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51
Citations
8446
World Ranking
2715
National Ranking
453

Overview

Wen-An Zhang is affiliated with Zhejiang University of Technology in China. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and computer science, with a particular focus on control systems and artificial intelligence. Zhang has contributed extensively to both fields, publishing in specialized subfields including Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their principal topics of work encompass fault detection and control systems, advanced control systems optimization, target tracking and data fusion in sensor networks, smart grid security and resilience, robotic path planning algorithms, robot manipulation and learning, as well as robotics and sensor-based localization.

Zhang's publication record includes recent papers such as:

  • "Bioinspired, multifunctional dual-mode pressure sensors as electronic skin for decoding complex loading processes and human motions," 2020, published in Nano Energy
  • "Active Security Control Approach Against DoS Attacks in Cyber-Physical Systems," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • "Wavelet Packet Decomposition-Based Multiscale CNN for Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Gearbox," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
  • "A New Observer-Based Cooperative Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control Method With Application to Networked Multiaxis Motion Control System," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • "Nondestructive identification of softness via bioinspired multisensory electronic skins integrated on a robotic hand," 2022, npj Flexible Electronics

Frequent publication venues for Zhang include:

  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Automatica
  • IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Zhang collaborates regularly with a number of researchers, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Li Yu
  • Andong Liu
  • Zhehao Jin
  • Minglei Fu
  • Fanghong Guo

The breadth of Zhang's work reflects interdisciplinary integration of engineering principles with computational methods, enabling advancements in fault detection, control optimization, and intelligent robotic systems. Their contributions cover both theoretical and applied research, addressing challenges in cyber-physical security, sensor networks, and electronic skin technologies for human-machine interaction.

Best Publications

  • Technical communique: Modelling and control of networked control systems with both network-induced delay and packet-dropout

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Output Feedback Stabilization of Networked Control Systems With Packet Dropouts

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Brief paper: Stability analysis for discrete-time switched time-delay systems

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Distributed Dimensionality Reduction Fusion Estimation for Cyber-Physical Systems Under DoS Attacks

    Bo Chen;Daniel W. C. Ho;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Multi-rate distributed fusion estimation for sensor networks with packet losses

    Wen-An Zhang;Gang Feng;Li Yu

  • Stabilization of Sampled-Data Control Systems With Control Inputs Missing

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Distributed Fusion Estimation With Missing Measurements, Random Transmission Delays and Packet Dropouts

    Bo Chen;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Active Security Control Approach Against DoS Attacks in Cyber-Physical Systems

    Tongxiang Li;Bo Chen;Li Yu;Wen-An Zhang

  • Optimal linear estimation for networked systems with communication constraints

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu;Gang Feng

  • Wavelet Packet Decomposition-Based Multiscale CNN for Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbine Gearbox

    Dajian Huang;Wen-An Zhang;Fanghong Guo;Weijiang Liu

  • Energy-Efficient Distributed Filtering in Sensor Networks: A Unified Switched System Approach

    Dan Zhang;Peng Shi;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • Technical communique: A robust control approach to stabilization of networked control systems with time-varying delays

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • H∞ filtering of network-based systems with random delay

    Hongbo Song;Li Yu;Wen-An Zhang

  • A switched system approach to H∞ control of networked control systems with time-varying delays

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu;Shu Yin

  • H∞ filtering of networked discrete-time systems with random packet losses

    Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu;Hongbo Song

  • Distributed Finite-Horizon Fusion Kalman Filtering for Bandwidth and Energy Constrained Wireless Sensor Networks

    Bo Chen;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

  • A New Observer-Based Cooperative Fault-Tolerant Tracking Control Method With Application to Networked Multiaxis Motion Control System

    Jun-Wei Zhu;Cao-Yuan Gu;Steven X. Ding;Wen-An Zhang

  • Delay-dependent fault detection for switched linear systems with time-varying delays-the average dwell time approach

    Dan Zhang;Li Yu;Wen-an Zhang

  • Formation Control of Multiple Mobile Robots Incorporating an Extended State Observer and Distributed Model Predictive Approach

    Andong Liu;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu;Huaicheng Yan

  • New results on stabilization of networked control systems with packet disordering

    Andong Liu;Wen-an Zhang;Li Yu;Steven Liu

  • New approach to stabilisation of networked control systems with time-varying delays

    W.-A. Zhang;L. Yu

  • Finite-time H∞ control for a class of discrete-time switched time-delay systems with quantized feedback

    Haiyu Song;Li Yu;Dan Zhang;Wen-An Zhang

  • Cooperative Fault Tolerant Tracking Control for Multiagent Systems: An Intermediate Estimator-Based Approach

    Jun-Wei Zhu;Guang-Hong Yang;Wen-An Zhang;Li Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Z. Q. Chen
Michael Z. Q. Chen Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Peng Shi
Peng Shi University of Adelaide
Guoqiang Hu
Guoqiang Hu Nanyang Technological University
Daniel W. C. Ho
Daniel W. C. Ho City University of Hong Kong
Ling Shi
Ling Shi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Guo-Ping Liu
Guo-Ping Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Cheng-Chew Lim
Cheng-Chew Lim University of Adelaide
Fuwen Yang
Fuwen Yang Griffith University
Guang-Hong Yang
Guang-Hong Yang Northeastern University
Steven X. Ding
Steven X. Ding University of Duisburg-Essen

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