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Papers in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Journals

Automotive Applications of Evolving Takagi-Sugeno-Kang Fuzzy Models

R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, M.-B. Radac, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, E.-L. Hedrea and R.-C. Roman

Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 231-244, 2017, impact factor = 7.9 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023, Q1 quartile. (link)

Gain-Scheduling Control Solutions for Magnetic Levitation Systems

C.-A. Bojan Dragos, M.-B. Radac, R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea and O. Tanasoiu

Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 89-108, 2018, impact factor = 1.7 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

Results on Tensor Product-based Model Transformation of Magnetic Levitation Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup and C.-A. Bojan-Dragos

Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 93-111, 2019, impact factor = 1.7 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

A center manifold theory-based approach to the stability analysis of the state feedback Takagi-Sugeno-Kang Fuzzy control systems

R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, E.M. Petriu, R.-C. Roman, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea and A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean

Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 189-204, 2020, impact factor = 7.9 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023, Q1 quartile. (link)

Evolving Fuzzy Models of Shape Memory Alloy Wire Actuators

R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman and E.M. Petriu

Romanian Journal of Information Science and Technology, vol. 24, no. 4, 2021, pp. 353-365, impact factor = 3.5 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023, Q2 quartile (link)

Data-Driven Model-Free Sliding Mode and Fuzzy Control with Experimental Validation

R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea, E.M. Petriu and C.-A. Bojan-Dragos

International Journal of Computers Communication and Control, vol. 16, no. 1, 2021, impact factor = 2.7 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

Tensor product-based model transformation approach to tower crane systems modeling

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman and E.M. Petriu

Asian Journal of Control, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1313-1323, 2021, impact factor = 2.4, according to to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. This paper received the titles of “Top Cited Article” in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 according to Wiley. (link)

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Tensor product-based model transformation approach to cart position modeling and control in pendulum-cart systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and C. Hedrea

Asian Journal of Control, vol. 23, no. 3, pp. 1238-1248, 2021 impact factor = 2.4 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

Experiment-Based Approach to Teach Optimization Techniques

R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, A.I. Szedlak-Stinean and C.-A. Bojan-Dragost

IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 88-94, 2021, impact factor = 2.6 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

Performance Improvement of Low-Cost Iterative Learning-Based Fuzzy Control Systems for Tower Crane Systems

R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, M.-M. Damian and M.-L. Nedelcea

International Journal of Computers Communication and Control, vol. 17, no. 1, 2022, impact factor = 2.7 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023. (link)

A Low Cost Approach to data-driven fuzzy control of servo systems

R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman and E.M. Petriu

Facta Universitatis-Series Mechanical Engineering, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 21-36, 2022, impact factor = 7.9 according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023, Q1 quartile. (link)

Extended Kalman filter and Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy observer for a strip winding system

A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea and C.-A. Bojan-Dragos

Expert Systems With Applications, vol. 208, 2022, impact factor = 8.5, according to 2022 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) published by Clarivate Analytics in 2023, Q1 quartile. (link)

Sisteme de reglare fuzzy cu aplicatii mecatronice

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, R.-E. Precup , E.-L. Hedrea

Ed. Politehnica, Automatica Collection, ISBN 978-606-35-0472-3, 2022

Nature-inspired optimization algorithms for path planning and fuzzy tracking control of mobile robots

R.-E. Precup, E.-I. Voişan, R.-C. David, E.-L. Hedrea, E. M. Petriu, R.-C. Roman and A.-I. Szedlak-Stînean

Applied Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, E. Osaba and X.-S. Yang, Eds., Springer Tracts in Nature-Inspired Computing, Springer, Singapore, pp. 129-148, 2021. (link)

Papers in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Conferences

Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning for Position Control of a Twin Rotor Aerodynamic System

E.-L. Hedrea, M.-B. Radac and R.-E. Precup

Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), Timisoara, Romania, 2016, pp.57-62. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation Technique Applied to Modeling Magnetic Levitation Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and O. Tanasoiu

Proc. of the 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES), Godollo, Hungary, 2019, pp. 179-184. (link)

Evolving Fuzzy Models for Anti-lock Braking Systems

R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea, I.-D. Borlea

Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Virtual Environments for Measurement Systems and Applications, Annecy, France, 2017, pp. 48-53. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation for Position Control of Magnetic Levitation Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.-M. Petriu and C. Hedrea

Proc. of the IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Edinburgh, Scotland, 2017, pp. 1141-1146. (link)

Evolving Fuzzy Models for the Position Control of Magnetic Levitation Systems

R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea, M.-D. Rarinca and E.-M. Petriu

Proc. of the Conference on Evolving and Adaptive Intelligent Systems (EAIS), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2017. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation for Level Control of Vertical Three Tank Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, R.-E. Precup and T-A. Teban

Proc. of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems (INES), Larnaca, Cyprus, 2017, pp. 113-118 (link)

Cascade Control Solutions for Maglev Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, R.-C. Roman, O. Tanasoiu and M. Marinescu

Proc. of the International Conference on System Theory Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, 2018, pp. 20-26. (link)

Comparative Study of Control Structures for Maglev Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, C.-A. Bojan Dragos, R.-E. Precup and E.-M. Petriu

Proc. of the IEEE International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference IPEMC, Budapest, Hungary, 2018, pp. 657-662. (link)

Data-Driven Model-Free Model-Reference Nonlinear Virtual State-Feedback Control from Input-Output Data

M.-B. Radac, R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea and I.-C. Mituletu

Proc. of the 26th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Zadar, Croatia, 2018, pp. 332-338. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation Technique Applied to Modeling Vertical Three Tank Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan Dragos and C. Hedrea

Proc. of the 12th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), Timisoara, Romania, 2018, pp. 63-68. (link)

Control Solutions for Vertical Three-Tank Systems

C.-A. Bojan Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-E. Precup, L. Gurgui, E.-L. Hedrea and I.-C. Mituletu

Proc. of the 12th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), Timisoara, Romania, 2018, pp. 593-598. (link)

Discrete time Control Solutions for Inverted Pendulum Crane Mode Control

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, A. Simo and A. Daia

Proc of the 18th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), Budapest, Hungary, 2018, pp. 295-300. (link)

TP-Based Fuzzy Control Solutions for Magnetic Levitation Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and C. Hedrea

Proc. of the 23rd International Conference on System Theory Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, 2019, pp. 809-814. (link)

Sliding Mode and Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Control Structures for SMA Actuators

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, R.-E. Precup, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea and E.M. Petriu

Proc. of the European Control Conference (ECC), Bucharest Romania, 2023. (link)

Fictitious Reference Iterative Tuning of Intelligent Proportional-Integral Controllers for Tower Crane Systems

R.-C. Roman, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, M. Muntyan and E.-L. Hedrea

Proc of the 31st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), Limassol, Cyprus, 2023. (link)

MIMO Fuzzy Control Solutions for the Level Control of Vertical Two Tank Systems

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean and R.-C. Roman

Proc. of the 16th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Prague, Czech Republic, 2019, pp. 810-817. (link)

Model-Free Adaptive Control With Fuzzy Component for Tower Crane Systems

R.-C. Roman, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, E.-L. Hedrea, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and M.-B. Radac

Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, 2019, pp. 1384-1389. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation and Sliding Mode Control of Electromagnetic Actuated Clutch System

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, E.M. Petriu and R-C. Romana

Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC), Bari, Italy, 2019, pp. 1402-1407. (link)

Cascade Control Solutions for Level Control of Vertical Three Tank Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, C. Hedrea, D. Ples and D. Popovici

roc. of the 13th International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics (SACI), Timisoara, Roamania, 2019, pp. 353-358. (link)

First-Order Active Disturbance Rejection-Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning Control of Tower Crane Systems

R.-C. Roman, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, R.-C. David, E.-L. Hedrea and A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean

Proc. of the 24th International Conference on System Theory Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Electr. Network, 2020, pp. 137-142. (link)

Tensor Product-Based Model Transformation Technique Applied to Servo Systems Modeling

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and C. Hedrea

Proc. of the 30th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Kyoto, Japan, 2021. (link)

GWO-Based Optimal Tuning of Type-1 and Type-2 Fuzzy Controllers for Electromagnetic Actuated Clutch Systems

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea and A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean

Proc. of the 4th IFAC Conference on Embedded Systems, Computational Intelligence and Telemetics in Control (CESCIT), Valenciennes, France, 2021, pp. 189-194. (link)

Tensor Product-based and State Feedback Structures for Level Control of Vertical Three Tank Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean and C. Hedrea

in of the 26th International Conference on System Theory Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Sinaia, Romania, 2022, pp. 195-200. (link)

AVOA-Based Tuning of Low -Cost Fuzzy Controllers for Tower Crane Systems

R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean and F.-C. Paulescu

Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), Padua, Italy, 2022. (link)

GWO-Based Optimal Tuning of Controllers for Shape Memory Alloy Wire Actuators

C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, R.-E. Precup, E.M. Petriu, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea and A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean

Proc. of the 6th IFAC Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Sciences (ICONS), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2022, pp. 39-44. (link)

Iterative Feedback Tuning Algorithm for Tower Crane Systems

R.-C. Roman, R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, S. Preitl, I.-A. Zamfirache, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and E.M. Petriu

Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Information Technology and Quantitative Management (2020&2021): Developing Global Digital Economy after COVID-19, Chengdu, China, 2022, pp. 157-165. (link)

PI Controller Tuning via Data-Driven Algorithms for Shape Memory Alloy Systems

R.-C. Roman, R.-E. Precup, S. Preitl, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, E.-L. Hedrea and E.M. Petriu

Proc. of the 1st IFAC Workshop on Control of Complex Systems (COSY), Bologna, Italy, 2022, pp. 181-186. (link)

Discrete-time Linear and Nonlinear Observers for an Electromechanical Plant with State Feedback Control,

A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and E.-L. Hedrea

Proc. of the IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Singapore, 2022, pp. 700-707. (link)

GWO-Based Performance Improvement of PD-Type Iterative Learning Fuzzy Control of Tower Crane Systems

R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos and A.-I. Szedlak-Stineana

Proc. of the 31st IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Anchorage, AK, 2022, pp. 1041-1046. (link)

Papers in Refereed Academic Journals & Conferences

Model-Based Fuzzy Control Results for Networked Control Systems

R. E. Precup, S. Preitl, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-C. Roman and E.-L. Hedrea

Reports in Mechanical Engineering, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 10-25, 2020. (link)

Gain-Scheduling Position Control Approaches for Electromagnetic Actuated Clutch Systems

C.-A. Bojan-Dragoş, M.-B. Rădac, R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, A.-I. Szedlak-Stînean, S. Preitl

Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), Porto, Portugal, 2018, vol. 2, pp. 411-418, indexed in Scopus. (link)

Evolving Fuzzy and Tensor Product-based Models for Tower Crane Systems

R.-E. Precup, E.-L. Hedrea, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, C. Hedrea

in Proc. of the Industrial Electronics Conference (IECON), Brussels, Belgium, 2022, indexed in IEEE Xplore. (link)

Slime Mold Algorithm-Based Performance Improvement of PD-Type Indirect Iterative Learning Fuzzy Control of Tower Crane Systems

R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.-L. Hedrea, E.M. Petriu, C.-A. Bojan-Dragos, A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean

in Proc. of the 57th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS), Baltimore, Maryland, 2023, pp. 1-6, indexed in IEEE Xplore. (link)

Tensor Product-based and State Feedback Control Solutions for Cart Position Control of Pendulum-Cart Systems

E.-L. Hedrea, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman and C. Hedrea

in Proc. of the 27th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing (ICSTCC), Timisoara, Romania, 2023, indexed in IEEE Xplore. (link)

SMA-Based Tuning of PI Controller Using Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Observers for an Electromechanical System with Variable Parameters

A.-I. Szedlak-Stinean, R.-E. Precup, R.-C. Roman, E.M. Petriu and E.-L. Hedrea

in Proc. of the 9th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), Rome, Italy, 2023, indexed in IEEE Xplore. (link)