List of papers

Journal articles

[J40] Wenjie Zhao, Diego Deplano, Zhiwu Li, Alessandro Giua, Mauro Franceschelli, "Algebraic Connectivity Control and Maintenance in Multi-Agent Networks under Attack" Automatica, under review.

[J39] Diego Deplano, Sergio Grammatico, Mauro Franceschelli "On the convergence of the Krasnoselskij iteration for strictly pseudocontractive operators"  IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024, under review.

[J38]  Nicola Bastianello, Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Karl H. Johansson."Online Distributed Learning over Random Networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, under review

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[J37]  Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli, "A Privacy-Preserving Distributed Greedy Framework to Desynchronize Power Consumption in a Network of Thermostatically Controlled Loads", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technologies, 2025, to appear.

[J36] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua, "Stability of Nonexpansive Monotone Systems and Application to Recurrent Neural Networks" IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024.

[J35] Eduardo Sebastian, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri, Eduardo Montijano and Carlos Sagues "Accelerated Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers Gradient Tracking (A2DMM-GT) for Distributed Optimization" IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024.

[J34] Mojtaba Kaheni, Martina Lippi, Andrea Gasparri, Mauro Franceschelli,"Selective Trimmed Average: a Resilient Federated Learning Algorithm with Deterministic Guarantees on the Optimality Approximation" IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2024, corresponding author. DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2024.3350387.  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/10412629

[J33] Gabriele Oliva, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri and Antonio Scala "A Sum-of-states Preservation Framework for Nonlinear Open Multi-Agent Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TAC.2023.3317728. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10256201

[J32] Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli,  "Resilient and Privacy-Preserving  Multi-Agent Optimization and Control of a Network of Battery Energy Storage Systems under Attack", IEEE Transaction on Automation Science and Engineering, 2023.  DOI:  10.1109/TASE.2023.3310328  https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10243045 

[J31] Eduardo Sebastián,  Eduardo  Montijano, Carlos Sagues, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri, "Accelerated Multi-Stage Discrete Time Dynamic Average Consensus" IEEE Control Systems letters,  2023, DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2023.3289483 

[J30] Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai, "On the Variable Structure Control Approach with Sliding Modes to Robust Finite-Time Consensus Problems: a Methodological Overview Based on Nonsmooth Analysis", Annual Reviews in Control, Volume 55, 2023, Pages 338-355, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2023.04.002 

[J29]  Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua "Novel Stability Conditions for Nonlinear Monotone Systems and Consensus in Multi-Agent Networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Feb 2023, corresponding author. DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2023.3246419 

[J28] Zoreh Al Zahra Sanai Dashti, Gabriele Oliva, Carla Seatzu, Andrea Gasparri, and Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Mode Computation in Open Multi-Agent Systems", IEEE Control Systems letters, vol. 6, pp. 3481-3486, , 2022.

[J27] Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro Pilloni, Giulia Serra Ruda, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response", IEEE Control Systems letters, vol. 7, pp. 169-174, 2023.

[J26] Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli "Resilient Constrained Optimization in Multi-Agent Systems With Improved Guarantee on Approximation Bounds", IEEE Control Systems Letters, volume: 6, Page(s): 2659 - 2664, 09 May 2022. Corresponding author.

[J25] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua “Dynamic Min and Max Consensus and Size Estimation of Anonymous Multi-Agent Networks”,  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, January 2023 Page(s): 202 - 213. Corresponding author.

[J24]  Matteo Santilli, Mauro Franceschelli and Andrea Gasparri “Secure Rendezvous and Static Containment in Multi-Agent Systems with Adversarial Intruders”, Automatica, Volume 143, September 2022, 110456, 2022. Corresponding author.

[J23] M.  Santilli,  M.  Franceschelli,  and A.  Gasparri “Dynamic Resilient Containment Control in Multi-Robot Systems” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Feb. 2022, page(s): 57 - 70.

[J22] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua, Luca Scardovi, “Distributed Fiedler Vector Estimation with Application to Desynchronization of Harmonic Oscillator Networks“, IEEE Control Systems Letters , Volume: 5, Issue: 2, April 2021, Page(s): 659 - 664.

[J21]  M. Franceschelli, P. Frasca “Stability of Open Multi-Agent Systems and Applications to dynamic Consensus”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 66, Issue: 5, May 2021, Page(s): 2326 - 2331.

[J20] D.Deplano, M. Franceschelli, S. Ware, S. Ring, A. Giua "A Discrete Event Formulation for Multi-Robot Collision Avoidance on Pre-planned Trajectories", IEEE ACCESS, 2020, page(s): 1-10.

[J19] Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai "Sliding Mode based Robustification of Consensus and Distributed Optimization Control Protocols", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 66, Issue: 3, March 2021, Page(s): 1207 - 1214.

[J18] D.Deplano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua "A Nonlinear Perron-Frobenius Approach for Stability and Consensus of Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems" Automatica, Volume 118, August 2020.

[J17] M. Franceschelli, A. Pilloni, A. Gasparri "Multi-Agent Coordination of Thermostatically Controlled Loads by Smart Power Sockets for Electric Demand Side Management" , IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technologies, 2020, pages: 1-13, Print ISSN: 1063-6536

[J16] A. Pilloni, M. Franceschelli, A. Pisano, E. Usai "Delta modulation (D-M) via Second-orderSliding-Mode Control Technique" Control Engineering Practice, Volume 92, Nov. 2019, 104129.

[J15] I. Notarnicola, M. Franceschelli, G. Notarstefano "A duality-based approach for distributed min-max optimization", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, June 2019, vol. 64, issue 6, pages 2559-2566.

[J14] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri "Multi-Stage Discrete Time and Randomized Dynamic Average Consensus", Automatica, Volume 99, January 2019, Pages 69-81. 

[J13] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Gossip based asynchronous and randomized distributed task assignment with guaranteed performance on heterogeneous networks", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, Volume 26, November 2017, Pages 292-306.

[J12] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, A. Pisano, "Finite-Time Consensus on the Median Value with Robustness Properties" IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,  vol. 62, no. 4, pp. 1652-1667, April 2017.

[J11] V. Pilloni, M. Franceschelli, L. Atzori, A. Giua, "Deployment of Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks: a Gossip-based Lifetime Maximization Approach", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technologies, 2016, vol. 24, no. 5, pages 1828-1836.

[J10] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Fast Discrete Consensus Based on Gossip for Makespan Minimization in Networked Systems", Automatica, 2015, vol. 56, pages 60-69. 

[J9] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, A. Pisano, E. Usai, "Finite-Time Consensus with Disturbance Rejection by Discontinuous Local Interactions in Directed Graphs", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2015, vol.60, no.4, Pages 1133-1138. 

[J8] M.Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, "Gossip Based Centroid and Common Reference Frame Estimation in Multi-Agent Systems", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol. 30, no.2, 2014, pages 524-531. 

[J7] M. Franceschelli, D. Rosa, C. Seatzu, F. Bullo, "Gossip Algorithms for Heterogeneous Multi-Vehicle Routing Problems", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2013, vol. 10 (1), pages 156-174. 

[J6] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, A. Pisano, E. Usai, "Finite-Time Consensus for Switching Network Topologies with Disturbances", Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2013, vol. 10 (1), pages 83-93. 

[J5] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Decentralized Estimation of Laplacian Eigenvalues in Multi-Agent Systems", Automatica Volume 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1031–1036.

[J4] N. Orani, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, E. Usai "Robust reconstruction of the discrete state for a class of nonlinear uncertain switched systems" Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, vol. 5, no. 2, 2011, pages 220–232.

[J3] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, " Distributed Averaging in Sensor Networks Based on Broadcast Gossip Algorithms" IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 3, no. 3, 2011, pages 808-817.

[J2] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Quantized Consensus in Hamiltonian Graphs" Automatica, vol. 47, no. 11, 2011, pages 2495-2503.

[J1] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "A gossip-based algorithm for discrete consensus over heterogeneous networks" IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no.5, 2010, pages 1244-1249. 

Conference Proceedings


[C65] Diego Deplano, Nicola Bastianello, Mauro Franceschelli, Karl H. Johansson "Distributed Variance Consensus with Application to Personalized Learning"  63nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec. , 2024, Milan, Italy, under review.

[C64] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, and Alessandro Giua, "Stability of Paracontractive Open Multi-Agent Systems" 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 16-19, 2024, Milan, Italy, under review.

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[C63] Mohamed A.Elmouamin Messilem, Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Elio Usai, Ruggero Carli "Distributed Optimization for Networks of Battery Energy Storage Systems in Energy Communities with Shared Energy Incentives"   IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italiy,  28 August 2024.


[C62] Jerónimo José Moré, Diego Deplano, Alessandro Pilloni, Alessandro Pisano, Mauro Franceschelli, "Online Coordination of BESS and Thermostatically Control Loads for Shared Energy Optimization in Energy Communities"    IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italiy,  28 August 2024.


[C61] Wenjie Zhao, Diego Deplano, Zhiwu Li, Alessandro Giua, Mauro Franceschelli, "Resilient Networks for Multi-Agent Systems based on Graph Self-Organization into Random Approximate Regular Graphs"    IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italiy,  28 August 2024.


[C60] Diego Deplano, Carla Seatzu, Mauro Franceschelli, "A Distributed Online Heuristic for a Large-scale Workforce Task Assignment and Multi-Vehicle Routing Problem"  IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Bari, Italiy,  28 August 2024.

[C59] Ning Ran, Jinyuan Hao, Zhou He, Mauro Franceschelli, Carla Seatzu "Bisimulation non-interference analysis of bounded Petri nets" IEEE CoDIT 2024. 

[C58] Antonio Furchì, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri, "A MILP Scheduling Problem for Multi-Robot Logistics Systems in a Precision Farming Application and a Polynomial Time Optimal Algorithm" the 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation J, 2024, Crete, Greece.

[C57] Diego Deplano, Nicola Bastianello, Mauro Franceschelli, Karl H. Johansson "A unified approach to solve the dynamic consensus on the average, maximum, and median values with linear convergence",  62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec. 13-15, 2023, Singapore.

[C56] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Carla Seatzu "Experimental Comparison of Models of the Drying-Cooling Process of Flatbreads for Optimized Automated Production: the Case Study of Carasau Bread" 9TH International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, (CoDit), Roma, Italy, 3-6 July, 2023, 

[C55] Diego Deplano, Claudia Congiu, Alessandro Giua, Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Estimation of the Laplacian Spectrum via Wave Equation and Distributed Optimization", IFAC WC, Yokohama, Japan, July 2023

[C54] Zohreh Al Zahra Sanai Dashti, Diego Deplano, Carla Seatzu and  Mauro Franceschelli "Resilient Self-Organizing Networks in Multi-Agent Systems via Approximate Random k-Regular Graphs", 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2022. 

[C53] Zoreh Al Zahra Sanai Dashti, Gabriele Oliva, Carla Seatzu, Andrea Gasparri, and Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Mode Computation in Open Multi-Agent Systems", 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2022. 

[C52] Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro Pilloni, Giulia Serra Ruda, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Asynchronous Greedy Control of Large Networks of Thermostatically Controlled Loads for Electric Demand Response", 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, Dec. 2022. 

[C51] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua  "Dynamic max-consensus with local self-tuning", 9th IFAC Conference on Networked Systems, Zurigo, July, 2022.

[C50] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua "Distributed tracking of graph parameters in time-varying anonymous networks" 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, Texas, USA,  December 2021.

[C49]  Mojtaba Kaheni, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli "A Distributed Optimization and Control Framework for a Network of Constraint Coupled Residential BESSs" IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), Lyon, France, 23-26 August 2021.

[C48] D. Deplano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua "Discrete-Time Dynamic Consensus on the Max Value" 15th European Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis, ACD 2019, November 2019, Bologna, Italy.

[C47]  Matteo Santilli, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri "Robust Containment Control in Multi-Agent Systems with Common Coordinate Frames and Bearing Angle Measurements" 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 11-13 December 2019.

[C46] Zohreh Al Zahra Sanai Dashti, Carla Seatzu, Mauro Franceschelli.  "Dynamic Consensus on the Median Value in Open Multi-Agent Systems", 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, France, 11-13 December 2019.

[C45] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua "Lyapunov Free Convergence Analysis of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems" 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, USA, December 17-19, 2018.

[C44] Mauro Franceschelli, Paolo Frasca "Proportional Dynamic Consensus in Open Multi-Agent Systems" 57th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, USA, December 17-19, 2018. 

[C43] Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano and Elio Usai "High Resolution Sigma-Delta Modulator implementations via Suboptimal Second Order Sliding Mode Control", 15th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems and Sliding Mode Control (VSS18), Graz, Austria, July, 9 - 11, 2018.

[C42] G. Cavone, M. Dotoli, N. Epicoco, M. Franceschelli, C. Seatzu "On Using Hybrid Petri Nets to Re-design Low-Automated Production Processes the Case Study of a Sardinian Bakery" 14th IFAC Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, (WODES 2018), to appear.

[C41] M. Franceschelli, A. Pilloni, A. Gasparri "A Heuristic approach for Online Distributed Optimization of Multi-Agent Networks of Smart Sockets and Thermostatically Controlled Loads based on Dynamic Average Consensus", 17th annual European Control Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, June 12-15, 2018, to appear.

[C40] A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, A. Pilloni, Y. Shtessel, E. Usai, J. A. Cosby "Retaining Connectivity in Mobile Communication Mesh Networks", 20th World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control, 9-14 July 2017.

[C39] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri "Multi-Stage Discrete Time Dynamic Average Consensus", 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Las Vegas, NV, USA, December 12-14, 2016

[C38] I. Notarnicola, M. Franceschelli, G. Notarstefano "A duality-based approach for distributed min-max optimization with application to demand side management" 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Las Vegas, NV, USA, December 12-14, 2016.

[C37] A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, E. Usai "Robust Distributed Consensus on the Median Value for Networks of Heterogeneously Perturbed Agents" 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control , Las Vegas, NV, USA, December 12-14, 2016.

[C36] A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, E. Usai "A discontinuous algorithm for distributed convex optimization" 14th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, 1-4 June, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 2016.

[C35] A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, E. Usai "Integral sliding modes for the robustification of consensus-based multi-agent based systems" 14th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems, 1-4 June, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 2016.

[C34] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, A. Pisano "Coordination of Electric Thermal Systems for Distributed Demand-Side Management: A Gossip-based Cooperative Approach" 15th annual European Control Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, June 29-July 1, 2016.

[C33] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu "Distributed Task Assignment Based on Gossip with Guaranteed Performance on Heterogeneous Networks" 5th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Atlanta, USA, Oct. 14-16, 2015.

[C32] M. P. Fanti, M. Franceschelli, A. M. Mangini, G. Pedroncelli, W. Ukovich, "Simulation Study on the Convergence of a Discrete Consensus Algorithm for Distributed Task Assignment" IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Hong Kong, Oct. 9-12, 2015.

[C31] M. Zareh, D. V. Dimarogonas, M. Franceschelli, K. H. Johansson and C. Seatzu "Consensus in multi-agent systems with non-periodic sampled-data exchange and uncertain network topology", International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, CoDIT'14, Metz, France, November 3-5, 2014.

[C30] C. A. López-Limón, M. Franceschelli, C. Seatzu, A. Ramirez "A Dynamic Average Consensus Algorithm for Common Reference Frame Estimation in Networked Multi-Agent Systems", 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, USA, December 15-17, 2014.

[C29] M. Zareh, D. V. Dimarogonas, M. Franceschelli, K. H. Johansson, C. Seatzu "Consensus in multi-agent systems with second-order dynamics and non-periodic sampled-data exchange", IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technology & Factory Automation , Barcelona, Spain, September 16-19, 2014.

[C28] A. Pilloni, M. Franceschelli, A. Pisano, and E. Usai, "Recent advances in sliding-mode based consensus strategies", 13th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems , Nantes, France, June 30-July 2, 2014.

[C27] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Fast Discrete Consensus Based on Gossip for Makespan Minimization in Networked Systems", 19th WC of the International Federation of Automatic Control, Cape Town, South Africa, August 24-29, 2014.

[C26] M.Franceschelli, A. Giua, A. Pisano "Finite-Time Consensus on the Median Value by Discontinuous Control", IEEE American Control Conference , Portland, Oregon, USA, June 4-6, 2014. (Best Presentation in Session Award) [Preprint of journal version with extended proofs is available upon request.]

[C25] M. P. Fanti, M. Franceschelli, A. M. Mangini, G. Pedroncelli, W. Ukovich, "Discrete Consensus in Networks with Constrained Capacity" 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, Dec 10-13, 2013.

[C24] A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, E. Usai, "Finite-Time Consensus for a Network of Perturbed Double Integrators by Second-Order Sliding Mode Technique" 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 10-13, 2013.

[C23] M. Franceschelli, A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, A. Giua, E. Usai, "Finite-Time Consensus with Disturbance Attenuation for Directed Switching Network Topologies by Discontinuous Local Interactions" 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, December 10-13, 2013.

[C22] M. Zareh Eshghdoust, C. Seatzu, M. Franceschelli, "Consensus on the Average in Arbitrary Directed Network Topologies with Time-Delays" 4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems , Koblenz, Germany, Sep 2013.

[C21] M. Zareh Eshghdoust, C. Seatzu, M. Franceschelli, "Consensus of second order multi-agent systems with time delays and slow switching topology" 10th IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Paris-Evry University, France, April 10-12, 2013.

[C20] A. Gasparri, G. Oliva, M. Franceschelli, S. Panzieri, "Online Distributed Synchronizability Check for Networks of Interconnected Systems" 6th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN) Las Vegas, Nevada, US, Oct 2012.

[C19] D. Rosa, M. Franceschelli, C. Seatzu, F. Bullo, "A Gossip Based Heuristic Algorithm for Heterogeneous Multi Vehicle Routing Problems" 3rd IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, Santa Barbara, CA, US, Sep 2012.

[C18] M.Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, "Decentralized Centroid Estimation for Multi-Agent Systems in Absence of a Common Reference Frame: A Convergence Analysis" 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, Dec 2012.

[C17] M. Franceschelli, A. Pisano, A. Giua, E. Usai, "Finite-Time Consensus based Clock Synchronization by Discontinuous Control", 4th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands, June 6-8, 2012.

[C16] M. Franceschelli, D. Rosa, C. Seatzu, F. Bullo, "A Gossip Algorithm for Heterogeneous Multi-Vehicle Routing Problems", 4th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Eindhoven, Netherlands, June 6-8, 2012.

[C15] D. Rosa, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, "Robust Common Reference Estimation and Formation Control for Multi-Agent Systems" IEEE American Control Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 27-29, 2012.

[C14] V. Pilloni, M. Franceschelli, L. Atzori, A. Giua, "A Decentralized Lifetime Maximization Algorithm for Distributed Applications in Wireless Sensor Networks" IEEE International Conference on Communications, Ottawa, Canada, June 10 - 15, 2012.

[C13] M. Franceschelli, S. Martini, M. Egerstedt, A. Bicchi, A. Giua, "Observability and Controllability Verification in Multi-Agent Systems through Decentralized Laplacian Spectrum Estimation" 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Atlanta,US, Dec 2010.

[C12] M.Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, "On Agreement Problems with Gossip Algorithms in absence of common reference frames" IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 4 - 8, 2010.

[C11] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, A. Giua, G. Ulivi, "Decentralized stabilization of heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems" IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, May 4 - 8, 2010.

[C10] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Decentralized Laplacian Eigenvalues Estimation for Networked Multi-Agent Systems" 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, Dec 2009.

[C9] N. Orani, A. Pisano, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, E. Usai, "Robust reconstruction of the discrete state for a class of nonlinear uncertain switched systems" 3rd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Zaragoza, Spain, Sep. 2009.

[C8] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Decentralized Fault Diagnosis for Sensor Networks" 5th Annual IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Bangalore, India, Aug. 2009.

[C7] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Consensus on the Average on Arbitrary Strongly Connected Digraphs Based on Broadcast Gossip Algorithms" 1st IFAC Workshop on Estimation and Control of Networked Systems, Venice , Italy, Sep 2009.

[C6] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Hamiltonian Quantized Gossip" IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 2009.

[C5] M. Franceschelli, M. Egerstedt, A. Giua, C. Mahulea, "Constrained Invariant Motions for Networked Control Systems" American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June 2009.

[C4] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, "Decentralized Centroid Estimation for Multi-Agent Systems in Absence of Any Global Reference Frame" American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June 2009. (Best Presentation in Session Award)

[C3] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu, "Load balancing over heterogeneous networks with gossip-based algorithms" American Control Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June 2009. [Bibtex]

[C2] M. Franceschelli, M. Egerstedt, A. Giua, "Motion probes for fault detection and recovery in networked control systems" American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, June 2008. [Bibtex]

[C1] M. Franceschelli, A.Giua, C. Seatzu, " Load Balancing on Networks with Gossip-Based Distributed Algorithms" 46th IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control , New Orleans, LA, USA, December 2007. [Bibtex]

Presentations at international conferences of journal contributions (without additional conference proceeding)

[J39] Eduardo Sebastian, Mauro Franceschelli, Andrea Gasparri, Eduardo Montijano and Carlos Sagues "Accelerated Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers Gradient Tracking (A2DMM-GT) for Distributed Optimization" IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024, under review.

[J38] Diego Deplano, Sergio Grammatico, Mauro Franceschelli "On the convergence of the Krasnoselskij iteration for strictly pseudocontractive operators"  IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024, under review.

[J37] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua, "Stability of Nonexpansive Monotone Systems and Application to Recurrent Neural Networks" IEEE Control Systems letters, 2024, under review.

[J36]  Nicola Bastianello, Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Karl H. Johansson."Online Distributed Learning over Random Networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, under review

[J35]  Mojtaba Kaheni, Alessandro V. Papadopoulos, Elio Usai, Mauro Franceschelli, "A Privacy-Preserving Distributed Greedy Framework to Desynchronize Power Consumption in a Network of Thermostatically Controlled Loads", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technologies, under review.

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Abstracts at national congresses

[N16] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli and Alessandro Giua  "Dynamic Consensus on the Max/Min Value in Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems" Automatica.it 2023, Catania, Italy, 6-8 September 2023

[N15] Claudia Congiu, Diego Deplano, Alessandro Giua, Mauro Franceschelli "Distributed Estimation of All Distinct Eigenvalues of the Laplacian Matrix via Data-Driven Consensus Optimization" Automatica.it 2022, Cagliari, Italy, 1-3 September 2022. 

[N14] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua and Luca Scardovi, Distributed Fiedler Vector Estimation with Application to Desynchronization of Harmonic Oscillator Networks , Automatica.it 2021, Virtual Edition, Catania, Italy, 8-10 September 2021

[N13] Zohreh Al Zahra Sanai Dashti, Carla Seatzu and Mauro Franceschelli "Dynamic Consensus on the Median Value in Open Multi-Agent Systems",Automatica.it 2020, Virtual Edition, Cagliari, Italy, 9-11 September 2020

[N12] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli and Alessandro Giua "Discrete-Time Dynamic Consensus on the Max Value",Automatica.it 2020, Virtual Edition, Cagliari, Italy, 9-11 September 2020. 

[N11] Matteo Santilli, Mauro Franceschelli and Andrea Gasparri "Robust Containment Control in Multi-Agent Systems with Common Coordinate Frames and Bearing Angle Measurements" Automatica.it, Ancona, Italy,11-13 September 2019. 

[N10] Alessandro Pilloni, Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Pisano and Elio Usai "Delta modulation (Δ-M) via Second-order Sliding-Mode Control Technique" Automatica.it, Ancona, Italy,11-13 September 2019. 

[N9] Diego Deplano, Mauro Franceschelli and Alessandro Giua, "Stability and Consensus Analysis for a Class of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems" Automatica.it, Ancona, Italy,11-13 September 2019. Winner of Best presentation of Automatica.it 2019 (Diego Deplano) awarded by Società Italiana Docenti e Ricercatori in Automatica (SIDRA).

[N8]  Ghiani, E., Mocci, S., Franceschelli, M., Anedda, M., Desogus, C., Fadda, G. "VIRTUALENERGY: A project for testing ICT for virtual energy management" 110th AEIT International Annual Conference, AEIT 2018.

[N7]. A. Pilloni, M. Franceschelli, M. Gholami, A. Pisano, E. Usai “Sliding mode robustification of networked controllers with application to distributed optimization and microgrid control” Automatica.it, Firenze, Italy,12-14 September 2018.

[N6] I. Notarnicola, M. Franceschelli, G. Notarstefano "A Duality-Based Approach for Distributed Optimization in Demand Side Management" Automatica.it, Milano, Italy, 11 – 13 Settembre 2017.

[N5] M. Franceschelli, A. Gasparri, A. Pilloni, A. Pisano "A Low cost testbed for multi-agent electric demand side management strategies for thermostatically controlled loads" Automatica.it, Milano, Italy, 11 – 13 Settembre, 2017.

[N4] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, A. Pisano, E. Usai "Advances on Consensus Protocols based on Discontinuous Local Interactions in Multi-Agent Systems: Disturbance Rejection Properties and Robustness Against Outlier and Uncooperative Agents" Automatica.it, Bari, Italy, 7-9 Settembre 2015.

[N3] A. Pilloni, A. Pisano, E. Usai, M. Franceschelli, A. Giua “Finite-Time Consensus of Perturbed Networks via Discontinuous Algorithms”, Automatica.it, Palermo, Italy, 16-18, September, 2013

[N2] Mauro Franceschelli, Alessandro Giua, Carla Seatzu  "Discrete Consensus for Gossip-Based Distributed Load Balancing" Automatica.it, Benevento, Italy, 12-14, Settembre, 2012.

[N1] M. Franceschelli, A. Giua, C. Seatzu "Load balancing with gossip-based distributed algorithms" Sidra2008, Vicenza, Italy, 11-13 Settembre 2008.

PhD Thesis

M. Franceschelli, "Consensus Algorithms for Estimation and Discrete Averaging in Networked Control Systems", PhD Thesis, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng., University of Cagliari, Italy, March 2011.

Master Thesis

M. Franceschelli, "Load balancing on networks with gossip based distributed algorithms", Master Thesis, Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Eng., University of Cagliari, Italy, July 2007.