Selected publications

Article

Kaya, İbrahim, Tan, Nusret and Atherton, Derek (2007) Improved cascade control structure for enhanced performance. Journal of Process Control, 17 (1). pp. 3-16. ISSN 0959-1524

Tan, Nusret, Kaya, Ibrahim, Yeroglu, Celaddin and Atherton, Derek P (2006) Computation of Stabilizing PI and PID Controllers using the Stability Boundary Locus. Energy Conservation and Management, 47 (18-19). pp. 3045-3058. ISSN 0196-8904

Tan, Nusret and Atherton, Derek P (2006) Design of Stabilizing PI and PID Controllers. International Journal of Systems Science, 37 (8). pp. 543-554. ISSN 0020-7721

Kaya, Ibrahim, Tan, Nusret and Atherton, Derek P (2006) A Refinement Procedure for PID Controllers. Electrical Engineering, 88 (3). pp. 215-221. ISSN 0948-7921

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Relay autotuning: an overview and alternative approach. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45 (12). pp. 4075-4080. ISSN 0888-5885

Atherton, D P and Bather, J A (2005) Data Fusion for Several Kalman Filters tracking a Single target. Target Tracking 2004: Algorithms and Applications, 152 (5). pp. 372-376. ISSN 1350-2395

Atherton, Derek (2005) Control engineering and the analog computer: academic and industrial machines in Britain. IEEE Control Systems, 25 (3). pp. 63-67. ISSN 0272-1708

Fernandez, M and Atherton, D P (2005) Analysis of Insulin Sensitivity Estimates from Linear Models of Glucose Disappearance. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 167 (1). pp. 528-538. ISSN 0096-3003

Atherton, Derek (2004) Some reflections on analogue simulation and control engineering. Measurement and Control, 37 (10). pp. 300-306. ISSN 0020-2940

Tan, Nusret and Atherton, Derek P (2003) Robustness Analysis of Control Systems with Mixed Perturbations. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 25 (2). pp. 163-184. ISSN 0142-3312

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2003) New approach to assessing the effects of parametric variations in feedback loops. IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications, 150 (2). pp. 101-111. ISSN 1350-2379

Kaya, I and Atherton, D P (2001) Parameter Estimation for Relay Autotuning with Asymmetric Limit Cycle Data. Journal of Process Control, 11 (4). pp. 429-439. ISSN 0959-1524

Angeli, Chrissanthi and Atherton, Derek (2001) A Model-Based Method for an Online Diagnostic Knowledge-Based System. Expert Systems, 18 (3). pp. 150-158. ISSN 0266-4720

Tan, Nusret and Atherton, D P (2000) Stability and Performance Analysis in an Uncertain World. Computing and Control Engineering Journal, 11. pp. 91-101.

Atherton, Derek P (2000) Relay autotuning: a use of old ideas in a new setting. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 22 (1). pp. 103-122. ISSN 0142-3312

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2000) Frequency Response of Uncertain Systems: A 2q-Convex Parpolygonal Approach. IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications, 147 (5). pp. 547-555. ISSN 1350-2379

Majhi, Somanath and Atherton, Derek (2000) Obtaining Controller Parameters for a New Smith Predictor Using Autotuning. Automatica, 36. pp. 1651-1658.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2000) On-Line Tuning of Controllers for an Unstable FOPDT Process. IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications, 147 (4). pp. 421-427. ISSN 1350-2379

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (1999) Autotuning and controller design for processes with small time delays. IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications, 146 (5). pp. 415-425. ISSN 1350-2379

Book Section

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Some thoughts on the first course in control engineering. In: 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education (2006). Advances in Control Education, 7 (1). Curran Associates Inc. ISBN 9783902661074

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Nonlinear Control Systems. In: Dorf, Richard C (ed.) The Electrical Engineering Handbook (3rd Edition): Systems, Controls, Embedded Systems, Energy, and Machines. The Electrical Engineering Handbook Series . CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 2312-2332. ISBN 9780849322747

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Describing Function Method. In: Control Systems, Robotics, and Automation. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, 3 (6). UNESCO, Paris.

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Second Order Systems. In: Control Systems, Robotics, and Automation. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, 3 . UNESCO, Paris.

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Basic Nonlinear Control Systems. In: Unbehauen, Heinz (ed.) Basic Nonlinear Control Systems. Control Systems, Robotics and Automation, 3 . EOLSS, Paris.

Atherton, Derek P (2006) Relay autotuning of PID controllers. In: Unbehauen, Heinz (ed.) Identification of Nonlinear Systems. Control Systems, Robotics and Automation, 10 . EOLSS, Paris.

Tan, Nusret, Atherton, Derek P and Dormido, S (2004) Systems with Variable Parameters; Classical Control Extensions for Undergraduates. In: Advances in Control Education 2003: A Proceedings volume from the 6th IFAC Symosium Oulu, Finland, 16-18 June 2003. Elsevier, pp. 287-292. ISBN 9780080435596

Conference or Workshop Item

Atherton, Derek, Tan, Nusret, Yeroglu, Celaleddin, Kavuran, Gurkan and Yuce, Ali (2014) Computation of limit cycles in nonlinear feedback loops with fractional order plants. In: 2014 International Conference on Fractional Differentiation and Its Applications (ICFDA), 23-25 June 2014, Catania.

Atherton, Derek P (2006) State feedback design to obtain standard form responses. In: Controlo 2006: 7th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, 11-13th September, Lisbon, Portugal.

Kaya, Ibrahim and Atherton, Derek P (2006) Simple analytical rules for PI-PD controllers to tune integrating and unstable plants. In: International Control Conference: Control 2006, Glasgow, Scotland.

Atherton, D P and Mann, Herman (2006) Web-based Course in Control using DYNAST. In: 16th IFAC World Congressm, July 3-8, 2005., Prague, Czech Republic.

Kaya, I, Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2005) Improved Cascade Control Structure and Controller Design. In: 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, and the European Control Conference, CDC-ECC 2005, Seville, Spain, December 12-15, 2005, Seville, Spain.

Atherton, Derek P and Kaya, Ibrahim (2005) Exact Parameter Estimation using Relay Feedback Control. In: 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic.

Tan, Nusret, Kaya, Ibrahim and Atherton, Derek P (2005) A Graphical Method for Computation of all Stabilizing PI Controllers. In: 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague July 4-8, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.

Padhy, P K, Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2005) PID-P Controller for TITO Systems. In: 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2004) On-Line Tuning of Controllers for Unstable Processes. In: 9th Portugese Conference on Automatic Control, Faro, Portugal, June 7-11, 2004.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2004) Simple Smith Predictor Controller for Industrial Processes. In: 9th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, June 7-11, Faro, Portugal.

Efe, M, Ari, F, Ozek, F, Atherton, D P and Ali, F (2003) Double-ended Optical Beam Tracking. In: 2003 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications : June 23-25, 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2003) A New Approach to the Stability of Nonlinear Systems with Uncertain Plant Parameters. In: Proceedings of ACC, Denver, June 2003, Denver.

Roy, Anindo, Iqbal, Kamran and Atherton, Derek (2003) On using Prioritized Optimization in Sampled Data Control Systems: A New Variable Weight Method. In: Proceedings IEEE CCA, Instanbul, June 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.

Kaya, I, Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2003) A Simple Procedure for Improving Performance of PID Controllers. In: Proceedings IEEE CCA, Istanbul, Turkey.

Tan, N, Kaya, I and Atherton, D P (2003) Computation of Stabilizing PI and PID Controllers. In: 2003 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications : June 23-25, 2003, Istanbul, Turkey.

Atherton, D P and Tan, N (2002) The absolute stability of uncertain nonlinear systems using new formulations of the circle criteria. In: Proceedings of 41st CDC, Las Vegas, USA.

Atherton, D P and Tan, N (2002) Absolute Stability Analysis of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems using Bode Envelopes. In: Proceedings Controlo 2002, 5-7 Sept, Aveiro, Portugal.

Atherton, D P and Tan, N (2002) Analysis of Uncertain Transfer Functions in Factored Form. In: Proceedings IEEE CCA, Glasgow, 18-20 September 2002, Glasgow.

Atherton, D P and Tan, N (2002) Robust Stability of Multilinear Affine Polynomials. In: Proceedings IEEE CCA, Glasgow.

Atherton, Derek P and Tan, Nusret (2002) Design of Robust Controllers for Uncertain Transfer Functions in Factored Form. In: Proceedings of 15th IF AC Congress, Barcelona, Spain 21-26 July, 2002, Barcelona, Spain.

Tan, Nusret and Atherton, D P (2002) Some Results on Control Systems with Mixed Perturbations. In: 15th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 21-26 July 2002, Barcelona, Spain.

Tan, Nusret and Atherton, Derek P (2002) Stability Margin Computation for Nonlinear Systems: A Parametric Approach. In: International Federation of Automatic Control Vol D; Optimal control, Barcelona, Spain.

Atherton, Derek P (2002) The role of analogue computers in classical control design. In: 15th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 21-26th, July, Barcelona, Spain.

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2001) Bode Envelopes of Multilinear Affine Systems. In: European control conference ECC '2001, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2001.

Majhi, S, Raina, A K and Atherton, D P (2001) A New Control Strategy for Integrating and Unstable Time Delay Processes. In: European control conference ECC '2001, 4-7 September 2001, Porto, Portugal.

Hamamchi, S E, Kaya, I and Atherton, D P (2001) Smith Predictor Design by CDM. In: European control conference ECC '2001, Porto, Portugal, 4-7 September 2001.

Kaya, I and Atherton, D P (2001) Exact Parameter Estimation from Relay Autotuning under Static Load Disturbances. In: American Control Conference, 2001, ARlington, VA, USA.

Majhi, S, Sahmbi, J S and Atherton, D P (2001) Relay Feedback and Wavelet Based Estimation of Plant Model Parameters. In: 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2001., Orlando, Florida.

Atherton, Derek (2001) Textbooks and Classical Controller Design. In: Institute of Measurement and Control Symposium on Control and Measurement Engineering Education, 13th September, 2001, Liverpool, UK.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2000) Automatic Tuning of the Modified Smith Predictor Controllers. In: Proceedings 39th CDC, Sydney, Australia, 12-15 December, 2000.

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2000) Extensions of Classical Methods to Uncertain Systems: An Educational Perspective. In: Proceedings of ACE' 2000, Gold Coast, Australia, December 2000.

Atherton, Derek P (2000) Teaching Classical Controller Design; Time for a Reassessment? In: 5th Ifac/IEEE Symposium: Advances in Control Education, 17-19th December, Gold Coast, Australia.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2000) An Internal Model Control Strategy for Load Disturbance Rejection. In: Proceedings of Controlo' 2000, Guimaraes, Portugal, October 2000.

Atherton, Derek and Kaya, I (2000) Simple Tuning Formulae For A PI-PD Smith Predictor. In: Proceedings of Controlo' 2000, Guimaraes, Portugal, October 2000.

Tan, N and Atherton, D P (2000) A User Friendly Toolbox for the Analysis of Interval Systems. In: Proceedings IFAC ROCOND June, Prague, Paper FIB/60, 2000.

Majhi, S and Atherton, D P (2000) An Autotuning Method for PID Controllers. In: Proceedings of CCSP, Bangalore, India, July 2000.

Atherton, Derek and Tan, N (2000) Design of Robust Controllers for Uncertain Systems. A 2q-Convex Parpolygonal Approach. In: Proceedings of Controlo' 2000, Guimaraes, Portugal, October 2000.

Atherton, Derek and Majhi, S (2000) Modelling and Controller Design. In: Proceedings 3rd MATHMOD, Vienna, February 2000.

Efe, M, Bather, J A and Atherton, D P (1999) An adaptive Kalman filter with sequential rescaling of process noise. In: Unset, Proceedings of the American Control Conference.