Publications

Selected Recent Publications (in progress, more to come)

Journal Papers

• D. Kleinman, P. Luh, X. Miao and D. A. Castañón, “Distributed Stochastic Resource Allocation in Teams,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, V21, January/February 1991, pp. 61-70.
• D. P. Bertsekas and D. A. Castañón, “Parallel Synchronous and Asynchronous Implementations of the Auction Algorithm,”  Parallel Computing, V 17, Sept. 1991, pp. 707-732.
• D. A. Castañón, “A Counterexample in Stochastic Stability of Feedback Neural Networks,”  IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, V 38, Feb. 1993, pp. 378-379.
• D. P. Bertsekas and D. A. Castañón, “Parallel Asynchronous Hungarian Methods for the Assignment Problem,”  ORSA Journal on Computing, V 5, No. 3, Summer, 1993.
• D. P. Bertsekas, D. A. Castañón and H. Tsaknakis, “Reverse Auction and the  Solution of Inequality Constrained Assignment Problems,”  SIAM Journal on Optimization, V 3, May 1993, pp. 268-297.
• D. P. Bertsekas and D. A. Castañón, “A Forward/Reverse Auction Algorithm for Asymmetric Assignment Problems,” Computational Optimization and Applications, V 1, pp. 277-297, December 1992.
• D. P. Bertsekas and D. A. Castañón, “Parallel Primal-Dual Methods for the Minimum Cost Network Flow Problem,” Computational Optimization and Applications, V 2, pp. 319-338, 1993.
• D. P. Bertsekas and  D. A. Castañón, “A Generic Auction Algorithm for the Minimum Cost Network Flow Problem,” Computational Optimization and Applications,  V 2, pp. 229-260, 1993.
• A. Krishnamurthy, T. D. C. Little and D. A. Castañón, “A Pricing Policy for Scalable VOD Applications,” ACM-Springer Verlag MULTIMEDIA Journal, November, 1995.
• D. A. Castañón, “Optimal Search Strategies in Dynamic Hypothesis Testing,”   IEEE Trans. Systems, Man and Cybernetics, V 25, pp. 1130-1138, July 1995.
• D. A. Castañón and Z. B. Tang, “A Counterexample to Adaptive Partitioned Random Search to Global Optimization,” IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, vol. 41, no. 2, p. 310, Feb. 1996.
• T. G. Bifano, R. K. Mali, J. K. Dorton, J. Perreault, N. Vandelli, M. N. Horenstein and D. A. Castañón, “Continuous Membrane Surface-Micromachined Silicon Deformable Mirror,” Optical Engineering, V. 36, No. 5, pp. 1354-1360, May 1997.
• S. Ponnuswamy, M. Amin, R. Jha and D. A. Castañón, “A C3I Parallel Benchmark Based on Genetic Algorithms — Implementation and Performance Analysis,” Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, V. 47, No. 1, pp. 23–38, 1997.
• D. A. Castañón , S. Streltsov, P. Vakili, “Optimality of Index Policies for a Sequential Sampling Problem,”  IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, V. 44, No. 1, Jan. 1999.
• D. P. Bertsekas and D. A. Castañón, “Rollout Algorithms for Stochastic Scheduling,” Heuristics, V. 5, pp.89–108, April, 1999.
• N. Denis, D. Looze, J. Huang and D. A. Castañón, “H-infinity control design for an adaptive optics system,” KYBERNETIKA, V. 35, No. 1, pp 69–81, 1999.
• A. Kannan, M. Ostendorf, D. A. Castañón and W. C. Karl, “ML Parameter Estimation of a Multiscale  Tree Process using the EM Algorithm,” IEEE Trans. on Signal Processing, V. 48, No. 6, pp. 1836–1840, June 2000.
• V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen and D. A. Castañón, “Quasi-Ray Gaussian Beam Algorithm for Time-Harmonic Two-dimensional Scattering by Moderately Rough Interfaces,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , V 49, No. 9, pp. 1305-1314, September 2001.
• V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen and D. A. Castañón, “Narrow-Waisted Gaussian Beam Discretization for Short-Pulse Radiation from One-Dimensional Large Apertures,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation , V 49, No. No. 9, pp. 1322-1332, Sept. 2001
• V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen and D. A. Castañón, “Multifrequency  Reconstruction of Moderately Rough Interfaces via Quasi-Ray Gaussian Beams,”  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing  , V. 40, No. 2, pp. 453-460, Feb. 2002.
• Z. Ying and D. A. Castañón, ” Partially Occluded Object Recognition Using Statistical Models ,”  International Journal of Computer Vision, V. 49, No. 1, pp. 57-78, August, 2002.
• V. Galdi, H. Feng, D. A. Castañón, W. C. Karl and L. B. Felsen, “Multifrequency subsurface sensing in the presence of a moderately rough air-soil interface via quasi-ray Gaussian Beams,” Radio Science, V. 38, December 2002.
• V. Galdi, L. B. Felsen and D. A. Castañón, “Time-Domain Radiation from Large Two-Dimensional Apertures via Narrow-Waisted Gaussian Beams,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, V. 51, No. 1, Jan. 2003.
• H. Feng, W. C. Karl and D. A. Castañón, “A Curve Evolution Approach to Tomography,” IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, V. 12, No. 1, Jan.  2003, pp. 44-57.
• R. K. Fish, M. Ostendorf, G. D. Bernard, and D. A. Castañón, “Multilevel Classification of Milling Tool Wear with Confidence Estimation,” IEEE Trans. on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, V. 25, No. 1, Jan. 2003, pp. 75-85.
• V. Galdi, L.B. Felsen, and D. A. Castañón, “Quasi-ray Gaussian beam algorithm for short-pulse two-dimensional scattering by moderately rough dielectric interfaces,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation., V. 51, No. 2, Feb. 2003.
• V. Galdi, J. Pavlovich, W. C. Karl, D. A. Castañón and L.B. Felsen,  ” Moderately Rough Dielectric Interface Profile  Reconstruction via Short-Pulse Quasi-Ray Gaussian Beams,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation., Vol. 51, No. 3, pg. 672-677, March, 2003.
• V. Galdi, H. Feng, D. A. Castañón, W.C. Karl, and L.B. Felsen, “Moderately rough surface underground imaging via short-pulse quasi-ray Gaussian beams,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 51, No. 9, pg. 2304-2318, Sept. 2003.
• M. Cetin, W. C. Karl and D. A. Castañón, “Analysis of the Impact of Non-Quadratic Optimization-based SAR Imaging on Feature Enhancement and ATR Performance,”  IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 39, no. 4, October 2003.
• V. Galdi, H. Feng and  D. A. Castañón, “An Object-Based Contrast Source Inversion Method,” Journal of Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications, V. 4, No. 4, October 2003.
• V. Galdi, K. Panagiotis, C. M. Rappaport,L. B. Felsen and D. A. Castañón, “Short-Pulse Three-Dimensional Scattering from Moderately Rough Surfaces: A Comparison Between Narrow-Waisted Gaussian Beam Algorithms and FDTD,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, V. 55, January 2006.

Conference Papers

• Energy efficient policies for distributed target tracking in multihop sensor networks, S. Aeron, V. Saligrama and D. A. Castañón, Proc. 2006 Conf. on Dec. and Control, San Diego, CA.
• Reliable distributed estimation with unreliable communications, V. Saligrama and D. A. Castañón, Proc. 2006 Conf. on Dec. and Control, San Diego, CA.
• Receding horizon planning for Dubins traveling salesman problems, X. Ma and D. A. Castañón, Proc. 2006 Conf. on Dec. and Control, San Diego, CA

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