Professor William Heath

Head of School of Computer Science and Engineering

Contact info

School of Computer Science and Engineering
Bangor University
Dean Street
Bangor
Gwynedd
LL57 1UT

email: w.heath@bangor.ac.uk

  1. Self-tuning prediction and control for two-dimensional processes part 2: parameter estimation, set-point tracking and offset handling

    Heath, W. P. & Wellstead, P. E., 22 Oct 2007, In: International Journal of Control. 62, 2, p. 239-269 31 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  2. Multipliers for Nonlinearities With Monotone Bounds

    Heath, W. P., Carrasco, J. & Altshuller, D. A., 1 Feb 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 67, 2, p. 910-917 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. The robustness of input constrained model predictive control to infinity-norm bound model uncertainty

    Heath, W. P., Li, G., Wills, A. G. & Lennox, B., 21 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 39, 9, p. 495-500 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Improved multipliers for input-constrained model predictive control

    Heath, W. P. & Li, G., 25 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 41, 2, p. 15160-15165

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Zames-Falb multipliers for quadratic programming

    Heath, W. P. & Wills, A. G., 15 Oct 2007, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 52, 10, p. 1948-1951 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Self-tuning prediction and control for two-dimensional processes part 1: fixed parameter algorithms

    Heath, W. P. & Wellstead, P. E., Jan 1995, In: International Journal of Control. 62, 1, p. 65-107 43 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Lyapunov functions for the multivariable Popov criterion with indefinite multipliers

    Heath, W. P. & Li, G., 1 Dec 2009, In: Automatica. 45, 12, p. 2977-2981 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Simple robustness measures for control of MISO and SIMO plants

    Heath, W. P. & Gayadeen, S., 1 Jan 2011, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 44, 1, p. 11356-11361 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Bias of indirect non-parametric transfer function estimates for plants in closed loop

    Heath, W. P., 1 Oct 2001, In: Automatica. 37, 10, p. 1529-1540 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. The variations of non-parametric estimates in closed-loop

    Heath, W. P., 1 Nov 2003, In: Automatica. 39, 11, p. 1849-1863 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Student-focused undergraduate laboratory development: Position control of a printer head

    Heath, W. P., Onel, O., Green, P. M., Lennox, B., Gai, Z., He, Z. & Liñan, M. C. R., 13 Sept 2013, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 46, 17, p. 232-237 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. The variance of non-parametric errors-in-variables estimates

    Heath, W. P., 15 Mar 2004, p. 6027-6032. 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  13. Robustness preserving antiwindup: Examples and counterexamples

    Heath, W. P., Morales, R. & Li, G., 13 Oct 2011, p. 204-209. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  14. E-pub ahead of print

    Phase Limitations of Multipliers for Nonlinearities With Monotone Bounds

    Heath, W. & Carrasco, J., 16 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. p. 1-8 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Two measures of variation for non-parametric estimates in closed-loop

    Heath, W. P., 10 Mar 2003, p. 2627-2632. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  16. Confidence regions and experiment design for non-parametric estimation

    Heath, W. P., 6 Aug 2002, p. 3930-3935. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  17. Design of multi-array controllers for electron beam stabilisation on synchrotrons

    Gayadeen, S., Duncan, S. R. & Heath, W. P., 15 Aug 2013, In: Proceedings of the American Control Conference. p. 1201-1206 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    An internal model control approach to mid-ranging control

    Gayadeen, S. & Heath, W., 23 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 42, 11, p. 542-547 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. High Speed Crop and Weed Identification in Lettuce Fields for Precision Weeding

    Elstone, L., How, K. Y., Brodie, S., Ghazali, M. Z., Heath, W. P. & Grieve, B., 14 Jan 2020, In: Sensors. 20, 2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Dynamic modeling of cross-directional actuators: implications for control

    Duncan, S. R., Allwood, J. M., Heath, W. P. & Corscadden, K. W., 1 Jul 2000, In: IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 8, 4, p. 667-675 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  21. Application of basis functions to the cross-directional control of web processes

    Duncan, S. R., Heath, W. P., Halouskova, A. & Karny, M., 6 Aug 2002, p. 1278-1283. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  22. Construction of an online reduced-spectrum NIR calibration model from full-spectrum data

    Dodds, S. A. & Heath, W. P., 28 Mar 2005, In: Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems. 76, 1, p. 37-43 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  23. MPC for Plants subject to saturation and deadzone, backlash or stiction

    Del Carmen Rodriguez Linan, M. & Heath, W. P., 2012, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 45, 17, p. 418-423 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  24. Controller structure for plants with combined saturation and deadzone/backlash

    Del Carmen Rodriguez Linan, M. & Heath, W. P., 7 Jan 2013, p. 1394-1399. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  25. Equivalence between classes of multipliers for slope-restricted nonlinearities

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 13 Feb 2013, p. 2262-2267. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  26. Comments on "on the existence of stable, causal multipliers for systems with slope-restricted nonlinearities"

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P., Li, G. & Lanzon, A., 1 Sept 2012, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 57, 9, p. 2422-2428 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Controlling a quadruple tanks rig with plcs as a masters dissertation project

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P., Liñan, M. C. R., Alli-Oke, R., Kerim, O. A. R. A. & Gutierrez, S. R., 21 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 10, 17, p. 238-243 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Equivalence between classes of multipliers for slope-restricted nonlinearities

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 1 Jun 2013, In: Automatica. 49, 6, p. 1732-1740 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. LMI search for rational anticausal Zames-Falb multipliers

    Carrasco, J., Maya-Gonzalez, M., Lanzon, A. & Heath, W. P., 4 Feb 2013, p. 7770-7775. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  30. On multipliers for bounded and monotone nonlinearities

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 1 Apr 2014, In: Systems and Control Letters. 66, 1, p. 65-71 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  31. Convex Searches for Discrete-Time Zames-Falb Multipliers

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P., Zhang, J., Ahmad, N. S. & Wang, S., 1 Nov 2020, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 65, 11, p. 4538-4553 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Factorization of multipliers in passivity and IQC analysis

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 1 May 2012, In: Automatica. 48, 5, p. 909-916 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  33. LMI searches for anticausal and noncausal rational Zames-Falb multipliers

    Carrasco, J., Maya-Gonzalez, M., Lanzon, A. & Heath, W. P., 1 Aug 2014, In: Systems and Control Letters. 70, p. 17-22 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Absolute stability

    Carrasco, J. & Heath, W. P., 11 Nov 2021, Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingEntry for encyclopedia/dictionarypeer-review

  35. On multipliers for bounded and monotone nonlinearities

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., Jul 2013, 2013 European Control Conference (ECC). IEEE, p. 1711-1716 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contributionpeer-review

  36. Factorization of multipliers in passivity and IQC analysis

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 1 Mar 2012, p. 6054-6059. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  37. Themed project case study: Quadruple tanks control with PLCs

    Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P., Rodriguez Liñan, M. C., Alli-Oke, R., Abdel Kerim, O. A. R. & Rodriguez Gutierrez, S., Jul 2013, In: International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education. 50, 3, p. 279-292 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. A robust Kalman conjecture for first-order plants

    Alli-Oke, R., Carrasco, J., Heath, W. P. & Lanzon, A., 24 Jun 2012, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 45, 13, p. 27-32 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. Robust cross-directional control of paper making machines with saturating actuators

    Akkermans, J. A. G., Wills, A. G. & Heath, W. P., 2 Mar 2004, In: Control Systems, Preprints, Conference. p. 63-70 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  40. LMI-based stability criteria for discrete-time lur'e systems with monotonic, sector- and slope-restricted nonlinearities

    Ahmad, N. S., Heath, W. P. & Li, G., 1 Feb 2013, In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 58, 2, p. 459-465 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Lyapunov functions for discrete-time multivariable Popov criterion with indefinite multipliers

    Ahmad, N. S., Heath, W. P. & Li, G., 22 Feb 2011. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  42. Revisited Jury-Lee criterion for multivariable discrete-time Lur'e systems: Convex LMI search

    Ahmad, N. S., Carrasco, J. & Heath, W. P., 4 Feb 2013, p. 2268-2273. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  43. LMI searches for discrete-time Zames-Falb multipliers

    Ahmad, N. S., Carrasco, J. & Heath, W. P., 10 Mar 2014, p. 5258-5263. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  44. Lyapunov functions for generalized discrete-time multivariable Popov criterion

    Ahmad, N. S., Heath, W. P. & Li, G., 25 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 44, 1, p. 3392-3397 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Internal model control design for input-constrained multivariable processes

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 31 Dec 2011, In: AIChE Journal. 57, 12, p. 3459-3472 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  46. Two-stage multivariable antiwindup design for internal model control

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 30 Sept 2010, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 43, 5, p. 290-295 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  47. Stability conditions for constrained two-stage internal model control

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 22 Feb 2011, p. 5251-5256. 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  48. Robust anti-windup synthesis for directionality compensation

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 24 Jun 2012, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 45, 13, p. 276-281 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Multivariable algebraic loops with complementarity constraints enforcing some KKT conditions

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 5 Feb 2015, p. 1033-1039. 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePaperpeer-review

  50. Modified internal model control anti-windup : Some new insights and interpretations

    Adegbege, A. A. & Heath, W. P., 21 Apr 2016, In: IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline). 7, PART 1, p. 282-287 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review