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19 papers
Fixed-time Synchronization of Networked Uncertain Euler-Lagrange Systems
Yi Dong, Zhiyong Chen
This paper considers the fixed-time control problem of a multi-agent system composed of a class of Euler-Lagrange dynamics with parametric uncertainty and a dynamic leader under a…
A Survey of Event-triggered Control for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems with Guaranteed Steady-State Performance
Gurmu Meseret Debele
With the gradual advancement of a novel idea of the distributed control of the multiagent systems, an event-triggered control protocol has received significant research attention,…
Coupling effect and pole assignment in trajectory regulation of multi-agent systems
Jilie Zhang, Zhiyong Chen, Hongwei Zhang +1
This paper revisits a well studied leader-following consensus problem of linear multi-agent systems, while aiming at follower nodes' transient performance. Conventionally, when not…
Improved Soft Actor-Critic: Mixing Prioritized Off-Policy Samples with On-Policy Experience
Chayan Banerjee, Zhiyong Chen, Nasimul Noman
Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) is an off-policy actor-critic reinforcement learning algorithm, essentially based on entropy regularization. SAC trains a policy by maximizing the trade-off…
Synchronization of Frequency Modulated Multi-Agent Systems
Zhiyong Chen
Oscillation synchronization phenomenon is widely observed in natural systems through frequency modulated signals, especially in biological neural networks. Frequency modulation is…
Optimal Actor-Critic Policy with Optimized Training Datasets
Chayan Banerjee, Zhiyong Chen, Nasimul Noman +1
Actor-critic (AC) algorithms are known for their efficacy and high performance in solving reinforcement learning problems, but they also suffer from low sampling efficiency. An AC…
A Symbolic Regression Method for Dynamic Modeling and Control of Quadrotor UAVs
Wei Fang, Zhiyong Chen
This paper presents a mathematic dynamic model of a quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (QUAV) by using the symbolic regression approach and then proposes a hierarchical control sche…
Stochastic Optimal Control for Multivariable Dynamical Systems Using Expectation Maximization
Prakash Mallick, Zhiyong Chen
Trajectory optimization is a fundamental stochastic optimal control problem. This paper deals with a trajectory optimization approach for dynamical systems subject to measurement n…
Adaptive Cooperative Tracking and Parameter Estimation of an Uncertain Leader over General Directed Graphs
Shimin Wang, Hongwei Zhang, Zhiyong Chen
This paper studies cooperative tracking problem of heterogeneous Euler-Lagrange systems with an uncertain leader. Different from most existing works, system dynamic knowledge of th…
Resilient Consensus via Weight Learning and Its Application in Fault-Tolerant Clock Synchronization
Jian Hou, Zhiyong Chen, ZhiyunLin +1
This paper addresses the distributed consensus problem in the presence of faulty nodes. A novel weight learning algorithm is introduced such that neither network connectivity nor a…
Control of Large-Scale Networked Cyberphysical Systems Using Cryptographic Techniques
Yamin Yan, Zhiyong Chen, Vijay Varadharajan
This paper aims to create a secure environment for networked control systems composed of multiple dynamic entities and computational control units via networking, in the presence o…
Event-Triggered Output Synchronization of Heterogeneous Nonlinear Multi-Agents
Gulam Dastagir Khan, Zhiyong Chen, Yamin Yan
This paper addresses the output synchronization problem for heterogeneous nonlinear multi-agent systems with distributed event-based controllers. Employing the two-step synchroniza…
Collective Dynamics and Control for Multiple Unmanned Surface Vessels
Bin Liu, Zhiyong Chen, Hai-Tao Zhang +4
A multi-unmanned surface vessel (USV) formation control system is established on a novel platform composed of three 1.2 meter-long hydraulic jet propulsion surface vessels, a diffe…
A Distributed Adaptive Scheme for Multi-Agent Systems
Imil Hamda Imran, Zhiyong Chen, Lijun Zhu +1
In traditional adaptive control, the certainty equivalence principle suggests a two-step design scheme. A controller is first designed for the ideal situation assuming the uncertai…
Stabilization with a Specified External Gain for Linear MIMO Systems and Its Applications to Control of Networked Systems
Lijun Zhu, Zhiyong Chen, Xi Chen +1
This paper studies a stabilization problem for linear MIMO systems subject to external perturbation that further requires the closed-loop system render a specified gain from the ex…
Event-triggered controllers based on the supremum norm of sampling-induced error
Lijun Zhu, Zhiyong Chen, David J. Hill +1
The paper proposes a novel event-triggered control scheme for nonlinear systems based on the input-delay method. Specifically, the closed-loop system is associated with a pair of a…
Secure and Privacy Preserving Consensus for Second-order Systems Based on Paillier Encryption
Wentuo Fang, Mohsen Zamani, Zhiyong Chen
This paper aims at secure and privacy preserving consensus algorithms of networked systems. Due to the technical challenges behind decentralized design of such algorithms, the exis…
Structural Controllability of a Consensus Network with Multiple Leaders
Milad M. Kazemi, Mohsen Zamani, Zhiyong Chen
This paper examines the structural controllability for a group of agents, called followers, connected to each other based on the consensus law under commands of multiple leaders, w…
Distributed Kalman filtering with minimum-time consensus algorithm
Ye Yuan, Ling Shi, Jun Liu +3
Fueled by applications in sensor networks, these years have witnessed a surge of interest in distributed estimation and filtering. A new approach is hereby proposed for the Distrib…