Hongjing Liang

Prof. Hongjing Liang


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Academic Career Length

14Years (2013-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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14 July 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems
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HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
GLGuangliang Liu
Guangliang Liu
HZHua-Guang Zhang
Hua-Guang Zhang
THTingwen Huang
Tingwen Huang
This article addresses the adaptive event-triggered neural control problem for nonaffine pure-feedback nonlinear multiagent systems with dynamic disturbance, unmodeled dynamics, and dead-zone input. Radial basis function neural networks are applied to approximate the unknown nonlinear function. A dynamic signal is constructed to deal with the design difficulties in the unmodeled dynamics. Moreover, to reduce the communication burden, we propose an event-triggered strategy with a varying threshold. Based on the Lyapunov function method and adaptive neural control approach, a novel event-triggered control protocol is constructed, which realizes that the outputs of all followers converge to a neighborhood of the leader's output and ensures that all signals are bounded in the closed-loop system. An illustrative simulation example is applied to verify the usefulness of the proposed algorithms.

23 March 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
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HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
XGXiyue Guo
Xiyue Guo
YPYingnan Pan
Yingnan Pan
THTingwen Huang
Tingwen Huang
This paper studies the distributed observer-based event-triggered bipartite tracking control problem for stochastic nonlinear multi-agent systems with input saturation. First, different from conventional observers, we construct a novel distributed reduced-order observer to estimate unknown states for the stochastic nonlinear systems. Then, an event-triggered mechanism with relative threshold is introduced to reduce the burden of communication. In addition, the bipartite tracking controller is proposed for stochastic multi-agent systems by using fuzzy logic systems and the backstepping approach. Meanwhile, it is proved that the designed method can guarantee that all the signals in the closed-loop systems are bounded in probability, and the distributed consensus tracking errors can converge to a small neighborhood of the origin via the Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, a simulation example is given to prove the effectiveness of the designed scheme.

27 September 2018 in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
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YZYanhui Zhang
Yanhui Zhang
JSJian Sun
Jian Sun
HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
HLHongyi Li
Hongyi Li
This paper considers the event-triggered tracking control problem of nonlinear multiagent systems with unknown disturbances. The event-triggering mechanism is considered in the controller update, which decreases the amount of communication and reduces the frequency of the controller update in practice. By designing a disturbance observer, the unknown external disturbances are estimated. Moreover, a part of adaptive parameters are only dependent on the number of followers, which weakens the computational burden. It is shown that all the signals are bounded, and the consensus tracking errors are located in a small neighborhood of the origin based on the Lyapunov stability theory and backstepping approach. Finally, the effectiveness of the approach proposed in this paper is proved by simulation results.

31 January 2019 in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
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HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
YZYanhui Zhang
Yanhui Zhang
THTingwen Huang
Tingwen Huang
HMHui Ma
Hui Ma
This paper studies the quantized cooperative control problem for multiagent systems with unknown gains in the prescribed performance. Different from the finite-time control, a speed function is designed to realize that the tracking errors converge to a prescribed compact set in a given finite time for multiagent systems. Meanwhile, we consider the problem of unknown gains and input quantization, which can be addressed by using a lemma and Nussbaum function in cooperative control. Moreover, the fuzzy logic systems are proposed to approximate the nonlinear function defined on a compact set. A distributed controller and adaptive laws are constructed based on the Lyapunov stability theory and backstepping method. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated by some numerical simulation results.

1 February 2019 in IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
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HMHui Ma
Hui Ma
HLHongyi Li
Hongyi Li
HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
GDGuowei Dong
Guowei Dong
In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy output feedback control problem is investigated for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems, in which the fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are adopted to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions. A reduced-order observer and a general fault model are designed to observe the unavailable state variables and describe the actuator faults, respectively. An event-triggered control law is developed to reduce the communication burden from the controller to the actuator. Meanwhile, the barrier Lyapunov functions (BLFs) are constructed to guarantee that all the states of the stochastic nonlinear system are not to violate their constraints. Furthermore, an observer-based adaptive fuzzy event-triggered control strategy is proposed for the full state constrained nonlinear system with actuator faults based on backstepping technique, which can guarantee that all the signals in the closed-loop system are bounded and the tracking error converges to a small neighborhood of the origin in a finite time. Finally, simulation results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

25 February 2020 in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
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WWWei Wang
Wei Wang
HLHongjing Liang
Hongjing Liang
YPYingnan Pan
Yingnan Pan
Tieshan LiTieshan Li
Tieshan Li
This article focuses on the containment control problem for nonlinear multiagent systems (MASs) with unknown disturbance and prescribed performance in the presence of dead-zone output. The fuzzy-logic systems (FLSs) are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear function, and a nonlinear disturbance observer is used to estimate unknown external disturbances. Meanwhile, a new distributed containment control scheme is developed by utilizing the adaptive compensation technique without assumption of the boundary value of unknown disturbance. Furthermore, a Nussbaum function is utilized to cope with the unknown control coefficient, which is caused by the nonlinearity in the output mechanism. Moreover, a second-order tracking differentiator (TD) is introduced to avoid the repeated differentiation of the virtual controller. The outputs of the followers converge to the convex hull spanned by the multiple dynamic leaders. It is shown that all the signals are semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded (SGUUB), and the local neighborhood containment errors can converge into the prescribed boundary. Finally, the effectiveness of the approach proposed in this article is illustrated by simulation results.