Frequently used acronyms:

AIAA  American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
ASME  American Society of Mechanical Engineers
EUCA  European Union Control Association
IEEE  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
IFAC  International Federation of Automatic Control
SAE  Society of Automotive Engineers

PUBLICATIONS BY SERGIO BITTANTI
CONFERENCES

List of publications updated in June, 2010.

EUCA


E.14. Bittanti S., M. Campi, S. Garatti: Introducing robustness in iterative control. 8th European Control Conference, jointly with 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Seville (Spain), 2005 (see ref 28 in the list of IEEE Conferences).
E.13. Savaresi S.M., F. Taroni, F. Previdi, S. Bittanti: Controllers tuning in a power-split continuously variable transmission. 7th European Control Conference, Cambridge (UK), paper n.102, p.1-6, 2003.
E.12. Bittanti S. F. Cuzzola:. Robust generalised H2 smoothing with unbiasedness, 5th European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), 2001.
E.11. Bittanti S. F. Cuzzola: Robust generalised H2 filtering - The finite horizon case. 5th European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), 2001.
E.10. Previdi F., V. Quaglini, S. Bittanti, R. Contro: Black-box characterization of soft connective biological tissues. 5th European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), 2001.
E.09. Valtolina E., S.M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti, A. Visconti, A. Longhi: A Co-ordinate approach for the control of road vehicles, 5th European Control Conference, Porto (Portugal), 2001.
E.08. Baldini G., S. Bittanti. A. De Marco, F. Longhi, G. Poncia, W. Prandoni, D. Vettorello: A dynamic model of moving flames for the analyis and control of combustion instabilities. 4th European Control Conference, Karlsruhe (Germania) 1999.
E.07. Bittanti S. G. Poncia, E. Ragaini: A nonlinear model for the estimation of the primary current in industrial transformers. 4th European Control Conference, Karlsruhe (Germany), 1999.
E.06. Bittanti S. F. Cuzzola, M. Lovera, N. Lussana: An LPV-LMI approach to generalized active control of vibrations in helicopters. 4th European Control Conference, Karlsruhe, (Germany), 1999.
E.05. Bittanti S. P. Colaneri, M.F. Mongiovi': On the singular periodic Riccati equation: theoretical results and an application to aprediction problem. 3rd European Control Conference, Brussels (Belgium) 1997.
E.04. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: Cheap control of discrete-time periodic systems. 2nd European Control Conference, Groningen (The Netherlands), pp. 338-341, 1993.
E.03. Bittanti S., L. Moiraghi: A pole assignment technique for sinusoidal disturbance rejection with guaranteed low frequency noninteraction. 2nd European Control Conference, Groningen (The Netherlands), 1993.
E.02. Bittanti S., L. Piroddi: A neural network approach to generalized minimum variance control of nonlinear systems. 2nd European Control Conference, Groningen (The Netherlands), 1993.
E.01. Bittanti S., 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), 1991.

IEEE


I.34. Bittanti S., L. Calloni, A. De Marco, F. Zamponi: Development of a model for the simulation of a clean-coal pressurized oxy-combustion plant.  IEEE SIBIRCON 2010, Irkutsk Listvyanka (Russia), 2010.
I.33. Bittanti S., M.C. Campi, M. Prandini: Adaptation and the effort needed to adapt. 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,,Shanghai (P.R. China), p. 5733. - 5737, 2009.
I.32. Bittanti S. , S. Garatti: Revisiting the basic issue of parameter estimation in system identification - a new approach for multi-value estimation.. 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun (Mexico), 2008.
I.31. Farina M., R. Findeisen, E. Bullinger, S. Bittanti, F. Allgöwer, P. Wellstead:.Results towards identifiability properties of biochemical reaction networks. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego (USA), 2006.
I.30. Bittanti S., M. Campi, S. Garatti. Introducing robustness in iterative control. 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, jointly with European Control Conference, Seville (Spain), 2005.
I.29. Savaresi S.M., E. Silani, S. Bittanti, N. Porciani: On performance evaluation methods and control strategies for semi-ective suspension systems. 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui-Hawaii (USA), 2003.
I.28. Bittanti S., S. Corsi, M. Pozzi and M. Zaramella: The power plant voltage/reactive power regulator with an adaptive control solution. IEEE Conference on Power Tech, Bologna (Italy), 2003.
I.27. Bittanti S., M. Campi, S. Garatti: New results on the asymptotic theory of system identification for the assessment of the quality of estimated models, 41th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas (USA), 4705-4710, 2002.
I.26. Bittanti S., F. Dell'Orto, A. Di Carlo, S. M. Savaresi: Radial tracking in high-speed DVD players (an application of notch filtering and multirate control), 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando (USA), 2001.
I.25. Bittanti S., M. Campi, L. Guo: Persistence of excitation properties for the identification of time-varying systems, 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Sydney (Australia), 2000.
I.24. Bittanti S., S. Savaresi: Safe estimation of sinusoids in noise, 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Phoenix, Arizona (USA), 1999.
I.23. Arcara, P., S. Bittanti, M. Lovera: Active control of vibrations in helicopters by periodic optimal control. IEEE-ASME Conference on Control Applications, Hartford, Connecticut (USA), 730-735, 1997.
I.22. Bertin D., S. Bittanti S., S. M. Savaresi: Control of the wave induced vibrations in air cushion catamarans. IEEE-ASME Conference on Control Applications, Hartford (USA), 749-54, 1997.
I.21. Bittanti S.: History and prehistory of the Riccati equation. 35th Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe (Japan), session on The origin of Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control, 1996.
I.20. Bittanti S., M. Campi, M. Prandini: Self-tuning control based on penalized least squares identification techniques, 35th Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe (Japan), p.62-63, 1996.
I.19. Bittanti S., M.C. Campi, M. Prandini: Self-tuning control based on penalized least squares identification techniques 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Kobe (Japan), 62-63, 1996.
I.18. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: The spectral interactor matrix for discrete-time periodic systems. 34th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans (USA), 1995.
I.17. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, M. F. Mongiovi': The spectral interactor matrix for the singular Riccati equation. 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando (USA), 2165-2169, 1994.
I.16. Bittanti S., M. Campi: Least squares identification of autoregressive models with time-varying parameters. 33rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Orlando (USA), 1994.
I.15. Bittanti S., M. Campi: A fake information matrix approach to the analysis of finite memory RLS identification techniques. 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, S. Antonio (USA), p. 2026-2031, 1993.
I.14. Bittanti S., G. De Nicolao: A note on the periodic Riccati equation and innovations representations of cyclostationary processes. 31st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tucson (USA), 1992.
I.13. Bittanti S., M. Campi: Tuning the forgetting factor in RLS identification algorithms. 30th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Brighton (UK), 1991.
I.12. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao: Periodic regulator with incomplete and noisy measurements. 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Honolulu (USA), 1990.
I.11. Bittanti S., M. Campi: Mean square convergence of an adaptive RLS algorithm with stochastic excitation. 28th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Tampa (USA), p. 1946-1951, 1989.
I.10. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, M. Campi, E. Coletti: Deterministic convergence analysis of RLS estimation with directional forgetting factors. 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, p. 1530-1531, Austin (USA), 1988.
I.09. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao: The periodic Riccati equation: existence of a periodic positive semidefinite solution. 26th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles (USA), p.293-294, 1987.
I.08. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao: Analysis of the discrete-time periodic Riccati equation by a Kleinman procedure. 25th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Athens (Greece), p. 1444-1450, 1986.
I.07. Bittanti S.,G. Guardabassi: Optimal periodic control and periodic systems analysis. 25th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Athens (Greece), p.1417,1423, 1986.
I.06. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, G. Guardabassi: Periodic Riccati equation: a decomposition approach. 24th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Fort Lauderdale (USA), p.1713-1719, 1985.
I.05. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern: Canonical decomposition of discrete-time linear systems. 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas (USA), p. 1737,1738, 1984.
I.04. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. Guardabassi: H and K-controllability of linear periodic systems. 22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio (USA), p. 1376-1379, 1983.
I.03. Bittanti S., G. Guardabassi: Optimal cyclostarionarity control: the LQG approach. 20th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego (USA), p. 166, 167, 1981.
I.02. Bittanti S.: On optimal experiment design for parameters estimation of dynamic systems under periodic operation. 16th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans (USA), p.1126-1132, 1977.
I.01. Bittanti S., G. Fronza, G. Guardabassi: Periodic control of discrete processes. IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Society, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 264-269, 1972.

IFAC


F.87 Dardanelli A., S. Corbetta, I. Boniolo, S. M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti: Model-Based Kalman Filtering Approaches for Frequency Tracking. ALCOSP 2010, Antalya (Turkey), 2010.
F.86 Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: Deconvolution of discrete-time periodic systems. PSYCO2010, Antalya (Turkey), 2010.
F.85. Bittanti S., A. De Marco, L. Fenzi, M. Notaro, V. Prandoni:  Modelling and identification for carbon dioxide post-combustion capture by amines supported on solid sorbents. 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania (USA), 2010.
F.84. Bittanti S., L. Calloni, A. De Marco, V. Prandoni, F. Zamponi: Pressurized oxy-coal mild combustion for clean-coal technology. IFAC Conference on Control Methodologies and Technology for Energy Efficiency, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2010.
F.83. Bittanti S., L. Calloni, S. Canevese, A. De Marco, V. Prandoni: A clean-Coal control technology application study: modelling and control issues for a coal gasifier. IFAC International Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes - IFAC ADCHEM 2009, p. ?? Koç University’s campus, Istanbul (Turkey), paper 224, 2009.
F.82. Boniolo I, S.M. Savaresi, M. Prandini, G. Borghi, B. Garavelli, S. Bittanti: Performance analysis of a digital compass for the heading estimation in nautical application. 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification - SYSID 2009, p. 1399-1404, Saint-Malo (France), 2009..  
F.81. Garatti S., S. Bittanti::Parameter estimation in the Pacejka's tyre model through the TS method. 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification - SYSID 2009, p. 1304-1309, Saint-Malo (France), 2009.. 
F.80. Bittanti S., S. Garatti: Estimation of grey-box model parameters via artificial data generation: a two stage approach. 17th IFAC World Congress, p. 11409-11414, Seoul (Korea), 2008.
F.79 Bittanti S., S. Canevese,. De Marco, V. Prandoni, D. Serrau: Towards clean-coal control technologies: modelling conversion of carbon oxide into hydrogen by a shift reactor. 17th IFAC World Congress, p. 10963-109170, Seoul (Korea), 2008.
F.78. Bittanti S., A. De Marco, V. Prandoni: Power plants modelling for process control towards clean technology.. Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop ICPS 2007 (Convergence of Information Technologies and Control Methods with Power Plants and Power Systems),. Cluj-Napoca (Rumania), 2007..
F.77. Tanelli M., S.M. Savaresi, M. Pioltelli, M. Bianchessi, D. Sirtori, S. Bittanti: Performance Evaluation and Dynamic Analysis of MEMS Accelerometers for High Precision Pointing Devices.. 4th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems, Heidelberg (Germany), 2006..
F.76. S. Bittanti, S. Garatti, D. Liberati: From DNA microarrays to disease classification: an unsupervised clustering approach. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.75. Bittanti S., M. Canevese, A. De Marco, G. Moretti, V. Prandoni: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell Modelling. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.74. Bittanti S., A. De Marco, M. Farina, S. Spelta: Modeling and simulation of a Dish Stirling solar engine, 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.73. S. Bittanti; M. Ferrarin; F. Previdi; S. Savaresi:. PID control design for rehabilitation by quasi-isometric training in paraplegia: a simulation study. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.72 Savaresi S., M. Tanelli, C. Cantoni, D. Charalambakis, F. Previdi, S. Bittanti: Slip-deceleration control in anti-lock braking systems. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.71. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: The odd world of periodic polynomials. .16th IFAC World Congress, Prague (The Czech Republic), 2005.
F.70. Bittanti S., S. Canevese. A. De Marco, A. Errigo, V. Prandoni: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell electrochemistry modelling. 7th International Symposium on Molten Salts Chemistry & Technology. Tolouse (France),p. 485-488. 2005.
F.69. Savaresi S.M., E. Silani, S. Bittanti: Semi-active suspensions: an optimal control strategy for a quarter-car model. 1st IFAC Symposium on Advances in Automotive Control, Salerno (Italy), pp.572-577.
F.68. Bittanti S., S. Savaresi, M. Montiglio: Neural network model of a magneto-rheological damper, 2nd IFAC Worshop on Advanced Fuzzy/Neural Control, Oulu (Finland), p. 55- 60, 2004.
F.67. Bittanti S., M. Montiglio, S. Savaresi:.Non-linear models of Magneto-Rheological Dampers for Semi-Active Control of Vehicle Dynamics. Stuttgart (Germany)  2004.
F.66. Bittanti S.; Y. Guezennec; L. Guzzella; C. Musardo; Rizzoni; B. Staccia: Predictive control for hybrid electric vehicles energy management. FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 2004.
F.65. Bittanti S., M. Campi, S. Garatti: Some critical implementation issues in iterative robust control design",. IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing, Yokohama (Japan), p. 55- 60, 2004
F.64. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: Periodic polynomials in the analysis of periodic control systems, 2nd IFAC Workshop on Periodic Control Systems, Yokohama (Japan), p. 243- 248, 2004.
F.63. Bittanti S., E. De Marchi, M. Giranzani, M. Lovera, B. Lübke-Ossenbeck, E. Silani: A novel algorithm for fully autonomous star identification, 13th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), 2003
F.62. Silani E., S. M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti, A. Visconti, F, Farachi: A subspace-based identification approach for the analysis of road vehicles yaw dynamics around steering pad conditions", 13th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), p. 277-282, 2003.
F.61. Savaresi S.M., Bittanti S., So H.C.: Closed-form frequency estimation using second-order notch filters. 13th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID-2003), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, p.1143-1148, 2003.
F.60 Savaresi S.M., F. Taroni, F. Previdi, S. Bittanti: Controllers tuning in a power-split continuously variable transmission. 7th European Control Conference, Cambridge, UK, paper n.102, pp.1-6, 2003.
F.59. Savaresi S.M., Previdi F., Dester A., Bittanti S., Ruggeri A.: Analysis of Pitch and Heave Dynamics in a ROV. 1st IFAC Conference on Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (GCUV'03), Newport, South Wales (UK), pp.191-196, 2003.
F.58. Previdi F., M. Ferrarin, S. M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti: Closed loop control of a FES supported standing up and sitting down using virtual reference feedback tuning: a simulation study, 5th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, Melbourne (Australia), p. 393-398, 2003
F.57. Valsecchi L., P. Apollonio, M. Molina, M. Olivier, F. Bernelli Zazzera, F. Chignoli, M. Lovera, S. Bittanti: .Design and testing of an active damping system for the reduction of vibrations induced by a rotating device on the ISS.. 54th International Astronautical congress, Bremen (Germany), 2003.
F.56. Bittanti, S., M. Campi, M. Prandini: An iterative controller design scheme based on average robust control. IFAC World Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 2002
F.55 Savaresi S.M., E. Silani, S. Bittanti, N. Porciani: On Performance Evaluation Methods and Control Strategies for Semi-Active Suspension Systems. 42nd Control and Decision Conference, Maui, Hawaii, USA, pp.2264-2269, 2003.
F.54 Bittanti S., S. Corsi, M. Pozzi, M. Zaramella: The power plant voltage/reactive power. regulator with an adaptive control solution.. IEEE Conference on Power Tech, Bologna (Italy), 2003.
F.53. Bittanti, S., P. Colaneri: Companion forms and cyclic matrices for discrete time periodic systems. IFAC World Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 2002
F.52. Belli P., S. Bittanti, M. Carandente, A. De Marco, S. Piana: A feedback interpretation of vibrations in hot rolling mills. IFAC World Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 2002.
F.51. Silani S., S. M. Savaresi, S. Bittanti, A Visconti, F. Farachi: A vehicle model for the design of performance - oriented yaw control systems. IFAC World Congress, Barcelona (Spain), 2002.
F.50. Bittanti, S., M. Campi. M. Prandini: Penalized identification for self-tuning control - an overview, IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing (ALCOSP 2001). Cernobbio-Como, (Italy), August 2001.
F.49. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: Stabilization of periodic systems: overview and advances. IFAC Workshop on Periodic Control Systems (PSYCO) , Cernobbio-Como (Italy), August 2001.
F.48. Bertin D., S. Bittanti, S. Meroni, S. Savaresi: Dynamic positioning of a "single-thruster" vessel by feedback linearization. 5th IFAC Conference on Manoeuvring and Control of Marine Crafts, Aalborg (Denmark), p.281-286, 2000.
F.47. Savaresi S.M., D. Bertin, S. Bittanti: Non-linear design of an igv-fan servo system for surface effect ships. IFAC conference on Control in Transportation Systems (Transportation 2000), Braunschweig (Germany), pp.626-631, 2000.
F.46. Bittanti S.,A. De Marco, G. Fittipaldi, S. Malloggi, W. Prandoni, L. Spinelli: Modelling the nitrogen oxides reduction in selective catalytic reactors and identification of the kinetic parameters, IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes – IFAC ADCHEM 2000, Pisa (Italy), p. 1031 – 1036, June, 2000.
F.45. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, V. Kucera: Robust polynomial assignment for uncertain periodic discrete-time systems, 3rd IFAC Workshop on Robust Control, Prague (The Czech Republic), June 2000.
F.44. Bittanti S., F. Cuzzola, G. Corbetta: An H procedure for the reconstruction of the primary current in industrial transformers, 3rd IFAC Worshop on Robust Control, Prague (The Czech Republic), June 2000.
F.43. Bittanti S., F. Cuzzola: A mixed H2/H approach for stabilisation and trajectory tracking of unicycle-like vehicles. 3rd IFAC Worshop on Robust Control, Prague (The Czech Republic), June 2000.
F.42. Bittanti S., F. Cuzzola, Unbiased robust H filtering by means of LMI optimisation, 3rd IFAC Worshop on Robust Control, Prague (The Czech Republic), June 2000.
F.41. Previdi F., S. Bittanti: Identification of nonlinear models of artificial stimulation pf the quadriceps muscle, 4th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems,p. 83-89, Karlsburg/Greifswald (Germany), April 2000.
F.40. Batani D., S. Bittanti, A. Masini, F. Previdi: Measurement and characterization of cellular metabolic activity by CO2 production monitoring:, soft X-ray irradiation and advanced spectral analysis. 4th IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems, p. 269-274, Karlsburg/Greifswald (Germany), April 2000.
F.39. Abbati P., S. Bittanti, F. Previdi: Forcing pulsatile behaviour in semiconductor lasers by periodic control, 4th IFAC World Congress, Bejing, (China), 1999.
F.38. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri: An LMI characterization of the class of stabilizing controllers for periodic discrete-time systems, 14th IFAC World Congress, Bejing (China), 1999.
F.37. Bittanti S., M. Lovera: Periodic LQG/H control of helicopter rotors for attenuation of vibrations in forward flight, 14th IFAC World Congress, Bejing (China), 1999.
F.36. Baldini G., S. Bittanti, A. De Marco, F. Longhi, G. Poncia, W. Prandoni, D. Vettorello: Modelling the nonlinear dynamics of combustion instabilities in gas turbines, 14th IFAC World Congress, Bejing (China), 1999.
F.35. Bertin D, S. Bittanti, S. Savaresi: The decoupled cushion control in ride control systems for air cushion catamarans. IFAC Workshop on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS '98), Fukuoka (Japan), 1998.
F.34. Arcara P., Bittanti, S., M. Lovera: Identification of linear models for a flexible structure, 4th IFAC Conference on System Structure and Control, Bucharest (Rumania), 1997.
F.33 Bittanti S., M. Campi: Least squares identification of time-varying parameters: issues and trends, 11th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Kitakyushu (Japan), 1997.
F.32 Bittanti S., M. Lovera: Identification of linear models for a hovering helicopter rotor, 11th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Kitakyushu (Japan), 1997.
F.31. Bittanti S., E. Gatti, G. Ripamonti, S. Savaresi: An application of subspace system identification techniques to nuclear spectroscopy, 11th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Kitakyushu (Japan), Vol. 4, p. 1695-1700, 1997.
F.30. Bittanti, S., A. Franchini, M. Lovera, R. Manigrasso, "Adaptive control of raw material mix in cement plants", IFAC Conference on Control of Industrial Systems, Belfort, (France), 1997.
F.29. 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, p.13-18, 1996.
F.28. Bittanti S., 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), p.67-72, 1996.
F.27. Bittanti S., Brasca C., Corsi S., Guardabassi G., Pozzi M., Savaresi S.M. (1996). "Approximate Linearization of a Nonlinear Plant: the case of a Synchronous Generator Working in Underexcitation Condition". 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco, (USA), Vol.7d, p.175-180, 1996.
F.26. Bittanti S., M. Campi, "Do self-tuning control systems tune?", 13th IFAC World Congress, San Francisco (USA), p.115-120, 1996.
F.25. Bertin D., S. Bittanti, S. Savaresi: A neural network simulator for the 3-lobes stern seal of a S.E.S. IFAC Workshop on Maritime Transportation, Plymouth (UK), 1995.
F.24. Bittanti S.: Adaptive control: from nonlinear to linear, IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems Design, Lake Tahoe (USA), 1995.
F.23. Bittanti S., G. Pavesi, M. Rugarli, S. Savaresi: Compensating the tracking error of a mobile robot by on-line tuning of a neural network. 2nd IFAC Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Helsinki (Finland), 1995.
F.22. Bittanti S., M. Campi: Self-optimality of adaptive systems based on the certainty equivalence principle, 5th IFAC Symposium on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing , Budapest (Hungary), 1995.
F.21. Bittanti S., M. Campi, S. Savaresi: Unbiased estimation of a sinusoid in noise via notch filters, 5th IFAC Symposium on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing , Budapest (Hungary), 1995.
F.20. Bittanti S., M. Lovera: A  discrete time model for rotor dynamics, 10th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1994.
F.19. Bardelli R., 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. 10th IFAC Symposium on System Identification, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1994.
F.18. Bittanti S., P.Colaneri, S. Strada: Towards robust control of periodic systems via an LQG/LTR strategy, 12th IFAC World Congress, Sydney (Australia), Vol. 8, pp. 149-1522, 1993.
F.17. Bittanti S., 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 Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation.  Budapest (Hungary), 1991.
F.16. Bittanti S., G. De Nicolao: Periodic ARMA models: prediction and minimum -phase condition. 11th IFAC World Congress, Tallin (Estonia), Vol. 6, p. 200-206, 1990.
F.15. Bittanti S.: The periodic Riccati equation: a miscellanea of classical and recent results. IFAC/IEEE/SIAM Workshop on The Riccati Equation in Control, Systems, and Signals, Como (Italy), 1989.
F.14. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini: Parameter identification for software reliability growth models. 8th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Bejing (China), p.1970-1975, 1988.
F.13. Bittanti S., R. Cori, F. Parravicini, R. Scattolini: Adaptive control of a PWR steam generator by generalized predictive techniques. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Modelling and Control of Electric Power Plants, Philadelphia (USA), p. 20-25, 1986.
F.12. Bittanti S., R. Cori, F. Pretolani: Analysis of a PWR steam generator control system. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Modelling and Control of Electric Power Plants, Philadelphia (USA), p. 9-14, 1986.
F.11. Bertin D., S. Bittanti., P. Bolzern: Tracking of non stationary systems by means of different prediction-error directional forgetting techniques. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, p. 91-97, Lund (Sweden), 1986.
F.10. Aloisi P., D. Bertin, S. Bittanti, R. Scattolini: Self- tuning control of a binary distillation column-a simulation test case. IFAC Workshop on Adaptive Control of Chemical Processes, Frankfurt (Germany), p. 149-154, 1985.
F.09. Bittanti S., R. Cori, F. Pretolani, L. Rassu, D. Roncaglioni: Identification of a pressurized water reactor steam generator by state space multivariable models. IFAC Conference on Control Science and Technology for Developments, Bejing (China), 1985.
F.08. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, G. Guardabassi: Some critical issues concerning the state-representation of time-varying ARMA models. 7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, York (UK), p. 1479-1484, 1985.
F.07. Bittanti S., R. Scattolini: A self-tuning algorithm for multivariable control. 7th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, p.323-329, York, (UK), 1985.
F.06. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri: Stability analysis of linear periodic systems via the Lyapunov equation. 9th IFAC World Congress, Budapest (Hungary), p.169-173, 1984.
F.05. Bittanti S., D.W. Clarke, F. Romeo, R. Scattolini: Self- tuning control of a liquid saturated steam heat exchanger. IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Real-Time Digital Control Applications, Guadalajara (Mexico), p. 631-639, 1983.
F.04. Bittanti S., A. Cividini, R. Scattolini: Identification of a liquid-saturated steam heat exchanger. 6th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Washington D.C.(U.S.A)., p.168-174, 1982.
F.03. Bittanti S., G. Guardabassi: Optimal cyclostationary control: a parameter optimization frequency domain approach. 8th IFAC World Congress, Munich (Germany), p. VI-191-205, 1981.
F.02. Bittanti S.: New conditions for parameters identifiability of linear time-invariant systems. 5th IFAC Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Darmstadt (Germany) p.697-203, 1979.
F.01. Bittanti S., G. Guardabassi: Optimal process cycling for parameters identification. 4th Symposium on Identification and System Parameter Estimation, Tblisi, USSR, p.586-591, 1976.

Further Conferences


C.45. Bittanti S., A. De Marco, M. Giannatempo, V. Prandoni: A dynamic model of an absorption chiller for air conditioning. International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’10), Granada (Spain), 2010.
C.44. Bittanti S., L. Garatti: Parameter estimation via artificial data generation with the "two-stage" approach., Proceedings of the 7th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation – WCICA, p. 5605.-5610, Chongqing (P.R. China), 2008..
C.43. Mazzocchi L., C. Zagano, M. Farina, S. Bittanti: Optimization of ammonia injection in DeNOx SCR systems.. 3rd International Conference on clean coal technologies for our future, Cagliari (Italy), 2007.
C.42 Farina M., E. Bullinger, R. Findeisen, S. Bittanti: :An observability based strategy for parameter identification in systems biology. Foundations of Systems in Engineering (FOSBE) Conference, Stuttgart (Germany), 2007.
C.41. Ascari A., S. Bittanti, S. Canevese: On the dynamics of the square root nonlinearity. 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems MTNS 2007,  Kyoto (Japan), 2007. MTNS, Kyoto (Japan), 2006.
C.40. Savaresi S., M. Tanelli, S. Bittanti, A. Mangili, F. Taroni, F. Previdi: Control of Power-Shuttle motion-inverter. American Control Conference ACC 2005, Portland (USA), 2005.
C.39. Bittanti S., S. M. Canevese, A. De Marco, A. Errigo, V. Prandoni: Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell electrochemistry modelling, 7th International Symposium on Molten Salts Chemistry & Technology, Tolouse (France), p. 485-488, 2005.
C.38. Musardo C., B. Staccia, S. Bittanti, Y. Guezennec, L. Guzzella, G. Rizzoni: Predictive control for hybrid electric vehicles energy management. FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress, Barcelona, Spain. 2004.
C.37. Silani E, S.M., Daniel Fischer, S. Savaresi, E. Kaus, R. Iserman, S. Bittanti: Fault-Tolerant Filtering in Active Vehicle Suspensions. FISITA 2004 World Automotive Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2004.
C.36. Savaresi S.M., S. Garatti, S. Bittanti: L. La Brocca. Data-Mining of a Large Virtual Community: Relationships Between the Users DB and the Web-Log File. 3rd SIAM International Conference on Data Mining, S. Francisco, CA, USA, p.299-303, 2003.
C.35. Bittanti S.: Model identification and data analysis: a survey of recent trends and results. MACSI (Mathematics, Computing and Simulation for Industry). - net Workshop on Parameter Identification in Structural and Materials Engineering, Milan (Italy), November 2002.
C.34. Savaresi S-M., D. Booley, S. Bittanti, G. Gazzaniga: Cluster selection in divisive clustering algorithms. 2nd SIAM International Conference on Data Mining. Arlington (USA), 2002.
C.33. Bittanti S., M. Bottinelli, A. De Marco, M. Facchetti, W. Prandoni: Performance assessment of the control system of once-through boilers,. 13th Conference Process Control '01, Strbske Pleso (Slovakia), 2001.
C.32. Bittanti S.: Periodic Control: Theory and applications, in Stochastic Systems Theory and Applications, T. Katayama (ed), p.1-8, Invited - The Sunahara Lecture, Tottori (Japan), 2001.
C.31. Bittanti S., Dynamic modelling from data, International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Varenna (Italy), July 2000 (the contribution has been published in 2001 in a book published by IOS Press, Amsterdam, see the section: Refereed journals and publications in books).
C.30. D.Batani, S.Biava, S.Bittanti, F.Previdi: A Cellular Automaton Model of Laser-Plasma Interactions" in "Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems. Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems - MTNS 2000, Perpignan (France), June 2000.
C.29. Previdi F., S. Bittanti, Some considerations on nonlinear models of artificial stimulation of the quadriceps muscle. MTNS 2000, Perpignan (France), June 2000.
C.28 Bittanti S., Some considerations on the identification of unstable systems, Asian Control Conference , 1253-1258, Shanghai (China), July 2000.
C.27. Bittanti S., 30 years of Periodic Control - from analysis to design, Asian Control Conference, 2496-2501, Shanghai (China), July 2000.
C.26. Bittanti S., S. M. Savaresi, Frequency tracking via extended Kalman filter: parameter design, American Control Conference, Chicago (USA), June 2000.
C.25. Bittanti S., Advances in Periodic Control, Workshop on the Control of Uncertain Systems, Hong Kong (China), June 1999.
C.24. Bittanti, S., M. Lovera: Assessing model uncertainty in subspace identification methods: a simulation study, Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems – MTNS 1998, Padova (Italy), 1998.
C.23. M. Lovera, A. Falcetti, S. Bittanti On the estimation of the A matrix in subspace model identification, Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems – MTNS 1998, Padova (Italy), 1998.
C.22. Prandini M., M. Campi, S. Bittanti, The stabilizability issue in least squares estimation: a penalized approach, MTNS, Padova (Italy), 1998.
C.21. Bittanti, S., D. Cervi, M. Lovera: Application of subspace methods to the identification of helicopter flight mechanics, Proc. IMACS Multi-conference on Computational Engineering in Systems Applications, Lille (France), 1996.
C.20. Bertin D., Bittanti S., Savaresi S.: Coordinated Control of IGV and Valve in a Ride Control System for S.E.S.". International Conference on High Speed Marine Vehicles (HSMV'97), Napoli (Italy), p.8.3-8.14, 1997.
C.19. S. Bittanti: Problems of Active Control of Vibrations, Int. Workshop on Structural Damage Assessment using Advanced Signal Processing Procedures, Pescara (Italy), May 1995
C.18. Bittanti S., M. Lovera: A frequency domain approach to rotor state estimation for identification and control. 20th European Rotorcraft forum, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 1994.
C.17. Bittanti S., F. Lorito, S. Strada: An LQG disturbance modelling approach to active control of vibrations in helicopters. 19th European Rotorcraft Forum, Cernobbio (Italy), 1993.
C.16. S. Bittanti, L. Piroddi: Minimum Variance control of a class of nonlinear plants with neural networks. Proc. of the IEE 3rd Int. Conf. on Artificial Neural Networks, p. 168-171, Brighton (UK), 1993.
C.15. Bittanti S.: GRC theorem revisited. Workshop on New Perspectives in Modelling and Identification with Applications, Stockholm (Sweden), 1993
C.14. Bittanti S., F. Lorito, L. Moiraghi, S. Strada: Active control of vibrations in helicopters: from HHC to optimal control. 18th European Rotorcraft forum, Avignon (France), 1992.
C.13. Bittanti S., M. Campi: Some remarks on self-tuners based on LMS and RLS techniques a unified approach. Invited presentation at 5th Leningrad Symposium on Adaptive Systems Theory "Adaptive and Expert Control", Leningrad (USSR), 1991.
C.12. Bittanti S.: Adaptive identification and control by RLS schemes. IIASA Workshop on Modelling and Control of Systems, Sophron (Hungary), 1990.
C.11. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, R. Scattolini: Software reliability models- an introduction. Invited tutorial presentation at COMPEURO, Bruxelles (Belgium), 1988.
C.10. Bittanti S., D.B. Hernandez, G. Zerbi: PENDULUM - A program for the simple pendulum swing control via optimal periodic control theory. 12th IMACS World Congress '88, Paris (France) 1988.
C.09 Bittanti S., P. Bolzern: DIESIS - An interactive package for signal processing and system identification. 12th IMACS World Congress '88, Paris (France), 1988.
C.08 Bittanti S., D.W. Clarke, R. Scattolini: MAC: a multipurpose adaptive controller for real time digital regulation. BIAS 1987 - Controllo dei processi industriali, Milano (Italy), p. 311, 318, 1987.
C.07. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, C. Ghezzi, R. Scattolini: A proposal for a new software reliability model and its preliminary assessment. 3-me Colloque Exposition de Genie Logiciel , Versailles (France), p.229-240, 1986.
C.06. Bittanti S., P. Colaneri, G. De Nicolao: Reachability and controllability subspaces of discrete-time linear periodic systems. Workshop on Linear and Nonlinear Mathematical Control Theory, Torino (Italy), 1986.
C.05. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern, G. Guardabassi: State representation of VARMA models. Invited presentation at 2nd German-Italian Symposium on the Applications of Mathematics in Technology, Lambrecht (Germany), 1986.
C.04. Bittanti S., D.B. Hernandez: The periodic control problem and the simple pendulum. Invited presentation at 2nd German-Italian Symposium on the Applications of Mathematics in Technology, Lambrecht (Germany), 1986.
C.03. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern: Can the Kalman canonical decomposition be performed for a discrete-time linear periodic systems? 1 Congresso Latino-Americano de Automatica, Campina Grande (Brazil), p. 449-254, 1984.
C.02. Bittanti S., P. Bolzern: Four equivalent notions of stabilizability of periodic linear systems. American Control Conference, San Diego (USA), p. 1321-1324, 1984.
C.01. Bittanti S., G. Guardabassi: Large scale problem analysis: a unified framework for large scale systems techniques. XXIII Jurema Conference, Zagreb (Jugoslavia), p.273-286, 1978.

Birthday Celebrations


4. Bittanti S., M. Campi, M. Prandini: How many experiments are needed to adapt ? Giorgio Picci's Festschrift, Venice (Italy), October 2007.
3. Bittanti S.: From diophantine equation to engineering application: whither control. Symposium in honor of the 60th birthday of Vladimir Kucera Prague (The Czech Republic), November 24, 2003.
2. Bittanti S.: PSICO Today. In Models, Systems and Feedback, A. Isidori and J. Tarn eds., Birkhauser Boston, 1992. Invited presentation at the Symposium in honour of the 65th birthday of Antonio Ruberti, Capri, Italy, June 1992.
1. Bittanti S.: Recent results on the analysis of RLS algorithms. Invited presentation at Symposium on R.E. Kalman and the birth of mathematical system theory in honour of the 60th birthday of R.E. Kalman, Villa Mondragone, Frascati, Italy, 1990.