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“Thoroughly conscious ignorance is the prelude to every real advance in science

 

- James Clerk Maxwell - 
 

Books and Book Chapters

 

MONOGRAPHS

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I. Kaminer; A. Pascoal, E. Xargay, N. Hovakimyan, V. Cichella, V. Dobrokhodov, Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Autonomous Air Vehicles,  Elsevier-Butterworth-Heinemann, Aug. 2017. ISBN: 9780128099469.

 

BOOKS (co-Editor)

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A. Pascoal, M. Helfert, O. Gusikhin, Editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems, April 2017 - VEHITS 2017 - Porto, Portugal. Sponsor: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC), Publisher: SciTePress.  ISBN: 978-989758242-4.

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P. Ridao, A. Pascoal, and C. Silvestre, Editors, Proceedings of the Maneuvering and Control of Marine Craft Conference (MCMC2006), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2006

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K. Valavanis, G. Saridis, A. Pascoal, P. Lima, and F. Lobo Pereira (Eds), Proceedings of the U.S./Portugal Workshop on Undersea Robotics and Intelligent Control, University of Southwestern Louisiana Press, May 1995.

 

A. Healey, J. Bellingham, A. Pascoal, and F. Lobo Pereira (Eds), Proceedings of the 1st European Meeting on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Porto, Portugal, 1993.

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BOOK CHAPTERS

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D. Moreno-Salinas, N. Crasta, A. Pascoal, J. Aranda, "Range-based Navigation Algorithms for Marine Applications,” accepted for publication in “Cooperative Localization and Navigation: Theory, Research and Practice”, CRC Press & Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, Editors Chao Gao, Guorong Zhao, and Nora Konopka, 2019.

 

F. Rego, N. Hung, C. Jones, A. Pascoal, and A. Aguiar, "Cooperative Path Following Control with Logic-Based Communications: Theory and Practice,” accepted for publication in “Modelling and Control of Autonomous Vehicles”, IET, London, UK, Editors Sanjay Sharma and Bidyadhar Subudhi, 2018

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K. Kebkal, O. Kebkal, V. Kebkal, A. Pascoal. M. Ribeiro, M. Rufino, L. Sebastião, G. Indiveri, L. Pollini, E, Simetti, "Hydro-Acoustic Communications and Networking in Contemporary Underwater Robotics: Instruments and Case Studies,” accepted for publication in “Modelling and Control of Autonomous Vehicles”, IET, London, UK, Editors Sanjay Sharma and Bidyadhar Subudhi, 2018

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A. Pedro Aguiar, F. Bayer, J. Hauser, A. Hausler, G. Notarstefano, A. Pascoal, A. Rucco, A. Saccon, "Constrained Optimal Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Using PRONTO,”   in Sensing and Control for Autonomous Vehicles, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences Book Series, Springer-Cham, Vol. 474 , Thor Fossen, K. Pettersen, and H. Nijmeijer (Eds.), pp. 207-226, 2017​. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55372-6_10ISBN:978-3-319-55371-9 (Print), 978-3-319-55372-6 (Online). 

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Jorge M Soares, A Pedro Aguiar, António M Pascoal, Alcherio Martinoli, “A graph-based formation algorithm for odor plume tracing,” in Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, Springer, Tokyo, pp. 255-269, 2016.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55879-8_18

ISBN: 978-4-431-55877-4

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Isaac Kaminer, Enric Xargay, Venanzio Cichella, Naira Hovakimyan, Antonio Manuel Pascoal, A. Pedro Aguiar, Vladimir Dobrokhodov, and Reza Ghabcheloo, "Time-Critical Cooperative Path Following of Multiple UAVs: Case Studies,”   in Advances in Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, a Special Edition with selected papers presented at the Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, Springer-Verlag,  Daniel Choukroun, Yaakov Oshman, Julie Thienel, and Moshe Idan (Eds.),  2015, pp. 209-235. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44785-7_12. ISBN: 978-3-662-44784-0 (Print) 978-3-662-44785-7 (Online).

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V. Hassani and A. Pascoal, “Wave Filtering and Dynamic Positioning of Marine Vessels using a Linear Design Model: Theory and Experiments, “ in "Transport of Water versus Transport over Water - Exploring the dynamic interplay between transport and water," Springer, Cham, Operations Research/Computer Science Interface Series, Vol. 58, C. Ocampo-Martinez and R. Negenborn (Eds.), 2015, pp. 315-343. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16133-4_17. ISBN: 978-3-319-16132-7 (Print) 978-3-319-16133-4 (Online).

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J. Soares, A. Pedro Aguiar, A. Pascoal, A. Martinoli, "Design and Implementation of a Range-Based Formation Controller for Marine Robots, “ In ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Springer, Volume 252, Manuel A. Armada,  Alberto Sanfeliu, and Manuel Ferre (Eds.), 2014, pp 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03413-3_5. ISBN: 978-3-319-03412-6 (Print) 978-3-319-03413-3 (Online).

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A. Pedro Aguiar and António Pascoal, “Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Issues,” in Further Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicles, IET, Geoff Roberts and Robert Sutton (Eds.), Chapter 12, 2012.  https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE077E_ch12.  ISBN: 978-1-84919-479-2

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R. Ghabcheloo, A. Pascoal, C. Silvestre, and I. Kaminer, “Coordinated Path Following Control of Multiple Vehicles Subject to Bidirectional Communication Constraints,” in Group Coordination and Cooperative Control, Springer Series on Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences , Vol. 336,  K. Pettersen, J.  Gravdahl, and H. Nijmeijer (Eds.), 2006, pp. 93-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/11505532_6. ISBN: 978-3-540-33468-2 (Print) 978-3-540-33469-9 (Online).

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A. Pascoal, C. Silvestre, and P. Oliveira, “Vehicle and Mission Control of Single and Multiple Autonomous Marine Robots,” Advances in Unmanned Marine Vehicle, G. Roberts and R. Sutton (Eds), IEE Control Series 69, April 2006, pp. 353-386. https://doi.org/10.1049/PBCE069E_ch17. ISBN: 9780863414503.

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A. Pascoal, M. Rendas, V. Barroso, C. Silvestre, P. Oliveira, I. Lourtie , "Simulation Study of an Integrated Guidance System for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle". In: Moura J.M.F., Lourtie I.M.G. (eds) Acoustic Signal Processing for Ocean Exploration. NATO ASI Series (Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences), vol 388, pp. 587-592. Springer, Dordrecht, 1993. 

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-011-1604-6. 

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-011-1604-6_54. ISBN: 978-94-011-1604-6.

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A. Pascoal, R. Kosut, G. Franklin, D. Meldrum, and M. Workman, "Adaptive Time-Optimal Control of Flexible Structures," in Advances in Adaptive Control. IEEE Press, K. Narendra, R. Ortega, and P. Dorato (Eds), 1991, pp. 320-325. ISBN: 9780879422783.

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

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MSc Thesis

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A. Pascoal, Identifiability of Linear Time-Invariant Systems. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1983 (advisor: Prof. Bruce Lee).

 

PhD Thesis

 

A. Pascoal, Nonlinear Time-Varying Feedback Controllers for Linear Time-Invariant Plants.  Department of Control  Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 1987 (advisor:  Prof. Pramod Khargonekar).

 

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