Institute of Information Engineering, Automation, and Mathematics

Ing. Juraj Holaza, PhD.

Position:
Lecturer
Department:
Department of Information Engineering and Process Control (DIEPC)
Room:
NB 664
eMail:
Home page:
https://www.uiam.sk/~holaza/
Phone:
+421 259 325 354
ORCID iD:
0000-0001-8785-0953
Research activities:
  • Embedded optimization and control
  • Model Predictive Control
  • Parametric programming
  • Toolbox development (MPT+)
Availability:

Publications

Chapter or pages in book

  1. M. Kvasnica – C. Jones – I. Pejcic – J. Holaza – M. Korda – P. Bakaráč: Real-Time Implementation of Explicit Model Predictive Control, In Handbook of Model Predictive Control, Editor(s): Sasa V. Rakovic, William S. Levine, Birkhauser, pp. 387–412, 2018.
  2. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica: Complexity Reduction in Explicit MPC via Bounded PWA Approximations of the Cost Function, In Selected Topics in Modelling and Control, Editor(s): Mikleš, J., Veselý, V., Slovak University of Technology Press, no. 8, pp. 27–32, 2012.

Article in journal

  1. J. Holaza – P. Bakaráč – J. Oravec: Revisiting Reachability-Driven Explicit MPC for Embedded Control. European Journal of Control, vol. 78, pp. 101019, 2024.   Zenodo
  2. J. Oravec – J. Holaza – M. Horváthová – N. A. Nguyen – M. Kvasnica – M. Bakošová: Convex-lifting-based robust control design using the tunable robust invariant sets. European Journal of Control, vol. 49, pp. 44–52, 2019.
  3. J. Holaza – M. Klaučo – J. Drgoňa – J. Oravec – M. Kvasnica – M. Fikar: MPC-Based Reference Governor Control of a Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor. Computers & Chemical Engineering, vol. 165, pp. 289–299, 2018.
  4. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica – S. Di Cairano: Nearly optimal simple explicit MPC controllers with stability and feasibility guarantees. Optimal Control Applications and Methods, no. 6, vol. 35, 2015.

Article in conference proceedings

  1. M. Furka – J. Holaza – M. Klaučo: Towards Fully Homomorphic Explicit Model Predictive Control via Polynomial Approximation. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar, In Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Process Control - Summaries Volume, Slovak Chemical Library, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, SK812-37, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2023.
  2. J. Holaza – L. Galčíková – J. Oravec – M. Kvasnica: A software package for MPC design and tuning: MPT+. In 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, IEEE, Singapore, pp. 5688–5695, 2023.   Zenodo
  3. J. Holaza – K. Kvasnicová – E. Pavlovičová – J. Oravec: Tube MPC Extension of MPT: Experimental Analysis. Editor(s): R. Paulen and M. Fikar, In Proceedings of the 2023 24th International Conference on Process Control, IEEE, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Radlinského 9, 81237, Bratislava, Slovakia, pp. 120–125, 2023.   Zenodo
  4. J. Holaza – J. Oravec – M. Kvasnica – R. Dyrska – M. Mönnigmann – M. Fikar: Accelerating Explicit Model Predictive Control by Constraint Sorting. Editor(s): Rolf Findeisen, Sandra Hirche, Klaus Janschek, Martin Mönnigmann, In Preprints of the 21st IFAC World Congress (Virtual), Berlin, Germany, July 12-17, 2020, vol. 21, pp. 11520–11525, 2020.
  5. P. Bakaráč – J. Holaza – M. Klaučo – M. Kalúz – J. Löfberg – M. Kvasnica: Explicit MPC based on Approximate Dynamic Programming. In European Control Conference 2018, Limassol, Cyprus, pp. 1172–1177, 2018.
  6. J. Holaza – M. Klaučo – M. Kvasnica: Solution Techniques for Multi-Layer MPC-Based Control Strategies. In Preprints of the 20th IFAC World Congress, Toulouse, France, vol. 20, 2017.
  7. J. Holaza – R. Valo – M. Klaučo: A Novel Approach of Control Design of the pH in the Neutralization Reactor. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 191–196, 2017.
  8. M. Kalúz – J. Holaza – F. Janeček – S. Blažek – M. Kvasnica: A Robotic Traffic Simulator for Teaching of Advanced Control Methods. In Preprints of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, vol. 11, pp. 338–343, 2016.
  9. A. Sharma – J. Drgoňa – D. Ingole – J. Holaza – R. Valo – S. Koniar – M. Kvasnica: Teaching Classical and Advanced Control of Binary Distillation Column. In Preprints of the 11th IFAC Symposium on Advances in Control Education, vol. 11, pp. 348–353, 2016.
  10. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica – S. Di Cairano: Safety Verification of Implicitly Defined MPC Feedback Laws. In European Control Conference 2015, Linz, Austria, pp. 2552–2557, 2015.
  11. D. Ingole – J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica: FPGA-Based Explicit Model Predictive Control for Closed-Loop Control of Intravenous Anesthesia. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 42–47, 2015.
  12. M. Kvasnica – J. Holaza – B. Takács – D. Ingole: Design and Verification of Low-Complexity Explicit MPC Controllers in MPT3. In European Control Conference 2015, Linz, Austria, pp. 2600–2605, 2015.
  13. M. Kvasnica – B. Takács – J. Holaza – S. Di Cairano: On Region-Free Explicit Model Predictive Control. In 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, vol. 54, pp. 3669–3674, 2015.
  14. M. Kvasnica – B. Takács – J. Holaza – D. Ingole: Reachability Analysis and Control Synthesis for Uncertain Linear Systems in MPT. Editor(s): Fikar, M., In Proceedings of the 8th IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Elsevier, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, no. 8, pp. 302–307, 2015.
  15. B. Takács – J. Holaza – J. Števek – M. Kvasnica: Export of Explicit Model Predictive Control to Python. Editor(s): M. Fikar and M. Kvasnica, In Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Process Control, Slovak Chemical Library, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 78–83, 2015.
  16. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica: Verification of Performance Bounds for A-Posteriori Quantized Explicit MPC Feedback Laws. In Preprints of the 19th IFAC World Congress Cape Town (South Africa) August 24 - August 29, 2014, pp. 1035–1040, 2014.
  17. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica: Simple Explicit MPC Controllers Based on Approximation of the Feedback Law. In ACROSS Workshop on Cooperative Systems (WoCS 2014), pp. 48–49, 2014.
  18. J. Holaza – B. Takács – M. Kvasnica: Synthesis of Simple Explicit MPC Optimizers by Function Approximation. Editor(s): Fikar, M., Kvasnica, M., In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Process Control, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia, pp. 377–382, 2013.
  19. B. Takács – J. Holaza – M. Kvasnica – S. Di Cairano: Nearly-Optimal Simple Explicit MPC Regulators with Recursive Feasibility Guarantees. In IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Florence, Italy, pp. 7089–7094, 2013.
  20. B. Takács – J. Holaza – M. Kvasnica: NLP-based Derivation of Bounded Convex PWA Functions: Application to Complexity Reduction in Explicit MPC. In VOCAL 2012, Program and Abstracts, vol. 5, pp. 95–95, 2012.

Technical report

  1. J. Holaza – J. Oravec – M. Kvasnica – R. Dyrska – M. Mönnigmann – M. Fikar: Accelerating Explicit Model Predictive Control by Constraint Sorting. 2020.

Phd's thesis

  1. J. Holaza: Fast and Memory-Efficient implementation of Model Predictive Control. ÚIAM FCHPT STU v Bratislave, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, 2016.

Master's thesis

  1. J. Holaza: Complexity Reduction of Explicit Model Predictive Control. Master's thesis, ÚIAM FCHPT STU v Bratislave, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, 2012.

Bachelor's thesis

  1. J. Holaza: Control of LEGO Robots (in Slovak). Bachelor's thesis, ÚIAM FCHPT STU v Bratislave, Radlinského 9, 812 37 Bratislava, 2010.

Miscellaneous

  1. M. Kvasnica – J. Holaza – B. Takács – D. Ingole: Design and Verification of Low-Complexity Explicit MPC Controllers in MPT3 (Extended version). 2015.

Institute of Information Engineering, Automation and Mathematics was established in 1.1.2006 from two departments: Department of Information Engineering and Process Control and Department of Mathematics.

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