Model Reference Adaptive Control of Systems
under Actuator and Dynamics Failures with Applications to Aircraft Flight Control.
(Advisor:
Dr. Gang Tao)
Selected Publications
S. Li, G. Tao, and Y. Liu, "Discrete-Time MRAC Schemes
Using Sensor Uncertainty Compensation with Application to
Artificial Pancreas," to appear in the Proceedings of the
48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai,
China, December 2009.
Liu, Y., G. Tao, and S. M. Joshi, "Modeling and
model reference adaptive control of aircraft with
asymmetric damages," Proceedings of 2009 AIAA
Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Chicago, IL..
Liu, Y., X. Tang, G. Tao, and S. M. Joshi, "Adaptive
compensation of aircraft actuation failures using an
engine differential model," IEEE
Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 971--982, September, 2008.
J. Guo, Y. Liu, and G. Tao, "Multivariable MRAC
with state feedback for output tracking," Proceedings of the 2009 American
Control Conference, pp. 592--597, St. Lous, MO, June 10-12, 2009.
Liu, Y. and G. Tao, "Multivariable MRAC using
Nussbaum gains for aircraft with abrupt
damages," Proceedings of 47th IEEE Conference on
Decision and Control, Canjun, Mexico, December 9-11, 2008.
Liu, Y. and G. Tao, "Multivariable MRAC for
aircraft with abrupt damages," Proceedings of the
2008 American Control Conference, Seattle,
Washington, pp. 2981--2986, June 11-13, 2008.
Liu, Y., D. Deb and G. Tao, "Modeling and
multivariable adaptive control of aircraft with
synthetic jet actuators," Proceedings of the 7th
World Congress on Intelligent Control and
Automation, pp. 2192--2199, Chongqing, China, June
25-27, 2008.
Liu, Y. and G. Tao, "An adaptive disturbance
rejection algorithm for MIMO systems with an
aircraft flgith control application," Proceedings
of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control
Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina, Aug
20-23, 2007.
Liu, Y. and G. Tao, "Model-based direct
adaptive actuator failure compensation techniques with
applications to aircraft flight control systems,"
Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control
Conference, Keystone, Colorado, Aug 21-24, 2006.
Liu, Y., X. Tang, G. Tao, and S. M. Joshi, "Adaptive
failure compensation for aircraft tracking control
using engine differential based model," Proceedings of
2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis,
pp. 5984--5989, Minnesota, June 14-16, 2006.
Tang, X., Y. Liu, and G. Tao, "A study of adaptation
of multiple actuating signals for LTI systems,"
Proceedings of 2006 American Control Conference,
pp. 5996--6001, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 14-16,
2006.
Liu, Y., X. Tang, and G. Tao, "Adaptive failure
compensation control of autonomous robotic systems:
Application to a precision pointing hexapod," Proceedings
of AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Arlington, VA, 2005.
Liu, Y., X. Tang, G. Tao, and
S. M. Joshi, "Adaptive failure compensation for
aircraft flight control using engine differentials:
Regulation," Proceedings of AIAA Infotech@Aerospace
Conference, Arlington, VA, 2005.
Reports
"Direct Adaptive Control Methodologies for
Systems in the Presence of Uncertainties and Failures
with Applications to Aircraft Control Systems," quarterly
reports to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
September 2004--May 2006.
"Adaptive Control Techniques for Systems under
Structural Uncertainties with Aircraft Control
Applications," monthly reports to the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, February
2008–present.
Awards and Affiliations
Outstanding reviewer for Automatica, July 2006 - June 2007.
Wilson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006.