Modelling and Simulation of Forest Stands Growth. - Giorgio Corriga; Saverio Sanna; Elio Usai; Giampaolo Usai (EUROSIM, 1995)

Output tracking control of uncertain nonlinear second-order systems. - Giorgio Bartolini; Antonella Ferrara; Elio Usai (Autom., 1997)

Some problems in the identification of a class of dynamical models for forest growth simulation. - Giorgio Corriga; Saverio Sanna; Elio Usai; Giampaolo Usai (Simul. Pract. Theory, 1997)

Chattering Reduction and Robust Position Control in Induction Motor with Second-order VSS. - Giorgio Bartolini; M. Marchesoni; Pierluigi Pisu; Elio Usai (Int. J. Syst. Sci., 1998)

Chattering avoidance by second-order sliding mode control. - Giorgio Bartolini; Antonella Ferrara; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 1998)

A digital 2-sliding control algorithm for a class of uncertain nonlinear plants. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ECC, 1999)

Rotor speed estimation in electrical drives via digital second order sliding differentiator. - Alfonso Damiano; Gianluca Gatto; Ignazio Marongiu; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ECC, 1999)

Load swing damping in overhead cranes by sliding mode technique. - Giorgio Bartolini; Nicola Orani; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2000)

Global stabilization and peaking reduction for nonlinear uncertain systems with unmodeled actuator dynamics. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2000)

Properties of a combined adaptive/second-order sliding mode control algorithm for some classes of uncertain nonlinear systems. - Giorgio Bartolini; Antonella Ferrara; Luisa Giacomini; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2000)

On multi-input chattering-free second-order sliding mode control. - Giorgio Bartolini; Antonella Ferrara; Elio Usai; Vadim I. Utkin (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2000)

Global tracking control for a class of nonlinear uncertain systems. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2001)

Robust control of container cranes: theory and experimental validation. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2001)

Output-feedback control of the contact-force in high-speed-train pantographs. - Arie Levant; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2001)

Chattering reduction in the variable structure control of nonlinear systems with incomplete state availability. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ECC, 2001)

Digital second-order sliding mode control for uncertain nonlinear systems. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Autom., 2001)

Global stabilization for nonlinear uncertain systems with unmodeled actuator dynamics. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2001)

Output-feedback control of container cranes: a comparative analysis. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2002)

Second-order sliding-mode control of container cranes. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Autom., 2002)

Sliding-mode control with mild information demand for relative-degree 3 systems. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2003)

An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2003)

Robust speed and torque estimation in electrical drives by second-order sliding modes. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alfonso Damiano; Gianluca Gatto; Ignazio Marongiu; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2003)

Analysis of the sub-optimal second-order sliding-mode control algorithm in the frequency domain. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Rafael Iriarte; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2004)

Fast oscillations in feedback control systems with fast actuators driven by the second-order sliding mode 'suboptimal' algorithm. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2004)

Output-feedback control of an underwater vehicle prototype by higher-order sliding modes. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Autom., 2004)

Modeling and IPC control of interactive mechanical systems: a coordinate-free approach: Stefano Stramigioli; LNCIS 266, Springer, London, 2001, ISBN 1-85233-395-2. - Elio Usai (Autom., 2004)

An improved second-order sliding-mode control scheme robust against the measurement noise. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2004)

VSC of a servo-actuated ATR90-type pantograph. - Benedetto Allotta; Alessandro Pisano; Luca Pugi; Elio Usai (CDC/ECC, 2005)

On the finite-Time stabilization of a nonlinear uncertain dynamics via switched control. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2006)

Parameter tuning of second-order sliding mode controllers for linear plants with dynamic actuators. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Rafael Iriarte; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Autom., 2006)

On an output-feedback stabilization problem with uncertainty in the relative degree. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2007)

Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2007)

Contact force estimation and regulation in active pantographs: An algebraic observability approach. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2007)

Frequency characteristics of Levant's differentiator and adaptive sliding mode differentiator. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Syst. Sci., 2007)

Globally convergent real-time differentiation via second order sliding modes. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Syst. Sci., 2007)

On the Finite-Time Stabilization of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Relative Degree Three. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2007)

Performance Analysis of Second-Order Sliding-Mode Control Systems With Fast Actuators. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2007)

Analysis of Chattering in Systems With Second-Order Sliding Modes. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2007)

Observation of a class of quasilinear systems by quasi-continuous high-order sliding modes. - Jorge Dávila; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2008)

Contact force regulation in wire-actuated pantographs via variable structure control and frequency-domain techniques. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Control, 2008)

Cascade Control of PM DC Drives Via Second-Order Sliding-Mode Technique. - Alessandro Pisano; Alejandro Dávila; Leonid M. Fridman; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2008)

State observation for quasi-linear uncertain systems by nested high-order sliding mode observer. - Jorge Dávila; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CCA/ISIC, 2009)

Exact reconstruction of actuator faults by reduced-order sliding mode observer. - Nicola Orani; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CCA/ISIC, 2009)

Fault detection and reconstruction for a three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observer. - Nicola Orani; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CCA/ISIC, 2009)

Finite-Time Converging Jump Observer for Linear Switched Systems with Unknown Inputs. - Francisco Javier Bejarano; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2009)

Finite-time observation of the continuous and discrete state for a class of nonlinear switched dynamics. - Jorge Dávila; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2009)

Robust reconstruction of the discrete state for a class of nonlinear uncertain switched systems. - Nicola Orani; Alessandro Pisano; Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Giua; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2009)

On the second-order sliding mode control of nonlinear systems with uncertain control direction. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Autom., 2009)

Finite-time state observation for non-linear uncertain systems via higher-order sliding modes. - Jorge Dávila; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Control, 2009)

On the Transfer Properties of the "Generalized Sub-Optimal" Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Algorithm. - Igor Boiko; Leonid M. Fridman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2009)

On second-order sliding-mode control of fractional-order dynamics. - Alessandro Pisano; Milan R. Rapaic; Zoran D. Jelicic; Elio Usai (ACC, 2010)

Consensus based decentralized estimation for linear plants with unknown inputs. - Siro Pillosu; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2010)

Fault diagnosis for the vertical three-tank system via high-order sliding-mode observation. - Nicola Orani; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (J. Frankl. Inst., 2010)

Continuous state-feedback tracking of an uncertain heat diffusion process. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Syst. Control. Lett., 2010)

Lyapunov-based second-order sliding mode control for a class of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Stefano Scodina; Elio Usai (CDC/ECC, 2011)

Boundary second-order sliding-mode control of an uncertain heat process with spatially varying diffusivity. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC/ECC, 2011)

Continuous and discrete state reconstruction for nonlinear switched systems via high-order sliding-mode observers. - Jorge Dávila; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Syst. Sci., 2011)

Sliding mode control: A survey with applications in math. - Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Math. Comput. Simul., 2011)

Tracking Control of the Uncertain Heat and Wave Equation via Power-Fractional and Sliding-Mode Techniques. - Alessandro Pisano; Yury Orlov 001; Elio Usai (SIAM J. Control. Optim., 2011)

Exponential Stabilization of the Uncertain Wave Equation via Distributed Dynamic Input Extension. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2011)

Continuous and Discrete State Estimation in Linear Switched Systems by Sliding Mode Observers with Residuals' Projection. - Thierry Floquet; Diego Mincarelli; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2012)

Finite-Time Consensus based Clock Synchronization by Discontinuous Control. - Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Alessandro Giua; Elio Usai (ADHS, 2012)

Robust stabilization of an uncertain diffusion process with boundary control and sensing. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2012)

Detection of rotor broken bar and eccentricity faults in induction motors via second order sliding mode observer. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai; Ruben Puche-Panadero (CDC, 2012)

Adaptive identification of the commensurate order in fractional processes by means of variable-order operators. - Milan R. Rapaic; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai; Zoran D. Jelicic (CDC, 2012)

Sliding-mode boundary control of uncertain reaction-diffusion processes with spatially varying parameters. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Stefano Scodina; Elio Usai (VSS, 2012)

Robust FDI in induction motors via second order sliding mode technique. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2012)

Parameter tuning and chattering adjustment of Super-Twisting sliding mode control system for linear plants. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2012)

Continuous finite-time stabilization for some classes of fractional order dynamics. - Alessandro Pisano; Milan R. Rapaic; Elio Usai; Zoran D. Jelicic (VSS, 2012)

On the Lyapunov-based second-order SMC design for some classes of distributed parameter systems. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Stefano Scodina; Elio Usai (IMA J. Math. Control. Inf., 2012)

Finite-time consensus with disturbance attenuation for directed switching network topologies by discontinuous local interactions. - Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Alessandro Giua; Elio Usai (CDC, 2013)

Boundary control and observer design for an uncertain wave process by second-order sliding-mode technique. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CDC, 2013)

Finite-time consensus for a network of perturbed double integrators by second-order sliding mode technique. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Mauro Franceschelli; Elio Usai (CDC, 2013)

Frequency-domain analysis of self-excited oscillations for a class of multivariable relay systems. - Igor Boiko; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ECC, 2013)

A new approach to causal output tracking for non-minimum phase nonlinear systems via combined first/second order sliding mode control. - Alessandro Pisano; Simon Baev; Domenico Salimbeni; Yuri B. Shtessel; Elio Usai (ECC, 2013)

Observer-based output feedback control of a PEM fuel cell system by high-order sliding mode technique. - Alessandro Pisano; Domenico Salimbeni; Elio Usai; Seyed Mehdi Rakhtala; Abolzal Ranjbar Noei (ECC, 2013)

Time-based adaptive second order sliding mode controller for wind energy conversion optimization. - Carolina Evangelista; Alessandro Pisano; Paul F. Puleston; Elio Usai (CDC, 2014)

Second order sliding mode approaches to fault detection and control of infinite dimensional systems. - Riccardo Caponetto; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (ECC, 2014)

On the boundary control of distributed parameter systems by second-order sliding-mode technique. Recent advances and new results. - Antonello Baccoli; Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2014)

An application of computer aided parameter tuning of a super-twisting sliding mode controller. - Martin Kleindienst; Markus Reichhartinger; Martin Horn; Elio Usai (VSS, 2014)

Recent advances in sliding-mode based consensus strategies. - Alessandro Pilloni; Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2014)

Discontinuous dynamical systems for fault detection. A unified approach including fractional and integer order dynamics. - Alessandro Pisano; Milan R. Rapaic; Elio Usai (Math. Comput. Simul., 2014)

Finite-Time Consensus With Disturbance Rejection by Discontinuous Local Interactions in Directed Graphs. - Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Alessandro Giua; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2015)

Observer-Based Air Excess Ratio Control of a PEM Fuel Cell System via High-Order Sliding Mode. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2015)

Robust distributed consensus on the median value for networks of heterogeneously perturbed agents. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Mauro Franceschelli; Elio Usai (CDC, 2016)

Observation of the Electrochemically active Surface Area in a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell. - Julio Luna; Elio Usai; Attila Husar; Maria Serra (IECON, 2016)

Attitude and position tracking of autonomous 6 d.o.f. vehicles with mono-directional actuators. - V. Arrichiello; Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pisano; Elisabetta Punta; Elio Usai; Tullio Zolezzi (VSS, 2016)

A discontinuous algorithm for distributed convex optimization. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Mauro Franceschelli; Elio Usai (VSS, 2016)

Integral sliding modes for the robustification of consensus-based multi-agent based systems. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Mauro Franceschelli; Elio Usai (VSS, 2016)

Adaptive second-order sliding mode control with uncertainty compensation. - Giorgio Bartolini; Arie Levant; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Int. J. Control, 2016)

Consensus-Based Control for a Network of Diffusion PDEs With Boundary Local Interaction. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Yury Orlov 001; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2016)

Output Feedback Stabilization of Coupled Reaction-Diffusion Processes with Constant Parameters. - Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pisano; Alessandro Pilloni; Elio Usai (SIAM J. Control. Optim., 2017)

Receding Horizon Adaptive Second-Order Sliding Mode Control for Doubly-Fed Induction Generator Based Wind Turbine. - Carolina Evangelista; Alessandro Pisano; Paul F. Puleston; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2017)

Enhancing the Efficiency and Lifetime of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Using Nonlinear Model-Predictive Control With Nonlinear Observation. - Julio Luna; Elio Usai; Attila Husar; Maria Serra Prat (IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2017)

Robust consensus-based secondary voltage restoration of inverter-based islanded microgrids with delayed communications. - Milad Gholami; Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Zohreh Alzahra Sanai Dashti; Elio Usai (CDC, 2018)

High Accuracy Sigma-Delta Modulator implementations via Suboptimal Quasi-Sliding Mode Control. - Alessandro Pilloni; Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2018)

Robust Finite-Time Frequency and Voltage Restoration of Inverter-Based Microgrids via Sliding-Mode Cooperative Control. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., 2018)

Adaptive parameter estimation for infinite-dimensional LTI systems with finite-time convergence. - Mirna N. Kapetina; Alessandro Pisano; Milan R. Rapaic; Elio Usai (CDC, 2019)

Distributed Finite-Time Secondary Control of Islanded Microgrids by Coupled Sliding-Mode Technique. - Milad Gholami; Alessandro Pisano; Seyed Mohsen Hosseini; Elio Usai (ETFA, 2020)

Combined Backstepping/Second-Order Sliding-Mode Boundary Stabilization of an Unstable Reaction-Diffusion Process. - Alessandro Pisano; Yury Orlov 001; Alessandro Pilloni; Elio Usai (IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2020)

A Distributed Optimization and Control Framework for a Network of Constraint Coupled Residential BESSs. - Mojtaba Kaheni; Elio Usai; Mauro Franceschelli (CASE, 2021)

Sliding Mode-Based Robustification of Consensus and Distributed Optimization Control Protocols. - Alessandro Pilloni; Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2021)

A novel finite-time first-order sliding-mode unknown input observer with certain fixed-time convergence characteristics. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2022)

Resilient Constrained Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems With Improved Guarantee on Approximation Bounds. - Mojtaba Kaheni; Elio Usai; Mauro Franceschelli (IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2022)

A Sliding Mode Observer Design for the Average State Estimation in Large-Scale Systems. - Alessandro Pilloni; Diego Deplano; Alessandro Giua; Elio Usai (IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2022)

Sliding-Mode Boundary Control of an In-Line Heating System Governed by Coupled PDE/ODE Dynamics. - Stefan Koch 002; Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2022)

Energy-saving sub-optimal sliding mode control with bounded actuation. - Michael Ruderman; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (CoRR, 2023)

Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response. - Mojtaba Kaheni; Alessandro Pilloni; G. Serra Ruda; Elio Usai; Mauro Franceschelli (IEEE Control. Syst. Lett., 2023)

On the variable structure control approach with sliding modes to robust finite-time consensus problems: A methodological overview based on nonsmooth analysis. - Alessandro Pilloni; Mauro Franceschelli; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (Annu. Rev. Control., 2023)

Distributed Optimization for Networks of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Energy Communities with Shared Energy Incentives. - Mohammed A. Messilem; Diego Deplano; Mauro Franceschelli; Elio Usai; Ruggero Carli (CASE, 2024)

Towards enabling observability of energy demand, with NEST. - Alessandro Bocci; Antonio Brogi; Gianpaolo Cugola; Stefano Forti 002; Luca Mottola; Virginia Pilloni; Sabrina Romano; Jacopo Soldani; Elio Usai (FRAME@HPDC, 2024)

Adaptive stabilization of 3rd-order MIMO systems with uncertain control direction. - Giorgio Bartolini; Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2024)

Strict Lyapunov Functions for the Super-Twisting Consensus Algorithm. - Alessandro Pilloni; Leonardo Callia; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (VSS, 2024)

Sliding Mode Boundary Control for Heat Equations with Uncertain Dynamic Actuators. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai; Yury Orlov 001 (VSS, 2024)

Editorial: Special Issue on Recent Developments in Sliding Mode Control/Variable Structure Systems dedicated to the memory of Prof. Vadim I. Utkin. - Michael V. Basin; Michael Defoort; Yuri B. Shtessel; Elio Usai (J. Frankl. Inst., 2024)

Resilient and Privacy-Preserving Multi-Agent Optimization and Control of a Network of Battery Energy Storage Systems Under Attack. - Mojtaba Kaheni; Elio Usai; Mauro Franceschelli (IEEE Trans Autom. Sci. Eng., 2024)

Semiglobal Fixed-Time State Estimation and Unknown Input Reconstruction via First-Order Sliding-Mode Observers With Delay. - Alessandro Pilloni; Alessandro Pisano; Elio Usai (IEEE Trans. Autom. Control., 2024)

A Privacy-Preserving Distributed Greedy Framework to Desynchronize Power Consumption in a Network of Thermostatically Controlled Loads. - Mojtaba Kaheni; Alessandro V. Papadopoulos; Elio Usai; Mauro Franceschelli (IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2024)

Exact Leader Estimation: A New Approach for Distributed Differentiation. - Rodrigo Aldana-Lopez; David Gómez-Gutiérrez; Elio Usai; Hernan Haimovich (CoRR, 2025)