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@book{chen2020distributedaveragetracking,
  title={ Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-Agent Systems },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  publisher={ Springer },
  year={ 2020 },
  isbn={ 978-3-030-39535-3 },
  url={ https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-39536-0 },
}

\bibitem{chen2020distributedaveragetracking} Fei Chen, Wei Ren. \emph{Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-Agent Systems}. Springer , 2020 , ISBN: 978-3-030-39535-3.

@book{chen2019controlmultiagent,
  title={ On the Control of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  publisher={ Now Publishers (Foundations and Trends® in Systems and Control) },
  year={ 2019 },
  isbn={ 978-1-68083-582-3 },
  url={ https://www.emerald.com/ftsys/article-abstract/6/4/339/1332408/On-the-Control-of-Multi-Agent-Systems-A-Survey?redirectedFrom=fulltext },
}

\bibitem{chen2019controlmultiagent} Fei Chen, Wei Ren. \emph{On the Control of Multi-Agent Systems: A Survey}. Now Publishers (Foundations and Trends® in Systems and Control) , 2019 , ISBN: 978-1-68083-582-3.

@incollection{chen2016distributedconsensusnetworks,
  title={ Distributed consensus in networks },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  booktitle={ Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering },
  year={ 2016 },
  doi={ 10.1002/047134608X.W8314 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1002/047134608X.W8314 },
}

\bibitem{chen2016distributedconsensusnetworks} Fei Chen, Wei Ren. ``Distributed consensus in networks.'' Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering , 2016. \url{https://doi.org/10.1002/047134608X.W8314}.

@article{jia2025feasibilityoptimalformation,
  title={ Feasibility of optimal formation under multiplicative noise with energy and time constraints. },
  author={ Chunxiang Jia and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 22 },
  pages={ 18522--18530 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TASE.2025.3587726 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2025.3587726 },
}

\bibitem{jia2025feasibilityoptimalformation} Chunxiang Jia, Fei Chen. ``Feasibility of optimal formation under multiplicative noise with energy and time constraints..'' IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , 22: 18522–18530 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2025.3587726}.

@article{zhu2025bridginggapsemantics,
  title={ Bridging the gap between semantics and geometry in SLAM: A semantic-geometric tight-coupling monocular visual object SLAM system. },
  author={ Wenbin Zhu and Jing Yuan and Xuebo Zhang and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Robotics },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 41 },
  pages={ 3078--3098 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TRO.2025.3562440 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2025.3562440 },
}

\bibitem{zhu2025bridginggapsemantics} Wenbin Zhu, Jing Yuan, Xuebo Zhang, Fei Chen. ``Bridging the gap between semantics and geometry in SLAM: A semantic-geometric tight-coupling monocular visual object SLAM system..'' IEEE Transactions on Robotics , 41: 3078–3098 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2025.3562440}.

@article{jiang2025outputconstrainedsecured,
  title={ Output-constrained secured tracking control for distributed cyber–physical systems against FDI attacks. },
  author={ Yunbiao Jiang and Tao Zhang and Fei Chen and Zhongxin Liu and Zengqiang Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2025 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2025.3537973 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2025.3537973 },
}

\bibitem{jiang2025outputconstrainedsecured} Yunbiao Jiang, Tao Zhang, Fei Chen, Zhongxin Liu, Zengqiang Chen. ``Output-constrained secured tracking control for distributed cyber–physical systems against FDI attacks..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2025.3537973}.

@article{du2025distributednonconvexoptimization,
  title={ Distributed nonconvex optimization via bounded gradient-free inputs. },
  author={ Yong Du and Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Gang Feng },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 55 },
  number={ 4 },
  pages={ 2560--2568 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TSMC.2024.3525007 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2024.3525007 },
}

\bibitem{du2025distributednonconvexoptimization} Yong Du, Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Gang Feng. ``Distributed nonconvex optimization via bounded gradient-free inputs..'' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems , 55(4): 2560–2568 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2024.3525007}.

@article{huang2025signhessianprojected,
  title={ Sign Hessian-projected gradient algorithms for time-varying convex optimization. },
  author={ Bomin Huang and Chengqian Yang and Fei Chen and Weiyao Lan },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 12 },
  number={ 1 },
  pages={ 474--484 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCNS.2024.3487629 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2024.3487629 },
}

\bibitem{huang2025signhessianprojected} Bomin Huang, Chengqian Yang, Fei Chen, Weiyao Lan. ``Sign Hessian-projected gradient algorithms for time-varying convex optimization..'' IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems , 12(1): 474–484 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2024.3487629}.

@article{xiang2025averagecontrollabilitycomplex,
  title={ Average controllability of complex networks with exponential degree distribution. },
  author={ Linying Xiang and Zeya Zhu and Jiawei Zhu and Shuwei Yao and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 72 },
  number={ 4 },
  pages={ 1813--1821 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSI.2024.3468633 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2024.3468633 },
}

\bibitem{xiang2025averagecontrollabilitycomplex} Linying Xiang, Zeya Zhu, Jiawei Zhu, Shuwei Yao, Fei Chen. ``Average controllability of complex networks with exponential degree distribution..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I , 72(4): 1813–1821 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2024.3468633}.

@article{zhang2025distributedoptimalcontrol,
  title={ Distributed optimal control of multi-agent systems under control variation cost. },
  author={ Qingyun Zhang and Fei Chen and Jing Yuan and Zhongxin Liu and Gang Feng },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems },
  year={ 2025 },
  volume={ 12 },
  number={ 1 },
  pages={ 104--113 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCNS.2024.3432948 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2024.3432948 },
}

\bibitem{zhang2025distributedoptimalcontrol} Qingyun Zhang, Fei Chen, Jing Yuan, Zhongxin Liu, Gang Feng. ``Distributed optimal control of multi-agent systems under control variation cost..'' IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems , 12(1): 104–113 , 2025. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2024.3432948}.

@article{feng2024generalizeddistributedoptimal,
  title={ Generalized distributed optimal coordination for multiagent systems via weak coupling hierarchical control framework. },
  author={ Yu Feng and Fuyong Wang and Zhongxin Liu and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering },
  year={ 2024 },
  volume={ 22 },
  pages={ 8870--8885 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TASE.2024.3492018 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3492018 },
}

\bibitem{feng2024generalizeddistributedoptimal} Yu Feng, Fuyong Wang, Zhongxin Liu, Fei Chen. ``Generalized distributed optimal coordination for multiagent systems via weak coupling hierarchical control framework..'' IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , 22: 8870–8885 , 2024. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3492018}.

@article{du2024resilientdistributedsource,
  title={ Resilient distributed source localization for multi-vehicle systems under sybil attacks. },
  author={ Yong Du and Fei Chen and Jing Yuan and Zhongxin Liu and Fan Yang },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles },
  year={ 2024 },
  volume={ 9 },
  number={ 11 },
  pages={ 7392--7401 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TIV.2024.3397872 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2024.3397872 },
}

\bibitem{du2024resilientdistributedsource} Yong Du, Fei Chen, Jing Yuan, Zhongxin Liu, Fan Yang. ``Resilient distributed source localization for multi-vehicle systems under sybil attacks..'' IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles , 9(11): 7392–7401 , 2024. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TIV.2024.3397872}.

@article{gao2024robustdistributedaverage,
  title={ Robust distributed average tracking with disturbance observer control. },
  author={ Lan Gao and Hao Lu and Jian-Liang Wang and Xiang Yu and Peng Jiang and Fei Chen and Huaqing Li },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering },
  year={ 2024 },
  note={ in press },
  doi={ 10.1109/TASE.2024.3357527 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3357527 },
}

\bibitem{gao2024robustdistributedaverage} Lan Gao, Hao Lu, Jian-Liang Wang, Xiang Yu, Peng Jiang, Fei Chen, Huaqing Li. ``Robust distributed average tracking with disturbance observer control..'' IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , in press , 2024. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TASE.2024.3357527}.

@article{wang2024datadriventracking,
  title={ Data-Driven Tracking for Nonlinear Systems: A multi-step error feedback model free adaptive control method. },
  author={ Fuyong Wang and Ce Chuai and Zhongxin Liu and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II },
  year={ 2024 },
  volume={ 71 },
  number={ 5 },
  pages={ 2714--2718 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSII.2024.3351155 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2024.3351155 },
}

\bibitem{wang2024datadriventracking} Fuyong Wang, Ce Chuai, Zhongxin Liu, Fei Chen. ``Data-Driven Tracking for Nonlinear Systems: A multi-step error feedback model free adaptive control method..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 71(5): 2714–2718 , 2024. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2024.3351155}.

@article{du2024simultaneoussourcelocalization,
  title={ Simultaneous Source Localization and Formation via a Distributed Sign Gradient-Free Algorithm. },
  author={ Yong Du and Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Guo Ge and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems },
  year={ 2024 },
  volume={ 11 },
  number={ 1 },
  pages={ 319--327 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCNS.2023.3281369 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2023.3281369 },
}

\bibitem{du2024simultaneoussourcelocalization} Yong Du, Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Guo Ge, Guanrong Chen. ``Simultaneous Source Localization and Formation via a Distributed Sign Gradient-Free Algorithm..'' IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems , 11(1): 319–327 , 2024. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2023.3281369}.

@article{hu2023multiasvcoordinated,
  title={ Multi-ASV coordinated tracking with unknown dynamics and input underactuation via model-reference reinforcement learning control. },
  author={ Wenbo Hu and Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2023 },
  volume={ 53 },
  number={ 10 },
  pages={ 6588--6597 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2022.3203507 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2022.3203507 },
}

\bibitem{hu2023multiasvcoordinated} Wenbo Hu, Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Guanrong Chen. ``Multi-ASV coordinated tracking with unknown dynamics and input underactuation via model-reference reinforcement learning control..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , 53(10): 6588–6597 , 2023. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2022.3203507}.

@article{chen2022scalingfunctiondistributed,
  title={ A scaling-function approach for distributed constrained optimization in unbalanced multi-agent networks. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Jin Jin and Linying Xiang and Wei Ren },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 67 },
  number={ 11 },
  pages={ 6112--6118 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2021.3131678 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2021.3131678 },
}

\bibitem{chen2022scalingfunctiondistributed} Fei Chen, Jin Jin, Linying Xiang, Wei Ren. ``A scaling-function approach for distributed constrained optimization in unbalanced multi-agent networks..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 67(11): 6112–6118 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2021.3131678}.

@article{jia2022whendistributedformation,
  title={ When distributed formation control is feasible under hard constraints on energy and time? },
  author={ Chunxiang Jia and Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Weiyao Lan and Gang Feng },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 135 },
  pages={ 109984 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109984 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109984 },
}

\bibitem{jia2022whendistributedformation} Chunxiang Jia, Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Weiyao Lan, Gang Feng. ``When distributed formation control is feasible under hard constraints on energy and time?.'' Automatica , 135: 109984 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109984}.

@article{chen2022delaypacketdrop,
  title={ Delay and packet-drop tolerant multi-stage distributed average tracking in mean square. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Changjiang Chen and Ge Guo and Changchun Hua and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 52 },
  number={ 9 },
  pages={ 9535--9545 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2021.3062035 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2021.3062035 },
}

\bibitem{chen2022delaypacketdrop} Fei Chen, Changjiang Chen, Ge Guo, Changchun Hua, Guanrong Chen. ``Delay and packet-drop tolerant multi-stage distributed average tracking in mean square..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , 52(9): 9535–9545 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2021.3062035}.

@article{xiang2022energyefficientdistributed,
  title={ Energy-efficient distributed formation control of sampled-data multi-agent systems with packet losses. },
  author={ Linying Xiang and Yong Du and Chunxiang Jia and Fei Chen and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2022 },
  note={ in press },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2022.3213597 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2022.3213597 },
}

\bibitem{xiang2022energyefficientdistributed} Linying Xiang, Yong Du, Chunxiang Jia, Fei Chen, Guanrong Chen. ``Energy-efficient distributed formation control of sampled-data multi-agent systems with packet losses..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , in press , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2022.3213597}.

@article{huang2022distributednonlinearplacement,
  title={ Distributed nonlinear placement for multi-cluster systems: A time-varying Nash equilibrium seeking approach. },
  author={ Bomin Huang and Chengwang Yang and Ziyang Meng and Fei Chen and Ren Wei },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 52 },
  number={ 11 },
  pages={ 11614--11623 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2021.3085583 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2021.3085583 },
}

\bibitem{huang2022distributednonlinearplacement} Bomin Huang, Chengwang Yang, Ziyang Meng, Fei Chen, Ren Wei. ``Distributed nonlinear placement for multi-cluster systems: A time-varying Nash equilibrium seeking approach..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , 52(11): 11614–11623 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2021.3085583}.

@article{huang2022distributednonlinearplacementa,
  title={ Distributed nonlinear placement for a class of multicluster Euler–Lagrange systems. },
  author={ Bomin Huang and Ziyang Meng and Fei Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 52 },
  number={ 10 },
  pages={ 6418--6425 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TSMC.2022.3150071 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2022.3150071 },
}

\bibitem{huang2022distributednonlinearplacementa} Bomin Huang, Ziyang Meng, Fei Chen. ``Distributed nonlinear placement for a class of multicluster Euler–Lagrange systems..'' IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems , 52(10): 6418–6425 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMC.2022.3150071}.

@article{huang2022distributedtimevarying,
  title={ Distributed time-varying economic dispatch via a prediction-correction method. },
  author={ Bomin Huang and Yao Zou and Fei Chen and Ziyang Meng },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 69 },
  number={ 10 },
  pages={ 4215--4224 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSI.2022.3185398 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2022.3185398 },
}

\bibitem{huang2022distributedtimevarying} Bomin Huang, Yao Zou, Fei Chen, Ziyang Meng. ``Distributed time-varying economic dispatch via a prediction-correction method..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I , 69(10): 4215–4224 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2022.3185398}.

@article{zhu2022averagecontrollabilitycomplex,
  title={ Average Controllability of Complex Networks with Laplacian Dynamics. },
  author={ Jiawei Zhu and Linying Xiang and Yanyin Yu and Fei Chen and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I },
  year={ 2022 },
  volume={ 69 },
  number={ 4 },
  pages={ 1704--1714 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSI.2021.3133650 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2021.3133650 },
}

\bibitem{zhu2022averagecontrollabilitycomplex} Jiawei Zhu, Linying Xiang, Yanyin Yu, Fei Chen, Guanrong Chen. ``Average Controllability of Complex Networks with Laplacian Dynamics..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I , 69(4): 1704–1714 , 2022. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2021.3133650}.

@article{chen2021distributedeconomicdispatch,
  title={ Distributed economic dispatch via a predictive scheme: heterogeneous delays and privacy preservation. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Xiaozheng Chen and Linying Xiang and Wei Ren },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2021 },
  volume={ 123 },
  pages={ 109356 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109356 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109356 },
}

\bibitem{chen2021distributedeconomicdispatch} Fei Chen, Xiaozheng Chen, Linying Xiang, Wei Ren. ``Distributed economic dispatch via a predictive scheme: heterogeneous delays and privacy preservation..'' Automatica , 123: 109356 , 2021. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109356}.

@article{sun2021distributedaveragetracking,
  title={ Distributed Average Tracking in Unbalanced Directed Networks. },
  author={ Shan Sun and Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2021 },
  volume={ 66 },
  number={ 9 },
  pages={ 4436--4443 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2020.3046029 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2020.3046029 },
}

\bibitem{sun2021distributedaveragetracking} Shan Sun, Fei Chen, Wei Ren. ``Distributed Average Tracking in Unbalanced Directed Networks..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 66(9): 4436–4443 , 2021. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2020.3046029}.

@article{wang2021distributedtrackinggeneral,
  title={ A distributed algorithm for tracking general functions of multiple signals not-necessarily having steady states. },
  author={ Wuguang Wang and Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II },
  year={ 2021 },
  volume={ 68 },
  number={ 6 },
  pages={ 2107--2111 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSII.2020.3047823 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2020.3047823 },
}

\bibitem{wang2021distributedtrackinggeneral} Wuguang Wang, Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Guanrong Chen. ``A distributed algorithm for tracking general functions of multiple signals not-necessarily having steady states..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 68(6): 2107–2111 , 2021. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2020.3047823}.

@article{xu2021robustfinitetime,
  title={ Robust finite-time dynamic average consensus with exponential convergence rates. },
  author={ Kedong Xu and Lan Gao and Fei Chen and Chaojie Li and Xuan Qi },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II },
  year={ 2021 },
  volume={ 68 },
  number={ 7 },
  pages={ 2578--2582 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSII.2021.3054039 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2021.3054039 },
}

\bibitem{xu2021robustfinitetime} Kedong Xu, Lan Gao, Fei Chen, Chaojie Li, Xuan Qi. ``Robust finite-time dynamic average consensus with exponential convergence rates..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 68(7): 2578–2582 , 2021. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2021.3054039}.

@article{chen2020minimumenergydistributed,
  title={ Minimum-energy distributed consensus control of multi-agent systems: A network approximation approach. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Jie Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2020 },
  volume={ 65 },
  number={ 3 },
  pages={ 1144--1159 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2019.2917279 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2019.2917279 },
}

\bibitem{chen2020minimumenergydistributed} Fei Chen, Jie Chen. ``Minimum-energy distributed consensus control of multi-agent systems: A network approximation approach..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 65(3): 1144–1159 , 2020. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2019.2917279}.

@article{chen2020signprojectedgradient,
  title={ Sign projected gradient flow: A continuous-time approach to convex optimization with linear equality constraints. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2020 },
  volume={ 120 },
  pages={ 109156 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109156 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109156 },
}

\bibitem{chen2020signprojectedgradient} Fei Chen, Wei Ren. ``Sign projected gradient flow: A continuous-time approach to convex optimization with linear equality constraints..'' Automatica , 120: 109156 , 2020. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109156}.

@article{xiang2020controllabilitydirectednetworked,
  title={ Controllability of directed networked MIMO systems with heterogeneous dynamics. },
  author={ Linying Xiang and Peiru Wang and Fei Chen and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems },
  year={ 2020 },
  volume={ 7 },
  number={ 2 },
  pages={ 807--817 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCNS.2019.2948994 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2019.2948994 },
}

\bibitem{xiang2020controllabilitydirectednetworked} Linying Xiang, Peiru Wang, Fei Chen, Guanrong Chen. ``Controllability of directed networked MIMO systems with heterogeneous dynamics..'' IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems , 7(2): 807–817 , 2020. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCNS.2019.2948994}.

@article{xiang2019advancesnetworkcontrollability,
  title={ Advances in network controllability. },
  author={ Linying Xiang and Fei Chen and Ren Wei and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine },
  year={ 2019 },
  volume={ 19 },
  number={ 2 },
  pages={ 8--32 },
  doi={ 10.1109/MCAS.2019.2909446 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/MCAS.2019.2909446 },
}

\bibitem{xiang2019advancesnetworkcontrollability} Linying Xiang, Fei Chen, Ren Wei, Guanrong Chen. ``Advances in network controllability..'' IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine , 19(2): 8–32 , 2019. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/MCAS.2019.2909446}.

@article{chen2018connectiondynamicregion,
  title={ A connection between dynamic region-following formation control and distributed average tracking. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics },
  year={ 2018 },
  volume={ 48 },
  number={ 6 },
  pages={ 1760--1772 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCYB.2017.2714688 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2017.2714688 },
}

\bibitem{chen2018connectiondynamicregion} Fei Chen, Wei Ren. ``A connection between dynamic region-following formation control and distributed average tracking..'' IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics , 48(6): 1760–1772 , 2018. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2017.2714688}.

@article{ghapani2017distributedaveragetracking,
  title={ Distributed average tracking for double-integrator multi-agent systems with reduced requirement on velocity measurements. },
  author={ Sheida Ghapani and Wei Ren and Fei Chen and Yongduan Song },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2017 },
  volume={ 81 },
  pages={ 1--7 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2017.02.043 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2017.02.043 },
}

\bibitem{ghapani2017distributedaveragetracking} Sheida Ghapani, Wei Ren, Fei Chen, Yongduan Song. ``Distributed average tracking for double-integrator multi-agent systems with reduced requirement on velocity measurements..'' Automatica , 81: 1–7 , 2017. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2017.02.043}.

@article{chen2016optimalparametercomposite,
  title={ On the optimal parameter of the composite Laplacian quadratics function. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Gang Feng },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2016 },
  volume={ 72 },
  pages={ 1--10 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2016.05.006 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.05.006 },
}

\bibitem{chen2016optimalparametercomposite} Fei Chen, Gang Feng. ``On the optimal parameter of the composite Laplacian quadratics function..'' Automatica , 72: 1–10 , 2016. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.05.006}.

@article{chen2016propertiescompositelaplacian,
  title={ Properties of composite Laplacian quadratics and their applications in consensus of linear differential inclusions. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Wei Ren },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2016 },
  volume={ 61 },
  number={ 8 },
  pages={ 2269--2275 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2015.2491739 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2015.2491739 },
}

\bibitem{chen2016propertiescompositelaplacian} Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Wei Ren. ``Properties of composite Laplacian quadratics and their applications in consensus of linear differential inclusions..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 61(8): 2269–2275 , 2016. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2015.2491739}.

@article{lv2016nonsmoothleaderfollowing,
  title={ Nonsmooth leader-following formation control of nonidentical multi-agent systems with directed communication topologies. },
  author={ Jing Lv and Fei Chen and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2016 },
  volume={ 64 },
  pages={ 112--120 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2015.11.004 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2015.11.004 },
}

\bibitem{lv2016nonsmoothleaderfollowing} Jing Lv, Fei Chen, Guanrong Chen. ``Nonsmooth leader-following formation control of nonidentical multi-agent systems with directed communication topologies..'' Automatica , 64: 112–120 , 2016. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2015.11.004}.

@article{chen2015distributedaveragetracking,
  title={ Distributed average tracking for reference signals with bounded accelerations. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren and Weiyao Lan and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2015 },
  volume={ 60 },
  number={ 3 },
  pages={ 863--869 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2014.2337451 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2014.2337451 },
}

\bibitem{chen2015distributedaveragetracking} Fei Chen, Wei Ren, Weiyao Lan, Guanrong Chen. ``Distributed average tracking for reference signals with bounded accelerations..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 60(3): 863–869 , 2015. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2014.2337451}.

@article{chen2015distributedaveragetrackinga,
  title={ Distributed average tracking of networked Euler–Lagrange systems. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Gang Feng and Wei Ren and Lu Liu },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2015 },
  volume={ 60 },
  number={ 2 },
  pages={ 547--552 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2014.2343111 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2014.2343111 },
}

\bibitem{chen2015distributedaveragetrackinga} Fei Chen, Gang Feng, Wei Ren, Lu Liu. ``Distributed average tracking of networked Euler–Lagrange systems..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 60(2): 547–552 , 2015. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2014.2343111}.

@article{chen2012distributedaveragetracking,
  title={ Distributed average tracking of multiple time-varying reference signals with bounded derivatives. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Yongcan Cao and Wei Ren },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control },
  year={ 2012 },
  volume={ 57 },
  number={ 12 },
  pages={ 3169--3174 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TAC.2012.2199176 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2012.2199176 },
}

\bibitem{chen2012distributedaveragetracking} Fei Chen, Yongcan Cao, Wei Ren. ``Distributed average tracking of multiple time-varying reference signals with bounded derivatives..'' IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , 57(12): 3169–3174 , 2012. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2012.2199176}.

@article{chen2012coordinatedtrackingmean,
  title={ Coordinated tracking in mean square for a multi-agent system with noisy channels and switching directed network topologies. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Linying Xiang and Weiyao Lan and Guanrong Chen },
  journal={ IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II },
  year={ 2012 },
  volume={ 59 },
  number={ 11 },
  pages={ 835--839 },
  doi={ 10.1109/TCSII.2012.2218395 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2012.2218395 },
}

\bibitem{chen2012coordinatedtrackingmean} Fei Chen, Linying Xiang, Weiyao Lan, Guanrong Chen. ``Coordinated tracking in mean square for a multi-agent system with noisy channels and switching directed network topologies..'' IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II , 59(11): 835–839 , 2012. \url{https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2012.2218395}.

@article{chen2010surroundingcontrolcooperative,
  title={ Surrounding control in cooperative agent networks. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Wei Ren and Yongcan Cao },
  journal={ Systems & Control Letters },
  year={ 2010 },
  volume={ 59 },
  number={ 11 },
  pages={ 704--712 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.sysconle.2010.08.006 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sysconle.2010.08.006 },
}

\bibitem{chen2010surroundingcontrolcooperative} Fei Chen, Wei Ren, Yongcan Cao. ``Surrounding control in cooperative agent networks..'' Systems & Control Letters , 59(11): 704–712 , 2010. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sysconle.2010.08.006}.

@article{chen2009reachingconsensuspinning,
  title={ Reaching a consensus via pinning control. },
  author={ Fei Chen and Zengqiang Chen and Linying Xiang and Zhongxin Liu and Zhuzhi Yuan },
  journal={ Automatica },
  year={ 2009 },
  volume={ 45 },
  number={ 5 },
  pages={ 1215--1220 },
  doi={ 10.1016/j.automatica.2008.12.027 },
  url={ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2008.12.027 },
}

\bibitem{chen2009reachingconsensuspinning} Fei Chen, Zengqiang Chen, Linying Xiang, Zhongxin Liu, Zhuzhi Yuan. ``Reaching a consensus via pinning control..'' Automatica , 45(5): 1215–1220 , 2009. \url{https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2008.12.027}.