Publications

Books

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. Wen, Cooperative Control Design: A Systematic, Passivity-Based Approach, Communications and Control Engineering, New York: Springer, 2011.

Book chapters or sections

M. Arcak, “Passivity approach to network stability analysis and distributed control synthesis,” in The Control Handbook, W. Levine, Ed., second ed., Vol. II, CRC Press, 2010, pp. 1-18.

E. D. Sontag and M. Arcak, “Passivity-based stability of interconnection structures,” in Recent Advances in Learning and Control: Festschrift on the Occasion of Mathukumalli Vidyasagar's 60th Birthday, V. D. Blondel, S. P. Boyd, and H. Kimura, Eds., Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol. 371, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2008, pp. 195-204.

M. Arcak, “Circle-Criterion Observers and Their Feedback Applications: An Overview,” in Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control: In Honor of Petar Kokotovic and Turi Nicosia, L. Menini, L. Zaccarian, and C. T. Abdallah, Eds., Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications, Boston, MA: Birkhauser Boston, 2006, pp. 3-14.

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Passivity-based agreement protocols: Continuous-time and sampled-data designs,” in Group Coordination and Cooperative Control: Proc. 2006 Workshop on Group Coordination and Cooperative Control, K. Y. Pettersen, J. T. Gravdahl, and H. Nijmeijer, Eds., Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Vol. 336, Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 2006, pp. 21-33.

P. V. Kokotovic and M. Arcak, “Robust Control of Nonlinear Systems: A Control Lyapunov Function Approach,” in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS): Control Systems, Robotics, and Automation, H. Unbehauen, Ed., Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK: Eolss Publishers, 2004.

P. V. Kokotovic and M. Arcak, “Activation of Nonlinear Feedback Concepts,” in System Theory: Modeling, Analysis, and Control–A Tribute to Sanjoy K. Mitter, T. E. Djaferis and I. C. Schick, Eds., The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC, 1999, pp. 379-389.

Articles in journals or magazines

E. Summers, M. Arcak, and A. Packard, “Delay robustness of interconnected passive systems: An integral quadratic constraint approach,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 58, no. 3, pp. 712-724, March 2013. [abstract]

A. Ferreira, M. Arcak, and E. Sontag, “Stability certification of large scale stochastic systems using dissipativity,” Automatica, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 2956-2964, Nov. 2012. [abstract]

S. Coogan and M. Arcak, “Scaling the size of a formation using relative position feedback,” Automatica, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 2677-2685, Oct. 2012. [abstract]

C. Mayhew, R. Sanfelice, J. Sheng, M. Arcak, and A. Teel, “Quaternion-based hybrid feedback for robust global attitude synchronization,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 2122-2127, Aug. 2012. [abstract]

S. Shafi, M. Arcak, and L. El Ghaoui, “Graph weight design to meet Laplacian spectral constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 7, pp. 1872-1877, July 2012. [abstract]

J. Hsia, W. J. Holtz, D. C. Huang, M. Arcak, and M. Maharbiz, “A feedback quenched oscillator produces Turing patterning with one diffuser,” PLoS Computational Biology, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. e1002331, Jan. 2012. [abstract]

M. Arcak, “Diagonal stability on cactus graphs and application to network stability analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 56, no. 12, pp. 2766-2777, Dec. 2011. [abstract]

G. Hines, M. Arcak, and A. Packard, “Equilibrium-independent passivity: A new definition and numerical certification,” Automatica, vol. 47, no. 9, pp. 1949-1956, Sep. 2011. [abstract]

M. Arcak, “Certifying spatially uniform behavior in reaction-diffusion PDE and compartmental ODE systems,” Automatica, vol. 47, no. 6, pp. 1219-1229, June 2011. [abstract]

X. Ge, M. Arcak, and K. Salama, “Nonlinear Analysis of Ring Oscillator and Cross-Coupled Oscillator Circuits,” Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications and Algorithms, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 959-977, Dec. 2010. [abstract]

L. Scardovi, M. Arcak, and E. Sontag, “Synchronization of interconnected systems with applications to biochemical networks: An input-output approach,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 1367-1379, June 2010. [abstract]

H. Bai and M. Arcak, “Instability mechanisms in cooperative control,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, pp. 258-263, Jan. 2010. [abstract]

J. O'Rourke, M. Arcak, and R. Ramani, “Real-time optimization of net power in a fuel cell system,” Journal of Power Sources, vol. 187, pp. 422-430, 2009. [abstract]

X. Ge and M. Arcak, “A sufficient condition for additive D-stability and application to reaction-diffusion models,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 58, pp. 736-741, Oct. 2009. [abstract]

J. O'Rourke, R. Ramani, and M. Arcak, “In situ detection of anode flooding of a PEM fuel cell,” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 34, no. 16, pp. 6765-6770, Aug. 2009. [abstract]

A. Chakrabortty and M. Arcak, “Robust stabilization and performance recovery of nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 54, no. 6, pp. 1351-1356, June 2009. [abstract]

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. Wen, “Adaptive motion coordination: Using velocity feedback to track a reference velocity,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 1020-1025, April 2009. [abstract]

A. Chakrabortty and M. Arcak, “Time-scale separation redesigns for stabilization and performance recovery of uncertain nonlinear systems,” Automatica, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 34-44, Jan. 2009. [abstract]

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. Wen, “Rigid body attitude coordination without inertial frame information,” Automatica, vol. 44, no. 12, pp. 3170-3175, Dec. 2008. [abstract]

T. Alpcan, X. Fan, T. Basar, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Power control for multicell CDMA wireless networks: A team optimization approach,” Wireless Networks, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 647-657, Oct. 2008. [abstract]

J. O'Rourke, M. Ramani, and M. Arcak, “Using electrochemical impedance to determine airflow rates,” Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy, vol. 33, no. 17, pp. 4694-4701, Sep. 2008. [abstract]

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Adaptive design for reference velocity recovery in motion coordination,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 57, no. 8, pp. 602-610, Aug. 2008. [abstract]

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Gradient climbing in formation via extremum-seeking and passivity-based coordination rules,” Asian J. Control: Special Issue on "Collective Behavior and Control of Multi-Agent Systems", vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 201-211, March 2008. [abstract]

J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, L. Vanfretti, and M. Arcak, “Estimation of radial power system transfer path dynamic parameters using synchronized phasor data,” IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 564-571, Feb. 2008. [abstract]

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Area aggregation and time-scale modelling for sparse nonlinear networks,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 142-149, Feb. 2008. [abstract]

M. R. Jovanovic, M. Arcak, and E. D. Sontag, “A passivity-based approach to stability of spatially distributed systems with a cyclic interconnection structure,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control: Joint Special Issue on Systems Biology, vol. 53, pp. 75-86, Jan. 2008. [abstract]

M. Arcak and E. D. Sontag, “A passivity-based stability criterion for a class of biochemical reaction networks,” Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 1-19, Jan. 2008. [abstract]

I. A. F. Ihle, M. Arcak, and T. I. Fossen, “Passivity-based designs for synchronized path-following,” Automatica, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1508-1518, Sep. 2007. [abstract]

M. Arcak, “Passivity as a design tool for group coordination,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 52, no. 8, pp. 1380-1390, Aug. 2007. [abstract]

J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, M. Arcak, B. Bhargava, and A. Salazar, “Synchronized phasor data based energy function analysis of dominant power transfer paths in large power systems,” IEEE Trans. Power Systems, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 727-734, May 2007. [abstract]

X. Fan, K. Chandrayana, M. Arcak, S. Kalyanaraman, and J. T. Y. Wen, “A two-time-scale design for edge-based detection and rectification of uncooperative flows,” IEEEACM Trans. Networking/, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1313-1322, Dec. 2006. [abstract]

X. Fan, T. Alpcan, M. Arcak, J. T. Y. Wen, and T. Basar, “A passivity approach to game-theoretic CDMA power control,” Automatica, vol. 42, no. 11, pp. 1837-1847, Nov. 2006. [abstract]

M. Arcak and E. D. Sontag, “Diagonal stability of a class of cyclic systems and its connection with the secant criterion,” Automatica, vol. 42, no. 9, pp. 1531-1537, Sep. 2006. [abstract]

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “A hybrid redesign of Newton observers in the absence of an exact discrete-time model,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 429-436, June 2006. [abstract]

H. Gorgun, M. Arcak, and F. Barbir, “An algorithm for estimation of membrane water content in PEM fuel cells,” J. Power Sources, vol. 157, no. 1, pp. 389-394, June 2006. [abstract]

X. Fan and M. Arcak, “Delay robustness of a class of nonlinear systems and applications to communication networks,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 139-144, Jan. 2006. [abstract]

M. Arcak, “Certainty-equivalence output-feedback design with circle-criterion observers,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 905-909, June 2005. [abstract]

P. Tsiotras and M. Arcak, “Low-bias control of AMB subject to voltage saturation: State-feedback and observer designs,” IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 262-273, March 2005. [abstract]

H. Gorgun, M. Arcak, S. Varigonda, and S. A. Bortoff, “Observer designs for fuel processing reactors in fuel cell power systems,” Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 447-457, March 2005. [abstract]

X. Fan, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “A robustness analysis of game-theoretic CDMA power control,” Turkish J. Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, Elektrik, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 139-150, Nov. 2004. [abstract]

L. Praly and M. Arcak, “A relaxed condition for stability of nonlinear observer-based controllers,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 53, no. 3-4, pp. 311-320, Nov. 2004. [abstract]

M. Arcak and D. Nesic, “A framework for nonlinear sampled-data observer design via approximate discrete-time models and emulation,” Automatica, vol. 40, no. 11, pp. 1931-1938, Nov. 2004. [abstract]

X. Fan, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Robustness of network flow control against distrubances and time-delay,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 13-29, Sep. 2004. [abstract]

J. T. Wen and M. Arcak, “A unifying passivity framework for network flow control,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 162-174, Feb. 2004. [abstract]

M. Arcak, H. Gorgun, L. M. Pedersen, and S. Varigonda, “A nonlinear observer design for fuel cell hydrogen estimation,” IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 101-110, Jan. 2004. [abstract]

X. Fan and M. Arcak, “Observer design for systems with multivariable monotone nonlinearities,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 319-330, Nov. 2003. [abstract]

L. Moreau, E. Sontag, and M. Arcak, “Feedback tuning of bifurcations,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 229-239, Oct. 2003. [abstract]

M. Arcak, “Book Review: L2-Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control by Arjan van der Schaft,” Automatica, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 1118-1119, June 2003.

M. Arcak, M. Larsen, and P. Kokotovic, “Circle and Popov criteria as tools for nonlinear feedback design,” Automatica, vol. 39, no. 4, pp. 643-650, April 2003. [abstract]

M. Arcak, M. Larsen, and P. Kokotovic, “Boundedness without absolute stability in systems with stiffening nonlinearities,” European J. Control: Special Issue on Dissipativity of Dynamical Systems, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 243-250, 2002. [abstract]

M. Arcak, D. Angeli, and E. Sontag, “A unifying integral ISS framework for stability of nonlinear cascades,” SIAM J. Control and Optimization, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 1888-1904, 2002. [abstract]

M. Arcak and A. Teel, “Input-to-state stability for a class of Lurie systems,” Automatica, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 1945-1949, Nov. 2002. [abstract]

R. Sepulchre, M. Arcak, and A. R. Teel, “Trading the stability of finite zeros for global stabilization of nonlinear cascade systems,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 521-525, March 2002. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Nonlinear observers: A circle criterion design and robustness analysis,” Automatica, vol. 37, no. 12, pp. 1923-1930, Dec. 2001. [abstract]

Z. P. Jiang and M. Arcak, “Robust global stabilization with ignored input dynamics: An ISS small-gain approach,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 46, no. 9, pp. 1411-1415, Sep. 2001. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Observer-based control of systems with slope-restricted nonlinearities,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 46, no. 7, pp. 1146-1150, July 2001. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Redesign of backstepping for robustness against unmodeled dynamics,” Intl. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control: Special Issue on Robustness in Identification and Control, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 633-643, June 2001.

O. M. Aamo, M. Arcak, T. I. Fossen, and P. V. Kokotovic, “Global output tracking control of a class of Euler-Lagrange systems with monotonic nonlinearities in the velocities,” Intl. J. Control, vol. 74, no. 7, pp. 649-658, May 2001. [abstract]

P. Kokotovic and M. Arcak, “Constructive nonlinear control: A historical perspective,” Automatica, vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 637-662, May 2001. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Feasibility conditions for circle criterion designs,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 42, no. 5, pp. 405-412, April 2001. [abstract]

M. Arcak, A. Teel, and P. Kokotovic, “Robust nonlinear control of feedforward systems with unmodeled dynamics,” Automatica, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 265-272, Feb. 2001. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Robust nonlinear control of systems with input unmodeled dynamics,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 115-122, Oct. 2000. [abstract]

M. Arcak, M. Seron, J. Braslavsky, and P. Kokotovic, “Robustification of backstepping against input unmodeled dynamics,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 1358-1363, July 2000. [abstract]

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Observer-based stabilization of systems with monotonic nonlinearities,” Asian J. Control, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 42-48, March 1999. [abstract]

Articles in conference proceedings

M. Arcak, “Synchronization and pattern formation in diffusively coupled systems,” in Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012, pp. 7184-7192.

S. Coogan and M. Arcak, “Guard synthesis for safety of hybrid systems using sum of squares programming,” in Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012, pp. 6138-6143.

J. Hsia, W. Holtz, M. Maharbiz, and M. Arcak, “New architecture for patterning gene expression using zinc finger proteins and small RNAs,” in Proceedings of the 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012, pp. 1633-1638.

M. Arcak, “On biological pattern formation by contact inhibition,” in Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 3439-3444.

S. Coogan and M. Arcak, “Formation control with size scaling using relative displacement feedback,” in Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 3877-3882.

E. Summers, M. Arcak, and A. Packard, “Further results on delay robustness of interconnected passive systems,” in Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 4697-4702.

A. S. Rufino Ferreira, M. Arcak, and E. Sontag, “A decomposition-based approach to stability analysis of large-scale stochastic systems,” in Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, 2012, pp. 6382-6387.

S. Shafi, M. Arcak, and L. El Ghaoui, “Graph weight design for Laplacian eigenvalue constraints with multi-agent systems applications,” in Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, 2011, pp. 5541-5546.

S. Coogan, M. Arcak, and M. Egerstedt, “Scaling the size of a multiagent formation via distributed feedback,” in Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, 2011, pp. 994-999.

E. Summers, M. Arcak, and A. Packard, “Evaluating the delay robustness of interconnected passive systems with a frequency-dependent integral quadratic constraint,” in Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 4237-4242.

J. Hsia, W. Holtz, D. Huang, M. Arcak, and M. Maharbiz, “A quenched oscillator network for pattern formation in gene expression,” in Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, 2011, pp. 2284-2289.

M. Arcak, “Diagonal stability on cactus graphs,” in Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010, pp. 6553-6558.

S. Shafi, M. Arcak, and L. El Ghaoui, “Designing node and edge weights of a graph to meet Laplacian eigenvalue constraints,” in Proceedings of the 2010 Allerton Conference, 2010.

M. Arcak, “Linear matrix inequality tests for synchrony of diffusively coupled nonlinear systems,” in Proceedings of the 2010 Allerton Conference, 2010.

M. Arcak, “On spatially uniform behavior in reaction-diffusion systems,” in Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 2010, pp. 2587-2592.

C. Mayhew, R. Sanfelice, M. Arcak, and A. Teel, “Robust global asymptotic attitude synchronization by hybrid control,” in Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 2010, pp. 3666-3671.

G. Hines, M. Arcak, and A. Packard, “Equilibrium-independent passivity: A new definition and implications,” in Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 2010, pp. 5584-5589.

X. Ge, M. Arcak, and K. Salama, “Nonlinear analysis of ring oscillator circuits,” in Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 2010, pp. 1772-1776.

L. Scardovi, M. Arcak, and E. Sontag, “Synchronization of interconnected systems with an input-output approach. Part I: Main results,” in Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009, pp. 609-614.

L. Scardovi, M. Arcak, and E. Sontag, “Synchronization of interconnected systems with an input-output approach. Part II: State-space result and application to biochemical networks,” in Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2009, pp. 615-620.

X. Ge and M. Arcak, “A new sufficient condition for additive D-stability and application to cyclic reaction-diffusion models,” in Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference, 2009, pp. 2904-2909.

X. Ge, M. Arcak, and K. Salama, “Nonlinear analysis of cross-coupled oscillator circuits,” in Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008, pp. 13-18.

H. Bai and M. Arcak, “Instability mechanisms in cooperative control,” in Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008, pp. 357-362.

A. Chakrabortty, M. Arcak, and P. Tsiotras, “Robust redesign of a spacecraft attitude tracking control system with actuator uncertainties,” in Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008, pp. 1587-1592.

A. Chakrabortty and M. Arcak, “Robust stabilization and performance recovery of nonlinear systems with input unmodeled dynamics,” in Proceedings of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2008, pp. 3775-3780.

J. O'Rourke, M. Arcak, and M. Ramani, “Estimating air flow rates in a fuel cell system using electrochemical impedance,” in Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2008.

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Using orientation agreement to achieve planar rigid formation,” in Proc. 2008 American Control Conf. (ACC ’08), 2008, pp. 753-758.

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Adaptive motion coordination: Using velocity feedback to achieve parameter convergence,” in proc. 2008 American Control Conf. (ACC ’08), 2008, pp. 759-764.

X. Fan, K. Chandrayana, M. Arcak, S. Kalyanaraman, and J. Wen, “Correcting uncooperative flows: A time scale separation design (Invited Paper),” in Proceedings of the 2007 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, 2007.

A. Chakrabortty, E. Scholtz, and M. Arcak, “Performance recovery of power systems with unknown parameters and faults,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 2007, pp. 5429-5434.

A. Chakrabortty and M. Arcak, “A three-time-scale redesign for robust stabilization and performance recovery of uncertain nonlinear systems,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 2007, pp. 3484-3489.

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Gradient climbing in formation via extremum seeking and passivity-based coordination rules,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 2007, pp. 3133-3138.

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “A decentralized design for group alignment and synchronous rotation without inertial frame information,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 2007, pp. 2552-2557.

M. Arcak and E. D. Sontag, “A passivity-based stability criterion for a class of interconnected systems and applications to biochemical reaction networks,” in Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2007), 2007, pp. 4477-4482.

R. Quintanilla, J. T. Wen, M. Arcak, J. Frankel, M. Peeples, and M. Unrath, “Robust control for linear stages in electronic manufacturing,” in Proc. 2007 American Control Conf. (ACC ’07), 2007, pp. 1269-1274.

M. R. Jovanovic, M. Arcak, and E. D. Sontag, “Remarks on the stability of spatially distributed systems with a cyclic interconnection structure,” in Proc. 2007 American Control Conf. (ACC ’07), 2007, pp. 2696-2701.

A. Chakrabortty and M. Arcak, “A two-time-scale redesign for robust stabilization and performance recovery of uncertain nonlinear systems,” in Proc. 2007 American Control Conf. (ACC ’07), 2007, pp. 4643-4648.

H. Bai, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Group coordination when the reference velocity is available only to the leader: An adaptive design,” in Proc. 2007 Amerian Control Conf. (ACC ’07), 2007, pp. 5400-5405.

I. A. F. Ihle, M. Arcak, and T. I. Fossen, “Passivity-based designs for synchronized path following,” in Proc. 45th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2006), 2006, pp. 4319-4326.

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Area aggregation and time scale modeling for sparse nonlinear networks,” in Proc. 45th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2006), I, 2006, pp. 4046-4051.

J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, M. Arcak, B. Bhargava, and A. Salazar, “Energy function analysis of power transfer paths using synchronized phasor data,” in Proc. 2006 IEEE PES Power Systems Conf. and Exposition (PSCE ’06), 2006, pp. 161-171.

X. Fan, M. Arcak, S. Kalyanaraman, and Y. S. Chan, “Delay robustness and AQM in networks,” in Proc. 17th Intl. Symp. on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2006), 2006, pp. 695-700.

J. H. Chow, A. Chakrabortty, M. Arcak, B. Bhargava, and A. Salazar, “Synchronized phasor data based energy function analysis of power transfer paths,” in Proc. 2006 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2006.

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Hybrid Newton observer design using the inexact Newton method and GMRES,” in Proc. 2006 American Control Conf. (ACC ’06), 2006, pp. 3334-3339.

M. Arcak and E. D. Sontag, “Connections between diagonal stability and the secant condition for cyclic systems,” in Proc. 2006 American Control Conf. (ACC ’06), 2006.

M. Arcak, “Passivity as a design tool for group coordination,” in Proc. 2006 American Control Conf. (ACC ’06), 2006, pp. 29-34.

X. Fan, K. Chandrayana, M. Arcak, S. Kalyanaraman, and J. T. Wen, “A two-time scale design for detection and rectification of uncooperative network flows,” in Proc. 44th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, and the 2005 European Control Conf. (CDC-ECC ’05), 2005, pp. 1842-1847.

M. Arcak, “Redesigning a class of nonlinear observers for certainty-equivalence control,” in Proc. 4th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, and the 2005 European Control Conf. (CDC-05), 2005, pp. 2628-2633.

H. Gorgun, M. Arcak, and F. Barbir, “An algorithm for estimation of membrane water content in PEM fuel cells,” in Proc. 1st Intl. Hydrogen Energy Congress and Exhibition (IHEC 2005), 2005.

M. Arcak and D. Nesic, “Nonlinear sampled-data observer design via approximate discrete-time models and emulation,” in Proc. 16th IFAC World Congress, P. Piztek, Ed., 2005, pp. 6 pg.

E. Biyik and M. Arcak, “Newton observer design in the absence of an exact discrete-time model,” in Proc. 2005 American Control Conf. (ACC ’05), Vol. 6, 2005, pp. 4187-4191.

H. Gorgun, M. Arcak, and F. Barbir, “A voltage-based observer design for membrane water content in PEM fuel cells,” in Proc. 2005 American Control Conf. (ACC ’05), Vol. 7, 2005, pp. 4796-4801.

T. Alpcan, X. Fan, T. Basar, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Power control for multicell CDMA wireless networks: A team optimization approach,” in Proc. 3rd Intl. Symp. on Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Networks (WiOpt 2005), 2005, pp. 379-388.

X. Fan and M. Arcak, “Delay robustness of a class of nonlinear systems and applications to communication networks,” in Proc. 43rd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2004), Vol. 5, 2004, pp. 5010-5015.

H. Gorgun, M. Arcak, S. Varigonda, and S. A. Bortoff, “Nonlinear observer design for fuel processing reactors in fuel cell power systems,” in Proc. 2004 American Control Conf. (ACC ’04), Vol. 1, 2004, pp. 845-850.

X. Fan, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Passivation designs for CDMA uplink power control,” in Proc. 2004 American Control Conf. (ACC ’04), Vol. 4, 2004, pp. 3617-3621.

X. Fan, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Robustness of CDMA power control against disturbances and time-delays,” in Proc. 2004 American Control Conf. (ACC ’04), Vol. 4, 2004, pp. 3622-3627.

H. Gorgun and M. Arcak, “Using observers for fault diagnostics in fuel cell power systems,” in Proc. 12th Mediterranean Control Conf. (MED 2004), 2004.

J. T. Wen, M. Arcak, and X. Fan, “Distributed optimization in data networks: A passivity approach,” in Proc. 38th Annual Conf. on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS 2004), 2004, pp. 1111-1116.

L. Moreau, E. D. Sontag, and M. Arcak, “How feedback can tune a bifurcation parameter towards its unknown critical bifurcation value,” in Proc. 42nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2003), Vol. 3, 2003, pp. 2401-2406.

X. Fan, M. Arcak, and J. T. Wen, “Lp stability and delay robustness of network flow control,” in Proc. 42nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2003), Vol. 4, 2003, pp. 3683-3688.

M. Arcak and D. Nesic, “Observer design for sampled-data nonlinear systems via approximate discrete-time models,” in Proc. 42nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2003), Vol. 1, 2003, pp. 49-54.

M. Arcak, H. Gorgun, L. M. Pedersen, and S. Varigonda, “An adaptive observer design for fuel cell hydrogen estimation,” in Proc. 2003 American Control Conf. (ACC ’03), Vol. 3, 2003, pp. 2037-2042.

J. T. Wen and M. Arcak, “A unifying passivity framework for network flow control,” in Proc. 22nd Annual Joint Conf. of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies (INFOCOM 2003), Vol. 2, 2003, pp. 1156-1166.

P. Tsiotras and M. Arcak, “Low-bias control of AMB subject to voltage saturation: State-feedback and observer designs,” in Proc. 41st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2002), Vol. 3, 2002, pp. 2474-2479.

L. Praly and M. Arcak, “On certainty-equivalence design for nonlinear observer-based controllers,” in Proc. 41st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2002), Vol. 2, 2002, pp. 1485-1490.

X. Fan and M. Arcak, “Nonlinear observer design for systems with multivariable monotone nonlinearities,” in Proc. 41st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2002), Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 684-688.

M. Arcak, “A global separation theorem for a new class of nonlinear observers,” in Proc. 41st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2002), Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 676-681.

M. Arcak, M. Larsen, and P. Kokotovic, “Circle and Popov criteria as tools for nonlinear feedback designs,” in Optimal Control: Proc. 15th IFAC Triennial World Congress(IFAC 2002), E. F. Camacho, L. Basanez, and J. A. de la Puente, Eds., IFAC Proceedings, Vol. D, 2002, pp. 85-90.

M. Arcak and A. Teel, “Input-to-state stability and boundedness in Lurie systems,” in Proc. 2002 American Control Conf. (ACC ’02), Vol. 1, 2002, pp. 62-67.

M. Arcak, “Observer-based backstepping with weak nonlinear damping,” in Proc. 2002 American Control Conf. (ACC ’02), Vol. 5, 2002, pp. 3478-3483.

R. Sepulchre, M. Arcak, and A. R. Teel, “Trading the stability of finite zeros for global stabilization of nonlinear cascade systems,” in Proc. 40th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2001), Vol. 3, 2001, pp. 3025-3030.

M. Arcak, D. Angeli, and E. Sontag, “Stabilization of cascades using integral input-to-state stability,” in Proc. 40th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2001), Vol. 4, 2001, pp. 3814-3819.

P. Encarnacao, A. Pascoal, and M. Arcak, “Path following for marine vehicles in the presence of unknown currents,” in Robot Control 2000: Proc. of the 6th IFAC Symp. on Robot Control (SYROCO ’00), P. Kopacek, Ed., Vol. 2, 2001, pp. 507-512.

P. V. Kokotovic and M. Arcak, “Nonlinear and adaptive control: An abbreviated status report (Invited Paper),” in Proc. 9th Mediterranean Conf. on Control and Automation (MED 2001), 2001, pp. 1-15.

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Observer-based control of systems with slope-restricted nonlinearities,” in Proc. 2001 American Control Conf. (ACC ’01), Vol. 1, 2001, pp. 384-389.

P. Encarnacao, A. Pascoal, and M. Arcak, “Path following for autonomous marine craft,” in Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Craft 2000: Proc. 5th IFAC Conf., M. Blanke, M. M. A. Pourzanjani, and Z. Z. Vukic, Eds., IFAC Proceedings, 2001, pp. 117-122.

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Robust output-feedback design using a new class of nonlinear observers,” in Proc. 39th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2000), Vol. 1, 2000, pp. 778-783.

Z. P. Jiang and M. Arcak, “Robust global stabilization with input unmodeled dynamics: An ISS small-gain approach,” in Proc. 39th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2000), Vol. 2, 2000, pp. 1301-1306.

O. M. Aamo, M. Arcak, T. I. Fossen, and P. V. Kokotovic, “Global output tracking control of a class of Euler-Lagrange systems,” in Proc. 39th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 2000), Vol. 3, 2000, pp. 2478-2483.

A. Pascoal, M. Arcak, and P. Encarnacao, “Path following control of marine vehicles,” in Proc. 4th Portuguese Intl. Conf. on Automatic Control (CONTROLO 2000), 2000.

M. Arcak, A. Teel, and P. Kokotovic, “Robust nested saturation redesign for systems with input unmodeled dynamics,” in Proc. 2000 American Control Conf. (ACC ’00), Vol. 1, 2000, pp. 150-154.

M. Arcak, M. Seron, J. Braslavsky, and P. Kokotovic, “Robustification of backstepping against input unmodeled dynamics,” in Proc. 38th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 1999), Vol. 3, 1999, pp. 2495-2500.

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Nonlinear observers: A circle criterion design,” in Proc. 38th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control (CDC 1999), Vol. 5, 1999, pp. 4872-4876.

P. V. Kokotovic and M. Arcak, “Constructive nonlinear control: Progress in the 90's (Plenary Talk),” in Proc. 14th IFAC World Congress (IFAC 1999), H. F. Chen, D. Z. Cheng, and J. F. Zhang, Eds., IFAC Proceedings, Vol. 1, 1999, pp. 49-77.

M. Arcak and P. Kokotovic, “Further results on robust control of nonlinear systems with input unmodeled dynamics,” in Proc. 1999 American Control Conf. (ACC ’99), Vol. 6, 1999, pp. 4061-4065.

M. Arcak and P. V. Kokotovic, “Stability margins of cheap controls,” in Proc. 37th IEEE Conf. on Decison and Control (CDC 1998), Vol. 2, 1998, pp. 1973-1978.

R. Sepulchre and M. Arcak, “Global stabilization of nonlinear cascade systems: Limitations imposed by right half plane zeros,” in Nonlinear Control Systems Design 1998: Proc. 4th IFAC Symp. (NOLCOS 1998), H. J. C. Huijberts, H. Nijmeijer, A. J. van der Schaft, and J. M. A. Scherpen, Eds., IFAC Proceedings, 1998, pp. 624-629.

Ph.D. Theses

M. Arcak, “Unmodeled Dynamics in Robust Nonlinear Control,” University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aug. 2000.