Automatic regulatory control in type 1 diabetes without carbohydrate counting

P Colmegna, F Garelli, H De Battista… - Control engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new approach to automatically regulate the glucose level in type 1 diabetes is presented
in this work. This is the so-called Automatic Regulation of Glucose (ARG) algorithm, which is …

Hypoglycemia prevention: PID-type controller adaptation for glucose rate limiting in Artificial Pancreas System

N Rosales, H De Battista, F Garelli - Biomedical Signal Processing and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Within the development of closed-loop glucose controllers, one of the major risks is insulin
induced hypoglycemia due to controller overreaction. In this paper, a novel strategy based …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-input single-output control for extending the operating range: Generalized split range control using the baton strategy

A Reyes-Lúa, S Skogestad - Journal of Process Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Split range control is used to extend the steady-state operating range for a single output
(controlled variable) by using multiple inputs (manipulated variables). The standard …

Adaptive PI control with robust variable structure anti-windup strategy for systems with rate-limited actuators: Application to compression systems

Y Eldigair, F Garelli, C Kunusch… - Control Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, an adaptive proportional–integral (PI) control strategy for nonlinear systems
with constrained actuators is discussed. In particular, a variable-structure anti-windup …

Distributed generation contribution to primary frequency control through virtual inertia and damping by reference conditioning

PE Muñoz, SA González, RJ Mantz - Electric Power Systems Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Penetration of converter-based distributed generation units (DGUs) rises quickly in the
power systems. These generation units, which do not have any rotating masses, reduce the …

Postprandial blood glucose control using a hybrid adaptive PD controller with insulin-on-board limitation

F León-Vargas, F Garelli, H De Battista… - … Signal Processing and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the design of blood glucose control during the postprandial period for
Type 1 diabetes patients. An artificial pancreas for ambulatory purposes has to deal with the …

Potentials of constrained sliding mode control as an intervention guide to manage COVID19 spread

S Nuñez, FA Inthamoussou, F Valenciaga… - … Signal Processing and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work evaluates the potential of using sliding mode reference conditioning (SMRC)
techniques as a guide for non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) to control the COVID-19 …

Reactive sliding-mode algorithm for collision avoidance in robotic systems

L Gracia, F Garelli, A Sala - IEEE Transactions on Control …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This brief presents a reactive reference conditioning algorithm for robot collision avoidance
based on geometric invariance and sliding-mode (SM) ideas. First, constraints are defined in …

Practical constraint definition in safety schemes for artificial pancreas systems

DL Rodríguez-Sarmiento… - … Journal of Artificial …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Artificial pancreas systems usually define an insulin-on-board constraint (IOB¯)
for safety schemes to limit the insulin infusion and avoid hypoglycemia during the closed …

Postprandial response improvement via safety layer in closed-loop blood glucose controllers

F León-Vargas, F Garelli, H De Battista… - … Signal Processing and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Traditional type 1 diabetes therapies are prone to show poor glucose regulation especially
in the postprandial period owing to both physiological and technological limitations …