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Rainer Blind

Dr.-Ing.

Institute for Systems Theory and Automatic Control

Contact

+49 711 685 67751
+49 711 685 67735

Pfaffenwaldring 9
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 2.235

PhD Thesis

R. Blind. Optimization of the Communication System for Networked Control Systems. Logos Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2014.

Peer Reviewed Conference and Journal Publications

[21] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Towards Networked Control Systems with Guaranteed Stability: Using Weakly Hard Real-Time Constraints to Model the Loss Process. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2015.
[20] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. On the stabilizability of continuous-time systems over a packet based communication system with loss and delay. In Proceedings of the 19th IFAC World Congress, 2014.
[19] A. Haupt, F. Allgöwer, R. Blind, A. Chamaken, R. Gotzhein, M. Krämer, and L. Litz. Wireless Networking for Control. In J. Lunde (Ed.), Control Theory of Digitally Networked Dynamic Systems (pp 325-362), Springer International Publishing, 2014.
[18] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. On time-triggered and event-based control of integrator systems over a shared communication system. Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems, December 2013, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 517-557.
[17] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. On the Joint Design of Controller and Routing for Networked Control Systems. In Proceedings of the 4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems (NecSys), 2013.
[16] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. On the Optimization of the Transport Layer for Networked Control Systems. at-Automatisierungstechnik, 61(7):495-505, 2013.
[15] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Retransmitting Lost Measurements to Improve Remote Estimation. In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2013.
[14] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Is it Worth to Retransmit Lost Packets in Networked Control Systems? In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2012.
[13] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. The Performance of Event-Based Control for Scalar Systems with Packet Losses. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2012.
[12] B. W. Carabelli, A. Benzing, F. Dürr, B. Koldehofe, K. Rothermel, G. Seyboth, R. Blind, M. Bürger, and F. Allgöwer. Exact Convex Formulations of Network-Oriented Optimal Operator Placement. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2012.
[11] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. On the Optimal Sending Rate for Networked Control Systems with a Shared Communication Medium. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2011.
[10] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Analysis of Networked Event-Based Control with a Shared Communication Medium: Part I - Pure ALOHA. In Proceedings fo the 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011.
[9] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Analysis of Networked Event-Based Control with a Shared Communication Medium: Part II - Slotted ALOHA. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011.
[8] M. Kögel, R. Blind, F. Allgöwer and R. Findeisen. Optimal and optimal-linear control over lossy, distributed networks. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, 2011.
[7] M. Kögel, R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Optimal Control Over Unreliable Networks with Uncertain Loss Rates. In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2010.
[6] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. Estimating the Fates of the Control Packets for Networked Control Systems with Loss of Control and Measurement Packets. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2009.
[5] R. Blind and F. Allgöwer. A controller design for Networked Control Systems with random delays via the Jump Linear System approach, which reduces the effects of the delay. In Proceedings of the European Control Conference, 2009.
[4] R. Blind, S. Uhlich, B. Yang and F. Allgöwer. Robustification and Optimization of a Kalman Filter with Measurement Loss using Linear Precoding. In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2009.
[3] 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.
[2] R. Blind, U. Münz, and F. Allgöwer. Almost sure stability and transient behavior of stochastic nonlinear jump systems motivated by networked control systems. In Proceedings of the Conference on Decision and Control, 2007.
[1] J. Sommer and R. Blind. Optimized resource dimensioning in an embedded CAN-CAN gateway. In Proceedings of the IEEE Second International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems, 2007.
Teaching Activities
Supervised Thesis
  • Sources of errors and their evaluation in networked control systems, Student Thesis
  • Compensating packet losses in networked control systems, Bachelor Thesis
  • Modelling a rear-wheel steered bicycle, Student Thesis (together with Matthias Lorenzen)
  • Data transmission in networked control systems, Student Thesis
  • Considering delay and packet loss in the LQ controler design, Bachelor Thesis
  • Formation forming with egoistic agents under consideration of aerodynamic interferences, Bachelor Thesis
  • A study on retransmission schemes for networked control systems, Student Thesis
  • Reconfigureable control and communication of a multi-tank system, Bachelor Thesis
  • Development of a Simulation Environment for Networked Control Systems, Diploma Thesis
  • Stabilization of a rear-steered rider-controlled bicycle, Bachelor Thesis
  • Model identification for the relationship between power and heart rate, Bachelor Thesis
  • Simulation of networked event-based control, Student Thesis
  • On optimal control over networks with lossy links, Diploma Thesis
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