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Publications

  1. A. Haseltalab, M. Akar, "Approximate Byzantine Consensus in Faulty Asynchronous Networks," Proc. of the American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, July, 2015.
  2. O. Cihan and M. Akar, "Mixing Rate Optimization of Markov Chains with Degree Proportional Stationary Distributions," The 17th Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, New Haven, CT, June 2015.
  3. O. Cihan, M. Akar, "Fastest mixing reversible Markov chains on graphs with degree proportional stationary distributions," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 227-232, January 2015.
  4. P. Kaymakçıoglu, K. Senel, M. Akar, "Delay Based Handover Algorithm Design for Femtocell Networks," Internet of Things, Smart Spaces, and Next Generation Networks and Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8638, pp. 205-218, Springer, 2014.
  5. O. Cihan, M. Akar, "Effect of non-uniform varying delay on the rate of convergence in averaging based consensus," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, accepted July 2013, DOI: 10.3906/elk-1306-8.
  6. M. B. Zeytinci, V. Sarı, F. K. Harmancı, E. Anarım, M. Akar, "Location estimation using RSS measurements with unknown path loss exponents," EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2013:178, 2013.
  7. A. Çil, M. Akar, E. Anarım, "Adaptive optimization of EDCA parameters for improved QoS in multi–media applications," Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, vol. 20, no. Sup.2, 2012.
  8. M. Akar, “Integrated power and handoff control for next generation wireless networks,” Wireless Networks, vol. 15, pp. 691-708, 2009.
  9. C. King, R. Shorten, F. Wirth and M. Akar, "Growth conditions for the global stability of high-speed communication networks,'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 53, no. 7, pp. 1770-1774, August 2008.
  10. M. Akar and R. Shorten, "Distributed Probabilistic Synchronization Algorithms For Communication Networks," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control vol. 53, no. 1, pp. 389-393, February 2008.
  11. A. Paul, M. Akar, M. G. Safonov and U. Mitra, "Adaptive power control for wireless networks using multiple controllers and switching,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks (special issue on Adaptive Learning Systems in Communication Networks), vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1212-1218, September 2005.
  12. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Soft handoff algorithms for CDMA cellular networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 1259-1274, November 2003.
  13. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Variations on optimal and suboptimal handoff control for wireless communications systems,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 1173-1185, June 2001.
  14. M. Senel, G. M. Ölçer, M. Akar, F. K. Harmanci and E. Anarim, "Mobile Positioning Using Received Signal Strength Measurements", Proc. of the International Symposium on Computer Networks, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2008.
  15. M. Akar, "Combined power control and rate management for multimedia CDMA systems", Proc. of the 17th IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Communications, Helsinki, Finland, September 2006.
  16. M. Akar and R. Shorten, "Time synchronization for wireless sensor networks", Proc. of the 17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (MTNS), Kyoto, Japan, July 2006.
  17. M. Akar, "Optimal power and handoff control for CDMA wireless networks", Proc. of the 2006 International Conference on Communications, Istanbul, June 2006.
  18. M. Akar, "Distributed power control for rate-varying multimedia CDMA systems", Proc. of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Bahamas, December 2004.
  19. A. Paul, M. Akar, U. Mitra and M. G. Safonov, "A switched system model for stability analysis of distributed power control algorithms for cellular communications", Proc. of the American Control Conference, pp. 1655-1660, Boston, MA, June-July, 2004.
  20. A. Paul, M. Akar, M. G. Safonov and U. Mitra, "Power control in cellular communication networks using multiple controllers and switching", Proc. of the American Control Conference, pp. 3339-3344, Boston, MA, June-July, 2004.
  21. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Joint downlink power and handoff control using a hybrid systems framework", Proc. of INFOCOM, San Francisco, CA, April 2003.
  22. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Interference management in soft handoff design", Proc. of the 2002 Conference on Information Sciences and Systems, Princeton, NJ, March 2002.
  23. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Design of soft handoff algorithms for cellular communications", Proc. of SPIE Int. Symp. on Information Technologies and Communications, August 2001.
  24. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Implementations of suboptimal handoff algorithms for wireless communication systems", Proc. of the IEEE Global Communications Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2000.
  25. M. Akar and U. Mitra, "Optimal handoff control: Incorporating handoff delay", Proc. of the IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2000.
  26. O. Cihan, M. Akar, "Bir ornek Olmayan Iletim Gecikmesinin Dagitik Onaylasima Etkisi," 18. Sinyal Isleme ve Iletisim Uygulamalari Kurultayi, Diyarbakir, Nisan 2010.
  27. S. Tekincan, M. Akar, E. Anarim, T. Kurt, "Örgü Aglari için Otomatik Kanal Belirlenmesi," 17. Sinyal Isleme ve Uygulamalari Kurultayi, Antalya, Nisan 2009.
  28. Ö. N. Gerek, M. Akar, A. E. Çetin, "Yazi bilgisinin gri tonlu döküman görüntülerinden ayirimi için histograma dayali yöntemlerin incelenmesi," 2. Sinyal Isleme ve Uygulamalari Kurultayi, sayfa 90, Gökova, Mugla, Nisan 1994.