Intelligent Monitoring and Decision Systems Laboratory Publications and Patents

 

Journal Publications​

2014

• H. Garcia, W. Lin, S. Meerkov, M. Ravichandran, "Resilient Monitoring Systems: Architecture, Design and Application to Boiler/Turbine Plant," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Vol. 44, No. 11, November 2014.

• W. Lin, K. Villez, H. Garcia, "Experimental validation of a resilient monitoring and control system," Journal of Process Control, Vol. 24, Issue 5, May 2014, pp. 621-639.

2013

• W-C. Lin, H. Garcia, "A diagnoser algorithm for anomaly detection in DEDS under partial and unreliable observations: characterization and inclusion in sensor configuration optimization," Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 23, Issue 1, March 2013, pp. 61-91.

2012

• A. Bakel, S. Bryan, K. Budlong-Sylvester, T. Burr, J. Damico, S. Demuth, M. Ehinger, H. Garcia, J. Howell, S. Johnson, J. Krebs, K. Myers, C. Orton, M. Thomas, "Roles for Process Monitoring in Nuclear Safeguards at Aqueous Reprocessing Plants," Journal of Nuclear Materials Management, Vol. 40, Issue 2, January 2012.

2010

• T. Bjornard, H. Garcia, W. Desmond, S. Demuth, "Safeguarding and Protecting the Nuclear Fuel Cycle," Nuclear News, Vol. 53, November 2010, pp. 76-80.

2008

• T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “Event counting of partially-observed discrete-event systems with uniformly and nonuniformly bounded diagnosis delays,” Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, ISSN: 0924-6703, 2008.

• T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “Diagnosis of behaviors of interest in partially-observed discrete-event systems,” Journal of Systems & Control Letters, Vol. 57, Issue 12, 2008, pp. 1023-1029.

2005

• H.E. Garcia, T. Yoo. 2005. “Model-based detection of routing events in discrete flow networks,” Automatica, Vol. 41, Issue 4, pp. 583-594.

2003

• H.E. Garcia, R. Vilim, “Integrating Physical Modeling, Neural Computing, and Statistical Analysis for Online Process Monitoring,” Nuclear Technology, Vol. 141, No. 2, 2003.

• S. Jiang, R. Kumar, H.E. Garcia, “Optimal Sensor Selection for Discrete Event Systems with Partial Observation,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2003.

• S. Jiang, R. Kumar, H.E. Garcia, “Diagnosis of Repeated/Intermittent Failures in Discrete Event Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics & Automation, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2003.

2002

• H.E. Garcia, “Proliferation Resistance of Advanced Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Cycles,” Nuclear Plant Journal, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2002.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

2014

• W. Binder, C. Paredis, H. Garcia, "Hybrid Energy System Modeling in Modelica," 10th International Modelica Conference, Sweden, March 2014.

• W. Du, H. Garcia, C. Paredis, "An Optimization Framework for Dynamic Hybrid Energy Systems," 10th International Modelica Conference 2014, Sweden, March 2014.

• W. Du, H. Garcia, W. Binder, C. Paredis, "Value-Driven Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Hybrid Energy Systems Using Surrogate Modeling," 3rd International Conference on Renewable Energy Research and Applications (ICRERA 2014), October 2014.

2013

• H. Garcia, W. Lin, S. Meerkov, M. Ravichandran," Resilient Plant Monitoring System: Design, Analysis, and Performance Evaluation," 2013 IEEE 52nd Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Italy, December 2013.

2012

• H. Garcia, W-C. Lin, S. Meerkov, "A Resilient Condition Assessment Monitoring System," 5th International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems, Salt Lake City, UT, August 2012.

• H. Garcia, W-C. Lin, R. Carlson, "Evaluating Safeguards Benefits of Process Monitoring as compared with Nuclear Material Accountancy," INMM 53 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, July 2012.

2011

• K. Villez, V. Venkatasubramanian, H. Garcia, "Supervisory control of a pilot-scale cooling loop," 4th International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems, Boise, ID, August 2011.

2010

• H.E. Garcia, W. Lin, T. Yoo, “Process Monitoring for Safeguards via Event Generation, Integration, and Interpretation,” INMM 51st Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, July 2010.

2009

• W. Lin, H.E. Garcia, D. Thorsley, T. Yoo, “Sequential Window Diagnosers for Discrete Event Systems under Unreliable Observations,” 2009 American Control Conference, San Louis, MO.

2008 

• T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “Stochastic event counter for discrete-event systems under unreliable observations,” 2008 American Control Conference, June 2008, Seattle, WA, pp. 1145-1152.

• D. Thorsley, T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “Diagnosability of Stochastic Discrete Event Systems Under Unreliable Observations,” 2008 American Control Conference, June 2008, Seattle, WA, pp. 1158-1165.

2005 

• H.E. Garcia, T. Yoo, “Anomaly Detection via Optimal Symbolic Observation of Physical Processes,” IAEA Int. Conference on Online Condition Monitoring, Knoxville, TN, 2005.

• T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “New results on discrete-event counting under reliable and unreliable observation information,” Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control (ICNSC 2005), Tucson, AZ, 2005.

2004 

• H.E. Garcia, T. Yoo, “Option : a software package to design and implement optimized safeguards sensor configurations,” 45th INMM Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2004.

• H.E. Garcia, T. Yoo, “A methodology for detecting routing events in discrete flow networks,” 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA.

• T. Yoo, H.E. Garcia, “Event Diagnosis of Discrete-Event Systems with Uniformly and Nonuniformly Bounded Diagnosis Delays,” 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, MA.

Patents/Invention Disclosures

• “Statistically Qualified Neuro-Analytic Failure Detection Method and System,” U.S. Patent #6,353,815, 2002.