Robust Formation Control for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
暫譯: 多無人機的穩健編隊控制

本書基於作者最近在編隊控制問題上的研究成果，包括針對多個無人機系統的時間變化編隊、通信延遲、容錯編隊等問題，這些系統具有高度非線性和耦合性、參數不確定性以及外部擾動。

Hao Liu received the B.E. degree in control science and engineering from the Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China, in 2008, the Ph.D. degree in automatic control from the Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, in 2013. In 2012, he was a visiting student in the Research School of Engineering, Australian National University. From 2013 to 2020, he has been with the School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing, China, where he is currently an Associate Professor. Since 2020, he has been with the Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Beihang University, Beijing, China. From 2017 to 2018, he was a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute, Fort Worth, USA. He received the best paper award on IEEE ICCA 2018. His research interests include formation control, reinforcement learning, robust control, nonlinear control, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, and multi-agent systems. He serves as an associate editor of Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, and Advanced Control for Applications: Engineering and Industrial Systems.

Deyuan Liu received the B.E. degree in automation from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, in 2015, the Ph.D. degree in flight vehicle design from the School of Astronautics, Beihang University, Beijing, China, in 2021. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow of Zhuoyue Program in control theory and control engineering with Beihang University, Beijing, China. His current research interests include multi-agent systems, robust control, nonlinear control, formation control, and tail-sitter aircraft control.

Yan Wan is currently a Distinguished University Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University in 2009 and then did postdoctoral training at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests lie in the modeling, evaluation, and control of large-scale dynamical networks, cyber-physical systems, stochastic networks, and their applications to smart grids, urban aerial mobility, autonomous driving, robot networking, and air traffic management. She is an appointed member of the Board of Governors of the IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) and serves in the Conference Editorial Board and Technology Conference Editorial Board. She is also a technical committee member of AIAA Intelligent Systems, IEEE CSS Nonlinear Systems and Control, and IEEE CSS Networks and Communication Systems.

Frank L. Lewis is a Member of National Academy of Inventors, a Fellow of IEEE/IFAC/U.K/Institute of Measurement & Control, PE Texas, U.K. Chartered Engineer. He is a UTA Distinguished Scholar Professor, UTA Distinguished Teaching Professor, and Moncrief-O'Donnell Chair at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute. He received the bachelor's degree in physics/EE in 1971 and the M.S.E.E. degree in 1971 from Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, the M.S. degree in aeronautical engineering in 1977 from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, USA, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1981 from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. He works in feedback control, intelligent systems, cooperative control systems, and nonlinear systems. He is author of 7 U.S. patents, numerous journal special issues, journal papers, and 20 books, including Optimal Control, Aircraft Control, Optimal Estimation, and Robot Manipulator Control which are used as university textbooks worldwide. He received the Fulbright Research Award, NSF Research Initiation Grant, ASEE Terman Award, Int. Neural Network Soc. Gabor Award, U.K. Inst Measurement & Control Honeywell Field Engineering Medal, IEEE Computational Intelligence Society Neural Networks Pioneer Award, AIAA Intelligent Systems Award. Received Outstanding Service Award from Dallas IEEE Section, selected as Engineer of the year by Ft. Worth IEEE Section. Was listed in Ft. Worth Business Press Top 200 Leaders in Manufacturing. Texas Regents Outstanding Teaching Award 2013.

Kimon P. Valavanis received the Diploma degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, in 1981, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the Ph.D. degree in computer and systems engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA, in 1984 and 1986, respectively. He is currently a Professor and the Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and also the Acting Chair of the Computer Science Department, University of Denver, Denver, CO, USA. His current research interests include unmanned systems and distributed intelligence systems.

Hao Liu於2008年獲得中國西安西北工業大學控制科學與工程學士學位，並於2013年獲得中國北京清華大學自動控制博士學位。2012年，他曾在澳大利亞國立大學工程研究學院擔任訪問學生。從2013年到2020年，他在中國北京的北京航空航天大學航天學院任教，目前擔任副教授。自2020年以來，他在北京航空航天大學人工智慧研究所工作。2017年至2018年，他曾在美國德克薩斯州阿靈頓大學研究所擔任訪問學者。他在IEEE ICCA 2018上獲得最佳論文獎。他的研究興趣包括編隊控制、強化學習、魯棒控制、非線性控制、無人機、無人水下航行器和多智能體系統。他擔任《計量與控制學會會刊》和《應用先進控制：工程與工業系統》的副編輯。

Deyuan Liu於2015年獲得中國北京化工大學自動化學士學位，並於2021年獲得中國北京航空航天大學航天學院飛行器設計博士學位。他目前是北京航空航天大學控制理論與控制工程卓越計畫的博士後研究員。他目前的研究興趣包括多智能體系統、魯棒控制、非線性控制、編隊控制和尾坐式飛機控制。

Yan Wan目前是德克薩斯州阿靈頓大學電機工程系的傑出大學教授。她於2009年在華盛頓州立大學獲得電機工程博士學位，隨後在加州大學聖巴巴拉分校進行博士後訓練。她的研究興趣包括大規模動態網絡、網絡物理系統、隨機網絡的建模、評估和控制，以及它們在智能電網、城市空中移動、自動駕駛、機器人網絡和空中交通管理中的應用。她是IEEE控制系統學會（CSS）理事會的委員，並在會議編輯委員會和技術會議編輯委員會中任職。她還是AIAA智能系統、IEEE CSS非線性系統與控制以及IEEE CSS網絡與通信系統的技術委員會成員。

Frank L. Lewis是全國發明家學院的成員，IEEE/IFAC/英國/計量與控制學會的會士，德克薩斯州註冊專業工程師，英國特許工程師。他是德克薩斯州阿靈頓大學研究所的傑出學者教授、傑出教學教授和Moncrief-O'Donnell講座教授。他於1971年獲得萊斯大學物理/電機工程學士學位，並於1971年獲得電機工程碩士學位，1977年獲得美國佛羅里達州西佛羅里達大學航空工程碩士學位，1981年獲得美國喬治亞理工學院電機工程博士學位。他的研究領域包括反饋控制、智能系統、協作控制系統和非線性系統。他擁有7項美國專利，發表了多篇期刊特刊、期刊論文和20本書籍，包括《最優控制》、《飛機控制》、《最優估計》和《機器人操控》，這些書籍在全球大學中用作教材。他獲得了富布賴特研究獎、NSF研究啟動獎、ASEE Terman獎、國際神經網絡學會Gabor獎、英國計量與控制學會Honeywell現場工程獎、IEEE計算智能學會神經網絡先驅獎、AIAA智能系統獎。他還獲得了達拉斯IEEE分會的傑出服務獎，並被選為沃斯堡IEEE分會的年度工程師。他被列入沃斯堡商業報的製造業200位領袖名單，並於2013年獲得德克薩斯州理事會傑出教學獎。

Kimon P. Valavanis於1981年獲得希臘雅典國立技術大學電氣與電子工程學位，並於1984年和1986年分別獲得美國倫斯勒理工學院電機工程碩士學位和計算機與系統工程博士學位。他目前是美國丹佛大學電氣與計算機工程系的教授及系主任，同時也是計算機科學系的代理系主任。他目前的研究興趣包括無人系統和分散智能系統。