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Overview

Xing-Gang Yan is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and computer science, with a particular emphasis on control and systems engineering.

The primary fields of study for Yan include:

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science

More specifically, Yan's work focuses on subfields such as:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mechanical Engineering

The main research topics prominently addressed in Yan's publications are:

  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems
  • Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Iterative Learning Control Systems
  • Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems

Yan has frequently published in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Systems Science
  • Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • IET Control Theory and Applications
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute

Recent notable papers by Yan include:

  • Disturbance-observer based prescribed-performance fuzzy sliding mode control for PMSM in electric vehicles (2021, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence)
  • Fault-Tolerant Control for Systems With Unmatched Actuator Faults and Disturbances (2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control)
  • A Novel Multi-Agent Model-Free Control for State-of-Charge Balancing Between Distributed Battery Energy Storage Systems (2020, IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence)
  • Adaptive Control Design and Evaluation for Multibody High-Speed Train Dynamic Models (2020, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology)
  • Anti-Disturbance Cooperative Fuzzy Tracking Control of Multi-PMSMs Low-Speed Urban Rail Traction Systems (2021, IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification)

Yan has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, including:

  • Sarah K. Spurgeon (23 joint publications)
  • Zehui Mao (16 joint publications)
  • Dongya Zhao (13 joint publications)
  • Dezhi Xu (10 joint publications)
  • Bin Jiang (9 joint publications)

Their body of work illustrates consistent engagement with control systems and adaptive control, contributing to the understanding and development of advanced methodologies in these areas within engineering and computing contexts.

Best Publications

  • Brief paper: Nonlinear robust fault reconstruction and estimation using a sliding mode observer

    Xing-Gang Yan;Christopher Edwards

  • Higher‐order sliding‐mode observer for state estimation and input reconstruction in nonlinear systems

    Leonid Fridman;Yuri B. Shtessel;Christopher Edwards;Xinggang Yan

  • Robust sliding mode observer-based actuator fault detection and isolation for a class of nonlinear systems

    Xing-Gang Yan;Christopher Edwards

  • A Novel Adaptive Neural Network Constrained Control for a Multi-Area Interconnected Power System With Hybrid Energy Storage

    Dezhi Xu;Jianxing Liu;Xing-Gang Yan;Wenxu Yan

  • Decentralised robust sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems by static output feedback

    Xing-Gang Yan;Christopher Edwards;Sarah K. Spurgeon

  • Adaptive Sliding-Mode-Observer-Based Fault Reconstruction for Nonlinear Systems With Parametric Uncertainties

    Xing-Gang Yan;C. Edwards

  • Brief paper: Sliding mode control for time-varying delayed systems based on a reduced-order observer

    Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon;Christopher Edwards

  • Sliding mode control for singular stochastic Markovian jump systems with uncertainties

    Qingling Zhang;Qingling Zhang;Li Li;Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon

  • Robust decentralized actuator fault detection and estimation for large-scale systems using a sliding mode observer

    Xing-Gang Yan;Christopher Edwards

  • Dynamic Sliding Mode Control for a Class of Systems with Mismatched Uncertainty

    Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon;Christopher Edwards

  • Integral Sliding Mode Control for Markovian Jump T-S Fuzzy Descriptor Systems Based on the Super-Twisting Algorithm

    Jinghao Li;Qingling Zhang;Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon

  • Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Sliding-Mode Control for High-Speed Trains With Actuator Faults and Uncertainties

    Zehui Mao;Xing-Gang Yan;Bin Jiang;Mou Chen

  • On the Solvability of the Constrained Lyapunov Problem

    C. Edwards;Xing-Gang Yan;S.K. Spurgeon

  • Decentralized output feedback robust stabilization for a class of nonlinear interconnected systems with similarity

    Xing-Gang Yan;Jian-Jun Wang;Xing-Ya Lu;Si-Ying Zhang

  • Analysis and Design of Singular Markovian Jump Systems

    Guoliang Wang;Qingling Zhang;Xinggang Yan

  • Observer-Based Fuzzy Integral Sliding Mode Control For Nonlinear Descriptor Systems

    Jinghao Li;Qingling Zhang;Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon

  • Sliding mode observer based incipient sensor fault detection with application to high-speed railway traction device.

    Kangkang Zhang;Bin Jiang;Xing-Gang Yan;Zehui Mao

  • Distributed Fault Estimation and Fault-Tolerant Control of Interconnected Systems

    Ke Zhang;Bin Jiang;Mou Chen;Xing-Gang Yan

  • Memoryless Static Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control for Nonlinear Systems With Delayed Disturbances

    Xing-Gang Yan;Sarah K. Spurgeon;Christopher Edwards

  • State and Parameter Estimation for Nonlinear Delay Systems Using Sliding Mode Techniques

    Xing-Gang Yan;S. K. Spurgeon;C. Edwards

  • Technical Communique: Decentralized Output Feedback Robust Control for Nonlinear Large-scale Systems

    Xing-Gang Yan;Guan-Zhong Dai

  • Incipient Fault Detection for Traction Motors of High-Speed Railways Using an Interval Sliding Mode Observer

    Kangkang Zhang;Bin Jiang;Xing-Gang Yan;Zehui Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah K. Spurgeon
Sarah K. Spurgeon University College London
Christopher Edwards
Christopher Edwards University of Exeter
Bin Jiang
Bin Jiang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Gang Tao
Gang Tao University of Virginia
Leonid Fridman
Leonid Fridman National Autonomous University of Mexico
I-Ming Chen
I-Ming Chen Nanyang Technological University
James Lam
James Lam University of Hong Kong
Peng Shi
Peng Shi University of Adelaide
Yury Orlov
Yury Orlov Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada
Yuri B. Shtessel
Yuri B. Shtessel University of Alabama in Huntsville

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