School of Engineering

Dr Donald Ballance

Dr Donald J Ballance
  • Senior University Teacher (Engineering Teaching)
  • Adviser of Studies (Science and Engineering College Academic & Student Administration)

telephone: 01413305187
email: Donald.Ballance@glasgow.ac.uk


Research Interests

Dr. Donald Ballance has undertaken research in control theory, the application of this theory and system modelling. Areas of interest in control systems include Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT), Model Predictive Control (MPC), and the development of these techniques for copntinuous-time nonlinear systems. He has worked extensively with Prof. Peter Gawthrop on the development of bond graph techniques for modelling, simulation, analysis and control.

He is also interested in real-time systems, and has experience of a number of different systems, including dSPACE, hosted by MATLAB on UNIX and Windows platforms, direct coding in C for PC cards under DOS and Windows, and more recently Real-Time Linux for Control on an Intel platform.

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Number of items: 13.

2006

Vink, D., Ballance, D.J. , and Gawthrop, P.J. (2006) Bond graphs in model matching control. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 12 (2-3). pp. 103-105. ISSN 1744-5051 (doi:10.1080/13873950500068278)

2005

Ballance, D.J., Bevan, G.P. , Gawthrop, P.J. , and Diston, D.J. (2005) Model Transformation Tools (MTT): The Open Source Bond Graph Project. In: International Conference On Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation (ICBGM'05), 23-27 January 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Diston, DJ, Gawthrop, PJ , Bevan, GP, and Ballance, DJ (2005) Next-generation transformation tools for scalable integrated system modelling. In: Proc. of the 2005 Int. Conf. on Bond Graph Modelling and Simulation (ICBGM'05), New Orleans, USA.

Gawthrop, P.J., and Ballance, D.J. (2005) Virtual actuator control of mechanical systems. In: International Conference On Bond Graph Modeling and Simulation (ICBGM'05), January 23 - 27, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

2003

Gawthrop, P. J., Ballance, D.J. , and Chen, W.H. (2003) Optimal control of nonlinear systems: a predictive control approach. Automatica, 39 (4). pp. 633-641. ISSN 0005-1098 (doi:10.1016/S0005-1098(02)00272-8)

Chen, W.H., O'Reilly, J. , and Ballance, D.J. (2003) On the terminal region of model predictive control for non-linear systems with input/state constraints. Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 17 (3). pp. 195-207. ISSN 0890-6327 (doi:10.1002/acs.731)

Vink, D, Ballance, DJ , and Gawthrop, PJ (2003) Bond Graphs in Model Matching Control. In: Proceedings 4th Mathmod Vienna, Vienna.

2002

Chen, W-H, and Ballance, D.J. (2002) On a switching control scheme for nonlinear systems with ill-defined relative degree. Systems and Control Letters, 47 (2). pp. 159-166. ISSN 0167-6911 (doi:10.1016/S0167-6911(02)00186-X)

Feng, W., O'Reilly, J. , and Ballance, D.J. (2002) MIMO nonlinear PID predictive controller. IEE P-Control Theory Applications, 149 (3). pp. 203-208. ISSN 1350-2379

2001

Chen, W-H, and Ballance, D.J. (2001) QFT design for uncertain non-minimum phase and unstable plants revisited. International Journal of Control, 74 (9). pp. 957-965. ISSN 0020-7179 (doi:10.1080/00207170110044346)

Gawthrop, PJ, Ballance, DJ , and Vink, D (2001) Bond graph based control with virtual actuators. In: 13th European Simulation Symposium, Marseilles, France.

2000

Gawthrop, P.J., Chen, W.H., and Ballance, D.J. (2000) A nonlinear disturbance observer for robotic manipulators. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 47 (4). pp. 932-938. ISSN 0278-0046

1999

Gribble, J.J., Chen, W-H., and Ballance, D.J. (1999) Nonlinear PID predictive controller. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, 146 (6). pp. 6103-611. ISSN 1350-2379

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