Interests and selected publications

Read about Student Research Projects that I've advised.

Combination functions for approximate reasoning

• Alvarez, S. A.,
  "Belief Combination by means of Frame Transformations", 6th International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Jan. 2000

Self-organizing networks

• Alvarez, S. A., Levitan, S.L., Reggia, J.A.,
  "Metrics for Cortical Map Organization and Lateralization", Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, vol. 60 (1998), 27-47
  abstract (HTML)

Optimization, optimal control

• Carter, T.E., Alvarez, S.A.,
  "Quadratic-based Computation of Optimal Four-Impulse Rendezvous Near Circular Orbit", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 23, no. 1, 109-117, Jan.-Feb. 2000; preliminary results were presented at the AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Session 84-ASD-10, Boston, MA, Aug. 1998
  abstract (HTML)