Publications

Refereed International Journal Papers

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Nakamura, S. R. Munasinghe, S.  Goto and N. Kyura, ``Enhanced contour control of SCARA robot under torque saturation constraint”, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 5, no. 4, pp 437-440, Dec., 2000

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto and N. Kyura, ``Optimum contouring of industrial robot arms under assigned velocity and torque  constraints”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part-C, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 159-167, May, 2001

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S. Rohan Munasinghe and Masatoshi Nakamura, “Teleoperation of welfare robotic systems by motion planning considering assigned velocity and acceleration limit”, International Journal on Human friendly welfare robotic systems, pp. 23-31, 2003

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, ``Pole selection of feedforward compensators considering bounded control input of industrial mechatronic systems”, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 50, no. 6, pp. 1199-1206, Dec. 2003

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S. Rohan Munasinghe, Masatoshi Nakamura, Satoru Goto, and Nobuhiro Kyura, “Trajectory planning for industrial robot manipulators considering assigned velocity and allowance under joint acceleration limit”, Inernational Journal of Control, Automation, and System, vol.1, no.1, pp. 68-75 , Mar, 2003

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, J-J. Lee, Y. Ishida, N. Egashira, and M. Nakamura, ``Implementation and control of generic Internet-based telerobotic systems”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 220-227, June 2004

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, M-S. Kim, and J-J. Lee, ``Adaptive neuro-fuzzy controller to regulate UTSG water level in nuclear power plants”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 421 -429, Feb. 2005

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Lasantha Kurukularachchi, Rajeeve Prince, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Stability and Control Analysis in Twin-Boom Vertical Stabilizer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)”, Intl. Journal of Scientific and Research Publications (IJSRP), vol. 4, issue  4, ISSN 2250-3153, Feb., 2014

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Dinuka Abeywardana, Sarath Kodagoda, Gamini Disanayaka,and Rohan Munasinghe, "Improved state estimation in quadrotor MAVs", pp. 32-39, IEEE Robotics and Automation Magaine, December 2013

Refereed International Conference Papers

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M. Nakamura, S. R. Munasinghe, S. Goto and N. Kyura, “Enhanced contour control of SCARA robot under torque constraint”, pp. 1774-1779, IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS’99, Taejon, Korea, Dec, 1999 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/IROS.1999.811735)

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Aoki, S. Goto and N. Kyura, “High-speed precise control of robot arms with assigned speed under torque constraint by trajectory generation in joint co-ordinates”,  pp II854-II859, IEEE Intl. Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC’99, Tokyo, Japan, Oct, 1999 (IEEE Xplore DOI  10.1109/ICSMC.1999.825373)

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M. Nakamura, S. R. Munasinghe, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, “Feasible method of optimum control of industrial robot arms in operation under speed and torque constraints”,  pp. 2887-2892, Asian Control Conference, ASCC’99, Shanghai, China, July 2000

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, T. Iwanaga, S. Goto, and N. Kyura,  “Precise, jerk-free contouring of industrial robot arms with trajectory allowance under torque and velocity constraints”, pp. 204-209, IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics, IECON’01, Colorado, USA, Nov/Dec. 2001 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/IECON.2001.976480)

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, “Precise control of industrial robot arms considering trajectory allowance under torque and speed constraints”,  pp. 3949-3954, IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA’01, Seoul, Korea, May 2001 (IEEE Xplore DoI 10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933233)

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S. R. Munasinghe, and M. Nakamura, “Determination of maximum tangential velocity at trajectory corners in robot manipulator operation under torque constraint”, pp. 1170-1175, Intl. track, annual conf. of the Society of Instrumentation and Control Engineers (of Japan), SICE’02, Osaka, Japan,  Aug., 2002 (IEEE Xplore DOI  10.1109/SICE.2002.1195430)

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M. Nakamura, S. R. Munasinghe, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, “Effective tracking control of articulated robot manipulators with torque saturation characteristics”, in Proc. Annual Conf. of Society of Instrumentation, and Control Engineers (SICE), Kyushu Branch, pp. 137-140, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 12-13, 1998

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, “Contouring control of industrial robot arms with trajectory allowance under velocity and torque constraints in three dimensional space”, in Proc. Annual Conf. of Society of Instrumentation, and Control Engineers (SICE), Kyushu Branch, pp. 333-336, Miyazaki, Japan, Nov. 27-28, 2000

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto, and N. Kyura, “Pole selection for modified data method for mechatronic servo systems by considering bounded control input”, in Proc. Annual Conf. of Society of Instrumentation, and Control Engineers (SICE), Kyushu Branch, pp. 183-185, Kumamoto, Japan, Dec. 15-16, 2001

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S. R. Munasinghe, M. Nakamura, S. Goto, and N. Igashira, “Advanced motion planning and supervised control for teleoerated welfare robots”, in Proc. Annual Conf. of Society of Instrumentation, and Control Engineers (SICE), Kyushu Branch, pp. 309-312, Oita, Japan, Dec. 07-08, 2002

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S. R. Munasinghe, N. Igashira, and M. Nakamura, “Supervised control of industrial robot manipulators with assigned velocity and working precession bound to joint acceleration limit”, in Proc. Fuzzy, Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence Symposium (FAN2002), pp. 95-100, Saga, Japan, Nov. 21-22, 2002

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, Ju-Jang Lee, Yuji Ishida, Naruto Egashira, and Masatoshi Nakamura, “Design features and control strategies of a generic Internet based telerobotic system”, International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems, ICCAS2003, pp. 1460-1464, Gyeongju, Korea, Oct 2003

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, J-J. Lee, Tatsumi Usui, M. Nakamura, and N. Egashira, “Telerobotic mini-golf: System design for enhanced teleoperator performance”, pp. 1688-1693, IEEE  Conf. on Robotics and Automation, ICRA'04, New Orleans, USA, Apr/May, 2004 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308067)

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Sudath R. Munasinghe, J-J Lee, T. Usui, M. Nakamura, and N. Egashira, “Effectiveness of naked-eye vision feedback for training human teleoperators”, pp. 1118-1123, Asian Control Conference, ASCC'04, Melbourne, Australia, July, 2004

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Ming-Seong Kim, Chang-Hyunn, Rohan Munasinghe, Ju-Jang Lee, "Evolutionary optimization of fuzzy systems for water level control in the steam generator of nuclear power plant", pp. 2303-2308, IEEE Int. Conf. On Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol 3, Oct 10-13, 2004, Hague, Netherlands, Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ICSMC.2004.1400672

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S. R. Munasinghe, C. Oh, J-J. Lee, and O. Khatib, “Obstacle avoidance using velocity dipole field method”, in Proc. Intl. Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems, ICCAS, Gyeong Gi, Korea, 2005

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M. F. M. A. Cader, N. Iynkaran, T. Uthayasanker, S. R. Munasinghe, “Interactive autonomous baby-sitting robot”, In Proc. International Conference on Information and Automation 2006 (ICIA2006), pp. 423-429, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec 15-17, 2006 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374160)

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J. Kuruparan, T. Jayanthan, V. Ratheeskanth, S. Denixavier, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Semiautonomous low cost wheelchair for elderly and disabled people, in Proc. International Conference on Information and Automation 2006 (ICIA2006), Colombo, pp. 98-103, Dec 15-17, Sri Lanka, 2006 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374163)

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W. Rameesha De Silva, Rohan Munasingha, and Amith Munindradasa, ``Low cost voltage regulator for micro scale hydro electricity generators, pp. 430-436, in Proc. International Conference on Information and Automation 2006 (ICIA2006), Colombo, pp. 430-436, Colombo Sri Lanka, Dec 15-17, 2006 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374162)

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S. Kodagoda, E. A. S. M. Hemachandra, P. G. Jayasekara, R. L. Peiris, A. C. De Silva, Rohan Munasinghe, ``Obstacle detection and map building with a rotating ultrasonic range sensor using baysian combination”, pp. 98-103, in Proc. International Conference on Information and Automation 2006 (ICIA2006), Colombo Sri Lanka, Dec 15-17, 2006 (IEEE Xplore Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ICINFA.2006.374159)

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P. G. Jayasekara, D. K. Illangasinghe, J. K. Dahanayake, K. Wickramage and Rohan Munasinghe, ``Improving efficiency of existing water distribution networks by centralized monitoring”, In Proc. ICIAfS2007, pp. 25-30, Melbourne, Australia, Dec., 2007 (IEEE Xplore Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ICIAFS.2007.4544775)

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S. R. Munasinghe and M. Nakamura, “Hyperbolic tangent function based compliant controller for robotic devices”,  Intl. Conf. on Control, Automation and Systems, Seoul, Korea, Oct. 17~20, 2007 (IEEE Xplore Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/ICCAS.2007.4406763)

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S. Yathunanthan, L. U. R. Chandrasena, A. Umakanthan, V. Vasuki, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Controlling a wheelchair by use of EOG signal”, in Proc. ICIAfS2008, pp.283-288, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.14-16, 2008 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783987)

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W. T. M. S. Tennakoon, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Design and simulation of a UAV controller system with high manuverability”, in Proc. ICIAfS2008, pp.431-436, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.14-16, 2008 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783930)

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C. U. S. Edussooriya, H. S. S. Hapuachchi, D. Rajiv, R. A. H. Ranasinghe, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Analysis of grasping and slip detection of the human hands”, in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS2008), pp.261-266, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.14-16, 2008 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783973)

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D. N. P Thalakotuna, T. A. T Thilakaratne, Y. B. M. S Jayasinghe, T. H. K. M Silva, S. R.  Munasinghe, ``Remote monitoring and controlling system for a water purification plant”, in Proc. ICIAfS2008, pp. 372-277, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.14-16, 2008 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783928)

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A. Wickramasooriya, G. Hamilan,  S. I. L. Jayawardena, L,  W. M. D. L. W. Wijemanne, S. R. Munasinghe, ``Charasteristics of sonar range sensor srf05” , in Proc. ICIAfS2008, pp.475-480, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.14-16, 2008 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2008.4783933)

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W. R. De Silva, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Development of a holonomic mobile robot for field applications”, in Proc. ICIIS2009, pp.499-504, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec.28-31, 2009 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429809)

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J. W. K. K. Jayasundara, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Software Design tool for Optimum Axial Flux BLDC Motors”, in Proc. ICIIS2009, pp.526-531, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec.28-31, 2009 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429806)

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J. W. K. K. Jayasundara, and S. R. Munasinghe, ``Electric Vehicle Simulator to Determine motor and battery specifications”, in Proc. ICIIS2009, pp.540-545, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec.28-31,2009 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429801)

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D.M.W. Abeywardena, L.A.K. Amaratunga, S.A.A. Shakoor, S.R. Munasinghe, “A Velocity Feedback Fuzzy Logic Controller for Stable Hovering of a Quad Rotor UAV” in Proc. ICIIS2009, pp.558-562, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec.28-31, 2009 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429800)

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S. R. Munasinghe, N. Jayakody, N. Dilruk, and V. Hewawasam, “Low cost computer controlled telescope”, IEE Young members sessions, Sri Lanka, Aug 23, 1997

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L. Piyathilaka, and R. Munasinghe, ``Modeling and simulation of power tiller for autonomous operation in agricultural fields”, in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Computer and Automation Engineering (ICCAE2010), vol.5, pp.773-748, Singapore, Dec.26-28,2010 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICCAE.2010.5451348)

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L. Kurukularachchi, R. P. De Silva, and S. R. Munasinghe, “Universal Dynamic Simulator for Robot Manipulators”, in Proc. Fifth Intl. Conf. on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS2010), pp. 390-395, 29th July-1st Aug, 2010, Mangalore, India

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W. T. M. S. Tennakoon, and S. R. Munasinghe, "Design of a fully-fledged UAV test-bed with an internal and external pilots", in Proc. ICIIS2009, pp.574-579, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, Dec.28-31, 2009 (IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIINFS.2009.5429795)

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D. M. W. Abeywardena and S. R. Munasinghe. “Performance analysis of a kalman filter based attitude estimator for a quad rotor UAV”, in Proc Intl. Cong. on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT2010), Moscow, Russia, Oct 18-20, 2010

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B. I. Annasiwaththa, Rohan Munasinghe, Pruthuviraj Fernando, and Peter Leimgruber, “Design and development of power optimized satellite elephant collar with remote programmability”, in Proc. ICIAfS2010, pp. 370-375, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.15-16, 2010

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D. M. W. Abeywardena, and S. R. Munasinghe, Recursive least square based estimation of MEMS inertial sensor stochastic models”, in Proc. ICIAfS2010, pp. 424-428, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.15-16, 2010

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Lasitha Piyathilaka, and Rohan Munasinghe, “An experimental study on using visual odometry for short-run self-localization of field robots”  in Proc. ICIAfS2010, pp. 150-155, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.15-16, 2010

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Lasitha Piyathilaka, and Rohan Munasinghe, “Multi-camera visual odometry for skid-steered field robots”, in Proc. ICIAfS2010, pp. 189-194, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec.15-16, 2010

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S. Palipana, C. Kapukotuwe, U. Malasinghe, P. Wijenayaka, and S. R. Munasinghe, “Localization of a mobile robot using ZigBee based optimization techniques”, in Proc. ICIAfS2012, pp. 215-220, Beijing, China, 12-14 June, 2012, IEEE Xplore DOI Identifier: 10.1109/ICIAFS.2012.6419907

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Buddika I Annasiwatta, Rohan Munasinghe, Pruthuviraj Fernando, Peter Leimgruber,”Design and development of power optimized satellite elephant colar with over the air programmability”, in Proc. ICIAfS2012, pp. 13-18, Beijing, China, 12-14 June, 2012, IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2012.6420036

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Fernando H C T E, De Silva  A T A, De Soyza M D C, Dilshan K A D C, and Munasinghe S R, "Modeling, Simulation and Implementation of a Quadrotor UAV", in Proc. Intl. Conf. on Information and Industrial Systems, Dec. 2013, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (IEEE Xplore)

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C. D. Porawagama, and S R Munasinghe “Reduced Jerk Joint Space Trajectory Planning Method Using 5-3-5 Spline for Robot Manipulators”, in Proc. ICIAfS2014, pp 1-6, Colombo 2014 IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2014.7069580

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C. I. Gamage, S. C. Samarasekera, A. Tennakoon, R. Lalantha, and R. Munasinghe, “Identifying the Cruising Dynamics of a Medium Scale UAV I: Longitudinal Dynamics”, in Proc. MERCON2015, pp 118-123, Colombo 2014 IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/MERCon.2015.7112331

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M.S.A. Rushdi, T.M.A. Tennakoon, K.A.A. Perera, A.M.H.Wathsalya, S. R. Munasinghe, “Development of a Small-scale Autonomous UAV for Research and Development”, in Proc. ICIAFS2016, Galle, Sri Lanka, IEEE Xplore DOI 10.1109/ICIAFS.2016.7946541

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P L Kurukularachchi, S R Munasinghe, H P R S De Silva, “Stability Analysis for a Twin Boom H- tail Medium Scale UAV”, pp 415-420, in Proc. MERCON2016, Sri Lanka. IEEE DOI 10.1109/MERCon.2016.7480177

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Harith Thisura and S Rohan Munasinghe, “Accurate attitude estimation under high accelerations and magnetic disturbances”, in Proc. MERCon 2017, pp 34-39, April 2017

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Roshan Lalantha and Rohan Munasinghe, “Feasibility Study of a Novel Cross Assembled Multi-quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, in Proc. MERCon 2018, pp xx-yy, April 2018

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Janith Kalpa Gunarathna and Rohan Munasinghe, “Development of a Quad-rotor Fixed-wing Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle”, in Proc. MERCon 2018, pp xx-yy, May 2018 (accepted)