Publications

Journals - peer-reviewed

[J8] A. Tzenatos and M.J. BlondinComprehensive study of metaheuristics applied to Tension/compression spring design problem: Current situation, recommendations, and research direction, Artificial Intelligence Review, (submitted Oct. 2020) .

[J7] E.H. Housseina, M.A. Mahdyb, M.J. Blondin, D. Sheblb, and W. M. Mohamed, Hybrid Slime Mould Algorithm with Adaptive Guided Differential Evolution Algorithm for Combinatorial and Global Optimization Problems, Expert Systems with Applications, Elsevier, February 2021.

[J6] M.J. Blondin, M. Hale, A Decentralized Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithm, Journal Of Optimization Theory and Applications, Springer (submitted July 2020).

[J5] D. Mande, M. J. Blondin, J. P. Trovão, “Optimization of Fractional Order PI Controller for Bidirectional Quasi Z-Source Inverter Using for Electric Traction System” Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 2020

[J4] M.J.Blondin, P.M.Pardalos, “An holistic optimization approach for inverted cart-pendulum control tuning”, Soft Computing, Springer, 2019, 1-17

[J3] M.J Blondin, J.P. Trovão, “Performance of ACO-NM Algorithm for Cruise Controller Tuning for an OffRoad Electric Vehicle”, IET Electrical Systems in Transportation, 2019, DOI: 10.1049/iet-est.2019.0008 IET Digital Library, https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-est.2019.0008

[J2] M.J.Blondin, P.Sicard, P.M. Pardalos, “Controller Tuning Approach with robustness, stability and dynamic criteria for the original AVR System”, Transactions of IMACS Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 2019.

[J1] M.J. Blondin, J.S. Saez, P.Sicard, J.M. Herrero, “ New optimal controller tuning method for AVR system using a simplified Ant Colony Optimization with a Nelder-Mead constrained algorithm “, Applied Soft Computing, 62, 2018.

Book chapter - peer-reviewed

[BC1] M.J.Blondin, P.M.Pardalos, J.Sanchis, « Control Engineering from Classical to Intelligent Control Theory - An overview », series Springer Optimization and Its Applications, Springer, Sept. 2019.

Monograph - peer-reviewed

[M1] M.J.Blondin « Controller tuning Optimization Methods for multi-constraints and non-linear systems », SpringerBriefs, Springer Monograph.

Contributed book - peer-reviewed - Editors

[B1] M.J.Blondin, P.M.Pardalos, J.Sanchis, « Computational intelligence and optimization methods for control engineering », series Springer Optimization and Its Applications, Springer, 2019, published online.

Conference papers/peer-reviewed contributions

[C13] M.J. Blondin, M.T.Hale, « An Algorithm for Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Optimization», American Control Conference, 2019 (accepted).

[C12] M.J.Blondin, C. Dépature, P. Sicard, P.M. Pardalos, “Metaheuristic Optimization for Backstepping Control and Inversion Based Control for an Electric Vehicle”, Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference (VPPC), Chicago, USA, 27 au 30 August 2018.

[C11] M.J.Blondin et P.Sicard, « The ACO-NM algorithm for controller tuning and rail length consideration for an inverted cart-pendulum », International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion, Almafi Coast, Italy, 20-22 June 2018.

[C10] M.J. Blondin, P.Sicard, « Robust tuning of PID controllers for transient performance », 12th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines, Converters and Systems (ELECTRIMACS), Toulouse, France, 4-6 july 2017.

[C9] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, J. Sanchis Sáez, « Convergence analysis of hybrid ACO/Nelder-Mead tuning method for PID controller structures with anti-windup », Proceedings of SIAM Conference on Control and its Applications, Paris, France, 8-10 July. 2015, 251-258.

[C8] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, « Statistical convergence analysis of ACO — NM for PID controller tuning », IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Seville, Espagne, 17-19 March 2015, pp. 487-492.

[C7] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, « A Hybrid ACO and Nelder-Mead constrained algorithm for controller and antiwindup tuning », 16th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE’14-ECCE Europe, Lappeenranta, Finland, 24-28 August 2014, pp. 1-10.

[C6] M.J. Blondin, P.Sicard, « A Metaheuristic approach for Controller and Anti-Windup Tuning of a Motion System with Flexible Transmission: ACO Algorithm vs Genetic Algorithm », 11th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Electrical Machines, Converters and Systems (ELECTRIMACS ), Valencia, Spain, 19-22 May 2014.

[C4] M.J. Blondin, P.Sicard, «Méthode hybride d'optimisation par algorithmes de colonie de fourmis et de Nelder-Mead pour la syntonisation de correcteurs avec contraintes multiples avec saturation », 82e Congrès, ACFAS, Montréal Canada, 12-16 May 2014.

[C3] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, « Combined ACO algorithm — Nelder-Mead simplex search for controller and anti-windup tuning for a motion system with flexible transmission », IEEE 39th Annual Conference on Industrial Electronics Society (IECON), Vienna, Austria, 10-13 Nov. 2013, pp. 3364-3369.

[C2] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, « PID controllers and anti-windup systems tuning using ant colony optimization," EPE '13-ECCE Europe, the 15th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, Lille, France, 3-5 Sept. 2013, pp. 1-10.

[C1] M.J. Blondin, P. Sicard, « ACO based controller and anti-windup tuning for motion systems with flexible transmission », 26th IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), Regina, SK, 2013, pp. 1-4.