Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (2013) True Digital Control: Statistical Modelling and Non-Minimal State Space Design, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. DOI:10.1002/9781118535523
Peer Reviewed Articles & Chapters
Organised into the following four broad areas:
The university repository lists all my outputs, including abstracts, posters, software etc., in chronological order.
Robotics & Nuclear
Tsitsimpelis, I., Taylor, C.J., and Joyce, M.J. (2024) Modelling radiation sensor angular responses with dynamic linear regression, 14th UKACC International Conference on Control, Winchester, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL60310.2024.10532034
Parker, A.J., Bandala, M., Croft, S., Crouch, L., Dunphy, R.D., Hutchinson, D., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Sarfraz, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, J., Zabalza, J. and Joyce, M.J. (2024) Enrichment measurement by passive gamma-ray spectrometry of uranium dioxide fuel pellets using a europium-doped, strontium iodide scintillator, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 1062, 169191, pp. 1–10. DOI:10.1016/j.nima.2024.169191
Bandala, M., Chard, P., Cockbain, N., Dunphy, D., Eaves, D., Hutchinson, D., Lee, D., Ma, X., Marshall, S., Murray, P., Parker, A., Stirzaker, P., Taylor, C.J., Zabalza, J. and Joyce, M.J. (2024) Digital twin challenges and opportunities for nuclear fuel manufacturing applications, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 420, 113013, pp. 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.nucengdes.2024.113013
Tsitsimpelis, I., Alton, T., West, A., Taylor, C.J., Lennox, B., Livens, F.R. and Joyce, M.J. (2023) Localizing and identifying radionuclides via energy-resolved angular photon responses, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A, 1057, pp. 1-12. DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168771
Tsitsimpelis, I., Alton, T.L., West, A., Taylor, C.J., Livens, F.R., Lennox, B., and Joyce, M.J. (2022) Improved localization of radioactivity with a normalized sinc transform, Frontiers in Nuclear Engineering, 1, pp. 1-11. DOI: 10.3389/fnuen.2022.989361
Albrecht, O. and Taylor, C.J. (2022) Pole assignment control design for time–varying time–delay systems using radial basis functions, 13th UKACC International Conference on Control, Plymouth, UK. DOI:10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781463
Albrecht, O. and Taylor, C.J. (2022) A linear regression variable time delay estimation algorithm for the analysis of hydraulic manipulators, 13th UKACC International Conference on Control, Plymouth, UK. DOI:10.1109/Control55989.2022.9781372
Monk, S.D., West, C., Bandala, M., Dixon, N., Montazeri, A., Taylor, C.J. and Cheneler, D. (2021) A low cost and semi–autonomous radiological scanning system for characterising radiological waste, Robotics, 10, pp. 1-22. DOI: 10.3390/robotics10040119
Fried, T., Di Buono, A., Cheneler, D., Cockbain, N., Dodds, J.M., Green, P.R., Lennox, B., Taylor, C.J. and Monk, S.D. (2021) Radiation testing of low cost, commercial off the shelf microcontroller board, Nuclear Engineering and Technology, 55, pp. 3335-3343. DOI:10.1016/j.net.2021.05.005
Monk, S.D., Bandala, M., Grievson, A., West, C., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2021) Implementation and evaluation of a semi-autonomous hydraulic dual manipulator for cutting pipework in radiologically active environments, Robotics, Special Issue Advances in Robots for Hazardous Environments in the UK. DOI:10.3390/robotics10020062
Grievson, A., Taylor, C.J., Roberts, N., Bunce, M. and Joyce, M.J. (2020) Time–of–flight spectroscopy of 252 Cf spontaneous fission neutrons: Influences of detector voltage, pulse–shape discrimination and shielding, IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS–MIC), Boston, USA. DOI:10.1109/NSS/MIC42677.2020.9507768
Beadle, J., Taylor, C.J., Ashworth, K. and Cheneler, D. (2020) Plant leaf position estimation with computer vision, Sensors, 20, pp. 1–14, Special Issue Sensing Technologies for Agricultural Automation and Robotics. DOI:10.3390/s20205933.
Shaj, V., Becker, P., Buchler, D., Pandya, H., van Duijkeren, N., Taylor, C.J., Hanheide, M. and Neumann, G. (2020) Action conditional recurrent Kalman networks for forward and inverse dynamics learning, Robotics 4th Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), Boston, USA. arXiv: 2010.10201
Monk, S.D., Jorgensen, E., McCulloch, A., Peacock, R., Sangprachatanaruk, I., Azeta, J., Bolu, C.A., Taylor, C.J. (2020) A prototype telepresence robot for use in the investigation of Ebola and Lassa virus threatened villages in Nigeria, 27th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng), Las Vegas, USA. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-65796-3_4
Monk, S., Cheneler, D., West, C., Bandala, M., Montazeri, A., Dixon, N. and Taylor, C.J. (2020) COTS vision system, radiation sensor and 6 DoF robot for use in identifying radiologically uncharacterised objects, 4th Australian and New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), Gold Coast, Australia. DOI:10.1109/ANZCC50923.2020.9318349
Nemati, H., Bandala, M., Albrecht and Taylor, C.J. (2020) Reduced chatter sliding mode control for hydraulic manipulators based on continuous–time state dependent parameter models, 4th Australian and New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), Gold Coast, Australia. DOI:10.1109/ANZCC50923.2020.9318381
Albrecht, O.L.R. and Taylor, C.J. (2020) Unknown and time-varying time delays in the modelling and control of hydraulic actuators: literature review, 4th Australian and New Zealand Control Conference (ANZCC), Gold Coast, Australia. DOI:10.1109/ANZCC50923.2020.9318375
Albrecht, O., Bandala, M., Monk, S.D. and Taylor, C.J. (2020) Control of hydraulically–actuated manipulators with dead–band and time–delay uncertainties, 3rd UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference: Robots into the Real World (UKRAS), Lincoln, UK. DOI:10.31256/Wd9Qw9E
Fried, T., Cheneler, D., Monk, S.D., Taylor, C.J. and Dodds, J.M. (2019) Compact viscometer prototype for remote in–situ analysis of sludge, Sensors, 19, pp. 1–14. DOI:10.3390/s19153299
Cieslak, M.J., Gamage, K.A.A., Glover, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Pulse shape discrimination performance of a pixelated plastic scintillator (EJ–299–34) for a coded–aperture based dual particle imaging system, Journal of Instrumentation, 14, 07017, pp. 1–15. DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/14/07/P07017
Bandala, M., West, C., Monk, S., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Vision–based assisted tele–operation of a dual–arm hydraulically actuated robot for pipe cutting and grasping in nuclear environments, Robotics, 8, pp. 1–24. DOI:10.3390/robotics8020042
Cieslak, M.J., Gamage, K.A.A., Glover, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Gamma–ray modulation properties of tungsten coded apertures for a novel mixed–field imaging system, Journal of Instrumentation, 14, pp. 1–14. DOI:10.1088/1748-0221/14/02/P02007
Tsitsimpelis, I., Taylor, C.J., Lennox, B. and Joyce, M.J. (2019) A review of ground–based robotic systems for the characterization of nuclear environments, Progress in Nuclear Energy, 111, pp. 109–124. DOI:10.1016/j.pnucene.2018.10.023
Becker, P., Pandya, H., Gebhardt, G., Zhao, C., Taylor, C.J., Neumann, G. (2019) Recurrent Kalman networks: factorized inference in high–dimensional deep feature spaces, 36th International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Long Beach, USA. arXiv: 1905.07357
Crompton, A.J., Gamage, K.A.A., Jenkins, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Alpha particle detection using alpha–induced air radioluminescence: a review and future prospects for preliminary radiological characterisation for nuclear facilities decommissioning, Sensors, 18, pp. 1–23. DOI:10.3390/s18041015
West, C., Monk, S., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) A vision–based positioning system with inverse dead–zone control for dual–hydraulic manipulators, 12th UKACC International Conference on Control, Sheffield, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516734
Burrell, T., West, C., Monk, S., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Towards a cooperative robotic system for autonomous pipe cutting in nuclear decommissioning, 12th UKACC International Conference on Control, Sheffield, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516841
West, C., Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q., Monk, S., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) State–dependent parameter model identification for inverse dead–zone control of a hydraulic manipulator, 18th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Stockholm, Sweden. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.102
Montazeri, A., West, C., Monk, S. D. and Taylor, C.J. (2017) Dynamic modeling and parameter estimation of a hydraulic robot manipulator using a multi–objective genetic algorithm, International Journal of Control, 90, pp. 661–683. DOI:10.1080/00207179.2016.1230231
West, C., Montazeri, A., Monk, S.D., Duda, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2017) A new approach to improve the parameter estimation accuracy in robotic manipulators using a multi-objective output error identification technique, 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO–MAN), Lisbon, Portugal. DOI:10.1109/ROMAN.2017.8172488
Burrell, T., Montazeri, A., Monk, S. and Taylor, C.J. (2016) Feedback control–based inverse kinematics solvers for a nuclear decommissioning robot, 7th IFAC Symposium on Mechatronic Systems & 15th Mechatronics Forum International Conference, Loughborough, UK. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.541
West, C., Montazeri, A., Monk, S. and Taylor, C.J. (2016) A genetic algorithm approach for parameter optimization of a 7–DOF robotic manipulator, 8th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control (MIM), Troyes, France. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.688
Besset, P. and Taylor, C.J. (2014) Inverse kinematics for a redundant robotic manipulator used for nuclear decommissioning, 10th UKACC International Conference on Control, Loughborough, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2014.6915115
Shaban, E.M., Nada, A.A. and Taylor, C.J. (2014) Exact linearization by feedback of state dependent parameter models applied to a mechatronics demonstrator, 10th UKACC International Conference on Control, Loughborough, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2014.6915209
Taylor, C.J. and Robertson, D. (2013) State–dependent control of a hydraulically-actuated nuclear decommissioning robot, Control Engineering Practice, 21, pp. 1716–1725 DOI:10.1016/j.conengprac.2013.08.011
Robertson, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2012) State–dependent control of a hydraulically–actuated nuclear decommissioning robot, 9th UKACC International Conference on Control, Cardiff, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2012.6334725
Robertson, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2012) Low–level joint control of a robotic manipulator using state–dependent parameter models, International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Robertson, D., Taylor, C.J. and Lokuciewski, C. (2012) State–dependent system identification for control of a hydraulically–actuated nuclear decommissioning robot, 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Brussels, Belgium. DOI:10.3182/20120711-3-BE-2027.00060
Taylor, J. and Seward, D. (August 2010) Control of a dual–arm robotic manipulator, Nuclear Engineering International, 55, pp. 24–26.
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Robertson, D. (2010) State dependent control of a robotic manipulator used for nuclear decommissioning activities, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Taipei, Taiwan. DOI:10.1109/IROS.2010.5650272
Bakari, M.J., Seward, D.W. and Taylor, C.J. (2009) The development of a prototype of a multi–arm robotic system for decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) applications within the nuclear industry, 12th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Liverpool, UK.
Shaban, E.M., Ako, S., Taylor, C.J. and Seward, D.W. (2008) Development of an automated verticality alignment system for a vibro–lance, Automation in Construction, 17, pp. 645–655. DOI:10.1016/j.autcon.2007.11.002
Gu, J., Taylor, J. and Seward, D. (2007) Modelling of an hydraulic excavator using simplified refined instrumental variable (SRIV) algorithm, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, 5, pp. 391–396. DOI:10.1007/s11768-006-6180-2
Sidiropoulou, E., Shaban, E.M., Taylor, C.J., Tych, W. and Chotai, A. (2006) Linear, nonlinear and classical control of a 1/5th scale automated excavator, 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Shaban, E.M., Chotai, A. and Ako, S. (2006) Nonlinear control system design for construction robots using state dependent parameter models, 6th UKACC International Conference on Control, Glasgow, UK.
Ding, L., Bradshaw, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2006) Design of discrete–time RIDE control systems, 6th UKACC International Conference on Control, Glasgow, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Shaban, E.M., Chotai, A. and Ako, S. (2006) Development of an automated verticality alignment system for a vibro–lance, 7th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control, Lisbon, Portugal.
Shaban, E.M., Zied, K., Taylor, C.J. and Seward, D.W. (2005) Nonlinear control system design for construction robots: estimation, partial linearization by feedback and state–dependent–parameter control, 22nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Ferrara, Italy. DOI:10.22260/ISARC2005/0041
Dixon, R., Taylor, C.J. and Shaban, E.M. (2005) Comparison of classical and modern control applied to an excavator–arm, 16th IFAC Triennial World Congress, Prague, Czech Republic. DOI:10.3182/20050703-6-CZ-1902.01368
Gu, J., Taylor J. and Seward, D. (2004) The automation of bucket position for the intelligent excavator LUCIE using the Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control strategy, Journal of Computer–Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 19, pp. 16–27. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8667.2004.00334.x
Gu, J., Taylor, J. and Seward, D. (2004) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) gain scheduling control of an intelligent excavator, 21st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC), Jeju, Korea. DOI:10.22260/ISARC2004/0049
Shaban, E.M., Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2004) State dependent parameter Proportional–Integral–Plus (SDP–PIP) control of a nonlinear robot digger arm, 5th UKACC International Conference on Control, Bath, UK.
Ding, L., Bradshaw, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2004) Robustness comparison of control systems for a nuclear power plant, 5th UKACC International Conference on Control, Bath, UK.
Bradshaw, A., Ding, L. and Taylor, C.J. (2003) Characteristic comparison of control systems for a nuclear power plant, Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Agile Manufacturing (ICAM), Beijing, China.
Environment & Energy
Wu, Y., Sheng, W., Taylor, C.J., Aggidis, G., Ma, X. (2024) TALOS wave energy converter power output prediction analysis based on a machine learning approach, International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, in press.
Wu, Y., Sheng, W., Taylor, C.J., Aggidis, G., Ma, X. (2024) Enhancing long-term predictive accuracy in wave energy converters through a dual-model approach, 34th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Rhodes, Greece. Link to article
Wu, Y., Sheng, W., Taylor, C.J., Aggidis, G., Ma, X. (2023) Long-short term memory based TALOS wave energy converter power output prediction with numerical modelling, 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference (ISOPE), Ottawa, Canada. Link to article
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Taylor, C.J. and Ma, X. (2023) Robust data driven analysis for electricity theft attack-resilient power grid, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 38, pp. 537–548. DOI:10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3162391
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Taylor, C.J., Gamage, K.A.A. and Ma, X. (2022) A stacked machine and deep learning–based approach for analysing electricity theft in smart grids, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 13, pp. 1633–1644. DOI:10.1109/TSG.2021.3134018
Sheng, W., Tapoglou, E., Ma, X., Taylor C.J., Dorrell, R.M., Parsons, D.R. and Aggidis, G. (2022) Time–domain implementation and analyses of multi–motion modes of floating structures, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10, 662, pp. 1–24. DOI:doi.org/10.3390/jmse10050662.
Sheng, W., Tapoglou, E., Ma, X., Taylor C.J., Dorrell, R.M., Parsons, D.R. and Aggidis, G. (2022) Hydrodynamic studies of floating structures: comparison of wave–structure interaction modelling, Ocean Engineering, 249, 110878, pp. 1–16. DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.110878.
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Taylor, C.J., Gamage, K.A.A. and Ma, X. (2021) Big data analytics for electricity theft detection in smart grids, 14th IEEE PowerTech, Madrid, Spain. DOI:10.1109/PowerTech46648.2021.9495000
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Gamage, K.A.A., Taylor, C.J., Baig, S. and Ma, X. (2020) Heuristic algorithm based optimal power flow model incorporating stochastic renewable energy sources, IEEE Access, 8, pp. 148622–148643. DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3015473
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Gamage, K.A.A., Taylor, C.J. and Ma, X. (2020) Optimal power flow solution with uncertain RES using augmented grey wolf optimization, IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), Bangalore, India. DOI:10.1109/POWERCON48463.2020.9230659
Khan, I.U., Javaid, N., Taylor, C.J., Gamage, K.A.A. and Ma, X. (2020) Big data analytics based short term electricity load forecasting model for residential buildings in smart grids, IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), Toronto, Canada. DOI:10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS50562.2020.9163031
Tate, O.M., Cheneler, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) A thermal–electrical analogy model of a four–floor building with occupancy estimation for heating system control, 5th IFAC Conference on Intelligent Control and Automation Sciences (ICONS), Belfast, UK. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2019.09.123
Tate, O.M., Cheneler, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Simplified models for heating system optimisation using a thermal-electrical analogy, 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Lancaster, UK. DOI:10.23919/IConAC.2019.8895035
Tate, O., Wilson, E.D., Cheneler, D. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Computational fluid dynamics and data–based mechanistic modelling of a forced ventilation chamber, 18th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Stockholm, Sweden. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.145
Khan, I.U., Ma, X., Taylor, C.J., Javaid, N. and Gamage, K.A.A. (2018) Heuristic algorithm based dynamic scheduling model of home appliances in smart grid, 24th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Newcastle, UK. DOI:10.23919/IConAC.2018.8749110
Aggidis, G.A. and Taylor, C.J. (2017) Overview of wave energy converter devices and the development of a new multi–axis laboratory prototype, 20th IFAC Triennial World Congress, Toulouse, France. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2391
Tsitsimpelis, I., Wolfenden, I. and Taylor, C.J. (2016) Development of a grow–cell test facility for research into sustainable controlled–environment agriculture, Biosystems Engineering, 150, pp. 40–53. DOI:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2016.07.008
Reeves, K., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2016) Model development and energy management control for hybrid electric race vehicles, 11th UKACC International Conference on Control, Belfast, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2016.7737651
Reeves, K., Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2016) Validation of a hybrid electric vehicle dynamics model for energy management and vehicle stability control, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE), Santa Clara, USA. DOI:10.1109/ISIE.2016.7745000
Titi, S.A. and Taylor, C.J. (2015) Combined pole assignment and mean value engine model multivariable decoupling control, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 37, pp. 40–49. DOI:10.1177/0142331214529151
Tsitsimpelis, I. and Taylor, C.J. (2015) Partitioning of indoor airspace for multi-zone thermal modelling using hierarchical cluster analysis, European Control Conference (ECC), Linz, Austria. DOI:10.1109/ECC.2015.7330578
Tsitsimpelis, I. and Taylor, C.J. (2014) Micro-climate control in a grow-cell: system development and overview, 19th IFAC Triennial World Congress, Cape Town, South Africa. DOI:10.3182/20140824-6-ZA-1003.01323
Tsitsimpelis, I. and Taylor, C.J. (2014) A 2-dimensional Hammerstein model for heating and ventilation control of conceptual thermal zones, 10th UKACC International Conference on Control, Loughborough, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL.2014.6915137
Theobald, M., Taylor, C.J. and Burnham, K.J. (2011) Challenges in oil and gas subsea production systems: control, monitoring and reliability – an introduction, Editorial, InstMC: Measurement and Control, 44, pp. 206–207. DOI:10.1177/002029401104400702
Gunn, K.J., Lingwood, C.J. and Taylor, C.J. (2011) An independent validation of the optimality of latching and de–clutching control by evolutionary methods, 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Southampton, UK.
Cross, P., Taylor, C.J. and Aggidis, G.A. (2011) State dependent feed–forward control for wave energy conversion, 9th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Southampton, UK.
Gunn, K.J., Lingwood, C.J. and Taylor, C.J. (2010) Multi–objective evolutionary optimisation of the geometry of a class of controlled wave energy converter, 8th UKACC International Conference on Control, Coventry, UK. DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0307
Jarvis, A., Leedal, D., Taylor, C.J. and Young, P. (2009) Stabilizing global mean surface temperature: a feedback control perspective, Environmental Modelling and Software, 24, pp. 665–674. DOI:doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2008.10.016
Cross, P., Taylor, C.J. and Aggidis, G. (2009) Feed–forward control of a nonlinear power take–off simulation for wave energy conversion, 20th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Gunn, K., Taylor, C.J. and Lingwood, C. (2009) Evolutionary algorithms for the development and optimisation of wave energy converter control systems, 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Uppsala, Sweden.
Taylor, C.J., Stables, M.A., Cross, P., Gunn K. and Aggidis, G. (2009) Linear and nonlinear control of a power take–off simulation for wave energy conversion, 8th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC), Uppsala, Sweden.
Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2009) State dependent ramp metering control of motorway bottlenecks using nonlinear pole assignment, 12th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems (CTS), Redondo Beach, USA. DOI:10.3182/20090902-3-US-2007.0020
Ma, X., Taylor, C.J. and Joyce, M. (2009) An interactive PC–based electrical power system simulator for engineering education, 5th International CDIO Conference: Reframing Engineering Education: Impact and Future Direction, Singapore. Link to article
Gunn, K. and Taylor, C.J. (2008) Genetic algorithms for the development and optimisation of wave energy converter control systems, 23rd European Institute for Applied Research Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis (IAR–ACD), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J. and Shaban, E.M. (2006) Multivariable Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of the ALSTOM nonlinear gasifier simulation, IEE Proceedings: Control Theory and Applications, 153, pp. 277–285. DOI:10.1049/ip-cta:20050058
Stables, M.A. and Taylor, C.J. (2006) Nonlinear control of ventilation rate using state dependent parameter models, Biosystems Engineering, 95, pp. 7–18. DOI:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2006.05.015
Stables, M.A., Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2006) Control of micro–climate using time delay state dependent parameter models, 18th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Leigh, P.A., Chotai, A., Young, P.C., Vranken, E. and Berckmans, D. (2004) Cost effective combined axial fan and throttling valve control of ventilation rate, IEE Proceedings: Control Theory and Applications, 151, pp. 577–584. DOI:10.1049/ip-cta:20040753
Taylor, C.J., Leigh, P., Price, L., Young, P.C., Berckmans, D. and Vranken, E. (2004) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of ventilation rate in agricultural buildings, Control Engineering Practice, 12, pp. 225–233. DOI:10.1016/S0967-0661(03)00060-1
Taylor, C.J., Mckenna, P.G., Young, P.C., Chotai, A. and Mackinnon, M. (2004) Macroscopic traffic flow modelling and ramp metering control using Matlab/Simulink, Environmental Modelling and Software, 19, pp. 975–988. DOI:doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2003.11.009
Taylor, C.J. (2004) Environmental test chamber for the support of learning and teaching in intelligent control, International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 41, pp. 375–387. DOI:10.7227/IJEEE.41.4.10
Taylor, C.J., Stables, M.A. and Young, P.C. (2004) Identification of a multivariable state dependency for airflow rate in a forced ventilation test chamber, 5th UKACC International Conference on Control, Bath, UK.
Taylor, C.J. and Shaban, E.M. (2004) Multivariable Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of the ALSTOM nonlinear gasifier model, 5th UKACC International Conference on Control, Bath, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Mckenna, P.G., Young, P.C., Chotai, A. and Scariza, J. (2003) Traffic flow modelling and linked ramp metering control for the M3/M27 pilot scheme, 16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Leigh, P., Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A., Young, P.C. and Vranken, E. (2003) Implementation of a combined fan and valve control design in a ventilation chamber, 16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Kontoroupis, P., Mckenna, P.G., Taylor, C.J., Chotai A. and Young, P.C. (2003) State Dependent Parameter (SDP) modelling of a traffic corridor based on a macroscopic Statistical Traffic Model (STM), 16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Bradshaw, A., Chaplin, R.V., French, M. and Widden, M.B. (2002) Wave energy research at Lancaster University: PS FRog and Frond, World Renewable Energy Congress VII, Cologne, Germany.
Taylor, C.J., McCabe, A.P., Young P.C. and Chotai, A. (2000) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of the ALSTOM gasifier problem, IMECHE Proceedings: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 214, pp. 469–480. DOI:10.1243/0959651001540816
Leigh, P., Taylor, C.J., Price, L., Chotai, A., Young, P.C., Vranken, E., Gevers, R. and Berckmans, D. (2000) Modelling and Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of ventilation rate in a fan test chamber, 15th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Price, L., Leigh, P., Young, P.C., Berckmans, D., Janssens, K., Vranken, E. and Gevers, R. (2000) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of agricultural buildings, 1st IFAC International Conference on Modelling and Control in Agriculture, Horticulture and Post–Harvest Processing (Agricontrol), Wageningen, The Netherlands. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)40903-7
Price, L., Young, P., Berckmans, D., Janssens, K. and Taylor, J. (1999) Data–Based Mechanistic Modelling (DBM) and control of mass and energy transfer in agricultural buildings, Annual Reviews in Control, 23, pp. 71–82. DOI:10.1016/S1367-5788(99)90063-9
Leigh, P., Young, P., Chotai, A., Price, L., Taylor, J., Vranken, E., Berckmans, D. (1999) Modelling and control of forced ventilation in agricultural livestock buildings, 5th International congress of Biometeorology and Urban Climatology, Sydney, Australia.
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C., Chotai, A. and Whittaker, J. (1998) Non–minimal state space approach to multivariable ramp metering control of motorway bottlenecks, IEE Proceedings: Control Theory and Applications, 145, pp. 568–574. DOI:10.1049/ip-cta:19982383
Kotsialos, A., Ellouni, N., Middelham, F., van Schuppen, J., Taylor, C.J. (1998) DACCORD: Integrated and co–ordinated control, 8th World Conference on Transportation Research, Antwerp, Belgium.
Taylor, J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1997) Forecasting, simulation and control of interurban traffic networks, 12th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, J., Whittaker, J., Young, P. and Chotai, A. (1997) Forecasting and control of interurban traffic networks using a state space formulated traffic model, 8th IFAC Symposium on Transportation systems, Chania, Greece. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)43952-8
Lees, M.J., Taylor, J., Chotai, A., Young, P.C. and Chalabi, Z.S. (1996) Design and implementation of a Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control system for temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide in a glasshouse, Acta Horticulturae, 406, pp. 115–123. DOI:10.17660/ActaHortic.1996.406.11
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1996) True Digital Control of interurban traffic networks, 13th IFAC Triennial World Congress, San Francisco, USA. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)58921-1
Biological & Biomedical
Taylor, C.J., Millevithanatchy, D.G. and Wilson, E.D. (2024) Integral of error forms for blood clotting speed control using warfarin when data are missing, 14th UKACC International Conference on Control, Winchester, UK. DOI:10.1109/CONTROL60310.2024.10531917
Clairon, Q., Henderson, R., Young, N., Wilson, E. and Taylor, C.J. (2021) Adaptive treatment and robust control, Biometrics, 77, pp. 223–236. DOI:10.1111/biom.13268
Avery, P., Clairon, Q., Henderson, R., Taylor, C.J. and Wilson, E. (2020) Robust and adaptive anticoagulant control, The Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series C (Applied Statistics), 69, pp. 503–524. DOI:10.1111/rssc.12403
Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q., Henderson, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Dealing with observational data in control, Annual Reviews in Control, 46, pp. 94–106. DOI:10.1016/j.arcontrol.2018.05.001
Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q., Henderson, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Model predictive and proportional integral control of blood clotting speed using warfarin when data are missing, 18th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Taichung, Taiwan. DOI:10.1109/BIBE.2018.00013
Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Stochastic non-minimal state space control with application to automated drug delivery, 18th IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering (BIBE), Taichung, Taiwan. DOI:10.1109/BIBE.2018.00014
Burrell, T., Fozard, S., Holroyd, G.H., French, A.P., Pound, M.P., Bigley, C.J., Taylor, C.J. and Forde, B.G. (2017) The Microphenotron: a robotic miniaturized plant phenotyping platform with diverse applications in chemical biology, Plant Methods, 13, pp. 1–20. DOI:10.1186/s13007-017-0158-6
Clairon, Q., Wilson, E.D., Henderson, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2017) Adaptive biomedical treatment and robust control, 20th IFAC Triennial World Congress, Toulouse, France. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2274
Taylor, C.J. and Aerts, J.-M. (2014) Control of nonlinear biological systems by non–minimal state variable feedback, Statistics in Biosciences, 6, pp. 290–313. DOI:10.1007/s12561-013-9098-5
Haredasht, S.A., Taylor, C.J., Maes, P., Verstraeten, W.W., Clement, J., Van Ranst, M., Coppin, P., Berckmans, D. and Aerts, J.M. (2014) Modelling seasonal and multi annual variation in bank vole populations and nephropathia epidemica, Biosystems Engineering, 121, pp. 25–37. DOI:10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2014.01.006
Haredasht, S.A., Taylor, C.J., Maes, P., Verstraeten, W.W., Clement, J., Barrios, M., Lagrou, K., Van Ranst, M., Coppin, P., Berckmans, D. and Aerts, J.–M (2013) Model–based prediction of nephropathia epidemica outbreaks based on climatologic and vegetation data and bank voles population dynamics, Zoonoses and Public Health, 60, pp. 461–477. DOI:10.1111/zph.12021
Tambuyzer, T., Ahmed, T., Berckmans, D., Taylor, C.J., Balschun, D. and Aerts, J.–M. (2013) System identification of mGluR–dependent long–term depression, Neural Computation, 25, pp. 650–670. DOI:10.1162/NECO_a_00408
Tambuyzer, T., Ahmed, T., Taylor, C.J., Berckmans, D., Balschun, D., Aerts, J.M. (2013) Dynamic data-based modelling of synaptic plasticity: mGluR-dependent long-term depression, 6th International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing (BIOSIGNALS), Barcelona, Spain. DOI:10.5220/0004231100480053
Exadaktylos, V., Silva, M., Ferrari, S., Guarino, M., Taylor, C.J., Aerts, J.–M. and Berckmans, D. (2008) Time–series analysis for online recognition and localization of sick pig (sus scrofa) cough sounds, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124, pp. 3803–3809. DOI:10.1121/1.2998780
Exadaktylos, V., Silva, M., Aerts, J.–M., Taylor, C.J. and Berckmans, D. (2008) Real–time recognition of sick pig cough sounds, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 63, pp. 207–214. DOI:doi:10.1016/j.compag.2008.02.010
Exadaktylos, V., Silva, M., Aerts, J.–M., Taylor, C.J. and Berckmans, D. (2007) Frequency analysis for real–time identification of sick pigs and disease monitoring in pig houses, 3rd European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming (ECPLF), Skiathos, Greece.
Exadaktylos, V., Silva, M., Aerts, J.–M., Taylor, C.J., Ferrari, S., Guarino, M. and Berckmans, D. (2007) Online recognition and localisation of sick pig cough sounds, 13th International Congress in Animal Hygiene (ISAH), Tartu, Estonia.
Ghavipanjeh, F., Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (2001) Data–based modelling and Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of nitrate in an activated sludge benchmark, Water Science and Technology, 44, pp. 87–94. DOI:10.2166/wst.2001.0021
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. Chotai A., Mcleod, A.R. and A.R. Glasock (2000) Modelling and Proportional–Integral–Plus control design for free air carbon dioxide enrichment systems, Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, 75, pp. 365–374. DOI:10.1006/jaer.1999.0515
Ghavipanjeh, F., Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (2000) Data–based modelling and Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of nitrate in an activated sludge benchmark system, Aquatech Conference on Wastewater and EU Nutrient Guidelines, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ghavipanjeh, F., Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young, P.C. (2000) Modelling and PIP control of dissolved oxygen in a wastewater treatment benchmark system, 3rd UKACC International Conference on Control, Cambridge, UK.
Jarvis, A.J., Young, P.C., Taylor, C.J., Davies, W.J. (1999) An analysis of the dynamic response of stomatal conductance to a reduction in humidity over leaves of cedrella odorata, Plant, Cell and Environment, 22, pp. 913–924. DOI:10.1046/j.1365-3040.1999.00446.x
Lees, M.J., Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1998) Modelling and PIP control design for open top chambers, Control Engineering Practice, 6, pp. 1209–1216. DOI:10.1016/S0967-0661(98)00089-6
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C., Chotai, A. and Mcleod, A.R. (1997) Modelling and control design for free air CO2 enrichment systems used in plant physiology atmospheric change experiments, 3rd IFAC workshop on Mathematical and Control Applications in Agriculture and Horticulture, Hannover, Germany. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)41277-8
Lees, M.J., Taylor, J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1997) Modelling and control design for open top chambers used in plant physiology climate change experiments, 3rd IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedical Systems (including Biological Systems), Warwick, UK. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)44591-5
Taylor, C.J., Lees, M.J., Young, P.C. and Minchin, P.E.H. (1996) True Digital Control of carbon dioxide in agricultural crop growth experiments, 13th IFAC Triennial World Congress, San Francisco, USA. DOI:10.1016/S1474-6670(17)57779-4
Systems & Control (Miscellaneous)
Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q., Henderson, R. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Robustness evaluation and robust design for proportional–integral–plus control, International Journal of Control, 92, pp. 2939–2951. DOI:10.1080/00207179.2018.1467042
Alarfaj, Y. and Taylor, C.J. (2019) Eigenvalue analysis and case study examples of fractional order generalised predictive control, 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Lancaster, UK. DOI:10.23919/IConAC.2019.8895068
Wilson, E.D., Clairon, Q. and Taylor, C.J. (2018) Non–minimal state–space polynomial form of the Kalman filter for a general noise model, Electronics Letters, 54, pp. 204–206. DOI:10.1049/el.2017.3577
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C., Tych, W., Wilson, E.D. (2018) New developments in the CAPTAIN Toolbox for Matlab with case study examples, 18th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Stockholm, Sweden. DOI:10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.09.202
Montazeri, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2017) Modeling and analysis of secondary sources coupling for active sound field reduction in confined spaces, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 95, pp. 286–309. DOI:10.1016/j.ymssp.2017.03.025
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Cross, P. (2012) Non–minimal state variable feedback decoupling control for multivariable continuous–time systems, International Journal of Control, 85, pp. 722–734. DOI:10.1080/00207179.2012.663505
Tych, W., Sadeghi, J., Smith, P.J., Chotai, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2012) Multi–state dependent parameter model identification and estimation, Chapter 10 in L. Wang and H. Garnier (Eds.) System Identification, Environmental Modelling and Control System Design, Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-0-85729-974-1_10
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Tych, W. (2012) Linear and nonlinear non–minimal state space control system design, Chapter 27 in L. Wang and H. Garnier (Eds.) System Identification, Environmental Modelling and Control System Design, Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-0-85729-974-1_27
Pedregal, D.J. and Taylor, C.J. (2012) SSpace: A flexible and general state space toolbox for MATLAB, Chapter 30 in L. Wang and H. Garnier (Eds.) System Identification, Environmental Modelling and Control System Design, Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-0-85729-974-1_30
Young, P.C. and Taylor, C.J. (2012) Recent developments in the Captain Toolbox for Matlab, 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Brussels, Belgium. DOI:10.3182/20120711-3-BE-2027.00096
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Cross, P. (2012) Practical experience with unified discrete and continuous–time, multi–input identification for control system design, 16th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Brussels, Belgium. DOI:10.3182/20120711-3-BE-2027.00123
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Burnham, K.J. (2011) Controllable forms for stabilising pole assignment design of generalised bilinear systems, Electronics Letters, 47, pp. 437–439. DOI:10.1049/el.2011.0029
Exadaktylos, V. and Taylor, C.J. (2010) Multi–objective performance optimisation for model predictive control by goal attainment, International Journal of Control, 83, pp. 1374–1386. DOI:10.1080/00207171003736295
Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2010) Nonlinear control by input–output pole assignment: state space derivation, 8th UKACC International Conference on Control, Coventry, UK. DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0430
Cross, P., Taylor, C.J. and Aggidis, G.A. (2010) Continuous–time feedforward proportional–integral–plus control, 8th UKACC International Conference on Control, Coventry, UK. DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0285
Taylor, C.J. and Young, P.C. (2010) Captain Toolbox analysis of the hyperfast switching peltier cooling system benchmark, 8th UKACC International Conference on Control, Coventry, UK. DOI:10.1049/ic.2010.0431
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young, P.C. (2009) Nonlinear control by input–output state variable feedback pole assignment, International Journal of Control, 82, pp. 1029–1044. DOI:10.1080/00207170802400970
Wang, L., Gawthrop, P., Young, P.C. and Taylor, C.J. (2009) Non–minimal state space model–based continuous–time model predictive control with constraints, International Journal of Control, 82, pp. 1122–1137. DOI:10.1080/00207170802474694
Exadaktylos, V., Taylor, C.J., Wang, L. and Young, P.C. (2009) Forward path model predictive control using a non–minimal state space form, IMECHE Proceedings: Journal of Systems and Control, 223, pp. 353–369. DOI:10.1243/09596518JSCE674
Young, P.C., Tych, W. and Taylor, C.J. (2009) The Captain Toolbox for Matlab, 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification (SYSID), Saint Malo, France. DOI:10.3182/20090706-3-FR-2004.00126
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young, P.C. (2008) Nonlinear pole assignment control of state dependent parameter models with time delays, 7th UKACC International Conference on Control, Manchester, UK.
Exadaktylos, V., Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2008) Constraint handling for state dependent parameter models, 7th UKACC International Conference on Control, Manchester, UK.
Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2008) Non–minimal state dependent Riccati equation and pole assignment control of nonlinear systems, 19th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Las Vegas, USA.
Taylor, C.J., Pedregal, D.J., Young, P.C. and Tych, W. (2007) Environmental time series analysis and forecasting with the Captain toolbox, Environmental Modelling and Software, 22, pp. 797–814. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2006.03.002
Taylor, C.J., Shaban, E.M., Stables, M.A. and Ako, S. (2007) Proportional–integral–plus control applications of state dependent parameter models, IMECHE Proceedings: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 221, pp. 1019–1032. DOI:10.1243/09596518JSCE366
Exadaktylos, V., Taylor, C.J. and Chotai, A. (2006) Non–minimal model predictive control with an integral–of–error state variable, 6th UKACC International Conference on Control, Glasgow, UK.
Shaban, E.M. and Taylor, C.J. (2005) Proportional–Integral–Plus control of a class of nonlinear systems using exact and partial linearisaton by feedback, International Congress for Global Science and Technology International Conference on Automatic Control and System Engineering (ACSE), Cairo, Egypt.
Kontoroupis, P., Young, P.C., Chotai, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2003) State Dependent Parameter Proportional–Integral–Plus (SDP–PIP) control of nonlinear systems, 16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young P.C. (2001) Design and application of PIP controllers: robust control of the IFAC93 benchmark, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 23, pp. 183–200. DOI:10.1177/014233120102300304
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young P.C. (2000) State space control system design based on non–minimal state–variable feedback: further generalisation and unification results, International Journal of Control, 73, pp. 1329–1345. DOI:10.1080/002071700421727
McCabe, A.P., Young P., Chotai, A. and Taylor, C.J. (2000) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of non–linear systems, Systems Science, 26, pp. 25–46, Warsaw, Poland. Link to article
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young P.C. (2000) Non–minimal state space design: a unified approach to state variable feedback, 15th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
McCabe, A.P., Chotai, A., Young, P.C. and Taylor, C.J. (2000) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of non–linear systems, 15th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE), Coventry, UK.
McCabe, A.P., Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young, P.C. (2000) Proportional–Integral–Plus control of feedback–dependent systems with input and output constraints, 3rd UKACC International Conference on Control, Cambridge, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A. and Young, P.C. (1998) Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control of time delay systems, IMECHE Proceedings: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 212, pp. 37–48. DOI:10.1243/0959651981539271
Taylor, C.J., Chotai, A., Young, P.C. (1998) Continuous time Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control with filtering polynomials, 2nd UKACC International Conference on Control, Swansea, UK. DOI:10.1049/cp:19980433
Taylor, J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1997) Robust PIP control of multivariable stochastic systems, 12th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE) Coventry, UK.
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. and Dixon, R. (1996) Structural and predictive aspects of Proportional–Integral–Plus (PIP) control, 1st UKACC International Conference on Control, Exeter, UK. DOI:10.1049/cp:19960753
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C., Chotai, A., Tych, W. and Lees, M.J. (1996) The importance of structure in PIP control design, 1st UKACC International Conference on Control, Exeter, UK. DOI:10.1049/cp:19960723
Taylor, C.J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1996) PIP optimal control with a risk sensitive criterion, 1st UKACC International Conference on Control, Exeter, UK. DOI:10.1049/cp:19960682
Taylor, J., Young, P.C. and Chotai, A. (1994) On the relationship between GPC and PIP control, appears in D.W. Clarke (Ed.), Advances in Model–Based Predictive Control, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 53–68.
Book as Editor
Gamage, K.K. and Taylor, C.J. (Editors) (2021) Radiation Sensing: Design and Deployment of Sensors and Detectors, MDPI. DOI:10.3390/books978-3-0365-1439-0