Research

Research Interests

Control Theory and Applications; Perception, Planning, Control and Coordination for Autonomous Agents; Connected and Autonomous Vehicles; Electric Vehicles; Intelligent Transportation Systems.

Selected Publications

Textbook

Xiangyu Meng, Introduction to Control Engineering, 2021.

PhD Thesis

Xiangyu Meng, "Distributed Event Triggered Control, Estimation, and Optimization for Cyber-Physical Systems", University of Alberta, 2014

Editorial

• Jun Chen, Xiangyu Meng, Weinan Gao, "Recent Advances on Learning-Based Control – Theory and Application", International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, Vol. 43, No. 3, 2023

• Zhiguang Feng, Zhengguan Wu, Baoyong Zhang, Kun Liu, MyeongJin Park, Le Van Hien, Xiangyu Meng, and Christophe Fiter, "Analysis and Synthesis of Time-Delay Systems" IEEE ACCESS, Vol. 8, Pp. 205913 - 205918, 2020.

• Xiangyu Meng, "Event Triggered Control, and Optimization for Cyber-Physical Systems", International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pp. 71-72

Journal

• Zhigang Luo, Bing Zhu, Xiangyu Meng, Zongyu Zuo, "Event-Based Model Predictive Control with Two-Phase Predictive Detection", Journal of the Franklin Institute, Volume 361, Issue 16, 107172, 2024

• Tonmoy Sarker and Xiangyu Meng, "Traffic Signal Detection and Recognition Algorithms for Autonomous Vehicles: A Brief Review" Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, Vol. 150, No. 10, p. 03124001, 2024

• Shimin WANG, Xiangyu Meng, Hongwei Zhang, and Frank L. Lewis, "Learning nonlinear dynamics in synchronization of knowledge-based leader-following networks" AUTOMATICA, Vol. 166, Pages 111695, 2024

• Dong, Shiying; Harzer, Jakob; Frey, Jonathan; Meng, Xiangyu; Liu, Qifang; Gao, Bingzhao; Diehl, Moritz; Chen, Hong, "Cooperative Eco-Driving Control of Connected Multi-Vehicles With Spatio-Temporal Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 1733-1743, Jan. 2024

• H. Wang , X. Zhang , Xiangyu Meng, W. Song, and Z. Chen, “Electronic Sheep-dog: A Novel Method in UAV-Assisted Wearable Grazing Monitoring”, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 18, 15 September 2023

• S. Guo and Xiangyu Meng, "Fully Distributed Control of Multi-Agent Networks with Edge-based Event-Triggered Communication", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 68, no. 9, pp. 5630-5637, September 2023 

• Hao Wang, Xiangyu Meng, Zerui Chen, Xihai Zhang, Ruifeng Cheng, Yi Zhang, Wei Li, Weixian Song, and Yu Zhang, "A Feedback Control Method for Plant Factory Environment Based on Photosynthetic Rate Prediction Model", Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 211, Article 108007, 2023

• X. Meng, C. G. Cassandras, X. Sun and K. Xu, "The Price of Decentralization in Cooperative Coverage Problems With Energy-Constrained Agents," IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 956-965, June 2022

• J. Mao, X. Meng, and D. Ding, "Fuzzy Set-Membership Filtering for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems", IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica,  vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 1026-1036, June 2022

• Joshua Ogbebor, Xiangyu Meng, and Xihai Zhang, "A deep reinforcement learning approach to eco-driving of autonomous vehicles crossing a signalized intersection", Journal of Engineering Research and Sciences, Volume 1, Issue 5, Page # 25-33, 2022

• Xiangyu Meng and Christos G. Cassandras, "Eco-driving of Autonomous Vehicles for Non-stop Crossing of Signalized Intersections", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, VOL. 19, NO. 1, Pages: 320-331, JANUARY 2022 (Presentation)

• Joshua Ogbebor, and Xiangyu Meng, "On the role of matrix-weights elements in consensus algorithms for multi-agent systems", Network, Volume: 1, No. 3, 233-246, 2021

• Shimin Wang, and Xiangyu Meng, "Adaptive Consensus and Parameter Estimation of Multi-Agent Systems with An Uncertain Leader", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 66, Issue: 9, Pages: 4393-4400, SEPTEMBER 2021

• Hongbo Zhao, Xiangyu Meng, and Sentang Wu, "Distributed Edge-Based Event-Triggered Coordination Control for Multi-Agent Systems", AUTOMATICA, Volume 132, 109797, October 2021

• Xinmiao Sun, and Xiangyu Meng, "A Robust Control Approach to Event-Triggered Networked Control Systems with Time-Varying Delays", IEEE Access, Volume: 9, Page(s): 64653-64664, 2021

• Xiangyu Meng and Christos G. Cassandras, "Trajectory Optimization of Autonomous Agents with Spatio-Temporal Constraints", IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 1571 - 1581, Sept. 2020  

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Reset control for synchronization of multi-agent systems", Automatica, Volume 104, Pages 189-195, June 2019

• Xinmiao Sun, Christos G. Cassandras, and Xiangyu Meng, "Exploiting Submodularity to Quantify Near-Optimality in Multi-Agent Coverage Problems", Automatica, Volume 100, Pages 349–359, 2019

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Event-Triggered Output Regulation of Heterogeneous Multiagent Networks", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, VOL. 63, NO. 12, Pages 4429-4434, DECEMBER 2018 (Matlab code)

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Asynchronous Periodic Event-Triggered Consensus for Multi-Agent Systems", Automatica, Volume 84, Pages 214-220, October 2017 (Matlab Code)

• Bing Zhu, Lihua Xie, Duo Han, Xiangyu Meng, and Rodney Teo, "A survey on recent progress in control of swarm systems", Science China Information Sciences, vol. 60, no. 7, pp. 070201:1-070201:24, 2017

• Yuanqing Wu, Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, Renquan Lu, Hongye Su, and Zhengguang Wu, "An input-based triggering approach to leader-following problems", Automatica, Volume 75, Pages 221–228, January 2017

• Xiangyu Meng, Ziyang Meng, Tongwen Chen, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, and Karl H. Johansson, "Pulse Width Modulation for Multi-Agent Systems", Automatica, Volume 70, Pages 173–178, August 2016

• Xiangyu Meng, and Tongwen Chen, "Asynchronous Distributed Optimization for Network Utility Maximization Problems with Event Triggered Communication", International Journal of Sensors, Wireless Communications and Control, Vol. 5, No. 2, Pp. 95-105, 2015

• Feng Xiao, Xiangyu Meng, and Tongwen Chen, "Sampled-Data Consensus in Switching Networks of Integrators Based on Edge Events", International Journal of Control, Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages 391-402, 2015

• Bingchang Wang, Xiangyu Meng, and Tongwen Chen, “Event based pulse-modulated control of linear stochastic systems”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 59, Issue: 8, Pages: 2144-2150, Aug. 2014 (Code)

• X. Meng and T. Chen, “Event detection and control co-design of sampled-data systems”, International Journal of Control, Vol. 87, No. 4, 777-784, 2014

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Event triggered robust filter design for discrete-time systems”, IET Control Theory & Applications, Volume 8, Issue 2, Pages 104–113, 16 January 2014

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Event based agreement protocols for multi-agent networks”, Automatica, Volume 49, Issue 7, Pages 2123-2132, July 2013

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Optimal Sampling and Performance Comparison of Periodic and Event Based Impulse Control”, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Volume: 57, Issue: 12, Pages: 3252-3259, December 2012

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Event-Based Stabilization over Networks with Transmission Delays”, Journal of Control Science and Engineering, vol. 2012, Article ID 212035, 8 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/212035

• Xiangyu Meng, James Lam, Baozhu Du, and Huijun Gao, "A delay-partitioning approach to the stability analysis of discrete-time systems", Automatica, Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 610-614, March 2010

• Xiangyu Meng, James Lam, and Huijun Gao, "Network‐based H∞ control for stochastic systems", International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Volume 19, Issue 3,   Pages 295–312, February 2009

• Huijun Gao, Xiangyu Meng, and Tongwen Chen, "A Parameter-Dependent Approach to Robust H∞ Filtering for Time-Delay Systems", IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control 53(10): 2420-2425, 2008.

Conference

• X. Wu, M. Wang, Xiangyu Meng, "A Self-Organized Constrained Flocking Protocol Design Subject to Sensor Detection Failure'', 2023 IEEE International Conference on Unmanned Systems (ICUS 2023), pp. 1755-1762, Hefei, China, October 13-15, 2023 

• Jinna Li, Xinru Wang, Xiangyu Meng, "Learning Based Optimal Sensor Selection for Linear Quadratic Control with Unknown Sensor Noise Covariance", 2023 American Control Conference (ACC),  pp. 4173-4178, San Diego, California, USA, May 31 - June 2, 2023

• Tonmoy Sarker and Xiangyu Meng, "Traffic Signal Recognition Using End-to-End Deep Learning", Tran-SET 2022, pp. 182-191, Austin, USA, August 31 - September 2, 2022

• Shaopan Guo, Xiangyu Meng, and Mehdi Farasat, "Energy Efficient and Battery SOC-aware Coordinated Control of Connected and Autonomous Electric Vehicles", 2022 American Control Conference, pp. 4707-4712, Atlanta, USA, June 8-10, 2022

• Jun Chen, Xiangyu Meng, and Zhaojian Li, "Reinforcement Learning-based Event-Triggered Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Vehicle Path Following", 2022 American Control Conference, pp. 3342-3347, Atlanta, USA, June 8-10, 2022

• Xiongjun Wu, Hongbo Zhao and Xiangyu Meng, "A Multi-UAVs Formation Control Design Method with Disturbance Rejection for Under-Actuated Cascaded Two Loop Mechanism", 5th International Symposium on Autonomous Systems (ISAS), pp. 1-8, Hangzhou, China, April 8-10, 2022

• Shaopan Guo, Xiangyu Meng and Baozhu Du, "Fully Distributed Event-Triggered Consensus of Double-Integrator Multi-Agent Systems", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 6658-6663, Austin, Texas, December 13-15, 2021

• Shaopan Guo, Xiangyu Meng and Xinmiao Sun, "Consensus Control of High-Order Multi-Agent Systems with Delayed Feedback and Matched Disturbances", 2021 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 4719-4724, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 25-28, 2021 

• Xiangyu Meng, Xinmiao Sun, Christos G. Cassandras, and Kaiyuan Xu, "Comparison of Centralized and Decentralized Approaches in Cooperative Coverage Problems with Energy-Constrained Agents", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 30-35, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, December 14-18, 2020 (Presentation)

• Xiangyu Meng and Christos G. Cassandras, "A Real-Time Optimal Eco-Driving Approach for Autonomous Vehicles Crossing Multiple Signalized Intersections", American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3593-3598, Philadelphia, PA, USA, July 10-12, 2019

• Xiangyu Meng and Christos G. Cassandras, "Optimal Control of Autonomous Vehicles for Non-Stop Signalized Intersection Crossing", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 6988-6993, Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Fl, USA on Dec. 17-19, 2018

• Xiangyu Meng, Arian Houshmand, and Christos G. Cassandras, "Multi-Agent Coverage Control with Energy Depletion and Repletion" IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 2101-2106, Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, Fl, USA on Dec. 17-19, 2018

• Xiangyu Meng, Arian Houshmand, and Christos G. Cassandras, "Hybrid System Modeling of Multi-Agent Coverage Problems with Energy Depletion and Repletion", IFAC-PapersOnLine, Volume 51, Issue 16, pages 223-228, IFAC conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems, Oxford, UK, July 11-13, 2018

• Xinmiao Sun, Christos G. Cassandras, and Xiangyu Meng, "A Submodularity-Based Approach for Multi-Agent Optimal Coverage Problems", IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4082-4087, Melbourne, Australia, December 12-15, 2017

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Distributed Event Driven Optimization for Network Utility Maximization", IEEE 55th Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 2221-2226, Las Vegas, USA, December 12-14, 2016

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Communication Protocol Design in Event-Triggered Control of Multi-Agent Systems", 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision, Phuket, Thailand, 13-15th November 2016 (ICARCV 2016)

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Reset Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Double Integrator", 35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), pp. 8049-8054, Chengdu, China, July 27-29, 2016

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Reset Control for Multi-Agent Systems," 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3746 - 3751, Boston, MA, USA, July 6-8, 2016

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, and Yeng Chai Soh, "Send-On-Delta Data Fusion for State Estimation in Wireless Sensor Networks", 12th IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), pp. 673-678, Kathmandu, Nepal, June 1-3, 2016

• Xiangyu Meng, Lihua Xie, Yeng Chai Soh, Cameron Nowzari, and George J. Pappas, “Periodic Event-Triggered Average Consensus over Directed Graphs”, 2015 IEEE 54th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), pp. 4151-4156, December 15-18, 2015. Osaka, Japan

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Optimality and Stability of Event Triggered Consensus State Estimation for Wireless Sensor Networks”, 2014 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3565-3570, Portland, Oregon, USA, June 4-6, 2014 (Matlab Code)

• Xiangyu Meng, Bingchang Wang, Tongwen Chen, and Mohamed Darouach, “Sensing and actuation strategies for event triggered stochastic optimal control”, 52nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 3097-3102, December 10-13, 2013. Florence, Italy

• Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Event-Driven Communication for Sampled-Data Control Systems”, 2013 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 3008-3013, Washington, DC, USA, June 17-19, 2013

• Feng Xiao, Xiangyu Meng and Tongwen Chen, “Average Sampled-Data Consensus Driven by Edge Events”, The 31st Chinese Control Conference, pp. 6239-6244, Hefei, China, July 25-27, 2012

Capstone Design Project

Undergraduate Intern