Linear Systems Theory, Robust Control Design, Reliability in Control Designs, Decentralized and Large-Scale Control Problems, Computational Issues in the Design and Implementation of Controls, Micro-processor Implementation of Controls, Nonlinear Systems Theory, Control of Phase-Locked Loops

Journal Papers

• Paz, R.A., and J.V. Medanic, (1992), "H-Infinity Control in Discrete Time: State Feedback Control and Norm Bounds," International Journal of Control, vol 55, No. 6, pp. 1405-1524.
• Paz, R.A. and J.V. Medanic (1990), "Design of Disturbance Attenuating Controllers: A Riccati-Based FH Norm Optimization Algorithm," Automatica, Vol. 26, No. 5, pp. 909-913.

Conference Papers

• Paz, R.A., and E. Yaz (1993) "Robust Stabilization and Disturbance Attenuation for Discrete-Time Systems with Structured Nonlinearities," Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, pp 28-33.
• Paz, R.A. (1993) "Decentralized H-Infinity Control," Proceedings of the 1993 American Control Conference, San Francisco, vol. 3, pp. 2381-2385.
• Paz, R.A., and E. Yaz, (1993), "Robust Stabilization and Disturbance Attenuation for Systems with Structured Nonlinearities," Proceedings of the 1993 American Control Conference, San Francisco, vol. 3, pp. 2811-2815.
• Huang, W.R., C.W. Tao, W.E. Thompson, and R.A. Paz (1993) "A Comparison of a Fuzzy Controller with an Optimal PD Controller for a Nonlinear System," Proceedings of the 36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems.
• Paz, R.A., and J.V. Medanic, (1992) "Robust Stabilization and Disturbance Attenuation for Discrete-Time Systems with Structured Uncertainty," Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference, Chicago, pp. 2911-2915.
• Paz, R.A., and J.V. Medanic, (1992), "Decentralized H-Infinity Norm-Bounding Control for Discrete-Time Systems," Proceedings of the 1992 American Control Conference, Chicago, pp. 3274-3278.
• J. Ramirez-Angulo, R.A. Paz and R. Parra-Loera, (1992) "Modules for a Digitally Controlled Analog VLSI Processor with Highly Reconfigurable Architecture," Proceedings of the 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Washington D.C.,
• Paz, R.A., and J.V. Medanic (1991), "A Reliable Control for Discrete-Time Systems," The Proceedings of the American Automatic Control Conference, Boston, pp. 190-195.
• Paz, R.A., and J.V. Medanic, (1990) "Discrete-Time Observer-Based H-Infinity Norm Bounding Control," Proceedings of the 29th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2927-2932.
• Paz, R.A. and J.V. Medanic, (1989), "A Riccati-Based FH Norm Optimization Algorithm for Robust Low-Order Controller Design," Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control.
• Paz, R.A., (1988) "Step Accuracy Measurement of Hybrid Step Motors by Fourier Analysis Techniques", Proceedings of the 17th Annual Symposium on Incremental Motion Control, Champaign, IL, pp. 323-328.

Technical Reports

• Contributions to "Systematic Low-Order Controller Design for Disturbance Rejection with Plant Uncertainties" by W. R. Perkins and J. V. Medanic, AFSC Report, Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory, 1990.
• Osborne, W., R.A. Paz, M. Ross, B. Kopp, N. Ashley, (1993) "Telemetering and Telecommunications Research," NAG 5-1491 Semi Annual Report 1993.