Journal publications
V.K. Singh and V. Natarajan, ``Finite-dimensional controllers for consensus in a leader-follower network of marginally unstable infinite-dimensional agents,'' IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 6, pp. 590-595, 2021 (accepted for presentation at CDC 2021) PDF
V. Natarajan, ``Compensating PDE actuator and sensor dynamics using Sylvester equation,'' Automatica, 2021 PDF
V.K. Singh and V. Natarajan, ``Reduced-order controllers for multi-agent consensus using output regulation viewpoint,'' Automatica, 2020 PDF
V. Natarajan, H.-C. Zhou, G. Weiss and E. Fridman, ``Exact controllability of a class of nonlinear distributed parameter systems using back and forth iterations,'' Int. J. Control, 92, pp. 145-162, 2019 PDF
V. Natarajan and G. Weiss, ``Minimal order controllers for output regulation of nonlinear systems,'' IFAC J. Systems and Control , 7, pp. 1-15, 2019 PDF
O. Angatkina, V. Natarajan, Z. Chen, M. Ding and J. Bentsman, ``Modeling and control of resonance effects in steel casting mold oscillators,'' Acta Mechanica , 230, pp. 2087-2104, 2019 PDF
V. Natarajan and G. Weiss, ``Almost global asymptotic stability of a grid-connected synchronous generator,'' Math. Control Signals Syst., 2018 PDF
V.K. Singh and V. Natarajan, ``On the existence of stable real nth-order transfer functions with desired phase at n frequencies,'' IEEE Control System Letters, 2, pp. 695-700, 2018 PDF
V. Natarajan and G. Weiss, ``Synchronverters with better stability due to virtual inductors, virtual capacitors and anti-windup,'' IEEE Trans. Ind. Electronics, 64, pp. 5994-6004, 2017 PDF
V. Natarajan and J. Bentsman, ``Approximate local output regulation for nonlinear distributed parameter systems,'' Math. Control Signals Syst., 2016, doi:10.1007/s00498-016-0172-7 PDF
V. Natarajan, D.S. Gilliam and G. Weiss, ``State feedback regulator problem for regular linear systems,'' IEEE Trans. Autom. Control, 59, pp. 2708-2723, 2014 PDF
V. Natarajan and J. Bentsman, ``Adaptive projection-based observers and L1 adaptive controllers for infinite-dimensional systems with full-state measurement,'' IEEE Trans. Autom. Control, 59, pp. 585-598, 2014 PDF
J. Kim, V. Natarajan, S.D. Kelly and J. Bentsman, ``Partial difference equation based model reference control of a multiagent network of underactuated aquatic vehicles with strongly nonlinear dynamics,'' Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 4, pp. 513-523, 2010 PDF
J. Kim, V. Natarajan, S.D. Kelly and J. Bentsman, ``Disturbance rejection in robust PdE-based MRAC laws for uncertain heterogeneous multiagent networks under boundary reference,'' Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 4, pp. 484-495, 2010 PDF
D. Ye, V. Natarajan, B. Petrus, S. Zhang and J. Bentsman, ``Modelling, controller design, and computational tools for the closed-loop control of the cold flow fluidized bed riser,'' Nonlinear Phenomenon in Complex Systems, 12, pp. 119-129, 2009 PDF
J. Kim, K-D. Kim, V. Natarajan, S.D. Kelly and J. Bentsman, ``PdE-based model reference adaptive control of uncertain heterogeneous multiagent networks,'' Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems, 2, pp. 1152-1167, 2008 PDF
Conference publications
B. Gurjar, B.P. Kumar, V. Natarajan, ``Rejecting an unknown matched disturbance from an infinite-dimensional control system,'' 62nd IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023, accepted
B. Gurjar, S. Chattopadhyay, V. Natarajan, ``Stabilization of a class of infinite-dimensional systems subjected to unknown matched disturbances,'' 8th Indian Control Conference, Chennai, pp. 103-108, 2022 PDF
V.K. Singh, A. Batra, V. Natarajan, ``Output consensus in a heterogeneous leader-follower multi-agent system with input and communication delays,'' 8th Indian Control Conference, pp. 49-54, Chennai, 2022 PDF
B.P. Kumar, S. Chatterjee, V. Natarajan, ``Stabilization of cascade interconnection of an 1D heat equation in polar coordinates and an ODE using LQR design,'' 61st IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Cancun, pp. 7264-7369, 2022 PDF
A.A. Paranjape, V. Natarajan, S. Ghosh, ``Transient and asymptotic properties of robust adaptive controllers in the presence of non-coercive Lyapunov functions,'' 60th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Austin, pp. 1161-1166, 2021 PDF
S. Chatterjee, V. Natarajan, ``Steady-state to steady-state transfer of PDEs using semi-discretization and flatness,'' 59th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control , Jeju Island, pp. 4454-4459, 2020 PDF
P. Lorenzetti, G. Weiss, V. Natarajan, ``Integral control of stable nonlinear systems based on singular perturbations,'' 21st IFAC World Congress , Berlin, pp. 6157-6164, 2020 PDF
V. Natarajan, ``Stabilization of PDE-ODE cascade systems using Sylvester equations,'' 58th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control , Nice, pp. 5906-5911, 2019 PDF
G. Weiss, V. Natarajan, ``Modifications to the synchronverter algorithm to improve its stability and performance,'' 19th Int. Symp. Power Electronics Ee2017 , Novi Sad, Serbia, 2017 PDF
V. Natarajan, H.-C. Zhou, G. Weiss, ``How to establish the exact controllability of nonlinear DPS using iterations back and forth in time,'' American Control Conference, Seattle, pp. 2485-2490, 2017 PDF
G. Weiss, V. Natarajan, ``Stability of the integral control of stable nonlinear systems,'' Int. Conf. Science of Electrical Engineering, Eilat, Israel, 2016 PDF
O. Angatkina, V. Natarajan, Z. Chen, J. Bentsman, ``Capturing and suppressing resonance in steel casting mold oscillation systems using Timoshenko beam model,'' American Control Conf., Chicago, pp. 559-564, 2015 PDF
V. Natarajan, G. Weiss, ``A method for proving the global stability of a synchronous generator connected to an infinite bus,'' IEEE 28th Conv. Electrical and Electronics Eng. in Israel, Eilat, Israel, 2014 PDF
G. Weiss, V. Natarajan, ``Tracking controller for output voltage regulation in a boost converter,'' IEEE 28th Conv. of Electrical and Electronics Eng. in Israel, Eilat, Israel, 2014 PDF
V. Natarajan, G. Weiss, ``Almost global asymptotic stability of a constant field current synchronous machine connected to an infinite bus,'' 53rd IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Los Angeles, pp. 3272-3279, 2014 PDF
V. Natarajan, G. Weiss, ``Minimal order controllers for output regulation of locally stable nonlinear systems,'' 53rd IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, Los Angeles, pp. 4709-4714, 2014 PDF
G. Weiss, D.S. Gilliam, V. Natarajan, ``Regulator equations for boundary control systems,'' 21st Int. Symposium on Math. Theory of Networks and Syst., Groningen, pp. 826-833, 2014 PDF
V. Natarajan, D.S. Gilliam, G. Weiss, ``The regulator equations for regular linear systems,'' 19th IFAC World Congress, Cape Town, pp. 5187-5192, 2014 PDF
V. Natarajan, G. Weiss, ``Improving the exponential decay rate by back and forth iterations of the feedback in time,'' 52nd IEEE Conf. on Decision and Control, Florence, pp. 2715-2719, 2013 PDF
V. Natarajan, G. Weiss, ``Behavior of a stable nonlinear infinite-dimensional system under the influence of a nonlinear exosystem,'' 1st IFAC Workshop on Control of Systems Governed by PDEs, Paris, pp. 155-160, 2013 PDF
V. Natarajan, J. Bentsman, ``Adaptive observers with projection operator and L1 adaptive controllers for infinite dimensional systems,'' Proc. of the American Control Conference, Montreal, pp. 3002-3007, 2012 PDF
V. Natarajan, J. Bentsman, ``Rejection of sinusoids from nonlinearly perturbed uncertain regular linear systems,'' Proc. of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, pp. 4931-4936, 2011 PDF
V. Natarajan, J. Bentsman, ``Robust periodic reference tracking by stable uncertain infinite-dimensional linear systems,'' American Control Conf., San Francisco, pp. 1777-1782, 2011 PDF
V. Natarajan, J. Bentsman, ``Robust rejection of sinusoids in stable nonlinearly perturbed unmodelled linear systems: Theory and application to servo,'' American Control Conference, San Francisco, pp. 3289-3294, 2011 PDF