BOOK/THESIS

BOOK

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, “Constrained control of uncertain, time-varying, discrete-time systems.” Lecture notes in control and information sciences 451 (2014): 189.

BOOK CHAPTER

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Robust output feedback interpolation based control for constrained linear systems, Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 174, pp 21-36, Editors: Jean-Louis Ferrier, Alain Bernard, Oleg Gusikhin, Kurosh Madani, 2013.

THESIS

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Commande sous contraintes pour des systèmes dynamiques incertains: une approche basée sur l’interpolation,10/2012, Department of Automatic Control, Supelec, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

JOURNALS

ACCEPTED/PUBLISHED

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Further Results on the Control Law via the Convex Hull of Ellipsoids, accepted for publication, IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control, 2023.
  2. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Adaptive PI Control of Wave Energy Converters with Force and Motion Constraints, accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023.
  3. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Efficient Min-Max MPC: Achieving a Large Domain of Attraction with Short Horizon, accepted for publication at International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2023.
  4. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Improved Prediction Dynamics for Robust MPC,   accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control (full paper), 2022.
  5. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Ellipsoidal Set Based Extended Command Governor for Constrained Linear Systems with Bounded Disturbances,   accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions On Automatic Control, 2022.
  6. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Robust Adaptive PI Control of Wave Energy Converters with Uncertain Dynamics,   IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, 2022, vol. 19, p. 100183.
  7. Hoai-Nam Nguyen,  Optimizing prediction dynamics with saturated inputs for robust model predictive control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 66(1), 383-390, 2020.
  8.  Daniel Rubin, Pedro Mercader, Per-Olof Gutman, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Alberto Bemporad, Interpolation Based Predictive Control by Ellipsoidal Invariant Sets, IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, 2020.
  9. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, An Efficiency-Aware Continuous Adaptive Proportional-Integral Velocity-Feedback Control for Wave Energy Converters, Renewable Energy, 2019.
  10. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, On the modified Minkowski functional minimization controller for uncertain systems with input and state constraints, IFAC Journal of Systems and Control, 2018, vol. 4, p. 17-24.
  11. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, Short term wave force prediction for wave energy converter control, Control Engineering Practice, 2018, vol. 75, p. 26-37.
  12. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, Wave excitation force estimation for wave energy converters of the point absorber type, IEEE Transaction on Control System Technology, pages 1-9, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2017.2747508, 2017.
  13. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Romain Bourdain, Per-Olof Gutman, Fast model predictive control for linear periodic systems with state and control constraints, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, DOI: 10.1002/rnc.3760, 2016.
  14. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Fast Constrained LQR based on MPC with Linear Decomposition, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, vol. 61, num. 9, pages 2585-2590, 2016.
  15. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Explicit improved vertex control for uncertain, time-varying linear discrete-time systems with state and control constraints, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 26, num. 12, pages 2652-2667, 2015.
  16. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Constrained control of uncertain or time-varying linear discrete-time systems subject to bounded disturbances, IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, vol. 60, num. 3, pages 831-836, 2014.
  17. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Implicit improved vertex control for uncertain, time-varying linear discrete-time systems with state and control constraints, Automatica, vol. 49, num. 9, pages 2754-2759, 2013.
  18. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Constrained control of linear time-invariant systems: an interpolation based approach, Automation and Remote Control, vol. 75, num. 1, pages 57-74, 2013.
  19. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, A patchy approximation of explicit model predictive control, International Journal of Control, vol. 85, num. 12, pages 1929-1941, DOI:10.1080/00207179.2012.713516, 2012.
  20. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Hybrid modeling and constrained control of juggling system, International Journal of Systems Science, vol. 44, num. 2, pages 306-320, DOI:10.1080/00207721.2011.600514, 2011.

UNDER REVIEW

  1. Jin Yan, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Nel Samama, Improved Quasi-Min-Max MPC for Constrained LPV Systems via Nonlinearly Parameterized State Feedback Control, 2024.
  2. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Maximal Admissible Set for Graph-Dependent Switched Systems with Dwell Time Restriction, 2024.
  3. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Optimal Self-Adaptive Parameter Selection for ADMM: Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Program, 2023.
  4. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Integrating Command Governor with Future Reference Information for Constrained Linear Systems, 2023.
  5. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, LMI Conditions for Robust Invariance of the Convex Hull of Ellipsoids with Application to Nonlinear State Feedback Control, 2022.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Is the Velocity Always in Phase with the Wave Excitation Force in Constrained Optimal Control of Wave Energy Converters?, IFAC WC 2023, Yokohama, Japan.
  2. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, Alexis Mérigaud, Mathieu Cocho, and Alexandre Pichard. « Wave Excitation Force Estimation for a Multi-DoF WEC via a Cubature Kalman Filter: Design and Preliminary Results. » In International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering, vol. 85192, p. V009T09A016. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021.
  3. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, L2-Gain Performance Analysis for Discrete-Time Systems with Input Saturation: an LPV Approach, IFAC 2020 World Congress.
  4. Alexis Merigaud, Caroline Ngo, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Guillaume Sabiron, Paolino Tona, Ex-post Analysis of the WEC Control Competition Results Using a Fourier Spectral Control Approach, IFAC 2020 World Congress.
  5. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, Robust Adaptive PI Control of Wave Energy Converters with Uncertain PTO Systems, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, USA, December 17-19, 2018.
  6. Pedro Mercader, Daniel Rubin, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Alberto Bemporad, Per-Olof Gutman, Simple Interpolating Control, 9th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, 2nd IFACWorkshop on Linear Parameter Varying Systems, Florianpolis, Brazil, September 3-5, 2018.
  7. Daniel Rubin, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Yet Another Algorithm for the Computation of Polyhedral Positive Invariant Sets, IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 21-24, 2018.
  8. Daniel Rubin, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Computation of Polyhedral Positive Invariant Sets via Linear Matrix Inequalities, European Control Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, June 12-15, 2018.
  9. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, Continuously adaptive PI control of wave energy converters under irregular sea state conditions, European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Cork, Ireland, 2017.
  10. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, On process noise estimation,  25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation,  Valletta, Malta, 2017.
  11. Daniel Rubin, Pedro Mercader, Hoai-Nam Nguyen,  Per-Olof Gutman, Alfonso Banos,  Improvements on Interpolation Techniques Based on Linear Programming for Constrained Control, 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, 2017.
  12. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona,  Guillaume Sabiron, Dominant wave frequency and amplitude estimation for adaptive control of wave energy converters, Ocean Conference, Aberdeen, UK, 2017.
  13. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Guillaume Sabiron, Paolino Tona, Morten Mejlhede Kramer, Enrique Vidal Sanchez, Experimental Validation of a Nonlinear MPC Strategy for a Wave Energy Converter Prototype, 35th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Korea, 2016.
  14. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Barak Fishbain, Eilyan Bitar, David Mahalel, Per-Olof Gutman, Dynamic Model for estimating the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram, 18th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016.
  15. Paolino Tona, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Guillaume Sabiron, Yann Creff, An efficiency-aware model predictive control strategy for a heaving buoy wave energy converter, 11th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference-EWTEC, Nantes, France, 2015.
  16. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Constrained interpolating control: The case of polyhedral invariant set for LPV discrete-time systems, 20th International Conference on Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), Poland, 2015.
  17. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Model predictive control for constrained uncertain, time-varying systems, 1st Conference on Modeling, Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems,  Saint Petersburg, Russia, 2015.
  18. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Romain Bourdais, Quasi-min-max model predictive control for constrained LPV systems, 2014 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA), France, 2014.
  19. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Romain Bourdais, Per-Olof Gutman, Improved MPC design for constrained linear periodic systems, European Control Conference (ECC), Strasbourg, France, 2014.
  20. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Romain Bourdais,  More efficient interpolating control, European Control Conference (ECC), Strasbourg, France, 2014.
  21. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Romain Bourdais, Constrained control of discrete-time linear periodic system, American Control Conference, Portland, OR, USA, 2014.
  22. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, A new dual-mode model predictive control for constrained linear systems, 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Platanias-Chania, Crete – Greece, 2013.
  23. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Control synthesis for switched systems with control and state constraints, 21st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Platanias-Chania, Crete – Greece, 2013.
  24. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Constrained decomposition based control approach for linear parameter varying systems,  European Control Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 2013. 
  25. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman,  One-step receding horizon control for LPV systems in presence of constraints,  American Control Conference, Washington, DC, USA, 2013.
  26. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Constrained control for linear time-varying systems in the presence of disturbances,  IFAC Joint conference: 5th Symposium on System Structure and Control, 11th Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, and 6th Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications, Grenoble, France, 2013. 
  27. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Robust optimization based control of constrained linear discrete time systems with bounded disturbances, IFAC Joint conference: 5th Symposium on System Structure and Control, 11th Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, and 6th Workshop on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications, Grenoble, France, 2013. 
  28. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Interpolation based control for constrained linear time-varying or uncertain systems in the presence of disturbances, in 4th IFAC Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Conference, NH Conference Center Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, August 23 – 27, 2012.
  29. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Improved vertex control for a ball and plate system, in 7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Aalborg, Denmark, June 20-22, 2012.
  30. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, An improved interpolation based control method in the presence of actuator saturation, At Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, Dan Panorama Hotel, Haifa, Israel, October 14-17, 2012. 
  31. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Florin Stoican, On maximal robustly positively invariant sets, 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, NH Conference Center Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, July 28-31, 2011. 
  32. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, An interpolation approach for constrained output feedback, In ICINCO 2011: 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, NH Conference Center Leeuwenhorst, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, July 28-31, 2011.
  33. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Federic Colledani, Improved vertex control for uncertain linear discrete time systems with control and state constraints,  In ACC2011 San Francisco, California, USA, June 29 – July 1, 2011. 
  34. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Explicit constraint control based on interpolation techniques for time varying and uncertain linear discrete time systems, In 18th IFAC World Congress, Milano, Italia, 2011.
  35. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Per-Olof Gutman, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, An interpolation approach for robust constrained output feedback, In 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, December 12-15, 2011. 
  36. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Per-Olof Gutman, Morten Hovd, Constrained interpolation-based control for polytopic uncertain systems, In 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, December 12-15, 2011.  
  37. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Hybrid modeling and optimal control of juggling systems. In Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Sinaia, Roumania, 2010.
  38. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Sorin Olaru, Morten Hovd, Patchy approximate explicit model predictive control. In Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems ICCAS, International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems ICCAS, Gyeonggi-do, Korea, 2010.

PATENTS

  1. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Method for controlling a wave energy converter system taking into account uncertainties”, US Patent, 2019.
  2. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Method for controlling a wave power system by means of an integral proportional control law“, US Patent, 2019.
  3. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Method for controlling a wave power system by means of a control obtained by minimizing an objective function weighted and discretized by the trapezoidal rule”, US Patent, 2019.
  4. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Method for controlling a wave energy system by determining the excitation force applied by waves incident upon a moving part of the said system”, US Patent, 2018.
  5. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procédé de commande d’un système houlomoteur au moyen d’une commande obtenue par minimisation d’une fonction objectif pondérée et discrétisée par la méthode des trapèzes”, French Patent, N° 3058476, 29/05/2017.
  6. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procédé de prédiction d’une caractéristique résultante de la houle sur un système flottant pour au moins deux pas de temps futurs”, French Patent, N° 3042889, 28/04/2017.
  7. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procédé de détermination de la force d’excitation exercée par la houle incidente sur un moyen mobile d’un système houlomoteur au moyen d’un modèle de la force de radiation”, French Patent, N° 3049989, 13/10/2017.
  8. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procédé de commande d’un système houlomoteur au moyen d’une loi de commande proportionnel intégrale”, French Patent, N° 3064311, 2018.
  9. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procédé de détermination de la force d’excitation exercée par la houle incidente sur un moyen mobile d’un système houlomoteur au moyen d’un modèle de la force trainée”, French Patent, N° 3077383, 02/08/2019.
  10. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Method for predicting a characteristic resulting from the swell on a floating system for at least two future time steps”, US Patent, N° 15965068, 01/11/2018.
  11. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Paolino Tona, “Procède de commande d’un système houlomoteur prenant en compte les incertitudes”, French Patent, N° 3086350, 27/03/2020.
  12. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Method of determining the wind speed in the rotor plane of a wind turbine“, US Patent, 2021.
  13. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Real time RAWS estimation using Lidar sensor with flexible measurement distances”, US Patent, 2020.
  14. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “ Real time induction factor estimation using Lidar sensor with flexible measurement distances ”, US Patent, 2020.
  15. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Procédé de détermination de la direction du vent au moyen d’un capteur de télédétection par laser”, French Patent, 2020.
  16. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Procédé de détermination de la vitesse du vent dans le plan du rotor d’une éolienne”, French Patent, 2020.
  17. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Method for acquiring and modeling an incident wind field by means of a Lidar sensor”, US Patent, 2020.
  18. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Method of determining an induction factor for a wind turbine equipped with a Lidar sensor”, US Patent, 2019.
  19. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Method for Acquiring and Modelling with a Lidar Sensor an Incident Wind Field”, US Patent, 2019.
  20. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Wind field reconstruction based on Lidar measurements. A recursive weighted least squares approach”, US Patent, 2018.
  21. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Procédé d’acquisition et de modélisation par un capteur LIDAR d’un champ de vent incident”, French Patent, N°17/55.675, 20/12/2019.
  22. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Online wind profile power law coefficient estimation for Nacelle based Lidar”, US Patent, 2018.
  23. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Procédé de détermination d’un facteur d’induction pour une éolienne équipée d’un capteur de télédétection par Laser”, French Patent, 2018.
  24. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Fabrice Guillemin, “Estimation of rotor effective wind speed using nacelle mounted Lidar measurements”, US Patent, 2018.
  25. Eduardo Bezerra Rufino Ferreira Paiva, Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Olivier Lepreux  « Estimation et prédiction à courte terme en temps réel d’une vitesse de vent effective au plan rotor d’un éolienne à partir des données de son système embarqué “, 2021, French Patent.
  26. Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Ngoc Tu Nguyen, “Procède d’estimation de couple de machine synchro-réluctance assistée d’aimants permanents utilisant un observateur UKF ”, French Patent, 2021.
  27.  Hoai-Nam Nguyen, Zito Gianluca, “Procède de détermination du flux magnétique d’une machine électrique”, French Patent, N° 3086473, 27/03/2020.