Lista delle pubblicazioni

(a) Articoli pubblicati in riviste internazionali

[a1]   G. Ambrosino, P. Bolzern, M. Ferrario, G. Fronza, “Real-time predictors of flood events: a case study”, Ricerche di Automatica, vol. 9, pp. 184-200, 1978.

[a2]   P. Bolzern, M. Ferrario, G. Fronza, “Adaptive real-time forecast of river flow-rates from rainfall data”, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 47, pp. 251-267, 1980.

[a3]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Computer simulation of a real-time control scheme of air quality”, Int. Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol. 1, pp. 360-362, 1981.

[a4]   P. Bacci, P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “A stochastic predictor of air pollution based on short-term meteorological forecast”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol. 20, pp. 121-129, 1981.

[a5]   P. Melli, P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, A. Spirito, “Real-time control of sulphur dioxide emissions from an industrial area”, Atmospheric Environment, vol. 15, pp. 653-666, 1981.

[a6]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, F. Garofalo, G. Ambrosino, “Integrated management of water deficits and floods in a reservoir system”, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 12, pp. 1-12, 1981.

[a7]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Cost-effectiveness analysis of real-time control of SO2 emission from a power plant”, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 14, pp. 253-263, 1982.

[a8]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, G. Brusasca, “Temperature effects on the winter daily electric load”, Journal of Applied Meteorology, vol. 21, pp. 241-243, 1982.

[a9]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, E. Runca, C. Ueberhuber, “Statistical analysis of winter sulphur dioxide concentration data in Vienna”, Atmospheric Environment, vol. 16, pp. 1899-1906, 1982.

[a10] P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Weather-sensitive versus weather-insensitive simulation models of the short-term electric load”, Int. Journal of Modelling and Simulation, vol. 3, pp. 50-52, 1983.

[a11] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Reachability and controllability of discrete-time linear periodic systems”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-30, pp. 399-401, 1985.

[a12] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Discrete-time linear periodic systems: Gramian and modal criteria for reachability and controllability”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 41, pp. 909-928, 1985.

[a13] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “The extended periodic Lyapunov lemma”, Automatica, vol. 21, pp. 603-605, 1985.

[a14] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Stabilizability and detectability of linear periodic systems”, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 6, pp. 141-145, 1985.

[a15] D. Bertin, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “A prediction-error directional forgetting technique for recursive estimation”, Systems Science, vol. 11, pp. 33-39, 1985. (vedi anche [f9])

[a16] P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Role of weather inputs in short-term forecasting of electric load”, Int. Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, vol. 8, pp. 42-46, 1986.

[a17] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “On the structure theory of discrete-time linear systems”, Int. Journal of Systems Science, vol. 17, pp. 33-47, 1986.

[a18] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, R. Scattolini, “Zeros of discrete-time linear periodic systems”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-31, pp. 1057-1058, 1986.

[a19] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Inertia theorems for the periodic Lyapunov difference equation and periodic Riccati difference equation”, Linear Algebra and its Applications, vol. 85, pp. 249-265, 1987.

[a20] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “The periodic Lyapunov equation”, SIAM J. on Matrix Analysis and Applications, vol. 9, pp. 499-512, 1988.

[a21] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, “Adaptive identification via prediction-error directional-forgetting factor: convergence analysis”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 50, pp. 2407-2421, 1989.

[a22] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, “Exponential convergence of a modified directional forgetting identification algorithm”, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 14, pp. 131-137, 1990.

[a23] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, “A counterexample to the exponential convergence of the directional forgetting algorithm”, Int. Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, vol. 4, pp. 237-244, 1990.

[a24] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, “Convergence and exponential convergence of identification algorithms with directional forgetting factor”, Automatica, vol. 26, pp. 929-932, 1990.

[a25] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, “Recursive least-squares identification algorithms with incomplete excitation: convergence analysis and application to adaptive control”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-35, pp. 1371-1373, 1990.

[a26] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On the computation of upper covariance bounds for perturbed linear systems”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-39, pp. 623-626, 1994.

[a27] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Covariance bounds for discrete-time linear systems with time-varying parameter uncertainty”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 60, pp. 1307-1317, 1994.

[a28] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Optimal design of robust predictors for linear discrete-time systems”, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 26, pp. 25-31, 1995.

[a29] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri,, G. De Nicolao, “Optimal robust filtering with time-varying parameter uncertainty”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 63, pp. 557-576, 1996.

[a30] P. Bolzern, R. DeSantis, A. Locatelli, S. Togno, “Dynamic model of a two-trailer articulated vehicle subject to nonholonomic constraints”, Robotica, vol. 14, pp. 445-450, 1996.

[a31] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “H-differential Riccati equations: convergence properties and finite escape phenomena”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-42, pp. 113-118, 1997.

[a32] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Finite escapes and convergence properties of guaranteed-cost robust filters”, Automatica, vol. 33, pp. 31-47, 1997.

[a33] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Transient and asymptotic analysis of discrete-time H-filters”, European Journal of Control, vol. 3, pp. 317-324, 1997.

[a34] P. Bolzern, R. M. DeSantis, A. Locatelli, D. Masciocchi, “Path-tracking for articulated vehicles with off-axle hitching”, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, vol. 6, pp. 515-523, 1998.

[a35] P. Bolzern, F. Cheli, G. Falciola, F. Resta, “Estimation of the non-linear suspension tyre cornering forces from experimental road test data”, Vehicle System Dynamics, vol. 31, pp. 23-34, 1999.

[a36] P. Bolzern, M. Maroni, “New conditions for the convergence of H-filters and predictors”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-44, pp. 1564-1568, 1999.

[a37] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “H-robustness of adaptive filters against measurement noise and parameter drift”, Automatica, vol. 35, pp. 1509-1520, 1999.

[a38] S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, A. De Marco, G. Poncia, W. Prandoni, “A model of a bubbling fluidized bed combustor oriented to char mass estimation”, IEEE Trans. on Control Systems Technology, vol. 8, pp. 247-256, 2000.

[a39] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Tradeoff between mean-square and worst-case performances in adaptive filtering”, European Journal of Control, vol. 6, pp. 78-88, 2000.

[a40] M. Maroni, P. Bolzern, “The H multistep ahead prediction problem: existence and convergence of solutions”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 73, pp. 1078-1086, 2000.

[a41] M. Maroni, P. Bolzern, G. De Nicolao, U. Shaked, “Existence and convergence of solutions to the H sampled-data estimation problem”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 73, pp. 1382-1391, 2000.

[a42] P. Bolzern, R. M. DeSantis, A. Locatelli, “An input-output linearization approach to the control of a n-body articulated vehicle”, ASME J. Dyn. Syst. Meas. Control, vol. 123, pp. 309-316, 2001.

[a43] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, U. Shaked, “Guaranteed H robustness bounds for Wiener filtering and prediction”, Int. J. of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 12, pp. 41-56, 2002.

[a44] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On discrete-time H fixed-lag smoothing”, IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, vol. 52, pp. 132-141, 2004.

[a45] A. Astolfi, P. Bolzern, A. Locatelli, “Path-tracking of a tractor-trailer vehicle along rectilinear and circular paths: a Lyapunov-based approach”, IEEE Trans. on Robotics and Automation, vol. 20, pp. 154-160, 2004.

[a46] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On almost sure stability of continuous-time Markov jump linear systems”, Automatica, vol.  42, pp. 983-988, 2006.

[a47] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of stochastic linear systems with ergodic parameters”, European Journal of Control, vol.  14, pp. 114-123, 2008.

[a48] J. C. Geromel, P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, “Dynamic output feedback control of switched linear systems”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 53, pp. 720-733, 2008.

[a49] L. Viganò, P. Bolzern, T. Busi, G. Magnani, “Practical GPS-AHRS integration for helicopter groundspeed and position estimation”, Automatic Control in Aerospace – Online Journal, vol. 1, n. 2, ISSN 1974-5168, 2008.

[a50] M. Tanelli, B. Picasso, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Almost sure stabilization of uncertain continuous-time Markov jump linear systems”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 55, pp. 195-201 , 2010.

[a51] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Markov jump linear systems with switching transition rates: mean square stability with dwell-time”, Automatica, vol. 46, pp. 1081-1088, 2010.

[a52] I. Boniolo, P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, M. Corless, R. Shorten, “On the design and synthesis of limit cycles using  switching linear systems”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 83, pp. 915-927, 2010.

[a53] C. Spelta, F. Previdi, S. M. Savaresi, P. Bolzern, M. Cutini, C. Bisaglia, S. A. Bertinotti, “Performance analysis of semi-active suspensions with control of variable damping and stiffness”, Vehicle System Dynamics, vol.  49, pp. 237-256, 2011.

[a54] P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, J. C. Geromel, “Root mean square gain of discrete-time switched linear systems under dwell time constraints”, Automatica, vol. 47, pp. 1677-1684, 2011.

[a55] J. C. Geromel, P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, “Passivity of switched linear systems: analysis and control design”, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 61, pp. 549-554, 2012.

[a56] L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, G. S. Deaecto, J. C. Geromel, “State and output feedback H control of time-delay switched linear systems”, Int. J. on Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 22, pp. 1674-1690, 2012.

[a57] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of Markov jump linear systems with deterministic switching”, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. 58, pp. 209-214, 2013.

[a58] G. S. Deaecto, J. C. Geromel, L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, “Extended small gain theorem for time-delay switched systems control and closed-loop robustness enhancement”, Int. Journal of Control, vol. 86, pp. 1018-1025, 2013.

[a59] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Switched periodic systems in discrete-time: stability and input-output norms”, Int. Journal of Control, special issue on Periodic Systems, vol. 86, pp. 1258-1268, 2013.

[a60] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Stochastic stability of positive Markov Jump Linear Systems”, Automatica, vol. 50, pp. 1181-1187, 2014.

[a61] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Positive Markov Jump Linear Systems”, Foundations and Trends in Systems and Control, vol. 2, pp. 275-427, 2015.

[a62] G. S. Deaecto, P. Bolzern, L. Galbusera, J. C. Geromel, “H2 and H control of time-varying delay switched linear systems with application to sampled-data control”, Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, vol. 22, pp. 43-54, 2016.

[a63] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Design of stabilizing strategies for discrete-time dual switching linear systems”, Automatica, vol. 69, pp. 93-100, 2016.

[a64] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Opinion influence and evolution in social networks: a Markovian agents model”, Automatica, vol. 100, pp. 219-230, 2019.

[a65] J. C. Geromel, P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, “Differential Linear Matrix Inequality in Optimal Sampled-Data Control”, Automatica, vol. 100, pp. 289-298, 2019.

[a66] S. N. Shah, G. P. Incremona, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Optimization based AIMD saturated algorithms for public charging of electric vehicles”, European Journal of Control, vol. 47, pp. 74-83, 2019.

[a67] Y. Chen, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Stability, L1 performance and state feedback design for linear systems in ice-cream cones”, International Journal of Control, DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2019.1616825, pp. 1-9, 2019.

[a68] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Opinion dynamics in social networks: the effect of centralized interaction tuning on emerging behaviours”, IEEE Trans. on Computational Social Systems, vol. 7, pp. 362-372, 2020.

(b) Brevi note in riviste internazionali

[b1]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Adaptive real-time forecast of river flow-rates from rainfall data – Reply”, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 50, pp. 403-404, 1981.

[b2]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Stabilizability and detectability of linear periodic systems – Addendum”, Systems and Control Letters, vol. 7, p.73, 1986.

[b3]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. Guardabassi, “Comments on ‘Controllability, stabilizability, and matrix Riccati equations for periodic systems’ and on ‘On solution of periodic Riccati equations’“, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-32, pp. 270-271, 1987.

[b4]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, G. De Nicolao, “Comments on ‘Stabilizability and detectability of discrete-time time-varying systems’“, IEEE Trans. on Automatic Control, vol. AC-37, pp. 1274-1275, 1992.

[b5]   P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Discussion on ‘Tradeoff between mean-square and worst-case performances in adaptive filtering’”, European Journal of Control, vol. 6, pp. 89-92, 2000.

[b6]   P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Final comments by the authors on ‘Almost sure stability of stochastic linear systems with ergodic parameters’”, European Journal of Control, vol.  14, pp. 129-130, 2008.

(c) Contributi a libri internazionali

[c1]   P. Melli, P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, A. Spirito, “The cost of a real-time control scheme for sulphur dioxide emissions”, in Mathematical Models for Planning and Controlling Air Quality (ed. G. Fronza and P. Melli), pp. 173-183, Pergamon Press-IIASA, Oxford, 1982.

[c2]   P. Bolzern, G. Finzi, G. Fronza, A. Spirito, “ARMAX stochastic models of air pollution: three case studies”, in Mathematical Models for Planning and Controlling Air Quality (ed. G. Fronza and P. Melli), pp. 185-193, Pergamon Press-IIASA, Oxford, 1982.

[c3]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, G. Guariso, “Stochastic flood predictors: experience in a small basin”, in Time Series Methods in Hydrosciences (ed. A.H. El-Shaarawi and S.R. Esterby), pp. 530-537, Elsevier Publ. Comp., Amsterdam, 1982.

[c4]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Inertia theorems for Lyapunov and Riccati equations – An updated view”, in Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems, and Control (ed. B.N. Datta, C.R. Johnson, M.A. Kaashoek, J. Plemmons, E.D. Sontag), pp. 11-35, SIAM, Philadelphia, 1988.

[c5]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, “An introduction to software reliability modelling”, in Software Reliability Modelling and Identification (ed. S. Bittanti), pp. 43-67, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988.

[c6]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, E. Pedrotti, M. Pozzi, R. Scattolini, “A flexible modelling approach for software reliability growth”, in Software Reliability Modelling and Identification (ed. S. Bittanti), pp. 101-140, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1988.

[c7]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, G. De Nicolao, L. Piroddi, “Representation, prediction, and identification of cyclostationary processes – A state-space approach”, in Cyclostationarity in Communications and Signal Processing (ed. W.A. Gardner), pp. 267-294, IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1994.

[c8]   P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Robustness and performance in adaptive filtering”, in Robustness in Identification and Control (ed. A. Garulli, A. Tesi, A. Vicino), pp. 174-189, Springer-Verlag, London, 1999.

[c9]   G. Baselli, P. Bolzern, “Closed-loop system identification”, in Wiley Encyclopedia of Biomedical Engineering (ed. Metin Akay), vol. 2, pp. 877-885, J. Wiley, 2006.

[c10] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, J.C. Geromel, “Optimal switching of 1-DOF oscillating systems”, in Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (ed. A. Bemporad, A. Bicchi, G.C. Buttazzo), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol.  4416, pp. 118-130, Springer, 2007.

[c11] G. Baselli, A. Porta, P. Bolzern, “Parametric models for the analysis of interactions in biomedical signals”, in Advanced Methods of Biomedical Signal Processing (ed. S. Cerutti, G. Marchesi), pp. 99-125, J. Wiley, 2011.

[c12] P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, J. C. Geromel, G. S. Deaecto,State-feedback control of positive switching systems with Markovian jumps”, in Optimization and Its Applications in Control and Data Sciences: in Honor of Boris T. Polyak’s 80th Birthday (ed. Boris Goldengorin), Springer Optimization and Its Applications, vol. 115, pp. 185-219, Springer, New York, 2016.

(d) Contributi a libri italiani

[d1]   G. Baselli, A. Porta, P. Bolzern, “Modelli parametrici per l’analisi di interazioni fra segnali biologici”, in Metodi avanzati di elaborazione di segnali biomedici (ed. S. Cerutti, C. Marchesi), pp. 105-124, Patron, Bologna, 2004.

(e) Articoli pubblicati in riviste italiane

[e1]   G. Fronza, E. Laniado, P. Bolzern, “Introduzione alle problematiche economiche dell’inquinamento atmosferico”, Ingegneria Ambientale, vol. 9, pp. 391-399, 1980.

[e2]   P. Bolzern, A. Casati, A. Locatelli, M. Maroni, “Autoveicoli a quattro ruote sterzanti: controllori per il supporto alla guida”, Automazione e Strumentazione, Anno XLIV, n.7, pp. 99-104, 1996. (see also [g7])

[e3]   L. Bascetta, P. Bolzern, G. Ferretti, B. Lacevic, A. Locatelli, G. Magnani, P. Rocco, N. Schiavoni, A. M. Zanchettin, “Robotica industriale umano-centrica: il progetto Rosetta”, Automazione e Strumentazione, Anno LIX, n.5, pp. 75-79, 2011.

(f) Articoli pubblicati in atti di congressi internazionali

[f1]    G. Ambrosino, P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, G. Guariso, “Computer simulation of a reservoir management with two non-commensurable objectives”, 1978 Summer Computer Simulation Conference, Newport, USA, pp. 523-525, 1978.

[f2]    P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Forecast of fumigation episodes around a tall stack”, 10th NATO/CCMS Int. Technical Meeting on Air Pollution Modelling and its Applications, Roma,  Italy, pp. 29-44, 1979.

[f3]    G. Ambrosino, P. Bolzern, F. Garofalo, “Computer simulation of a bivariate stochastic model of local wind”, 1st Int. Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, Lyon, France, vol. 4, pp. 172-174, 1981.

[f4]    S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. Guardabassi, “H and K-controllability of linear periodic systems”, 22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, USA, pp. 1376-1379, 1983.

[f5]    S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Four equivalent notions of stabilizability of periodic linear systems”, 1984 American Control Conference, San Diego, USA, pp. 1321-1323, 1984.

[f6]    S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Stability analysis of linear periodic systems via the Lyapunov equation”, 9th IFAC World Congress, Budapest, Hungary, vol. 8, pp. 169-172, 1984.

[f7]    S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Can the Kalman canonical decomposition be performed for a discrete-time linear periodic system?”, 1° Congresso Latino-Americano de Automatica, Campina Grande, Brazil, pp. 449-453, 1984.

[f8]    S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Canonical decomposition of discrete-time linear systems”, 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 1737-1738, 1984.

[f9]    D. Bertin, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “A prediction-error directional forgetting technique for recursive estimation”, 4th Int. Conf. on Systems Engineering, Coventry, G.B., pp. 7-13, 1985.

[f10]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, G. Guardabassi, “Some critical issues on the state-representation of time-varying ARMA models”, 7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, York, G.B., pp. 1479-1483, 1985.

[f11]  P. Bolzern, “Some new inertia theorems for the discrete-time algebraic Lyapunov equation”, 24th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fort Lauderdale, USA, pp. 1744-1745, 1985.

[f12]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, C. Ghezzi, R. Scattolini, “A proposal for a new software reliability model and its preliminary assessment”, 3rd AFCET Conf. on Software Engineering, Versailles, France, pp. 229-239, 1986.

[f13]  D. Bertin, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Tracking of nonstationary systems by means of different prediction-error directional forgetting techniques”, 2nd IFAC Workshop on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, Lund, Sweden, pp. 91-96, 1986.

[f14]  P. Bolzern, “Criteria for reachability, controllability and stabilizability of discrete-time linear periodic systems”, 5th Polish-English Seminar on Real-time Process Control, Radziejowice, Poland, pp. 69-83, 1986.

[f15]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Existence and uniqueness conditions for the periodic solutions of the discrete-time periodic Lyapunov equation”, 25th IEEE Conference on  Decision and Control, Athens, Greece, pp. 1439-1443, 1986.

[f16]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, “Software reliability models – An introduction”, Tutorial on Software Reliability at Compeuro ’88, Brussels, Belgium, 1988.

[f17]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “DIESIS – An interactive package for signal processing and system identification”, 12th IMACS World Congress, Paris, France, pp. 530-532, 1988.

[f18]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, “Parameter identification for software reliability growth models”, 8th IFAC/IFORS Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Beijing, China, pp. 1970-1974, 1988.

[f19]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, E. Coletti, “Deterministic convergence analysis of RLS estimators with different forgetting factors”, 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, USA, pp. 1530-1531, 1988.

[f20]  P. Bolzern, “An adaptive model for software reliability prediction”, 2nd European Conference on Software Quality Assurance, Oslo, Norway, 1990.

[f21]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, G. De Nicolao, L. Piroddi,  D.Purassanta, “A minimum prediction error algorithm for estimation of periodic ARMA models”, 1st European Control Conference, Grenoble, France, pp. 1200-1203, 1991.

[f22]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, P. Delrio, G. De Nicolao, F. Lorito, A. Russo, S. Strada, “Identification of a helicopter dynamic model for active control of vibrations”, 9th IFAC/IFORS Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 668-673, 1991.

[f23]  P. Bolzern, “On the choice of weights in parallel schemes for adaptive estimation”, 1st IFAC Workshop on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control, Bangor, Wales, pp. 213-218, 1991.

[f24]  P. Bolzern, G. Ferretti, A. Locatelli, C. Maffezzoni, “An IJC based force-position control of a robot arm”, IFAC/IFIP/IMACS Symposium on Robot Control, Vienna, Austria, pp. 383-388, 1991.

[f25]  P. Bolzern, G. Ferretti, A. Locatelli, “Adaptive control of a robotic manipulator with unknown payload”, IFAC Workshop on Motion Control for Intelligent Automation, Perugia, Italy, vol. 2, pp. 71-76, 1992.

[f26]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On state covariance bounds for linear stochastic uncertain systems”, 31st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tucson, USA, pp. 3742-3743, 1992.

[f27]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Optimal robust filtering for linear systems subject to time-varying parameter perturbations”, 32nd Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, USA, pp. 1018-1023, 1993.

[f28]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Optimal robust prediction for uncertain discrete-time systems”, SYSID ’94, Copenhagen, Denmark, vol. 3, pp. 243-248, 1994.

[f29]  R. Bardelli, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, E. Carugati, A. De Marco, L. Piroddi, W. Prandoni, “Application of the extended Kalman filter to the estimation of the char mass in a fluidized bed combustor”, SYSID ’94, Copenhagen, Denmark, vol. 1, pp. 247-252, 1994.

[f30]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Optimal robust state estimation for uncertain linear systems”, IFAC Symp. on Robust Control Design, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 152-157, 1994.

[f31]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Time-varying filtering of perturbed linear systems”, 33rd Conference on Decision and Control, Lake Buena Vista, USA, pp. 1230-1231, 1994.

[f32]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Convergence properties of time-varying H2 robust filters”, 3rd European Control Conference, Roma, Italy, pp. 93-98, 1995.

[f33]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Finite escape-times and convergence properties of the H-differential Riccati equation”, 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco, USA, vol. G, pp. 161-166, 1996.

[f34]  P. Belli, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, A. De Marco, A. Ferretti, S. Malloggi, W. Prandoni, “A control system for nitrogen oxides pollution abatement by SCR (Selective Catalytic Reduction)”, 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco, USA, vol. O, pp. 13-18, 1996.

[f35]  S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, M. Campi, A. De Marco, R. Panseri, G. Poncia, W. Prandoni, “A model of a bubbling fluidized bed combustor for the estimation of the char mass via extended Kalman filter”, 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco, USA, vol. O, pp. 67-72, 1996.

[f36]  P. Bolzern, A. Casati, A. Locatelli, M. Maroni, “Control of four-wheel steering vehicles: a design based on -synthesis techniques”, 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco, USA, vol. Q, pp. 53-58, 1996.

[f37]  P. Bolzern, F. Cheli, G. Falciola, F. Resta, “Identification from rapid vehicle manoeuvres of the equivalent suspension-tire cornering forces”, CESA ’96 IMACS Multiconference, Symp. on Modelling, Analysis and Simulation, Lille, France, pp. 903-908, 1996.

[f38]  R. Groppetti, P. Bolzern, R. Pellegrini, R. Pera, “A contribution to the implementation of an adaptive controller for hydro-abrasive jet machining based on the generalized minimum variance method”, 13th Int. Conf. on Jetting Technology, Sardegna, Italy, pp. 125-136, 1996.

[f39]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Guaranteed-cost prediction of discrete-time systems: the finite- and infinite-horizon case”, 2nd IFAC Symp. on Robust Control Design, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 471-476, 1997.

[f40]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “How to ensure existence and convergence of the discrete-time finite-horizon H-filter”, ECC 97, European Control Conference, Brussels, Belgium, 1997.

[f41]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Robustness in adaptive filtering: how much is enough?”, 36th Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 4677-4679, 1997.

[f42]  M. Maroni, P. Bolzern, G. De Nicolao, U. Shaked, “Convergence issues in sampled-data H-filtering”, MTNS ’98, Padova, Italy, pp. 301-304, 1998.

[f43]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, D. Liberati, “Robust estimation of urea concentration during dialytic treatment”, 1998 IEEE Int. Conf. on Control Applications, Trieste, Italy, pp. 75-79, 1998.

[f44]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Gamma-recalibration of a class of H-filters”, 1999 American Control Conference, San Diego, USA, pp. 2896-2897, 1999.

[f45]  P. Bolzern, R. M. DeSantis, A. Locatelli, “On the control of an articulated vehicle via input-output linearization”, 3rd Int. Conf. on Industrial Automation, Montreal, Canada, pp. 3.21-3.24, 1999.

[f46]  M. Maroni, P. Bolzern, “On the feasibility and convergence of H multistep predictors”, 7th IEEE Mediterranean Conf. on Control and Automation, Haifa, Israel, pp. 1324-1332, 1999.

[f47] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On H robust tracking of time-varying parameters”, 38th Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, USA, pp. 3165-3167, 1999.

[f48]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, U. Shaked “H bounds for Wiener filtering and state-feedback control with actuator disturbances”, 3rd IFAC Symp. on Robust Control Design, Prague, Czech Republic, 2000.

[f49]  A. Astolfi, P. Bolzern, A. Locatelli, “Path-tracking of a tractor-trailer vehicle via Lyapunov techniques”, European Control Conference 2001, Porto, Portugal, pp. 451-456, 2001.

[f50]  P. Bolzern, A. Locatelli, “A comparative study of different solutions to the path-tracking problem for an articulated vehicle”, IEEE Conf. on Control Applications CCA2002, Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 427-434, 2002.

[f51]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “H smoothing in discrete-time: a direct approach”, 41st Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, USA, pp. 4233-4238, 2002.

[f52]  P. Bolzern, W. Spinelli, “Quadratic stabilization of a switched affine system about a nonequilibrium point”, 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, USA, pp. 3890-3895, 2004.

[f53]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “On almost sure stability of discrete-time Markov jump linear systems”, 43rd Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, pp. 3204-3208, 2004.

[f54] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of continuous-time Markov jump linear systems: a randomized approach”, 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 2005.

[f55] M. Tanelli, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “On almost sure stabilization of continuous-time Markov jump linear systems”, 2005 IEEE Int. Symp. on Intelligent Control, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 237-242, 2005.

[f56]  W. Spinelli, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “A note on optimal control of autonomous switched systems on a finite time interval”, 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 5947-5952, 2006.

[f57]  W. Spinelli, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Computation of lower bounds for the optimal quadratic cost of linear switched systems”, 2006 American Control Conference, Minneapolis, USA, pp. 5444-5449, 2006.

[f58]  R. Scattolini, A. Miotti, G. Lorini, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, N. Schiavoni, “Modeling, simulation and control of an automotive gasoline engine”, 2006 IEEE Int. Conference on Control Applications, Munich, Germany, pp. 2748-2753, 2006.

[f59]  M. Tanelli, B. Picasso, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “On robust almost sure stabilization of continuous-time Markov jump linear systems”, 45th Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 2649-2654, 2006.

[f60]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of stochastic linear systems with ergodic parameters: an average contractivity criterion”, 45th Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, pp. 950-954, 2006.

[f61]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of stochastic linear systems with ergodic parameters: a small gain theorem”, European Control Conference, ECC’07, Kos, Greece, pp. 5060-5064, 2007.

[f61]  L. Galbusera, M. P. E. Marciandi, P. Bolzern, G. Ferrari-Trecate, “Control schemes based on the wave equation for consensus in multi-agent systems with double-integrator dynamics”, 46th Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, pp. 1498-1503, 2007.

[f62]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Mean square stability of Markov jump linear systems with piecewise constant transition rates under dwell-time specifications”, European Control Conference, ECC’09, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 3233-3238, 2009.

[f63]  I. Boniolo, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, M. Corless, R. Shorten, “Limit cycles in switching capacitor systems: a Lur’e approach”, European Control Conference, ECC’09, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 2103-2109, 2009.

[f64]  C. Spelta, M. Cutini, S. A. Bertinotti, S. M. Savaresi, F. Previdi, C. Bisaglia, P. Bolzern, “A new concept of semi-active suspension with controllable damper and spring”, European Control Conference, ECC’09, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 4410-4415, 2009.

[f65]  C. Spelta, F. Previdi, S. M. Savaresi, P. Bolzern, M. Cutini, C. Bisaglia, “A novel control strategy for semi-active suspensions with variable damping and stiffness”, 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, pp. 4582-4587, 2010.

[f66]  L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, “H control of time-delay switched systems by state-dependent switching”, 9th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems”, Prague, Czech Republic, 2010.

[f67]  J. C. Geromel, P. Colaneri, P. Bolzern, “Analysis and control synthesis of continuous-time passive switched linear systems”, IEEE 26-th Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, Eilat, Israel, pp. 333-337, 2010.

[f68]  L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, G. S. Deaecto, J. C. Geromel, “Output-feedback stabilization of time-delay switched linear systems”, 18th IFAC World Congress”, Milano, Italy, pp. 1279-1284, 2011.

[f69]  L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, “An algorithm for the H control of switched linear systems via Hamilton-Jacobi-Isaacs formulation”, 18th IFAC World Congress”, Milano, Italy, pp. 368-373, 2011.

[f70]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Almost sure stability of Markov jump linear systems with dwell-time constrained switching dynamics”, 50th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC’11), Orlando, USA, pp. 5461-5466, 2011.

[f71]  G. S. Deaecto, J. C. Geromel, L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, “Extended small gain theorem with application to time-delay switched linear systems”, 51st IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Maui, USA, pp. 2660-2665, 2012.

[f72]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “On the interplay between periodic switches and uncontrolled jumps in linear discrete-time systems”, European Control Conference, ECC 2013, Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 3730-3735, 2013.

[f73]  L. Galbusera, P. Bolzern, “State feedback H control of time-delay switched linear systems: a descriptor approach”, European Control Conference, ECC 2013, Zürich, Switzerland, pp. 4436-4441, 2013.

[f74]  P. Bolzern, G. S. Deaecto, L. Galbusera, “State and output feedback control of switched linear systems with time-varying delay”, 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, pp. 1578-1583, 2013.

[f75]  P. Bolzern, D. Cerotti, P. Colaneri, M. Gribaudo, “Probabilistic consensus in Markovian multi-agent networks”, European Control Conference, ECC 2014, Strasbourg, France, pp. 558-563, 2014.

[f76]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Design of stabilizing strategies for dual switching stochastic-deterministic linear systems”, IFAC World Congress 2014, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 4080-4084, 2014.

[f77]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Stabilization via switching of positive Markov jump linear systems”, 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, USA, pp. 2359-2364, 2014.

[f78]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “H co-design for discrete-time dual switching linear systems”, European Control Conference, ECC 2015, Linz, Austria, pp. 1736-1741, 2015.

[f79]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Mean stability and stabilization of positive linear systems subject to mode-dependent Poisson jumps”, IFAC World Congress 2017,Toulouse, France, pp. 2082-2087, 2017.

[f80]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Mean square stability of linear systems with Poisson jumps”, 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 624-628, 2017.

[f81]  Y. Chen, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, Y. Bo, B. Du, “Analysis of performance and state-feedback design for MJLS in polyhedral cones”, 23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2018), Hong Kong, pp. 543-550, 2018.

[f82]  Y. Chen, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, Y. Bo, B. Du, “Stability and stabilization for Markov Jump Linear Systems in polyhedral cones”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, USA, pp. 4779-4784, 2018.

[f83]  P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Opinion dynamics in social networks with heterogeneous Markovian agents”, 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami, USA, pp. 6180-6185, 2018.

(g) Articoli pubblicati in atti di congressi italiani

[g1]   G. Ambrosino, A. Balestrino, P. Bolzern, F. Garofalo, “Un modello stocastico per la previsione a breve termine della velocità del vento”, Convegno delle Unità Operative CNR afferenti ai sottoprogetti Risorse Biologiche e Inquinamento Marino, Roma, pp. 1039-1046, 1981.

[g2]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Proprietà strutturali e decomposizione canonica dei sistemi lineari a tempo discreto”, 1° Convegno su Identificazione, Controllo e Ottimizzazione dei Sistemi Dinamici, Como, pp. 27-30, 1984.

[g3]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. Guardabassi, “Controllabilità dei sistemi periodici: quindici anni dopo”, 1° Convegno su Identificazione, Controllo e Ottimizzazione dei Sistemi Dinamici, Como, pp. 23-26, 1984.

[g4]   D. Bertin, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Identificazione ricorsiva: neutralizzazione dei fenomeni di blow-up mediante un algoritmo di oblio direzionale”, 2° Convegno su Identificazione, Controllo e Ottimizzazione dei Sistemi Dinamici, Como, pp. 61-65, 1985.

[g5]   P. Bolzern, A. Locatelli, G. De Nicolao, “L’utilizzazione di MATLAB nel CAD dei sistemi di controllo”, Convegno ANIPLA su Supporti e Strumenti Avanzati per il Progetto e la Gestione dei Sistemi di Automazione, Milano, pp. 3-17, 1991.

[g6]   P. Bolzern, C. Daolio, I. Dosi, A. Locatelli, “ICM: un pacchetto didattico per la presentazione dei problemi di controllo di un manipolatore”, Workshop ANIPLA su Simulazione dei Sistemi Robotici, Milano, pp. 533-545, 1991.

[g7]   P. Bolzern, A. Casati, A. Locatelli, M. Maroni, “Controllori robusti per il supporto alla guida di autoveicoli a quattro ruote sterzanti”, 39° Convegno ANIPLA, Automazione ’95, Bari, pp. 41-46, 1995. (see also [e2])

(h) Articoli presentati in congressi internazionali (senza atti)

[h1]   P. Bolzern, M. Ferrario, G. Fronza, “Adaptive real-time forecast of river flow-rates from rainfall data”, Incontro su Estremi Idrologici e Modelli di Previsione, Perugia, Italy, 1978.

[h2]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Computer simulation of a real-time control scheme of air quality”, Simulation 80, Interlaken, Switzerland, 1980.

[h3]   P. Bolzern, G. Fronza, “Weather-sensitive versus weather-insensitive simulation models of the short-term electric load”, Symp. on Applied Modelling and Simulation, Paris, France, 1982.

[h4]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, G. Guardabassi, “Some critical issues on the state-representation of time-varying ARMA models”, 2nd German-Italian Symp. on the Application of Mathematics in Technology, Lambrecht, Germany, 1986.

[h5]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Periodic Lyapunov and Riccati equations: recent results on the inertia of the periodic solutions, SIAM Conf. on Linear Algebra in Signals, Systems and Control, Boston, USA, 1986.

[h6]   S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, E. Coletti, “Deterministic convergence analysis of RLS estimators with directional forgetting”, MTNS ‘87, Phoenix, USA, 1987.

[h7]   P. Bolzern, “On the robustness of linear estimators in the face of parameter uncertainty”, Swedish-Italian Workshop on New Perspectives in Modelling and Identification with Applications, Stockholm, Sweden, 1993.

[h8]   P. Lupano, A. Montefusco, P. Bolzern, S. Bittanti, “Problems of quality assurance in silicon wafers production”, II Congresso Nazionale SIMAI, Anacapri, Italy, 1994.

[h9]   P. Bolzern, “Robust filtering and prediction of linear systems with uncertain parameters”, NATO-ASI From Identification to Learning, Como, Italy 1994.

[h10] G. Poncia, S. Bittanti, P. Bolzern, “Extended Kalman filter techniques for the estimation of nonlinear systems with application to power plants”, 2nd Italian-Latinamerican Conf. on Applied and Industrial Mathematics, ITLA 97, Roma, Italy, 1997.

[h11] P. Bolzern, F. Cheli, G. Falciola, F. Resta, “Estimation of the nonlinear suspension-tyre cornering forces from experimental road test data”, 15th IAVSD Symp. Dynamics of Vehicles on roads and tracks, Budapest, Hungary, 1997.

[h12] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao, “Robustness and performance in adaptive filtering”, Workshop on Robustness in Identification and Control, Siena, Italy, 1998.

[h13] P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, “Positive Markov jump linear systems with applications”, COOPS Workshop, Osaka, Japan, 2015.

(i) Libri, dispense e cd-rom

[i1]    P. Bolzern, N. Schiavoni, Elementi di Automatica – Esercizi, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1990.

[i2]    P. Bolzern, Elementi di Automatica – Sistemi a tempo discreto e Controllo digitale, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1993.

[i3]    P. Bolzern, Programmi MEDEA, Ed. Masson, Milano, 1994.

[i4]    P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, N. Schiavoni, Fondamenti di Controlli Automatici, McGraw-Hill, Milano, 1998.

[i5]    P. Bolzern, G. Guariso, L. Piroddi, F. Previdi, LaureaOnLine – Materiali didattici per il corso di Fondamenti di Automatica, Somedia, Milano, 2001.

[i6]    P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, N. Schiavoni, Fondamenti di Controlli Automatici – 2° ed., McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2004.

[i7]    P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, N. Schiavoni, Fondamenti di Controlli Automatici – 3° ed., McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2008.

[i8]    P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, N. Schiavoni, Fundamentos de Control Automatico, McGraw-Hill, Madrid, 2009.

[i9]    P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, A. Locatelli, Controllo e filtraggio in H2 e H: un approccio nel dominio delle frequenze, PoliPress, Milano, 2010.

[i10]  P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini, N. Schiavoni, Fondamenti di Controlli Automatici – 4° ed., McGraw-Hill, Milano, 2015.