Publications

Books

  1. Fei Chen; Wei Ren. Distributed Average Tracking in Multi-Agent Systems. Springer · 2020 · ISBN: 978-3-030-39535-3 · bib
  2. Fei Chen; Wei Ren. 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 · bib

Book chapters

  1. Fei Chen; Wei Ren. Distributed consensus in networks. Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering · 2016 · DOI · bib

Selected journal papers

  1. 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 · DOI · bib
  2. 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 · DOI · bib
  3. 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 · DOI · bib
  4. 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 · DOI · bib
  5. 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 · DOI · bib
  6. 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 · DOI · bib
  7. 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 · DOI · bib
  8. 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 · DOI · bib
  9. 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 · DOI · bib
  10. 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 · DOI · bib
  11. 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 · DOI · bib
  12. 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 · DOI · bib
  13. 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 · DOI · bib
  14. 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 · DOI · bib
  15. 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 · DOI · bib
  16. 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 · DOI · bib
  17. 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 · DOI · bib
  18. 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 · DOI · bib
  19. 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 · DOI · bib
  20. 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 · DOI · bib
  21. 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 · DOI · bib
  22. Fei Chen*; Xiaozheng Chen; Linying Xiang; Wei Ren. “Distributed economic dispatch via a predictive scheme: heterogeneous delays and privacy preservation..” Automatica · 123: 109356 · 2021 · DOI · bib
  23. Shan Sun; Fei Chen; Wei Ren*. “Distributed Average Tracking in Unbalanced Directed Networks..” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control · 66(9): 4436–4443 · 2021 · DOI · bib
  24. 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 · DOI · bib
  25. 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 · DOI · bib
  26. 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 · DOI · bib
  27. Fei Chen*; Wei Ren. “Sign projected gradient flow: A continuous-time approach to convex optimization with linear equality constraints..” Automatica · 120: 109156 · 2020 · DOI · bib
  28. 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 · DOI · bib
  29. Linying Xiang*; Fei Chen; Ren Wei; Guanrong Chen. “Advances in network controllability..” IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine · 19(2): 8–32 · 2019 · DOI · bib
  30. 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 · DOI · bib
  31. 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 · DOI · bib
  32. Fei Chen*; Gang Feng. “On the optimal parameter of the composite Laplacian quadratics function..” Automatica · 72: 1–10 · 2016 · DOI · bib
  33. 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 · DOI · bib
  34. 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 · DOI · bib
  35. 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 · DOI · bib
  36. 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 · DOI · bib
  37. 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 · DOI · bib
  38. 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 · DOI · bib
  39. Fei Chen; Wei Ren*; Yongcan Cao. “Surrounding control in cooperative agent networks..” Systems & Control Letters · 59(11): 704–712 · 2010 · DOI · bib
  40. Fei Chen; Zengqiang Chen*; Linying Xiang; Zhongxin Liu; Zhuzhi Yuan. “Reaching a consensus via pinning control..” Automatica · 45(5): 1215–1220 · 2009 · DOI · bib
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