Research
Despite my current non-academic role, I still have a great passion for research in the field of systems and control.
Publications
Journal
A. Houshmand, C. G. Cassandras, N. Zhou, N. Hashemi, B. Li, and H. Peng, “Combined Eco-Routing and Power-Train Control of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles in Transportation Networks”, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021 arXiv
N. Zhou, C. G. Cassandras, X. Yu, and S. B. Andersson, “The Price of Decentralization: Event-Driven Optimization Algorithms for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Tasks”, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2020
Y.W. Wang, M.J. Zhao, W. Yang, N. Zhou, C. G. Cassandras, "Collision-Free Trajectory Design for 2D Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2019 arXiv
X. Yu, S. B. Andersson, N. Zhou, and C. G. Cassandras, "Scheduling Multiple Agents in a Persistent Monitoring Task Using Reachability Analysis", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019
Y.W. Wang, Y.W. Wei, X.K. Liu, N. Zhou, and C. G. Cassandras, "Optimal Persistent Monitoring Using Second-Order Agents with Physical Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018
N. Zhou, X. Yu, S. B. Andersson, and C. G. Cassandras, “Optimal Event-Driven Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring of a Finite Set of Data Sources”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018
Conference
N. Zhou, C. G. Cassandras, X. Yu, and S. B. Andersson, "Optimal Threshold-Based Control Policies for Persistent Monitoring on Graphs”, American Control Conference, 2019 arXiv
X. Yu, S. B. Andersson, N. Zhou, and C. G. Cassandras, “Optimal visiting schedule search for persistent monitoring of a finite set of targets”, American Control Conference, 2018
N. Zhou, C. G. Cassandras, X. Yu, and S. B. Andersson, “Decentralized Event-Driven Algorithms for Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring Tasks,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2017
N. Zhou, C. G. Cassandras, X. Yu, and S. B. Andersson, “Optimal Event-Driven Multi-Agent Persistent Monitoring with Graph-Limited Mobility,” IFAC World Congress, 2017
X. Yu, S. B. Andersson, N. Zhou, and C. G. Cassandras, “Optimal dwell times for persistent monitoring of a finite set of targets,” American Control Conference, 2017
N. Zhou, X. Yu, S. B. Andersson, and C. G. Cassandras, “Optimal event-driven multi-agent persistent monitoring of a finite set of targets,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2016
Related multi-agent tasks :
Persistent monitoring: agents patrol in a dynamically changing environments.
Coverage control: agents (mobile sensors) perform distributed sensing tasks
Localization and tracking
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