Multi-agent Systems Lab

This   Lab focuses on distributed control, sensing and estimation of Multi-agent   systems and its applications. By taking the fractional multi-agent systems,   stochastic multi-agent systems and multi-robot systems, the research aims to   gain a deep understanding of the nature of coordination and cooperation both   from an empirical and theoretical perspective, and to create modular and   scalable frameworks for developing distributed solutions of multiple unmanned   aerial vehicles in the complicated environment.

Team   Members

Prof. Xiaofeng Zong,   Prof. Xiaowei Jiang, Prof. Chao Zhai, Prof. Shiqi Zheng

Research   Activities

1.           Consensus   control of multi-agent systems with measurement noises and time-delays, Youth   Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No.: 61703378),   2018.01-2020.12；

2.           Cooperative   control of multi-agent systems with communication uncertainties, China   Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (Project No.: 2015M571145),   2015.9-2016.7.

3.           Coordinative   tracking performance analysis and trade-off design of multi-agent networks   with cooperation and competition, Youth Program of National Natural Science   Foundation of China (Project No.: 61603128), 2017.01-2019.12；

4.           Algorithm   Research of Identification and Performance Limitations for Multi-Agent   Networks with Incomplete Information, National Natural Science Foundation of   China (Project No.: 61472122),? 2015.01-2018.12

Major   Achievements

[1] Xiaofeng   Zong, Tao Li, George Yin, Le Yi Wang, and Ji-Feng Zhang, Stochastic   consentability of linear systems with time delays and multiplicative noises.   IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control: Regular Paper, 2018, 63(4):   1059-1074.

[2] Xiaofeng   Zong, George Yin, Le Yi Wang, Tao Li, and Ji-Feng Zhang, Stability of   stochastic functional differential systems using degenerate Lyapunov   functionals and applications. Automatica: Regular Paper, 2018, 91: 197-207.

[3] Xiaofeng   Zong, Tao Li, and Ji-Feng Zhang, Consensus conditions for continuous-time   multi-agent systems with time-delays and measurement noises, Automatica:   Regular Paper, 2019, 99: 412-419.

[4] Xiaofeng   Zong, Tao Li, and Ji-Feng Zhang, Consensus conditions for continuous-time   multi-agent systems with additive and multiplicative measurement noises. SIAM   Journal on Control and Optimization, 2018, 56(1): 19-52.

[5] ?Xiaofeng   Zong, Fuke Wu, George Yin, and Zhuo Jin, Almost sure and pth-moment stability   and stabilization of regime-switching jump diffusion systems, SIAM Journal on   Control and Optimization, 2014, 52: 2595-2622.

[6] Xiao-Wei   Jiang, Xiangyong Chen, Ming Chi, and Jie Chen, On Hopf bifurcation and   control for a delay systems, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2020, 370:   124906.

[7] Xiao-Wei   Jiang, Xiangyong Chen, Ming Chi, and Mingfeng Ge, Optimal performance of LTI   systems over power constrained erasure channels. Information Sciences, 2020,   512: 327-337.

[8] Xiao-Wei   Jiang, Xiangyong Chen, Junwei Hu, Huaicheng Yan, and Mingfeng Ge, On the   achievable tracking performance of NCSs over SNR limited channels, Journal of   the Franklin Institute, 2019, 356(6): 3353-3367.

[9] Xiao-Wei   Jiang, Chaoyang Chen, Qingsheng Yang, Xiujun Qu, and Huaicheng Yan, Optimal   tracking performance for SIMO systems with packet dropouts and control energy   constraints, IET Control Theory & Applications, 2018, 12(12): 1714-1721.

[10] Xiao-Wei   Jiang, Zhi-Hong Guan, Xian-He Zhang, Li Yu, and Huai-Cheng Yan. Performance   limitations of networked control systems with quantization and packet   dropouts, ISA Transactions, 2017, 67: 98-106.

[11] Chao   Zhai and Yiguang Hong, Decentralized sweep coverage algorithm for multi-agent   systems with workload uncertainties, Automatica, 2013, 49(7): 2154-2159.

[12] Chao   Zhai, Francesco Alderisio, Piotr Slowinski, Krasi Tsaneva-Atanasova, and   Mario di Bernardo, Design and validation of a virtual player for studying   interpersonal coordination in the mirror game, IEEE Transactions on   Cybernetics, 2018, 48(3): 1018-1029.

[13] Chao   Zhai, Fenghua He, Yiguang Hong, Long Wang, and Yu Yao, Coverage-based   interception algorithm of multiple interceptors against the target involving   decoys, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2016, 39(7):   1646-1652.

[14] Chao   Zhai, Gaoxi Xiao, and Michael Z. Q. Chen, Distributed sweep coverage   algorithm of multi-agent systems using workload memory, Systems & Control   Letters, 2019, 214: 75-82.

[15] Chao   Zhai, Michael Z. Q. Chen, Francesco Alderisio, Alexei Yu. Uteshev, and Mario   di Bernardo, An interactive control architecture for interpersonal   coordination in mirror game, Control Engineering Practice, 2018, 80: 36-48.

[16] Shiqi   Zheng; Wenjie Li; Fuzzy fnite time control for switched systems via adding a   barrier power integrator, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2019, 49(7):   2693-2706. 

[17] Shiqi   Zheng; Peng Shi; Shuoyu Wang; Yan Shi; Event triggered adaptive fuzzy   consensus for interconnected switched multi-agent systems, IEEE Transactions   on Fuzzy Systems, 2019, 27(1): 144-158. 

[18] Shiqi   Zheng; Peng Shi; Shuoyu Wang; Yan Shi; Adaptive robust stabilization for   stochastic systems with unknown interconnections, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy   Systems. Online

[19] Shiqi   Zheng; Peng Shi; Shuoyu Wang; Yan Shi; Adaptive neural control for a class of   nonlinear multiagent systems, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and   Learning Systems. Online

[20] Shiqi   Zheng Robust stability of fractional order system with general interval   uncertainties, Systems & Control Letters 2017. 99: 1-8