This paper provides an overview of the research conducted in the context of structural (or
structured) systems. These are parametrized models used to assess and design system …

In this paper, we provide an overview of the research conducted in the context of structural
systems since the latest survey by Dion et al. in 2003. We systematically consider all the …

In a classical distributed framework, we present a novel distributed observer for genuinely
nonlinear continuous-time plants. A network of sensors monitors a multiple-outputs plant …

Localization and tracking of a moving target arises in many different contexts and is of
particular interest in the field of robotic networks. One important class of localization …

This paper studies two related topology design problems: given a collection of links,
including links among state variables or from existing inputs to state variables, each link with …

This article deals with the robustness of large-scale structured systems in terms of
controllability when subject to failure of links from the inputs to the state variables (ie, input …

Due to its many applications in wireless sensor networks, localization of a moving target has
received increasing attention. One popular class of localization schemes uses time …

Autonomous underwater robots have received significant attention over the past two
decades due to the increasing demand for environmental sustainability. Recently, gliding …

Localization and tracking of a moving target arises in many different contexts and is an
important problem in the field of wireless sensor networks. One class of localization …

In this paper, the problem of distributed estimation for a linear large-scale system is studied.
A nonlinear distributed observer is proposed, whose estimation error converges to zero in a …