Publication

Journal Articles

Ongoing work 2016

  1. Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, and W.M. Wonham, "Supervisor localization of discrete-event systems under partial observation", submitted for publication, 2016.
  2. Y. Xu, T. Han, K. Cai, Z. Lin, M. Fu, "Distributed algorithms for constrained multi-agent optimization over time-varying directed graphs", submitted for publication, 2016.
  3. Y. Xu, G. Yan, K. Cai, Z. Lin, "Fast centralized resource allocation algorithm and its distributed extension over digraphs", submitted for publication, 2016.
  4. Kai Cai, Renyuan Zhang, W.M. Wonham, "Relative coobservability in decentralized supervisory control of discrete-event systems", submitted for publication, 2016.

2016

  1. Kai Cai, Renyuan Zhang, W. Murray Wonham, "Relative observability and coobservability of timed discrete-event systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 61, no. 11, pp. 3382-3395, Nov. 2016.
  2. Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, Yongmei Gan, and W.M. Wonham, "Delay-robustness in distributed control of timed discrete-event systems based on supervisor localization", International Journal of Control, vol. 89, no. 10, pp. 2055-2072, Oct. 2016.
  3. Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, Yongmei Gan, Zhaoan Wang, and W.M. Wonham, "Distributed supervisory control of discrete-event systems with communication delay", Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 263-293, Jun. 2016.

2015

  1. K. Cai and W.M. Wonham, “New results on supervisor localization, with case studies”, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, vol. 25, no. 1-2, pp. 203-226, Jun. 2015.
  2. K. Cai, R. Zhang, and W.M. Wonham, "Relative observability of discrete-event systems and its supremal sublanguages", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 659-670, Mar. 2015.
  3. K. Cai, B. D.O. Anderson, C. Yu, and G. Mao, "Local average consensus in distributed measurement of spatial-temporal varying parameters: 1d case", Automatica, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 135-145, Feb. 2015.

2014

  1. K. Cai and W.M. Wonham, "Supervisor localization of discrete-event systems based on state tree structures", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, no. 5, pp. 1329-1335, May 2014.
  2. K. Cai and H. Ishii, "Average consensus on arbitrary strongly connected digraphs with time-varying topologies", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, no. 4, pp. 1066-1071, Apr. 2014.

2013

  1. Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, Yongmei Gan, Zhaoan Wang, and W.M. Wonham, "Supervision localization of timed discrete-event systems", Automatica, vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 2786-2794, Sep. 2013.

2012

  1. K. Cai, "Averaging over general random networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 12, pp. 3186-3191 , Dec. 2012.
  2. K. Cai and H. Ishii, "Average consensus on general strongly connected digraphs", Automatica, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 2750-2761, Nov. 2012.
  3. K. Cai and H. Ishii, "Convergence time analysis of quantized gossip consensus on digraphs", Automatica, vol. 48, no. 9, pp. 2344-2351, Sep. 2012.

2011

  1. K. Cai and H. Ishii, "Quantized consensus and averaging on gossip digraphs", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 2087-2100, Sep. 2011.
  2. K. Cai and H. Ishii, "Quantized average consensus on gossip digraphs with reduced computation", SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, Special Issue on Advances in Networking for Distributed Control and Measurement, vol.4, no. 3, pp. 236-242, May 2011.

2010

  1. K. Cai and W.M. Wonham, "Supervisor localization for large discrete-event systems -- case study Production Cell", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 50, no. 9-12, pp. 1189-1202, Oct. 2010.
  2. K. Cai and W.M. Wonham, "Supervisor localization: a top-down approach to distributed control of discrete-event systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 605-618, Mar. 2010.

2009

  1. L. Feng, K. Cai, and W.M. Wonham, "A structural approach to the nonblocking supervisory control of discrete-event systems", International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 41, no. 11-12, pp. 1152-1168, Apr. 2009.