Publications

Massimo Canale

1. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.C. Signorile, "A Model Predictive Control approach to vehicle yaw control using identified models ", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, in press.

2. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, F. Ruiz, M.C. Signorile, "Vehicle stability control using direct virtual sensors", Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 597-618, 2012.

3. L. Fagiano, M. Canale, M. Milanese, ``Set Membership approximation of discontinuous Nonlinear Model Predictive Control laws'', Automatica, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 191-197, 2012.

4. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, C. Novara, ``Set Membership approximations of predictive control laws: the tradeoff between accuracy and complexity'', IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 2907-2920, 2010.

5. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, ``Efficient model predictive control for nonlinear systems via function approximation techniques'', IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 18, pp. 1911-1916, 2010.

6. M. Canale, M. Milanese, C. Novara, "NSM constrained approximation of Lipschitz functions from data", Systems and Control Letters, vol. 59, pp. 396-403, 2010.

7. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, V. Razza, "Approximate NMPC for vehicle stability: design, implementation and SIL testing ", Control Engineering Practice, vol. 10, pp. 630-639, 2010.

8. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, "Comparing Rear Wheel Steering and Rear Active Differential approaches to vehicle yaw control", Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 48, no. 5, pp. 529-546, 2010.

9. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, "High altitude wind energy generation using controlled power kites", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 279-293, 2010.

10. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, "KiteGen: a revolution in wind energy generation", Energy, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 355-361, 2009.

11. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, A. Ferrara, C. Vecchio, "Comparing Internal Model Control and Sliding Mode Approaches for Vehicle Yaw Control ", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 31-41, 2009.

12. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.Milanese, "Set Membership approximation theory for fast implementation of Model Predictive Control laws ", Automatica, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 45-54, 2009.

13. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, A. Ferrara, C. Vecchio, "Vehicle Yaw Control via Second Order Sliding Mode Technique", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 55, no. 11, pp. 3908-3916, 2008.

14. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, "Stability control of 4WS vehicles using robust IMC techniques", Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 991-1011, 2008.

15. V. Cerone, M. Canale, D. Regruto, "Loop-shaping design with constant magnitude loci in control education", International Journal of Engineering Education, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 127-136, 2008.

16. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, "Power kites for wind energy generation", IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 25-38, 2007.

17. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, P. Borodani, "Robust vehicle yaw control using an active differential and IMC techniques", Control Engineering Practice, vol. 15, no. 8, pp. 923-941, 2007.

18. M. Canale, M. Milanese, C. Novara, "Semi-active suspension control using "Fast" Model Predictive Techniques ", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1034-1046, 2006.
19. M. Canale, "Robust control from data in presence of input saturation", International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 983-997, 2004.
20. M. Canale, M. Milanese, "Robust design of predictive controllers in presence of unmodeled dynamics", European Journal of Control, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 499-506, 2003.
M. Canale, M. Milanese, "Discussion on: Robust design of predictive controllers in presence of unmodeled dynamics. Author's reply.", European Journal of Control, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 509-511, 2003.
21. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Analysis and classification of human driving behaviour in urban environment", Cogntion Technology and Work, Springer Verlag, vol. 4, pp. 197-206, 2002.
22. M. Canale, G. Fiorio, S. Malan, M. Taragna, "Robust tuning of low order controllers via uncertainty model identification", European Journal of Control, vol. 5, pp. 316-328, 1999.
M. Canale, G. Fiorio, S. Malan, M. Taragna, "Discussion on: Robust tuning of low order controllers via uncertainty model identification", European Journal of Control, vol. 5, pp. 329-332, 1999.
23. M. Canale, S. Malan, M. Milanese, "Model Quality Evaluation in Identification for Robust H_infinity Control", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 125-132, 1998.

1. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, "Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control via Set Membership approximation: an overview", in Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: towards new challenging applications, L. Magni, D. M. Raimondo and F. Allgower (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol. 384, pp. 461-470, Springer Berlin, 2009.

1. M. Canale, V. Cerone, D. Piga, D. Regruto, "Fast implementation of Model Predictive Control with guaranteed performance", Proc. 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando, FL, USA, 2011.

2. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. C. Signorile, "Robust design of predictive controllers using Set Membership identified models", Proc. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italy, 2011.

3. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, C. Novara, "A direct Moving Horizon approach to vehicle side-slip angle estimation", Proc. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2010.

4. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, C. Novara, "Vehicle side-slip angle estimation using a direct MH estimator", Proc. 4th IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan, 2010.

5. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, V. Razza "Control of tethered airfoils for sustainable marine transportation", Proc. 4th IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan, 2010.

6. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. C. Signorile, "On the Robustness of Receding Horizon Control using Nonlinear Approximated Models", Proc. 8th IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems (NOLCOS), Bologna, Italy, 2010.

7. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, M. C. Signorile, "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control using Set Membership Approximated Models", Proc. UKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010, Coventry, UK, 2010.

8. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. C. Signorile, " Vehicle Lateral Stability Using a Front Steer by Wire Device and Set Membership Predictive Control techniques", Proc. American Control Conference, Baltimore (MD), USA, 2010.

9. M. Canale, C. Novara, M. C. Signorile, " A nonlinear IMC approach using model inversion from data", Proc. of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.

10. L. Fagiano, M. Canale, M. Milanese, " Set Membership approximation of discontinuous NMPC laws", Proc. of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.

11. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, V. Razza, " Vehicle lateral stability control via approximated NMPC: real-time implementation and software-in-the-loop test", Proc. of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, 2009.

12. M. Canale, C. Novara, M. C. Signorile, "A nonlinear IMC approach to vehicle yaw control", Proc. European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.

13. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, C. Novara, M. Milanese, "Set Membership approximations of predictive control laws: the tradeoff between accuracy and complexity", Proc. European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.

14. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, ``Vehicle yaw control using a fast NMPC approach'', Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 5360-5365, 2008.

15. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, F. Ruiz, M. C. Signorile, ``A study on the use of virtual sensors in vehicle control'', Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 4402-4407,2008.

16. C. Novara, M. Canale, M.Milanese, ``Left inversion of nonlinear fading memory systems from data'', Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 1392-1397, 2008.

17. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.Milanese, ``On the use of approximated predictive control laws for nonlinear systems'', Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, pp. 4712-4717, 2008.

18. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.Milanese, ``Fast Nonlinear Model Predictive Control via Set Membership approximation: an overview'', In: Int. Workshop on Assessment and Future Directions of NMPC, Pavia, Italy, 2008

19. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, F. Ruiz, M. C. Signorile, "On the design of linear virtual sensors for low cost vehicle stability control", Proc. 2nd IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, San Antonio (TX), USA, pp. 1-6, 2008.

20. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.Milanese, "Fast nonlinear model predictive control using Set Membership approximation", Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.

21. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, A. Ferrara, C. Vecchio, " A Comparison Between IMC and Sliding Mode Approaches to Vehicle Yaw Control", Proc. American Control Conference, Seattle (WA), USA, pp. 248 - 253, 2008.

22. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M.Milanese, "Fast implementation of predictive controllers using SM approximation methodologies", Proc. of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans (LA), USA, pp. 1361-1367, 2007.

23. M. Canale, C. Novara, M. Milanese, " NSM constrained approximation with application to fast predictive control", Proc. of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans (LA), USA, pp. 5722-5728, 2007.

24. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, "Comparing RWS and RAD approaches in robust vehicle yaw control", Proc. European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, pp. 1225-1232, 2007.

25. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, "A robust IMC approach for stability control of 4WS vehicles", Proc. American Control Conference, New York (NY), USA, pp. 2283-2288, 2007.

26. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, " KiteGen project: control as key technology for a quantum leap in wind energy generators", Proc. American Control Conference, New York (NY), USA, pp. 3522-3528, 2007.

27. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Ippolito, M. Milanese, "Control of tethered airfoils for a new class of wind energy generators", Proc. of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego (CA), USA, pp. 4020-4026, 2006.

28. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, "KiteGen: a revolution in wind energy generation", Proc. of the 5th Biennal international workshop "Advances in energy studies: perspectives on energy future", Porto Venere, Italy, 2006.

29. V. Cerone, M. Canale, D. Regruto, "An extended Nichols chart with constant magnitude loci of sensitivity and complementary sensitivity functions for loop-shaping design", Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid, Spain, 2006.

30. M. Canale, L. Fagiano, M. Milanese, P. Borodani "Robust vehicle yaw control using active differential and internal model control techniques", Proc. American Control Conference, Minneapolis (MN), USA, pp. 5354-5359, 2006.

31. M. Canale, M. Milanese, C. Novara, Z. Ahmad "Semi-active suspension control using ``Fast'' Model Predictive Control ", Proc. American Control Conference, Portland (OR), USA, pp. 274-281, 2005.

32. M. Canale, M. Milanese, "FMPC: a fast implementation of model predictive control", Proc. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005.

33. M. Canale, M. Milanese, Z. Ahmad, E. Matta, "An Improved Semi-Active Suspension Control Strategy Using Predictive Techniques", Proc. 1st IEEE International Conference on Information & Communication Technologies, Damascus, Syria, pp. 53-54, 2004.

34. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Robust design of PID based ACC S&G systems", Proc. 2nd IFAC Conference on Control Systems Design, Bratislava, Slovack Repubilc, 2003.

35. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Saturation avoidance control of a magnetic levitation system with enhanced performances", Proc. 2nd IFAC Conference on Control Systems Design, Bratislava, Slovack Republic, 2003.

36. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Robust multi-model ACC control design", Proc. 4th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Milan, Italy, 2003.

37. M. Canale, "Robust IMC-AW design in presence of unmodeled dynamics", Proc. 4th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Milan, Italy, 2003.

38. M. Canale, S. Malan, V. Murdocco, "Personalization of ACC Stop and Go task based on human driver behaviour analysis", Proc. 15th IFAC World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2002.

39. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Classification of Human Driving Behaviour for Urban ``Stop and Go'' Task", Proc. of the IEEE Mediterranean Control Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2002.
40. M. Canale, S. Malan, "Tuning of Stop and Go task control strategies using driver behaviour analysis", Proc. of the IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Versailles, France, pp. 407-412, 2002.

41. M. Canale, M. Milanese, "Robust control in presence of input saturation and unmodelled dynamics", Proc. of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando (FL), USA, pp. 4248-4253, 2001.

42. M. Canale, S. Malan, S. Campo, V. Murdocco, "Human driving behaviour evaluation in a hurban stop and go scenery", Proc 8th IFAC Symposium on Analysis, Design and Evaluation of Human-Machine Systems, Kassel, Germany, pp. 373-378, 2001.
43. W. Reinelt, M. Canale, "Robust control of SISO systems subject to hard input constraints", Proc. of the 2001 European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, pp. 1536-1541, 2001.

44. M. Canale, M. Milanese, "Robust design of predictive controllers in presence of unmodeled dynamics", Proc. of the 2001 European Control Conference, Porto, Portugal, pp. 3161-3166, 2001.

45. M. Canale, G. Fiorio, M. Milanese, S. Malan, M. Taragna, "Robust tuning of PID controllers via uncertainty model identification", Proc. of the 1997 European Control Conference, Brusselles, Belgium, 1997.

46. M. Canale, S. Malan, M. Milanese, M. Taragna "Model Structure Selection in Identification for Control", Proc 13th IFAC World Congress, S. Francisco (CA), USA, vol. I, pp. 109-114, 1996.

47. M. Canale, S. Malan, M. Milanese, "Model Quality Evaluation in Identification for Control", Proc. of the 1995 American Control Conference, Seattle (WA), USA, pp. 3060-3064, 1995.