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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6376
World Ranking
2118
National Ranking
781

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
39
Citations
6391
World Ranking
4698
National Ranking
1654

Overview

Chengyu Cao is affiliated with the University of Connecticut in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on engineering and computer science, with a strong emphasis on control and systems engineering and artificial intelligence.

Their work addresses several subfields of study, including:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Mechanics of Materials

Chengyu Cao's research covers a range of main topics, notably:

  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems
  • Topic Modeling
  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Flow Measurement and Analysis

The scientist has published several papers with diverse contributions over recent years. Selected recent papers include:

  • "L1-Adaptive MPPI Architecture for Robust and Agile Control of Multirotors," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "On novel trajectory tracking control of quadrotor UAV: A finite-time guaranteed performance approach," 2022, Journal of the Franklin Institute
  • "Robust Adaptive Control of Linear Parameter-Varying Systems with Unmatched Uncertainties," 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • "2D temperature field reconstruction using optimized Gaussian radial basis function networks," 2024, Measurement
  • "Robust Adaptive Control of Linear Parameter-Varying Systems with Unmatched Uncertainties," 2024, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute
  • Measurement
  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics

Collaborative work has been conducted with several coauthors, among whom the most frequent include:

  • Naira Hovakimyan
  • Xiucheng Lyu
  • Mingwei Sun
  • Xufei Zhang
  • Caisheng Wei

Best Publications

  • L1 adaptive control theory : guaranteed robustness with fast adaptation

    Naira Hovakimyan;Chengyu Cao

  • Design and Analysis of a Novel ${\cal L}_1$ Adaptive Control Architecture With Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • Design and Analysis of a Novel L1 Adaptive Controller, Part I: Control Signal and Asymptotic Stability

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • $\mathcal {L}_1$ Adaptive Control for Safety-Critical Systems

    Naira Hovakimyan;Chengyu Cao;Evgeny Kharisov;Enric Xargay

  • Design and Analysis of a Novel L1 Adaptive Controller, Part II: Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • Path Following for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using L1 Adaptive Augmentation of Commercial Autopilots

    Isaac Kaminer;Antonio Pascoal;Enric Xargay;Naira Hovakimyan

  • Stability Margins of ${\cal L}_{1}$ Adaptive Control Architecture

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • L(sub 1) Adaptive Control Design for NASA AirSTAR Flight Test Vehicle

    Irene M. Gregory;Chengyu Cao;Enric Xargay;Naira Hovakimyan

  • L1 Adaptive Output-Feedback Controller for Non-Strictly-Positive-Real Reference Systems: Missile Longitudinal Autopilot Design

    Chengyu Cao;Naira Hovakimyan

  • ${\cal L}_1$ Adaptive Output Feedback Controller for Systems of Unknown Dimension

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • Guaranteed Transient Performance with L1 Adaptive Controller for Systems with Unknown Time-varying Parameters and Bounded Disturbances: Part I

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • Novel ${\cal L}_{1}$ Neural Network Adaptive Control Architecture With Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Chengyu Cao;N. Hovakimyan

  • Coordinated Path Following for Time-Critical Missions of Multiple UAVs via L1 Adaptive Output Feedback Controllers

    I. Kaminer;O. Yakimenko;V. Dobrokhodov;A. Pascoal

  • Stability Margins of L1 Adaptive Controller: Part II

    Unknown

  • Novel L1 Adaptive Control Methodology for Aerial Refueling with Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Jiang Wang;Vijay V. Patel;Chengyu Cao;Naira Hovakimyan

  • Parameter convergence in nonlinearly parameterized systems

    Chengyu Cao;A.M. Annaswamy;A. Kojic

  • Flight Test of an L(sub 1) Adaptive Controller on the NASA AirSTAR Flight Test Vehicle

    Irene M. Gregory;Enric Xargay;Chengyu Cao;Naira Hovakimyan

  • Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles: Robust Distributed Strategies for Path-Following Control and Time-Coordination over Dynamic Communications Networks

    E. Xargay;V. Dobrokhodov;I. Kaminer;A. M. Pascoal

  • L 1 adaptive controller for multi-input multi-output systems in the presence of nonlinear unmatched uncertainties

    Enric Xargay;Naira Hovakimyan;Chengyu Cao

  • L1 Adaptive Controller for Tailless Unstable Aircraft in the Presence of Unknown Actuator Failures

    Vijay V. Patel;Chengyu Cao;Naira Hovakimyan;Kevin A. Wise

  • Design and Analysis of a Novel $\mathcal{L}_1$ Adaptive Control Architecture with Guaranteed Transient Performance

    Chengyu Cao;Naira Hovakimyan

Frequent Co-Authors

Naira Hovakimyan
Naira Hovakimyan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Isaac Kaminer
Isaac Kaminer Naval Postgraduate School
Eugene Lavretsky
Eugene Lavretsky Boeing (United States)
Antonio M. Pascoal
Antonio M. Pascoal Instituto Superior Técnico
Warren E. Dixon
Warren E. Dixon University of Florida
Qinmin Yang
Qinmin Yang Zhejiang University
Benyuan Liu
Benyuan Liu University of Massachusetts Lowell
Jiong Tang
Jiong Tang University of Connecticut
Xinwen Fu
Xinwen Fu University of Massachusetts Lowell

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