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Journal Publications

  1. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Distributed Fault-Tolerant Control of Multi-Agent Systems: An Adaptive Learning Approach," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TNNLS.2019.2904277, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2020.  

  2. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant leading-following formation control of nonlinear uncertain second-order multi-agent systems," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, DOI: 10.1002/rnc.4232, Vol. 28, No. 15, 2018.  

  3. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, Y. Cao, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant control of uncertain multi-agent systems," Automatica, vol. 87, pp. 142-151, 2018.  

  4. R. Avram, X. Zhang, and J. Muse, "Nonlinear adaptive fault-tolerant quadrotor altitude and attitude tracking with multiple actuator faults," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 701-707, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2017.2670522, March 2018.  

  5. R. Avram, X. Zhang, and J. Muse, "Quadrotor actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation using nonlinear adaptive estimators," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 2219-2226, DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2016.2640941, 2017.  

  6. R. Avram, X. Zhang, and J. Muse, "Quadrotor IMU sensor fault diagnosis with experimental results," International Journal on Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 115-137, DOI: 10.1007/s10846-016-0425-1, 2017.  

  7. X. Zhang, M. Clark, K. Rattan, and J. Muse, "Controller Integrity Monitoring in Adaptive Learning Systems Towards Trusted Autonomy," IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 491-501, 2016.  

  8. R. Avram, X. Zhang, and J. Muse, "Quadrotor accelerometer and gyroscope sensor fault diagnosis using nonlinear adaptive estimation methods," International Journal of Prognostics and Health Management, pp. 1-10, 2016.  

  9. D. L. Simon, S. Borguet, O. Leonard, X. Zhang, "Aircraft engine gas path diagnostic methods: public benchmarking results," Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 136, April 2014.  

  10. Q. Zhang, X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Distributed Sensor Fault Detection and Isolation for Multimachine Power Systems," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 24, pp. 1403-1430, 2014.  

  11. A. Scacchioli, G. Rizzoni, A. Salman, W. Li, S. Onori, and X. Zhang, "Model-based diagnosis of an automotive electric power generation and storage system," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 72-85, 2014.  

  12. Q. Zhang and X. Zhang, "Distributed sensor fault diagnosis in a class of interconnected uncertain systems," IFAC Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 37, pp. 170-179, 2013.  

  13. X. Zhang, L. Tang, and J. Decastro, "A nonlinear adaptive estimation based approach to robust fault diagnosis of aircraft engines," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 861-868, 2013.  

  14. X. Zhang and Q. Zhang, "Distributed fault diagnosis in a class of interconnected nonlinear uncertain systems," International Journal of Control, vol. 85, no. 11, pp. 1644-1662, November 2012.  

  15. X. Zhang, R. Grube, K. Shin, M. Salman, and R. S. Conell, "Parity-relation-based state-of-health monitoring of lead acid batteries for automotive applications," IFAC Control Engineering Practice , vol. 19, no. 6, pp. 555-563, June 2011.  

  16. X. Zhang, "Sensor bias fault detection and isolation in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems using adaptive estimation," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 1220-1226, May 2011.  

  17. X. Zhang, Qi Zhang, and N. Sonti, "Diagnosis of process faults and sensor faults in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems," Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics , vol. 22, no. 1, 2011.  

  18. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Adaptive fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of MIMO nonlinear uncertain systems," International Journal of Control , vol. 83, No.5, pp. 1054-1080, April 2010.  

  19. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault diagnosis of a class of nonlinear uncertain systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities using adaptive estimation," Automatica , vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 290-299, February 2010.  

  20. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Design and analysis of a fault isolation scheme for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems," IFAC Annual Reviews in Control, vol. 32, pp. 107-121, May 2008.  

  21. X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "A sensor bias fault isolation scheme for a class of nonlinear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 370-376, March 2005.  

  22. W. Wongsaichua, W.-J. Lee, S. Oraintara, C. Kwan, and X. Zhang, "Integrated high speed intelligent utility tie unit for distributed/renewable generation facilities," IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications , vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 507-513, March/April 2005.  

  23. X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "Adaptive fault-tolerant control of nonlinear systems: a diagnostic information-based approach, " IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 49, no.8, pp. 1259-1274, August 2004.  

  24. X. Zhang, R. Xu, C. Kwan, and Y. Yang, "Fault-tolerant control of UAV formation flight," International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems , vol. 2, no.3/4, pp. 217-235, 2004.  

  25. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "A robust detection and isolation scheme for abrupt and incipient faults in nonlinear systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control , vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 576-593, April 2002.  

  26. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Robust fault isolation of a class of nonlinear input-output systems," International Journal of Control , vol. 74, no.13, pp. 1295-1310, September 2001.  

Patents

  1. X. Zhang, Y. Zhang, and Y-K Chin, "Pattern recognition approach to battery diagnosis and prognosis," U.S. patent 8,972,213, 2015.  

  2. Jian, X. Tang, X. Zhang, B. J. Koch, D. R. Frisch, W. Liu, M. J. Gielniak, "Method and system for characterizing a battery," U.S. 8,552,687, 2013.  

  3. Y. Zhang, N. Ampunan, M. J. Rychlinski, M. Howell, X. Zhang, K. Inbarajan, J. J. Correia, M. A. Salman, M. Gilbert, P. W. Loewer, S. B. Dost, "Telematics-enabled aggregated vehicle diagnosis and prognosis," U.S. 8,374,745, 2013.  

  4. X. Zhang, "Battery state-of-health monitoring system and method," U.S. 8,315,829, 2012.  

  5. W. Lin, B. Litkouhi, A. Alrabady, B. Murty, X. Zhang, S. Holland, M. Salman; R. Debouk, Y. Chin, "Autonomous vehicle maintenance and repair system," U.S. 8,190,322, 2012.  

  6. M. Salman, et al., "Integrated diagnosis and prognosis system as part of the corporate value chain," U.S. 8,170,743, 2012.  

  7. X. Zhang, "Battery state of health monitoring system and method," U.S. 8,159,189, 2012.  

  8. X. Zhang, N. Kapsokavathis, Y. Zhang, D. Walters, X. Tang, M. Salman, "Method for battery state-of-health monitoring using battery voltage during vehicle starting," U.S. 8,111,037, 2012.  

  9. M. Howell, M. Salman, X. Tang, Y. Zhang, X. Zhang, Y. Chin, et al., "Aggregated information fusion for enhanced diagnostics, prognostics and maintenance practices of vehicles," U.S. 8,095,261, 2012.  

  10. X. Zhang, X. Tang, J. Lin, Y. Zhang, M. Salman, Y-K. Chin, "Method for battery capacity estimation," U.S. 8,084,996 B2, 2011.  

  11. X. Zhang, "A battery state-of-health monitoring system and method," U.S. 7,983,862 B2, July 2011.  

  12. X. Tang, X. Zhang, Y. Chin, B. J. Koch, D. R. Frisch, "Model-based estimation of battery hysteresis," U.S. 7,957,921 B2, Jun 2011.  

  13. X. Zhang, N. Kapsokavathis, M. Salman, D. Walters, X. Tang, "Method and apparatus for managing power flow of an electric power storage device," U.S. Patent 7,741,805, June 2010.  

  14. M. Salman, N. Kapsokavathis, X. Zhang, D. Walters, X. Tang, "Method and article of manufacture for monitoring an electrical energy storage device," U.S. Patent 7,545,109, June 2009.  

International Conference Papers

  1. 1. M. Gilson, J. Gauthier, K. Garcia, C. Kienzle, J. Muse, X. Zhang, "Fault-tolerant mapping and localization for quadrotor UAVs," AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2021.  

  2. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, M. A. Gilson, Y. Cao, "Distributed fault-tolerant formation control of cooperative mobile robots," IFAC SAFEPROCESS 2018, Warsaw, Poland, 2018.  

  3. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. M. Polycaropu, and T. Parisini, "Distributed fault-tolerant control of high-order input-output multi-agent systems," IFAC SAFEPROCESS 2018, Warsaw, Poland, 2018.  

  4. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. M. Polycaropu, and T. Parisini, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant control of a class of high-order nonlinear uncertain multi-agent systems," the 2017 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Melbourne, Australia.  

  5. R. Avram, X. Zhang, J. Muse, and M. Clark, "Nonlinear adaptive control of quadrotor UAVs with run-time safety assurance," AIAA SCITECH, Dallas, TX, 2017.  

  6. M. Dillsaver, M. Clark, and X. Zhang, "Military airworthiness certification of autonomous air vehicles with adaptive controllers," AIAA SCITECH, Dallas, TX, 2017.  

  7. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, and Y. Cao, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant formation control of second-order multi-agent Systems with actuator faults," Annual Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society, Denver, CO, 2016.  

  8. R. C. Avram and X. Zhang, " Quadrotor actuator fault diagnosis with real-time experimental results," Annual Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society, Denver, CO, 2016.  

  9. R. Avram, X. Zhang, J. Muse, and M. Clark, "Nonlinear adaptive control design and controller integrity monitoring for quadrotor UAVs," International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Arlington, VA, 2016.  

  10. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant control of nonlinear uncertain secondorder multi-agent systems," the 2015 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015. 

  11. R. C. Avram, X. Zhang, and J. Muse, "Quadrotor accelerometer and gyroscope sensor fault diagnosis with experimental results," Annual Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society, San Diego, CA, 2015. 

  12. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, Y. Cao, and J. Muse, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant consensus control of multi-agent systems with actuator faults," Annual Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society, San Diego, CA, 2015. 

  13. M. Khalili, X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, T. Parisini, and Y. Cao, "Distributed adaptive fault-tolerant control of uncertain multi-agent systems," IFAC SAFEPROCESS 2015, Paris, France, 2015. 

  14. R. C. Avram, X. Zhang, J. Campbell, and J. Muse, "IMU sensor fault diagnosis and estimation for quadrotor UAVs," IFAC SAFEPROCESS 2015, Paris, France, 2015. 

  15. X. Zhang, M. Clark, K. Rattan, J. Muse, "Controller verification in adaptive learning systems towards trusted autonomy," the 2015 International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, Seattle, WA, 2015.  

  16. M. Khalili and X. Zhang, "Distributed fault detection in interconnected nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2014 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. 

  17. R. C. Avram and X. Zhang, "Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Quadrotors Using Nonlinear Adaptive Estimators," Annual Conference of Prognostics and Health Management Society, Dallas, Texas, 2014. 

  18. X. Zhang and R. C. Avram, "A unified nonlinear approach to fault diagnosis of aircraft engines," ASME Turbo Expo 2013, San Antonio, Texas, June 2013. 

  19. D. L. Simon, S. Borguet, O. Leonard, X. Zhang, "Aircraft engine gas path diagnostic methods: public benchmarking results," ASME Turbo Expo 2013, San Antonio, Texas, June 2013. 

  20. Q. Zhang and X. Zhang, "A distributed detection scheme for process faults and sensor faults in a class of interconnected nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2012 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 2012.  

  21. Q. Zhang and X. Zhang, "Distributed sensor fault diagnosis in a class of interconnected nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2012 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Mexico City, 2012.  

  22. X. Zhang, L. Farfan-Ramos, Y. Zhang, and S. Salman, "Robust State-of-Health Monitoring of Alternators for Automotive Applications," the 2012 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Mexico City, 2012.  

  23. Q. Zhang and X. Zhang, "Distributed fault detection and isolation for multimachine power system," the 2012 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Mechatronic and Embedded Systems and Applications, Suzhou, China.  

  24. X. Zhang and Q. Zhang, "Distributed fault detection and isolation in a class of large-scale nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2011 IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy.  

  25. X. Zhang, Q. Zhang, S. Zhao, R. M.G. Ferrari, M. M. Polycarpou, T. Parisini, "Fault Detection and Isolation of the Wind Turbine Benchmark: an Estimation-based Approach", the 2011 IFAC World Congress, Milan, Italy.  

  26. X. Zhang, H. Uliyar, L. Farfan-Ramos, Y. Zhang, and M. Salman, "Fault Diagnosis of Automotive Electric Power generation and Storage Systems," the 2010 IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, Yokohama, Japan.  

  27. X. Zhang, "Decentralized Fault Detection and Isolation for a Class of Large-Scale Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD.  

  28. X. Zhang, "Sensor Bias Fault Diagnosis in a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems with Lipschitz Nonlinearities," the 2010 American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD.  

  29. L. Tang, X. Zhang, J. Decastro, L. Farfan-Ramos, D. Simon, "A unified nonlinear adaptive approach for detection and isolation of engine faults," the ASME Turbo Expo 2010, Glasgow, UK.  

  30. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Decentralized fault detection in large-scale nonlinear uncertain systems," the 2009 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China.  

  31. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault diagnosis of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities," the 2009 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Barcelona, Spain (finalist for the Paul Frank Best Theoretical paper ).  

  32. X. Zhang, R. Gruber, M. Salman, and K. Shin, "Automotive battery state-of-health monitoring: a parity relation based approach," the 2009 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Barcelona, Spain ( finalist for the Best Application paper ).  

  33. X. Zhang, L. Farfan-Ramos, K. Rattan, and M. M. Polycarpou, " Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Fuzzy Control of Robotic Systems," the 2009 North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH.  

  34. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of a Class of Nonlinear MIMO Systems," the 2008 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico.  

  35. X. Tang, X. Zhang, B. Koch, and D. Frisch, "Modeling and estimation of Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Hysteresis for SOC Estimation," the 2008 International Conference on Prognostics and Health Management, Denver, CO.  

  36. X. Zhang, R. Gruber, M. Salman, K. Shin, "Automotive Battery State-of-Health Monitoring: a Battery Cranking Voltage based Approach," Proc. of the 2008 Integrated System Health Management Conference, Covington, KY.  

  37. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Isolation of Process and Sensor Faults for a Class of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems," the 2008 American Control Conference, Seattle, Washington.  

  38. X. Zhang, Y. Liu, R. Rysdyk, C. Kwan, R. Xu, "An intelligent hierarchical approach to actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Aerospace Conference .  

  39. X. Zhang, D. Miller, R. Xu, C. Kwan, and H. Chen, "A maximum entropy based approach to fault diagnosis using discrete and continuous features," Proceedings of the 2006 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes.  

  40. P. Popp, M. Salman, Y. Zhang; X. Zhang; Y.-K. Chin, "Vehicle diagnosis and prognosis: concepts, trends, and applications to batteries," Proceedings of Convergence 2006 .  

  41. R. Xu, G. Zhang, X. Zhang, C. Kwan, and K. Semega, "Sensor validation using nonlinear minor component analysis," Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2006).  

  42. H. Deng, R. Xu, X. Zhang, C. Kwan, and L. Haynes, "Agent-based distributed intrusion detection methodology for wireless Ad hoc networks," Proceedings of the 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing.  

  43. X. Zhang, R.Xu, C. Kwan, S. Y. Liang, "An integrated approach to bearing fault diagnostics and prognostics," Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference, pp. 2750 - 2755, Portland, OR, June 2005.  

  44. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, R. Xu, and C. Kwan, "Actuator fault diagnosis and accommodation for flight safety," Proceedings of the 2005 Joint IEEE ISIC-MED Conference, Limassol, Cyprus, June 2005.  

  45. M. M. Polycarpou, X. Zhang, R. Xu, Y. Yang, and C. Kwan, "A neural network based approach to adaptive fault tolerant flight control," Proceedings of the 2004 Joint IEEE CCA, ISIC and CACSD conference (invited paper), Taipei.  

  46. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Sensor bias fault isolation in a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, Washington DC  

  47. C. Kwan, R. Xu and X. Zhang, "A novel fault detection and isolation approach for aircraft hydraulic pumps," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, Washington DC.  

  48. C. Kwan, X. Zhang and R. Xu, "Early fire detection using acoustic emissions," Proceedings of the 2003 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, Washington DC.  

  49. C. Kwan, X. Zhang, R. Xu, and L. Haynes, "A novel approach to fault diagnostics and prognostics," Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Taipei.  

  50. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault-tolerant control of a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2002 IFAC World Congress on Automatic Control, Paper No. 1291, Barcelona, Spain, July 2002.  

  51. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Fault isolation in a class of nonlinear uncertain input-output systems," Proceedings of the 2001 American Control Conference, pp. 1741-1746, Arlington, VA.  

  52. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Integrated design of fault diagnosis and accommodation schemes for a class of nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 1448-1453, Orlando, FL.  

  53. X. Zhang, M. M. Polycarpou, and T. Parisini, "Abrupt and incipient fault isolation of nonlinear uncertain systems," Proceedings of the 2000 American Control Conference, pp. 3713-3717, Chicago, IL.  

  54. M. M. Polycarpou, T. Parisini, and X. Zhang, "Fault isolation of nonlinear uncertain systems," Proceedings of the 2000 IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, pp. 739-744, Budapest, Hungary.  

  55. X. Zhang, T. Parisini, and M. M. Polycarpou, "Robust parametric fault detection and isolation for nonlinear systems," Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3102-3107, Phoenix, AZ.
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