Under Review \ Preprints:
[M1] F. Mehdifar, C. P. Bechlioulis, D. V. Dimarogonas, "Robust Closed-Form Control for MIMO Nonlinear Systems under Conflicting Time-Varying Hard and Soft Constraints", submitted to Automatica, 2025. [PDF]
[M1] F. Mehdifar, C. P. Bechlioulis, D. V. Dimarogonas, "Robust Closed-Form Control for MIMO Nonlinear Systems under Conflicting Time-Varying Hard and Soft Constraints", submitted to Automatica, 2025. [PDF]
[J5] F. Mehdifar, L. Lindemann, C. P. Bechlioulis, D. V. Dimarogonas, "Low-Complexity Control for a Class of Uncertain MIMO Nonlinear Systems under Generalized Time-Varying Output Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Dec 2024. [PDF]
[J4] F. Mehdifar, C. P. Bechlioulis, J. M. Hendrickx, D. V. Dimarogonas, "2-D Directed Formation Control Based on Bipolar Coordinates", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no. 7, pp. 4175-4190, Sep 2022. [PDF]
[J3] M. S. Sakha, H. Kharrati, F. Mehdifar, "Adaptive Control of Free-floating Manipulator in the Presence of Stochastic Input Disturbances and Unknown Dynamical Parameters", SAGE, Journal of Vibration and Control, 2022, 28(17-18):2373-2385.
[J2] F. Mehdifar, C. P. Bechlioulis, F. Hashemzadeh, M. Baradarannia, "Prescribed Performance Distance-Based Formation Control of Multi-Agent Systems", Elsevier, Automatica, Volume 119, 109086, September 2020. [PDF]
[J1] F. Mehdifar, F. Hashemzadeh, M. Baradarannia, M. de Queiroz, "Finite-Time Rigidity Based Formation Maneuvering of Multi-Agent Systems Using Distributed Finite-Time Velocity Estimators'', IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 42, no. 12, pp. 4473-4484, Oct 2018. [PDF]
[C7] F. Mehdifar, M. H. Dhullipalla, C. P. Bechlioulis, and D. V. Dimarogonas, "Collaborative Satisfaction of Long-Term Spatial Constraints in Multi-Agent Systems: A Distributed Optimization Approach", Accepted in IEEE 23rd European Control Conference (ECC) 2025. [PDF]
[C6] O. Mirzaeedodangeh, F. Mehdifar, D. V. Dimarogonas, "3D Directed Formation Control with Global Shape Convergence using Bispherical Coordinates", 2024 European Control Conference (ECC), Stockholm, Sweden, 2024, pp. 1902-1907. [PDF]
[C5] R. Namerikawa, A. Wiltz, F. Mehdifar, T. Namerikawa, D. V. Dimarogonas, "On the Equivalence between Prescribed Performance Control and Control Barrier Functions", 2024 American Control Conference (ACC), Toronto, ON, Canada, 2024, pp. 2458-2463. [PDF]
[C4] F. Mehdifar, L. Lindemann, C. P. Bechlioulis, D. V. Dimarogonas, "Control of Nonlinear Systems Under Multiple Time-Varying Output Constraints: A Single Funnel Approach", 2023 IEEE 62nd Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Singapore, 2023, pp. 6743-6748. [PDF]
[C3] F. Mehdifar, C. P. Bechlioulis, D. V. Dimarogonas, "Funnel Control Under Hard and Soft Output Constraints", 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Cancún, Mexico, 2022, pp. 4473-4478. [PDF]
[C2] F. Mehdifar, F. Hashemzadeh, M. Baradarannia, "On Distance-Based Formation Control: A Nonlinear Mapping Approach and Its Applications'', in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Engineering and Innovation (KBEI 2017), (Tehran, Iran), pp. 0741-0746, IEEE, Dec 2017. [PDF]
[C1] F. Mehdifar, H.S. Gholami, H. Kharrati, M. B. Menhaj, "A Modified Fruit Fly Optimization Algorithm and its Application to Control of Robot Manipulators", in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, and Automation (ICCIA 2017), (Shiraz, Iran), pp. 120-125, IEEE, Nov 2017. [PDF]
F. Mehdifar, "Funnel-Based Control for Coupled Spatiotemporal Specifications", Licentiate thesis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Jan 2024.
F. Mehdifar, "Formation Control for a Class of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems" (in Persian), Master’s thesis, University of Tabriz, Feb 2018.
[P11] Seminar Series of Emerging Academics (SEA), Division of Systems & Control, Uppsala University, Nov 2025.
Title: "Robust Tractable Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Under Spatiotemporal Constraints"
[P10] 23rd European Control Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jun 2025.
Title: "Collaborative Satisfaction of Long-Term Spatial Constraints in Multi-Agent Systems: A Distributed Optimization Approach"
[P9] Workshop on Certified Control Synthesis for Robotic Systems at the 23rd European Control Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, Jun 2025.
Title: "Low Complexity Robust Closed-Form Feedback Control for Enforcing Coupled Spatiotemporal Constraints"
[P8] Reglermöte 2025, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Jun 2025.
Title: "Low-Complexity Control for Handling Generalized Time-Varying Output Constraints in Uncertain MIMO Nonlinear Systems"
[P7] Workshop on Formal Methods and Decision Making in the Age of AI at the 62nd Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, Dec 2023.
Title: "Spatiotemporal logic control for leader-follower multi-agent systems"
[P6] IEEE 62nd Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, Dec 2023.
Title: "Control of Nonlinear Systems Under Multiple Time-Varying Output Constraints: A Single Funnel Approach"
[P5] IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control, Cancún, Mexico, Dec 2022.
Title: "Funnel Control Under Hard and Soft Output Constraints"
[P4] 39th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Elspeet, Netherlands, Mar 2020.
Title: "Towards Prescribed Performance Control of Persistent Formations with Signed Area Constraints" [PDF]
[P3] 38th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Lommel, Belgium, Mar 2019.
Title: "Distance-Based Formation Control with Prescribed Performance'' [PDF]
[P2] IEEE 4th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Engineering and Innovation, Tehran, Iran, Dec 2017.
Title: "On distance-based formation control: A nonlinear mapping approach and its applications"
[P1] IEEE 5th International Conference on Control, Instrumentation, and Automation, Shiraz, Iran, Nov 2017.
Title: "A modified fruit fly optimization algorithm and its application to control of robot manipulators"