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64
Citations
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World Ranking
1267
National Ranking
524

Overview

Gang Tao is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. They have contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a specific focus on control and systems engineering. Their research spans multiple subfields, including control and systems engineering, statistical and nonlinear physics, aerospace engineering, computational theory and mathematics, and mechanical engineering.

The primary topics of their research include:

  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control
  • Traffic control and management

Among their recent papers are:

  • Fabrication of antibacterial sericin based hydrogel as an injectable and mouldable wound dressing (2020), published in Materials Science and Engineering C
  • Optimizing Signal Timing Control for Large Urban Traffic Networks Using an Adaptive Linear Quadratic Regulator Control Strategy (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Traffic Signal Control With Adaptive Online-Learning Scheme Using Multiple-Model Neural Networks (2022), published in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
  • Adaptive Control Design and Evaluation for Multibody High-Speed Train Dynamic Models (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
  • Co-Optimization Scheme for the Powertrain and Exhaust Emission Control System of Hybrid Electric Vehicles Using Future Speed Prediction (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles

Gang Tao frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Automatica
  • IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bin Jiang
  • Hong Wang
  • Wanshi Hong
  • Liyan Wen
  • Qianhong Zhao

Best Publications

  • Adaptive Control Design and Analysis

    Gang Tao

  • Feedback Control Real-Time Scheduling: Framework, Modeling, and Algorithms*

    Chenyang Lu;John A. Stankovic;Gang Tao;Sang H. Son

  • Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator and Sensor Nonlinearities

    Gang Tao;Petar V. Kokotovic

  • Adaptive control of plants with unknown hystereses

    G. Tao;P.V. Kokotovic

  • Adaptive state feedback and tracking control of systems with actuator failures

    G. Tao;S.M. Joshi;X. Ma

  • Adaptive control of plants with unknown dead-zones

    Gang Tao;P.V. Kokotovic

  • A Comparison Study

    Unknown

  • Robust Backstepping Sliding-Mode Control and Observer-Based Fault Estimation for a Quadrotor UAV

    Fuyang Chen;Rongqiang Jiang;Kangkang Zhang;Bin Jiang

  • Dynamic Surface Control Using Neural Networks for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems With Input Saturation

    Mou Chen;Gang Tao;Bin Jiang

  • Adaptive actuator failure compensation for nonlinear MIMO systems with an aircraft control application

    Xidong Tang;Gang Tao;Suresh M. Joshi

  • Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Large-Scale Systems With Unknown Dead Zone

    Mou Chen;Gang Tao

  • The case for feedback control real-time scheduling

    J.A. Stankovic;Chenyang Lu;S.H. Son;Gang Tao

  • Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures

    Gang Tao

  • An adaptive actuator failure compensation controller using output feedback

    G. Tao;S. Chen;S.M. Joshi

  • Multivariable adaptive control

    Gang Tao

  • Design and evaluation of a feedback control EDF scheduling algorithm

    C. Lu;J.A. Stankovic;G. Tao;S.H. Son

  • Brief Adaptive actuator failure compensation for parametric strict feedback systems and an aircraft application

    Xidong Tang;Gang Tao;Suresh M. Joshi

  • A simple alternative to the Barbalat lemma

    G. Tao

  • Adaptive control of systems with backlash

    Gang Tao;Petar V. Kokotovic

  • A novel nonlinear resilient control for a quadrotor UAV via backstepping control and nonlinear disturbance observer

    Fuyang Chen;Wen Lei;Kangkang Zhang;Gang Tao

  • Performance specifications and metrics for adaptive real-time systems

    Chenyang Lu;J.A. Stankovic;T.F. Abdelzaher;Gang Tao

  • Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Jiang
Bin Jiang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Petar V. Kokotovic
Petar V. Kokotovic University of California, Santa Barbara
Xing-Gang Yan
Xing-Gang Yan University of Kent
Xiaoli Ma
Xiaoli Ma Georgia Institute of Technology
Wei Lin
Wei Lin Case Western Reserve University
Zhengqiang Zhang
Zhengqiang Zhang Qufu Normal University
Tian He
Tian He University of Minnesota
Liu Hsu
Liu Hsu Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Donghua Zhou
Donghua Zhou Shandong University of Science and Technology
Maiying Zhong
Maiying Zhong Shandong University of Science and Technology

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