Peer-Reviewed Articles in Journals and Conference Proceedings

2023
I. Jaramillo Cajica and J. Schiffer
"A Dwell-Time Approach for Decentralized Grid-Aware Operation of Islanded DC Microgrids"
Accepted in Automatica, 2023
E. W.Zurita-Bustamante, J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, and J. Schiffer
"Asymptotic Stability of Speed Control for the Dual Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor"
Accepted for presentation at the IEEE 62nd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2023
J. Mendoza-Avila, D. Efimov, J. A. Mercado Uribe and J. Schiffer
"A Universal Formula for Boundedness of Trajectories of Multistable State Periodic Systems"
Accepted for presentation at the IEEE 62nd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2023
J. A. Mercado Uribe, J. Mendoza-Avila, D. Efimov and J. Schiffer
"A Control Leonov Function Guaranteeing Global ISS of Two Coupled Synchronverters"
Accepted for presentation at the IEEE 62nd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, 2023
H. Gernandt, F. Krenzlin, W. Hagemann and J. Schiffer
“Data-based modeling for optimizing the operation of seasonal underground storages"
Geothermiekongress, Essen, Germany, 2023
H. Würfel, N. Lorenz-Meyer and J. Schiffer
"Experimentally Validated Reduced-Order Models for Grid-Connected Inverters Using a Singular Perturbation Approximation of Balanced Systems Approach"
8th IEEE Workshop on the Electronic Grid (eGrid 2023), Karlsruhe, Germany
N. Lorenz-Meyer, R. Suchantke and J. Schiffer
"Dynamic state and parameter estimation in multi-machine power systems - Experimental demonstration using real-world PMU-measurements"
Control Engineering Practice 135 (2023): 105491
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J. Mendoza-Avila, D. Efimov, A. Mercado-Uribe and J. Schiffer
"A Universal Formula for ISS and Integral ISS Stabilization of Multistable Periodic Systems"
22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023
A. Mercado-Uribe, J. Mendoza-Avila, D. Efimov and J. Schiffer "A Leonov Function for Almost Global Synchronization Conditions in Acyclic Networks of Heterogeneous Kuramoto Oscillators"
22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023
M. Rose, C. A. Hans and J.Schiffer
"A Predictive Operation Controller for an Electro-Thermal Microgrid Utilizing Variable Flow Temperatures"
22nd IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023
J. Schiffer and D. Efimov "Strong and weak Leonov functions for global boundedness of state periodic systems"
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2023
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, R. Metzkow and J. Schiffer
"Robust Current Control of IPMSM Drives Under Uncertain and Varying Inductances"
Automatica 152 (2023): 110998
doi
2022
J. Mendoza-Avila, D. Efimov, A. Mercado-Uribe and J. Schiffer
"On Relaxed Conditions of Integral ISS for Multistable Periodic Systems"
IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 7072-7077, Cancún, Mexico, 2022
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, J. A. Moreno and J. Schiffer,
"Design and Tuning of the Super-Twisting-Based Synchronous Reference Frame Phase-Locked-Loop”
IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 4300-4306, Cancún, Mexico, 2022
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A. Krishna, I. Jaramillo-Cajica, S. Auer and J. Schiffer
"A power-hardware-in-the-loop testbed for intelligent operation and control of low-inertia power systems"
Automatisierungstechnik, 70, no. 12, pp. 1084-1095, 2022
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N. Lorenz-Meyer, R. Suchantke and J Schiffer
"PMU-based dynamic state and parameter estimation for dynamic security assessment in power systems - Ultimate boundedness in the presence of measurement noise"
Power Supply Transformation - Grid Regulation and System Stability; 14. ETG/GMA-Symposium, VDE (2022)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10048017
J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, M. Sbarciog, J. A. Moreno, J. Van Impe and A. V. Wouwer
"Robust State and Input Estimation with Enhanced Convergence Rate for Monitoring Anaerobic Digestion"
Journal of Process Control, 117, pp. 169 – 180, 2022
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H. Bai, H. Zhang, H. Cai and J.Schiffer
"Voltage Regulation and Current Sharing for Multi-Bus DC Microgrids: A Compromised Design Approach"
Automatica, 142, Art. no. 110340, 2022
doi
I. Jaramillo Cajica and J. Schiffer 
"A Dwell-Time Approach for Grid-Aware Operation of a Distributed Generator in an Islanded DC Microgrid"
European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 1079-1084, London, UK, 2022
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, J. A. Moreno and J. Schiffer,
L2-Gain Tuning for the Gradient Descent Algorithm in the Presence of Disturbances”
European Control Conference (ECC), pp.1610-1616, London, UK, 2022
doi
2021
A. Krishna, and J. Schiffer
"A Port-Hamiltonian Approach to Modeling and Control of an Electro-Thermal Microgrid"
7th IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control (LHMNC), Berlin, Germany, 54 (19), pp. 287-293, 2021
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 A. Bobtsov, R. Ortega, N. Nikolaev, N. Lorenz-Meyer, and J. Schiffer
"State Observation of Power Systems Equipped with Phasor Measurement Units: The Case of Fourth Order Flux-Decay Model"
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67 (4), pp. 2123-2130, 2021
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R. Ortega, A. A. Bobtsov, N. Nikolaev, J. Schiffer, and D. Dochian
"Generalized Parameter Estimation-based Observers: Application to Power Systems and Chemical-Biological Reactors"
Automatica, 129, Art. no. 109635, 2021
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, E. Fridman, and J. Schiffer
"Data-Driven Control for Linear Discrete-Time Delay Systems"
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67, pp. 3321-3336, 2021
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, and J. A. Moreno
"Strong Lyapunov Functions for Two Classical Problems in Adaptive Control"
Automatica, 124, Art. no. 109250, 2021
doi
2020
N. Lorenz‐Meyer,  R. Menzel, K. Dadzis, A. Nikiforova, H. Riemann
"Lumped Parameter Model for Silicon Crystal Growth from Granulate Crucible"
Crystal Research and Technology, 55 (8), Art. No. 2000044, 2020
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N. Lorenz-Meyer, A. A. Bobtsov, R. Ortega, N. Nikolaev, and J. Schiffer
"PMU-Based Decentralized Mixed Algebraic and Dynamic State Observation in Multi-Machine Power Systems"
IET Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 14 (25), pp. 6267-6275, 2020
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M. Rojas, J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, G. Espinosa-Perez, and J. Schiffer
“Observer-Based Excitation Control for Transient Stabilization of the Single Machine Infinite Bus System”
59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, pp. 3377-3382, 2020
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, and J. Schiffer
"Data-Driven Internal Model Control of Second-Order Discrete Volterra Systems"
59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, pp. 4572-4579, 2020
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J. E. Machado, and J. Schiffer
“A Passivity-Inspired Design of Power-Voltage Droop for DC Microgrids with Electrical Network Dynamics”
59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, pp. 3060-3065, 2020
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S. Alghamdi, U. Markovic, O. Stanojev, J. Schiffer, G. Hug, and P. Aristidou
"Wide-Area Oscillation Damping in Low-Inertia Grids under Time-Varying Communication Delays"
Electric Power Systems Research, 189, Art. No. 106629, 2020
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, S. Tang, and J. Schiffer
"A Performance Comparison of PLL Algorithms in Low-Inertia Power Systems Using an Observer-Based Framework"
21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 53 (2), pp. 12244-12250, 2020
doi
R. Metzkow, J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, D. Doering, and J. Schiffer
"An Internal Model Approach to Robust Current Control of IPMSM Drives with Respect to Unknown and Varying Inductances"
21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 53 (2), pp. 14185-14191 , 2020
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A. Bobtsov, R. Ortega, N. Nikolaev, and J. Schiffer
"A Globally Convergent State Observer for Multimachine Power Systems with Lossy Lines"
21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 53 (2) pp. 5028-5033, 2020
doi
S. Alghamdi, J. Schiffer, and E. Fridman
"Synthesizing Sparse and Delay-Robust Distributed Secondary Frequency Controllers for Microgrids"
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 29 (2), pp. 691-703, 2020
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S. Alghamdi, U. Markovic, O. Stanojev, J. Schiffer, G. Hug, and P. Aristidou
"Wide-Area Oscillation Damping in Low-Inertia Grids under Time-Varying Communication Delays"
21st Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC), Porto, Portugal, 189, Art. no. 106629, 2020
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, R. Ushirobira, D. Efimov, and J. A. Moreno
"Gramian-Based Uniform Convergent Observer for Stable LTV Systems with Delayed Measurements"
International Journal of Control, 93 (2), pp. 226-237, 2020
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A. S. Matveev, J. E. Machado, R. Ortega, J. Schiffer, and A. Pyrkin
"A Tool for Analysis of Existence of Equilibria and Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Constant Power Loads"
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65, Art. no. 11, pp. 4726-4740, 2020
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A. Krishna, J. Schiffer, and J. Raisch
“Distributed Secondary Frequency Control in Microgrids: Robustness and Steady-State Performance in the Presence of Clock Drifts”
European Journal of Control, 51, pp. 135-145, 2020
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2019
J.Schiffer, D.Efimov, and R. Ortega
“Global Synchronization Analysis of Droop-Controlled Microgrids - A Multivariable Cell Structure Approach”
Automatica, 109, Art. no. 108550, 2019
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J. Schiffer, P. Aristidou, and R. Ortega
“Online Estimation of Power System Inertia Using Dynamic Regressor Extension and Mixing”
IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 34 (6), pp. 4993-5001, 2019
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A. Krishna, J. Schiffer, N. Monshizadeh, and J. Raisch
“A Consensus-Based Voltage Control for Reactive Power Sharing and PCC Voltage Regulation in Microgrids with Parallel-Connected Inverters”
In European Control Conference (ECC), Naples, Italy, pp. 542-547, 2019
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J. G. Rueda-Escobedo, J. A. Moreno, and J. Schiffer
“Finite-Time Estimation of Time-Varying Frequency Signals in Low-Inertia Power Systems”
In European Control Conference (ECC), Naples, Italy, pp. 2108-2114, 2019
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S. Alghamdi, N. Smith, J. Schiffer, and P. Aristidou
“Delay-Robust Distributed Secondary Frequency Control: A Case Study”
In IEEE PES PowerTech Conference, Milano, Italy, pp. 1-6, 2019
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D. Efimov and J. Schiffer
“On Boundedness of Solutions of State Periodic Systems: A Multivariable Cell Structure Approach”
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64 (10), pp. 4094-4104, 2019
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2018
J. Schiffer, D. Efimov, and R.Ortega
“Almost Global Synchronization in Multi-Machine Power Systems”
57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, USA, pp. 800-805, 2018
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S. Alghamdi, J. Schiffer, and E. Fridman
“Conditions for Delay-Robust Consensus-Based Frequency Control in Power Systems with Second-Order Turbine-Governor Dynamics”
57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, USA, pp. 786-793, 2018
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D. Zonetti, R. Ortega, and J. Schiffer
“A Tool for Stability and Power Sharing Analysis of a Generalized Class of Droop Controllers for High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission Systems”
IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 5 (3), pp. 1110-1119, 2018
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D. Efimov and J. Schiffer
“A New Criterion for Boundedness of Solutions for a Class of Periodic Systems”
European Control Conference (ECC), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 1642-1647, 2018
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S. Alghamdi, J. Schiffer, and E. Fridman
“Distributed Secondary Frequency Control Design for Microgrids: Trading off L2-Gain Performance and Communication Efforts under Time-Varying Delays”
European Control Conference (ECC), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 758-763, 2018
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A. Krishna, J. Schiffer, and J. Raisch
“A Consensus-Based Control Law for Accurate Frequency Restoration and Power Sharing in Microgrids in the Presence of Clock Drifts”
European Control Conference (ECC), Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 2575-2580, 2018
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2017
D. Efimov, J. Schiffer, N. Barabanov, and R. Ortega
“A Relaxed Characterization of ISS for Periodic Systems with Multiple Invariant Sets”
European Journal of Control, 37, pp. 1-7, 2017
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N. Barabanov, J. Schiffer, R. Ortega, and D. Efimov
“Conditions for Almost Global Attractivity of a Synchronous Generator Connected to an Infinite Bus”
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,62 (10), pp. 4905-4916, 2017
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J. Schiffer, D. Efimov, N. Barabanov, and R. Ortega,
“An Input-to-State Stability Approach to Verify Almost Global Stability of a Synchronous-Machine-Infinite-Bus System”
Philosophical Transactions A, Theme Issue on Energy Management: Flexibility, Risk and Optimisation, 375 (2100), Art. no. 20160304, 2017
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J. Schiffer, F. Dörfler, and E. Fridman
“Robustness of Distributed Averaging Control in Power Systems: Time Delays & Dynamic Communication Topology“
Automatica, 80, pp. 261-271, 2017
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J. Schiffer, C.A. Hans, T. Kral, J. Raisch, and R. Ortega
“Modelling, Analysis and Experimental Validation of Clock Drift Effects in Low-Inertia Power Systems”
IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Special Section on Power-Electronics-Enabled Autonomous Power Systems, 64 (7), pp. 5942-5951, 2017
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D. Efimov, J. Schiffer, N. Barabanov, and R. Ortega
“Relaxing the Conditions of ISS for Multistable Periodic Systems”
IFAC-PapersOnLine, 50 (1), pp. 7217-7222, 2017
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A. Krishna, C. A. Hans, J. Schiffer, J. Raisch, and T. Kral
“Steady State Evaluation of Distributed Secondary Frequency Control Strategies for Microgrids in the Presence of Clock Drifts”
25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Valletta, Malta, pp. 508-515, 2017
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Y. Ojo and J. Schiffer
“Towards a Time-Domain Modeling Framework for Small-Signal Analysis of Unbalanced Microgrids”
IEEE PowerTech 2017, Manchester, UK, pp. 1-6, 2017
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2016
J. Schiffer, E. Fridman, R. Ortega, and J. Raisch
“Stability of a Class of Delayed Port-Hamiltonian Systems with Application to Microgrids with Distributed Rotational and Electronic Generation”
Automatica, 74 (12), pp. 71-79, 2016
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J. Schiffer, D. Zonetti, R. Ortega, A. Stankovic, T. Sezi, and J. Raisch
“A Survey on Modeling of Microgrids - From Fundamental Physics to Phasors and Voltage Sources”
Automatica, 74 (12), pp. 135-150, 2016
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D. Efimov, J. Schiffer, and R. Ortega
“Robustness of Delayed Multistable Systems with Application to Droop-Controlled Inverter-Based Microgrids”
International Journal of Control, 89 (5), pp. 909-918, 2016
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J. Schiffer, T. Seel, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“Voltage Stability and Reactive Power Sharing in Inverter-Based Microgrids with Consensus-Based Distributed Voltage Control”
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 24, Art. no. 1, pp. 96-109, 2016
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J. Schiffer and F. Dörfler
“On Stability of a Distributed Averaging PI Frequency and Active Power Controlled Differential-Algebraic Power System Model”
European Control Conference (ECC), Aalborg, Denmark, pp. 1487-1492, 2016
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N. Barabanov, J. Schiffer, R. Ortega, and D. Efimov
“Almost Global Attractivity of a Synchronous Generator Connected to an Infinite Bus”
55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 4130-4135, 2016
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C. De Persis, N. Monshizadeh, J. Schiffer, and F. Dörfler
“A Lyapunov Approach to Control of Microgrids with a Network-Preserved Differential-Algebraic Model”
55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 2595-2600, 2016
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D. Zonetti, R. Ortega, and J. Schiffer
“A Tool for Power Flow Analysis of a Generalized Class of Droop Controllers for High-Voltage Direct-Current Transmission Systems”
55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, USA, pp. 1564-1569, 2016
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Prior to 2016
J. Schiffer, E. Fridman, and R. Ortega
“Stability of a Class of Delayed Port-Hamiltonian Systems with Application to Droop-Controlled Microgrids”
IEEE 54th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Osaka, Japan, pp. 6391-6396, 2016
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D. Efimov, J. Schiffer, and R. Ortega
“ISS of Multistable Systems with Delays: Application to Droop-Controlled Inverter-Based Microgrids”
American Control Conference (ACC), Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 4664-4669, 2015
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J. Schiffer, R. Ortega, C. A. Hans, and J. Raisch
“Droop-Controlled Inverter-Based Microgrids Are Robust to Clock Drifts”
American Control Conference (ACC), Chicago, IL, USA, pp. 2341-2346, 2015
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J. Schiffer, R. Ortega, A. Astolfi, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“Conditions for Stability of Droop-Controlled Inverter-Based Microgrids”
Automatica, 50 (10), pp. 2457-2469, 2014
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J. Schiffer, R. Ortega, A. Astolfi, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“Stability of Synchronized Motions of Inverter-Based Microgrids under Droop Control”
19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, pp. 6361-6367, 2014
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J. Schiffer, T. Seel, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“A Consensus-Based Distributed Voltage Control for Reactive Power Sharing in Microgrids”
13th European Control Conference (ECC), Strasbourg, France, pp. 1299-1305, 2014
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J. Schiffer, D. Goldin, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“Synchronization of Droop-Controlled Microgrids with Distributed Rotational and Electronic Generation”
IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Florence, Italy, pp. 2334-2339, 2013
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J. Schiffer, A. Anta, T. D. Trung, J. Raisch, and T. Sezi
“On Power Sharing and Stability in Autonomous Inverter-Based Microgrids”
IEEE 51st Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Maui, HI, USA, pp. 1105-1110, 2012
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S. Gestegaard Robertz, L. Halt, S. Kelkar, K. Nilsson, D. Schär, A. Robertsson, and J. Schiffer
“Precise Robot Motions Using Dual Motor Control”
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, AK, USA, pp. 5613-5620, 2010
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I. Dressler, J. Schiffer, and A. Robertsson.
“Modeling and Control of a Parallel Robot Using Modelica”
7th International Modelica Conference, Como, Italy, pp. 261-269, 2009
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