Publications of Bart De Schutter on water networks

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Water networks

  1. A. D. Sadowska, J. M. Maestre, R. Kassing, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Predictive control of a human-in-the-loop network system considering operator comfort requirements," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 53, no. 8, pp. 4610-4622, Aug. 2023.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  2. R. Ranjbar, A. Sadowska, J. M. Maestre, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Predictive control of irrigation canals considering well-being of operators," Proceedings of the 22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 731-736, July 2023.  (online paper [open access],abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  3. A. Castelletti, A. Ficchì, A. Cominola, P. Segovia, M. Giuliani, W. Wu, S. Lucia, C. Ocampo-Martinez, B. De Schutter, and J. M. Maestre, "Model predictive control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda," Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 55, pp. 442-465, 2023.  (online paper [open access],abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  4. R. C. Kassing, B. De Schutter, and E. Abraham, "Optimal control for precision irrigation of a large-scale plantation," Water Resources Research, vol. 56, no. 10, Oct. 2020. Article e2019WR026989.  (online paper [open access],abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))  [see also: supplement]
  5. R. C. Kassing, B. De Schutter, and E. Abraham, "Supporting information for "optimal control for precision irrigation of a large-scale plantation"," Tech. report, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Oct. 2020.  (abstract,  bibtex,  report (pdf))  [see also: original paper]
  6. P. J. van Overloop, J. M. Maestre, A. D. Sadowska, E. F. Camacho, and B. De Schutter, "Human-in-the-loop model predictive control of an irrigation canal," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 19-29, Aug. 2015.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  7. A. Sadowska, P.-J. van Overloop, J. M. Maestre, and B. De Schutter, "Human-in-the-loop control of an irrigation canal using time instant optimization model predictive control," Proceedings of the 2015 European Control Conference, Linz, Austria, pp. 3279-3284, July 2015.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  8. A. Sadowska, B. De Schutter, and P.-J. van Overloop, "Delivery-oriented hierarchical predictive control of an irrigation canal: Event-driven versus time-driven approaches," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 1701-1716, 2015.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  9. A. Sadowska, P. J. van Overloop, C. Burt, and B. De Schutter, "Hierarchical MPC-based control of an irrigation canal," in Transport of Water versus Transport over Water - Exploring the Dynamic Interplay Between Transport and Water (C. Ocampo-Martinez and R. R. Negenborn, eds.), Cham, Switzerland: Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-16132-7, pp. 169-187, 2015.  (online version,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  10. A. Sadowska, P.-J. van Overloop, C. Burt, and B. De Schutter, "Hierarchical operation of water level controllers: Formal analysis and application on a large scale irrigation canal," Water Resources Management, vol. 28, no. 14, pp. 4999-5019, Nov. 2014.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  11. B. Dekens, A. D. Sadowska, P. J. van Overloop, D. Schwanenberg, and B. De Schutter, "Gradient-based hybrid model predictive control using time instant optimization for Dutch regional water systems," Proceedings of the 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, pp. 1343-1348, June 2014.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  12. A. Sadowska, B. De Schutter, and P.-J. van Overloop, "Hierarchical control of irrigation canals in the presence of disturbances: Framework and comparison," Proceedings of the 2014 European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, pp. 1349-1354, June 2014.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  13. A. Sadowska, B. De Schutter, and P.-J. van Overloop, "Event-driven hierarchical control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the USCID Seventh International Conference on Irrigation and Drainage, Phoenix, Arizona, pp. 457-471, Apr. 2013.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  14. J. M. Maestre, L. Raso, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed tree-based model predictive control on a drainage water system," Journal of Hydroinformatics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 335-347, 2013.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  15. H. van Ekeren, R. R. Negenborn, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Time-instant optimization for hybrid model predictive control of the Rhine-Meuse Delta," Journal of Hydroinformatics, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 271-292, 2013.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  16. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Control of a string of identical pools using non-identical feedback controllers," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 20, no. 6, pp. 1638-1646, Nov. 2012.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  17. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "A robust feasibility problem for the design of a reference governor," Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, pp. 6745-6750, June 2012.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  18. J. M. Maestre, L. Raso, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed tree-based model predictive control on an open water system," Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, Montréal, Canada, pp. 1985-1990, June 2012.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  19. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Stability and performance analysis of an irrigation channel with distributed control," Control Engineering Practice, vol. 19, no. 10, pp. 1147-1156, Oct. 2011.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  20. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Fixed-profile load scheduling for large-scale irrigation channels," Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, pp. 1570-1576, Aug.-Sept. 2011.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  21. H. van Ekeren, R. R. Negenborn, P. J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Hybrid model predictive control using time-instant optimization for the Rhine-Meuse Delta," Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 216-221, Apr. 2011.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  22. P. J. van Overloop, R. R. Negenborn, D. Schwanenberg, and B. De Schutter, "Towards integrating water prediction and control technology," Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Delft, The Netherlands, pp. 80-85, Apr. 2011.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  23. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Control of a string of identical pools using non-identical feedback controllers," Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 120-125, Dec. 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  24. Y. Li, J. Alende, M. Cantoni, and B. De Schutter, "Decomposition of a fixed-profile load scheduling method for large-scale irrigation channels," Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2166-2171, Sept. 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  25. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Performance analysis of irrigation channels with distributed control," Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2148-2153, Sept. 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  26. R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and P.-J. van Overloop, "Coordination of local controllers in large-scale water systems," Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Hydroinformatics (HIC 2010), Tianjin, China, pp. 2178-2185, Sept. 2010.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  27. P. J. van Overloop, R. R. Negenborn, S. V. Weijs, W. Malda, M. R. Bruggers, and B. De Schutter, "Linking water and energy objectives in lowland areas through the application of model predictive control," Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications, Yokohama, Japan, pp. 1887-1891, Sept. 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  28. M. D. Doan, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "An improved distributed version of Han's method for distributed MPC of canal systems," Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, July 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  29. S. Leirens, J. M. Giraldo, R. R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "A pattern search method for improving the operation of sewer systems," Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, pp. 591-596, July 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  30. S. Leirens, C. Zamora, R. R. Negenborn, and B. De Schutter, "Coordination in urban water supply networks using distributed model predictive control," Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3957-3962, June-July 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  31. Y. Li and B. De Schutter, "Offtake feedforward compensator design for an irrigation channel with distributed control," Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 3747-3752, June-July 2010.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  32. P. J. van Overloop, R. R. Negenborn, B. De Schutter, and N. C. van de Giesen, "Predictive control for national water flow optimization in The Netherlands," Chapter 17 in Intelligent Infrastructures (R. R. Negenborn, Z. Lukszo, and H. Hellendoorn, eds.), vol. 42 of Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, ISBN 978-90-481-3598-1, pp. 439-461, 2010.  (online version,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  33. R. R. Negenborn, A. Sahin, Z. Lukszo, B. De Schutter, and M. Morari, "A non-iterative cascaded predictive control approach for control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, pp. 3652-3657, Oct. 2009.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  34. R. R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, and B. De Schutter, "Coordinated distributed model predictive reach control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the European Control Conference 2009, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 1420-1425, Aug. 2009.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  35. R. R. Negenborn, P.-J. van Overloop, T. Keviczky, and B. De Schutter, "Distributed model predictive control of irrigation canals," Networks and Heterogeneous Media, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 359-380, June 2009.  (online paper,  abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))
  36. R. R. Negenborn and B. De Schutter, "A distributed model predictive control approach for the control of irrigation canals," Proceedings of the International Conference on Infrastructure Systems 2008: Building Networks for a Brighter Future, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6 pp., Nov. 2008. Paper 152.  (abstract,  bibtex,  tech. report (pdf))

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