The 12th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems
VSS 2012 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
January 12-14, 2012
Technical Programmme of VSS'12
Each Invited Talk is of 30 min.
Each Oral Presentation is of 15 min(including Q and A)
Thursday, 12th January, 2012
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Registration

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Program Inauguration

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Tea

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Plenary Talk 1 : "Realization of High Order Sliding Modes", Arie Levant
Chair : Prof. Leonid Fridman

11:15 AM - 1:15 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Session 1 : Sliding Mode Applications - 1
Session Chair : Prof. Sarah Spurgeon
Invited-Discrete Variable Structure Systems : Two Aerospace Applications
M. S. Bhat
Invited - Sliding Surface Design with Saturated Actuator
Deepak Fulwani, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
Study on the Use of Discretized Sliding-Mode Controller in DC-DC Switching Regulators
Somnath Maity, Debjyoti Roy
Sliding Mode Control with Complementary Inputs for a Lean-Burn IC Engine
Nestor Roqueiro, Enric Fossas Colet, Amir Antonio Martins Oliveira, Paul Puleston
A New Nonlinear Guidance Law Formulation for Proportional Navigation Guidance
Devan Viswanath, Dipankar Deb
Sliding Mode Control Design for a Carangiform Robotic Fish
Jian-Xin Xu, Xue-Lei Niu, Zhao-Qin Guo

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Lunch and Poster Session 1
Session Chair : Dr. V.S. Bandal
Robust Sliding Mode Speed Hold Control System Design for Full Nonlinear Aircraft Model with Parameter Uncertainties: A Step Beyond
Erkan Abdulhamitbilal, Elbrous M. Jafarov
Variable structure observer for discrete-time multi-output systems
Luis Orihuela, Xinggang Yan, Sarah Spurgeon, Francisco Rubio
Sliding-mode Boundary Control of Uncertain Reaction-Diffusion Processes with Spatially Varying Parameters
Yury Orlov, Alessandro Pisano, Stefano Scodina, Elio Usai
Attitude Control of Magnetic Actuated Spacecraft using Super-Twisting Algorithm with Nonlinear Sliding Surface
Janardhanan Sivaramakrishnan, Mashuq un Nabi, Pyare Mohan Tiwari
DSP based Tracking of Twin Spool Gas Turbine using Reduced Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control
Rajesh Tiwari, Janardhanan Sivaramakrishnan
Some remarks about the Tradeoffs between Exactness and Robustness in Control
Marco Tulio Angulo, Jaime Alberto Moreno, Leonid Fridman
Position Tracking of the VGT Single Acting Pneumatic Actuator with 2nd order SMC and Backstepping Control Techniques
Adeel Mehmood, Salah Laghrouche, Mohammed El Bagdouri
Improved Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems Through Second Order Sliding Mode Controller
Sanjoy Mondal, Chitralekha Mahanta
Sliding Mode Observer Based Adaptive Control of a VGT Single Acting Pneumatic Actuator
Adeel MEHMOOD, Salah LAGHROUCHE, Mohammed El BAGDOURI
Multi Input Sliding Mode Control of an Autonomous Fuel Cell-Supercapacitor Hybrid System
Jeronimo J. More, Paul F. Puleston, Cristian Kunusch, Enric Fossas
Cascaded Second order sliding mode observer for state and friction dynamics of a control valve
Fayez Shakil AHMED, Salah LAGHROUCHE
Continuous and discrete sliding mode control for systems with parametric uncertainty using delay-ahead prediction
Gajanan Malwatkar, Aniket Khandekar, Subodh Kumbhar, Balasaheb Patre
Sliding Mode Controller Design for Linear Stochastic Systems with Unknown Parameters
Michael Basin, Pablo Cesar Rodriguez-Ramirez
Stabilization of a 3-DOF Underactuated Helicopter Prototype: Second Order Sliding Mode Algorithm Synthesis, Stability Analysis, and Numerical Verification
Iliana M. Meza-Sanchez, Yury Orlov, Luis T. Aguilar
Robust Stabilization of Micro Aerial Vehicle using Sliding Mode Control
Guruganesh Ramamurthi, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, Hemendra Arya
High-Order Sliding Modes Observers for Linear Autonomous Switched Systems with Unknown Inputs
Hector Rios, Jorge Davila, Leonid Fridman
Robust Control of Rotary Slosh using Integral Sliding Modes
Parth S. Thakar, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, Prasanna Gandhi, Shailaja Kurode
Arbitrary Higher Order Sliding Mode Control Based on Control Lyapunov Approach
Shyam Kamal, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay

2:15 PM - 4:00 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Session 2 : Second Order Sliding Mode and Finite-time Sliding Mode
Session Chair : Prof X. Yu
Invited - Applications of Sliding Observers for FDI in Aerospace Systems
Christopher Edwards, Halim Alwi, Prathyush Menon
Fixed-Time Stabilization of Linear Systems via Sliding Mode Control
Andrey Polyakov
Tuning Rules for Second Order Sliding Mode Based Output Feedback Synthesis
Harshal Oza, Yury Orlov, Sarah Spurgeon
Twisting algorithm adaptation for control of electropneumatic actuators
Mohammed TALEB, Arie LEVANT, Franck PLESTAN
Extremum Seeking Control for net power output maximization of a PEM fuel cell using second order sliding mode
Imad Matraji, Fayez Ahmed, Salah Laghrouche
Design and Implementation of Second order SMC for vibration control of a mass loaded Smart cantilever beam with temperature uncertainty
Ezhilarasi Deenadayalan, K. Srikanth Reddy, Umapathy Mangalanathan, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay

4:00 PM- 4:15 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Tea

4:15 PM - 6:45 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Session 3 : Sliding Mode Theory
Session Chair : Dr. S. Janardhanan
Invited - Self-Oscillating Relay Feedback Systems: A Review and Recent Results
Luis Aguilar
Invited - COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO DESIGN OF SLIDING SUBSPACE IN LINEAR TIME INVARIANT SYSTEMS
B Drazenovic, C Milosavljevic, B Veselic, V Gligic
Design of Decentralized Sliding Mode Controllers with Dynamic Decouplers for TITO Processes
Bhausaheb Musmade, Balasaheb Patre
Binary Robust Adaptive Control for Global Tracking of Uncertain Systems with Unknown High-Frequency-Gain Sign
Tiago Roux Oliveira, Alessandro Jacoud Peixoto, Eduardo Vieira Leao Nunes, Liu Hsu
On Settling Time Function and Stability of Vector Relay Systems
Andrey Polyakov
Stability Analysis of Small Satellite Formation Flying and Reconfiguration Missions in Deep Space
Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay, Chakravarthini Saaj, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay
Sliding Mode Filtering for Polynomial States over Polynomial Observations
Michael Basin, Pablo Cesar Rodriguez-Ramirez
Non-singular Terminal Sliding Mode Guidance and Control with Terminal Angle Constraints for Non-maneuvering Targets
Shashi Ranjan Kumar, Sachit Rao, Debasish Ghose

7:30 PM (Thursday, 12th January, 2012)
Reception Dinner (Venue: Rodas Hotel, Hiranandani)


Friday, 13th January, 2012
9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Registration

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Plenary Talk 2 : "HOSM based Observation and Identification", Leonid Fridman
Chair : Prof. J. Moreno

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Tea

10:15 AM - 12:45 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Session 4 : Higher Order Sliding Mode
Session Chair : Prof. A. Levant
Invited - On some advances on the Lyapunov function approach to Higher Order Sliding Modes (HOSM)
Jaime Alberto Moreno Perez
Invited - IDENTIFICATION OF HEAVY VEHICLE PARAMETERS AND IMPACT FORCES ESTIMATION: EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS
Hocine IMINE, Leonid Fridman, Hassan Shraim
Parameter tuning and chattering adjustment of super-twisting sliding mode control systems for linear plants
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
Generalized Twisting controller of a parametrically excited crane
Carlos Vazquez, Leonid Fridman, Joaquin Collado
Application of optimised Higher Order Sliding Mode Control on MEMS Optical Switch
Ehsan Keramati, Samsul Bahari
A Direct Model Reference Adaptive Control for SISO Linear Invariant Systems with Super-Twisting-like Terms
Eder Guzman Baltazar, Jaime Alberto Moreno Perez
HOSM Observer for Robust Output Regulator in Uncertain Nonlinear Polynomial Systems
Manuel Jimenez-Lizarraga, Michael Basin, Celeste Rodriguez, Pablo Rodriguez
An Algorithm for Third Order Sliding Mode Control by Keeping a 2-Sliding Constraint
Prasiddh Trivedi, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay

12:45 PM - 2:00 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Lunch and Poster Session 2
Session Chair : Prof. Shailaja Kurode
Output High Order Sliding Mode Control of Unity Power Factor in Three-Phase AC/DC Boost Converter
Jianxing Liu, Salah Laghrouche, Wack Maxime
Sliding Mode Compensation of Inverse Dynamics Velocity Control
Ranjit Barai, Aritro Dey
Homogeneous Higher Order Sliding Mode Control for PEM Fuel Cell
Imad Matraji, Mohamed Harmouche, Salah Laghrouche, Maxime Wack
A variable structure observer for an online estimation of a tyre rolling resistance and effective radius
Charbel EL TANNOURY, Franck PLESTAN, Said MOUSSAOUI, Guillermo PITA GIL
Higher Order Sliding Mode Control of Permanent Magnet DC Motor
Brisilla Retna Raj, Sankaranarayanan Velupillai, Lavanya Manoharan
Sliding mode reference conditioning for coordination in swarms of non-identical multi-agents.
Alejandro Vignoni, Jesus Pico, Fabricio Garelli, Hernán De Battista
Quantization effect on a second-order sliding-mode control system
Yan Yan, Xinghuo Yu, Shuanghe Yu
A Sliding Mode Observer Based Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation Scheme for a Nonlinear Satellite System
Indira Nagesh, Christopher Edwards
Sliding Mode State Filtering and Parameter Estimation for Stochastic Linear Systems
Michael Basin, Pablo Cesar Rodriguez-Ramirez
Sliding Mode Control based Terminal Impact Angle Constrained Guidance Laws using Dual Sliding Surfaces
Sachit Rao, Debasish Ghose
On Analysis of Multi-Rate Output Feedback Based Discrete Sliding Mode Control Using Transform Method
Vishvjit Thakar, Harshal Oza
Observer Design for a Class of Hyperbolic PDE Equation Based on a Distributed Super Twisting Algorithm
Ramon Felipe Miranda Hernandez, Jaime Alberto Moreno Perez, Jorge Isaac Chairez Oria, Leonid Fridman
Sliding Mode Controller Design for Underactuated Systems
Jian-Xin Xu, Zhao-Qin Guo, Tong Heng Lee
Control design based on novel parabolic sliding surfaces
Ramsai Gorugantu, Prasanna Gandhi
Sliding Mode Control Using an H? Criterion to Attenuate Unmatched Perturbations in a Mechanical System with Friction and a Force
Raul Rascon, Joaquin Alvarez, Luis T Aguilar
Second Order Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Underactuated Systems
Shailaja Kurode, Prasiddh Trivedi, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, P S Gandhi
Continuous finite-time stabilization for some classes of fractional order dynamics
Alessandro Pisano, Milan R. Rapaic, Elio Usai, Zoran D. Jelicic

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Session 5 : Discrete Sliding Mode
Session Chair : Prof. B.Bandyopadhyay
Invited - Multirate Output Feedback Sliding Mode Functional Observer with Unknown Inputs
Janardhanan Sivarama krishnan, Satyanarayana Neeli
Invited - Observers with Discrete-Time Measurements in the Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Systems
Elisabetta Punta
DSM Control of Perishable Inventory Systems with Remote Supply Source and Uncertain Demand
Przemyslaw Ignaciuk, Andrzej Bartoszewicz
Digital sliding-mode-based differentiation
Arie Levant
Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control Using an $H_infty$ Filter for a Quadruple Tank System
Kumar Pakki Bharani Chandra, Hemnath Srikanthan, Da-Wei Gu, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay, Ian Postlethwaite
Discrete Time Sliding Mode Control with Minimal Quasi Sliding Mode Band
Sohom Chakrabarty, Bijnan Bandyopadhyay

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Tea

4:15 PM - 6:15 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Session 6 : Sliding Mode Applications - 2
Session Chair : Prof. Enric Fossas Colet
Invited - Robust FDI in Induction Motors via Second Order Sliding Mode Technique
Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai
Purely Magnetic Spacecraft Attitude Control by Using Classical and Modified Sliding Mode Algorithms
Ahmet SOFYALI, Elbrous M. JAFAROV
Cascaded Sliding-Mode Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors
Markus Reichhartinger, Martin Horn
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF SHUNT ACTIVE POWER FILTER USING SLIDING MODE CONTROL STRATEGIES
Vitthal Bandal, Priti Madurwar
Exploring Scope of Practical Implementation of Variable Structure Systems Using Sliding Mode Control to Arc Welding Process
Arun Kumar Paul
Periodic Motion Stabilization of a Virtually Constrained 3-DOF Underactuated Helicopter Using Second Order Sliding Modes
Iliana Meza-Sánchez, Yury Orlov, Luis T. Aguilar
Sliding Mode Control of Active Suspension Systems using a Disturbance Observer
Vaijayanti S. Deshpande, B. Mohan, S.B. Phadke

6:15PM - 6:45PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Panel Discussion
Fixed time and uniform finite time convergence: the new steps in Lyapunov stability
Panel members: Dr. Leonid Fridman, Dr. Jaime Moreno, Dr. A. Polyakov, Dr.Elisabetta Punta

7:30 PM (Friday, 13th January, 2012)
Cultural Program and Banquet Dinner (Venue: Ramada Hotel, Powai)


Saturday, 14th January, 2012
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM (Saturday, 14th January, 2012)
Plenary Talk 3 : "Finite-time Sliding Mode Control in Continuous Time and Discrete-time", Xinghuo Yu
Session Chair: Prof. Elio Usai

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM (Saturday, 14th January, 2012)
Tea

10:15 AM - 12:45 PM (Saturday, 14th January, 2012)
Session 7 : Sliding Mode Observers
Session Chair : Prof. C. Edwards
Invited - Sliding Mode Control and Filtering for Polynomial Systems
Michael Basin
Invited - Memoryless decentralised static output feedback variable structure control synthesis for time varying delay interconnected systems
Xinggang Yan, Sarah Spurgeon
On the Observer Assisted Sliding Mode Creation: An Active Disturbance Rejection Approach.
Hebertt Sira-Ramirez, Alberto Luviano-Juarez, John Cortes-Romero
Robust Decentralized Power System Stabilizer for Multi-machine Power System Using Reduced Order Observer designed by the Duality to Sliding Surface Design
Axaykumar Mehta, Hema Mehta
Enhanced Fault Reconstruction using Cascaded Sliding Mode Observers
Kok Yew Ng, Chee Pin Tan, Denny Oetomo
Robust Control with Simultaneous State and Disturbance Estimation
Shailaja Kurode, Bhagyashri Tamhane, Dharmveer Singh, Prashant Dixit
Observers in the Sliding Mode Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Nonaffine Systems with Matched and Unmatched Uncertainties
Giorgio Bartolini, Elisabetta Punta
Observer-based Strict Positive Real (SPR) Switching Output Feedback Control
Rolf Johansson, Anders Robertsson, Anton Shiriaev

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (Saturday, 14th January, 2012)
Lunch

2:00 PM (Saturday, 14th January, 2012)
Mumbai City Tour