Journal Articles

Testa, A, Simeone, A, Zecca, M, Paoli, A, Settineri, L (2025) Fuzzy-based sensor fusion for cognitive load assessment in inclusive manufacturing strategies, Sensors, 25(11), 3356, DOI: 10.3390/s25113356.

Moretto, M, Delucchi, L, Zorer, R, Moser, D, Micheli, F, Paoli, A, Franceschi, P (2025) DigiAgriApp: a client-server application to monitor field activities, Environmental Modelling and Software, 192, 106528, ISSN: 1364-8152. DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106528.

Zorer, R, Delucchi, L, Paoli, A (2022) Sensoristica e mappe per il vigneto 4.0, Vite & Vino, 2022(1), pp.21-25.

Duong, LNK, Al-Fadhli, M, Jagtap, S, Bader, F, Martindale, W, Swainson, M, Paoli, A (2020) A review of robotics and autonomous systems in the food industry: from the supply chains perspective, Trends in Food Science & Technology, 106, pp.355-364, ISSN: 0924-2244. DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2020.10.028.

Moriello, L, Biagiotti, L, Melchiorri, C, Paoli, A (2018) Manipulating liquids with robots: A sloshing-free solution, Control Engineering Practice, 78, pp.129-141, ISSN: 0967-0661. DOI: 10.1016/j.conengprac.2018.06.018.

Paoli, A and Swainson, M (2018) Automated Food Manufacturing System and Robotic Flexible Food Manufacturing System - Innovate UK/EPSRC, Impact, 2018(5), pp.89-91, ISSN: 2398-7073. DOI: 10.21820/23987073.2018.5.89.

Cabasino, MP, Giua, A, Paoli, A, Seatzu, C (2014) A Remark on the Decentralized Diagnosis of Labeled Petri Nets, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 44(11), pp.1549-1549, ISSN: 2168-2216. DOI: 10.1109/tsmc.2014.2328604.

Cabasino, MP, Giua, A, Paoli, A, Seatzu, C (2013) Decentralized Diagnosis of Discrete-Event Systems Using Labeled Petri Nets, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 43(6), pp.1477-1485, ISSN: 2168-2216. DOI: 10.1109/tsmc.2013.2244208.

Paoli, A, Sartini, M, Lafortune, S (2011) Active fault tolerant control of discrete event systems using online diagnostics, Automatica, 47(4), pp.639-649, ISSN: 0005-1098. DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2011.01.007.

Paoli, A and Wu, NE (2009) Introduction to Discrete Event Systems, Second Edition (Cassandras, C.G. et al.; 2008) [Bookshelf], IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 29(3), pp.108-110, ISSN: 0888-0611. DOI: 10.1109/MCS.2009.932327.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2009) Tracking of Partially Unknown Trajectories for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors,, European Journal of Control, 15(6), pp.599-612, ISSN: 0947-3580. DOI: 10.3166/ejc.15.599-612.

Paoli, A and Lafortune, S (2008) Diagnosability Analysis of a Class of Hierarchical State Machines, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 18(3), pp.385-413, ISSN: 0924-6703. DOI: 10.1007/s10626-008-0044-5.

Paoli, A, Bonivento, C, Melandri, L, Fiorini, V (2007) Modelli ad eventi discreti per la regolazione coordinata di una linea di impacchettamento, Automazione e Strumentazione, 2007(5), pp.96-104.

Paoli, A and Lafortune, S (2005) Safe diagnosability for fault-tolerant supervision of discrete-event systems, Automatica, 41(8), pp.1335-1347, ISSN: 0005-1098. DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2005.03.017.

Bonivento, C, Isidori, A, Marconi, L, Paoli, A (2004) Implicit fault-tolerant control: application to induction motors, Automatica, 40(3), pp.355-371, ISSN: 0005-1098. DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2003.10.003.

Bonivento, C, Paoli, A, Marconi, L (2003) Fault-tolerant control of the ship propulsion system benchmark, Control Engineering Practice, 11(5), pp.483-492, ISSN: 0967-0661. DOI: 10.1016/s0967-0661(02)00095-3.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (Accepted for publication) Input Disturbance Suppression for Port-Hamiltonian Systems: An Internal Model Approach, pp.85-98, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70701-1_5.

Conferences

Testa, A, Nambi, A, Simeone, A, Zecca, M, Paoli, A, Priarone, PC, Settineri, L (2026) Cognitive load–driven instruction simplification with generative AI for inclusive manufacturing. In 13th CIRP Global Web Confere​nce - AI in Smart Manufacturing, Online.

Moretto, M, Delucchi, L, Zorer, R, Moser, D, Micheli, F, Paoli, A, Franceschi, P (2025) DigiAgriApp: an open-source client-server application for centralized farming data management. In 15th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Barcelona.

Moriello, L, Biagiotti, L, Melchiorri, C, Paoli, A (2017) Control of liquid handling robotic systems: A feed-forward approach to suppress sloshing. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp.4286-4291, DOI: 10.1109/icra.2017.7989493.

Furci, M, Naldi, R, Paoli, A, Marconi, L (2016) Robust Supervisory-Based Control Strategy for Mobile Robot Navigation. In , pp.121-133, ISBN: 9783319083377. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-08338-4_10.

Furci, M, Naldi, R, Paoli, A, Marconi, L (2014) A robust control strategy for mobile robots navigation in dynamic environments. In 2014 IEEE 53rd Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 53rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.698-703, DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2014.7039463.

Furci, M, Paoli, A, Naldi, R (2013) A supervisory control strategy for robot-assisted search and rescue in hostile environments. In 2013 IEEE 18th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), 2013 IEEE 18th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA), pp.1-4, DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2013.6648162.

Demetlika, P, Fenu, G, Romano, F, Paoli, A, Cicognani, L (2012) Safety critical supervision for steel industry robotic applications. In 2012 IEEE 17th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012), Proceedings of 2012 IEEE 17th International Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2012), pp.1-4, DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2012.6489754.

Paoli, A and Lin, F (2012) Decentralized opacity of discrete event systems. In , Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp.6083-6088, DOI: 10.1109/acc.2012.6315028.

Falconi, R, Longhin, C, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2012) Hybrid driver-vehicle dynamics in microscopic modeling of traffic networks. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes, pp.356-363, DOI: 10.3182/20120606-3-nl-3011.00025.

Falconi, R, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2011) Potential field-based microscopic modeling of road networks with heterogeneous vehicular traffic. In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE 2011), 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp.226-231, DOI: 10.1109/case.2011.6042438.

Bonivento, C, Cacciari, M, Paoli, A, Sartini, M (2011) Rapid prototyping of automated manufacturing systems by software-in-the-loop simulation. In 2011 23rd Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), 2011 Chinese Control and Decision Conference (CCDC), pp.3968-3973, DOI: 10.1109/ccdc.2011.5968915.

Paola Cabasino, M, Giua, A, Paoli, A, Seatzu, C (2011) Decentralized Diagnosability Analysis of Discrete Event Systems using Petri Nets*. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes, pp.6060-6066, DOI: 10.3182/20110828-6-it-1002.02807.

Bonivento, C, Dondi, G, Paoli, A, Sartini, M, Simone, A (2011) Modular model building for vehicular traffic systems with macroscopic dynamics*. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes, pp.13876-13881, DOI: 10.3182/20110828-6-it-1002.02133.

Sartini, M, Paoli, A, Hill, RC, Lafortune, S (2010) A methodology for modular model-building in discrete automation. In Factory Automation (ETFA 2010), 2010 IEEE 15th Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation (ETFA 2010), pp.1-8, DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2010.5641244.

Cabasino, MP, Giua, A, Paoli, A, Seatzu, C (2010) Decentralized diagnosis of Petri nets. In , Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference ACC 2010, pp.3371-3377, DOI: 10.1109/acc.2010.5530910.

Cabasino, MP, Giua, A, Paoli, A, Seatzu, C (2010) A new protocol for the decentralized diagnosis of labeled Petri nets. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.123-128, DOI: 10.3182/20100830-3-de-4013.00022.

Faldella, E, Paoli, A, Tilli, A, Sartini, M, Guidi, D (2009) Architectural design patterns for logic control of manufacturing systems: The generalized device. In 2009 XXII International Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies (ICAT 2009), 2009 XXII International Symposium on Information, Communication and Automation Technologies, pp.1-7, DOI: 10.1109/icat.2009.5348451.

Tilli, A, Paoli, A, Sartini, M, Bonivento, C, Guidi, D (2009) Hierarchical and cooperative approaches to logic control design in industrial automation. In Factory Automation (ETFA 2009), 2009 IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies & Factory Automation, pp.1-8, DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2009.5347063.

Tilli, A and Paoli, A (2009) Rule-based composable modelling of industrial automation automata under nominal and faulty conditions. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.1384-1389, DOI: 10.3182/20090630-4-es-2003.00225.

Paoli, A, Sartini, M, Lafortune, S (2008) A fault tolerant architecture for supervisory control of discrete event systems. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline. DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.1774.

Faldella, E, Paoli, A, Sartini, M, Tilli, A (2008) Hierarchical control architectures in industrial automation: a design approach based on the generali. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline. DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.3528.

Bonivento, C, Grimble, M, Giovanini, L, Monari, M, Paoli, A (2008) Monitoring a gas-cooled nuclear reactor core integrity. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline. DOI: 10.3182/20080706-5-KR-1001.1528.

Paoli, A, Sartiniy, M, Tilli, A (2008) Rapid prototyping of logic control in industrial automation exploiting the generalized actuator approach. In Factory Automation (ETFA 2008), 2008 IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, pp.82-89, DOI: 10.1109/etfa.2008.4638377.

Bonivento, C, Paoli, A, Sartini, M (2008) Parameters Optimization in a Production Line Using Genetic Algorithms. In 2008 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control & Automation, 2008 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control & Automation, pp.744-749, DOI: 10.1109/cimca.2008.51.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2007) Trajectory tracking for permanent magnet synchronous motors. In European Control Conference 2007 (ECC), 2007 European Control Conference (ECC), pp.5795-5801, DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2007.7068850.

Paoli, A and Lafortune, S (2006) On the diagnosability of a class of hierarchical state machines. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.1282-1287, DOI: 10.3182/20060829-4-cn-2909.00214.

Bonivento, C, Capiluppi, M, Marconi, L, Paoli, A, Rossi, C (2006) Reliability evaluation for fault diagnosis in complex systems. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.1330-1335, DOI: 10.3182/20060829-4-cn-2909.00222.

Bonivento, C, Gentili, L, Paoli, A (2005) Internal model based framework for tracking and fault tolerant control of a permanent magnet synchronous motor. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.604-609, DOI: 10.3182/20050703-6-cz-1902.00501.

Bonivento, C, Capiluppi, M, Marconi, L, Paoli, A (2005) An integrated design approach to multilevel fault tolerant control of distributed systems. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes IFAC Papersonline, pp.484-489, DOI: 10.3182/20050703-6-cz-1902.01883.

Bonivento, C, Gentili, L, Paoli, A (2004) Internal model based fault tolerant control of a robot manipulator. In 2004 43rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37601), pp.5260-5265 Vol.5, DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2004.1429643.

Bonivento, C, Marconi, L, Paoli, A, Rossi, C (2003) A Framework for Reliability Analysis of Complex Diagnostic Systems. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes, pp.537-542, DOI: 10.1016/s1474-6670(17)36547-3.

Paoli, A and Lafortune, S (2003) Safe diagnosability of discrete event systems. In , Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.2658-2664.

Bonivento, C, Isidori, A, Marconi, L, Paoli, A (2002) IMPLICIT FAULT TOLERANT CONTROL: APPLICATION TO INDUCTION MOTORS. In , IFAC Proceedings Volumes, pp.299-304, DOI: 10.3182/20020721-6-es-1901.00781.

Paoli, A, Marconi, L, Bonivento, C (2001) A fault-tolerant strategy for induction motors. In , Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.179-184.

Bonivento, C, Paoli, A, Marconi, L (2001) Fault-tolerant control for a ship propulsion system. In 2001 European Control Conference (ECC), pp.1964-1969, DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2001.7076210.

Capiluppi, M and Paoli, A (Accepted for publication) Distributed fault tolerant control of the two-tanks system benchmark. In 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp.7674-7679, DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2005.1583401.

Capiluppi, M and Paoli, A (Accepted for publication) Hierarchical Design of Distributed Fault Tolerant Control Systems. In 2005 IEEE International Symposium on, Mediterrean Conference on Control and Automation Intelligent Control, 2005, Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Symposium on, Mediterrean Conference on Control and Automation Intelligent Control, 2005, pp.1361-1366, DOI: 10.1109/.2005.1467214.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (Accepted for publication) An Internal Model Approach to Implicit Fault Tolerant Control for Port-Hamiltonian Systems. In , pp.171-182, ISBN: 9783540738893. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-73890-9_13.

Books

Bonivento, C, Gentili, L, Paoli, A (2011) Sistemi di automazione industriale, McGraw-Hill Education, ISBN: 9788838666933.

Chapters

Furci, M, Naldi, R, Paoli, A, Marconi, L (2015) Robust Supervisory-Based Control Strategy for Mobile Robot Navigation. In Menegatti, E, Michael, N, Berns, K, Yamaguchi, H (ed) Intelligent Autonomous Systems 13, Springer, pp.121-133, ISBN: 9783319083377.

Lafortune, S, Hill, R, Paoli, A (2014) Fault diagnosis of manufacturing systems using finite state automata. In Formal Methods in Manufacturing, pp.601-626.

Bonivento, C, Cacciari, M, Paoli, A, Sartini, M (2014) Mathematical modeling for software-in-the-loop prototyping of automated manufacturing systems. In Mathematical Methods in Engineering, pp.1-11, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7183-3_1.

Paoli, A and Lafortune, S (2007) On the diagnosability of a class of hierarchical state machines. In Fault Detection Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes 2006, pp.1282-1287, DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044485-7/50216-5.

Bonivento, C, Capiluppi, M, Marconi, L, Paoli, A, Rossi, C (2007) Reliability evaluation for fault diagnosis in complex systems. In Fault Detection Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes 2006, pp.1330-1335, DOI: 10.1016/B978-008044485-7/50224-4.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2007) An internal model approach to implicit Fault Tolerant Control for port-Hamiltonian systems. In Bullo, F and Fujimoto, K (ed) Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods For Nonlinear Control, Springer Verlag, pp.171-182, ISBN: 9783540738893.

Bonivento, C, Giovanini, L, Monari, M, Paoli, A, Grimble, M (2007) State and parameter estimation approach to monitoring AGR nuclear core. In Picci, G and Valcher, ME (ed) A Tribute to Antonio Lepschy, Edizioni Libreria Progetto Padova, pp.31-56.

Gentili, L, Paoli, A, Bonivento, C (2007) Input disturbance suppression for port-Hamiltonian systems: an internal model-based approach. In Bonivento, C, Isidori, A, Marconi, L, Rossi, C (ed) Advances in Control Theory and Applications, Springer, pp.85-98, ISBN: 9783540707004.

Bonivento, C, Genitli, L, Paoli, A (2006) Paoli, Fault tolerant control for electro-mechanical systems: an internal model approach. In Menini, L, Zaccarian, L, Chaouki, A (ed) Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control In Honor of Petar Kokotovic and Turi Nicosia, Springer Science & Business Media, pp.271-287, ISBN: 9780817643836.

Bonivento, C, Gentili, L, Paoli, A (Accepted for publication) Fault Tolerant Tracking of a Robot Manipulator: An Internal Model Based Approach. In Systems and Control: Foundations & Applications, Birkhäuser Boston, pp.271-287, ISBN: 9780817643836. DOI: 10.1007/0-8176-4470-9_15.