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Professor Malcolm C. Smith

Faculty Member

Telephone:	+44 1223 3 32745
Fax:	+44 1223 3 32662
email:	mcs(at)eng.cam.ac.uk [(at) to be replaced by @]
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Office Location:	University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, U.K.

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Publications

Article

Jiang J. Z. , Matamoros A. , Goodall R. M. and Smith M. C.
Passive Suspensions Incorporating Inerters for Railway Vehicles: Vehicle System Dynamics: International Journal of Vehicle Mechanics and Mobility, Number 50, Pages 263-276, July 2012

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Series-Parallel Six-Element Synthesis of Biquadratic Impedances: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I, Volume 59, Number 11, Pages 2543-2554, November 2012; Regular Paper

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
On the Theorem of Reichert: Systems & Control Letters, Volume 61, Number 12, Pages 1124-1131, December 2012; Original Research Article

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Regular positive-real functions and five-element network synthesis for electrical and mechanical networks: IEEE transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 56, Number 6, Pages 1275-1290, June 2011; Regular paper

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
A Note on Tests for Positive-Real Functions: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 54, Number 2, Pages 390-393, 2009

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
Restricted Complexity Network Realisations for Passive Mechanical Control: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2009; To appear as a regular paper

Scheibe F. and Smith M.
Analytical solutions for optimal ride comfort and tyre grip for passive vehicle suspensions: Vehicle System Dynamics, Volume 47, Number 10, Pages 1229-1252, October 2009

Chen M. Z. Q. , Papageorgiou C. , Scheibe F. , Wang F. C. and Smith M. C.
The missing mechanical circuit element: IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Volume 9, Number 1, Pages 10-26, 2009; cover feature article, 1st-quarter issue

Scheibe F. and Smith M.
A behavioral approach to play in mechanical networks: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume 47, Number 6, Pages 2967-2990, December 2008

Evangelou S. , Limebeer D. J. N. , Sharp R. S. and Smith M. C.
Mechanical steering compensators for high-performance motorcycles: Transactions of ASME, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Volume 74, Number 2, Pages 332-346, March 2007; [PDF]

Papageorgiou C. and Smith M. C.
Positive real synthesis using matrix inequalities for mechanical networks: Application to vehicle suspension: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology,, Volume 14, Number 3, Pages 423-435, May 2006

Kanno M. and Smith M. C.
Validated numerical computation of the L-infinity norm for linear dynamical systems: Journal of Symbolic Computation, Volume 41, Number 6, Pages 697-707, June 2006; [PDF]

Papageorgiou C. and Smith M. C.
Positive real synthesis using matrix inequalities for mechanical networks: application to vehicle suspension: IEEE Transactions on Control SystemsTechnology, Volume 14, Number 3, Pages 423-435, May 2006; [PDF]

Evangelou S. , Limebeer D. J. N. , Sharp R. S. and Smith M. C.
Control of Motorcycle Steering Instabilities - Passive Mechanical Compensators Incorporating Inerters: IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Pages 78-88, October 2006; [PDF]

James M. R. , Smith M. C. and Vinnicombe G.
Gap Metrics, Representations, and Nonlinear Robust Stability: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume 43, Number 5, Pages 1535-1582 , 2005

Smith M. C. and Walker G. W.
Interconnected Vehicle Suspension: Proceedings of IMechE, Part D, Journal of Automobile Engineering, Volume 219, Pages 295-307, March 2005; [PDF]

Smith M. C. and Wang F. C.
Performance Benefits in Passive Vehicle Suspensions Employing Inerters: Vehicle System Dynamics, Volume 42, Number 4, Pages 235-257, 2004; [PDF]

Kanno M. and Smith M. C.
Validated Numerical Methods for Systems and Control Engineering: SIGSAM Bulletin, Volume 37, Number 3, Pages 72-73, September 2003

Reinschke J. and Smith M. C.
Designing robustly stabilising controllers for LTI spatially distributed systems using coprime factor synthesis: Automatica, Volume 39, Number 2, Pages 193-203, February 2003; [PDF]

Smith M. C. and Wang F. C.
Controller Parametrisation for Disturbance Response Decoupling: Application to Vehicle Active Suspension Control.: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Volume 10, Number 3, Pages 393-407, May 2002; [PDF]

Wang F. C. and Smith M. C.
Disturbance response decoupling and achievable performance with application to vehicle active suspension.: International Journal of Control, Volume 75, Number 12, Pages 946-953, August 2002

Smith M. C.
Synthesis of Mechanical Networks: The Inerter: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 47, Number 10, Pages 1648- 1662, October 2002; [PDF]

Reinshcke J. , Cantoni M. and Smith M. C.
A Robust Control Framework for Linear Time-Invariant Spatially Distributed Systems. .: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, Volume 40, Number 2, Pages 610-627, 2001

Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Remarks on ``Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Feedback Systems: An Input-Output Approach'': IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,, Volume 46, Number 1, Pages 171-172, January 2001; [PDF]

Lee R. C. H. and Smith M. C.
Nonlinear Control for Robust Rejection of Periodic Disturbances.: Systems and Control Letters, Number 39, Pages 97-107, 2000

Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Robustness of a relaxation oscillator: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Volume 10, Number 11, Pages 1005-1024, September 2000

Smith M. C. and Walker G. W.
Performance limitations and constraints for active and passive suspensions: a mechanical multi-port approach: Vehicle System Dynamics, Volume 33, Number 3, Pages 137-168, March 2000

Lee R. C. H. and Smith M. C.
Robustness and Trade-offs in Repetitive Control.: Automatica, Volume 34, Pages 889-896, 1998

Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Robustness Analysis of Nonlinear Feedback Systems: An Input-Ouput Approach.: IEEE Trans. Auto. Cont., Volume 42, Number 9, Pages 1200-1221, September 1997

Dym H. , Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Explicit formulas for optimally robust controllers for delay systems.: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 40, Pages 656-669, 1995; [PS]

Feng J. and Smith M. C.
When is a controller optimal in the sense of H-infinity loop-shaping?: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 40, Number 12, Pages 2026-2039, December 1995; [PS]

Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Intrinsic difficulties in using the doubly-infinite time axis for input-output systems theory: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume 40, Pages 516-518, 1995; [PS]

Smith M. C.
Achievable Dynamic Response for Automotive Active Suspensions: Vehicle Systems Dynamics, Volume 24, Pages 1-34, 1995

InBook

Jiang J. Z. , Matamoros A. , Goodall R. M. and Smith M. C.
Performance Benefits in Two-Axle Railway Vehicle Suspensions Employing Inerters: 2012; Print ISBN: 9781849195331 eISBN: 9781849195348

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Regular Positive-Real Functions and the Classiﬁcation of Transformerless Series-Parallel Networks: Pages 15--25, 2010; Perspectives in Mathematical System Theory, Control, and Signal Processing, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences

Wang F. C. , Chan H. A. , Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Optimization and Synthesis for a Mechatronic Network: 2009; COE Lecture Note Vol.22, Faculty of Mathematics, Kyushu University, Japan.(ISSN: 1881-4042)

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
Recent Advances in Learning and Control: Pages 35-50, 2008

Wang F. C. and Smith M. C.
Active and Passive Suspension Control for Vehicle Dive and Squat: Pages 23-39, 2003

Smith M. C. and Walker G. W.
A mechanical network approach to performance capabilities of passive suspensions: Pages 103-117, 1997

Georgiou T. T. and Smith M. C.
Metric Uncertainty and Nonlinear Feedback Stabilization.: 1995; [PS]

InProceedings

Matamoros A. , Jiang J. Z. , Goodall R. M. and Smith M. C.
Effects of Inertance in Railway Vehicles with Active Control: 23rd International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, August 2012

Jiang J. Z. , Goodall R. M. and Smith M. C.
Passive Suspensions Incorporating Inerters for Railway Vehicles: The 22nd IAVSD Symposium on dynamics of vehicles on roads and tracks manchester UK, August 2011

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
On the Classification of Series-Parallel Electrical and Mechanical Networks: 2010 American Control Conference (ACC), USA, Pages 1416--1421, June 2010

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Redundancies in Transformerless Network Synthesis: 19th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS 2010), Pages 581--583, July 2010

Wang F. C. , Chan H. A. , Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Optimisation and Network Synthesis for Mechatronic Systems: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Computer and Information Sciences (MACIS 2009), Pages 386--390, December 2009

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Regular Positive-Real Functions and Passive Networks Comprising Two Reactive Elements: 10th European Control Conference (ECC), Pages 219--224, August 2009; [PDF]

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Synthesis of positive-real functions with low-complexity series-parallel networks: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Pages 7086--7091, December 2009; [PDF]

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
Electrical and Mechanical Passive Network Synthesis: Proceedings of Workshop on Recent Advances on Control and Learning, January 2008

Jiang J. Z. , Smith M. C. and Houghton N.
Experimental testing and modelling of a mechanical steering compensator: The 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing (ISCCSP), Pages 249--254, March 2008; [PDF]

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
Mechanical Networks Comprising One Damper and One Inerter: Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, Pages 4917-4924, July 2007

Scheibe F. and Smith M. C.
A behavioural view of play in mechanical networks: Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, Pages 3755-3762, July 2007

Papageorgiou C. , Lockwood O. G. , Houghton N. E. and Smith M. C.
Experimental testing and modelling of a passive mechanical steering compensator for high-performance motorcycles: Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, Pages 3592-3599, July 2007; [PDF]

Papageorgiou C. and Smith M. C.
Positive real synthesis using matrix inequalities for mechanical networks: application to vehicle suspension: 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 5455-5460, December 2004

Evangelou S. , Limebeer D. J. N. , Sharp R. S. and Smith M. C.
Steering compensation for high-performance motorcycles: 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Pages 749-754, December 2004

Kanno M. and Smith M. C.
Guaranteed Accuracy Computations in Systems and Control: European Control Conference, September 2003; [PDF]

Smith M. C. and Wang F. C.
Controller Parametrisation for Disturbance Response Decoupling: Application to Vehicle Active Suspension Control. .: Proceedings of Conference on Decision and Control, December 2001

Wang F. C. and Smith M. C.
Active and Passive Suspension Control for Vehicle Dive and Squat . .: Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Network (NACO 2), Workshop on Automotive Control, May 2001

Lee R. C. H. and Smith M. C.
Repetitive Control Experiments for a CD Player.: Proceedings of ACC98, Pages 2682-2684, 1998

Lee R. C. H. and Smith M. C.
Some Remarks on Repetitive Control.: Proceedings of the 35th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, December 1996; [PS]

Green M. and Smith M. C.
Continuity Properties of LQG Optimal Controllers.: 33rd IEEE CDC, 1994; [PS]

TechReport

Jiang J. Z. and Smith M. C.
Supplementary material to: series-parallel six-element synthesis of biquadratic impedances: 2012; CUED/F-INFENG/TR 679

Scheibe F. and Smith M. C.
A behavioural view of play in mechanical networks: March 2007; CUED/F-INFENG/TR.573

Scheibe F. and Smith M. C.
Analytical computation of global optima for ride comfort and tyre grip in passive vehicle suspensions: October 2007; CUED/F-INFENG/TR.589

Jiang J. Z. , Smith M. C. and Houghton N.
Experimental testing and modelling of a mechanical steering compensator: October 2007

Chen M. Z. Q. and Smith M. C.
Mechanical Networks Comprising One Damper and One Inerter: December 2006; CUED/F-INFENG/TR.569



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