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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
USA
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
105
Citations
32781
World Ranking
145
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in United States Leader Award
  • 2005 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to nonlinear dynamical systems and recurrent neural networks.

Overview

Derong Liu is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as Computational Theory and Mathematics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's principal research topics include Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control, Reinforcement Learning in Robotics, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Frequency Control in Power Systems, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Advanced Technologies in Various Fields, and Smart Grid Energy Management.

Among recent publications, notable works are:

  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control: A Survey and Recent Advances (2020), IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • Recent Progress in Reinforcement Learning and Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Advanced Control Applications (2023), IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
  • Deep Learning-Based Trajectory Planning and Control for Autonomous Ground Vehicle Parking Maneuver (2022), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering
  • Explainable Intelligent Fault Diagnosis for Nonlinear Dynamic Systems: From Unsupervised to Supervised Learning (2022), IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • Data-based fault tolerant control for affine nonlinear systems through particle swarm optimized neural networks (2020), IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

Frequent co-authors contributing significantly to the scientific output alongside Derong Liu include Bo Zhao, Yongwei Zhang, Shan Xue, Ding Wang, and Shunchao Zhang.

The scientist has regularly published in several prominent venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • Neural Networks
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • Neurocomputing

Derong Liu has also contributed to a number of book publications under Springer International Publishing, including titles such as Information Systems and Technologies (2022), Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Systems V (2021), Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics for Smart Energy Efficiency in Smart Cities (2021), and Cyber Security, Privacy and Networking (2022), among others.

In recognition of contributions to nonlinear dynamical systems and recurrent neural networks, Derong Liu was named an IEEE Fellow in 2005.

Best Publications

  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming: An Introduction

    Fei-Yue Wang;Huaguang Zhang;Derong Liu

  • Policy Iteration Adaptive Dynamic Programming Algorithm for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems

    Derong Liu;Qinglai Wei

  • A Comprehensive Review of Stability Analysis of Continuous-Time Recurrent Neural Networks

    Huaguang Zhang;Zhanshan Wang;Derong Liu

  • Neural-Network-Based Near-Optimal Control for a Class of Discrete-Time Affine Nonlinear Systems With Control Constraints

    Huaguang Zhang;Yanhong Luo;Derong Liu

  • Reinforcement Learning and Approximate Dynamic Programming for Feedback Control

    Frank L. Lewis;Derong Liu

  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control: A Survey and Recent Advances

    Derong Liu;Shan Xue;Bo Zhao;Biao Luo

  • Networked Control Systems: Theory and Applications

    Fei-Yue Wang;Derong Liu

  • Value Iteration Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems

    Qinglai Wei;Derong Liu;Hanquan Lin

  • An iterative adaptive dynamic programming method for solving a class of nonlinear zero-sum differential games

    Huaguang Zhang;Qinglai Wei;Derong Liu

  • Reinforcement-Learning-Based Robust Controller Design for Continuous-Time Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Subject to Input Constraints

    Derong Liu;Xiong Yang;Ding Wang;Qinglai Wei

  • Optimal control of unknown nonaffine nonlinear discrete-time systems based on adaptive dynamic programming

    Ding Wang;Derong Liu;Qinglai Wei;Dongbin Zhao

  • Adaptive Critic Nonlinear Robust Control: A Survey

    Ding Wang;Haibo He;Derong Liu

  • Global Asymptotic Stability of Recurrent Neural Networks With Multiple Time-Varying Delays

    Huaguang Zhang;Zhanshan Wang;Derong Liu

  • Fuzzy Modeling and Fuzzy Control

    Derong Liu;Huaguang Zhang

  • Decentralized Stabilization for a Class of Continuous-Time Nonlinear Interconnected Systems Using Online Learning Optimal Control Approach

    Derong Liu;Ding Wang;Hongliang Li

  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control: Algorithms and Stability

    Huaguang Zhang;Derong Liu;Yanhong Luo;Ding Wang

  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Finite-Horizon Optimal Control of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems With $ arepsilon$ -Error Bound

    Fei-Yue Wang;Ning Jin;Derong Liu;Qinglai Wei

  • Finite-Approximation-Error-Based Optimal Control Approach for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems

    Derong Liu;Qinglai Wei

  • Model-Free Optimal Tracking Control via Critic-Only Q-Learning

    Biao Luo;Derong Liu;Tingwen Huang;Ding Wang

  • Stability of Dynamical Systems

    Anthony N. Michel;Derong Liu;Ling Hou

  • Neural-Network-Based Online HJB Solution for Optimal Robust Guaranteed Cost Control of Continuous-Time Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

    Derong Liu;Ding Wang;Fei-Yue Wang;Hongliang Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Ding Wang
Ding Wang Beijing University of Technology
Qinglai Wei
Qinglai Wei Macau University of Science and Technology
Huaguang Zhang
Huaguang Zhang Northeastern University
Haibo He
Haibo He University of Rhode Island
Dongbin Zhao
Dongbin Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tingwen Huang
Tingwen Huang Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Huai-Ning Wu
Huai-Ning Wu Beihang University
Zhanshan Wang
Zhanshan Wang Northeastern University
Changyin Sun
Changyin Sun Southeast University
Xinping Guan
Xinping Guan Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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