Boda Ning

4.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
40 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Boda Ning is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Control and Systems Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Boda Ning has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 29 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Boda Ning's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (27 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (14 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (12 papers). Boda Ning is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (27 papers), Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (14 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (12 papers). Boda Ning collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and New Zealand. Boda Ning's co-authors include Qing‐Long Han, Zongyu Zuo, Xiaohua Ge, Xian‐Ming Zhang, Lei Ding, Jinchuan Zheng, Jiong Jin, Qiang Lu, Derui Ding and Dong Yue and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.

In The Last Decade

Boda Ning

38 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Overview of Recent Advances in Fixed-Time Cooperative ... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2017 2019 2017 2022 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Overview of Recent Advances in Fixed-Time Cooperative Control of Multiagent Systems
    2018 483 citations Zongyu Zuo, Qing‐Long Han et al. profile →
  2. A survey on recent advances in distributed sampled-data cooperative control of multi-agent systems
    2017 313 citations Xiaohua Ge, Qing‐Long Han et al. profile →
  3. Practical fixed-time consensus for integrator-type multi-agent systems: A time base generator approach
    2019 271 citations Boda Ning, Qing‐Long Han et al. Automatica profile →
  4. Distributed Optimization for Multiagent Systems: An Edge-Based Fixed-Time Consensus Approach
    2017 243 citations Boda Ning, Qing‐Long Han et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →
  5. Fixed-Time and Prescribed-Time Consensus Control of Multiagent Systems and Its Applications: A Survey of Recent Trends and Methodologies
    2022 211 citations Boda Ning, Qing‐Long Han et al. profile →
  6. Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Second-Order Multiagent Systems: A Time-Varying Function-Based Preset-Time Approach
    2020 193 citations Boda Ning, Qing‐Long Han et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
  7. Sampled-data control systems with non-uniform sampling: A survey of methods and trends
    2023 124 citations Xian‐Ming Zhang, Qing‐Long Han et al. Annual Reviews in Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Boda Ning Australia 21 2.3k 2.2k 544 315 269 40 3.3k
Zheng‐Guang Wu China 31 2.4k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 510 0.9× 397 1.3× 139 0.5× 88 3.7k
Yong Xu China 25 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 369 0.7× 228 0.7× 148 0.6× 97 2.4k
Yao Yu China 26 1.4k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 257 0.5× 258 0.8× 403 1.5× 127 2.5k
Xisheng Zhan China 29 1.9k 0.8× 2.1k 1.0× 369 0.7× 217 0.7× 107 0.4× 187 2.9k
Tansel Yucelen United States 26 1.4k 0.6× 2.8k 1.3× 301 0.6× 409 1.3× 454 1.7× 314 3.5k
Yuezu Lv China 29 1.7k 0.8× 1.1k 0.5× 350 0.6× 173 0.5× 203 0.8× 129 2.2k
Zhi Feng Singapore 20 1.6k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 296 0.5× 169 0.5× 147 0.5× 87 2.1k
Jiangshuai Huang China 33 2.6k 1.1× 3.4k 1.6× 261 0.5× 550 1.7× 299 1.1× 122 4.2k
Yuanqing Wu China 24 1.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 308 0.6× 198 0.6× 139 0.5× 80 2.4k
Xiangyu Meng China 27 1.8k 0.8× 1.9k 0.9× 516 0.9× 247 0.8× 100 0.4× 76 2.8k

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All Works

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Zhang, Xian‐Ming, et al.. (2025). An overview of recent advances in event-triggered control. Science China Information Sciences. 68(6). 8 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, Zongyu Zuo, & Lei Ding. (2025). Accelerated secondary frequency regulation and active power sharing for islanded microgrids with external disturbances: A fully distributed approach. Automatica. 174. 112146–112146. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xian‐Ming, Qing‐Long Han, Xiaohua Ge, Boda Ning, & Bao–Lin Zhang. (2023). Sampled-data control systems with non-uniform sampling: A survey of methods and trends. Annual Reviews in Control. 55. 70–91. 124 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ning, Boda, et al.. (2023). Robust trajectory tracking control for cable-driven parallel robots with model uncertainty. Control Engineering Practice. 140. 105662–105662. 10 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda & Qing‐Long Han. (2022). Order-Preserved Preset-Time Cooperative Control: A Monotone System-Based Approach. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 9(9). 1603–1611. 9 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Derui Ding. (2022). Predefined-Time Leader-Following Consensus for Multi-Agent Systems With Collision Avoidance. 2. 98–102. 1 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Xinghuo Yu, Qing‐Long Han, et al.. (2021). Settling Time Estimation in Synchronization of Impulsive Networks With Switching Topologies. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 52(4). 2386–2397. 9 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Lei Ding. (2020). Distributed Finite-Time Secondary Frequency and Voltage Control for Islanded Microgrids With Communication Delays and Switching Topologies. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 51(8). 3988–3999. 165 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Lei Ding. (2020). Distributed Secondary Control of AC Microgrids With External Disturbances and Directed Communication Topologies: A Full-Order Sliding-Mode Approach. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 8(3). 554–564. 56 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Zongyu Zuo. (2020). Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Second-Order Multiagent Systems: A Time-Varying Function-Based Preset-Time Approach. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 66(6). 2739–2745. 193 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Qiang Lu. (2019). Fixed-Time Leader-Following Consensus for Multiple Wheeled Mobile Robots. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 50(10). 4381–4392. 109 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Zongyu Zuo. (2018). Distributed Optimization of Multiagent Systems With Preserved Network Connectivity. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 49(11). 3980–3990. 30 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda & Qing‐Long Han. (2018). Prescribed Finite-Time Consensus Tracking for Multiagent Systems With Nonholonomic Chained-Form Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 64(4). 1686–1693. 192 indexed citations
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Zuo, Zongyu, Qing‐Long Han, & Boda Ning. (2018). An Explicit Estimate for the Upper Bound of the Settling Time in Fixed-Time Leader-Following Consensus of High-Order Multivariable Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(8). 6250–6259. 53 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Jiong Jin, Jinchuan Zheng, & Zhihong Man. (2017). Finite-time and fixed-time leader-following consensus for multi-agent systems with discontinuous inherent dynamics. International Journal of Control. 91(6). 1259–1270. 94 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Jiong Jin, & Jinchuan Zheng. (2017). Fixed-time consensus for multi-agent systems with discontinuous inherent dynamics over switching topology. International Journal of Systems Science. 48(10). 2023–2032. 50 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, Zongyu Zuo, Jiong Jin, & Jinchuan Zheng. (2017). Collective Behaviors of Mobile Robots Beyond the Nearest Neighbor Rules With Switching Topology. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 48(5). 1577–1590. 202 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Jiong Jin, Zongyu Zuo, Jinchuan Zheng, & Qing‐Long Han. (2017). Distributed fixed-time cooperative tracking control for multi-robot systems. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 833–838. 7 indexed citations
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Ning, Boda, Qing‐Long Han, & Zongyu Zuo. (2017). Distributed Optimization for Multiagent Systems: An Edge-Based Fixed-Time Consensus Approach. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 49(1). 122–132. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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