John R. Ferron

According to our database, John R. Ferron authored at least 19 papers between 2006 and 2020.

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• Dijkstra number of four.
• Erdős number of four.

2020

Estimation and exploratory regulation of confinement-time based plasma performance in the DIII-D tokamak experiment.

K. Erik J. Olofsson, John R. Ferron, David A. Humphreys, F. Turco, DIII-D Team

Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2020

2017

Current profile and energy control in DIII-D plasmas using discrete-time variable-structure control.

Menno Lauret, William Wehner, Eugenio Schuster, Christopher T. Holcomb, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Benjamin G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, 2017

2016

Predictive control of the tokamak q profile to facilitate reproducibility of high-qmin steady-state scenarios at DIII-D.

William Wehner, Menno Lauret, Eugenio Schuster, John R. Ferron, Chris Holcomb, Tim C. Luce, David A. Humphreys, Michael L. Walker, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Conference on Control Applications, 2016

2015

Current profile control for the development of consistent discharges in DIII-D.

William Wehner, Justin E. Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Eugenio Schuster, Tim C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2015

2014

Backstepping Control of the Toroidal Plasma Current Profile in the DIII-D Tokamak.

Mark D. Boyer, Justin Barton, Eugenio Schuster, Michael L. Walker, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson, David A. Humphreys

IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2014

2013

Physics-based control-oriented modeling of the safety factor profile dynamics in high performance tokamak plasmas.

Justin E. Barton, Wenyu Shi, Karim Besseghir, Jo Lister, Arnold Kritz, Eugenio Schuster, Timothy C. Luce, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, John R. Ferron

Proceedings of the 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2013

Identification and control of magneto-kinetic response during advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D.

William Wehner, Wenyu Shi, Eugenio Schuster, Didier Moreau, Michael L. Walker, John R. Ferron, Tim C. Luce, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2013

PTRANSP simulation and experimental test of a robust current profile and βN controller for off-axis current drive scenarios in the DIII-D tokamak.

Wenyu Shi, William Wehner, Justin Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Eugenio Schuster, Arnold Kritz, Didier Moreau, Tim C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2013

2012

A two-time-scale model-based combined magnetic and kinetic control system for advanced tokamak scenarios on DIII-D.

Wenyu Shi, William Wehner, Justin Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Eugenio Schuster, Didier Moreau, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012

Current profile tracking for the DIII-D tokamak via LQI optimal control.

Mark D. Boyer, Justin Barton, Eugenio Schuster, Michael L. Walker, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson, David A. Humphreys

Proceedings of the 51th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2012

Optimal feedback control of the poloidal magnetic flux profile in the DIII-D tokamak based on identified plasma response models.

William Wehner, Wenyu Shi, Eugenio Schuster, Didier Moreau, Michael L. Walker, John R. Ferron, Tim C. Luce, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012

Multivariable robust control of the plasma rotational transform profile for advanced tokamak scenarios in DIII-D.

Wenyu Shi, William Wehner, Justin Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Eugenio Schuster, Didier Moreau, Tim C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012

Backstepping control of the plasma current profile in the DIII-D tokamak.

Mark D. Boyer, Justin Barton, Eugenio Schuster, Tim C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012

First-principles model-based robust control of the current profile evolution in the DIII-D tokamak.

Justin E. Barton, Mark D. Boyer, Wenyu Shi, Eugenio Schuster, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys, Ben G. Penaflor, Robert D. Johnson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2012

2011

Optimal Tracking Control of Current Profile in Tokamaks.

Yongsheng Ou, Chao Xu, Eugenio Schuster, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys

IEEE Trans. Control. Syst. Technol., 2011

2008

Closed-loop tracking control of poloidal magnetic flux profile in tokamaks.

Yongsheng Ou, Chao Xu, Eugenio Schuster, Tim C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008

POD-based optimal control of current profile in tokamak plasmas via nonlinear programming.

Chao Xu, Joseph N. Dalessio, Yongsheng Ou, Eugenio Schuster, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2008

2007

Extremum-Seeking Finite-Time Optimal Control of Plasma Current Profile at the DIII-D Tokamak.

Yongsheng Ou, Chao Xu, Eugenio Schuster, Timothy C. Luce, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2007

2006

Optimal estimation of vessel currents for equilibrium reconstruction enhancement at DIII-D.

Yongsheng Ou, Eugenio Schuster, John R. Ferron, Michael L. Walker

Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006