Publications

 

Reviewed Books

 

[B1] S.G. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "Functional Adaptive Control: An intelligent systems approach", Springer-Verlag, London, 2001.

Reviewed Capters in Books

[BC3] M.K. Bugeja, S.G. Fabri, “Dual Adaptive Neurocontrol of Mobile Robots using the Unscented Transform: Monte Carlo and Experimental Validation” accepted for publication in Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer, 2010.

 

[BC2] M.K. Bugeja, S.G. Fabri, “Multilayer perceptron adaptive dynamic control of mobile robots: experimental validation”, in H. Bruyninckx, L. Preucil, M. Kulich, editors, European Robotics Symposium 2008, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, Vol. 44/2008 , pp.165-174, Springer, 2008. 

 

[BC1] A. Bartolo, T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J.C. Borg, “Image Binarisation using the Extended Kalman Filter” in  J.Filipe, J-L Ferrier, J.A. Cetto, M. Carvalho , editors, Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics II , pp. 153-162, Springer, 2007.

Reviewed Journal Articles

 

[J11] V. Sakkalis, T. Cassar, M. Zervakis, C. D. Giurcaneanu, C. Bigan, S. Micheloyannis, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, E. Karakonstantaki, K. Michalopoulos, “A Decision Support Framework for the Discrimination of Children with Controlled Epilepsy based on EEG Analysis”, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 7:24, June 2010.

 

[J10] T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, “Order estimation of multivariate ARMA models”, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 494-503, June 2010.

 

[J9] B.W. Jervis, S. Belal, T. Cassar, M. Besleaga, C. Bigan, K. Michalopoulos, M. Zervakis, K. Camilleri, S. Fabri  ‘Waveform Analysis of Non-oscillatory Independent Components in Single-Trial Auditory Event-Related Activity in Healthy Subjects and Alzheimer’s Disease Patients’, Current Alzheimer Research, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 334-347, June 2010.

 

[J8] M.K. Bugeja, S.G. Fabri, L. Camilleri, “Dual Adaptive Dynamic Control of Mobile Robots using Neural Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part B, Vol. 39, Issue 1, February 2009, pp. 129-141.

 

[J7] R. Grech, T. Cassar, J. Muscat , K. P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, M. Zervakis, P. Xanthopoulos, V. Sakkalis, B. Vanrumste, “Review on solving the inverse problem in EEG source analysis”, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 5:25, November 2008.

 

[J6] V. Sakkalis, T. Cassar, M. Zervakis, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, C. Bigan, E. Karakonstantaki, S. Micheloyannis, “Parametric and Nonparametric EEG analysis for the Evaluation of EEG Activity in Young Children with Controlled Epilepsy”, Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, vol. 2008, Article ID 462593, 15 pages, 2008. doi:10.1155/2008/462593.

[J5] B. Jervis, S. Belal, K. Camilleri, T. Cassar, C. Bigan, D.E. J. Linden, K. Michalopoulos, M. Zervakis, M. Besleaga, S. Fabri and J. Muscat, “The independent components of auditory P300 and CNV evoked potentials derived from single-trial recordings”, Physiological Measurement, 28(2007), pp. 745-771.

 

[J4] H. Hallez, B. Vanrumste , R. Grech, J. Muscat , W. De Clercq, A.Vergult, Y. D’Asseler, K. P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, S. Van Huffel, I. Lemahieu, “Review on solving the forward problem in EEG source analysis”, Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, 4:46, November 2007.

 

[J3] V. Kadirkamanathan, P. Li, M.H. Jaward, S.G. Fabri, “Particle Filtering-based Fault Detection in Non-linear Stochastic System”, International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 33, No. 4, March 2002, pp. 259-265.

 

[J2] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, “Dual Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems using Neural Networks”, Automatica, Vol. 34, No. 2, February 1998, pp. 245-253.

 

[J1] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "Dynamic Structure Neural Networks for Stable Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol. 7, Issue 5, September 1996, pp. 1151-1167.

Reviewed Papers in Conference Proceedings

 

[C41] T.A. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, “Three-mode classification  and study of AR pole variations of imaginary left and right hand movements”, accepted for the IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMED 2010, Innsbruck, Austria, February 2010.

 

[C40] M. K. Bugeja, S. G. Fabri, “A novel dual adaptive neuro-controller based on the unscented transform for mobile robots”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Neural Computation (ICNC 2009), Madeira, Portugal, October 2009.

 

[C39] M. K. Bugeja, S. G. Fabri, “Dual-adaptive computer control of a mobile robot based on the unscented transform”, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advanced Engineering, Computing and Applications in Science - ADVCOMP 09, Sliema, Malta, October 2009.

 

[C38] T.A. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, “Order Estimation of Computational Models for Dynamic Systems with Application to Biomedical Signals”, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advanced Engineering, Computing and Applications in Science - ADVCOMP 09, Sliema, Malta, October 2009.

 

[C37] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Experimental Implementation and Validation of Dual Adaptive Control for Mobile Robots ”, Proceedings of the UKACC Control 2008 Conference, Manchester, U.K., September 2008.

 

[C36] A. Zammit Mangion and S.G. Fabri, “Experimental Evaluation of Haptic Control for Human Activated Command Devices”, Proceedings of the UKACC Control 2008 Conference, Manchester, U.K., September 2008.

 

[C35] A. Bartolo, K.P. Camilleri, S.G.. Fabri, J.C. Borg, “Paper-based Scribble Simplification: Where Do We Stand?, Proceedings of  the 5th Eurographics Workshop on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling, Annecy, France, June 2008.

 

[C34] M.K. Bugeja, S.G. Fabri, “Neuro-adaptive dynamic control for mobile robots: experimental validation”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing ISCCSP 2008, pp.1246-1251, Malta, March 2008.

 

[C33] A. Bartolo, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J.C. Borg, “Line Tracking Algorithm for Scribbled Drawings”, Proceedings of  the 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing ISCCSP 2008, pp. 554-559, Malta, March 2008.

 

[C32] T.A. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, M.Zervakis, S. Micheloyannis, “ARMA modeling for the diagnosis of controlled epileptic activity in young children”, Proceedings of  the 3rd International Symposium on Communications, Control and Signal Processing ISCCSP 2008, pp. 25-30, Malta, March 2008.

 

[C31] T.A. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, M.Zervakis, S. Micheloyannis, “Window size analysis in ARMA-modeled spectral biomarkers for epileptic children”, Proceedings of  the 6th IASTED Conference on Biomedical Engineering BioMED 2008, Innsbruck, Austria, February 2008.

 

[C30] A. Bartolo, K. P. Camilleri, S. G. Fabri, J. C. Borg, P. J. Farrugia, “Scribbles to Vectors: Preparation of Scribble Drawings for CAD Interpretation”, Proceedings of  the Eurographics Symposium on Sketch-Based Interfaces and Modeling 2007, pp. 123-130, California, USA, August 2007.

[C29] B. Jervis, S. Belal, K. Camilleri, T. Cassar, S. Fabri, , D. E. J. Linden, K. Michalopoulos, M. Zervakis, C. Bigan, M. Besleaga, , “Applying ICA to single trial auditory P300 and CNV evoked potentials to provide biomarkers”, Proceedings of  the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare CIMED’07, Plymouth, UK, July 2007.

[C28] B.W. Jervis, S.Y. Belal, K. Camilleri, T. Cassar, S. Fabri, D.E.J. Linden, K. Michalopoulos, M. Zervakis, C. Bigan and M. Besleaga, “Comparison of single trial back-projected independent components with the averaged waveform doe the extraction of biomarkers of auditory P300 EPs”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare CIMED’07, Plymouth, UK, July 2007.

[C27] C. Goh, E. Ifeachor, T. Cassar, C.-F. V. Latchoumane, C. Bigan, G. Henderson, K. Camilleri, S. Fabri, J. Jeong, N. Hudson, P. Capotosto, S. Wimalaratna, M. Besleaga, “Comparison of  method for early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Medicine and Healthcare CIMED’07, Plymouth, UK, July 2007.

[C26] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Multilayer Perceptron Dual Adaptive Control for Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of the 15th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation MED’07, Athens, Greece, June 2007.

[C25] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Dual Adaptive Control for Trajectory Tracking of Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA’07, pp. 2215-2220, Rome, Italy, April 2007.

[C24] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Multilayer Perceptron Adaptive Dynamic Control for Trajectory Tracking of Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society IECON’06, pp. 3798-3803, Paris, France, November 2006.

[C23] V. Sakkalis, M. Zervakis, C. Bigan, T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, and S. Micheloyannis, “Validation of time-frequency and ARMA feature extraction methods in classification of mild epileptic signal patterns”, Proceedings of the International Special Topic Conference on Information Technology in Biomedicine ITAB 2006, Ioannina, Greece, October 2006.

 

[C22] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Neuro-adaptive dynamic control for trajectory tracking of mobile robots”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics   ICINCO2006, pp.404-411, Setubal, Portugal, August 2006.

 

[C21] N. Mifsud, A. M. Grech , M. A. Saliba and S. G. Fabri, “Development of an Anthropomorphic Robot Finger: Mechanical and Kinematic Aspects”, Proceedings of the 37th International Symposium of Robotics ISR 2006, p.301,  Munich, Germany, May 2006.

 

[C20] M.K. Bugeja and S.G. Fabri, “Multilayer Perceptron Functional Adaptive Control for Trajectory Tracking of Wheeled Mobile Robots”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics   ICINCO2005, Vol. III, pp.66-72, Barcelona, September 2005.

 

[C19] A. Bartolo, T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J.C. Borg, “Image Binarisation using the Extended Kalman Filter”, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics   ICINCO2005, Vol. II, pp.160-167, Barcelona, September 2005.

 

[C18] R. Grech and S.G. Fabri, “Trajectory Tracking in the Presence of Obstacles using the Limit Cycle Navigation Method”, Proceedings of the 13th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, pp.101-106, Cyprus, June 2005.

 

[C17] M. Dewar, S.G. Fabri, V. Kadirkamanathan, “Modelling of the Oesophagus using Spatiotemporal Observations”, submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Medical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 110-116, Malta, 2004.

 

[C16] J. Muscat, R. Grech, K.P Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, C.J. James “An Improvement in EEG Forward Model Computational Efficiency ”, submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Medical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 99-103,Malta, 2004.

 

[C15] P. Borg, K. Camilleri, J. Muscat, S. Fabri, C.J. James, “An Analysis of Gains Achieved by Multiresolution Elastic Registration of Head MRI’s ”, submitted to the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Medical Signal and Information Processing, pp. 257-261, Malta, 2004.

 

[C14] R. Grech, S.G Fabri, “Trajectory Tracking of a Differentially Driven Wheeled Mobile Robot in the Presence of Obstacles”, Proceedings of the 12th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Turkey, June 2004.

 

[C13] K.P. Camilleri, P. Borg, S.G Fabri, J. Muscat, C.J. James, “Multiresolution Elastic Registration of Head Magnetic Resonance Images ”, Proceedings of the 2nd IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering, pp. 92-96, Austria, February 2004.

 

[C12] M.H. Jaward, V. Kadirkamanathan, S.G. Fabri, "Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation for Multi-user Detection in CDMA", Proceedings of the 2001 IFAC Workshop on Adaptation and Learning in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 133-138, Italy, August 2001.

 

[C11] V. Kadirkamanathan, M.H. Jaward, S.G. Fabri, M. Kadirkamanathan, "Particle Filters for Recursive Model Selection in Linear and Nonlinear System Identification", Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2000, pp. 2391-2396, Australia, December 2000.

 

[C10] V. Kadirkamanathan, P. Li, M.H. Jaward, S.G. Fabri, "A Sequential Monte Carlo Filtering Approach to Fault Detection and Isolation in Nonlinear Systems",Proceedings of the 39th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2000, pp. 4341-4346, Australia, December 2000.

 

[C9] V. Kadirkamanathan, P. Li, M.H. Jaward, S.G. Fabri, "Fault Detection in Nonlinear Systems: The Particle Filtering Approach", Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control 2000, United Kingdom, September 2000.

 

[C8] V. Kadirkamanathan and S.G. Fabri, "Discrete-time adaptive sliding mode control of nonlinear systems using neural networks". In A. Tornambe, G. Conte and A. M. Perdon, editors, Theory and Practice of Control and Systems: Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Mediterranean Conference, World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 1999.

 

[C7] V. Kadirkamanathan and S.G. Fabri, "A Stochastic Method for Neural-Adaptive Control of Multi-Modal Nonlinear Systems", Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control'98 , pp. 49-53, Wales, September 1998.

 

[C6] S.G. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "Adaptive Gain Scheduling with Modular Models", Proceedings of the UKACC International Conference on Control'98, pp. 44-48, Wales, September 1998.

 

[C5] V. Kadirkamanathan and S.G. Fabri, "Recursive structure estimation for nonlinear identification with modular networks", Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE Signal Processing Society Workshop on Neural Networks for Signal Processing VIII, T. Constantinides et al. (Eds.), pp. 343-350, IEEE, New York, 1998.

 

[C4] S.G. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "Discrete-time Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Using Neural Networks", Preprints of the 1998 IFAC Workshop on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 153-158, Scotland, August 1998.

 

[C3] S.G. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "A Self-Organised Multiple Model Approach for Neural-Adaptive Control of Jump Nonlinear Systems", Preprints of the 1998 IFAC Workshop on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 147-152, Scotland, August 1998.

 

[C2] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, "Neural control of nonlinear systems with composite adaptation for improved convergence of Gaussian networks", 4th European Control Conference ECC97, Brussels, Belgium, July 1997.

 

[C1] V. Kadirkamanathan and S. Fabri, "Stable nonlinear adaptive control with growing radial basis function networks", Preprints of the 5th IFAC Symposium on Adaptive Systems in Control and Signal Processing, pp. 231-236, Hungary, June 1995.

 

Edited Books

[EB1] C.J. James, S.G. Fabri, K.P. Camilleri and J. Muscat (Editors), “Proceedings of the IEE Medical Signal and Information Processing Conference – MEDSIP 2004”, Malta, 5-8 September 2004, ISBN: 0-86431-439-7.

 

 

Other Non-reviewed Technical Reports and Articles

 

[O12] T. Cassar, R. Grech, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J. Muscat, B.W. Jervis, S. Belal, B. Vanrumste, A. Vergult, S. Van Huffel, P. Xanthopoulos, M. Zervakis, "A Comparative Analysis of Source Localization Performance for the CNV Evoked Potential", Deliverable D45, FP6 BIOPATTERN, September 2006.

 

[O11] R. Grech, T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J. Muscat, B. Vanrumste, A. Vergult, S. Van Huffel, P. Xanthopoulos, M. Zervakis, “EEG Dipole Source Localization -  A comparative analysis”, Joint Workshop on BIOPATTERN analysis in brain diseases, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2006.

 

[O10] C. Bigan, M. Besleaga, M. Zervakis, V. Sakkalis, K. Michalopoulos, M. Woolfson, M. Ortigueira, A. Batista, R. Rato, M. Righi, U. Barcaro, A. Startita, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J. Muscat, R. Grech, T. Cassar, "EEG signal pre-processing for segmentation into significant regions, major artefacts removal, and uncertainty reduction in epileptic seizure characterization", Joint Workshop on BIOPATTERN analysis in brain diseases, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2006.

 

[O9] V. Sakkalis, M. Zervakis, C. Bigan, T. Cassar, K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, S. Micheloyannis, "EEG feature extraction and selection methods using wavelets and ARMA models for classifying mild epileptic signal patterns", Joint Workshop on BIOPATTERN analysis in brain diseases, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2006.

               

[O8] B. Jervis, S. Belal, G. Herrero, T. Bermudez, D. Lowe, C. Bigan, K.P. Camilleri, T. Cassar, S.G. Fabri, W. De Clercq, M. Zervakis, M. Kostas, "The use of multi-channel ICA for extracting the independent components of evoked potentials using some CNV and P300 examples", Joint Workshop on BIOPATTERN analysis in brain diseases, Goteborg, Sweden, May 2006.

 

[07] S.G. Fabri, “A Review on Intelligent Control Systems”, Deliverable of the National RTDI 2004 Project on Computational Intelligence Techniques for Control of Complex Systems, March 2006.

 

[O6] K.P. Camilleri, S.G. Fabri, J. Muscat, R. Grech, T. Cassar, "Source Localization of CNV data using different inverse techniques", Brain Special Interest Group and analysis task force, Joint FP6 BIOPATTERN Workshop, Malta, November 2005.

 

[O5] S.G. Fabri, “Adding Intelligence into Control”, Engineering Today, No.21, pp.13-18, March 2004.

 

[O4] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, “Dual Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Stochastic Systems using Neural Networks”, Research Report No. 660, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK, 1997.

 

[O3] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, “Nonlinear Adaptive Control using Gaussian Networks with Composite Adaptation for Improved Convergence”, Research Report No. 653, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK, 1996.

 

[O2] S. Fabri and V. Kadirkamanathan, “Dynamic Structure Neural Networks for Stable Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems”, Research Report No. 536, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK, 1994.

 

[O1] K. Camilleri and S. Fabri, "A demonstrative application of neural networks", National Engineering Conference, Malta, March 1993.