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Selected Publications

Journal Articles (published)

  1. Yuan Zhang, Tyrone Fernando, and Mohanmed Darouach, "Functional observability, structural functional observability and optimal sensor placement," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2025, 70(3): 1592-1607 (Full Paper).
  2. Yuan Zhang, Tyrone Fernando, and Mohanmed Darouach, "Generic diagonalizability, structural functional observability and output controllability," Automatica, 2025, 176(112232) (regular Paper).
  3. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Gang Wang, "Rank resilience of pattern matrices against structured perturbations with applications," Automatica, 176 (112236), 2025.
  4. Yuan Zhang and Yuanqing Xia, "Generalized cactus and structural controllability of switched continuous-time linear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 70(3):1996-2003, 2025.
  5. Yuan Zhang, Ranbo Cheng, and Yuanqing Xia, "On the structural output controllability and functional observability of undirected networks," Automatica, 173, 112063, 2025.
  6. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Long Wang, "On the reachability and controllability of temporal continuous-time linear networks: A generic analysis," Automatica, 167(111741), 2024 (regular paper).
  7. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Yufeng Zhan, and Zhongqi Sun, "Zero-norm distance to controllability of linear dynamic networks," IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 54(12), 7368 - 7380, 2024.
  8. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Gang Wang, and Jinhui Zhang, "Perturbation-tolerant structural controllability for linear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 69(6), 4102-4109, 2024.
  9. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Yufeng Zhan, "Total unimodularity and strongly polynomial solvability of constrained minimum input selections for structural controllability: An LP-based method," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 69(1), 387-394, 2024.
  10. Ranbo Cheng*, Yuan Zhang*, Amin MD Al, and Yuanqing Xia, "Minimal sensor placement for generic state and unknown input observability", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TCNS.2025.3525838, 2024. (* denotes equal contribution)
  11. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Kun Liu, "Observability robustness under sensor failures: A computational perspective," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 68(12), 8279-8286, 2023.
  12. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Shenyu Liu, and Zhongqi Sun, "On polynomially solvable constrained input selections for fixed and switched linear structured systems," Automatica, 158 (111308), 2023 (regular paper).
  13. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Yufeng Zhan, "On real structured controllability/stabilizability/stability radius: Complexity and unified rank-relaxation based methods," System & Control Letters, 2023, 178: 105578.
  14. M Wei, Y Xia, Y Zhang, Y Zhan, and B Cui, "Distributed consensus control for networked Euler–Lagrange systems over directed graphs: A dynamic event‐triggered approach," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 32 (16), 8786-8803, 2022.
  15. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, "Partial strong structural controllability," Automatica, 2022, 141: 110316.
  16. Yuanqing Xia, Yuan Zhang, Li Dai, et al., "A Brief Survey on Recent Advances in Cloud Control Systems," IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 2022.
  17. L Dai, T Huang, R Gao, Y Zhang, Y Xia, "Cloud-based computational data-enabled predictive control," IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022.
  18. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Di-Hua Zhai, "Structural controllability of networked relative coupling systems," Automatica, 2021, 128: 109547.
  19. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Jinhui Zhang, and Jun Shang, "Generic detectability and isolability of topology failures in networked linear systems," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021, 8(1): 500-512.
  20. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Han Gao, et al., "Structural controllability of undirected diffusive networks with vector-weighted edges," IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2020, 4(3): 596-601.
  21. Yuan Zhang, and Tong Zhou, "Input matrix construction and approximation using a graphic approach," International Journal of Control, 93.7 (2020): 1577-1590.
  22. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "Structural controllability of an NDS with LFT parameterized subsystems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019, 64(12): 4920-4935 (regular paper).
  23. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "Minimal structural perturbations for controllability of a networked system: complexities and approximations," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2019, 29(12): 4191-4208.
  24. Yuan Zhang, Jing Yao, and Guanrong Chen, "Towards mesoscale analysis of inter-vehicle communications," Journal of the Franklin Institute, 355.3 (2018): 1470-1492.
  25. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "Controllability analysis for a networked dynamic system with autonomous subsystems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2017, 62(7): 3408-3415.
  26. Tong Zhou, Yuan Zhang, "On the stability and robust stability of networked dynamic systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2016, 61(6): 1595-1600.
  27. Deng, Y., Xia, Y., Sun, Z., Zhang, Y., Wu, J., and Kong, X. "Convex MPC with unreachable setpoint for a class of affine system." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025.
  28. Meiping Yun, Yuan Zhang, Yuan Zhou and Xinying Cheng, "Conception of travel elasticity and its application," Journal of Tongji University (natural science), 2013, 41(9): 1359-1365. (in Chinese)
  29. Yuanqing Xia, ..., Yuan Zhang, ..., Runze Gao, "Cross-domain cooperative control and intelligent decision-making of multi-dynamic agents in space-air-ground integrated network environment," Control and Decision, 2023, 38(5): 1176-1199 (in Chinese).

Journal Articles (preprint)

  1. Yuan Zhang, Wenxuan Xu, Mohanmed Darouach, and Tyrone Fernando, "Data-driven existence and design of target output controllers," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, (under review), 2025.
  2. Yuan Zhang, Ranbo Cheng, Ziyuan Luo, Yuanqing Xia, "A note on the structural controllability and observability indices," Automatica, under review (second round), 2024.

Conference Proceedings

  1. Yu Wang, Yuan Zhang*, and Yuanqing Xia, "Data-Driven Controllability and Observability Tests for Descriptor Systems," 64th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2025, to appear.
  2. Yuan Zhang, Ranbo Cheng, and Yuanqing Xia, "Observability blocking for functional privacy of linear dynamic networks," 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2023, to appear.
  3. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, "A linear programming approach to the minimum cost sparsest input selection for structured systems," 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), IEEE, 2022.
  4. Yuan Zhang, "On constrained input selections for structured systems: Polynomially solvable cases," IEEE CDC, 2022.
  5. Yuan Zhang, and Yuanqing Xia, "PTSC: a new notion for structural controllability under structured perturbations," 40th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), IEEE, 2021.
  6. Yuan Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, and Han Gao, "Generic Controllability of Undirected Networks of Relative Coupling Identical Systems," 39th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), IEEE, 2020:4469-4474.
  7. Yuan Zhang, and Tong Zhou, "Relations between Controllability and Structure of a Networked Dynamic System," 2019 American Control Conference (ACC), IEEE, 2019.
  8. Yuan Zhang, and Tong Zhou, "On the edge insertion/deletion and controllability distance of linear structural systems," 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), IEEE, 2017.
  9. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "Controllability of networked dynamic systems with autonomous subsystems," 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), IEEE, 2016, pp. 6453-6458.
  10. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "Controllability verification for constrained networked dynamic systems," 2016 35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), IEEE, 2016: 7422-7427.
  11. Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhou, "A reinvestigation on the controllability and observability of networked dynamic systems," 2015 34th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), IEEE, 2015: 6740-6746.