Eduardo I. Silva homepage

List of Publications (you can find links to associated technical reports here):

1. I. A. Latorre, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado.  On the effect of additional input channels on the achievable performance of discrete-time control systems.In Automatica, Vol. 50(2):570-577, February 2014.
2. F.J. Vargas, E.I. Silva, J. Chen.  Stabilization of Two-Input Two-Output Systems over SNR-Constrained Channels.  In Automatica, Vol. 49(10):3133-3140, October 2013.
3. E.I. Silva, M.A. Solis. An alternative look at the constant-gain Kalman filter for state estimation over erasure channels.  In IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 58(12):3259 - 3265, December 2013.
4. D.E. Quevedo, J. Ostergaard, E.I. Silva, D. Nesic.  Correction to "Packetized Predictive Control of Stochastic Systems over Bit-Rate Limited Channels with Packet Loss". In IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 58(7):1869-1872, July 2013.
   
5. D. Docmac, E.I. Silva, A.J. Gonzalez. Evaluación de algoritmos para la estimación del Round-Trip Delay Time y una propuesta de mejora. In Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, 10:62–72, January 2013.
   
6. E.I. Silva, S.A. Pulgar. Performance limitations for single-input LTI plants controlled over SNR constrained channels with feedback. Automatica, 49(2):540-547, 2013
   
7. F.J. Vargas, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Optimal design of ripple-free deadbeat controllers based on an ITSE index.  Automatica, 47(9):2134-2137, 2011.
8. E.I. Silva, S.A. Pulgar. Control of LTI plants over erasure channels. Automatica, 47(8):1729-1736, 2011.
9. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard.  An achievable data-rate region subject to a stationary performance constraint for LTI plants. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(8):1968-1973, 2011.
   
10. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard. A framework for control system design subject to average data-rate constraints.  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(8):1886-1899, 2011.
11. M.A. García, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva . On achievable performance bounds for tall MIMO systems.  IET Control Theory & Applications, 5(5):736-743, 2011.
12. G.C. Goodwin, E.I. Silva, D.E. Quevedo. Analysis and design of networked control systems using the additive noise model methodology. Asian Journal of Control,  12(4):443–459, July 2010.
13. E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo. Control system design subject to SNR constraints. Automatica, 46(2):428-436, 2010
14. D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin. Subband coding for networked control systems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 19:1817-1836, 2009.
15. G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva. Architectures and coder design for networked Control systems. Automatica, 44(1):248-257, 2008.
16. M.S. Derpich, E.I. Silva, D.E. Quevedo, G.C. Goodwin. On optimal perfect reconstruction feedback quantizers. IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 56(8):3871-3890, 2008.
17. D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin. Control over unreliable networks affectedby packet erasures and variable transmission delays. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas In Communications, 26(4):672-685, 2008.
18. A Peters, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Performance bounds in linear control of unstable MIMO systems with pole location constraint. Systems and Control Letters, 57(5):392-399, 2008.
19. M.E. Salgado, D.A. Oyarzún, E.I. Silva. H2 optimal ripple-free deadbeat controller design. Automatica, 43(11):1961-1967,  2007.
20. E.I. Silva, D.A. Oyarzún, M.E. Salgado. On structurally constrained H2 perfor mance bounds for stable MIMO plant models. IET Control Theory & Applications, 1(4):1033-1045, 2007.
21. M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Robustness issues in H2 optimal control of unstable plants. System and Control Letters, 55(2):124-131, 2006.
22. M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Achievable performance limitations for SISO plants with pole location constraints. International Journal of Control, 79(3):263-277, 2006.
23. G.C. Goodwin, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Time-domain performance limitations arising from decentralized architectures and their relationship to the RGA. International Journal of Control, 78(13):1045-1062, 2005.
24. E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado. Performance bounds for feedback control of nonminimum-phase MIMO systems with arbitrary delay structure. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, 152(2):211-219, 2005.
25. J. Rodríguez, E.I. Silva, F. Blaabjerg, P. Wheeler, J. Clare, J. Pontt. Matrix converter controlled with the direct transfer function approach: analysis, modelling and simulation. International Journal of Electronics, 92(2):63-85, 2005.
26. J. Rodríguez, L. Morán, J. Pontt, J. Espinoza, R. Díaz, E.I. Silva. Operating experience of shovel drives for mining applications. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 40(2):664-671, 2004.

1. E.I. Silva, F.J. Vargas, A.I. Maass. Optimal design of a class of controllers and data-dropout compensators for the control of LTI plants over erasure channels. Accepted as invited paper in the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 2013.
2. A.I. Maass, E.I. Silva. Performance limitations in the control of LTI plants over fading channels.  9th Asian Control Conference, Istambul, Turkey, 2013.
3. F.J. Vargas, E.I. Silva, J. Chen.  Further results on stabilization over additive white noise channels subject SNR constraints.  9th Asian Control Conference, Istambul, Turkey, 2013.
4. I.A. Latorre, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva.  On the effect of adding frequency-response-constrained input channels on the achievable performance of discrete-time control systems.  9th Asian Control Conference, Istambul, Turkey, 2013.
5. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard.  Rate-distortion in closed-loop LTI systems. Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), San Diego, USA, 2013.
6. E.I. Silva, S.A. Pulgar.  Performance limitations for SISO LTI plants controlled over SNR constrained channels. 51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, USA, 2012.
7. F.J. Vargas, J. Chen, E.I. Silva.  Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Mean Square Stabilization over MIMO SNR-Constrained Channels.  51st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, USA, 2012.
   
8. P.E. Valenzuela, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva.  Optimal tracking performance for unstable tall plant models.  20th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Barcelona, Spain, 2012.
9. F.J. Vargas, E.I. Silva, J. Chen.  Stabilization of TITO Systems over Parallel SNR-Constrained AWN channels.  7th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Aalborg, Denmark, 2012.
   
10. E.I. Silva, M.A. Solis. An Approach to Stationary State Estimation with Missing Data.  9th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation, Santiago, Chile, 2011.
11. I.A. Latorre, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. On the impact on MIMO zeros and achievable performance of adding additional input channels to square MIMO discrete-time systems.  Australian Control Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2011.
    
12. M.A. García, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado. On tracking performance limits for non-right invertible systems. 18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
13. E.I. Silva, S.A. Pulgar. On networked control systems closed over digital erasure channels.  18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
14. S.A. Pulgar, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado. Optimal State-Feedback Design for MIMO systems subject to multiple SNR constraints.  18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
15. F.J. Vargas, E.I. Silva. Analysis and design of partly networked architectures for two-input two-output LTI systems.  18th IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy, 2011.
16. P.E. Valenzuela, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva.  Performance Bounds for SIMO and Squared-up Plant Models. 19th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Corfu, Greece, 2011.
17. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard.  Independent source coding for control over noiseless channels. Information Theory and Applications Workshop (ITA), San Diego, USA, 2010.
18. S.A. Pulgar, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado.  Upper bounds on the best achievable performance subject to SNR constraints in two-channel networked architectures. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, 2010.
    
19. E.I. Silva, D.S. Carrasco. Upper bounds on the best achievable performance for time-weighted cost functionals. 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta, USA, 2010.
20. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard. On the Minimal Average Data-Rate that Guarantees a Given Closed Loop Performance Level. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Annecy, France, 2010.
    
21. F.J. Vargas, M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Optimal design of ripple-free deadbeat controllers based on ITSE index. 18th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Marrakech, Morroco, 2010.
22. A.A Peters, D.A. Oyarzún, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado. Analytic characterization of a stabilizing feedback for LTI plants. European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
23. E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo. On the design of control systems over unreliable channels. European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2009.
24. E.J. Fuentes, C. Silva, D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva. Predictive Speed Control of a Synchronous Permanent Magnet Motor. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Gippsland, Australia, 2009.
25. E.I. Silva, M.S. Derpich, J. Ostergaard, D.E. Quevedo. Simple coding for achieving mean square stability over bit-rate limited channels. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2008.
26. V. Wertz, E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin, B. Codrons. Performance limitations arising in the control of power plants. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
27. D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva, D. Nesic. Design of multiple actuator-link control systems with packet dropouts. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
28. E.I. Silva, D.E. Quevedo, G.C. Goodwin. Optimal controller design for networked control systems. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
29. E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo. On networked control architectures for MIMO plants. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, 2008.
30. E.I. Silva, D.E. Quevedo, G.C. Goodwin. Optimal coding for bit-rate limited networked control systems in the presence of data loss. 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, 2007.
31. E.I. Silva, D.E. Quevedo, G.C. Goodwin. Optimal multibit digital to analog conversion. 7th International Symposium on Communications and Information Technologies, Sydney, Australia, 2007.
32. D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin. Performance limits in multi-channel networked control system architectures. 3rd IFAC SSSC, Iguazu, Brazil, 2007.
33. E.I. Silva, B.P. McGrath, D.E. Quevedo, G.C. Goodwin. Predictive control of a flying capacitor converter. 26th American Control Conference, New York, USA, 2007.
34. D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin. Packetized predictive control over erasure channels. 26th American Control Conference, New York, USA, 2007.
35. D.A. Oyarzún, E.I. Silva. Effect of downstream feedback on the achievable performance of feedback control loops for serial processes. European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, 2007.
36. E.I. Silva, G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo, M.S. Derpich. Optimal noise shaping for networked control systems. European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, 2007.
37. G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva. Filter banks in networked control. 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Kyoto, Japan, 2006.
38. G.C. Goodwin, D.E. Quevedo, E.I. Silva. An introduction to networked control systems. Asian Control Conference, Bali, Indonesia, 2006.
39. E.I. Silva, D.A. Erraz. An LQR based MIMO PID controller synthesis method for unconstrained lagrangian mechanical systems. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, 2006.
40. M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. Suboptimal triangular controller design method for 2x2 systems. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, USA, 2006.
41. M.E. Salgado, E.I. Silva. A class of optimal decentralized controllers for open loop stable processes. 16th IFAC World Congress, Prague, Chech Republic, 2005.
42. J. Rodríguez, J. Pontt, E.I. Silva, J. Espinoza, M. Perez. Topologies for regenerative cascaded multilevel inverters. 34th IEEE Power Electronics Specialist Conference (PESC). 2003, 2003.
43. J. Rodríguez, L. Morán, J. Pontt, J. Espinoza, R. Díaz, E.I. Silva. Operating experience of shovel drives for mining applications. 37th IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2002.

1. I.A. Latorre, E.I. Silva, M.E. Salgado. On the effect of additional input channels on the achievable performance of discrete-time control systems.  Provisionally  accepted in Automatica, May 2013.
   
2. M.S. Derpich, E.I. Silva, J. Ostergaard. Fundamental Inequalities and Identities Involving Mutual and Directed Informations in Closed-Loop Systems.  Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, January 2013.