Publications

Refereed journal publications

[J38]
L.A.L. Janssen, B. Besselink, R.H.B. Fey, N. van de Wouw. Modular model reduction of interconnected systems: a robust performance analysis perspective. Automatica. To appear. [arXiv preprint]
[J37]
D. Liu, B. Besselink, S. Baldi, W. Yu, H.L. Trentelman. A reachability approach to disturbance and safety propagation in mixed platoons. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. To appear. [publisher]
[J36]
A.M. Burohman, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M.K. Camlibel. From data to reduced-order models via generalized balanced truncation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(10):6160-6175, 2023. [publisher]
[J35]
B.M. Shali, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Composition of behavioural assume-guarantee contracts. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(10):5991-6006, 2023. [publisher]
[J34]
M.A. Huijzer, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Synchronization in electrical circuits with memristors and grounded capacitors. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 7:1849-1854, 2023. [publisher]
[J33]
D. Liu, B. Besselink, S. Baldi, W. Yu, H.L. Trentelman. On structural and safety properties of head-to-tail string stability in mixed platoons. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(6):6614-6626, 2023. [publisher]
[J32]
E. Abolfazli, B. Besselink, T. Charalambous. Minimum time headway in platooning systems under the MPF topology for different wireless communication scenarios. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 24(4):4377-4390, 2023. [publisher]
[J31]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Model complexity reduction and controller design for managed pressure drilling automation. Journal of Process Control, 112:69-83, 2023. [publisher]
[J30]
Y. Kawano, B. Besselink. Path-based stability properties of monotone control systems on proper cones. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 67(10):5517-5524, 2022. [publisher]
[J29]
E. Abolfazli, B. Besselink, T. Charalambous. On time headway selection in platoons under the MPF topology in the presence of communication delays. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 23(7):8881-8894, 2022. [publisher]
[J28]
D. Liu, B. Besselink, S. Baldi, W. Yu, H.L. Trentelman. Output-feedback design of longitudinal platooning with adaptive disturbance decoupling. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6:3104-3109, 2022. [publisher]
[J27]
D. Liu, B. Besselink, S. Baldi, W. Yu, H.L. Trentelman. An adaptive disturbance decoupling perspective to platooning. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 6:668-673, 2022. [publisher]
[J26]
P. Wijnbergen, M. Jeeninga, B. Besselink. Nonlinear spacing policies for vehicle platoons: a geometric appraoch to decentralized control. Systems & Control Letters, 153:104954, 2021. [publisher]
[J25]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, M.H. Abbasi, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Control-oriented modelling for managed pressure drilling automation using model order reduction. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 29(3):1161-1174, 2021. [publisher]
[J24]
S. Naderi Lordejani, M.H. Abbasi, N. Velmurgan, C. Berg, J.Å. Stakvik, B. Besselink, L. Iapichino, F. Di Meglio, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Modelling and numerical implementation of managed pressure drilling systems for the assessment of pressure control systems. SPE Drilling & Completion, 35(4):598-619, 2020. [publisher]
[J23]
J. Wei, B. Besselink, J. Wu, H. Sandberg, K.H. Johansson. Finite-time consensus protocols for multi-dimensional multi-agent systems. Control Theory and Technology, 18(4):419-430, 2020. [publisher]
[J22]
P. Wijnbergen, B. Besselink. Decentralized control of heterogeneous vehicle platoons: on the role of spacing policies and available measurements. Systems & Control Letters, 145:104796, 2020. [publisher]
[J21]
Y. Kawano, B. Besselink, M. Cao. Contraction analysis of monotone systems via separable functions. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65(8):3486-3501, 2020. [publisher]
[J20]
Y. Kawano, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M. Cao. Data-driven model reduction of monotone systems by nonlinear DC gains. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65(5):2094-2106, 2020. [publisher]
[J18]
M.H. Abbasi, L. Iapichino, B. Besselink, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Error estimation in reduced basis method for systems with time-varying and nonlinear boundary conditions. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 360:112688, 2020. [publisher]
[J18]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, A. Chaillet, N. van de Wouw. Model order reduction for linear time delay systems: A delay-dependent approach based on energy functionals. Automatica, 112:108701, 2020. [publisher]
[J17]
X. Cheng, J.M.A. Scherpen, B. Besselink. Balanced truncation of networked linear passive systems. Automatica, 104:17-25, 2019. [publisher] Awarded the Automatica Paper Prize 2020.
[J16]
B. Besselink, S. Knorn. Scalable input-to-state stability for performance analysis of large-scale networks. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2(3):507-512, 2018. [publisher]
[J15]
H.R. Feyzmahdavian, B. Besselink, M. Johansson. Stability analysis of monotone systems via max-separable Lyapunov functions. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 63(3):643-656, 2018. [publisher]
[J14]
B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. String stability and a delay-based spacing policy for vehicle platoons subject to disturbances. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 62(9): 4376-4391, 2017. [publisher | errata]
[J13]
V. Turri, B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. Cooperative look-ahead control for fuel-efficient and safe heavy-duty vehicle platooning. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 25(1): 12-28, 2017. [publisher]
[J12]
B. Besselink, H. Sandberg, K.H. Johansson. Clustering-based model reduction of networked passive systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 61(10): 2958-2973, 2016. [publisher]
[J11]
B. Besselink, T.G.M. Vromen, N.A.H. Kremers, N. van de Wouw. Analysis and control of stick-slip oscillations in drilling systems. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 25(5): 1582-1593, 2016. [publisher]
[J10]
K.-Y. Liang, S. van de Hoef, H. Terelius, V. Turri, B. Besselink, J. Mårtensson, K.H. Johansson. Network control challenges in collaborative road freight transport. European Journal of Control, 30: 2-14, 2016. [publisher]
[J9]
B. Besselink, V. Turri, S.H. van de Hoef, K.-Y. Liang, A. Alam, J. Mårtensson, K.H. Johansson. Cyber-physical control of road freight transport. Proceedings of the IEEE, 104(5): 1128-1141, 2016. [publisher]
[J8]
A. Alam, B. Besselink, V. Turri, J. Mårtensson, K.H. Johansson. Heavy-duty vehicle platooning towards sustainable freight transportation: A cooperative method to enhance safety and efficiency. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 35(6): 34-56, 2015. [publisher]
[J7]
N. van de Wouw, W. Michiels, B. Besselink. Model reduction for delay differential equations with guaranteed stability and error bound. Automatica, 55: 132-139, 2015. [publisher]
[J6]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, J.M.A. Scherpen, H. Nijmeijer. Model reduction for nonlinear systems by incremental balanced truncation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 59(10): 2739-2753, 2014. [publisher]
[J5]
B. Besselink, U. Tabak, A. Lutowska, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer, D.J. Rixen, M.E. Hochstenbach, W.H.A. Schilders. A comparison of model reduction techniques from structural dynamics, numerical mathematics and systems and control. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332(19): 4403-4422, 2013. [publisher]
[J4]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. Model reduction for nonlinear systems with incremental gain or passivity properties. Automatica, 49(4): 861-872, 2013. [publisher]
[J3]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. Model reduction for a class of convergent nonlinear systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 57(4): 1071-1076, 2012. [publisher]
[J2]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. A semi-analytical study of stick-slip oscillations in drilling systems. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 6(2): 021006, 2011. [publisher]
[J1]
A. Shukla, B. Besselink, R.H.B. Fey, H. Nijmeijer. Classification of periodic orbits for systems with backlash. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 41(1): 131-144, 2009. [publisher]

Book chapters

[B2]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, A. Chaillet, N. van de Wouw. On extended model order reduction for linear time delay systems. In P. Benner, T. Breiten, H. Faßbender, M. Hinze, T. Stykel, R. Zimmermann, editors, Model Reduction of Complex Dynamical Systems, volume 171 of International Series of Numerical Mathematics, pages 291-215, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, 2021. [publisher]
[B1]
B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. A delay-based spacing policy for vehicle platooning: analysis and control. In T. Insperger, T. Ersal, G. Orosz, editors, Time Delay Systems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, and Experiments, volume 7 of Advances in Delays and Dynamics, pages 249-262, Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, 2017. [publisher]

Refereed conference publications (full papers)

[C33]
A. Pirastehzad, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Specification verification and controller synthesis using (gamma,delta)-similarity. In Proceedings of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Singapore, 2023. To appear.
[C32]
L.A.L. Janssen, B. Besselink, R.H.B. Fey, N. van de Wouw. Modular model reduction of interconnected systems: A top-down approach. In Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023. To appear.
[C31]
L. Poort, B. Besselink, R.H.B. Fey, N. van de Wouw. Passivity-preserving, balancing-based model reduction for interconnected systems. In Proceedings of the IFAC World Congress, Yokohama, Japan, 2023. To appear.
[C30]
B.M. Shali, H.M. Heidema, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Series composition of simulation-based assume-guarantee contracts for linear dynamical systems. In Proceedings of the 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, 2204-2209, 2022. [publisher]
[C29]
L.A.L. Janssen, B. Besselink, R.H.B. Fey, M.H. Abbasi, N. van de Wouw. A priori error bounds for model reduction of interconnected linear systems using robust performance analysis. In Proceedings of the American Control Conference, Atlanta, USA, 1867-1872, 2022. [publisher]
[C28]
M.A. Huijzer, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Robustness of the terminal behaviour of resistive electrical networks. In Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, USA, 6264-6269, 2021. [publisher]
[C27]
B.M. Shali, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Behavioural assume-guarantee contracts for linear dynamical systems. In Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Austin, USA, 2002-2007, 2021. [publisher | arXiv preprint]
[C26]
M. Sharf, B. Besselink, A. Molin, Q. Zhao, K.H. Johansson. Assume/guarantee contracts for dynamical systems: Theory and computational tools. In Proceedings of the 7th IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Brussels, Belgium, 25-30, 2021. [publisher] Awarded the ADHS Best Repeatability Award.
[C25]
B.M. Shali, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Behavioural contracts for linear dynamical systems: input assumptions and output guarantees. In Proceedings of the 19th European Control Conference, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 564-569, 2021. [publisher | arXiv preprint]
[C24]
E. Abolfazli, B. Besselink, T. Charalambous. Reducing time headway in platoons under the MPF topology when using sensors and wireless communications. In Proceedings of the 59th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2823-2830, 2020. [publisher]
[C23]
S. Knorn, B. Besselink. Scalable robustness of interconnected systems subject to structural changes. In Proceedings of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 3373-3378, 2020. [publisher]
[C22]
T.C.P.F. Leenen, S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Control-oriented model reduction for a class of hyperbolic systems with application to managed pressure drilling. In Proceedings of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 7698-7703, 2020. [publisher]
[C21]
E. Abolfazli, B. Besselink, T. Charalambous. Reducing time headway in platoons under the MPF topology in the presence of communication delays. In Proceedings of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 15267-15274, 2020. [publisher]
[C20]
M.H. Abbasi, L. Iapichino, B. Besselink, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Error estimates for model order reduction of Burgers' equation. In Proceedings of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 5609-5616, 2020. [publisher]
[C19]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw. An extended model order reduction technique for linear delay systems. In Proceedings of the 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Nice, France, 7782-7787, 2019. [publisher]
[C18]
B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson, A.J. van der Schaft. Contracts as specifications for dynamical systems in driving variable form. In Proceedings of the 17th European Control Conference, Naples, Italy, 263-268, 2019. [publisher]
[C17]
S. Naderi Lordejani, B. Besselink, M.H. Abbasi, G.-O. Kaasa, W.H.A. Schilders, N. van de Wouw. Model order reduction for managed pressure drilling systems based on a model with local nonlinearities. In Proceedings of the 3rd IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production, Esbjerg, Denmark, 2018. [publisher]
[C16]
B. Besselink, A. Chaillet, N. van de Wouw. Model reduction for linear delay systems using a delay-independent balanced truncation approach. In Proceedings of the 56th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia, 3793-3798, 2017. [publisher]
[C15]
B. Besselink, H.R. Feyzmahdavian, H. Sandberg, M. Johansson. D-stability and delay-independent stability of monotone nonlinear systems with max-separable Lyapunov functions. In Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, United States, 3172-3177, 2016. [publisher]
[C14]
V. Turri, B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. Gear management for fuel-efficient heavy-duty vehicle platooning. In Proceedings of the 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, United States, 1687-1694, 2016. [publisher]
[C13]
T. Sadamoto, H. Sandberg, B. Besselink, T. Ishizaki, J.-I. Imura, K.H. Johansson. Weak resilience of networked control systems. In Proceedings of the 15th European Control Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 2016. [publisher]
[C12]
N. van de Wouw, W. Michiels, B. Besselink. Model reduction for a class of nonlinear delay differential equations with time-varying delays. In Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 6422-6428, 2015. [publisher]
[C11]
T. Sadamoto, T. Ishizaki, J.-I. Imura, B. Besselink, H. Sandberg, K.H. Johansson. Distributed design of locally stabilizing controllers for large-scale networked linear systems. In Proceedings of the Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Sydney, Australia, 1835-1840, 2015. [publisher]
[C10]
J. Koller, A. Grossmann Colín, B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. Fuel-efficient control of merging maneuvers for heavy-duty vehicle platooning. In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 1702-1707, 2015. [publisher]
[C9]
B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. Control of platoons of heavy-duty vehicles using a delay-based spacing policy. In Proceedings of the 12th IFAC Workshop on Time Delay Systems, Ann Arbor, United States, 364-369, 2015. [publisher]
[C8]
V. Turri, B. Besselink, J. Mårtensson, K.H. Johansson. Fuel-efficient heavy-duty vehicle platooning by look-ahead control. In Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, United States, 654-660, 2014. [publisher]
[C7]
B. Besselink, H. Sandberg, K.H. Johansson. Model reduction of networked passive systems through clustering. In Proceedings of the 13th European Control Conference, Strasbourg, France, 1069-1074, 2014. [publisher | arXiv preprint]
[C6]
B. Besselink, H. Sandberg, K.H. Johansson, J.-I. Imura. Controllability of a class of networked passive linear systems. In Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 4901-4906, 2013. [publisher]
[C5]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, J.M.A. Scherpen, H. Nijmeijer. Generalized incremental balanced truncation for nonlinear systems. In Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, 5552-5557, 2013. [publisher]
[C4]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. Model reduction of nonlinear systems with bounded incremental L2 gain. In Proceedings of the joint 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, Orlando, United States, 7170-7175, 2011. [publisher]
[C3]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. Model-based analysis and control of axial and torsional stick-slip oscillations in drilling systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control, Denver, United States, 495-500, 2011. [publisher]
[C2]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. An error bound for model reduction of Lur'e-type systems. In Proceedings of the joint 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and 28th Chinese Control Conference, Shanghai, China, 3264-3269, 2009. [publisher]
[C1]
B. Besselink, A. Shukla, R.H.B. Fey, H. Nijmeijer. Classification of periodic solutions in a single degree-of-freedom system with backlash. In Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Las Vegas, United States, 173-182, 2007. [publisher]

Refereed conference contributions (extended abstracts)

[A10]
M.A. Huijzer, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Networks of memristors and the effective memristor. At Proceedings of the European Control Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 2023.
[A9]
A.M. Burohman, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M.K. Camlibel. Dissipativity-preserving reduced-order modeling from data. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2023.
[A8]
A.M. Burohman, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M.K. Camlibel. From data to reduced-order models via generalized balanced truncation. SIAM Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2022.
[A7]
A.M. Burohman, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M.K. Camlibel. Reduced order models from data via generalized balanced truncation. In Proceedings of the 25th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Bayreuth, Germany, 2022.
[A6]
M.A. Huijzer, A.J. van der Schaft, B. Besselink. Modelling of networks of memristors. ICT.OPEN, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2022.
[A5]
B.M. Shali, B. Besselink. Towards a contract theory for physical systems. ICT.OPEN, Groningen, the Netherlands, 2021.
[A4]
Y. Kawano, B. Besselink. Positive invariance and attractivity of monotone control systems. In Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, Cambridge, UK, 2020. Conference cancelled.
[A3]
A.M. Burohman, B. Besselink, J.M.A. Scherpen, M.K. Camlibel. Informativity for data-driven model reduction through interpolation. In Proceedings of the 21st IFAC World Congress, Berlin, Germany, 2020.
[A2]
B. Besselink, K.H. Johansson. String stability for cascaded systems subject to disturbances. In Proceedings of the 9th European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, Budapest, Hungary, paper 230, 2017. [publisher]
[A1]
B. Besselink, N. van de Wouw, H. Nijmeijer. Model reduction of PWA systems through an extension of balanced truncation. In Proceedings of the 8th European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference, Vienna, Austria, paper 204, 2014.

PhD thesis

B. Besselink, Model reduction for nonlinear control systems - with stability preservation and error bounds. PhD thesis, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2012.