Publications (Total 76)
Prof. Chen’s former and current students and supervisees in italics.
Journal Articles
J28. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “Development and application of a novel high-order fully actuated system approach: part I. 3-DOF quadrotor control,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol.7, pp. 1177-1182, 2022 (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3232305).
J27. Gang Wang, Mingzhe Liu, Fengchen Wang, and Yan Chen, “A novel and elliptical lattice design of flocking control for multi-agent ground vehicles,” IEEE Control Systems Letters, Vol.7, pp. 1159-1164, 2022 (DOI: 10.1109/LCSYS.2022.3231628).
J26. Abolfazi Razi, Xiwen Chen, Huayu Li, Hao Wang, Brendan Russo, Yan Chen, and Hongbin Yu, “Deep learning serves traffic safety analysis: a forward-looking review,” IET Intelligent Transport Systems, Vol.17, Iss. 1, pp. 22-71, 2022 (DOI: 10.1049/itr2.12257).
J25. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Flocking control of multi-agent systems with permanent obstacles in strictly confined environments,” ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, Vol. 1, No. 2, 021005 (9 pages), 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.405).
J24. Yue Shi, Yiwen Huang, and Yan Chen, “Trajectory planning of autonomous trucks for collision avoidance with rollover prevention,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol. 23, Iss. 7, pp. 8930-8939, 2022 (DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2021.3088293).
J23. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Xinyu Du, and Wen-Chiao Lin, “Should a vehicle always deviate to the tire blowout side? – A new tire blowout model with toe angle effects,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 143, No. 10, 101008 (15 pages), 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4051034).
J22. Yiwen Huang, Sze Zheng Yong, and Yan Chen, “Stability control of autonomous ground vehicles using control-dependent barrier functions,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, Vol.6, Iss.4, pp.699-710, 2021 (DOI: 10.1109/TIV.2021.3058064).
J21. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Resilient flocking control for connected and automated vehicles with cyber-attack threats,” ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, Vol.1, NO. 3, 031013, 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4050123).
J20. Yiwen Huang, Fengchen Wang, Ao Li, Yue Shi, and Yan Chen, “Development and performance enhancement of an over-actuated autonomous ground vehicle,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 26, Iss. 1, pp. 33-44, 2021 (DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2020.2998454).
J19. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “A novel hierarchical flocking control framework for connected and automated vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Vol.22, Iss. 8, pp. 4801-4812, 2021 (DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2020.2986436).
More Journal Articles
J18. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle lateral stability control based on shiftable stability regions and dynamic margins,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 69, No. 12, pp. 14727-14738, 2020 (DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2020.3036780).
J17. Yiwen Huang, Wei Liang, and Yan Chen, “Stability regions of vehicle lateral dynamics: estimation and analysis,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 143, No. 5, 051002 (12 pages), 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4048932).
J16. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Xinyu Du, and Wen-Chiao Lin, “Enhanced tire blowout modeling using vertical load redistribution and self-alignment torque,” ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control, Vol. 1, No. 1, 011001, 2021 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4046314) (ATS Best Paper Award in 2019 DSCC).
J15. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle rollover propensity detection based on a mass-center-position metric: a continuous and completed method,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 68, No. 9, pp. 8652-8662, 2019 (DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2930698).
J14. Jeffrey Wishart, Steven Como, Maria Elli, Brendan Russo, Jack Weast, Niraj Altekar, Emmanuel James, and Yan Chen, “Driving safety performance assessment metrics for ADS-equipped vehicles,” SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility, Vol.2, Iss. 5, pp. 2881-2899, 2020 (DOI: 10.4271/2020-01-1206).
J13. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “A novel active rollover preventer for ground vehicles based on continuous roll motion detection,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 141, No. 1, 011010 (8 pages), 2019 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4041201).
J12. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Dynamics and control of a novel active yaw stabilizer to enhance vehicle lateral motion stability,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol.140, No. 8, 081007 (9 pages), 2018 (DOI: 10.1115/1.4039187).
J11. Tao Zeng, Caizhi Zhang, Minghui Hu, Yan Chen, Changrong Yuan, Jingrui Chen, and Anjian Zhou, “Modelling and predicting energy consumption of a range extender fuel cell hybrid vehicle,” Energy, Vol.165, No. 8, pp. 187-197, 2018 (DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2018.09.086).
J10. Hui Zhang, Yan Chen, Junmin Wang, and Shichun Yang, “Cycle-based optimal NOx emission control of selective catalyst reduction systems with dynamic programming algorithm,” Fuel, Vol. 141, pp. 200-206, 2015 (DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.10.051).
J9. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Adaptive energy-efficient control allocation for planar motion control of over-actuated electric ground vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, Vol. 22, No.4, pp. 1362-1373, 2014 (DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2013.2287560).
J8. Yan Chen, Xiaodong Li, Christopher Wiet, and Junmin Wang, “Energy management and driving strategy for in-wheel motor electric ground vehicles with terrain profile preview,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 1938-1947, 2014 (DOI: 10.1109/TII.2013.2290067).
J7. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Design and experimental evaluations on energy efficient control allocation methods for over-actuated electric vehicles: longitudinal motion case,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 538-548, 2014 (DOI:10.1109/TMECH.2013.2249591).
J6. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Design and evaluation on electric differentials for over-actuated electric ground vehicles with four independent in-wheel motors,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 1534-1542, 2012 (DOI:10.1109/TVT.2012.2187940).
J5. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Fast and global optimal energy-efficient control allocation with applications to over-actuated electric ground vehicles,” IEEE Transactions on Control System Technology, Vol. 20, No.5, pp. 1202-1211, 2012 (DOI:10.1109/TCST.2011.2161989).
J4. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Adaptive vehicle speed control with input injections for longitudinal motion independent road frictional condition estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 839-848, 2011 (DOI:10.1109/TVT.2011.2106811).
J3. Rongrong Wang, Yan Chen, Daiwei Feng, Xiaoyu Huang, and Junmin Wang, “Development and performance characterization of an electric ground vehicle with independently actuated in-wheel motors,” Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 196, No. 8, pp. 3962-3971, 2011 (DOI:10.1016/j. jpowsour.2010.11.160).
J2. Yan Chen, Andrew Dick, and Fathi Ghorbel, “Tip trajectories of a smart micro cantilever beam: analysis and design,” Smart Materials & Structures, Vol. 18, No. 11, pp. 1-10, 2009 (DOI:10.1088/0964-1726/18/11/115012).
J1. Guangren Duan and Yan Chen, “Generalized regularity and regularizability of rectangular descriptor systems,” Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 159-163, 2007 (DOI:10.1007/s11768-005-5313-3).
Peer Refereed Conference Papers
C46. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Xinyu Du, “A novel trust-based shared steering control for automated vehicles with tire blowout,” 2023 American Control Conference, (Invited Paper), Accepted, 2023.
C45. Shi Lu, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “Development and application of a novel high-order fully actuated system approach: part II. 6-DOF quadrotor control,” 2023 American Control Conference, (Invited Paper), Accepted, 2023.
C44. Fengchen Wang, Gang Wang, and Yan Chen, “Adaptive spacing policy design of flocking control for multi-agent vehicular systems,” Proceedings of 2022 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 55, Iss. 37, pp. 524-529, 2022.
C43. Yanze Wang, Mingzhe Liu, and Yan Chen, “Safety-guaranteed control of coupled longitudinal and lateral vehicle dynamics by considering tire stability via CDBFs,” Proceedings of 2022 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 55, Iss. 37, pp. 500-505, 2022.
C42. Shi Lu, Armando Rodriguez, Konstantinos Tsakalis, and Yan Chen, “Design and characteristics of a new transformable UAV with both coplanar and omnidirectional features,” Proceedings of 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), pp. 822-829, 2022.
C41. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Xinyu Du, “Estimation of three-dimensional center of gravity relocation for ground vehicles with tire blowout,” Proceedings of 2022 American Control Conference, (Invited Paper), pp. 1721-1726, 2022.
C40. Yiwen Huang, Maria Elli, Jack Weast, Yingyan Lou, Shi Lu, and Yan Chen, “RSS model calibration and evaluation for AV driving safety based on naturalistic driving data,” Proceedings of 2021 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 54, Iss. 20, pp. 430-436, 2021.
C39. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Xinyu Du, “A novel IDS-based control design for tire blowout,” Proceedings of 2021 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 54, Iss. 20, pp.179-184, 2021.
C38. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Safety-guaranteed driving control of automated vehicles via integrated CLFs and CDBFs,” Proceedings of 2021 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 54, Iss. 20, pp. 153-159, 2021.
C37. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Xinyu Du, “Development of a novel control-oriented vehicle model for tire blowout: an impulsive differential system approach,” Proceedings of 2021 American Control Conference, (Invited Paper), pp. 1662-1667, 2021.
More Conference Papers
C36. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “A safety guaranteed control framework to integrate actuator dynamics via control-dependent barrier functions,” Proceedings of 2021 Modeling, Estimation, and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), IFAC PapersOnLine Vol. 54, Iss. 20, pp.172-178, 2021.
C35. Duo Lu, Varun Jammula, Steven Como, Wishart Jeffrey, Maria Elli, Yan Chen, and Yezhou Yang, “CAROM-Vehicle localization and traffic scene reconstruction from monocular cameras on road infrastructures,” Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 11725-11731, 2021.
C34. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Switched control barrier functions with applications to vehicle safety control,” Proceedings of 2020 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2020.
C33. Ao Li, Yan Chen, Wen-Chiao Lin, and Xinyu Du, “Shared steering control of tire blowout for ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2020 American Control Conference, (Invited Paper), pp. 4862-4867, 2020.
C32. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Fast convergent flocking control of multi-agent systems with switching communication topology,” Proceedings of the 2020 American Control Conference, pp.695-700, 2020.
C31. Yiwen Huang, Thiagarajan Chidambareswaran, Chuan Chang, and Yan Chen, “Two segments (plus) path planning of automatic parking assist system for 4WS vehicles,” Proceedings of 2019 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2019.
C30. Fengchen Wang, Peidong Xu, Ao Li, and Yan Chen, “Energy optimization of lateral motions for autonomous ground vehicles with four-wheel steering control,” Proceedings of 2019 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2019.
C29. Yansong Peng, Fengchen Wang, Saikrishna Gurumoorthy, Mutian Xin, and Yan Chen, “Experimental validations on vision-based path tracking with preview four wheel steering control,” Proceedings of 2019 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2019.
C28. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Energy-efficient flocking control: a distributed least-informed method,” Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, pp.332-337, 2019.
C27. Yue Shi, Yan Chen, and Bingxi Jia, “Local trajectory planning for autonomous trucks in collision avoidance maneuvers with rollover prevention,” Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 3981-3986, 2019.
C26. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Stability region based vehicle lateral control using non-overshooting MPC,” Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference, pp. 5526-5530, 2019.
C25. Yiwen Huang, Sze Zheng Yong, and Yan Chen, “Guaranteed vehicle safety control using control-dependent barrier functions,” Proceedings of the 2019 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 983-988, 2019.
C24. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Hierarchical input-output decoupling control for vehicle rollover mitigation,” Proceedings of 2018 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2018.
C23. Yue Zhao, Yan Chen, and Brian Keel, “Optimal scheduling of a home energy management system with plug-in electric vehicles using model predictive control,” Proceedings of 2018 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2018.
C22. Hongru Xu, Yan Chen, and Brian Keel, “Large signal stability analysis of a hybrid AC/DC microgrid with a cascaded control inverter,” Proceedings of 2018 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, 2018.
C21. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “A novel autonomous trajectory control for vehicular cyber physical systems with flocking control algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 5076-5081, 2018.
C20. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Lateral stability control of autonomous ground vehicles considering stability margins and state estimation errors,” Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 3245-3250, 2018.
C19. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Integrated AFS and ARS control based on estimated vehicle lateral stability regions,” Proceedings of the 2018 American Control Conference, pp. 5516-5521, 2018.
C18. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle rollover prevention through a novel active rollover preventer,” Proceedings of 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2017.
C17. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Detection of vehicle tripped and untripped rollovers by a novel index with mass-center-position estimations,” Proceedings of 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2017.
C16. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Estimation and analysis of vehicle lateral stability region with both front and rear wheel steering,” Proceedings of 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2017.
C15. Yiwen Huang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle lateral motion control based on estimated stability regions,” Proceedings of 2017 ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, (Invited Paper), 2017.
C14. Fengchen Wang and Yan Chen, “Vehicle safety enhancement through a novel active yaw moment stabilizer,” Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 5556-5561, 2017.
C13. Yiwen Huang, Wei Liang, and Yan Chen, “Estimation and analysis of vehicle lateral stability region,” Proceedings of the 2017 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 4303-4308, 2017.
C12. Arvind Suresh, Clay Arnett, Krishna Chilumukuru, Mark Magee, Michael Ruth, and Yan Chen, “Advanced Diesel system technologies for meeting SULEV30/Bin30 emission standards and improving fuel economy on a light-duty pickup truck,” Proceedings of the 24th Aachen Colloquium Automotive and Engine Technology, pp. 893-926, 2015.
C11. Hui Zhang, Yan Chen, Junmin Wang, and Yue-Yun Wang, “Cycle-based optimal emission control of diesel engine selective catalyst reduction systems,” Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, pp. 1980-1984, 2014.
C10. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Robust sideslip angle estimation for over-actuated electric vehicles: a linear parameter varying system approach,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 669-677, 2013.
C9. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “A branch-and-bound algorithm for energy-efficient control allocation with applications to planar motion control of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference, pp. 4999-5004, 2012.
C8. Xiaodong Li, Yan Chen, and Junmin Wang, “In-wheel motor electric ground vehicle energy management strategy for maximizing the travel distance,” Proceedings of the 2012 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 4993-4998, 2012.
C7. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “An adaptive energy-efficient control allocation on planar motion control of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 50th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control and European Control Conference, pp. 8062-8067, 2011.
C6. Yan Chen, Zili Chen, and Junmin Wang, “Operational energy optimization for pure electric ground vehicles based on terrain profile preview,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, pp. 271-278, 2011.
C5. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “A global optimization algorithm for energy-efficient control allocation of over-actuated systems,” Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference, pp. 5300-5305, 2011.
C4. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Energy-efficient control allocation with applications on planar motions of electric ground vehicles,” Proceedings of the 2011 American Control Conference (Invited Paper), pp. 2719-2724, 2011.
C3. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Energy-efficient control allocation for over-actuated systems with vehicle applications,” Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, pp. 37-44, 2010. (Top 10 Most Downloaded Articles in February 2011).
C2. Yan Chen and Junmin Wang, “Vehicle-longitudinal-motion-independent real-time tire-road friction coefficient estimation,” Proceedings of the 49th IEEE Conference on Control and Decision (Invited Paper), pp. 2910-2915, 2010.
C1. Yan Chen and Guangren Duan, “Conditions for C-controllability and C-observability of rectangular descriptor systems,” Proceedings of 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control & Automation, pp. 628-630, 2006.
Books and Book Charpters
Jeffrey Wishart, Yan Chen, Steven Como, Narayanan Kidambi, Duo Lv, and Yezhou Yang, “Fundamentals of Connected and Automated Vehicles,” SAE International, 2022 (https://saemobilus.sae.org/content/r-489/).
Patent
P1. Ao Li, Wen-Chiao Lin, Xinyu Du, and Yan Chen, “A patent about tire blowout will come soon,” 2023 (with General Motors).
Research Report
Petar Jevtic, Yue Shi, and Yan Chen, “Loss Modeling of Rollover for Autonomous Vehicles,” SOA Research Report, November, 2019 (https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2019/loss-modeling-rollover/).
