Curriculum Vitae

 

Reza Mahboobi, PhD
Professor of Control Engineering


Personal:
Name:               Reza Mahboobi Esfanjani
Date of Birth:     1980
 

Education:
 Ph. D. :   Electrical Engineering - Control, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2009. (Distinguished Graduate)


Areas of Interests:
 Networked Systems,  Time-Delay Systems, Model Predictive Control,


Teaching Experience:
 Graduate:              Multivariable Control Systems, Optimal Control, Model Predictive Control, 
                               Control of Time-dealy Systems

 Undergraduate:      Electrical Circuits, Linear Control systems, Digital Control Systems

Publications: 

  Books and Book Chapters: 
 
[1] رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی،  " تجزیه و تحلیل سیستم ها: شرح درس، مثال های حل شده، نکات کلیدی، تست های طبقه بندی شده"، انتشارات علوی فرهیخته، تهران، 1387 (چاپ هشتم 1392).

[2]. H. Rezaei, S. Mohamed, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. Nahavandi, “Improved Robust Kalman Filtering for Uncertain Systems with Missing Measurements”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Neural Information Preocessing, (Editors: C.K. Loo et al. ) pp. 509-518, Springer International Publishing, 2014.
 
  
Journal Papers: 

[1]. R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, " Stabilising Predictive Control of Nonlinear Time-Delay  Systems Using  Control  Lyapunov-Krasovskii  Functionals ", IET Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 3(10), pp. 1395-1400, 2009.

[2]. R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, " Predictive Control for a Class of Distributed Delay Systems  Using  Chebyshev  Polynomials ",  International Journal  of Computer Mathematics, Vol. 87(10), pp. 1591-1601, 2010.

[3].  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, " Stabilizing Model Predictive Control of Constrained Nonlinear Distributed Delay systems ", ISA Transactions, Vol. 50,  pp. 201-206, 2011.

[4]. M. Reble, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, F. Allgower, " Model  Predictive  Control  for  Constrained  Nonlinear  Time  Delay  Systems ", IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, Vol 28(2), pp. 183-201, 2011.
 
[5]  H. Rezaei , R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. H. Sedaaghi, “ Improved Kalman Filtering for Systems with Randomly Delayed and Lost Measurements ” , Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 33, pp. 2217-2236, 2014.

[6]  M. Mahmodi Kaleybar, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with Variable Delays and Saturating Inputs ”, Iranian Journal of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Vol. 10, pp. 96 -104, 2014.

[7]  A. Farnam,  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Improved Stabilization Method for Networked Systems withVariable Transmission Delays and Packet Dropout ”, ISA Transactions, Vol. 53, pp. 1746-1753,  2014.

[8] H. Rezaei, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. H. Sedaaghi, “ Improved Robust Finite-Horizon Kalman Filtering for Uncertain Networked Time-Varying Systems ”, Information Sciences,  Vol. 93, pp. 263-274, 2015.

[9] H. Rezaei, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. Farsi, “ Robust Filtering for  Uncertain Networked Systems  with Randomly Delayed and Lost Measurements ”, IET Signal Processing, Vol. 9(4), pp. 320-327, 2015. 

[10] A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. Farsi, "A Less Conservative Criterion for Stability Analysis of Linear Systems with Time-Varying Delay " , Scientia Iranica, Vol. 22(6), pp. 2415-2423, 2015.

[11]  A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Improved Linear Matrix Inequality Approach to Stability Analysis of Linear Systems with Interval Time-varying Delays ", Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, Vol. 294, pp. 49-56, 2016.

[12] S. Marouf, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, A. Akbari, M. Barforooshan, " T-S Fuzzy Controller Design for Stabilization of Nonlinear Networked Control Systems ", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 50, pp. 135-141, 2016.

[13]  A. Noori, M. Farsi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Design and Implementation of a Robust  Switching Strategy for DC-DC Converters ", IET Power Electronics, Vol. 9, pp. 316-322, 2016.

[14] M. Barforooshan, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "
Output Feedback Stabilization Over Finite-bandwidth Communication Channels with Signal-to-noise Ratio Constraint", IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, Vol. 33, pp. 831-842, 2016.

[15] M. Barforooshan, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Stabilization over Frequency-Selective Channels Subject to ‎Transmission Delay and Signal-to-Noise Ratio Limitations", Complexity, Vol. 21, pp. 557-565, 2016.

[16] M. Farsi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Improved Over-approximation Method for Modeling and Stability Analysis of Networked Control Systems ", Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, Vol. 39, pp. 131-140, 2017.

[17] M. Hosseinzade Yamchi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Distributed Predictive Formation Control of Networked Mobile Robots Subject to Communication Delay " Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 91, pp. 194-207, 2017.

[18]  M. Hosseinzade Yamchi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Formation Control of Networked Mobile Robots with Guaranteed Obstacle and Collision Avoidance ", Robotica, Vol. 35, pp. 1365-1377, 2017.

[19]  اکرم نیک فطرت، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی، میثم عظیمی "جبران اثر افت و تاخیر تصادفی مشاهدات در هدایت خط دید با استفاده از فیلتر کالمن تطبیقی "، دانش و فناوری هوافضا، دوره 6، شماره 2،  1396.
[20]  M. Hosseinzade Yamchi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " A Decentralized Receding Horizon Optimal Approach to Formation Control of Networked Mobile Robots", Optimal Control Applications and Methods, Vol. 39, pp. 51-64,  2018.

[21] A. Nikfetrat, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Adaptive Kalman Filtering for Systems Subject to Randomly Delayed and Lost Measurments" , Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, Vol, 37, pp. 2433–2449, 2018.

[22]. R. Esmzad, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Modified likelihood probabilistic data association filter for tracking systems with delayed and lost measurements ", Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 76. pp. 66-74, 2018.

[23] A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Design of Observer-based H∞ Controller for Robust Stabilization of Networked Systems Using Switched Lyapunov Functions" , AIJ- Modelling, Identification, Simulation & Control,  2018.

[24]  حسین شفائیه هیق، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی، محمد هجری "کنترل پیش بین مبدل‏های چند سطحی چندبخشی با بهره‏ گیری از الگوریتم بهینه ‏سازی رمزگشایی کروی "، نشریه مهندسی برق و مهندسی کامپیوتر ایران، شماره  (1) 16، صفحات 21-28، 1397.
[25]. R. Esmzad, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Modified likelihood Kalman filter for systems with incomplete, delayed and lost measurements ", Systems and Control Letters, Vol. 120, pp. 23-28, 2018.

[26]. H. Seyed Alinezhad,  M. Hosseinzade Yamchi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Robust synchronization of networked manipulators using distributed dynamic H∞ controllers ", ISA Transactions, Vol. 83, pp. 239-247, 2018.

[27]. A. Nikfetrat, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Self-tuning Kalman filter for compensation of transmission delay and loss in line-of-sight guidance", Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 233, pp. 4191-4201, 2019.

[28]. R. Esmzad, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Bayesian filter for nonlinear systems with randomly delayed and lost measurements" , Automatica, Vol. 107, pp. 36-42, 2019.

[29]. S. Rahmanpour, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Energy-aware planning of motion and communication strategies for networked mobile robots", Information Sciences, Vol. 497, pp. 149-164, 2019.
  
[30]. S. Rahmanpour, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Decentralized Energy-Aware Co-Planning of Motion and Communication Strategies for Networked Mobile Robots", IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, Vol. 12, pp. 519-528, 2020.
[31]. R. Ebrahimi Bavili, A. Akbari,  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Passivity-based control of nonlinear teleoperation systems with non-passive interaction forces
" Intelligent Service Robotics, Vol. 13, pp. 419-437, 2020.
[32]. H. Rezaei, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, A. Akbari, MH. Sedaaghi, "Event‐triggered distributed Kalman filter with consensus on estimation for state‐saturated systems", International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 30, pp. 8327-8339, 2020.

[33].R. Ebrahimi Bavili, A. Akbari, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "
Nonlinear Control of Bilateral Teleoperators Interacting Non-passive Termination Forces " AUT Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 4.3, pp. 7-7, 2020.

[34].  R. Ebrahimi Bavili, A. Akbari, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Controller design for nonlinear bilateral teleoperation systems via total energy shaping", Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Vol. 150, 107239, 2021.

[35]. H. Rezaei, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, A. Akbari, MH. Sedaaghi, "Scalable event-triggered distributed extended Kalman filter for nonlinear systems subject to randomly delayed and lost measurements", Digital Signal Processing, Vol. 111, 102957, 2021.

[36] رباب ابراهیمی باویلی، احمد اکبری، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی،" طراحی کنترل کننده مقاوم برای سیستم عمل از دور غیرخطی با روش انفعال محور "، مهندسی مکانیک دانشگاه تبریز،شماره 95،صفحات 1-10، 1400

[37] R. Ebrahimi Bavili, A. Akbari, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Control of Teleoperation Systems in the Presence of Varying Transmission Delay, Non-passive Interaction Forces, and Model Uncertainty, Robotica, 2021.

[38] A. Nejadvali, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, A. Farnam, G. Crevecoeur, "Delay dependent criteria for the consensus of second-order multi-agent systems subject to communication delay ", IET Control Theory and Applications, 2021.
 

   Presentations:
 
[1]. R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. Reble, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, F. Allgower, " Model  Predictive  Control of  Constrained  Nonlinear  Time-Delay  Systems ", 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Shanghai, China, 2009.

[2]. R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, F. Towhidkhah, " Application of  Nonlinear Model  Predictive Controller  for  FES  Assisted  Standing Up  in  Paraplegia ", 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE-EMBS, Shanghai, China, 2005. 

[3]. R.  Mahboobi  Esfanjani,  M.  B.  Menhaj, " Robust   Locomotion  of   biped   Robot   Using   Nonlinear  H  Tracking  Controller ", International  Conference on Automation, Control and Instrumentation, Valencia, Spain, 2006. 

[4]. R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, S. K. Y. Nikravesh, "
Robust Model Predictive Control for  Constrained  Linear Time-Delay Systems ", 22nd  International  Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologie (ICAT), Sarajevo, 2009.

[5].  A. Sedighi,  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " State Observer in Networked Control Systems with Variable Delay in the Feedback Channel",  17th International  Conference on Automation and Computing, Huddersfield, UK, 2011.  

[6].  M. Mahmodi Kaleybar, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " Stabilization of Networked Control Systems with  Variable Transmission Delays ", 17th International  Conference on Automation and Computing, Huddersfield, UK, 2011. 

[7].  A. Sedighi,  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, " State Observer Design for  Networked Control Systems with Variable Delay in the Feedback  and Forward Channels ", 2nd  International  Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Automation, Shiraz, Iran, 2011.  

هادی صمدی، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی، " پایدارسازی سیستم های کنترل تحت شبکه در حضور تاخیرهای تصادفی"، یازدهمین کنفرانس سیستمهای هوشمند ایران، تهران، 1391
 
[9]. A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Improvement of Robust H Controller Design for Networked Control Systems ”, National Congress on Electrical Computer and Information Technology Engineering, Mashhad, Iran, 2012.

[10]. A. Farnam, M. Mahmodi Kaleybar, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Networked Control of Wheeled Mobile  Robots ”, RSI/ISM International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics , Tehran, Iran, 2013.

[11]. T. Hashemi, A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, H. Madadi Kojabadi, “ A New Approach to Design Switching Strategy for the Buck Converters ”, 4th Annual International Power Electronics, Drive Systems and Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Tehran, Iran, 2013.

[12].  A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Networked Based HStabilization of Uncertain Systems ”, 21st Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Mashhad, Iran, 2013.

[13]. M. Valedein Asl, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Stabilization of Networked Control Systems Using Switched Time-delay Systems Theory ”, 3rd  International  Conference on Control, Instrumentation and Automation, Tehran, Iran, 2013.        

[14]. M. Farsi, A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “
An Improved H∞ Approach for Networked Control Systems with Transmission Delays and Packet Dropout ”, 22nd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE),Tehran, Iran, 2014.
     

[15]. A. Mohammadzadeh, S. Ghaemi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Improved Adaptive Type-2 Fuzzy Control for   High Dimensional Nonlinear Systems ”, 14th Iranian Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Tabriz, Iran, 2014.

[16]. M. Valedein Asl, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Networked Control of Mobile Robots Using Switched Systems Theory ”, 2nd International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, Tehran, Iran, 2014.

[17]. M-R. Khabbazi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Constrained Two-stage Kalman Filter for Target Tracking ”, 4th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering, Mashhad, Iran, 2014.

[18]. A. Noori,  M. Farsi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ Robust Switching Strategy for Buck-Boost Converters ”, 4th International Conference on Computer and Knowledge Engineering, Mashhad, Iran, 2014.

[19]. M-R. Zamani Behbahani, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani and M. Hejri, "
Design of Switching Rule for Buck Converters Using Explicit Predictive Control " , 6th Annual International Power Electronics, Drive Systems and Technologies Conference (PEDSTC), Tehran, Iran, 2015.

[20].M-R. Khabbazi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, “ 
Robust Two-stage Kalman Filtering with State Constraints ”, 23rd Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering,Tehran, Iran, 2015.


[21]. A. Farnam, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, A. Ahmadi, "Delay Dependent Criterion for Exponential Stability Analysis of Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delays", 13th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems TDS 2016,  Istanbul, Turkey, 2016.

[22]. H. Seyyed Aalinezhad, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Synchronization of Interconnected Robots Using Distributed H∞ Controllers", 5th International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, Tehran, Iran, 2017.

[23]. آیلین نورقاسمی، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی، " تنظیم مقاوم کنترل‌کننده پیش‌بین اسمیت برای سیستم‌های تاخیردار"، پنجمین کنفرانس بین المللی کنترل، ابزار دقیق و اتوماسیون (ICCIA 2017)، شیراز، 1396.

[24]. مجید ریش­سفید، آیلین نورقاسمی، رضا محبوبی اسفنجانی، " جبران اثر لقی در حرکت دورانی ماشین کنترل عددی کامپیوتری دو محوره"، پنجمین کنفرانس بین المللی کنترل، ابزار دقیق و اتوماسیون (ICCIA 2017)، شیراز، 1396.
 
[25].F. Asadi Tirtashi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Design of Event Generator and Controller for Event-triggered Control of Time Delay Systems", 26th Iranian Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE), Mashhad, Iran, 2018. 

[26]. F. Rahimi, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Distributed Predictive Control for Formation of Networked Mobile Robots" , 6d International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICROM), Tehran, Iran, 2018.

[27]. S. Rahmanpour, R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, "Planning of Communication and Motion Strategies for Networked Mobile Robots" , 9th joint  Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and 2nd RoboCup Asia-Pacific International Symposium, Kish Island, Iran, 2018.