My publications on Google Scholar (surely more updated than this page!). See also the Publication section of my CV (more or less updated)
Preprints
A.Bizyaeva, A.Franci, N.E.Leonard. Nonlinear opinion dynamics with tunable sensitivity. [preprint]
A.Franci, M.Golubitsky, A.Bizyaeva, and N.E.Leonard. A model-independent theory of consensus and dissensus decision making.[preprint]
A.Bizyaeva, T.Sorochkin, A.Franci, N.E.Leonard. Control of agreement and disagreement cascades with distributed inputs. [preprint]
A. Franci. Feedback design of spatially distributed filters with tunable resolution. [Preprint]
S. Park, A. Bizyaeva, Mari Kawakatsu, A. Franci, N.E. Leonard. Rationality and reciprocity of opinion dynamics in games.
Book chapters
R.Sepulchre, G.Drion and A.Franci. Excitable behaviors. In Emerging Applications of Control and Systems Theory. Springer Lecture Notes on Control and Information Science, 2018. [preprint] [book]
Journal articles
N.E.Leonard, K.Lipsitz, A.Bizyaeva, A.Franci, Y.Lelkes. The nonlinear feedback dynamics of asymmetric political polarization. Accepted in PNAS, Special Issue on Political Polarization, 2021.
K.C.Hernández-Ramos, E.Rodríguez-Sánchez, J.A.Arias Del Angel, A.V.Arzola, M.Benítez, A.E.Escalante, A.Franci, G.Volpe, N.Rivera-Yoshida. The environment topography alters the transition from single-cell populations to multicellular structures in Myxococcus xanthus. Accepted in Science Advances, 2021. [preprint]
A.Franci, A.Bizyaeva, S.Park, N.E.Leonard. Analysis and control of agreement and disagreement opinion cascades. Swarm Intelligence, 15: 47-82, 2021. [paper]
J.Ratliff, A.Franci, E.Marder, T.O'Leary. Neural oscillator robustness to multiple global perturbations. Biophysical Journal, 2021. [paper]
A. Guzman, J.A. Arias Del Angel, N. Rivera-Yoshida, M. Benitez, A. Franci. Dynamical Patterning Modules and Network Motifs as joint determinants of development: lessons from an aggregative bacterium. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part B, 336(3): 300-314, 2021. [preprint].
A.Franci, M.Rosetti. A proposal to explore the dynamics of collective decision making using social foraging. Conductual, 8:15-26, 2020.
A. Franci, T. O'Leary, J. Golowasch. Positive dynamical networks in neuronal regulation: how tunable flexibility coexists with robustness. Accepted in IEEE Control Systems Letters, 4(4):946 - 951, 2020. [preprint]
N. Rivera-Yoshida, A.V. Arzola, J.A. Arias Del Angel, A. Franci, M. Travisano, A.E. Escalante, M. Benı́tez. Plastic multicellular development of Myxococcus Xanthus: genotype-environment interactions in a physical gradient. R. Soc. open sci. 6: 181730, 2019. [preprint]
R. Sepulchre, G. Drion, A. Franci. Control across scales by positive and negative feedback. Annual Review of Control, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems, 2:89-113,2019.
K. Ozcimder, B. Dey, A. Franci, R. Lazier, D. Trueman, N.E. Leonard. Social decision making driven by artistic explore-exploit tension. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews, 44(1):55-81, 2019. [preprint] Here's a review of our paper on Princeton University homepage.
Y. Tang, A. Franci, and R. Postoyan. On-line detection of qualitative dynamical changes in nonlinear systems: the resting-oscillation case. Automática, 50:17-28, 2019. [preprint]
A. Franci, M.A. Herrera-Valdez, M. Lara-Aparicio, and P. Padilla-Longoria . Synchronization, oscillator death, and frequency modulation in a class of biologically inspired coupled oscillators. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, 4(51), 2018. [publisher article] [preprint]
G. Drion*, A. Franci*, R. Sepulchre. Cellular switches orchestrate rhythmic circuits. Biological Cybernetics, 119(1-2):71-82, 2019. *Double first author. [preprint] [publisher's preprint] [publisher's pdf] "we share an automaton // that we each play in our own way // that we all explore in different directions // through which we resonate and communicate" Liege, January 9 2018
G. Drion, J. Dethier, A. Franci, and R. Sepulchre. Switchable slow cellular conductances determine robustness and tunability of network states. PLoS Comp Bio, 14(4): e1006125, 2018. [publisher's pdf]
R. Gray*, A. Franci*, V. Srivastava, and N.E. Leonard. Honeybee-inspired dynamics for multi-agent decision-making. IEEE TCNS, 5(2), 2018. *Double first author. [preprint] [publisher's pdf]
A. Franci*, G. Drion*, and R. Sepulchre. Robust and tunable bursting requires slow positive feedback. J Neurophy, 119(3), 1222-1234, 2018. *Double first author. [preprint] [publisher's pdf])
F. Castaños and A. Franci. Implementing robust neuromodulation in neuromorphic circuits. Neuromputing, 223, 3-13, 2017. [preprint]
A. Franci and R. Sepulchre. A three-scale model of spatio-temporal bursting. SIAM J Appl Dyn Syst, 15(4), 2143-2175, 2016. [preprint]
J. Dethier, G. Drion, A. Franci, and R. Sepulchre. A positive feedback at the cellular level promotes robustness and modulation at the network level. J Neurophy 114(4): 2472-2484, 2015. [publisher's pdf] [pdf]
G. Drion, A. Franci, J. Dethier, and R. Sepulchre. Dynamic input conductances shape neuronal spiking. eNeuro, 2(1):e0031-14.2015, 1-15, 2015. [publisher's pdf - open access]
T. O'Leary, A. H. Williams, A. Franci, and E. Marder. Cell types, network homeostasis and pathological compensation from a biologically plausible ion channel expression model. Neuron , 82(4):809-821, 2014. [publisher's pdf] [google doc] [pdf]
A. Franci, G. Drion, and R. Sepulchre. Modeling the modulation of neuronal bursting: a singularity theory approach. SIAM J Appl Dyn Syst , 13(2):798-829, 2014. [publisher's pdf] [google doc] [pdf]
A. Franci , G. Drion , V. Seutin, and R. Sepulchre. A balance equation determines a switch in neuronal excitability. PLoS Comput Biol, 9(5):e1003040, 2013. [publisher's pdf - open access]
A. Franci , G. Drion , and R. Sepulchre. An organizing center in a planar model of neuronal excitability. SIAM J Appl Dyn Syst , 11(4):1698-1722, 2012. [publisher's pdf] [google doc] [pdf]
G. Drion , A. Franci , V. Seutin, and R. Sepulchre. A novel phase portrait for neuronal excitability. PLoS ONE , 7(8):e41806, 2012. [publishers's pdf - open access]
A. Franci, A. Chaillet, E. Panteley, and F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue. Desynchronization and inhibition of kuramoto oscillators by scalar mean-eld feedback. Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS) , 24:169-217, 2012. [publisher's pdf] [google doc] [pdf]
A. Franci, A. Chaillet, and W. Pasillas-Lepine. Existence and robustness of phase-locking in coupled Kuramoto oscillators under mean-eld feedback. Automatica - Special Issue on Biology Systems , 47(6):1193-1202, 2011. [publisher's pdf] [google doc] [pdf]
A. Franci and A. Chaillet. Quantised control of nonlinear systems: analysis of robustness to parameter uncertainty, measurement errors, and exogenous disturbances. International Journal of Control, 83(12):2453-2462, 2010. [publisher's pdf] [google doc]
Peer-reviewed conference articles
A.Bizyaeva, A.Matthews, A.Franci, N.E.Leonard. Patterns of nonlinear opinion formation on networks. American Control Conference, 2021.
F.Castaños, F.Miranda-Villatoro and A.Franci. A notion of equivalence for linear complementarity problems with application to the design of non-smooth bifurcation. In Proc. 21st IFAC World Congress, 2020. [preprint]
R.Sepulchre, T.O'Leary, G.Drion, and A.Franci. Control by Neuromodulation: A tutorial. In Proc. 18th European Control Conference, 2019.
A.Franci, G.Drion, R. Sepulchre. The sensitivity function of excitable feedback systems. In Proc. 58th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr., 2019.
B.Dey, A.Franci, K.Ozcimder, N.E.Leonard. Feedback Controlled Bifurcation of Evolutionary Dynamics with Generalized Fitness. In Proc. American Control Conference, 2018.
Y. Tang, A. Franci, R. Postoyan. Qualitative estimation for a class of relaxation oscillators. In Proc. 20th. IFAC World Congress, 2017.
Rebecca A. L. Gray, A. Franci, V. Srivastava, and N. Leonard. An Agent-Based Framework for Bio-Inspired Value-Sensitive Collective Decision-Making. In Proc. 20th. IFAC World Congress, 2017.
P. Sacré and Alessio Franci. Singularly perturbed phase-response curves for relaxation oscillators. In Proc. 55th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr., 2016.
G. Drion, T. O'Leary, J. Dethier, A. Franci, R. Sepulchre. Neuronal behaviors: a control perspective. In Proc. 54th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr., Tutorial Paper, 2015.
F. Castaños and A. Franci. The transition between tonic spiking and bursting in a six-transistor neuromorphic device. In Proc. 12th IEEE CEE, 2015. [preprint]
A. Franci, R. Sepulchre. Realization of nonlinear behaviors from organizing centers. In Proc. 53st. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr. , pages 56-61, 2014. [arXiv] [google doc] [pdf]
A. Franci, W. Pasillas-Lepine, and A. Chaillet. Validity of the phase approximation for coupled nonlinear oscillators: a case study. In Proc. 51st. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr. , pages 2316-2321, 2012. [publisher's pdf] [google doc]
A. Franci, L. Scardovi, and A. Chaillet. An input-output approach to the robust synchronization of dynamical systems with an application to the Hindmarsh-Rose neuronal model. In Proc. 50th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr. , pages 6504-6509, 2011. [publisher's pdf] [google doc]
A. Franci, E. Panteley, A. Chaillet, and F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue. Desynchronization of coupled phase oscillators, with application to the Kuramoto system under mean-field feedback. In Proc. 50th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr. , pages 6748-6753, 2011. [publisher's pdf]
A. Franci, A. Chaillet, and S. Bezzaoucha. Toward oscillations inhibition by mean-field feedback in Kuramoto oscillators. In Proc. 18th. IFAC World Congress , pages 2511-2516, 2011. [publisher's pdf]
A. Franci, W. Pasillas-Lepine, and A. Chaillet. Existence of phase-locking in the Kuramoto system under mean-field feedback. In Proc. 18th. IFAC World Congress, pages 5419-5424, 2011. [publisher's pdf]
A. Franci, A. Chaillet, and W. Pasillas-Lepine. Robustness of phase-locking between Kuramoto oscillators to time-varying inputs. In Proc. 49th. IEEE Conf. Decision Contr. , pages 1587-1595, 2010. [publisher's pdf]
A. Franci, A. Chaillet, and W. Pasillas-Lepine. Le modele de Kuramoto sous retour du champ moyen reel n'admet pas de solutions a phases verrouillees. In Proceedings of the Conference Internationale Francophone d'Automatique , 2010.