Publications (Journal, Conference, Book, Thesis)

A. Journal Articles (Published/Accepted)

  1. H. Sahota, R. Kumar and A. Kamal, "A Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture and its Performance", Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Accepted (Sep. 2011)
  2. S. Xu, R. Kumar, and A. Pinto, "Correct-by-Construction and Optimal Network Synthesis for Distributed Control/Embedded Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Accepted (July 2011).
  3. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Distributed Prognosis of Discrete Event Systems under Bounded-Delay Communications", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Accepted (May 2011).
  4. C. Zhou and R. Kumar,"Finite Bisimulation of Reactive Untimed Infinite State Systems Modeled as Automata with Variables", Accepted (April 2011).
  5. L. Ouedraogo, R. Kumar, R. Malik and K. Akesson, "Nonblocking and Safe Control of Systems modeled as Extended Finite Automata", IEEE Transactions on on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 560-569, volume 8, number 3, 2011.
  6. C. Zhou, and R. Kumar, "Bisimilarity Enforcement for Discrete Event Systems using Deterministic Control", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, DOI 10.1109/TAC.2011.2161790, July 2011.
  7. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Inference-based Decentralized Prognosis in Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 165-171, volume 56, number 1, 2011.
  8. S. Bhattacharyya, R. Kumar and Z. Huang, "A Discrete Event Systems Approach to Network Fault Management: Detection and Diagnosis of Faults", Asian Journal of Control, pages 1-14, volume 13, number 4, 2011.
  9. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Semantic Translation of Simulink Diagrams to Input/Output Extended Finite Automata", Journal of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems, DOI 10.1007/s10626-010-0096- 1, Dec. 2010.
  10. S. Xu, S. Jiang, and R. Kumar, "Diagnosis of Dense-time Systems Using Digital Clocks", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering pages 870-878, volume 7, number 4, 2010.
  11. S. Xu and R. Kumar, "Real-Time Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems using Digital- Clocks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 2003-2013, volume 55, number 9, 2010.
  12. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Synthesis of Over-Approximating Inference-based Decentralized Supervisors for Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1881-1887, volume 55, number 8, 2010.
  13. S. Jiang, R. Kumar, S. Takai, and W. Qiu, "Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems with Multiple Local Specifications", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 512-522, volume 7, number 3, 2010.
  14. L. Jin, R. Kumar, and N. Elia, "Reachability analysis based transient stability design in power system", International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, pages 782-787, volume 32, 2010.
  15. L. Jin, R. Kumar, and N. Elia, "Model Predictive Control based Power System Protection Schemes", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pages 988-998, volume 25, number 2, 2010.
  16. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Decentralized Diagnosis for Non failures of Discrete Event Systems Using Inference-based Ambiguity Management", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A, pages 406-412, volume 40, number 2, 2010.
  17. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Decentralized Prognosis of Failures in Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 48-59, volume 55, no. 1, 2010.
  18. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Inference-based Ambiguity Management in Decentralized Decision- Making: Decentralized Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 479-491, volume 6, number 3, July 2009.
  19. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Computation of Diagnosable Fault-Occurrence Indices for Systems with Repeatable-Faults", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1477-1489, volume 54,number 7, July 2009.
  20. H. Liu, L. Jin, J. McCalley, R. Kumar, V. Ajjarapu, and N. Elia, "Planning Reconfigurable Reactive Control for Voltage Stability Limited Power Systems", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, pages 1029-1038, volume 24, number 2, 2009.
  21. W. Qiu, Q. Wen, and R. Kumar, "Decentralized Diagnosis of Event-Driven Systems for Safely Reacting to Failure", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, page 362-366, volume 6, number 2, 2009.
  22. W. Qiu, R. Kumar, and V. Chandra, "Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems Using Prioritized Composition with Exclusion", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control pages 2425- 2430, volume 53, number 10, 2008.
  23. J. Huang, and R. Kumar, "Directed Control of Discrete Event Systems for Safety and Nonblocking", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 620-629, volume 5,number 4, 2008.
  24. Q. Wen, R. Kumar, J. Huang, and H. Liu, "A Framework for Fault-Tolerant Control of Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1839-1849, volume 53, number 9, 2008.
  25. J. Huang, and R. Kumar, "Optimal Nonblocking Directed Control of Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1592-1603, volume 53, number 7, 2008.
  26. W. Qiu and R. Kumar, "Distributed Diagnosis Under Bounded-Delay Communication of Immediately Forwarded Local Observations", IEEE Transactions on System, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A, pages 628-643, volume 38, number 3, 2008.
  27. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Synthesis of Inference-based Decentralized Control for Discrete Event Systems" , IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ,pages 522-534, volume 53, number 2, 2008.
  28. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Prioritized Synchronization under Mask for Interaction/Control of Partially Observed Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 101-112, volume 5, number 1, 2008.
  29. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Inference-based Ambiguity Management in Decentralized Decision- Making: Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1783-1794, volume 52, number 10, 2007
  30. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Bisimilarity Control of Partially Observed Deterministic Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1642-1653, volume 52, number 9, Sept. 2007.
  31. J. Huang, and R. Kumar, "An Optimal Directed Control Framework for Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernatics, Part A,  pages 780-791, volume 37, number 5, Sept. 2007.
  32. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Systems for Simulation Equivalence", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 340-349, volume 4, number 3, July 2007.
  33. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "A Small Model Theorem for Bisimilarity Control Under Partial Observation", IEEE Transactions on Automated Science and Engineering, pages 93-97, volume 4,number 1, 2007.
  34. W. Qiu, R. Kumar, and S. Jiang, "Decidability of Distributed Diagnosis under Unbounded-Delay Communication", IEEE Transactions  on Automatic Control, pages 114-117, volume 52, number 1, 2007.
  35. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and S. Jiang, "Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Systems for Bisimulation Equivalence", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control pages 754-765, volume 51, number 5, 2006.
  36. S. Jiang and R. Kumar, "Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems with CTL* Temporal Logic Specifications", SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, pages 2079-2103, volume 44, number 6, 2006.
  37. S. Jiang and R. Kumar, "Diagnosis of Repeated Failures for Discrete Event Systems with Linear- Time Temporal Logic Specifications", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 47-59, 3(1), 2006.
  38. W. Qiu and R. Kumar, "Decentralized failure diagnosis of discrete event systems", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man & Cybernetics - Part A, pages 384-395, volume 36, number 2, 2006.
  39. A. Arapostathis, R. Kumar, and S.P. Hsu, "Control of Markov Chains with Safety Bounds", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 333-343, 2(2), 2005.
  40. S. Takai, R. Kumar, and T. Ushio, "Characterization of Co-observable Languages and Formulae for their Super/Sub-Languages", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 434-447, 50(4), 2005.
  41. R. Kumar, S. Takai, M. Fabian, and T. Ushio, "Mutually & Globally Nonblocking Supervision with Application to Switching Control". Automatica, pages 1299-1312, volume 41, 2005.
  42. R. Kumar, S. Jiang, C. Zhou, and W. Qiu. "Polynomial synthesis of supervisor for partially observed discrete event systems by allowing nondeterminism in control". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 463-475, volume 50, number 4, 2005.
  43. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "On Computation of State Avoidance Control for Infinite State Systems in Assignment Program Model". IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 87-91, Volume 2, number 2, 2005.
  44. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems with Linear- time Temporal Logic Fault Specifications". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 934-945, volume 49, number 6, 2004.
  45. F. Balduzzi and R. Kumar. "Hybrid Automata Model of Manufacturing Systems and its Optimal Control Subject to Logical Constraints". International Journal of Hybrid Systems, pages 61-80, volume 3, number 1, 2003.
  46. R. Kumar and Z. Luo. "Optimizing the Operation Sequence of a Chip Placement Machine using TSP Model". IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, pages 14-21, volume 26, number 1, 2003.
  47. A. Arapostathis, R. Kumar, and S. Tangirala. "Controlled Markov Chains with Safety Upper Bounds". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1230-1234, volume 48, number 7, 2003.
  48. V. Chandra, Z. Huang, W. Qiu, and R. Kumar. "Prioritized Composition with Exclusion and Generation for the Interaction and Control of Discrete Event Systems". Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, pages 255-280, volume 9, number 3, 2003.
  49. Z. Huang, V. Chandra, S. Jiang, and R. Kumar. "Modeling Discrete Event Systems with Faults using a Rules Based Modeling Formalism". Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, pages 233-254, volume 9, number 3, 2003.
  50. S. Jiang, R. Kumar, and H. E. Garcia. "Diagnosis of Repeated/Intermittent Failures in Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, pages 310-323, volume 19, number 2, April 2003.
  51. S. Jiang, R. Kumar, and H. E. Garcia. "Optimal Sensor Selection for Discrete Event Systems with Partial Observation". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 369-381, volume 48, number 3, March 2003.
  52. V. Chandra, Z. Huang, and R. Kumar. "Automated Control Synthesis for an Assembly Line using Discrete Event System Control Theory". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part C, pages 284-289, volume 33, number 2, 2003.
  53. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Systems with Driven Events via Masked Prioritized Synchronization". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1438-1449, volume 47, number 9, 2002.
  54. V. Chandra and R. Kumar. "A Event Occurrence Rules based Compact Modeling Formalism for a Class of Discrete Event Systems". Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, pages 49-73, volume 8, number 1, 2002.
  55. V. Chandra and R. Kumar. "A Discrete Event Systems Modeling Formalism Based on Event Occurrence Rules and Precedences". IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, pages 785-794, volume 16, number 6, December 2001.
  56. S. Jiang, Z. Huang, V. Chandra, and R. Kumar. "A Polynomial Algorithm for Testing Diagnosability of Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1318-1321, volume 46, no. 8, 2001.
  57. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Control of Stochastic Discrete Event Systems Modeled by Probabilistic Languages". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, volume 46, number 4, pages 593-606, April 2001.
  58. R. Kumar and J. A. Stover. "A Behavior-Based Intelligent Control Architecture with Application to Coordination of Underwater Vehicles". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans, pages 767-784, volume 30, number 6, Nov. 2000.
  59. R. Kumar and M. Heymann. "Masked Prioritized Synchronization for Interaction and Control of Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1970-1982, volume 45, number 11, Nov. 2000.
  60. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems with Specializations to Local Control and Concurrent Systems". IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part B: Cybernetics, pages 653-660, volume 30, number 5, Oct. 2000.
  61. M. Fabian and R. Kumar. "Mutually Nonblocking Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems". Automatica, pages 1863-1869, volume 36, 2000.
  62. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "Process Objects and Masked Composition: An Object Oriented Approach for Modeling and Control of Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1864-1869, volume 44, number 10, October 1999.
  63. R. Ganguli, J. C. Yingling, J. Sottile, and R. Kumar. "Optimal control of coal segregation using on-line analyzers". Mining Engineering, pages 41-47, volume 51, number 4, 1999.
  64. V. K. Garg, R. Kumar, and S. I. Marcus. "Probabilistic Language Framework for Stochastic Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 280-293, volume 44, number 2, 1999.
  65. Z. Luo, R. Kumar, J. Sottile, and J. Yingling. "An MILP Formulation for Load- Side Demand Control". Electric Machines and Power Systems, pages 935-949, volume 26, number 9, Nov. 1998.
  66. R. Kumar, H. M. Cheung, and S. I. Marcus. "Extension based Limited Lookahead Supervision of Discrete Event Systems". Automatica, pages 1327-1344, volume 34, number 11, 1998.
  67. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Formulae relating Controllability, Observability and Co-Observability". Automatica, pages 211-215, volume 34, number 2, March 1998.
  68. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Centralized and Decentralized Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Systems Under Partial Observation". SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, pages 363-383, volume 35, number 2, March 1997.
  69. R. Kumar, S. Nelvagal, and S. I. Marcus. "A Discrete Event Systems Approach for Protocol Conversion". Journal of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems: Theory and Applications, pages 295-315, volume 7, number 3, June 1997.
  70. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Non-blocking Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Systems via Prioritized Synchronization". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1160-1175, volume 41, number 8, August 1996.
  71. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Corrections to Finite Buffer Realization of Input-Output Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 625-627, volume 41, number 4, April 1996.
  72. R. Kumar and L. E. Holloway. "Supervisory Control of Petri Nets with Regular Specifcation Languages". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 245-249, volume 41, number 2, February 1996.
  73. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Extremal Solutions of Inequations over Lattices with Applications to Supervisory Control". Theoretical Computer Science, pages 67-92, volume 148, November 1995.
  74. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Finite Buffer Realization of Input-Output Discrete Event Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1042-1053, volume 40, number 6, June 1995.
  75. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Optimal Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, pages 419-439, volume 33, number 2, March 1995.
  76. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Systems using Prioritized Synchronous Composition and Trajectory Models". SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, pages 469-497, volume 33, number 2, March 1995.
  77. R. Kumar and Haomin Li. "Integer Programming Approach to Printed Circuit Board Assembly Time Optimization". IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, pages 720-727, volume 18, number 4, November 1995.
  78. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Language Stability and Language Stabilizability of Discrete Event Systems". SIAM Journal of Control and Optimization, pages 1294-1320, volume 31, number 5, September 1993.
  79. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Predicates and Predicate Transformers for Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 232-247, volume 38, number 2, February 1993.
  80. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "On Supervisory Control of Sequential Behaviors". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, pages 1978-1985, volume 37, number 12, December 1992.
  81. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "On Controllability and Normality of DEDS". Systems and Control Letters, pages 157-168, volume 17, 1991.
  82. R. D. Brandt, V. K. Garg, R. Kumar, F. Lin, S. I. Marcus, and W. M. Wonham. "Formulas for Calculating Supremal Controllable and Normal Sublanguages". Systems and Control Letters, pages 111-117, volume 15, August 1990.

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B. Refereed Conference Articles (Published/Accepted)

  1. M. Li and R. Kumar, "Stateflow to Extended Finite Automata Translation", 2011 IEEE International Computer Systems and Applications Conference, Munich, July 2011.
  2. M. Li and R. Kumar, "Model-based test generation for Simulink/Stateflow", 2011 Safe and Secure Systems and Software Symposium (S5), Dayton, June 2011.
  3. H. Sahota, R. Kumar and A. Kamal, "Performance Modeling and Simulation Studies of MAC Protocols in Sensor Network Performance", 2011 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, pages 1871-1876, Istanbul, July 2011.
  4. L. Ouedraogo and R. Kumar, "Exact Response Time of FlexRay Communication Protocol", 2011 International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), pages 789-794, Isanbul, July 2011.
  5. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and S. Jiang, "A Formal Analysis Approach of Runtime Data-Log for Embedded Software-Fault Localization" 2011 American Control Conference, pages 5127-5132, San Francisco, June 2011.
  6. L. Ouedraogo, R. Kumar, R. Malik, and K. Akesson, "Symbolic Approach to Nonblocking and Safe Control of Extended Finite Automata" 2010 IEEE Conf. on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 471-476, Toronto, August 2010.
  7. H. Sahota, R. Kumar, and A. Kamal. "An Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Network for Precision Agriculture", 2010 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, pages 347-350, Riccione, Italy, 2010.
  8. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Distributed Prognosis of Discrete Event Systems under Bounded-Delay Communications", 2009 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 1235-1240, Shanghai, China, 2009.
  9. A. Pinto, R. Kumar, and S. Xu, "Synthesis of Wireless Time-Triggered Embedded Networks for Networked Control Systems", 2009 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 397-402, Bangalore, India, 2009.
  10. S. Xu and R. Kumar, "Discrete Event Control under Nondeterministic Partial Observation", 2009 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pages 127-132, Bangalore, India, 2009.
  11. S. Jiang and R. Kumar, "Prevention of Sequential Message Loss in CAN Systems", 2009 IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, pages 479-484, Seattle, July 2009.
  12. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Modeling Simulink Diagrams using Input/Output Extended Finite Automata", 2009 IEEE International Computer Software and Applications Conference, pages 462- 467, Seattle, July 2009.
  13. S. Mitra, R. Kumar, and S. Basu, "A Framework for Optimal Decentralized Service-Choreography" 2009 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, pages 493-500, Los Angeles, CA, July 2009.
  14. H. Liu, L. Jin, J. McCalley, R. Kumar, V. Ajjarapu, and N. Elia, "Planning reconfigurable reactive control for voltage stability limited power systems", 2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, Alberta, Canada, July 2009.
  15. L. Jin and R. Kumar, "Security Constrained Coordinated Dynamic Voltage Stabilization based on Model Predictive Control ", 2009 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, pages 1-8, Alberta, Canada, July 2009.
  16. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Verification and Synthesis for Secrecy in Discrete Event Systems", 2009 American Control Conference, pages 4741-4746, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
  17. S. Xu and R. Kumar, "Distributed State Estimation in Discrete Event Systems", 2009 American Control Conference, pages 4735-4740, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
  18. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "On Identification of Input/Output Extended Automata with Finite Bisimilar Quotients", 2009 American Control Conference, pages 5653-5658, St. Louis, MO, June 2009.
  19. L. Jin and R. Kumar, "Coordinated Dynamic Voltage Stabilization based on Model Predictive Control", 2009 IEEE Power Systems Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, March 2009.
  20. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Inference-Based Decentralized Prognosis in Discrete Event Systems", 2008 IEEE Confernce on Decision and Control, pages 871-876, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008.
  21. L. Jin, R. Kumar, and N. Elia, "Security Constrained Emergency Voltage Stabilization: A Model Predictive Control Based Approach", 2008 IEEE Confernce on Decision and Control, pages 2469-2474, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2008.
  22. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and S. Jiang, "Keynote: Hierarchical Fault Detection in Embedded Control Software", 2008 International Workshop on Software Cybernetics, pages 816-823, Turku, Finland, July 2008. (Invited paper for keynote speech).
  23. S. Mitra, R. Kumar, and S. Basu, "Optimum Decentralized Choreography for Web Service Composition", 2008 International Conference on Service Computing, pages 395-402, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2008.
  24. J. Huang, R. Kumar, A. Kamal, and R. Weber, "Development A Wireless Soil Sensor Network", 2008 American Society of Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering, Providence, RI, June 2008.
  25. Q. Wen, J. Huang, and R. Kumar, "Synthesis of Optimal Fault-tolerant Supervisor for Discrete Event Systems", 2008 American Control Conference, pages 1172-1177, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
  26. S. Xu_and R. Kumar, S. Jiang and S. Ramesh, "A Simulation Condition for Correct Desynchronization", 2008 American Control Conference, pages 1728-1733, Seattle, WA, June 2008.
  27. S. Xu and R. Kumar, "Asynchronous Implementation of Synchronous Discrete Event Control", 2008 Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 181-186, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2008.
  28. R. Kumar, C. Zhou, and S. Jiang, "Safety and Transition-Structure Preserving Abstraction of Hybrid Systems with Inputs/Outputs", 2008 Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 206-211, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2008.
  29. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and R. Sreenivas, "Decentralized Modular Diagnosis of Concurrent Discrete Event Systems", 2008 Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 388-393, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2008.
  30. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Decentralized Prognosis of Failures in Discrete Event Systems", 2008 Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 376-381, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2008.
  31. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and R. S. Sreenivas, "Decentralized Modular Control of Concurrent Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 5918-5923, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007.
  32. S. Xu and R. Kumar, "Control of Dense-time Discrete Event Systems using Digital-Clocks to Observe Event-Occurrence Times", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3399-3404, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007.
  33. S. Basu and R. Kumar, "Quotient-based Control Synthesis for Partially Observed Non-Deterministic Plants with Mu-Calculus Specifications", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 5294 - 5299, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 2007.
  34. S. Mitra, S. Basu, and R. Kumar, "Local and On-the-fly Choreography-based Web Service Composition", 2007 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence, pages 521- 527, Fremont, CA, Nov. 2007.
  35. S. Bhattacharyya, R. Kumar, S. Tangirala, and L. E. Holloway, "Automated Coordinator Synthesis for Mission Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", MTS/IEEE Oceans 2007, pages 1-10, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 2007.
  36. Shigemasa Takai and Ratnesh Kumar, "Inference-Diagnosability: Nonconvergence and Other Complexity Results", Proceedings of SICE Annual Conference 2007, pages 533-539, Takamatsu, Japan, Sept. 2007.
  37. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, D. Bhatt, K. Schloegel, and D. Cofer, "A Framework of Hierarchical Requirements Patterns for Specifying Systems of Interconnected Simulink/Stateflow Modules", Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Boston, MA, July 2007.
  38. S. Mitra, R. Kumar, and S. Basu, "Automated Choreographer Synthesis for Web Services Composition Using I/O Automata", 2007 IEEE International Conference on Web Services, pages 364-371, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2007.
  39. Q. Wen*, J. Huang*, H. Liu*, and R. Kumar, "Fault-Tolerant Control of Discrete Event Systems: Formulation and Existence Results", 2007 Workshop Dependable Control of Discrete Systems, Paris, France, June 2007. (Invited Paper).
  40. W. Qiu and R. Kumar, "A Protocol for Distributed State-Estimation in Discrete Event Systems", 2007 Workshop Dependable Control of Discrete Systems, Paris, France, June 2007. (Invited Paper)
  41. L. Jin, R. Kumar, and N. Elia, "Application of Model Predictive Control in Voltage stabilization", American Control Conference, pages 5916 - 5921, New York City, NY, July 2007.
  42. Q. Wen, R. Kumar, J. Huang, and H. Liu, "Weakly Fault-Tolerant Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems", American Control Conference, pages 5649 - 5654, New York City, NY, July 2007.
  43. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Synthesis of Over-Approximating Inference-based Decentralized Supervisor for Discrete Event Systems", American Control Conference, pages 4268-4273, New York City, NY, July 2007.
  44. J. Huang and R. Kumar, "Optimal Nonblocking Directed Control of Discrete Event Systems", American Control Conference, pages 4285-4290, New York City, NY, July 2007.
  45. J. Ashley, L. E. Holloway and R. Kumar, "Qualitative Diagnosis of Condition Systems for Multiple Subsystem Failures", American Control Conference, pages 5657-5663, New York City, NY, July 2007.
  46. S. Basu and R. Kumar, "Quotient-based Control Synthesis for Non-Deterministic Plants with Mu-Calculus Specifications", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 6041-6046, San Diego, CA, December 2006.
  47. S. Takai+ and R. Kumar, "Synthesis of Inference-Based Decentralized Control for Discrete Event Systems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 410-415, San Diego, CA, December 2006.
  48. G. Stamp, Y. Ong, R. Kumar, and C. Zhou "DECADA: Tool for Discrete-Event Control and Diagnosis Analysis", 2006 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 396-397, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2006. (Invited paper)
  49. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Prioritized Synchronization under Mask for Interaction/Control Event Driven Systems", 2006 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 21-26, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2006.
  50. S. Takai and R. Kumar, "Decentralized Diagnosis for Non-failures of Discrete Event Systems using Inference-based Ambiguity Management", 2006 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 242-247, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2006.
  51. S. Jiang and R. Kumar, "Diagnosis of Dense-Time Systems Using Digital Clocks", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 6051-6056, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  52. J. Huang and R. Kumar, "Directed Control of Discrete Event Systems: An Optimization Based Approach", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 4141-4146, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  53. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Inference-based Ambiguity Management in Decentralized Decision Making: Decentralized Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 6069-6074, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  54. W. Qiu_ and R. Kumar, "A New Protocol for Distributed Diagnosis", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 6063-6068, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  55. R. Kumar, C. Zhou, and S. Basu, "Finite Bisimulation of Reactive Untimed Infinite State Systems Modeled as Automata with Variables", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 6057-6062, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  56. M. O'Connor, S. Tangirala, R. Kumar, S. Bhattacharyya, M. Sznaier, and L. E. Holloway, "A Bottom-up Approach to Verification of Hybrid Model-Based Hierarchical Controllers with application to Underwater Vehicles", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 4267-4272, Mineapolis, June 2006.
  57. S. Bhattacharyya, R. Kumar, S. Tangirala, M. O’Connor, and L. E. Holloway, "Animation/Simulation of Missions for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles with Hybrid-Model based Hierarchical Mission Control Architecture", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 4273-4278, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  58. S.-P. Hsu, A. Arapostathis, and R. Kumar, "Markov Decision Processes with Strict-Sense Constraints", 2006 American Control Conference, pages 4516-4521, Minneapolis, June 2006.
  59. H. Liu, L. Jin, J. McCalley, R. Kumar, and V. Ajjarapu, "Planning Minimum Reactive Compensation to Mitigate Voltage Instability", 2006 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting, pages 1-7, Montreal, Canada, June 2006.
  60. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Bisimilarity Control under Partial Observation of Deterministic Plants", 2005 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 24-29, Spain, Dec. 2005. (Invited paper)
  61. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Computation of Diagnosable Fault-Occurrence Indices for Systems with Repeatable-Faults", 2005 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 6311-6316, Spain, Dec. 2005.
  62. J. Huang and R. Kumar. "Nonblocking Directed Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2005 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Spain, Dec. 2005.
  63. R. Kumar and S. Takai, "Inference-based Ambiguity Management in Decentralized Decision-Making: Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2005 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Spain, Dec. 2005.
  64. R. Kumar and S. Takai. "Inference-based Decentralized Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems". 2005 SICE Symposium on Systems and Information, pages 337-342, Fukuoka, Japan, Nov. 2005.
  65. L. Jin, H. Liu, R. Kumar, J. McCalley, N. Elia, and V. Ajjarapu. "Power System Transient Stability Design using Reachability based Stability-Region Computaiton". Annual North American Power Symposium, Ames, IA, Oct. 2005.
  66. H. Liu, L. Jin, J. McCalley, R. Kumar, and V. Ajjarapu. "Linear Complexity Search Algorithm to Locate Shunt and Series Compensation for Enhancing Voltage Stability". Annual North American Power Symposium, Ames, IA, Oct. 2005.
  67. R. Kumar and S. Takai. "Inference-based Decentralized Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems". Proceedings of the 15th Intelligent Systems Symposium, pages 165-170, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 2005.
  68. Matt O'Connor, Sekhar Tangirala, Ratnesh Kumar, John Dzielski and Mario Sznaier, "A Bottom-Up Approach to Verification of Hybrid Model-Based Hierarchical Controllers with Application to Underwater Vehicles", Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology (UUST05), Durham, NH, 2005.
  69. W. Qiu and R. Kumar, "Decentralized Diagnosis of Event-Driven Systems for Safely Reacting to Failures". IFAC World Congress, Prague, July 2005.
  70. C. Zhou and R. Kumar, "Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems for Bisimulation or Simulation Equivalence", International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and other Models of Concurrency: Workshop on Control of Hybrid and Discrete Event Systems, pages 103-122, Miami, FL, June 2005. (Invited paper)
  71. H. Liu, L. Jin, V. Ajjarapu, R. Kumar, J. D. McCalley, N. Elia, and V. Vittal. "Reachability Analysis Based Minimal Load Shedding Determination". 2005 IEEE Power Eng. Society General Meeting, San Franciso, CA, June 2005.
  72. L. Jin, H. Liu, R. Kumar, V. Ajjarapu, J. D. McCalley, N. Elia, and V. Vittal. "An Application of Reachable Set Analysis in Power System Transient Stability Assessment". 2005 IEEE Power Eng. Society General Meeting, San Franciso, CA, June 2005.
  73. C. Zhou and R. Kumar. "Small Model Theorem for Bisimilarity Control under Partial Observation". 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 2005.
  74. C. Zhou and R. Kumar. "Interaction and Control of Discrete Event Systems via Prioritized Synchronous Composition under Mask". 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 2005.
  75. W. Qiu and R. Kumar. "Distributed Failure Diagnosis Under Bounded Delay Using Immediate Observation Passing Protocol". 2005 American Control Conference, Portland, OR, June 2005.
  76. S. Tangirala, R. Kumar, S. Bhattacharyya, M. O'Connor, and L. E. Holloway, "Hybrid-Model based Hierarchical Mission Control Architecture for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles", 2005 American Control Conference, pages 678-673, Portland, OR, June 2005.
  77. C. Zhou and R. Kumar. "Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Systems for Simulation Equivalence". 2004 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 2004.
  78. W. Wu, A. Arapostathis, and R. Kumar. "On Non-Stationary Policies and Maximal Invariant Safe Sets of Controlled Markov Chains". 2004 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 2004.
  79. W. Qiu and R. Kumar. "Decentralized Nondeterministic Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2004 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 2004.
  80. R. Kumar, S. Takai, M. Fabian, and T. Ushio. "Maximally permissive mutually and globally nonblocking supervisors for discrete event systems". International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, Reims, France, September 2004.
  81. W. Qiu and R. Kumar. "Decentralized Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems". International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, Reims, France, September 2004.
  82. H. Liu, J. McCalley, R. Kumar, N. Elia, V. Ajjarapu, and V. Vittal. "Planning Power System Hybrid Control for Transmission Enhancement". Annual North American Power Symposium, Moscow, ID, August 2004.
  83. J. McCalley, R. Kumar, N. Elia, V. Ajjarapu, V. Vittal, H. Liu, L. Jin, O. Volij, and W. Shang, "Planning of Reconfigurable Power Systems". Electric Power Network Efficiency and Security (EPNES) Workshop, Puerto Rico, 2004. (Invited paper)
  84. R. Kumar, S. Jiang, C. Zhou, and W. Qiu. "Control using nondeterministic supervisors for partially observed discrete event systems". Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, 4472-4476, Boston, MA, June 2004.
  85. C. Zhou, R. Kumar, and S. Jiang. "Control of nondeterministic discrete event systems for bisimulation equivalence". Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, pages 4488-4492, Boston, MA, June 2004.
  86. W. Qiu, R. Kumar, and V. Chandra. "Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems Using Prioritized Composition with Exclusion". Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, pages 4483-4487, Boston, MA, June 2004.
  87. Z. Huang, S. Bhattacharyya, V. Chandra, S. Jiang, and R. Kumar. "Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems in Rules-based Model using First-order Linear Temporal Logic". Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, 5114-5119, Boston, MA, June 2004.
  88. S. Bhattacharyya, Z. Huang, V. Chandra, and R. Kumar. "Discrete Event Systems Approach to Network Fault Management: Detection and Diagnosis of Faults". Proceedings of 2004 American Control Conference, pages 5108-5113, Boston, MA, June 2004.
  89. J. McCalley, R. Kumar, N. Elia, V. Ajjarapu, and V. Vittal. "Planning Reconfigurable Power System Control for Transmission Enhancement with Cost Recovery". Electric Power Network Efficiency and Security (EPNES) Workshop, Orlando, FL, 2003.
  90. A. Arapostathis, R. Kumar, and S.-P. Hsu. "State-feedback Control of Markov Chains with Safety Bounds". 2003 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 2003.
  91. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Diagnosis of Repeated Failures for Discrete Event Systems with Linear-Time Temporal Logic Specifications". 2003 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 2003.
  92. Z. Huang, V. Chandra, S. Jiang, and R. Kumar. "Diagnosis of Discrete-Event Systems in Rules-based Model using First Order Logic". Workshop on Model Checking and Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, August 2003.
  93. V. Chandra, Z. Huang, and R. Kumar. "Concurrent, Asynchronous, and Generative Interactions for the Modeling and Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2003 American Conference on Control, pages 4010-4015, Denver, CO, June 2003.
  94. S. Takai, R. Kumar, and T. Ushio. "Characterization and Computation of Classes of Co-observable Languages for Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2002 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 578-583, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2002.
  95. Z. Huang, V. Chandra, S. Jiang, and R. Kumar. "Modeling discrete event systems with faults using a rules based modeling formalism". 2002 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 4012-4017, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2002.
  96. S. Jiang, R. Kumar, and H. E. Garcia. "Diagnosis of Repeated Failures in Discrete Event Systems". 2002 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 4000-4005, Las Vegas, NV, Dec. 2002.
  97. V. Chandra and R. Kumar. "An Event Occurrence Rules based Compact Modeling Formalism for a Class of Discrete Event Systems". 2002 American Control Conference, pages 724-729, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2002.
  98. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event Systems with Linear- time Temporal Logic Fault Specifications". 2002 American Control Conference, pages 128-133, Anchorage, Alaska, May 2002.
  99. A. Arapostathis, R. Kumar, and S. Tangirala. "Controlled Markov Chains and Safety Criteria". 2001 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 1675-1680, Orlando, FL.
  100. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems with CTL Temporal Logic Specifications". 2001 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 4122-4127, Orlando, FL, Dec. 2001.
  101. S. Jiang, V. Chandra, and R. Kumar. "Decentralized Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems with Multiple Local Specifications". 2001 American Control Conference, pages 959-964, Arlington, VA, June 2001.
  102. V. Chandra and R. Kumar. "A New Modeling Formalism and Automata Model Generator for a Class of Discrete Event Systems". 2001 American Control Conference, pages 4562-4567, Arlington, VA, June 2001.
  103. V. Chandra, S. R. Mohanty, and R. Kumar. "Automated Control Synthesis for an Assembly Line using Discrete Event Systems Control Theory". 2001 American Control Conference, pages 4956-4961, Arlington, VA, June 2001.
  104. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Modular Decentralized Control of Discrete Event Systems". 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI, July 2000.
  105. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Supervisory control of nondeterministic discrete event systems with driven events via masked prioritized synchronization". IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 2212-2217, Phoenix, AZ, Dec. 1999.
  106. S. Jiang and R. Kumar. "Decentralized Supervisory Control of Concurrent Discrete Event Systems with Partial Observations". 1999 Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana, IL, September 1999.
  107. R. Kumar and J. A. Stover. "The CINET Fuzzy Classifer: Formal Background and Enhancements". IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, pages 314-319, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 1999.
  108. J. A. Stover and R. Kumar. "A Behavior-based Architecture for the Design of Intelligent Controllers for Autonomous Systems". IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, pages 308-313, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 1999.
  109. S. R. Mohanty, V. Chandra, and R. Kumar. "A Computer Implementable Algorithm for Optimal Controller Synthesis for Acyclic Discrete Event Processes". 1999 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Detroit, MI, May 1999.
  110. S. R. Mohanty and R. Kumar. "On the Synthesis of an Optimal Controller for a class of Discrete Event Processes". 1998 International Conference on Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, December 1998.
  111. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Control of Stochastic Discrete Event Systems: Synthesis". 1998 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3299-3304, Tampa, FL, December 1998.
  112. R. Kumar, J. A. Stover, and A. Kiraly. "Discrete Event Modeling of a Behavior-Based Intelligent Control Architecture". 1998 Joint Conference on Information Sciences, pages 288-291, Research Triangle Park, NC, October 1998.
  113. R. Kumar and J. A. Stover. "A Behavior-Based Intelligent Control Architecture". 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, pages 549-553, Gaithers- burg, MD, September 1998.
  114. G. Westerman, C. Stroud, J. R. Heath, and R. Kumar. "Delay fault analysis using discrete event systems approach". 1998 AUTOTESTCON, pages 22-27, Salt Lake City, UT, August 1998.
  115. G. Westerman, R. Kumar, J. R. Heath, and C. E. Stroud. "Discrete event systems approach for delay fault analysis in digital circuits". pages 239-243, 1998 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, June 1998.
  116. R. Kumar and M. Heymann. "Masked prioritized synchronization for interaction and control of Discrete Event Systems". 1997 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 2952-2957, San Diego, December 1997.
  117. M. Fabian and R. Kumar. "Mutually nonblocking supervisory control of Discrete Event Systems". 1997 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 2970-2975, San Diego, December 1997.
  118. R. Kumar and M. Fabian. "On supervisory control of partial speci
    cation arising in protocol conversion".     1997 Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 543-552, Urbana, IL, October 1997.
  119. R. Kumar, H. M. Cheung, and S. I. Marcus. "Extension based Limited Lookahead Supervision of Discrete Event Systems". 1996 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe, Japan, December 1996.
  120. R. Kumar, S. Nelvagal, and S. I. Marcus. "Protocol Conversion using Supervisory Control Techniques". 1996 IEEE CCA/ISIC/CACSD, pages 32-37, Dearborn, MI, September 1996.
  121. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Automata Theoretic Tests for Observability and Co- Observability". 1995 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 919-920, New Orleans, LA, December 1995.
  122. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Assignment Program Model for Control of Infinite State Systems". 1995 Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 166-175, Urbana, IL, October 1995.
  123. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "A New Framework for Supervisory Control". 1995 American Control Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3141-3145, Seattle, WA, June 1995.
  124. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Supervisory Control under Partial Observation of Nondeterministic Systems via Prioritized Synchronization". 1994 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3649-3654, Orlando, FL, December 1994.
  125. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Extremal Solutions of Inequations over Lattices with Applications to Supervisory Control". 1994 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3636-3641, Orlando, FL, December 1994.
  126. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "A New Approach to Supervisory Control". 1994 Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 861- 870, Urbana, IL, September 1994.
  127. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Formula for Supremal-Controllable Languages". 1994 Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 900- 901, Urbana, IL, September 1994.
  128. R. Kumar and Haomin Li. "Assembly Time Optimization for PCB Assembly". 1994 American Control Conference, pages 306-310, Baltimore, MD, June 1994.
  129. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Non-blocking Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Systems". 1994 American Control Conference, pages 1089-1093, Baltimore, MD, June 1994.
  130. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". 1993 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 1188-1193, San Antonio, TX, December 1993.
  131. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Non-blocking Control of Nondeterministic Systems". 1993 Annual Allerton Conference, pages 707-716, Urbana, IL, October 1993.
  132. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Logical Design of a Dispatching Unit". 1993 American Control Conference, pages 1198-1202, San Francisco, CA, July 1993.
  133. R. Kumar. "Formulas for Observability of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". 1993 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, pages 581-586, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 1993.
  134. M. A. Shayman and R. Kumar. "Supervisory Control of Nondeterministic Systems". 1993 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, pages 587-592, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, March 1993.
  135. R. Kumar and L. E. Holloway. "Supervisory Control of Petri Net Languages". 1992 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 1190-1195, Tucson, AZ, December 1992.
  136. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "A State-Variable Approach for Controlling Discrete Event Systems with Infinite States". 1992 American Control Conference, 2809-2813, Chicago, IL, June 1992.
  137. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg and S. I. Marcus. "Using Predicate Transformers for Su- pervisory Control". 1991 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 98-103, Brighton, UK, December 1991.
  138. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Optimal Control of Discrete Event Dynamical Systems using Network Flow Techniques". 1991 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 705-714, Urbana, IL, October 1991.
  139. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Stability of Discrete Event System Behavior". 1991 IFAC Symposium on Distributed Intelligent Systems, pages 13-18, Arlington, VA, August 1991.
  140. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "On-Controllability and -Normality of DEDS". 1991 American Control Conference, pages 2905-2910, Boston, MA, June 1991.
  141. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems: Supremal Controllable and Observable Languages". 1989 Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, pages 501-510, September 1989.

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C. Book Articles

  1. T. Fuhrman, M. Osella and S. Jiang (GM); W. Milam and D. Watson (Ford); R. Hormel (Chrysler); P. Koopman and J. Black (CMU); B. Williams, P. Robertson and C. Wilcox (MIT); R. Kumar and C. Zhou (ISU); "Fault Tolerant Embedded Software", Final Report of USCAR Electrical Architecture Task Force, Jan. 2010.
  2. J. McCalley, R. Kumar, V. Ajjrapu, O. Volij, H. Liu, L. Jin, W. Shang, "Models for Transmission Expansion Planning based on Reconfigurable Capacitor Switching", In Economic Market Design and Planning for Electric Power Systems, Editors J. Momoh and L. Milli, IEEE Press (Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.), 2009.
  3. A. Arapostathis, R. Kumar, and S. Tangirala. "Safety Control of Completely Observed Markov Chains". 5th Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, Ghent, Belgium, August 2000.
  4. R. Kumar and V. K. Garg. "Control of Stochastic Discrete Event Systems: Existence". 1998 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 24-29, Cagliari, Italy, August 1998.
  5. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Supervisory Control of Real-Time Systems Using Prioritized Synchronization". In R. Alur, T. Henzinger, and E. Sontag, editors. Hybrid Systems III, Verification and Control, LNCS 1066, pages 350-361, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  6. R. Kumar, S. Nelvagal, and S. I. Marcus. "Design of Protocol Conversion: A Discrete Event Systems Approach". 1996 International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, pages 7-12, Edinburgh, UK, August 1996.
  7. R. Kumar and Haomin Li. "Optimizing Assembly Time for PCB Assembly". In H. R. Pasaei and T. R. Hanley, editors. Manufacturing Decision and Support Systems, Chapter 11, Chapman and Hall, 1996.
  8. R. Kumar and M. A. Shayman. "Avoiding Blocking in Prioritized Synchronization Based Control of Nondeterministic Systems". In G. Cohen and J.-P. Quadrat, editors. 11th International Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems: Discrete Event Systems, LNCIS 199, pages 49-58, Springer-Verlag, 1994.
  9. R. Kumar, V. K. Garg, and S. I. Marcus. "Stable Behavior and Stabilizing Supervisor for Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". In S. M. Joshi and A. V. Balakrishna, editors. Mathematical Theory of Control, pages 185-203, Marcer Dakker, New York, 1992.

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D. Thesis/Dissertation

  1. R. Kumar. "Supervisory Synthesis Techniques for Discrete Event Dynamical Systems". Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Texas at Austin, August 1991.
  2. R. Kumar and R. Guruprasadh. "Robotics Arm Control Using 68000 Microprocessor System". Bachelors Project Report, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, April 1987.

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