Jorge Cortés

Associate Professor



  1. Distributed strategies for generating weight-balanced and doubly stochastic digraphs
    B. Gharesifard, J. Cortés
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, submitted October 2009

  2. Cooperative adaptive sampling of random fields with partially known covariance
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, submitted July 2009

  3. A catalog of inverse-kinematics planners for underactuated systems on matrix groups
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Journal of Geometric Mechanics, to appear

  4. Distributed tree rearrangements for reachability and robust connectivity
    M. Schuresko, J. Cortés
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, submitted March 2009

  5. Systems approaches and algorithms for discovery of combinatorial therapeutics
    J. Feala, J. Cortés, P. Duxbury, C. Piermarocchi, A. McCulloch, G. Paternostro
    Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Systems Biology, to appear

  6. Global and robust formation-shape stabilization of relative sensing networks
    J. Cortés
    Automatica, to appear, 2009

  7. Nonsmooth coordination and geometric optimization via distributed dynamical systems
    J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    SIAM Review 51 (1) (2009), 163-189

  8. Coverage optimization and spatial load balancing by robotic sensor networks
    J. Cortés
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, submitted, August 2008, revised June 2009

  9. Distributed motion constraints for algebraic connectivity of robotic networks
    M. Schuresko, J. Cortés
    Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems 56 (1-2) (2009), 99-126

  10. Coverage control by multi-robot networks with limited-range anisotropic sensory
    K. Laventall, J. Cortés
    International Journal of Control 82 (6) (2009), 1113-1121

  11. Asymptotic optimality of multicenter Voronoi configurations for random field estimation
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 54 (1) (2009), 153-158

  12. Distributed Kriged Kalman filter for spatial estimation
    J. Cortés
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 55 (4) (2010), to appear

  13. Exploring landmark placement strategies for self-localization in wireless sensor networks
    F. Benbadis, K. Obraczka, J. Cortés, A. Brandwajn
    EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2008 (2008), Article ID 275658

  14. Discontinuous dynamical systems - a tutorial on solutions, nonsmooth analysis, and stability
    J. Cortés
    IEEE Control Systems Magazine 28 (3) (2008), 36-73

  15. Multirobot rendezvous with visibility sensors in nonconvex environments
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics 25 (2) (2009), 340-352

  16. Distributed algorithms for reaching consensus on general functions
    J. Cortés
    Automatica 44 (3) (2008), 726-737

  17. Notes on averaging over acyclic digraphs and discrete coverage control
    C. Gao, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    Automatica 44 (8) (2008), 2120-2127

  18. A crash course in feedback control - a MATLAB-based introduction with one prerequisite: high school algebra
    J. Cortés, W. B. Dunbar
    IEEE Control Systems Magazine 27 (3) (2007), 79-89

  19. Nonholonomic Lagrangian systems on Lie algebroids
    J. Cortés, M. de León, J.C. Marrero, E. Martínez
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A 24 (2) (2009), 213-271

  20. Motion coordination with distributed information
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IEEE Control Systems Magazine 27 (4) (2007), 75-88

    2008 IEEE Control Systems Outstanding Paper Award

  21. A survey of Lagrangian Mechanics and control on Lie algebroids and groupoids
    J. Cortés, M. de León, J. C. Marrero, D. Martín de Diego, E. Martínez
    International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 3 (3) (2006), 509-558

  22. Finite-time convergent gradient flows with applications to network consensus
    J. Cortés
    Automatica 42 (11) (2006), 1993-2000

  23. On synchronous robotic networks - Part II: Time complexity of rendezvous and deployment algorithms
    S. Martínez, F. Bullo, J. Cortés, E. Frazzoli
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 52 (12) (2007), 2214-2226

  24. On synchronous robotic networks - Part I: Models, tasks and complexity
    S. Martínez, F. Bullo, J. Cortés, E. Frazzoli
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 52 (12) (2007), 2199-2213

  25. Maximizing visibility in nonconvex polygons: nonsmooth analysis and gradient algorithm design
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 45 (5) (2006), 1657-1679

  26. Robust rendezvous for mobile autonomous agents via proximity graphs in arbitrary dimensions
    J. Cortés, S.Martínez, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 51 (8) (2006), 1289-1298

  27. Spatially-distributed coverage optimization and control with limited-range interactions
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Bullo
    ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 11 (4) (2005), 691-719

  28. Hamiltonian theory of constrained impulsive motion
    J. Cortés, A.M. Vinogradov
    Journal of Mathematical Physics 47 (2006), 042905 (1-30)

  29. Coordination and geometric optimization via distributed dynamical systems
    J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 44 (5) (2005), 1543-1574

  30. Characterization of gradient control systems
    J. Cortés, A.J. van der Schaft, P.E. Crouch
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 44 (4) (2005), 1192-1214

  31. Mechanical control systems on Lie algebroids
    J. Cortés, E. Martínez
    IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information 21 (4) (2004), 457-492

  32. Coverage control for mobile sensing networks
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, T. Karatas, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 20 (2) (2004), 243-255

  33. General symmetries in optimal control
    M. de León, J. Cortés, D. Martín de Diego, S. Martínez
    Reports on Mathematical Physics 53 (1) (2004), 55-78

  34. The consistency problem in optimal control: the degenerate case
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Reports on Mathematical Physics 51 (2/3) (2003), 171-186

  35. Energy-conserving nonholonomic integrators
    J. Cortés
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems, added volume (2003), 189-199

  36. Analysis and design of oscillatory control systems
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 48 (7) (2003), 1164-1177

  37. Motion control algorithms for mechanical systems with symmetry
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés
    Acta Applicandae Mathematicae 76 (3) (2003), 221-264

  38. Configuration controllability for mechanical systems underactuated by one control
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 41 (6) (2003), 1901-1921

  39. Geometric description of vakonomic and nonholonomic dynamics. Comparison of solutions
    J. Cortés, M. de León, D. Martín de Diego, S. Martínez
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 41 (5) (2003), 1389-1412

  40. Simple mechanical control systems with constraints and symmetry
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, J.P. Ostrowski, H. Zhang
    SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 41 (3) (2002), 851-874

  41. On nonlinear controllability and series expansions for Lagrangian systems with dissipative forces
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 47 (8) (2002), 1396-1401

  42. Skinner-Rusk approach to time-dependent mechanics
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, F. Cantrijn
    Physics Letters A 300 (2/3) (2002), 250-258

  43. Cosymplectic reduction of constrained systems with symmetry
    F. Cantrijn, J. Cortés
    Reports on Mathematical Physics 49 (2/3) (2002), 167-182

  44. On the geometry of generalized Chaplygin systems
    F. Cantrijn, J. Cortés, M. de León, D. Martín de Diego
    Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 132 (2002), 323-351

  45. Optimal gaits for dynamic robotic locomotion
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez, J.P. Ostrowski, K.A. McIsaac
    International Journal of Robotics Research 20 (9) (2001), 707-728

  46. Nonholonomic integrators
    J. Cortés, S. Martínez
    Nonlinearity 14 (2001), 1365-1392

  47. Symmetries in vakonomic dynamics. Applications to optimal control
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, M. de León
    Journal of Geometry and Physics 38 (3-4) (2001), 343-365

  48. Mechanical systems subject to generalized nonholonomic constraints
    J. Cortés, M. de León, D. Martín de Diego, S. Martínez
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 457, numb. 2007 (2001), 651-670

  49. The geometric theory of constraints applied to the dynamics of vakonomic mechanical systems. The vakonomic bracket
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, M. de León
    Journal of Mathematical Physics 41 (2000), 2090-2120

  50. Reduction and reconstruction of the dynamics of nonholonomic systems
    J. Cortés, M. de León
    Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General 32 (1999), 8615-8645

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego
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