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Books

1.     W. Ren and Y. Cao, Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks, Communications and Control Engineering Series, Springer-Verlag, London, 2011 (ISBN: 978-0-85729-168-4). Springer Link 

2.     W. Ren and R. W. Beard, Distributed Consensus in Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control, Communications and Control Engineering Series, Springer-Verlag, London, 2008 (ISBN: 978-1-84800-014-8). Springer Link 
 

Book Chapters 

W. Ren, R. W. Beard, and T. W. McLain, "Coordination Variables and Consensus Building in Multiple Vehicle Systems," Proceedings of the 2003 Block Island Workshop on Cooperative Control, Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences series, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2005, vol. 309, pp. 171--188, PDF.   Springer Link 

Surveys / Overview Papers

Y. Cao, W. Yu, W. Ren, and G. Chen, “An Overview of Recent Progress in the Study of Distributed Multi-agent Coordination,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, February 2013, pp. 427-438. PDF. Arxiv version: PDF.

W. Ren, R. W. Beard, and E. M. Atkins, "Information Consensus in Multivehicle Cooperative Control," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 2, April, 2007, pp. 71-82. PDF. 

Journal Publications 

  1. J. Mei, W. Ren, G. Ma, and B. Li, “Distributed Containment Control for Multiple Unknown Second-order Nonlinear Systems with Application to Networked Lagrangian Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1885-1899, Sep 2015.
  2. Z. Li, Z. Duan, W. Ren, and G. Feng, “Containment Control of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Multiple Leaders of Bounded Inputs Using Distributed Continuous Controllers,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 25, no. 13, pp. 2101-2121, Sep 2015.
  3. W. Cao, J. Zhang, and W. Ren, “Leader-Follower Consensus of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Unknown External Disturbances,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 82, no. 8, pp. 64-70, August 2015.
  4. Y. Wang, L. Cheng, W. Ren, Z. Hou, and M. Tan, “Seeking Consensus in Networks of Linear Agents: Communication Noises and Markovian Switching Topologies,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 5, pp. 1374-1379, May 2015.
  5. Z. Li, G. Wen, Z. Duan, and W. Ren, “Designing Fully Distributed Consensus Protocols for Linear Multi-agent Systems with Directed Communication Graphs,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 1152-1157, April 2015.
  6. F. Chen, W. Ren, W. Lan, and G. Chen, “Distributed Average Tracking for Reference Signals with Bounded Accelerations,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 3, pp. 863-869, March 2015.
  7. F. Chen, G. Feng, L. Liu, and W. Ren, “Distributed Average Tracking of Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 60, no. 2, pp. 547-552, February 2015.
  8. G. Wen, Z. Duan, W. Ren, and G. Chen, “Distributed consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear node dynamics and intermittent communications,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 24, no. 16, pp. 2438-2457, November 2014.
  9. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Finite-time Consensus for Multi-agent Networks with Unknown Inherent Nonlinear Dynamics,” Automatica, vol. 50, no. 10, pp. 2648-2656, October 2014.
  10. D. Yang, W. Ren, and X. Liu, “Fully Distributed Adaptive Sliding-Mode Controller Design for Containment Control of Multiple Lagrangian Systems,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 72, no. 10, pp. 44-52, October 2014.
  11. W. Chen, X. Li, W. Ren, and C. Wen, “Adaptive Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with Unknown Identical Control Directions Based on A Novel Nussbaum-Type Function,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, no. 7, pp. 1887-1892, July 2014.
  12. P. Lin and W. Ren, “Constrained Consensus in Unbalanced Networks with Communication Delays,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 775-781, March 2014.
  13. W. Yu, G. Chen, M. Cao, and W. Ren, “Delay-induced Consensus and Quasi-Consensus in Multi-agent Dynamical Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 2679-2687, October 2013.
  14. Z. Meng, Z. Lin, and W. Ren, “Robust Cooperative Tracking for Multiple Non-identical Second-order Nonlinear Systems,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 2363-2372, August 2013.
  15. Z. Li, W. Ren, X. Liu, and L. Xie, “Distributed Consensus of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Adaptive Dynamic Protocols,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 7, pp. 1986-1995, July 2013.
  16. W. Yu, W. Ren, W. Zheng, G. Chen, and J. Lu, “Distributed Control Gains Design for Consensus in Multi-agent Systems with Second-order Nonlinear Dynamics,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 7, July 2013, pp. 2107-2115.
  17. J. Mei, W. Ren, J. Chen, and G. Ma, “Distributed Adaptive Coordination for Multiple Lagrangian Systems under a Directed Graph without Using Neighbors’ Velocity Information,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 6, June 2013, pp. 1723-1731.
  18. J. Mei, W. Ren, and G. Ma, “Distributed Coordination for Second-order Systems with Nonlinear Dynamics Using only Relative Position Measurements,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 5, May 2013, pp. 1419-1427.
  19. Z. Li, X. Liu, W. Ren, and L. Xie, “Distributed tracking control for linear multi-agent systems with a leader of bounded unknown input,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 58, no. 2, February 2013, pp. 518-523. PDF.
  20. K. Liu, G. Xie, W. Ren, and L. Wang, “Consensus for Multi-agent Systems with Inherent Nonlinear Dynamics under Directed Topologies,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 62, no. 2, February 2013, pp. 152-162. PDF.
  21. Y. Cao, W. Yu, W. Ren, and G. Chen, “An Overview of Recent Progress in the Study of Distributed Multi-agent Coordination,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, February 2013, pp. 427-438. PDF.
  22. F. Chen, Y. Cao, and W. Ren, “Distributed average tracking of multiple time-varying reference signals with bounded derivatives,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 12, December 2012, pp. 3169-3174. PDF.
  23. Y. Cao, W. Ren, and M. Egerstedt, “Distributed Containment Control with Multiple Stationary or Dynamic Leaders in Directed Networks,” Automatica, vol. 48, no. 8, August 2012, pp. 1586-1597. PDF.
  24. V. Ghadiok, J. Goldin, and W. Ren, “On the design and development of attitude stabilization, vision-based navigation, and aerial gripping for a low-cost quadrotor,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 33, no. 1-2, August 2012, pp. 41-68. PDF.
  25. H. Zhao, W. Ren, D. Yuan, and J. Chen, “Distributed Discrete-time Coordinated Tracking with Markovian Switching Topologies,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 61, no. 7, July 2012, pp. 766-772. PDF.
  26. J. Li, W. Ren, and S. Xu, “Distributed Containment Control with Multiple Dynamic Leaders for Double-integrator Dynamics Using Only Position Measurements,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 6, June 2012, pp. 1553-1559. PDF.
  27. J. Mei, W. Ren, and G. Ma, “Distributed Containment Control for Lagrangian Networks with Parametric Uncertainties under a Directed Graph,” Automatica, vol. 48, no. 4, April 2012, pp. 653-659. PDF.
  28. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Distributed Coordinated Tracking with Reduced Interaction via a Variable Structure Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 57, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 33-48. PDF.
  29. Z. Meng, Z. Lin, and W. Ren, “Leader-follower Swarm Tracking for Networked Lagrange Systems,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 61, no. 1, January 2012, pp. 117-126. PDF.
  30. W. Yu, G. Chen, W. Ren, J. Kurths, and W. Zheng, “Distributed higher-order consensus protocols in multi-agent dynamical systems,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Part I: Regular Papers, vol. 58, no. 8, August 2011, pp. 1924-1932. PDF.
  31. Y. Cao, D. Stuart, W. Ren, and Z. Meng, “Distributed Containment Control for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles with Double-integrator Dynamics: Algorithms and Experiments,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 19, no. 4, July 2011, pp. 929-938. PDF.
  32. Z. Li, X. Liu, P. Lin, and W. Ren, “Consensus of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Reduced-Order Observer-Based Protocols,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 60, no. 7, July 2011, pp. 510-516. PDF.
  33. W. Yu, W. Zheng, G. Chen, W. Ren, and J. Cao, “Second-order Consensus in Multi-agent Dynamical Systems with Sampled Position Data,” Automatica, vol. 47, no. 7, July 2011, pp. 1496-1503. PDF.
  34. J. Mei, W. Ren, and G. Ma, “Distributed Coordinated Tracking with a Dynamic Leader for Multiple Euler-Lagrange Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol. 56, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 1415-1421. PDF.
  35. P. Lin, K. Qin, Z. Li, and W. Ren, “Collective Rotating Motions of Second-Order Multi-agent Systems in Three Dimensional Space,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 60, no. 6, June 2011, pp. 365-372. PDF.
  36. Z. Meng, W. Ren, Y. Cao, and Z. You, “Leaderless and Leader-following Consensus with Communication and Input Delays under a Directed Network Topology,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Part B), vol. 41, no. 1, February 2011, pp. 75-88. PDF.
  37. Z. Meng, W. Ren, and Z. You, “Distributed Finite-time Attitude Containment Control for Multiple Rigid Bodies,” Automatica, vol. 46, no. 12, December 2010, pp. 2092-2099. PDF.
  38. Z. Meng, W. Ren, and Z. You, “Decentralised Cooperative Attitude Tracking Using Modified Rodriguez Parameters Based on Relative Attitude Information,” International Journal of Control, vol. 83, no. 12, December 2010, pp. 2427-2739. PDF.
  39. F. Chen, W. Ren, and Y. Cao, “Surrounding Control in Cooperative Agent Networks,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 59, no. 11, November 2010, pp. 704-712. PDF.
  40. Y. Cao, D. Stuart, and W. Ren, “Co-ordinated Collective Motion Patterns in a Discrete-time Setting with Experiments,” IET Control Theory and Applications, vol. 4, no. 11, November 2010, pp. 2579-2591. PDF.
  41. Y. Cao, W. Ren, and Z. Meng, “Decentralized Finite-time Sliding Mode Estimators and Their Applications in Decentralized Finite-time Formation Tracking,” Systems and Control Letters, vol. 59, no. 9, September 2010, pp. 522-529. PDF.
  42. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Multi-vehicle Coordination for Double-integrator Dynamics under Fixed Undirected/Directed Interaction in a Sampled-data Setting,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 20, no. 9, June 2010, pp. 987-1000. PDF.
  43. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Optimal Linear Consensus Algorithms: An LQR Perspective,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Part B), Vol. 40, No. 3, June 2010, pp. 819-830. PDF.
  44. Z. Meng, Y. Cao, and W. Ren, “Stability and Convergence Analysis of Multi-Agent Consensus with Information Reuse,” International Journal of Control, Vol. 83, No. 5, May 2010, pp. 1081-1092. PDF.
  45. L. Ballard, Y. Cao, and W. Ren, “Distributed Discrete-time Coupled Harmonic Oscillators with Application to Synchronized Motion Coordination,” IET Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 4, No. 5, May 2010, pp. 806–816. PDF.
  46. Z. Meng, W. Yu, and W. Ren, “Discussion on: “Consensus of Second-Order Delayed Multi-Agent Systems with Leader-Following,” European Journal of Control, Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2010, pp. 200-202 (invited paper). PDF.
  47. Y. Cao, Y. Li, W. Ren, and Y. Chen, “Distributed Coordination of Networked Fractional-order Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Part B), Vol. 40, No. 2, April 2010, pp. 362-370. PDF.
  48. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Multi-agent Consensus Using Both Current and Outdated States with Fixed and Undirected Interaction,” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 58, No. 1, April 2010, pp. 95-106 PDF.
  49. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Distributed Formation Control for Fractional-order Systems: Dynamic Interaction and Absolute/Relative Damping,” Systems and Control Letters, Vol. 59, No. 3-4, March-April 2010, pp. 233-240. PDF.
  50. W. Ren, “Distributed Cooperative Attitude Synchronization and Tracking for Multiple Rigid Bodies,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 18, No. 2, March 2010, pp. 383-392. PDF.
  51. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Sampled-Data Discrete-time Coordination Algorithms for Double-Integrator Dynamics under Dynamic Directed Interaction,” International Journal of Control, Vol. 83, No. 3, March 2010, pp. 506-515. PDF.
  52. W. Ren, “Consensus Tracking under Directed Interaction Topologies: Algorithms and Experiments,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 18, No. 1, January 2010, pp. 230-237. PDF.
  53. Wei Ren, “Distributed Leaderless Consensus Algorithms for Networked Euler-Lagrange Systems,” International Journal of Control, Vol. 82, No. 11, November 2009, pp. 2137–2149. PDF. 
  54. Wei Ren, "Collective Motion from Consensus with Cartesian Coordinate Coupling," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 54, No. 6, June 2009, pp. 1330-1335. PDF. 
  55. Yongcan Cao, Wei Ren, and Yan Li, "Distributed Discrete-time Coordinated Tracking with a Time-varying Reference State and Limited Communication," Automatica, Vol. 45, No. 5, May 2009, pp. 1299-1305. PDF. 
  56. Wei Ren, "Synchronization of Coupled Harmonic Oscillators with Local Interaction," Automatica, vol. 44, no. 12, December 2008, pp. 3195-3200.  PDF. 
  57. Wei Ren, "On Consensus Algorithms for Double-integrator Dynamics," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 53, No. 6, July 2008, pp. 1503-1509.  PDF. 
  58. Wei Ren, Haiyang Chao, William Bourgeous, Nathan Sorensen, and YangQuan Chen, "Experimental Validation of Consensus Algorithms for Multivehicle Cooperative Control," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 16, No. 4, July 2008, pp. 745-752.  PDF. 
  59. Wei Ren and Nathan Sorensen, "Distributed Coordination Architecture for Multi-robot Formation Control," Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 324-333, 2008.  PDF. 
  60. Wei Ren, "Decentralization of Virtual Structures in Formation Control of Multiple Vehicle Systems via Consensus Strategies," European Journal of Control, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 1-11, 2008.  PDF.
  61. Wei Ren and Yongcan Cao, "Simulation and Experimental Study of Consensus Algorithms for Multiple Mobile Robots with Information Feedback," Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 73-87, 2008.  PDF. 
  62. Wei Ren, Ji-Sang Sun, Randal W. Beard, and Timothy W. McLain, "Experimental Validation of an Autonomous Control System on a Mobile Robot Platform," IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 1621-1629, November 2007. PDF. 
  63. Wei Ren, Kevin L. Moore, and YangQuan Chen, "High-Order and Model Reference Consensus Algorithms in Cooperative Control of Multi-Vehicle Systems," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 129, No. 5, pp. 678-688, September 2007. PDF. 
  64. Wei Ren, "Multi-vehicle Consensus with a Time-varying Reference State," Systems & Control Letters, Vol. 56, No. 7-8, July, 2007, pp. 474-483. PDF. 
  65. Wei Ren and Ella Atkins, "Distributed Multi-Vehicle Coordinated Control via Local Information Exchange," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Vol. 17, No. 10-11, July, 2007, pp. 1002-1033. PDF. 
  66. Wei Ren, Randal W. Beard, and Ella Atkins, "Information Consensus in Multivehicle Cooperative Control: Collective Group Behavior through Local Interaction," IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 2, April, 2007, pp. 71-82. PDF. 
  67. Wei Ren, "On Constrained Nonlinear Tracking Control of a Small Fixed-wing UAV," Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 48, No. 4, April 2007, pp. 525-537.  PDF. 
  68. Wei Ren, "Consensus Strategies for Cooperative Control of Vehicle Formations," IET Control Theory & Applications, Vol. 1, No. 2, March 2007, pp. 505-512. PDF. 
  69. Wei Ren, "Formation Keeping and Attitude Alignment for Multiple Spacecraft through Local Interactions," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 2, March-April 2007, pp. 633-638. PDF.   
  70. Wei Ren, "Distributed Attitude Alignment in Spacecraft Formation Flying," International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 21, No. 2-3, March-April, 2007, pp. 95-113. PDF. 
  71. Wei Ren, "Trajectory Tracking Control for a Miniature Fixed-wing Unmanned Air Vehicle," International Journal of Systems Science, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2007, pp. 361-369.  PDF. 
  72. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Consensus seeking in multiagent systems under dynamically changing interaction topologies," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 50, No. 5, May 2005,  pp. 655-661. PDF. 
  73. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Trajectory Tracking for Unmanned Air Vehicles with Velocity and Heading Rate Constraints," IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 12, no. 5, September, 2004, pp. 706-716. PDF. 
  74. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Formation Feedback Control for Multiple Spacecraft via Virtual Structures," IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 151, No. 3, May, 2004, pp. 357-368. PDF. 
  75. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Decentralized Scheme for Spacecraft Formation Flying via the Virtual Structure Approach," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 1, January-February, 2004, pp. 73-82. PDF. 

Conference Papers 

  1. J. Mei, W. Ren, and G. Ma, “Distributed Coordinated Tracking for Multiple Euler-Lagrange Systems,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Georgia, AL, December 2010 (to appear).
  2. W. Yu, G. Chen, and W. Ren, “Delay-induced Quasi-Consensus in Multi-agent Dynamical Systems,” Chinese Control Conference, Beijing, China, July 2010 (to appear).
  3. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Distributed Coordinated Tracking via a Variable Structure Approach - Part I: Consensus Tracking,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 4744-4749.
  4. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Distributed Coordinated Tracking via a Variable Structure Approach - Part II: Swarm Tracking,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 2010, pp. 4750-4755.
  5. Z. Meng, W. Ren, Y. Cao, and Z. You, “Some Stability and Boundedness Conditions for Second-order Leaderless and Leader-following Consensus with Communication and Input Delays,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 574-579.
  6. Z. Meng, W. Ren, and Z. You, “Distributed Finite-time Containment Control for Multiple Lagrangian Systems,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 2885-2890.
  7. Y. Cao, W. Ren, and Z. Meng, “Decentralized Finite-time Sliding Mode Estimators with Applications to Formation Tracking,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 4610-4615.
  8. Y. Cao, D. Stuart, W. Ren, and Z. Meng, “Distributed Containment Control for Double-integrator Dynamics: Algorithms and Experiments,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 3830-3835.
  9. F. Chen, W. Ren, and Z. Lin, “Multi-agent Coordination with Cohesion, Dispersion, and Containment Control,” American Control Conference, Baltimore, MD, June-July 2010, pp. 4756-4761.
  10. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Containment Control with Multiple Stationary or Dynamic Leaders under a Directed Interaction Graph,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009, pp. 3014-3019.
  11. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Distributed Coordination of Fractional-order Systems with Extensions to Directed Dynamic Networks and Absolute/Relative Damping,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009, pp. 7125-7130.
  12. Z. Meng, W. Ren, and Z. You, “Decentralized Cooperative Attitude Tracking Using Modified Rodriguez Parameters,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai, China, December 2009, pp. 853-858.
  13. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “Sampled-Data Formation Control under Dynamic Directed Interaction,” American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009, pp. 5186-5191.
  14. Y. Cao and W. Ren, “LQR-based Optimal Linear Consensus Algorithms,” American Control Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2009, pp. 5204-5209.
  15. L. Ballard and W. Ren, “Dynamic Formation Algorithms and Experiments,” The 4th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, Xi’an, China, May 2009, pp. PDF.
  16. W. Ren, “Collective Motion from Consensus with Cartesian Coordinate Coupling - Part I: Single-integrator Kinematics,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, pp. 1006-1011. PDF.
  17. W. Ren, “Collective Motion from Consensus with Cartesian Coordinate Coupling - Part II: Double-integrator Dynamics,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, pp. 1012-1017. PDF.
  18. W. Ren and Y. Cao, “Convergence of Sampled-data Consensus Algorithms for Double-integrator Dynamics,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, 3965-3970. PDF.
  19. Y. Cao, Y. Li, W. Ren, and Y. Chen, “Distributed Coordination Algorithms for Multiple Fractional-order Systems,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008, pp. 2920-2925. PDF.
  20. Y. Cao, W. Ren, and Y. Li, “Distributed Discrete-time Consensus with a Time-varying Reference State,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Honolulu, HI, August 2008 (Paper No. AIAA 2008-7174). PDF.
  21. Y. Cao, W. Ren, and Y. Chen "Multi-Agent Consensus Using Both Current and Outdated States," IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 2008, pp. 2874-2879. PDF.
  22. H. Chao, M. Baumann, A. Jensens, Y. Chen, Y. Cao, W. Ren, and M. McKee, "Band-reconfigurable Multi-UAV-based Cooperative Remote Sensing for Real-time Water Management and Distributed Irrigation Control," IFAC World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 2008, pp. 11744-11749. PDF.
  23. Larry Ballard and Wei Ren, "Experiments with Coupled Harmonic Oscillators with Local Interaction," IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, Xi'an, China, July 2008, pp. 716-721. PDF.
  24. Wei Ren, "Consensus Tracking under Directed Interaction Topologies: Algorithms and Experiments," American Control Conference, Seattle, WA, June 2008, pp. 742-747. PDF.
  25. Wei Ren, "On Consensus Algorithms for Double-integrator Dynamics," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 2295-2300. PDF.
  26. Wei Ren, "Distributed Attitude Synchronization for Multiple Rigid Bodies with Euler-Lagrange Equations of Motion," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 2363-2368. PDF.
  27. Haiyang Chao, YangQuan Chen, and Wei Ren, "Consensus of Information in Distributed Control of a Diffusion Process using Centroidal Voronoi Tessellations," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 1441-1446. PDF.
  28. Wei Ren, Haiyang Chao, William Bourgeous, Nathan Sorensen, and YangQuan Chen, "Experimental Implementation and Validation of Consensus Algorithms on a Mobile Actuator and Sensor Network Platform," IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Montreal, CA, October 2007, pp. 171-176. PDF.
  29. Y. Cao, W. Ren, N. Sorensen, L. Ballard, A. Reiter, and J. Kennedy, “Experiments in Consensus-based Distributed Cooperative Control of Multiple Mobile Robots,” IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Harbin, China, August 2007, pp. 2819-2824. PDF.
  30. Wei Ren, "Consensus Seeking in Multi-vehicle Systems with a Time-varying Reference State," American Control Conference, New York City, July 2007, pp. 717-722. PDF.
  31. Wei Ren, "Second-order Consensus Algorithm with Extensions to Switching Topologies and Reference Models," American Control Conference, New York City, July 2007, pp. 1431-1436. PDF.
  32. Wei Ren, "Synchronized Multiple Spacecraft Rotations: A Revisit in the Context of Consensus Building," American Control Conference, New York City, July 2007, pp. 3174-3179. PDF.
  33. Nathan Sorensen and Wei Ren, "A Unified Formation Control Scheme with a Single or Multiple Leaders," American Control Conference, New York City, July 2007, pp. 5412-5418. PDF.
  34. Yashodhan Tarte, YangQuan Chen, Wei Ren, and Kevin L. Moore, "Fractional Horsepower Dynamometer - a General Purpose Hardware-In-The-Loop Real-Time Simulation Platform for Nonlinear Control Research and Education," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Diego, CA, December 2006, pp. 3912-3917. PDF.
  35. Wei Ren and YangQuan Chen, "Leaderless Formation Control for Multiple Autonomous Vehicles," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Keystone, CO, August 2006, AIAA Paper no. 2006-6069. PDF.
  36. Wei Ren, "Distributed Attitude Consensus among Multiple Networked Spacecraft," American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006, pp. 1760-1765. PDF.
  37. Wei Ren, "Consensus Based Formation Control Strategies for Multi-vehicle Systems," American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, June 2006, pp. 4237-4242. PDF.
  38. Nathan Sorensen and Wei Ren, "Rendezvous Problem in Multi-vehicle Systems: Information Relay and Local Information Based Strategies," IEEE Mountain Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, Logan, UT, July 2006. PDF.
  39. Wei Ren, "Consensus Building in Multi-vehicle Systems with Information Feedback," IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Luoyang, China, June 2006, pp. 37-42. PDF.
  40. Haiyang Chao, YangQuan Chen, and Wei Ren, "A Study of Grouping Effect On Mobile Actuator Sensor Networks for Distributed Feedback Control of Diffusion Process Using Central Voronoi Tessellations," IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Luoyang, China, June 2006, pp. 769-774. PDF.
  41. Wei Ren, "Cooperative Control Design Strategies with Local Interactions," IEEE Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Control,  Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2006. PDF.
  42. Wei Ren, "Decentralization of Coordination Variables in Multi-vehicle Systems," IEEE Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Control,  Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2006. PDF.
  43. Wei Ren, Kevin L. Moore, and YangQuan Chen, "High-order Consensus Algorithms in Cooperative Vehicle Systems," IEEE Conference on Networking, Sensing, and Control,  Ft. Lauderdale, FL, April 2006. PDF.
  44. Wei Ren, Randal W. Beard, and Derek B. Kingston, "Multi-agent Kalman Consensus with Relative Uncertainty," American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1865-1870. PDF.
  45. Wei Ren, Randal W. Beard, and Ella Atkins, “A Survey of Consensus Problems in Multi-agent Coordination,” American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1859-1864. PDF.
  46. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Satisficing Approach to Human-in-the-Loop Safeguarded Control,"  American Control Conference, 2005, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 4923-4928. PDF.
  47. Wei Ren, Ji-Sang Sun, Randal W. Beard, and Timothy W. McLain, "Nonlinear Tracking Control for Nonholonomic Mobile Robots with Input Constraints:  An Experimental Study,"  American Control Conference, 2005, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 4985-4990. PDF.
  48. Derek B. Kingston, Wei Ren, and Randal W. Beard, "Consensus Algorithms are Input-to-State Stable,"  American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 2005, pp. 1686-1690. PDF.
  49. Wei Ren and Ella Atkins, “Second-order Consensus Protocols in Multiple Vehicle Systems with Local Interactions”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, August, 2005, Paper No. AIAA-2005-6238. PDF.
  50. Wei Ren and Ella Atkins, “Nonlinear Trajectory Tracking for Fixed Wing Unmanned Air Vehicles via Backstepping and Parameter Adaptation”, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, 2005, Paper No. AIAA-2005-6196. PDF.
  51. W. Ren and E. Atkins, "Coordination of Multiple Micro-Air Vehicles Using Consensus Schemes," AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Arlington, VA, September 2005, Paper No. AIAA-2005-7067. PDF.
  52. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Constrained Nonlinear Tracking Control For Small Fixed-wing Unmanned Air Vehicles," American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2004, pp. 4663-4668. PDF.
  53. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Consensus of Information Under Dynamically Changing Interaction Topologies," American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 2004, pp. 4939-4944. PDF.
  54. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "CLF-based Tracking Control for UAV Kinematic Models with Saturation Constraints," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii, 2003, pp. 3924-3929. PDF.
  55. Derek Kingston, Randal Beard, Timothy McLain, Michael Larsen, and Wei Ren,  "Autonomous Vehicle Technologies for Small Fixed Wing UAVs,"  AIAA 2nd Unmanned Unlimited Systems, Technologies, and Operations--Aerospace, Land, and Sea Conference and Workshop & Exhibit, San Diego, CA, September, 2003, Paper no. AIAA-2003-6559. PDF.
  56. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "A Decentralized Scheme for Spacecraft Formation Flying via the Virtual Structure Approach," American Control Conference, Denver, CO, June, 2003, pp. 1746-1751. PDF.
  57. Wei Ren, Randal W. Beard, and J. Willard Curtis "Satisficing Control for Multi-agent Formation Maneuvers," IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas, NV, 2002, pp. 2433--2438, Postscript.
  58. Wei Ren and Randal W. Beard, "Virtual Structure based Spacecraft Formation Control with Formation Feedback," AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Monterey, CA, August 2002, AIAA Paper no. 2002-4963, PDF.

Ph.D. Dissertation 

Wei Ren, "Consensus Seeking, Formation Keeping, and Trajectory Tracking in Multiple Vehicle Cooperative Control," Doctoral Dissertation, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Brigham Young University, August 2004, PDF.