T.J. Gordon, M.N. Howell, and F.V. Brandao, Integrated Control Methodologies for Road Vehicles , Vehicle System Dynamics, Special Issue: IAVSD State-of-the-Art, Vol. 40, No. 1-3, 157 - 190, Sept 2003. ( pdf )
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon and F.V. Brandao, Genetic Learning Automata for Function Optimization , IEEE Sys. Man and Cyber. Part B: Cybernetics, Vol. 32, No. 6, 804 - 815, Dec 2002.
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, 'Continuous Action Reinforcement Learning Automata and their Application to Adaptive Digital Filter Design', Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 14/5, 549-561, Mar 2002.
A. Veitl, T.J. Gordon, A. Van De Sand, M.N. Howell, M.Valasek, O.Vaculin And P.Steinbauer, Methodologies for Coupling Models and Codes in Mechatronic System Analysis and Design , Vehicle System Dynamics Supplement, Vol. 33, 231 - 243, 2000.
M.N. Howell, M.C. Best, On-line PID tuning for engine idle-speed control using continuous action reinforcement learning automata , Journal of Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 8., Issue 2, 147 - 154, Feb 2000. ( pdf )
M.N. Howell, G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon and Q.H. Wu, 'Continuous action reinforcement learning applied to vehicle suspension control', Mechatronics, Vol. 7, No. 3, 263-276, 1997. ( pdf )
G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon, M.N. Howell and Q.H. Wu, 'Moderated reinforcement learning of active and semi-active vehicle suspension control laws', Proc. Instn. Mech. Engrs. Part I, 1996, Vol. 210, 249-257. ( pdf )
K. Pattipatti, C. Sankavaram, B. Wang, Y. Zhang, M. Howell, M. Salman, 'Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis in a network of embedded systems in Automotive Vehicles' Workshop for Developing Dependable and Secure Automotive Cyber-physical systems from components, NSF workshop on Cyber-Physical systems, Troy, Michigan, March 17-18, 2011.
B.Pattipati, C.Sankavaram, K.Pattipati,Y.Zhang, M.Howell, M.Salman, Multiple Model Moving Horizon Estimation Approach to Prognostics in Coupled Systems, IEEE AutoTestCon 2011, September 12-15, 2011 Baltimore. Awarded the Walter E. Petersen Best Paper Award
R.Ghimire, C.Sankavaram, A.Ghahari, K.Pattipati, Y.Ghoneim, M.Howell, M.Salman, 'Integrated Model-based and Data-driven Fault Detection and Diagnosis Approach for an Automotive Electric Power Steering System IEEE AUTOTESTCON 2011, 12-15 September 2011, Baltimore Maryland, USA.
M.N. Howell, P.Mishra, P.Quet, Meta-Controller Designs for Redundant Controller Reintegration, IEEE Conference on Control Applications , Toronto, Canada, August, 2005.
F.V. Brandao, T.J. Gordon and M.N. Howell, A Layered Approach to the Integrated Control of Longitudinal Wheel Slip and Vehicle Yaw Motion , 7th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control, AVEC 2004, Arnhem, The Netherlands, August 2004.
F.V. Brandao, M.N. Howell, Genetic Learning Automata and Fuzzy Classifier System Applied to Active Chassis System , 17th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, COBEM 2003, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10-14 November, 2003
T.J. Gordon, M.N. Howell, and F.V. Brandao, Integrated Control Methodologies for Road Vehicles , International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics, Japan, September 2003.
F.V. Brandao, M.N. Howell, Genetic Learning Automata and Fuzzy Controller - Applied to Active Suspension , SAE 2003 World Conference, Detroit, USA, (Document No. SAE-2003-01-0133) March 2003.
F.V. Brandao, M.N.Howell, Genetic Learning Automata Fuzzy Classifier System Applied to Active Suspension , 6th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Control, AVEC 02, 9-13 September 2002, Hiroshima, Japan
M.N. Howell, F.V. Brandao, T.J. Gordon, M.C. Best, Subsumption Architecture for Vehicle Chassis Control Systems Integration , Advanced Simulation and Control for Automotive Applications, 24-26 September 2001, IMA, Keble College, Oxford, England
F.V. Brandao, M.N. Howell, The Application of Genetic Learning Automata to Parameter Identification of a Dynamic System , INES 2001, 5th IEEE International Conference of Intelligent Engineering Systems, September 16 - 18 2001, Helsinki, Finland
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, Quadratic Cost Minimisation using Reinforcement Learning for Discrete-time Bilinear Systems , CIMCA'2001, International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling Control and Automation, 9-11 July 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, On the Genetic Adaptation of Stochastic Learning Automata , Congress on Evolutionary Computation, July 2000, San Diego, CA, USA.
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, Associative reinforcement learning for discrete-time optimal control , Learning Systems for Control (Ref. No. 2000/069), IEE Seminar, 2000.
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, M.C. Best, M.C. The application of continuous action reinforcement learning automata to adaptive PID tuning , Learning Systems for Control (Ref. No. 2000/069), IEE Seminar, 2000.
A.Veitl, T.Gordon, A.Van De Sand, M.Howell, M.Valasek, O.Vaculin And P.Steinbauer, Methodologies for Coupling Models and Codes in Mechatronic System Analysis and Design , 16th IAVSD Symposium on the Dynamics of Vehicle on Road and Tracks, September 1999, Pretoria, South Africa.
M.N. Howell, 'Evolving Learning Rules By Genetic Programming For Discrete Stochastic Learning Automata , Recent Advances In Soft Computing 99, July 1999, Leicestershire, UK.
M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon, 'Continuous Learning Automata and Adaptive Digital Filter Design', IEE Control '98 Conference, Swansea, 1-4 September 1998, Exeter, England.
M.N. Howell, G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon, Wu, Q. H. 'Real-time learning of vehicle suspension control', Dynamics of Automotive and Railway Vehicles Lyon, France Apr. 9-10, 1997 SAE-1997-19-0006
G.P. Frost, M.N. Howell, T.J. Gordon and Q.H. Wu, 'Dynamic vehicle roll control using reinforcement learning', IEE Control '96 Conference, 2-5 September 1996, Exeter, England.
M.N. Howell, G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon and Q.H. Wu, 'The application of interconnected stochastic learning automata to controller design for semi-active automobile suspensions', AVEC 96, International Symposium on Advance Vehicle Control, 12-16 June, 1996. Aachen, Germany.
M.N. Howell, S.P. Banks, R.F. Harrison, 'Evolving non-linear controllers', Proc. IMACS/IFAC Second Int. Symp. on Mathematical and Intelligent Models in System Simulation, 12-16 April 1993, Brussels, Belgium.
S.P. Banks, M.N. Howell, R.F. Harrison, 'The application of cellular automata to genetic search in optimisation theory', Proc. IMACS/IFAC Second Int. Symp. on Mathematical and Intelligent Models in System Simulation, 12-16 April 1993, Brussels, Belgium.
M.N. Howell, S.P. Banks, R.F. Harrison, 'On the connectionist implementation of the Hough transform', Proc. IEE Fourth International Conference, Image Processing and its Applications , 7-9 April 1992, Maastrict, Holland. (Conference publication No. 354.)
M.N. Howell, S.P. Banks, R.F. Harrison, 'Non-linear controller design with genetic algorithms', Proc. of the Canadian Conference on Industrial Automation, 1-3 June 1992, Montreal, Canada.
M.N. Howell, Integrated Vehicle Control Systems , BrakeNet Workshop - Complex Electronic Brake Systems, Motor Industry Research Association, Warwickshire, UK, 12th September 2002
M.N. Howell, G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon & Q.H. Wu, 'Real-time learning of vehicle suspension control laws', Workshop on The Role of Models in Reinforcement Learning , ICML-97, July 1997, Nashville, USA.
T.J. Gordon, M.N. Howell, 'On the Feasibility of a Distributed Approach to Modelling of Dynamic Systems , IAVSD workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Mechatronic Vehicles: Tools, Standards and Industry Demands , Herbertov, Czech Republic, 10-12 May 1999.
T.J. Gordon, M.N. Howell, 'Quasi-Stochastic Co-simulation , Workshop on Co-Simulation of Dynamic Systems , DLR/CCG Braunschweig, Germany, 20 October 1999.
M.N. Howell, 'Application of the Hough Transform to Parameter Estimation and Control' ( pdf , slides )
M.N. Howell, 'The application of current variance to DC motor prognosis' ( pdf )
M.N. Howell, 'A prognosis system for Vehicle Brake-pads' ( pdf )
M.N. Howell, 'Discrete-Time Optimal Tracking Control'
M.N. Howell, 'Continuous-Time Optimal Tracking Control'
M.N. Howell, Integrated Vehicle Stability Control Using the Principles of Optimal Tracking ( pdf )
M.N. Howell, Survey and Strategy Development for Fully Integrated Vehicle Chassis Systems: Technical Strategy, Internal Report, Loughborough University, 2002
M.N. Howell, G.P. Frost, T.J. Gordon & Q.H. Wu, The Application of Reinforcement Learning to Semi-Active Suspension Control , Internal Report TT9601, Dept. AAE, Loughborough University, 1996.
M.N. Howell, 'Applications of Complex Systems to Pattern Recognition, Optimisation and Control', PhD. Dissertation, 1995, University of Sheffield.