Publications

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Preprint

  1. P. Zhou, Y. Xu, B. Wahlberg, and X. Hu, A differential game approach to intrinsic encirclement control, revised for Automatica , as (regular paper).

Journal Articles

  1. X. Wei, J. Li, P. Zhou, X. Fang, H. Liu, Swarm trajectory planning using dynamic corridors for dead zone avoidance, accepted by Unmanned Systems .
  2. Y. Xu, P. Zhou, L. Wang, and X. Hu, Optimal intrinsic formation using exogenous systems, accepted by Science China-Information Sciences .
  3. Y. Xu, P. Zhou, L. Wang, Z. Liu, and X. Hu, Contest for system observability as an infinitely repeated game, accepted by Journal of Systems Science and Complexity .
  4. P. Zhou, S. Li, B. Wahlberg, and X. Hu, Nature-inspired dynamic control for pursuit-evasion of robots, Automatica , 183, 112629, 2026.
  5. P. Zhou, Y. Xu, X. Hu, and B. Wahlberg, Distributed strategies for pursuit-evasion of high-order integrators, Autonomous Intelligent Systems , 4(1), pp. 1-13, 2024.
  6. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Distributed optimal solutions for multi-agent pursuit-evasion games for capture and formation control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics , 71(5), pp. 5224-5234, 2024.
  7. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Semi-global leader-following output consensus of discrete-time heterogeneous linear systems subject to actuator position and rate saturation, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 68(2), pp. 1231-1236, 2024.
  8. P. Zhou, S. Lai, J. Cui, and B. M. Chen, Formation control of unmanned rotorcraft systems with state constraints and inter-agent collision avoidance, Autonomous Intelligent Systems , 3(1), pp. 1-12, 2023.
  9. P. Zhou, X. Hu, and Y. Dong, Adaptive output observer for a non-autonomous leader system over periodic switching topologies and its applications to the formation control of offshore vessels, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , 33, pp. 9433-9449, 2023.
  10. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Semi-global leader-following consensus-based formation flight of unmanned aerial vehicles, Chinese Journal of Aeronautics , 35(1), pp. 31-43, 2022.
  11. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Semi-global leader–following output consensus of heterogeneous systems with all agents subject to input saturation, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control , 32, pp. 4648-4664, 2022.
  12. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Formation-containment control of Euler-Lagrange systems of leaders with bounded unknown inputs, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , pp. 6342-6353, 2022.

Conference Papers

  1. P. Zhou, X. Hu, and B. Wahlberg, Distributed strategies for pursuit-evasion of high-order integrators, Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) , Reykjavik, Iceland, June 18-21, 2024.
  2. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Distributed optimal solutions for multiagent pursuit-evasion games, Proceeding of the 62nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) , Singapore, December 13-15, 2023.
  3. P. Zhou, Distributed observer for a non-autonomous leader over jointly connected switching networks, Proceeding of the 41st Chinese Control Conference (CCC) , Hefei, China, July 25-27, 2022.
  4. P. Zhou, S. Lai, J. Cui, and B. M. Chen, Formation control of unmanned rotorcraft systems with state constraints and inter-agent collision avoidance, Proceeding of the 17th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) , Naples, Italy, June 27-30, 2022.
  5. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Semi-global leader-following output consensus of discrete-time heterogeneous linear systems with position and rate-limited actuators via state feedback, Proceedings of the 40th Chinese Control Conference , Shanghai, China, July 26-28, 2021.
  6. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Semi-global leader-following output consensus of heterogeneous systems with position and rate-limited actuators via state feedback, Proceedings of the 40th Chinese Control Conference , Shanghai, China, July 26-28, 2021. This paper was in the Guan-Zhaozhi Award-Finalist (top3).
  7. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Formation control of Euler-Lagrange systems of leaders with bounded unknown inputs, Proceeding of the 2020 IFAC World Congress (IFAC) , Berlin, Germany, July 12-17, 2020.
  8. P. Zhou, and B. M. Chen, Output formation-containment control of multiple agents with leaders of unknown inputs over switching topologies, Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) , Sapparo, Hokkaido, Japan, October 9–11, 2020.