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Fraser Forbes


Journals
  1. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Feedback Control of Hyperbolic Distributed Parameter Systems, Chem. Eng. Sci., 60, 969-980, 2005.
  2. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Model Predictive Control for Quasilinear Hyperbolic Distributed Parameter Systems, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 43, 9, 2140-2149, 2004.
  3. Dabros, M., P. Stuart , J.F. Forbes, M. Perrier, M. Fairbank, Improving the Broke Recirculation Strategy in a Newsprint Mill, Pulp & Paper Canada, 105, 4, 45-48, 2004.
  4. Kozeratska, L, J.F. Forbes, R.G. Goebel, and J.V. Kresta, Perturbed Cones for Analysis of Uncertain Multi-Criteria Optimization Problems, Linear Algebra & its Applications, 378, pp. 203-229, 2004.
  5. Forbes, M. G., M. Guay, and J.F. Forbes, Control Design for First-order Processes: Shaping the Probability Density of the Process State, Journal. of Process Control, 14, 4, pp. 399-410, 2004.
  6. Forbes, M. G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Regulating Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems: Focusing on the Probability Density Function, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications and Algorithms, 11, 1-2, pp 81-100, 2004.
  7. Zhou, Y., and J.F. Forbes, Determining Controller Benefits via Probabilistic Optimization, International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 17, pp. 553-568, 2003.
  8. Kariwala, V., J.F. Forbes, and E.S. Meadows, Block Relative Gain Array: Properties & Pairing Rules, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42, pp. 4564-4574, 2003.
  9. Hu, Q., M. Guay, and J.F. Forbes, Optimal Profile Generation for Distributed Parameter Systems: Combining Flatness & Semi-infinite Optimization, Journal of Institution of Engineers, Singapore, 43, 2, pp. 22-28, 2003.
  10. Shang, H., J. B. Wiskel, J. F. Forbes & H. Henein, Exploiting Model Fidelity for Control of Metals Processing, JOM-J MIN MET MAT S, 55, 3, 41-45, Mar. 2003.
  11. Fraleigh, L., M. Guay, and J.F. Forbes, Sensor Selection for Model-Based real-Time Optimization: Relating Design of Experiments & Design Cost, J. Process Control, 13, 7, pp. 667-678, 2003.
  12. Zhou, Y., J. Bao, P.J. McLellan, and J.F. Forbes, Estimation of Controller Benefits: An Optimization-Based Approach - A look at a method to gauge controller performance, Pulp & Paper Canada, 103, 10, 255-259, 2002.
  13. Zhang, Y., D. Monder, and J.F. Forbes, Real-Time Optimization under Parametric Uncertainty: A Probability Constrained Approach, J. Process Control, 12, 3, pp 373-389, 2002.
  14. Bao, J., P.J. McLellan, and J.F. Forbes, New Sufficient Condition for Decentralized Integral Controllability Based on the Passivity Theorem, Automatica, 38, 2, pp 243-247, 2002.
  15. Guay, M., S. Kansal, and J.F. Forbes, Trajectory Optimization for Flat Dynamic Systems, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 40 , 2089-2102, 2001.
  16. Zhang, Y., D. Nadler, and J.F. Forbes, Results Analysis for Trust Constrained Real-Time Optimization, J. Process Control, 11, 3, 329-341, 2001.
  17. Zhang, Y., and J.F. Forbes, Extended Design Cost: A Performance Criterion for Real-Time Optimization Systems, Computers chem. Engng., 24, 8, 1829-1841, 2000.
  18. Singh, A., and J.F. Forbes, P. Vermeer, and S.S. Woo, Model-based real-time optimization of automotive gasoline blending operations, J. Process Control, 10, 1, pp. 43-58, 2000.

Conferences

  1. Vinay CDC, A μ-Interaction Measure Based Approach for Decentralized Stabilization,
  2. Vinay, Forbes, Meadows, Minimum Variance benchmark for Decentralized Controllers, ACC
  3. Ruoyu IFAC
  4. Ruoyu IEEE APC
  5. Forbes, J.F., M. Guay, Effect of Nonlinearity on Linear Quadratic Regulator Performance, Proceedings of 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 14-17, 2004.
  6. Choudhury, M.A.A.S., V. Kariwala, S.L. Shah, J.F. Forbes, E.S. Meadows, H. Douke, H. Takada, Diagnosis of Plant-wide Oscillations due to Valve Stiction, 54th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Calgary, AB, October 2004.
  7. Kariwala, V., A. Fuxman, R.E. Hayes, J.F. Forbes, H. Sapoundjiev, Control of Catalytic Flow Reversal Reactors for Lean Methane Combustion, 54th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Calgary, AB, October 2004.
  8. Cheng, R., J.F. Forbes, W.S. Yip, Coordination in Plant-wide Block Decentralized MPC, 54th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Calgary, AB, October 2004.
  9. Forbes, J.F., M. Guay, Effect of Nonlinearity on Linear Quadratic Regulator Performance, 54th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Calgary, AB, October 2004.
  10. Forbes, M.G., M. Guay, J.F. Forbes, Probabilistic Control Design for Continuous-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Systems – A PDF-Shaping Approach, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, 132-136, Taipei, Taiwan, September 1-4, 2004.
  11. Cheng, R., J.F. Forbes, W.S. Yip, Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition and Large-Scale Constrained MPC Problems, Proceedings of 7th International Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Process Systems, Boston, MA, July 5-7, 2004.
  12. Kariwala, V., S. Skogestad, J.F. Forbes, E.S. Meadows, Input performance limitations of feedback control, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2063-2068, Boston, MA, June 30–July 2, 2004.
  13. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Distributed Parameter Predictive Control of Bleaching Towers, Proceedings of Control Systems 2004, 91-94, Quebec City, Quebec, June 14-18, 2004.
  14. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, A Probabilistic Approach to Process Identification and Control: A Case Study in Pulp Bleaching on the Stationary Probability Density Function, Proceedings of IEEE Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 26-28, 2004.
  15. Gilbert, W.A.M., J.F. Forbes, and M.G. Lipsett, Trajectory Planning for Grade Transitions: A Restricted Form Approach, Proceedings of IEEE Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 26-28, 2004.
  16. Kariwala, V., M.A.A.S. Choudhury, S.L. Shah, J.F. Forbes, E.S. Meadows, H. Douke, H.Takada, Detection and Diagnosis of Plant-wide Oscillations, Proceedings of IEEE Advanced Process Control Applications for Industry Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 26-28, 2004.
  17. Kariwala, V., J.F. Forbes and E.S. Meadows, Closed Loop Properties and Block Relative Gain, Proceedings of ADCHEM 2003, Hong Kong, PRC, January 2004.
  18. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, M. Guay, B. Gopaluni, Identification of a Class of Time-Invariant Discrete-Time Stochastic Nonlinear Process Models, AIChE Annual Conf. , San Franciso, CA, November 2003.
  19. Kariwala, V.K., S. Skogestad, J.F. Forbes, E.S. Meadows, System Stabilization using Minimum Energy Control, AIChE Annual Conf. , San Franciso, CA, November 2003.
  20. Kariwala, V.K., J.F. Forbes, E.S. Meadows, Decentralized Minimum Variance Control: An Approximate Solution, 53rd Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Hamilton, October 2003.
  21. Dabros, M., M. Perrier, J.F. Forbes, M. Fairbank, P.R. Stuart, Optimisation of the Broke Recirculation System in a Newsprint Mill, 53rd Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Hamilton, ON, October 2003.
  22. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Regulating Discrete-Time Stochastic Processes: Focusing on the Probability Density Function, Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, June 14-16, 2003.
  23. Forbes, M. G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Regulatory Control Design for Stochastic Processes: Shaping the Probability Density Function, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Denver, CO, June 4-6 2003.
  24. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay , Regulating Discrete-Time Stochastic Processes: Focusing on the Probability Density Function, Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Conference, Edmonton, June 14-16, 2003.
  25. Halim, A.B., J.F. Forbes, and P.J. McLellan, Diagnosing Performance Degradation in Model-Based Real-Time Optimization Systems, AIChE Annual Conf., Indianapolis, IN, November 2002.
  26. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Nonlinear Control for Improved Performance of Certain Linear Systems, 52nd Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Vancouver, October 2002.
  27. Halim, A.B., J.F. Forbes, and P.J. McLellan, Detecting Performance Degradation in Model-Based Real-Time Optimization Systems, 52nd Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Vancouver, October 2002.
  28. Kariwala, V., J.F. Forbes, and E.S. Meadows, An Optimization-Based Framework for Control configuration Synthesis, 52nd Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Vancouver, October 2002.
  29. Hrymak, A.N., J.F. Forbes, J. Knight, E. Elsadaawy, A. Balthazaar and Y. Sheng, Air Knife Coating in Hot-Dip Galvanizing, International Symposium on Zinc-Coated Steels: Processing, Structure and Properties, ISS 44th Mechanical Working and Steel Processing Conference, Sept 8-11, Orlando, Florida, 2002.
  30. Brown, J., D. Dochain, M. Perrier, and F. Forbes, Modal Decomposition of a Nonlinear Tubular Reactor Model: A Control Perspective, Proceedings of IFAC World Congress'02, Barcelona, Spain, July 2002.
  31. Forbes, M.G., M. Guay, and J.F. Forbes, PDF-Shaping Control Design, Proceedings of IFAC World Congress'02, Barcelona, Spain, July 2002.
  32. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, and M.Guay, Characteristics-based Model Predictive Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Anchorage, AK, May 2002.
  33. Forbes, J.F., R.G. Goebel, L. Kozertaska, and J.V. Kresta, Robust Solutions of Uncertain, Mixed-Integer, Multicriteria Programming Problems: Stability Analysis, SIAM Conf. Optimization, Toronto, May 20-22, 2002.
  34. Forbes, J.F., and M. Guay, Differential Geometry and Dynamic Optimization, SIAM Conf. Optimization, Toronto, May 20-22, 2002.
  35. Ta, C., J.V. Kresta, J.F. Forbes, and H.J. Marquez, Truck Allocation as a Stochastic Optimization Problem, 51st Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Halifax, October 2001.
  36. Shang, H., M. Guay, and J.F. Forbes, Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Distributed Parameter Systems with Multiple Characteristics, 51st Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Halifax, October 2001.
  37. Brown, J.L., D. Dochain, J.F.Forbes, M. Perrier, Modal MPC of Parabolic Systems, 51st Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Halifax, October 2001.
  38. Dabros, M., M. Perrier, P. Stuart, J.F. Forbes, and M. Savoie, Approach to RTO of an Integrated Newsprint Mill, 51st Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Halifax, October 2001.
  39. Kozeratska, L., J.F. Forbes, and R.G. Goebel, Stability of Mixed-Integer Optimization Problems with Multiple Criteria: Analysis over Perturbed Cones, 9th International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Berlin, August 25 - 31, 2001.
  40. Guay, M., and J.F. Forbes, Semi-Infinite Optimization & Optimal Trajectory Generation in Dynamic Systems, 1st Annual McMaster Optimization Conference: Theory and Applications (MOPTA 01), Hamilton, August 2-4, 2001.
  41. Hu, Q., M.Guay, and J.F. Forbes, Optimal Profile Generation for Distributed Parameter Systems: Combining Flatness & Semi-Infinite Optimization, International Conference on Scientific Computation and Differential Equations (SCICADE), Vancouver, July 29-Aug. 3, 2001.
  42. Forbes, J.F., and E.M. Heaven, Building a Plant Automation System for Economic Performance, Pira International Conference on Reducing Costs & Increasing Profitability in the Paper Industry, Manchester, UK, June 26& 27, 2001.
  43. Zhou, Y., T. Lepper, and J.F. Forbes, A Structured Approach to Economic Benefits Analysis for Automation Systems, Pira International Conference on Scientific Advances in the Measurement & Control of Papermaking, Edinburgh, UK, December 11 & 12, 2000.
  44. Forbes, M.G., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Approximating Output Distributions for Controlled Systems, 50th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Montreal, October, 2000.
  45. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, and M. Guay, Geometric Methods in Feedback Control of PDE Systems, 50th Can. Chem. Eng. Conf., Montreal, October, 2000.
  46. Kansal, S., J.F. Forbes, M. Guay, Constrained Optimization of Nonlinear, Dynamic Chemical Processes &#0 A Normalized Form Approach, proceedings of ADCHEM 2000, Pisa, Italy, June 2000.
  47. Shang, H., J.F. Forbes, M. Guay, Feedback Control of Hyperbolic PDE Systems, proceedings of ADCHEM 2000, Pisa, Italy, June 2000.
  48. Zhang, Y., D. Monder, and J.F. Forbes, Robust Real-Time Optimization under Parametric Uncertainty, proceedings of ADCHEM 2000, Pisa, Italy, June 2000.
  49. Forbes, J.F., Process Control: From PID to CIM, Proceedings of TMS 2000, Nashville, March  12-16, 2000.
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