Publications

Refereed Publications

‡ denotes an alphabetical author listing

Journal Papers Published, In Press or Submitted
  1. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Bioinspired resilient grammatical inference for robot learning in dynamic environments. Submitted.
  2. Amor A. Menezes, Dhaval D. Shah, and Ilya V. Kolmanovsky. An evaluation of stochastic model-dependent and model-independent glider flight management. In press, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
  3. Amor A. Menezes, Ryan F. Vilardi, Adam P. Arkin, and Mitchell J. Cohen. Targeted clinical control of trauma patient coagulation through a thrombin dynamics model. Science Translational Medicine, 9(371):eaaf5045, January 4, 2017.
  4. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Efficient and resilient micro air vehicle flapping wing gait evolution for hover and trajectory control. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 54:1-16, September 2016.
  5. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Efficient search and responsiveness trade-offs in a Markov chain model of evolution in dynamic environments. Mathematical Biosciences, 276:44-58, June 2016.
  6. Amor A. Menezes, Michael G. Montague, John Cumbers, John A. Hogan, and Adam P. Arkin. Grand challenges in space synthetic biology. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(113):20150803, December 6, 2015. Headline review article in synthetic biology.
  7. Amor A. Menezes, John Cumbers, John A. Hogan, and Adam P. Arkin. Towards synthetic biological approaches to resource utilization on space missions. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 12(102):20140715, January 6, 2015. Cover article.
  8. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Optimal search efficiency of Barker's algorithm with an exponential fitness function. Optimization Letters, 8(2):691-703, February 2014.
  9. Chris Vermillion, Amor Menezes, and Ilya Kolmanovsky. Stable hierarchical model predictive control using an inner loop reference model and λ-contractive terminal constraint sets. Automatica, 50(1):92-99, January 2014.
  10. ‡Yongsoon Eun, Eric M. Gross, Pierre T. Kabamba, Semyon M. Meerkov, Amor A. Menezes, and Hamid R. Ossareh. Cyclic control: Problem formulation and stability analysis. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, 135(5):051012-1-051012-9, September 2013.
  11. ‡Yongsoon Eun, Eric M. Gross, Pierre T. Kabamba, Semyon M. Meerkov, Amor A. Menezes, and Hamid R. Ossareh. Cyclic control: Reference tracking and disturbance rejection. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 21(3):753-764, May 2013.
  12. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Optimal seeding of self-reproducing systems. Artificial Life, 18(1):27-51, 2012.

Conference Papers Published, In Press or Submitted
  1. Amor A. Menezes and Ilya V. Kolmanovsky. Energy and power management in a series hybrid electric vehicle using selective evolutionary generation. In Proceedings of the 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3310-3315, December 15-17, 2014.
  2. Dhaval D. Shah, Amor A. Menezes, and Ilya V. Kolmanovsky. Glider flight environment modeling for optimal control. In Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, pages 926-931, June 27-29, 2012.
  3. ‡Yongsoon Eun, Eric Gross, Pierre Kabamba, Semyon Meerkov, Amor Menezes, and Hamid Ossareh. Cyclic control: The case of static output feedback. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, pages 9181-9187, August 28-September 2, 2011. doi:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.00784.
  4. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Efficient and responsive stochastic optimization. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, pages 4735-4740, August 28-September 2, 2011. doi:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.02531.
  5. Chris Vermillion, Amor Menezes, and Ilya Kolmanovsky. Stable hierarchical model predictive control using an inner loop reference model. In Proceedings of the 18th IFAC World Congress, pages 9278-9283, August 28-September 2, 2011. doi:10.3182/20110828-6-IT-1002.02733.
  6. Ilya V. Kolmanovsky and Amor A. Menezes. A stochastic drift counteraction optimal control approach to glider flight management. In Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pages 1009-1014, June 29-July 1, 2011.
  7. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Selective evolutionary generation: A model for optimally efficient search in biology. In Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pages 4117-4122, June 29-July 1, 2011.
  8. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Rational behavior design using multi-selective generation. In Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 3938-3943, December 15-17, 2010.
  9. ‡ShiNung Ching, Yongsoon Eun, Eric Gross, Eric Hamby, Pierre Kabamba, Semyon Meerkov, and Amor Menezes. Modeling and control of cyclic systems in xerography. In Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, pages 4283-4288, June 30-July 2, 2010.
  10. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Resilient self-reproducing systems. In Proceedings of the 2008 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, number DSCC2008-2284, October 20-22, 2008.
  11. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Optimal seeding of a class of self-reproducing systems. In Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, number AIAA-2008-7272, August 18-21, 2008.
  12. Amor Menezes and Pierre Kabamba. An optimal seed-identification algorithm for self-reproducing systems. In Proceedings of the 58th International Astronautical Congress, number IAC-07-D3.2.02, September 24-28, 2007.
  13. Amor Menezes and Pierre Kabamba. A combined seed-identification and generation analysis for self-reproducing systems. In Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, pages 2582-2587, July 11-13, 2007.
  14. Amor Menezes and Pierre Kabamba. Information requirements for self-reproducing systems in lunar robotic colonies. In Proceedings of the 57th International Astronautical Congress, number IAC-06-A5.P.04, October 2-6, 2006.
  15. Amor Menezes, Rowena Luk, Paul T. Y. Lam, and Ziad Bhunnoo. Applying Martian rover technology to solve terrestrial problems --- the development of an Autonomous Cold-Trailing Omnirange Robot (ACTOR). In Proceedings of the 56th International Astronautical Congress, number IAC-05-E2.3.03, October 17-21, 2005.

Conference Abstracts Published, In Press or Submitted
  1. Aaron J. Berliner, Amor A. Menezes, Eli Groban, Christopher P. McKay, and Adam P. Arkin. Open access characterization of extremophiles for potential application as pioneer organisms in Martian ecopoiesis. In Proceedings of Extremophiles 2016, the 11th International Congress on Extremophiles, September 12-16, 2016.
  2. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Efficient search and responsiveness trade-offs in a Markov chain model of evolution in dynamic environments. In Proceedings of the 2015 Gordon Research Conference on Stochastic Physics in Biology, January 11-16, 2015.
  3. Amor A. Menezes, John Cumbers, John A. Hogan, and Adam P. Arkin. In situ resource utilization on manned Martian missions. In Proceedings of the 2014 Synthetic Biology: Engineering, Evolution & Design Conference, July 14-17, 2014. Selected for oral presentation.
  4. Amor Menezes, Adam Arkin, and Mitchell Cohen. Modeling coagulation activation in trauma patients. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Complexity in Acute Illness, Journal of Critical Care, volume 28, pages e10-e11, September 6-9, 2012. Selected for oral presentation.
  5. Amor A. Menezes, Adam P. Arkin, and Mitchell J. Cohen. A minimal coagulation model for thrombin in trauma patients. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Systems Biology, page 110, August 19-23, 2012.

Strategic Action Plans Published, In Press or Submitted
  1. Sanjana J. Ravi and Amor A. Menezes. Towards a synthetic biology blueprint for countering biological threats to the United States. Synthetic Biology Leadership Excellence Accelerator Program (LEAP), 2016.

Non-Refereed Publications

Theses
  1. Amor A. Menezes. Selective evolutionary generation systems: Theory and applications. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2010.

Journal Editorials
  1. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Realizing the promise of robotic self-x systems. Robotica, 29(1):i-ii, January 2011.

Book Chapters
  1. Amor A. Menezes and Pierre T. Kabamba. Markov chain rational behavior. In Jingshan Li and Pierre T. Kabamba, editors, Advances in Systems Theory: Control, Communication Networks, Production Systems and Rational Behavior. WingSpan Press, 2009.

Technical Reports
  1. Chris Vermillion, Amor Menezes, and Ilya Kolmanovsky. Stable hierarchical model predictive control using an inner loop reference model and lambda-contractive terminal constraint sets --- supplementary material Technical Report CGR-13-01, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2013. arXiv:1305.2651 [math.OC].
  2. Amor Menezes and Pierre Kabamba. Resilient opportunistic on-line global optimization. Technical Report CGR-09-11, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2009.
  3. Amor Menezes and Pierre Kabamba. On the seeding of self-reproducing systems. Technical Report CGR-07-08, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2007.