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Ulrich Münz

Dipl.-Ing., Ingeniero de Telecomunicación
former research and teaching assistant at the IST
research scientist at Siemens Corporate Technology



Research interests

  • Delay Robustness in Cooperative Control
  • Time-Delay Systems
  • Networked Control Systems
  • Fault Diagnosis
  • e-Learning

Publications

(see Publication Database, Nach Thema, Autoren, Münz for details)

Delay Robustness in Cooperative Control

[16]  G. S. Schmidt, A. Papachristodoulou, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Frequency Synchronization and Phase Agreement in Kuramoto Oscillator Networks with Delays. Automatica , 48(12):3008-3017, 2012.
[15]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Delay Robustness in Non-Identical Multi-Agent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57(6):1597-1603, 2012.
[14]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems With Coupling Delays and Switching Topology. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(12):2976-2982, 2011.
[13]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Robust Consensus Controller Design for Nonlinear Relative Degree Two Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 56(1):145-151, 2011.
[12]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Delay Robustness in Consensus Problems. Automatica , 46(8):1252-1265, 2010.
[11]  A. Papachristodoulou, A. Jadbabaie, and U. Münz. Effects of Delay in Multi-Agent Consensus and Oscillator Synchronization. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 55(6):1471-1477, 2010.
[10]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Robust Rendezvous of Heterogeneous Langrange Systems on Packet-Switched Networks. at - Automatisierungstechnik, 58(4):184-191, 2010.
[9]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Generalized Nyquist Consensus Condition for Large High-Order Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delays. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009, pp. 4765-4771.
[8]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Generalized Nyquist Consensus Condition for Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Heterogeneous Delays. Proc. 1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems (NecSys'09), Venice, Italy, September 2009, pp. 24-29.
[7]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Output Consensus Controller Design for Nonlinear Relative Degree One Multi-Agent Systems with Delays. Proc. 8th IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, Sinaia, Rumania, September 2009.
[6]  G. S. Schmidt, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Multi-Agent Speed Consensus via Delayed Position Feedback with Application to Kuramoto Oscillators. Proc. European Control Conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 2009, pp. 2464-2469.
[5]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Consensus Reaching in Multi-Agent Packet-Switched Networks with Nonlinear Coupling. International Journal of Control, 82(5):953-969, 2009.
[4]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Delay-Dependent Rendezvous and Flocking of Large Scale Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delays. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, pp. 2038-2043.
[3]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Nonlinear Multi-Agent System Consensus with Time-Varying Delays. Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, July 2008, pp. 1522-1527.
[2]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Multi-Agent System Consensus in Packet-Switched Networks. Proc. European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, 2007, pp. 4598 - 4603.
[1]  A. Schöllig, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Topology-Dependent Stability of a Network of Dynamical Systems with Communication Delays. Proc. European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, 2007, pp. 1197 - 1202.

Time-Delay Systems

[9]  G. Goebel, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Stabilization of Linear Systems with Distributed Input Delay. Proc. American Control Conference, Baltimore, USA, 2010, pp. 5800-5806.
[8]  C. Maier, T. Haag, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Construction of Quadratic Lyapunov-Krasovskii Functionals for Linear Time-Delay Systems with Multiple Uncertain Delays. In. S. Sivasundaram (Ed.) Mathematical Analysis and Applications in Engineering Aerospace and Sciences, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, Cambridge, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Aerospace, and Science, Vol. 5, 2011.
[7]  R. Mahboobi Esfanjani, M. Reble, U. Münz, S. K. Nikravesh, and F. Allgöwer. Model Predictive Control of Constrained Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009, pp.1324-1329.
[6]  T. Haag, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Comparison of Different Stability Conditions for Linear Time-Delay Systems with Incommensurate Delays. Proc. 8th IFAC Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, Sinaia, Rumania, September 2009.
[5]  U. Münz, J. Rieber, and F. Allgöwer. Robust Stabilization and H-infinity Control of Uncertain Distributed Delay Systems. In J. J. Loiseau, W. Michiels, S.-I. Niculescu, and R. Sipahi (Eds.) Topics in Time-Delay Systems: Analysis, Algorithms, and Control, Springer, Berlin, LNCIS, Vol. 388, pp. 221-231, 2009.
[4]  U. Münz, C. Ebenbauer, T. Haag, and F. Allgöwer. Stability Analysis of Time-Delay Systems with Incommensurate Delays using Positive Polynomials. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 54(5): 1019-1024, 2009.
[3]  U. Münz, J. M. Rieber, and F. Allgöwer. Robust Stability of Distributed Delay Systems. Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, July 2008, pp. 12354-12358.
[2]  U. Münz and F. Allgöwer. L2-Gain Based Controller Design for Linear Systems with Distributed Delays and Rational Delay Kernels. IFAC 7th Workshop on Time-Delay Systems, Nantes, France, September 2007.
[1]  U. Münz, C. Ebenbauer, and F. Allgöwer. Stability of Networked Systems with Multiple Delays Using Linear Programming. Proc. 26th American Control Conference, New York, USA, 2007, pp. 5515 - 5520.

Networked Systems

[7]  S. Schuler, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Decentralized State Feedback Control for Interconnected Process Systems. Proc. 8th IFAC Symp. on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (AdChem), Singapore, July 2012, pp. 1-10.
[6]  S. Schuler, M. D. Gruhler, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Design of Structured Static Output Feedback Controllers. Proc. 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011, pp. 271-276.
[5]  S. Schuler, W. Zhou, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Controller Structure Design for Decentralized Control of Higher Order Subsystems. Proc. 2nd IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems, 2010, pp. 296-274.
[4]  G. Schmidt, J. Wu, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Consensus in Bistable and Multistable Multi-Agent Systems. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2010, pp. 7135-7140.
[3]  S. Schuler, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Optimal Controller Structure Reduction for Decentralized Control. Proc. 4th IFAC Symposium on System, Structure and Control, 2010, pp. 303-308.
[2]  R. Blind, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Networked Control Systems using Jump Linear Systems. at - Automatisierungstechnik, 56(1):20-28, 2008.
[1]  R. Blind, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Almost Sure Stability and Transient Behavior of Stochastic Nonlinear Jump Systems Motivated by Networked Control Systems. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, December 2007, pp. 3327-3332.

Fault Diagnosis

[3]  U. Münz and P. J. Zufiria. Diagnosis of Unknown Parametric Fautls in Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamical Systems. International Journal of Control, 82(4): 603-619, 2009.
[2]  M. Reble, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Diagnosis of Parametric Faults in Multivariable Nonlinear Systems. Proc. IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, USA, December 2007, pp. 366-371.
[1]  U. Münz and P. J. Zufiria. Parametric Fault Diagnosis in Stochastic Dynamical Systems. Proc. XIX Congreso de Ecuaciones Diferenciales y Aplicaciones, Madrid, Spain, 2005.

e-Learning

[4]  U. Münz, C. Böhm, J. Eck, M. Reble, P. Schumm, and F. Allgöwer. A Matlab-Based Game for Advanced Automatic Control Education. Proc. 8th IFAC Workshop on Advances in Control Education , Kumamoto, Japan, October 2009.
[3]  U. Münz, P. Schumm, and F. Allgöwer. Educational Games in Control. Proc. 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, July 2008, pp. 12625-12630.
[2]  U. Münz, P. Schumm, A. Wiesebrock, and F. Allgöwer. Motivation and Learning Progress through Educational Games. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 54(6):3141-3144, 2007.
[1]  T. Schweickhard, P. Schumm, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Integration of E-Learning Modules in Automatic Control Education. Proc. 7th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, Madrid, Spain, 2006.

Workshops and Invited Talks

[6]  U. Münz. Delay-Robustness in Cooperative Control. In: Seminar at K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, 2010.
[5]  U. Münz. Delay-Robustness in Cooperative Control. In: Kolloquium Technische Kybernetik, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009.
[4]  U. Münz. Delay-Robustness in Consensus Problems. In: Workshop on Network Induced Constraints in Control, Stuttgart, Germany, 2009.
[3]  U. Münz and F. Allgöwer. Neue Analyse- und Entwurfsmethoden für kooperierende Systeme unter Berücksichtigung von Kommunikationsbeschränkungen. In: 43. Regelungstechnisches Kolloquium, Boppard, Germany, 2009.
[2]  U. Münz, A. Papachristodoulou, and F. Allgöwer. Nonlinear Multi-Agent System Consensus with Communication Delays. In: Information and Control Workshop, Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany, 2009.
[1]  A. Papachristodoulou, M. Peet, and U. Münz. Effects of Delay on the Functionality of Large-Scale Networks. In: S.-I. Niculescu, J. Cheong: Delays, Feedbacks and Interconnections: From Simple Structures to Complex Networks. Pre-Congress Workshop of the 17th IFAC World Congress, Seoul, South Korea, 2008.

Theses

[3]  U. Münz. Delay Robustness in Cooperative Control . PhD Thesis, Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2010. Published with Logos Verlag Berlin.
[2]  U. Münz. Parametric Fault Diagnosis in Stochastic Systems. Diploma Thesis/Proyecto Fin de Carrera, Departamento de Matemática Aplicada a las Tecnologías de la Información, Universidád Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, 2005.
[1]  U. Münz. Entwurf und Aufbau einer Transformationskarte für die feldorientierte Regelung. Studienarbeit, Institut für Leistungselektronik und Regelungstechnik, Universität Stuttgart, Germany, 2003.

Theses supervisions

[10]  Stabilization of Linear Systems with Distributed Input Delay (student thesis)
(Stabilisierung von linearen Systemen mit verteilten Eingangstotzeiten).
[9]  Consensus Conditions for Bistable and Multistable Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems (student thesis)
(Konsensbedingungen für Bistabile und Multistabile Nichtlineare Agentensysteme).
[8]  Entwurf einer dezentralen vernetzten Folgeregelung für gekoppelte lineare Systeme (student thesis)
(Design of Dezentralized Networked Tracking Controller for Interconnected Linear Systems).
[7]  Entwurf und Aufbau einer dezentralen, vernetzten Regelung für ein 2-Tank-System (student thesis)
(Design and Implementation of a Decentralized, Networked Control for a 2-Tank System).
[6]  Stabilization and Transient Behavior of Networked Control Systems with Stochastic Delay and Loss of Packets (diploma thesis).
[5]  Validation of Packet Switched Network Models (student thesis).
[4]  Comparison of Different Stability Conditions for Linear Time-Invariant Delay Systems with Incommensurate Delays (student thesis).
[3]  Stabilitätsanalyse von Populationsmodellen mit Verzögerungen (student thesis)
(Stability Analysis of Population Models with Delays).
[2]  Stabilitätsanalyse von vernetzten Systemen mit Verzögerungen in der Datenübertragung (student thesis)
(Stability Analysis of Networked Systems with Communication Delays).
[1]  Parametric Fault Diagnosis for Multivariable Nonlinear Systems (student thesis).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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