Publications of Aurelio Piazzi

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Papers on International Journals

[1J] A. Piazzi, “A new solution to the regulator problem with output stability”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. AC-31, no. 4, pp. 341-342, April 1986 (pdf).

[2J] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, “Comments on “Conditioned invariant subspaces, disturbance decoupling and solutions of rational matrix equations””, International Journal of Control, vol. 44, no. 6, pp. 1777-1778, December 1986.

[3J] G. Basile, G. Marro, A. Piazzi, “Revisiting the regulator problem in the geometric approach, part I - Disturbance localization by dynamic compensation and part II - Asymptotic tracking and regulation in the presence of disturbances ”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 9-36, April 1987 (pdf).

[4J] G. Basile, G. Marro, A. Piazzi, “Stability without eigenspaces in in the geometric approach: the regulator problem”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 29-42, January 1990 (pdf).

[5J] A. Piazzi, “Pole placement under structural constraints”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. AC-35, no. 6, pp. 759-761, June 1990 (pdf).

[6J] A. Piazzi, “Geometric aspects of reduced-order compensators for disturbance rejection”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 102-106, January 1991 (pdf).

[7J] A. Piazzi, “Decision algebra and robust stability analysis”, Control and Computers, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 89-96, 1992 (pdf).

[8J] R. Menozzi, A. Piazzi, F. Contini, “Small-signal modeling for microwave FET linear circuits based on a genetic algorithm”, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Fundamental Theory and Applications, vol. 43, no. 10, pp. 839-847, October 1996 (pdf).

[9J] A. Piazzi, G. Marro, “Robust stability using interval analysis”, International Journal of Systems Science, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 1379-1388, December 1996 (pdf).

[10J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Global minimum-time trajectory planning of mechanical manipulators using interval analysis”, International Journal of Control, vol. 71, no. 4, pp. 631-652, 1998 (pdf).

[11J] A. Broggi, M. Bertozzi, A. Fascioli, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “The ARGO autonomous vehicle’s vision and control systems”, International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 409-441, 1999 (pdf).

[12J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Global minimum-jerk trajectory planning of robot manipulators”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 140-149, February 2000 (pdf).

[13J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Minimum-time system-inversion-based motion planning for residual vibration reduction”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 12-22, March 2000 (pdf).

[14J] A. Broggi, M. Bertozzi, A. Fascioli, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “Visual perception of obstacles and vehicles for platooning”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 164-176, September 2000 (pdf).

[15J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco and A. Piazzi, “A global optimization approach to scalar H2/H-infinity control”, European Journal of Control, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 356-367, 2000 (pdf).

[16J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “A hybrid algorithm for infinitely constrained optimization”, International Journal of Systems Science vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 91-102, January 2001 (pdf).

[17J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Robust set-point constrained regulation via dynamic inversion”, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 1-22, January 2001 (pdf).

[18J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Optimal noncausal set-point regulation of scalar systems”, Automatica, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 121-127, January 2001 (pdf).

[19J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Optimal inversion-based control for the set-point regulation of nonminimum-phase uncertain scalar systems”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 46, no. 10, pp. 1654-1659, October 2001 (pdf).

[20J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Point-to-point motion planning for servosystems with elastic transmission via optimal dynamic inversion”, ASME Journal of Dynamics Systems, Measurements, & Control, vol. 123, pp. 733-736, December 2001 (pdf).

[21J] A. Piazzi, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, M. Bertozzi, A. Fascioli, A. Broggi, “Quintic G^2-splines for the iterative steering of vision-based autonomous vehicles”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 27-36, March 2002 (pdf).

[22J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “A servo control system design using dynamic inversion”, Control Engineering Practice, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 847-855, August 2002 (pdf).

[23J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “Minimum-time trajectory planning of mechanical manipulators under dynamic constraints”, International Journal of Control, vol. 75, no. 13, pp. 967-980, September 2002 (pdf).

[24J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Optimal dynamic-inversion-based control of an overhead crane”, IEE Proceedings on Control Theory and Applications, vol. 149, no. 5, pp. 405-411, September 2002 (pdf).

[25J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “Worst-case optimal static output feedback for uncertain systems”, Optimization and Engineering, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 379–393, December 2002 (pdf).

[26J] A. Visioli, A. Piazzi, “Improving set-point-following performance of industrial controllers with a fast dynamic inversion algorithm”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1357-1362, 2003 (pdf).

[27J] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, M. Tosques, “Path following of car-like vehicles using dynamic inversion”, International Journal of Control, vol. 76, no. 17, pp. 1724–1738, November 2003 (pdf).

[28J] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, M. Romano, “Smooth motion generation for unicycle mobile robots via dynamic path inversion”, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 884-891, October 2004 (pdf).

[29J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Using stable input-output inversion for minimum-time feedforward constrained regulation of scalar systems”, Automatica, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 305-313, February 2005; DOI 10.1016/j.automatica.2004.10.009 (pdf).

[30J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “A noncausal approach for PID control”, Journal of Process Control, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 831-843, September 2006 (pdf).

[31J] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, “Combining H-infinity control and dynamic inversion for robust constrained set-point regulation”, International Journal of Tomography & Statistics, vol. 6, no. S07, pp. 63-68, 2007 (pdf).

[32J] A. Piazzi, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, M. Romano, “Eta3-splines for the smooth path generation of wheeled mobile robots”, IEEE Transaction on Robotics, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1089-1095, October 2007; DOI 10.1109/TRO.2007.903816 (pdf).

[33J] A. Visioli, A. Piazzi, “A toolbox for input-output system inversion”, International Journal of Computers, Communications & Control, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 375-389, December 2007 (pdf).

[34J] L. Consolini, O. Gerelli, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, “Flexible joints control: A minimum-time feed-forward technique”, Mechatronics, vol. 19, pp. 348-356, 2009 (pdf).

[35J] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, “Generalized bang-bang control for feedforward constrained regulation”, Automatica, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 2234-2243, October 2009; DOI 10.1016/j.automatica.2009.06.030 (pdf).

[36J] L. Consolini, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, “Hermite polynomials for iterative output replanning for flat systems affected by additive noise”, Asian Journal of Control, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 291-301, January 2013 (pdf).

[37J] G. Lini, A. Piazzi, L. Consolini, “Algebraic solution to minimum-time velocity planning”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 805-814, 2013 (pdf).

[38J] F. Ghilardelli, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, “Path generation using eta4-splines for a truck and trailer vehicle”, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 187-203, January 2014 (pdf).

[39J] L. Consolini, M. Locatelli, A. Minari, A. Piazzi, “An optimal complexity algorithm for minimum-time velocity planning”, Systems & Control Letters, vol. 103, pp. 50-57, 2017; DOI 10.1016/j.sysconle.2017.02.001 (pdf).

[40J] A. Costalunga, A. Piazzi, “A behavioural approach to inversion-based control”, Automatica, vol. 95, pp. 433-455, September 2018; DOI 10.1016/j.automatica.2018.06.008 (pdf).

[41J] A. Minari, A. Piazzi, A. Costalunga, “Polynomial interpolation for inversion-based control”, European Journal of Control, vol. 56, pp. 62-72, November 2020; DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcon.2020.01.007 (pdf).

[42J] J. Kavaja, A. Piazzi, “On the equivalence of inversion-based control architecures”, European Journal of Control, vol. 72, pp. 1-14, July 2023; DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcon.2023.100825 (pdf https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1h6gF3NPtwRw7Z).

Papers and Chapters on Books

[1C] G. Basile, G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Stability without eigenspaces in the geometric approach: some new results", in C.I. Byrnes, A. Linquist (Eds.) Frequency Domain and State Space Methods for Linear Systems, Elsevier Science Publisher B.V. (North-Holland), pp. 441-450, 1986.

[2C] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Il problema del regolatore", su Teoria dei Sistemi e del Controllo di G. Marro, editore Zanichelli, Capitolo 7, pp. 228-269, 1989.

[3C] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Feedback systems stabilizability in terms of invariant zeros", in A. Isidori, T.J. Tarn (Eds.) Systems, Models and Feedback: Theory and Applications, Birkhauser, Boston (U.S.A.), pp. 323-338, 1992.

[4C] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "A semi-infinite optimization approach to optimal spline trajectory planning of mechanical manipulators", Chapter 13 in M.A. Goberna, M.A. Lopez (Eds.) Semi-infinite Programming: Recent Advances, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 271--297, 2001.

[5C] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "An interval analysis based algorithm for computing the stability margin of uncertain systems", in I. Dimov, I. Lirkov, S. Margenov, Z. Zlatev (Eds.) Numerical Methods and Applications, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 246-254, 2003.

[6C] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Using semi-infinite optimization for the steering of car-like vehicles", in J. Guddat, H. Th. Jongen, J.-J. Rückmann, M. Todorov (Eds.) Parametric Optimization and Related Topics VII, Sociedad Matemática Mexicana, pp. 121-132, 2004.

[7C] G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Minimum-time velocity planning with arbitrary boundary conditions", Chapter 26 in K.R. Kozlowski (Ed.) Robot Motion and Control 2009, Springer, ISBN 978-1-84882-984-8, pp. 287-296, 2009.

[8C] A. Piazzi, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, M. Romano, "Smooth path generation for wheeled mobile robots using eta3-splines", Chapter 4 in F. Casolo (Ed.) Motion Control, In-Teh, Vukovar (Croatia), ISBN 978-953-7619-55-8, pp. 75-96, 2010 (pdf).

Papers on International Conference Proceedings

[1P] G. Basile, G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "A new solution to disturbance localization problem with stability and its dual", Proceedings of the '84 International AMSE Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Athens (Greece), vol. 1.2, pp. 19-27, June 1984.

[2P] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Duality of reduced-order regulators", Proceedings of the '88 International AMSE Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Istanbul (Turkey), vol. 1B, pp. 113-121, June 1988.

[3P] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "A geometric approach to robust regulation", Proceedings of IFAC Conference "System Structure and Control: State-Space and Polynomials Methods", Praha (Czech Republic), pp. 45-48, September 1989 (pdf).

[4P] A. Piazzi, G. Marro, "The role of invariant zeros in multivariable system stability", Proceedings of the first European Control Conference, Grenoble (France), publisher Hermes, vol. 1, pp. 383-387, 2-5 July 1991.

[5P] F. Persiani, A. Piazzi, "An evolutionist approach to the synthesis of stabilizing neural controllers", Proceedings of the '91 International AMSE Conference "Signals & System", Warsaw (Poland), vol. 2, pp. 213-222, 15-17 July 1991.

[6P] A. Piazzi, "Decomposability of controlled invariants: an application to the regulator problem with disturbance decoupling", Proceedings of the '91 International AMSE Conference "Signals & System", Warsaw (Poland), vol. 2, pp. 133-143, 15-17 July 1991.

[7P] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Regulation without transients under large parameter jumps", Proceedings of the 12th WORLD IFAC CONGRESS, Sidney (Australia), vol. 4, pp. 23-26, 19-23 July 1993.

[8P] G. Franceschini, A. Piazzi, C. Tassoni, "A genetic algorithm approach to design flux observers for induction servo motors", Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control and Instrumentation, Bologna (Italy), vol. 3, pp. 2132-2136, 5-9 September 1994 (pdf).

[9P] A. Piazzi, G. Marro, "On computing the robust decay rate of uncertain systems", Proceedings of the IFAC Symposim on Robust Control Design, Rio de Janerio (Brazil), pp. 46-51, 14-16 September 1994.

[10P] M. Dilda, A. Piazzi, "Using quadratic indexes in the synthesis of harmonic disturbance attenuation compensators", Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference, Bari (Italy), vol. 1, pp. 256-261, 13-16 May 1996 (pdf).

[11P] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "A geometric approach to multivariable perfect tracking", Proceedings of the 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco (U.S.A.), vol. C, pp. 241-246, 30 June - 5 July 1996.

[12P] R. Menozzi, A. Piazzi, "On the use of a genetic algorithm for millimeter-wave FET modeling", Proceedings of the 26th European Solid State Device Research Conference, Bologna (Italy), pp. 663-666, 9-11 September 1996.

[13P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "A hybrid genetic/interval algorithm for semi-infinite optimization", Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe (Japan), pp. 2136-2138, 11-13 December 1996.

[14P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Mixed H2/H-infinity fixed-structure control via semi-infinite optimization", Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Computer Aided Control Systems Design, Gent (Belgium), pp. 329-334, 28-30 April 1997.

[15P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A global optimization approach to trajectory planning for industrial robots", Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robot and Systems, Grenoble (France), vol. 3, pp. 1553-1559, 7-11 September 1997.

[16P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A cutting-plane algorithm for minimum-time trajectory planning of industrial robots", Proceedings of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego CA (USA), vol. 2, pp. 1216-1218, 10-12 December 1997 (pdf).

[17P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "An interval algorithm for minimum-jerk trajectory planning of robot manipulators", Proceeding of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego CA (USA), vol. 2, pp. 1924-1927, 10-12 December 1997.

[18P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Minimum-time open-loop smooth control for point-to-point motion in vibratory systems", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Leuven (Belgium), vol. 2, pp. 946-951, 16-20 May 1998.

[19P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "A worst-case approach to SISO mixed H2/H-infinity control", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, Trieste (Italy), vol. 1, pp. 684-688, 1-4 September 1998.

[20P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A system inversion approach to robust set-point regulation", Proceeding of the 37th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa (Florida), pp. 3849-3854, 16-18 December 1998.

[21P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Optimal system inversion based motion planning for servosystems with elastic transmission", The 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Mechatronics, Istanbul (Turkey), pp. 28-33, 24-26 May 1999.

[22P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "A global optimization approach to scalar H2/H-infinity control", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Karlshure (Germany), 30 August - 3 September 1999.

[23P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "A genetic/interval approach to optimal trajectory planning of industrial robots under torque constraints", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kurlshure (Germany), 30 August - 3 September 1999.

[24P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Worst-case optimal noncausal motion planning for residual vibration reduction", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kurlshure (Germany), 30 August - 3 September 1999.

[25P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "System inversion based control of an overhead crane", Proceedings of the IFAC Conference on Control Systems Design, Bratislava (Slovakia), pp. 185-190, 18-20 June 2000.

[26P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "On the set-point regulation of uncertain nonminimum-phase scalar systems", Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Prague (Czech Republic), 21-23 June 2000.

[27P] A. Piazzi, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, "Quintic G^2-splines for trajectory planning of autonomous vehicles", Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Dearborn MI (USA), pp. 198-203, 4-5 October 2000 (pdf).

[28P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Optimal trajectory planning with quintic G^2-splines", Proceedings of the IEEE 2000 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Dearborn MI (USA), pp. 620-625, 4-5 October 2000 (pdf).

[29P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Noncausal robust set-point regulation of nonminimum-phase scalar systems", Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney (Australia), pp. 4098-4103, 13-16 December 2000.

[30P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "End-point control of a flexible-link via optimal dynamic inversion", Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Como (Italy), pp. 936-941, 8-11 July 2001 (pdf).

[31P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A dynamic inversion approach to robust set-point regulation of TITO systems", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), pp. 2676-2681, 4-7 September 2001.

[32P] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, M. Tosques, "Motion planning for steering a car-like vehicle", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), pp. 1834-1839, 4-7 September 2001.

[33P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "LQ-based set-point constrained regulation of uncertain systems via dynamic inversion", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), pp. 3481-3485, 4-7 September 2001.

[34P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Flexible link end-point control based on exact dynamic inversion: experimental results", Proceedings of IMECE'01 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, New York, USA, 11-16 November 2001 (pdf).

[35P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Inversion-based control of wheeled mobile robots", Proceedings of the IEEE 2002 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Versailles (France), pp. 190-195, 18-20 June 2002.

[36P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Robust multivariable set-point regulation via stable dynamic inversion", Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona (Spain), 21-26 July 2002 (pdf).

[37P] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, M. Tosques, "A dynamic inversion based controller for path-following of car-like vehicles", Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona (Spain), 21-26 July 2002.

[38P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Improved PI control via dynamic inversion", Proceedings of the 15th IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Barcelona (Spain), 21-26 July 2002 (pdf).

[39P] L. Consolini, M. Tosques, A. Piazzi, "Dynamic path inversion for a class of nonlinear systems", Proceedings of the 41st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), pp. 3831-3836, 10-13 December 2002 (pdf).

[40P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, M. Romano, A. Piazzi, "Vision-based feedback control strategy for an industrial band oven", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Cambridge (UK), 1-4 September 2003 (pdf).

[41P] A. Piazzi, M. Romano, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, "G3-splines for the path planning of wheeled mobile robots", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Cambridge (UK), 1-4 September 2003 (pdf and errata corrige).

[42P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A toolbox for computing the stability margin of uncertain systems", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Cambridge (UK), 1-4 September 2003.

[43P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, M. Romano, "Velocity planning for autonomous vehicles", Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Parma (Italy), pp. 413-418, 14-17 June 2004 (pdf).

[44P] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, M. Romano, "Smooth control of a wheeled omnidirectional robot", Proceedings of the IFAC 2004 Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles Conference, Lisboa (Portogal), 5-7 July 2004 (pdf).

[45P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A noncausal approach to the improvement of PID control performances" Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, Boston (USA), pp. 4022-4027, 30 June - 2 July 2004.

[46P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, L. Ciobani, "A toolbox for dynamic inversion based control system design", Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Paradise Island (Bahamas), pp. 1289-1294, 13-17 December 2004.

[47P] D. Pallastrelli, A. Piazzi, "Stable dynamic inversion of nonminimum-phase scalar linear systems", Proceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-8 July 2005 (pdf).

[48P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Pareto optimal feedforward constrained regulation of MIMO linear systems", Proceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-8 July 2005 (pdf).

[49P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "On the use of dynamic inversion for the improvement of PID control", Proceedings of the 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (Czech Republic), 4-8 July 2005.

[50P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A toolbox for input-output system inversion", Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid (Spain), 21-23 June 2006.

[51P] A. Visioli, A. Piazzi, "An automatic tuning method for cascade control systems", Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Munich (Germany), pp. 2968-2973, 4-6 October 2006 (pdf).

[52P] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, "Minimum-time feedforward control with input and output constraints", Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Conference on Computer Aided Control Systems Design, Munich (Germany), pp. 1538-1543, 4-6 October 2006.

[53P] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, "Generalized bang-bang control for feedforward constrained regulation", Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego (California USA), pp. 893-898, 13-15 December 2006.

[54P] L. Consolini, O. Gerelli, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Minimum-time control of flexible joints with input and output constraints", Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Roma (Italy), pp. 3811-3816, 10-14 April 2007.

[55P] L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Minimum-time feedforward control for industrial processes", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kos (Greece), pp. 5282-5287, 2-5 July 2007 (pdf).

[56P] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "An iterative approach for noncausal feedforward tuning", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, New York (USA), pp. 1251-1256, 11-13 July 2007 (pdf).

[57P] A. Visioli, A. Piazzi, "Iterative feedforward tuning for residual vibration reduction", Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul (Korea), pp. 11829-11834, 6-11 July 2008 (pdf).

[58P] C. Carnevale, A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "A methodology for integrated system identification, PID controller tuning and noncausal feedforward control design", Proceedings of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul (Korea), pp. 13324-13329, 6-11 July 2008 (pdf).

[59P] C. Carnevale, A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Noncausal open-loop control with combined system identification and PID controller tuning", Proceedings of the UKACC Control Conference, Manchester (UK), 2-4 September 2008.

[60P] G. Lini, L. Consolini, A. Piazzi, "Minimum-time constrained velocity planning", Proceedings of the 17th Mediterranean Conference on Control & Automation, Thessaloniki (Greece), pp. 748-753, 24-26 June 2009 (pdf).

[61P] M. Braschi, A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "On the practical implementation of a noncausal feedforward technique for PID control", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Budapest (Hungary), pp. 1806-1811, 23-26 August 2009.

[62P] A. Di Fluri, A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Feedforward/feedback control of a magnetic levitation apparatus", Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Budapest (Hungary), pp. 4593-4598, 23-26 August 2009 (pdf).

[63P] M. Argenti, L. Consolini, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Recursive convex replanning for the trajectory tracking of wheeled mobile robots", Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage (Alaska, USA), pp. 4916-4921, 3-8 May 2010 (pdf).

[64P] L. Consolini, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Iterative output replanning for flat systems affected by additive noise", Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, (Georgia, USA), pp. 6248-6253, 15-17 December 2010.

[65P] G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Time-optimal dynamic path inversion for an automatic guided vehicle", Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, (Georgia, USA), pp. 5264-5269, 15-17 December 2010 (pdf).

[66P] M. Sacchi, S. Cagnoni, D. Spagnoletti, L. Ascari, G. Zunino, A. Piazzi, "PAVISYS: A computer vision system for the inspection of locomotive pantographs", Proceedings of PACIFIC Conference, Pantograph Catenary Interaction Framework for Intelligent Control Conference, Amiens (France), 8 December 2011 (pdf).

[67P] G. Lini, A. Piazzi, L. Consolini, "Multi-optimization of eta3-splines for autonomous parking", Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, (Florida, USA), pp. 6367-6372, 12-15 December 2011; DOI 10.1109/CDC.2011.6161095 (pdf).

[68P] L. Consolini, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Minimum-time rest-to-rest feedforward action for PID feedback MIMO systems", Proceedings of the IFAC Conference on Advances in PID Control, Brescia (Italy), 28-30 March 2012 (pdf).

[69P] L. Consolini, A. Costalunga, A. Piazzi, M. Vezzosi, "Minimum-time feedforward control of an open liquid container", Proceedings of the 39th Conference of IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Vienna (Austria), pp. 3590-3595, 10-13 November 2013 (pdf).

[70P] A. Costalunga, A.Piazzi, “Inverse feedforward control with output polynomial smoothing”, Proceedings of the 2015 XXV International Conference on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies (ICAT), Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), pp. 1-6, 29-31 October 2015; DOI 10.1109/ICAT.2015.7340505 (pdf).

[71P] L. Consolini, M. Locatelli, A. Minari, A. Piazzi, “A linear-time algorithm for minimum-time velocity planning of autonomous vehicles”, Proceedings of the 24th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Athens (Greece), pp. 490-495, 21-24 June 2016; DOI 10.1109/MED.2016.7536010 (pdf).

[72P] J. Kavaja, A. Minari, A. Piazzi, “Stable input-output inversion for nondecoupable nonminimum-phase linear systems”, Proceedings of the 2018 European Control Conference (ECC), Limassol (Cyprus), pp. 2855-2860, 12-15 June 2018 (pdf).

[73P] J. Kavaja, A. Piazzi, “Input-output jumps of scalar linear systems”, Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Symposium on System Structure and Control, Sinaja (Romania), 9-11 Sept. 2019, IFAC-PapersOnline, vol. 52, no. 17, pp. 13-18, 2019 (pdf).

[74P] J. Kavaja, A. Piazzi, “On the equivalence of model inversion architectures for control applications”, Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island (Republic of Korea), pp. 5173-5179, December 14th-18th 2020 (pdf).

[75P] J. Kavaja, A. Piazzi, “On the structure of the multivariable free response”, Proceedings of the 30th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Athens (Greece), pp. 245-250, June 28th - July 1st 2022 (pdf).

Papers on National Journals and Conference Proceedings

[1N] G. Basile, G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "Geometric approach to linear system analysis and sysnthesis'', su Identification, Control, Optimization of Dynamical Systems, 1988 Progress Report, pp. 18-20, ed. Pitagora (Bologna), Atti dell'Incontro Nazionale dei Ricercatori del Progetto Nazionale M.P.I., Villa Olmo, Como, settembre 1988.

[2N] A. Piazzi, F. Persiani, "Modellazione di curve e superfici con le spline parametriche beta2", Il Progettista Industriale, Edizioni Tecniche Nuove (Milano), anno 12, n. 1, pp. 42-53, gennaio 1992.

[3N] C. Guarino Lo Bianco, M. Romano, A. Piazzi, E. Pinazzi, "Controllo di cottura alimentare in un forno industriale", Automazione e Strumentazione, pp. 109-115, aprile 2004.

Technical Reports

[1R] A. Piazzi, "Geometric aspects of reduced-order compensators", D.E.I.S., Università di Bologna, Report n. GA01/88, gennaio 1988.

[2R] A. Piazzi, F. Persiani, "Modellazione di curve e superfici con le spline parametriche beta2", Laboratorio di CAD Avanzato, Facoltà di Ingegneria di Parma, Report n. CG01/89, novembre 1989.

[3R] G. Marro, A. Piazzi, "An invariant zeros interpretation of the internal stability in the disturbance localization problem and its dual", D.E.I.S., Università di Bologna, Report n. TSC01/91, febbraio 1991.

[4R] M. Dilda, A. Piazzi, "Using quadratic indexes in the synthesis of harmonic disturbante attenuation controllers", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Report n. TSC01/95, ottobre 1995.

[5R] A. Piazzi, "A positivity-based algorithm for computing the stability margin of uncertain systems", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Report n. TSC01/96, luglio 1996.

[6R] A. Piazzi, A. Visioli, "Set-point regulation of scalar systems via optimal dynamic inversion", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Report n. TSC01-00, marzo 2000.

[7R] S. Gianferrari, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Modellistica e regolazione per bruciatori ad elevate prestazioni", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Report n. TSC02-00, luglio 2000.

[8R] M. Romano, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, "Vision-based feedback control system design of an industrial band oven", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Technical Report, Deliverable D.20.14 of the European Project COOKIES, April 2003.

[9R] M. Romano, C. Guarino Lo Bianco, A. Piazzi, R. Santi, "Quality control of baking status of oven products", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Public Final Report of EUTIST-IMV Activity COOKIES, European Project COOKIES, October 2003 (pdf).

[10R] S. Cagnoni, A. Piazzi, M. Sacchi, "Ispezione automatica di pantografi per trazione elettrica mediante visione artificiale", Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Relazione riassuntiva finale del progetto PAVISYS (convenzione di ricerca in collaborazione con Rete Ferroviaria Italiana RFI - Ferrovie dello Stato), ottobre 2008.

[11R] F. Ghilardelli, G. Lini, A. Piazzi, "Path generation using eta4-splines for a truck and trailer vehicle," Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Università di Parma, Italy, Technical report TSC01-11, May 2011.

Lecture Notes

[1L] A. Piazzi, Appunti di Teoria dei Sistemi, dispensa del corso di Teoria dei Sistemi, Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria Informatica, Università degli Studi di Parma, a.a. 1998/99.

[2L] A. Piazzi, Controlli Automatici A: lucidi delle lezioni, UniNova, Parma, 2004.

Thesis

A. Piazzi, "Sintesi di Dispositivi di Controllo che Realizzano l'Insensibilità ai Disturbi", Laurea Thesis in Nuclear Engineering, University of Bologna (Italy), March 1982.

A. Piazzi, "A New Geometric Approach to Basic Problems of Linear System Theory", PhD Thesis in Systems Engineering, Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Systems, University of Bologna (Italy), December 1986.