Controlling evolutionary dynamics of networked autonomous agents

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Peer reviewed articles (48)

Learning enables adaptation in cooperation for multi-player stochastic games

Author(s): Feng Huang, Ming Cao, Long Wang
Published in: Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 17/172, 2020, Page(s) 20200639, ISSN 1742-5689
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2020.0639

Convergence of linear threshold decision-making dynamics in finite heterogeneous populations

Author(s): Pouria Ramazi, Ming Cao
Published in: Automatica, 119, 2020, Page(s) 109063, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109063

A two-layer model for coevolving opinion dynamics and collective decision-making in complex social systems

Author(s): Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye, Ming Cao
Published in: Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 30/8, 2020, Page(s) 083107, ISSN 1054-1500
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
DOI: 10.1063/5.0004787

Angle rigidity and its usage to stabilize multi-agent formations in 2D

Author(s): Liangming Chen, Ming Cao, Chuanjiang Li
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2020.3025539

Different Environment Feedback in Fast-slow Eco-evolutionary Dynamics and Resulting Limit Cycles

Author(s): Luke Gong, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022, ISSN 2475-1456
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcsys.2021.3089989

Facilitating innovation diffusion in social networks using dynamic norms

Author(s): Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye, Ming Cao
Published in: PNAS Nexus, 2022, ISSN 2752-6542
Publisher: PNAS
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac229

Lyapunov Criterion for Stochastic Systems and Its Applications in Distributed Computation

Author(s): Yuzhen Qin, Ming Cao, Brian D. O. Anderson
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65/2, 2020, Page(s) 546-560, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2019.2910948

Game-theoretic modeling of collective decision making during epidemics

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino, Alessandro Rizzo, Ming Cao
Published in: Physical Review E, 2021, ISSN 2470-0053
Publisher: New York
DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.024314

Geometric analysis of oscillations in the Frzilator model

Author(s): Hadi Taghvafard, Hildeberto Jardón-Kojakhmetov, Peter Szmolyan, Ming Cao
Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 495/1, 2021, Page(s) 124725, ISSN 0022-247X
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2020.124725

Global Convergence for Replicator Dynamics of Repeated Snowdrift Games

Author(s): Pouria Ramazi, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transaction on Automatic Control, 2021, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2020.2975811

Contraction analysis of virtually positive systems

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: Systems and Control Letters, 2022, ISSN 0167-6911
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysconle.2022.105358

Strategically influencing an uncertain future

Author(s): Alain Govaert, Ming Cao
Published in: Scientific Reports, 10/1, 2020, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69006-x

Applications of the Poincare-Hopf Theorem: Epidemic Models and Lotka-Volterra Systems

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Ji Liu, Brian D.O. Anderson, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2021.3064519

Opinion Behavior Analysis in Social Networks Under the Influence of Coopetitive Media

Author(s): Dong Xue, Sandra Hirche, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, 7/3, 2020, Page(s) 961-974, ISSN 2327-4697
Publisher: IEEE Computer Society
DOI: 10.1109/tnse.2019.2894565

Strategy Competition Dynamics of Multi-Agent Systems in the Framework of Evolutionary Game Theory

Author(s): Jianlei Zhang, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 67/1, 2020, Page(s) 152-156, ISSN 1549-7747
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tcsii.2019.2910893

Efficient Routing for Precedence-Constrained Package Delivery for Heterogeneous Vehicles

Author(s): Xiaoshan Bai, Ming Cao, Weisheng Yan, Shuzhi Sam Ge
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 17/1, 2020, Page(s) 248-260, ISSN 1545-5955
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tase.2019.2914113

Zero-Determinant strategies in repeated multiplayer social dilemmas with discounted payoffs

Author(s): Alain Govaert, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2020.3032086

Modular control under privacy protection: Fundamental trade-offs

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Kenji Kashima, Ming Cao
Published in: Automatica, 2021, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2021.109518

Wavy Whiskers in Wakes: Explaining the Trail-Tracking Capabilities of Whisker Arrays on Seal Muzzles

Author(s): Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli, Xingwen Zheng Zheng*, Amar M Kamat, Ming Cao
Published in: Advanced Science, 2022, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202203062

3D Printed Graphene Piezoresistive Microelectromechanical System Sensors to Explain the Ultrasensitive Wake Tracking of Wavy Seal Whiskers

Author(s): Xingwen Zheng Zheng, Amar M Kamat, Anastasiia Krushynska, Ming Cao, Ajay Giri Prakash Kottapalli
Published in: Advanced Functional Materials, 2022, ISSN 1616-3028
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202207274

A time-varying network model for sexually transmitted infections accounting for behavior and control actions

Author(s): Kathinka Frieswijk, Lorenzo Zino, Ming Cao
Published in: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2021, ISSN 1099-1239
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.5930

An asynchronous distributed and scalable generalized Nash equilibrium seeking algorithm for strongly monotone games

Author(s): Carlo Cenedese, Giuseppe Belgioioso, Sergio Grammatico, Ming Cao
Published in: European Journal of Control, 2020, ISSN 0947-3580
Publisher: Lavoisier
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcon.2020.08.006

Generalized Sarymsakov Matrices

Author(s): Weiguo Xia, Ji Liu, Ming Cao, Karl Henrik Johansson, Tamer Basar
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64/8, 2019, Page(s) 3085-3100, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2018.2878476

Partial Phase Cohesiveness in Networks of Networks of Kuramoto Oscillators

Author(s): Yuzhen Qin, Yu Kawano, Oscar Portoles Marin, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2021, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2021.3062005

A Centrality-Based Security Game for Multihop Networks

Author(s): James R. Riehl, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 5/4, 2018, Page(s) 1507-1516, ISSN 2325-5870
Publisher: IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1109/tcns.2017.2728202

Structural Accessibility and Its Applications to Complex Networks Governed by Nonlinear Balance Equations

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 64/11, 2019, Page(s) 4607-4614, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2019.2901822

Self-Triggered Stochastic MPC for Linear Systems With Disturbances

Author(s): Zhongqi Sun, Vahab Rostampour, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Control Systems Letters, 3/4, 2019, Page(s) 787-792, ISSN 2475-1456
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcsys.2019.2918763

An influence network model to study discrepancies in expressed and private opinions

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Yuzhen Qin, Alain Govaert, Brian D.O. Anderson, Ming Cao
Published in: Automatica, 107, 2019, Page(s) 371-381, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.05.059

Evolutionary Dynamics of Two Communities Under Environmental Feedback

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Lulu Gong, Brian D. O. Anderson, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Control Systems Letters, 3/2, 2019, Page(s) 254-259, ISSN 2475-1456
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcsys.2018.2866775

Incentive-Based Control of Asynchronous Best-Response Dynamics on Binary Decision Networks

Author(s): James Riehl, Pouria Ramazi, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 6/2, 2019, Page(s) 727-736, ISSN 2325-5870
Publisher: IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1109/tcns.2018.2873166

Consensus and Disagreement of Heterogeneous Belief Systems in Influence Networks

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Ji Liu, Lili Wang, Brian D. O. Anderson, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2019, Page(s) 1-1, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2019.2961998

Tight bound on parameter of surplus-based averaging algorithm over balanced digraphs

Author(s): Satoshi Kawamura, Kai Cai, Mengbin Ye, Zhiyun Lin
Published in: International Journal of Control, 2018, Page(s) 1-8, ISSN 0020-7179
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2018.1535200

Recent Advances in the Modelling and Analysis of Opinion Dynamics on Influence Networks

Author(s): Brian D. O. Anderson, Mengbin Ye
Published in: International Journal of Automation and Computing, 16/2, 2019, Page(s) 129-149, ISSN 1476-8186
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s11633-019-1169-8

Rationality, Imitation and Rational Imitation in Spatial Public Goods Games

Author(s): Alain Govaert, Pouria Ramazi, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 2021, ISSN 2325-5870
Publisher: IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1109/tcns.2021.3065655

Design of Intermittent Control for Cortisol Secretion Under Time-Varying Demand and Holding Cost Constraints

Author(s): Hadi Taghvafard, Ming Cao, Yu Kawano, Rose T. Faghih
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 67/2, 2020, Page(s) 556-564, ISSN 0018-9294
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tbme.2019.2918432

Maneuvering formations of mobile agents using designed mismatched angles

Author(s): Liangming Chen, Hector Garcia de Marina Peinado, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2021.3066388

Collective patterns of social diffusion are shaped by individual inertia and trend-seeking

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino, Žan Mlakar, Jan Willem Bolderdijk, Hans Risselada, Bob M. Fennis, Ming Cao
Published in: Nature Communications, 2021, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25953-1

A mean-field analysis of a network behavioural–epidemic model

Author(s): Kathinka Frieswijk, Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye, Ming Cao, Alessandro Rizzo
Published in: IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022, ISSN 2475-1456
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/lcsys.2022.3168260

Tight bound on parameter of surplus-based averaging algorithm over balanced digraphs

Author(s): Satoshi Kawamura, Kai Cai, Mengbin Ye, Zhiyun Lin
Published in: International Journal of Control, 93/8, 2020, Page(s) 1859-1866, ISSN 0020-7179
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2018.1535200

Path following control in 3D using a vector field

Author(s): Weijia Yao, Ming Cao
Published in: Automatica, 117, 2020, Page(s) 108957, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.108957

Singularity-free guiding vector field for robot navigation

Author(s): Weijia Yao, Hector Garcia de Marina, Bohuan Lin, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transaction on Robotics, 2021, ISSN 1552-3098
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tro.2020.3043690

Limit cycles analysis and control of evolutionary game dynamics with environmental feedback

Author(s): Luke Gong, Weijia Yao Yao, Jian Gao, Ming Cao
Published in: Automatica, 2022, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2022.110536

Data-Driven Model Reduction of Monotone Systems by Nonlinear DC Gains

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Bart Besselink, Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65/5, 2020, Page(s) 2094-2106, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2019.2939191

Random asynchronous iterations in distributed coordination algorithms

Author(s): Yao Chen, Weiguo Xia, Ming Cao, Jinhu Lü
Published in: Automatica, 109, 2019, Page(s) 108505, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2019.108505

Analysis of a nonlinear opinion dynamics model with biased assimilation

Author(s): Weiguo Xia, Mengbin Ye, Ji Liu, Ming Cao, Xi-Ming Sun
Published in: Automatica, 120, 2020, Page(s) 109113, ISSN 0005-1098
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2020.109113

Analysis, Prediction, and Control of Epidemics: A Survey from Scalar to Dynamic Network Models

Author(s): Lorenzo Zino, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 2021, ISSN 1531-636X
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mcas.2021.3118100

Design of Privacy-Preserving Dynamic Controllers

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 65/9, 2020, Page(s) 3863-3878, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2020.2994030

Partial Exponential Stability Analysis of Slow-Fast Systems via Periodic Averaging

Author(s): Yuzhen Qin, Yu Kawano, Brian D.O. Anderson, Ming Cao
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022, ISSN 0018-9286
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tac.2021.3117151

Conference proceedings (11)

Modelling of Individual Behaviour in the DeGroot–Friedkin Self-Appraisal Dynamics on Social Networks

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Brian D.O. Anderson
Published in: 2019 18th European Control Conference (ECC), 2019, Page(s) 2011-2017, ISBN 978-3-907144-00-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2019.8795783

Modelling the Effect of Vaccination and Human Behaviour on the Spread of Epidemic Diseases on Temporal Networks

Author(s): Ming Cao; Lorenzo Zino; Kathinka Frieswijk
Published in: STARTPAGE=2291;ENDPAGE=2296;TITLE=2022 European Control Conference (ECC), 1, 2022
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2111.05590

Exerting Control in Repeated Social Dilemmas with Thresholds

Author(s): Kathinka Frieswijk, Alain Govaert, Ming Cao
Published in: 21st IFAC World Congress - Berlin, 2020
Publisher: IFAC

Towards Time-Varying Proximal Dynamics in Multi-Agent Network Games

Author(s): Carlo Cenedese, Yu Kawano, Sergio Grammatico, Ming Cao
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018, Page(s) 4378-4383, ISBN 978-1-5386-1395-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2018.8619670

Modelling of Individual Behaviour in the DeGroot–Friedkin Self-Appraisal Dynamics on Social Networks

Author(s): Mengbin Ye, Brian D.O. Anderson
Published in: 2019 18th European Control Conference (ECC), 2019, Page(s) 2011-2017, ISBN 978-3-907144-00-8
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.23919/ecc.2019.8795783

An asynchronous, forward-backward, distributed generalized nash equilibrium seeking algorithm

Author(s): Cenedese, Carlo; Belgioioso, Giuseppe; Grammatico, Sergio; Cao, Ming
Published in: 2019 18th European Control Conference, ECC 2019, 3508 - 3513, 5, 2019
Publisher: EUCA
DOI: 10.13140/rg.2.2.27907.35364

Differential Privacy and Qualitative Privacy Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: IFAC-PapersOnLine, 51/23, 2018, Page(s) 52-57, ISSN 2405-8963
Publisher: IFAC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2018.12.010

Robotic Path Following in 3D Using a Guiding Vector Field

Author(s): Weijia Yao, Yuri A. Kapitanyuk, Ming Cao
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018, Page(s) 4475-4480, ISBN 978-1-5386-1395-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2018.8619780

Revisit Input Observability: A New Approach to Attack Detection and Privacy Preservation

Author(s): Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018, Page(s) 7095-7100, ISBN 978-1-5386-1395-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2018.8618666

Stability of Remote Synchronization in Star Networks of Kuramoto Oscillators

Author(s): Yuzhen Qin, Yu Kawano, Ming Cao
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018, Page(s) 5209-5214, ISBN 978-1-5386-1395-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2018.8619257

Evolutionary Game Dynamics for Two Interacting Populations in A Co-evolving Environment

Author(s): Lulu Gong, Jian Gao, Ming Cao
Published in: 2018 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2018, Page(s) 3535-3540, ISBN 978-1-5386-1395-5
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/cdc.2018.8619801