Publications

May 1, 2018

Shafian, Sanaz, Rajan, Nithya, Schnell, Ronnie W., Bagavathiannan, Muthu, Valasek, John, Shi, Yeyin, and Olsenholler, Jeff, “Unmanned Aerial Systems-based Remote Sensing for Monitoring Sorghum Growth and Development,” PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196605. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196605

Fault Tolerant Adaptive Model Inversion Control for Vision-Based Autonomous Air Refueling

June 2017

Valasek, John, Famularo, Douglas, and Marwaha, Monika, “Fault Tolerant Adaptive Model Inversion Control for Vision-Based Autonomous Air Refueling," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 40, Number 6, June 2017, pp. 1336-1347.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for High-Throughput Phenotyping and Agronomic Research

July 29, 2016

Shi, Yeyin, ...Valasek, John, ....“Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for High-Throughput Phenotyping and Agronomic Research,”PLoS ONE 11(7): e0159781. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159781

Synthesis and Flight Test of an Automatic Landing Controller using Quantitative Feedback Theory

September 2016

Woodbury, Timothy, and Valasek, John, “Synthesis and Flight Test of an Automatic Landing Controller using Quantitative Feedback Theory,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Volume 39, Number 9, September 2016, pp. 1994-2010.

Intelligent Motion Video Guidance for Unmanned Air System Ground Target Surveillance

January 2016

Valasek, John, Kirkpatrick, Kenton, May, James, and Harris, Joshua, "Intelligent Motion Video Guidance for Unmanned Air System Ground Target Surveillance," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Volume 13, Number 1, January 2016, pp. 10-26

Characterization and Control of Hysteretic Dynamics Using Online Reinforcement Learning

June 2013

Kirkpatrick, Kenton, Valasek, John, and Haag, Chris, "Characterization and Control of Hysteretic Dynamics Using Online Reinforcement Learning," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Volume 10, Number 6, June 2013, pp. 297-305.

Prediction of Icing Effects on the Lateral/Directional Stability and Control of Light Airplanes

2012

Lampton, Amanda, and Valasek, John, "Prediction of Icing Effects on the Lateral/Directional Stability and Control of Light Airplanes," Journal of Aerospace Science and Technology, Volume 23, 2012, pp. 305-311.

Adaptive Dynamic Inversion Control of Linear Plants with Control Position Constraints

July 2012

Valasek, John, Akella, Maruthi R., Siddarth, Anshu, and Rollins, Elizabeth, "Adaptive Dynamic Inversion Control of Linear Plants with Control Position Constraints," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Volume 20, Number 4, July 2012.

Active Length Control of Shape Memory Alloy Wires via Reinforcement Learning

September 2011

Kirkpatrick, Kenton, and Valasek, John, "Active Length Control of Shape Memory Alloy Wires via Reinforcement Learning,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume 22, Issue 14, September 2011, pp. 1595 - 1604.

Multi-Resolution State-Space Discretization for Q-Learning with Pseudo-Randomized Discretization

2011

Lampton, Amanda, and Valasek, John, “Multi-Resolution State-Space Discretization for Q-Learning with Pseudo-Randomized Discretization,” Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Volume 9, Number 3, 2011, pp. 431-439.