Afef Fekih, Ph.D.

University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

 

 

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

[J1] M. Morteza, A. Fekih, "Adaptive PID-Sliding Mode Fault Tolerant Control Approach for Vehicle Suspension Systems Subject to Actuator Faults," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 63, Issue 3, pp.1041-1054, March 2014.

[J2] M. Morteza, A. Fekih, "A Stability Guaranteed Robust Fault Tolerant Control Design for Vehicle Suspension Systems Subject to Actuator Faults and Disturbances," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. PP, Issue: 99, pp. 1-10, 2014.

[J3] A. Fekih, "Fault-Tolerant Flight Control Design for Effective and Reliable Aircraft Systems," Journal of Control and Decision, Taylor&Francis, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 1-19, October 30, 2014.

[J4] A. Fekih, S. Seelem, "Effective Fault-Tolerant Control Paradigm for Path Tracking in Autonomous Vehicles," accepted, Systems Science and Control Engineering Journal, Taylor&Francis, July 12, 2014.

[J5] A. Bouhana, A. Zidi, A. Fekih, N. Anand, M. Abed, H. Chabchoub, "Ontology based personalized itinerary search system using the CBR tool and a Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach:Application in urban freight transport," under revision, Expert Systems with Applications Journal, Elsevier, March 2014.

[J6] M. Morteza, A. Fekih, "Adaptive PID-Sliding Mode Fault Tolerant Control Approach for Vehicle Suspension Systems Subject to Actuator Faults," in press IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, published online Sep. 20, 1013, Vol. PP, Issue 99, 2013.

[J7] Bouhana, A. Fekih, M. Abed, H. Chabchoub, "An integrated Case-Based Reasoning and MCDM technique for personalized itinerary searchTransportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies Journal, Elsevier, Vol. 31, pp.30-50, June 2013.

[J8] Fekih, A. AlShehri, A Feedback Linearization based Nonlinear Control Approach for Variable Speed Wind Turbines”, Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, Vol.2, no. 1, Vol. 2, pp 88-97, February 2013.

[J9] Fekih, D. Devariste, A Fault-Tolerant Steering Control Design for Autonomous Vehicles”, under review Journal of Control theory and Applications, Springer 2013.

[J10] Fekih, S. Seelem "A Novel Fault Tolerant Control Design for Automatic Steering of Autonomous Ground Vehicles," revised version under review Journal of Control Science and Engineering, ACTA Press/IASTED, May 2013.

[J11] Fekih, S. Golconda, J. Herpin, A. Lakhotia, "Steering Controller of the CajunBot II," pp.195-207, Experience from the DARPA Urban Challenge, Springer, 2012.

[J12] Fekih, "Integrated Fault Tolerant Flight Control Design With Application to an F-16 Aircraft," Journal of Control Science and Engineering, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 159-167, ACTA Press/IASTED, 2011.

[J13] Fekih, "Improved LQR Based Control Approach for High Performance Induction Motor Drives," Journal of Control Science and Engineering, vol.37, No. 9, pp. 21-30, ACTA Press/IASTED, 2009.

[J14] Fekih, "A Robust Approach to Fault Tolerant Flight Control Design," International Journal of Factory Automation, Robotics and Soft Computing, Issue 2, pp. 11-15, pp.1-15, April 2009.

[J15] Fekih, P. Pilla, "A New Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for Aircraft Systems Under Adverse Flying Conditions," Journal of Automation & Systems Engineering, Vol.3, Issue 2, pp. 2009.

[J16] Fekih, "A Robust Approach to Fault Tolerant Flight Control Design," Emerging Technologies, Robotics and Control Systems, 3rd. ed, pp. 114-119, June 2009.

[J17] Fekih, "Effective Fault Tolerant Control Design for a Class of Nonlinear Systems: Application to a Class of Motor Control," IET Control Theory & Applications, vol.2, No.9, pp.762-772, Sept. 2008.

[J18] Fekih, H. Xu, F.N. Chowdhury, "Neural Networks Based System Identification Techniques for Model Based Fault Detection of Nonlinear Systems," International Journal of Computing, Information and Control, vol.3, No. 5, pp.1073-1085, October, 2007.

[J19] J. Herpin, A. Fekih, S. Golconda, A. Lakhotia, "Steering Control of the Autonomous Vehicle: CajunBot," AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication (JACIC), vol.4, pp.1134-1142, December 2007.

[J20] Fekih, Hao Xu, F.N. Chowdhury, "Two Neural-Net Learning Methods for Model Based Fault Detection," Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, pp.72-77, Elsevier Science, 2007.

[J21] Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, "A Nonlinear State Feedback Controller for Induction Motors," Electric Power Components and Systems Journal, Taylor & Francis Inc., vol. 33, No. 11, pp.1211-1227, November 2005.

[J22] Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, "A Nonlinear State Feedback Controller for Induction Motors," Electric Machines and Power Systems Journal, Taylor & Francis Inc., vol. 33, No. 11, pp.1211-1227, November 2005.


Peer Reviewed Conference Papers

[C1]  Bouhana, A. Zidi, M. Abed, A. Fekih,"An ontology-Based Personalized Retrieval model using Case Base Reasoning," Proc. of International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems. Poland, September 15-17, 2014.

[C2]  A. Zidi, A. Bouhana, A. Fekih, M. Abed, "Personalization of Itineraries search using Ontology and Rules to Avoid Congestion in Urban Areas," Proc. of the 19th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC2014), pp. 4196-4200, Cape Town, South Africa, August 24-29, 2014.

[C3]  A. Fekih, "Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control Design for Aerospace Systems: A Bibliographical Review", Proc of the 2014 American Control Conference, pp. 1286-1291, Portland, OR, June 4-6, 2014 (invited).

[C4]  S. Pourmohammad, R. Soosahabi, D. Perkins, A. Fekih, "Analytical QoS Model for 802.11-based Single and Multihop Wireless Networks," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 2014.

[C5]  S. Pourmohammad, A. Fekih, D. Perkins, "Optimal Feedback Control for Router Management in TCP/IP Networks," Proc. of Int. Conference on Systems and Control, pp. 1073-1079, October 29-31, Algier, Algeria, 2013.

[C6]  A. Fekih, D. Deveriste, "A Fault-Tolerant Steering Control Design for Automatic Path Tracking in Autonomous Vehicles," Proc. of the 2013 American Control Conference, pp. 5153-5158, Washington DC, June 17-19, 2013.

[C7]  A. AlShehri, A. Fekih, "Pitch Control Design for Optimum Energy Capture in Variable-Speed Wind Turbines," IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices SSD, pp. 1-6, March 18-21, 2013.

[C8]  A. Alshehri, A. Fekih, “An Overview of the Current State of Wind Energy Technology Development in the US,“ Proc. IEEE Fifth Annual Green Technologies Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, pp. 120-126, April 4-5, 2013.

[C9]  A. Bouhana, M. Abed, H. Chabchoub, A. Fekih, " A Multi-Criteria Decision Making approach based on Fuzzy theory and Fuzzy preference relations for Urban Distribution Centers’ location selection under uncertain environments,“ Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Advanced Logistics and Transport, pp. 556-561, May 29-31, 2013.

[C10]        A. Fekih, A. AlShehri, "Feedback Linearization Control Scheme for Maximum Power Generation in Wind Turbines," accepted for publication at the IEEE International Conference on Control and Applications, 2013.

[C11]        A. Fekih, "Fault Diagnosis and Fault Tolerant Control Design for Safety Critical Systems: A Bibliographical Review", accepted for publication at the IEEE International Conference on Control and Applications, 2013

[C12]        A. AlShehri, A. Fekih, "Pitch Control Design for Optimum Energy Capture in Variable-Speed Wind Turbines," IEEE International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices SSD, pp. 1-6, March 18-21, 2013

[C13]        A. Fekih, S. Seelem "A Fault Tolerant Control Design for Automatic Steering Control of Ground Vehicles," Proc. of IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Controls, pp.1491-1496, Dubrovnic, Croatia, October 3-5, 2012.

[C14]        A. Fekih, J. Ben Hmida, "A Self Tuning Adaptive Approach for Actuator Failure Compensation in Aircraft Systems", IEEE-ICIT 2010 International Conference on Industrial Technology, Viña del Mar, Chile, pp. 10-14, March 14-17, 2010.

[C15]        A. Fekih, J. Ben Hmida, "A Self Tuning Adaptive Approach for Actuator Failure Compensation in Aircraft Systems", IEEE-ICIT 2010 International Conference on Industrial Technology, Viña del Mar, Chile, pp. 10-14, March 14-17, 2010.

[C16]        M. Polas, A. Fekih, "A Multi-Gain Sliding Mode Based Controller for the Pitch Angle Control of a Civil Aircraft", IEEE South Eastern Symposium on System Theory, pp. 96-101, Tyler, TX, March 7-9, 2010.

[C17]        A. Fekih, "A Robust Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for Aircraft Systems," Proc. of the IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Controls, pp. 1643-1648, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 8-10, 2009.

[C18]        A. Fekih, "A New Sliding-Mode Based Control Design for Induction Motors Propelling Electric Vehicle Drives," 10th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV2008, pp. 1066-1071, Hanoi, Vietnam, December 17-20, 2008.

[C19]        A. Fekih, P. Pilla, "A Passive Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for the uncertain MIMO Aircraft Model F-18," 39th Southeastern Symposium on System Theory, SSST 2007, Macon, GA, pp. 320-325, March 4-6, 2007.

[C20]        A. Fekih, Hao Xu, F.N. Chowdhury, "Two Neural-Net Learning Methods for Model Based Fault Detection," 6th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes SAFEPROCESS06, pp.85-90, Beijing, China, August 30-Sep1, 2006.

[C21]        A. Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, "A Robust Fault Tolerant Control Design for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," Proc. of the 2006 American Control Conference ACC 06, pp.5474-5480, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 14-16, 2006.

[C22]        A. Fekih, "An Alternative Strategy for Field Oriented Control," Proc. of the 2006 American Control Conference ACC 06, pp.2748-2753, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 2006.

[C23]   A. Fekih, "Future trends in Control Engineering Education," Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference Southern University and A&M College, March 15-17, 2006.

[C24]   A. Fekih, F.N. Chowdhury, J. Das, "Subsystem Modeling Using Neural Networks for Fast Fault Detection in B747 Aircraft," Proc. 12th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, pp.482-486, Tunisia, December 11-14, 2005.

[C25]        A. Fekih and F.N. Chowdhury, "A Fault Tolerant Control Design for Induction Motors," Proc. of IEEE International Conference on System Man and Cybernetics Conference, vol. 2, pp.1320-1325, Hawaii, October 10-12, 2005.

[C26]        A. Fekih and F.N. Chowdhury, "On Nonlinear Control of Induction Motors. Comparison of two Approaches," Proc. of the 2004 American Control Conference, pp.1135-1140, Boston, June 30-July 2, 2004.

[C27]        A. Fekih, E. BenHadj Braiek, "Design of a Multimodel approach for Nonlinear Control of Induction Motor Drives," Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, vol. 5, pp. 36-40, Tunisia, 6-9 October 2002.

[C28]        A. Fekih and E.BenHadj Braiek, "Design of a High Performance Nonlinear Controller for Induction Motor Drives," Proc. of 2nd International Conference JTEA’ 2002, vol 3, pp. 93-98, Tunisia, 21-23 March 2002.

[C29]        A. Fekih, "On Discrete Optimal Control of Induction Motor Drives," Proc. of Journées Scientifiques JS 2001, pp. 150-154, Tunisia, 23-24 May 2001.

[C30]        A. Fekih, E. BenHadj Braiek, "Robust Speed Control for Induction Motor Drives," Proc. of 9TH Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED'01, Croatia, 27-29 June 2001.

[C31]        A. Fekih, E. BenHadj Braiek, "Control of Induction Motors via Feedback Linearization. A Simulation Study," Proc. of Tunisian German Conference on SMART Systems and Design, pp.163-167, Tunisia, 27-30 March 2001.

[C32]        A. Fekih, E. BenHadj Braiek, "Interpolated Optimal Control of an Asynchronous Variable Speed Driver," Proc. of Int.Conf.on Artificial and Computational Intelligence for Decision, Control and Automation in Engineering and Industrial Applications, ACIDCA'2000, Vol. Eng.&Indus.Appli., pp.15-19, Tunisia, 22-24 March 2000.

[C33]        A. Fekih, E. BenHadj Braiek, "Improved Optimal Control of an Asynchronous Speed Driver," Proc. of 2nd IEEE/IMACS International Multi-conference on Computational Engineering in System Applications CESA'98, vol. 1, pp. 393-396, Tunisia, 1-4 April 1998.