Jorge Cortés

Assistant Professor



  1. Coverage control by multi-robot networks with limited-range anisotropic sensory
    K. Laventall, J. Cortés
    International Journal of Control, submitted January 2008, revised April 2008

  2. Asymptotic optimality of multicenter Voronoi configurations for random field estimation
    R. Graham, J. Cortés
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, submitted August 2007, revised April 2008

  3. Distributed Kriged Kalman filter for spatial estimation
    J. Cortés
    IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, submitted May 2007

  4. 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

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

  6. Multirobot rendezvous with visibility sensors in nonconvex environments
    A. Ganguli, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics, submitted November 2006, revised August 2007

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

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

  9. 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

  10. Nonholonomic Lagrangian systems on Lie algebroids
    J. Cortés, M. de León, J.C. Marrero, E. Martínez
    Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems - Series A (2008), to appear

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

  12. 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

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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

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

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

  21. A catalog of inverse-kinematics planners for underactuated systems on matrix groups
    S. Martínez, J. Cortés, F. Bullo
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, submitted April 2003

  22. 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

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

  24. 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

  25. 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

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

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

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

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

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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

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

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

  36. 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

  37. 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

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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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
9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, California, 92093-0411

cortes at ucsd.edu
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