- Award ID(s):
- 1850206
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10315328
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- ISSN:
- 0018-9286
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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