- Pourazarm, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Energy-based Lifetime Maximization and Security of Wireless Sensor Networks with General Non-ideal Battery Models IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 323-335, 2017.
- Sun, X., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Dynamic Formation Control of Multi-Agent Systems in Constrained Environments Automatica,Vol. 73, No. 11, pp. 169-179, 2016.
- Cassandras, C.G., On-line Control and Optimization for Cyber-Physical Systems Cyber-Physical Systems: Foundations, Principles and Applications (H. Song, D.B. Rawat, S. Jeschke, C. Brecher, Eds.), pp. 31-54, Elsevier, 2016.
- Cassandras C.G., Smart Cities as Cyber-Physical Social Systems Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 156-158, 2016.
- Brisimi, T.S., Cassandras, C.G., Osgood, C., Paschalidis, I.C., and Zhang, Y., Sensing and Classifying Roadway Obstacles in Smart Cities: The ‘Street Bump’ System IEEE Access, 4, pp. 1301-1312, 2016.
- Bilgin, E., Caramanis, M.C., Paschalidis, I.C., and Cassandras, C.G., Provision of Regulation Service by Smart Buildings IEEE Trans. on Smart Grid Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 1683-1693, 2016.
- Fleck, J.L., Cassandras, C.G., and Geng, Y., Adaptive Quasi-Dynamic Traffic Light Control IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 830-842, 2016.
- Pourazarm, S., Cassandras C.G., and Wang, T., Optimal Routing and Charging of Energy-Limited Vehicles in Traffic Networks Intl. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 26, 6, pp. 1325-1350, 2016.
- Fleck, J.L., Pavel, A.B., and Cassandras, C.G., Integrating Mutation and Gene Expression Cross-sectional Data to Infer Cancer Progression BMC Systems Biology 10:12, 2016.
- Cassandras, C.G., Event-driven Control and Optimization in Hybrid Systems Event-based Control and Signal Processing (M. Miskowicz, Ed.), pp. 21-36, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2015.
- Cassandras, C.G., New Transportation Systems for Smart Cities Social, Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smart Cities (A. Vesco, F. Ferrero, Eds), IGI Global, pp. 213-238, 2015.
- Wardi, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., Perturbation Analysis of Discrete Event Systems Encyclopedia of Systems and Control (J. Baillieul, T. Samad, Eds), Springer, pp. 1044-1053, 2015.
- Cassandras, C.G., Models for Discrete Event Systems: An Overview Encyclopedia of Systems and Control (J. Baillieul, T. Samad, Eds), Springer, pp. 760-769, 2015.
- Lin, X., and Cassandras, C.G., An Optimal Control Approach to the Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Problem in Two-Dimensional Spaces IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, Vol. 60, 6, pp. 1659-1664, 2015.
- Geng, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., Multi-intersection Traffic Light Control with Blocking J. of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 25, 1, pp. 7-30, 2015.
- Wang, T, Cassandras, C.G., and Pourazarm, S., Optimal Motion Control for Energy-aware Electric Vehicles Control Engineering Practice Vol. 38, pp. 37-45, 2015.
- Zhong, M., and Cassandras, C.G., Distributed Optimization of Autonomous UAVs with Event-Driven Communication Handbook of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (K. Valavanis, G. Vachtsevanos, Eds), Springer, pp. 1749-1773, 2014.
- Mao, J., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Control of Multi-layer Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraint Guarantees IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Vol. 44, 10, pp. 1425-1434, 2014.
- Adacher, L, and Cassandras, C.G., Lot Size Optimization in Manufacturing Systems: The Surrogate Method International J. of Production Economics Vol. 155, pp. 418-426, 2014.
- Cassandras, C.G., The Event-driven Paradigm for Control, Communication, and Optimization Journal of Control and Decision, Vol. 1, 1, pp. 3-17, 2014.
- Cassandras, C.G., Wang, T., and Pourazarm, S., Optimal Routing and Energy Allocation for Lifetime Maximization of Wireless Sensor Networks with Non-ideal Batteries IEEE Trans. on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 1, 1, pp. 86-98, 2014.
- Cassandras, C.G., and Yao, C., Hybrid Models for the Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems Formal Methods in Manufacturing (C. Seatzu, J. Campos, X. Xie, Eds), pp. 105-134, CRC Press, 2014.
- Cassandras, C.G., M. Fanti, C. Hadjicostis, S. Reveliotis, C. Seatzu, (Ed’s.), Special Issue on Advances in Discrete Event Systems for Automation IEEE Trans. on Automation Science and Engineering Vol. 11, 1, 2014.
- Geng, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., A New “Smart Parking” System Based on Resource Allocation and Reservations IEEE Trans. on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 14, 3, pp. 1129-1139, 2013.
- Wang, T, and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Control of Multi-Battery Energy-aware Systems IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Tech. Vol. 21, 5, pp. 1874-1888, 2013.
Conferences
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Queeney, J., Paschalidis I., and Cassandras, C.G., Generalized Proximal Policy Optimization with Sample Reuse Proc. of NeurIPS 2021, 2021.
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Xiao, W., Belta, C., and Cassandras, C.G., Event-Triggered Safety-Critical Control for Systems with Unknown Dynamics Proc. of 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 540-545, 2021.
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Xiao, W., and Cassandras, C.G., Decentralized Optimal Merging Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles on Curved Roads Proc. of 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2677-2682, 2021.
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Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Event-Driven Receding Horizon Control of Energy-Aware Dynamic Agents for Distributed Persistent Monitoring Proc. of 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1898-1904, 2021.
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Abduljabbar, M., Meskin, N., and Cassandras, C.G., Control Barrier Function-based Lateral Control of Autonomous Vehicle for Roundabout Crossing Proc. of 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, pp. 859-864, 2021.
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Xu, K., Cassandras, C.G., and Xiao, W., Decentralized Time and Energy-Optimal Control of Connected and Automated Vehicles in a Roundabout Proc. of 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, pp. 681-686, 2021.
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Wollenstein-Betech, Paschalidis, I. Ch., and Cassandras, C.G., Planning Strategies for Lane Reversals in Transportation Networks Proc. of 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, pp. 2131-2136, 2021.
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Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M., and Cassandras, C.G., A Semidefinite Programming Approach to Discrete-time Infinite Horizon Persistent Monitoring Proc. of 2021 European Control Conference, 2021.
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Xiao, W., Belta, C., and Cassandras, C.G., High Order Control Lyapunov-Barrier Functions for Temporal Logic Specifications Proc. of 2021 American Control Conference, pp. 4874-4879, 2021.
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Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Event-Driven Receding Horizon Control for Distributed Estimation in Network Systems Proc. of 2021 American Control Conference, pp. 1555-1560, 2021.
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Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Minimax Mobile Sensor Scheduling Over a Network Proc. of 2021 American Control Conference, pp. 1177-1182, 2021.
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Queeney, J., Paschalidis I., and Cassandras, C.G., Uncertainty-Aware Policy Optimization: A Robust, Adaptive Trust Region Approach Proc. of 35th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2021.
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Meng, X., Sun, X., Cassandras, C.G., and Xu, K., Comparison of Centralized and Decentralized Approaches in Cooperative Coverage Problems with Energy-Constrained Agents Proc. of 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 30-35, 2020.
- Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Event-Driven Receding Horizon Control For Distributed Persistent Monitoring on Graphs, to appear in 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020.
- Wollenstein-Betech, Paschalidis, I. Ch., and Cassandras, C.G., Joint Pricing and Rebalancing of Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems, to appear in Proc. of 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020.
- Xiao, W., Belta, C., and Cassandras, C.G., Feasibility-Guided Learning for Constrained Optimal Control Problems, to appear in Proc. of 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2020.
- Wollenstein-Betech, S., Houshmand, A., Salazar, M., Pavone, M., Cassandras, C.G, and Paschalidis, I. Ch., Congestion-aware Routing and Rebalancing of Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems in Mixed Traffic, to appear in Proc. of 23rd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2020.
- Wollenstein-Betech, S., Muise, S. Cassandras, C.G, Paschalidis, I. Ch., and Khazaeni, Y., Explainability of Intelligent Transportation Systems Using Knowledge Compilation: a Traffic Light Controller Case, to appear in Proc. of 23rd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2020.
- Xiao, W., Cassandras, C.G., and Belta, C., Decentralized Optimal Control in Multi-lane Merging for Connected and Automated Vehicles, to appear in Proc. of 23rd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2020.
- Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M., and Cassandras, C.G., Multi-Agent Infinite Horizon Persistent Monitoring of Targets with Uncertain States in Multi-Dimensional Environments, to appear in Proc. of 21st IFAC World Congress, 2020.
- Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Asymptotic Analysis for Greedy Initialization of Threshold-Based Distributed Optimization of Persistent Monitoring on Graphs, to appear in Proc. of 21st IFAC World Congress, 2020.
- Chen, R. and Cassandras, C.G., Optimization of Ride Sharing Systems Using Event-driven Receding Horizon Control, to appear in Proc. of 2020 Intl. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, 2020.
- Xiao, W., and Cassandras, C.G., Decentralized Optimal Merging Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles with Optimal Dynamic Resequencing, Proc. of 2020 American Control Conference, pp. 4090-4095, 2020.
- Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Periodic Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of a Finite Set of Targets with Uncertain States, to appear in Proc. of 2020 American Control Conference, pp. 5207-5212, 2020.
- Welikala, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Distributed Non-convex Optimization of Multi-agent Systems Using Boosting Functions to Escape Local Optima, Proc. of 2020 American Control Conference, pp. 2723-2728, 2020.
- Pinto, S.C., Andersson, S.B., Hendrickx, J.M., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of the Uncertain State of a Finite Set of Targets, Proc. of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4280-4285, 2019.
- Xiao, W., and Cassandras, C.G., Conditions for Improving the Computational Efficiency of Decentralized Optimal Merging Controllers for Connected and Automated Vehicles, Proc. of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3158-3163, 2019.
- Zhang, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., Joint Time and Energy-Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles at Signal-Free Intersections with Speed-Dependent Safety Guarantees, Proc. of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 329-334, 2019.
- Chen, R., Cassandras, C.G., and Tahmasbi-Sarvestani, A., Time and Energy-Optimal Lane Change Maneuvers for Cooperating Connected and Automated Vehicles, Proc. of 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2220-2225, 2019.
- Salazar, M., Houshmand, A., Cassandras, C.G., and Pavone, M., Optimal Routing and Energy Management Strategies for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, Proc. of 22nd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 733-739, 2019.
- Houshmand, A., Wollenstein, S., and Cassandras, C.G., The Penetration Rate Effect of Connected and Automated Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Routing, Proc. of 22nd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1755-1760, 2019.
- Swaszek, R., and Cassandras, C.G., Load Balancing in Mobility-on-Demand Systems: Reallocation Via Parametric Control Using Concurrent Estimation, Proc. of 22nd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 2148-2153, 2019.
- Xiao, W., Cassandras, C.G., and Belta, C., Decentralized Merging Control in Traffic Networks with Noisy Vehicle Dynamics: a Joint Optimal Control and Barrier Function Approach, Proc. of 22nd IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 3162-3167, 2019.
- Zhou, N., Cassandras, C.G., Yu, X., and Andersson S.B., Optimal Threshold-Based Distributed Control Policies for Persistent Monitoring on Graphs, Proc. of 2019 American Control Conference, pp. 5544-5549, 2019.
- Xiao, W., and Cassandras, C.G., Decentralized Optimal Merging Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles, Proc. of 2019 American Control Conference, pp. 3315-3320, 2019.
- Meng, X., and Cassandras, C.G., A Real-Time Optimal Eco-driving for Autonomous Vehicles Crossing Multiple Signalized Intersections, in Proc. of 2019 American Control Conference, pp. 3593-3598, 2019.
- Xiao, W., Belta, C. and Cassandras, C.G., Decentralized Optimal Merging at an Intersection: a Control Barrier Function Approach, in Proc. of 10th ACM/IEEE Intl. Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, pp. 270-279, 2019.
- Meng, X., Houshmand, A., and Cassandras, C.G., Multi-Agent Coverage Control with Energy Depletion and Repletion, Proc. of 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2101-2106, 2018.
- Meng, X., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Control of Autonomous Vehicles for Non-Stop Signalized Intersection Crossing, Proc. of 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 6988-6993, 2018.
- Zhang, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., A Decentralized Optimal Control Framework for Connected Automated Vehicles at Urban Intersections with Dynamic Resequencing, Proc. of 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 217-222, 2018.
- Houshmand, A., and Cassandras, C.G., Eco-Routing of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Transportation Networks, Proc. of 21st IEEE Intl. Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pp. 1508-1513, 2018.
- Zhang, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., The Penetration Effect of Connected Automated Vehicles in Urban Traffic: an Energy Impact Study, Proc. of 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, pp. 620-625, 2018.
- Meng, X., Houshmand, A., and Cassandras, C.G., Hybrid System Modeling of Multi-Agent Coverage Problems with Energy Depletion and Repletion, Proc. of 6th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, pp. 223-228, 2018.
- Yu, X., Andersson S.B., Zhou, N. and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal visiting schedule search for persistent monitoring of a finite set of targets, Proc. of 2018 American Control Conference, pp. 4032-4037, 2018.
- Zhang, Y., Cassandras, C.G., Li, W., and Mosterman, P., A Discrete-Event and Hybrid Simulation Framework Based on SimEvents for Intelligent Transportation System Analysis, Proc. of 2018 Intl. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pp. 323-328, 2018.
- Chen, R. and Cassandras, C.G., Stochastic Flow Models with Delays and Applications to Multi-Intersection Traffic Light Control, Proc. of 2018 Intl. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pp. 50-55, 2018.
- Zhang, Y., Malikopoulos A.A., and Cassandras, C.G., Decentralized Optimal Control for Connected Automated Vehicles at Intersections Including Left and Right Turns Proc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4428-4433, 2017.
- Zhang, Y., Su, R., Sandamali, N., and Cassandras, C.G., A Hierarchical Approach for Air Traffic Routing and Scheduling Proc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 6277-6282, 2017.
- Zhou, N., Cassandras, C.G., Yu, X., and Andersson S.B., Decentralized Event-Driven Algorithms for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Proc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4064-4069, 2017.
- Sun, X., Cassandras, C.G., and Meng, X., A Submodularity-Based Approach for Multi-Agent Optimal Coverage Problems Proc. of 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4082-4087, 2017.
- Zhang, Y., Cassandras, C.G., Li, W., and Mosterman, P.J., A SimEvents Model for Hybrid Traffic Simulation Proc. of 2017 Winter Simulation Conference, pp. 1455-1466, 2017.
- Swaszek, R.M.A., and Cassandras, C.G., A Receding Horizon Routing Controller for Inventory Replenishment Agents in Bike Sharing Systems with Time-Varying Demand” Proc. of 2017 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, pp. 1587-1592, 2017.
- Cassandras, C.G., Automating Mobility in Smart Cities Proc. of 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 7194-7197, 2017.
- Zhou, N., Cassandras, C.G., Yu, X., and Andersson S.B., Optimal Event-Driven Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring with Graph-Limited Mobility Proc. of 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 2217-2222, 2017.
- Wardi, Y. Cassandras, C.G., and Cao, X.R., Perturbation Analysis: A Framework for Data-Driven Control and Optimization of Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems Proc. of 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 3083-3093, 2017.
- Zhang, J., Pourazarm, S., Cassandras, C.G., and Paschalidis, I.C., Data-driven Estimation of Origin-Destination Demand and User Cost Functions for the Optimization of Transportation Networks Proc. of 20th IFAC World Congress, pp. 10090-10095, 2017.
- Cassandras, C.G., Complexity Made Simple (at a Small Price) Proc. of 38th Intl. Conference Petri Nets 2017, pp. 12-18, 2017.
- Yu, X., Andersson S.B., Zhou, N. and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Dwell Times for Persistent Monitoring of a Finite Set of Targets Proc. of 2017 American Control Conference, pp. 5544-5549, 2017.
- Zhang, Y., Cassandras, C.G., and Malikopoulos A.A., Optimal Control of Connected Automated Vehicles at Urban Traffic Intersections: A Feasibility Enforcement Analysis Proc. of 2017 American Control Conference, pp. 3548-3553, 2017.
- Zhang, Y., Su, R., Li, Q., Cassandras, C.G., and Xiew, L., Distributed Flight Routing and Scheduling in Air Traffic Flow Management Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1080-1085, 2016.
- Zhang, J., Pourazarm, S., Cassandras, C.G., and Paschalidis, I.C., The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks by Estimating User Cost Functions from Actual Traffic Data Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 789-794, 2016.
- Zhou, N., Yu, X., Andersson, S.B., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Event-Driven Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of a Finite Set of Targets Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1814-1819, 2016.
- Fleck, J.L., and Cassandras, C.G., Personalized Cancer Therapy Design: Robustness vs. Optimality Proc. of 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 5041-5046, 2016.
- Zhang, Y., Malikopoulos A.A., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Control and Coordination of Connected and Automated Vehicles at Urban Traffic IntersectionsProc. of 2016 American Control Conference , pp. 6227-6232, 2016.
- Mao, J., and Cassandras, C.G., Solving A Class of Discrete Event Simulation-based Optimization Problems Using “Optimality in Probability” Proc. of 2016 Intl. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems , pp. 129-134, 2016.
- Zhang, Y., Malikopoulos A.A., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Control and Coordination of Connected and Automated Vehicles at Urban Traffic IntersectionsProc. of 2016 American Control Conference, pp. 6227-6232, 2016.
- Khazaeni, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., Event excitation for event-driven control and optimization of multi-agent systems Proc. of 2016 Intl. Workshop on Discrete Event Systems , pp. 197-202, 2016.
- Pourazarm, S., and Cassandras, C.G., Lifetime Maximization of Wireless Sensor Networks with a Mobile Source Node Proc. of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 7398-7403, 2015.
- Khazaeni, Y., and Cassandras, C.G., An Optimal Control Approach for the Data Harvesting Problem Proc. of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 5136-5141, 2015.
- Nenchev, V., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal exploration and control for a robotic pick-up and delivery problem in two dimensions Proc. of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 258-263, 2015.
- Sun, X., and Cassandras, C.G., Optimal Dynamic Formation Control of Multi-Agent Systems in Environments with Obstacles Proc. of 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , pp. 2359-2364, 2015.