Guang‐Ren Duan

19.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
730 papers, 13.6k citations indexed

About

Guang‐Ren Duan is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Guang‐Ren Duan has authored 730 papers receiving a total of 13.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 640 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 174 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 147 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Guang‐Ren Duan's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (365 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (296 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (144 papers). Guang‐Ren Duan is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (365 papers), Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (296 papers) and Matrix Theory and Algorithms (144 papers). Guang‐Ren Duan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Guang‐Ren Duan's co-authors include Bin Zhou, Mingzhe Hou, Ai‐Guo Wu, Zongli Lin, Shuai Liu, Ron J. Patton, Zhao‐Yan Li, Feng Zhang, James Lam and Haihua Yu and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Guang‐Ren Duan

674 papers receiving 13.2k citations

Hit Papers

High-order fully actuated system approaches: Part I. Mode... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2020 100 200 300
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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. High-order fully actuated system approaches: Part I. Models and basic procedure
    2020 325 citations Guang‐Ren Duan International Journal of Systems Science profile →
  2. High-order fully actuated system approaches: Part III. Robust control and high-order backstepping
    2020 193 citations Guang‐Ren Duan International Journal of Systems Science profile →
  3. High-order fully actuated system approaches: Part II. Generalized strict-feedback systems
    2020 188 citations Guang‐Ren Duan International Journal of Systems Science profile →

Peers

Guang‐Ren Duan
Bao‐Zhu Guo China
Andrew R. Teel United States
Hassan K. Khalil United States
Bruce A. Francis Canada
Anders Rantzer Sweden
Eric Feron United Kingdom
V. Balakrishnan United States
Tadeusz Kaczorek Poland
Kemin Zhou United States
Pierre Apkarian France
Bao‐Zhu Guo China
Guang‐Ren Duan
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guang‐Ren Duan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Duan, Guang‐Ren, et al.. (2025). Set-Based Fault-Tolerant Control for Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems: A Fully Actuated System Approach. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 30(6). 6073–6084. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, et al.. (2025). High-Order Fully Actuated Approach for Output Tracking Control of Flexible Servo Systems Subject to Uncertainties and Disturbances. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 72(9). 9433–9443. 2 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren, et al.. (2024). A fully actuated system approach: Desired compensation adaptive robust control for uncertain nonlinear systems. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 361(9). 106855–106855. 3 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren, et al.. (2024). Generalized proportional–integral extended state observer-based controller design for fully actuated systems. ISA Transactions. 155. 137–147. 2 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren, et al.. (2024). Robust control of uncertain fully actuated systems with nonlinear uncertainties and perturbed input matrices. ISA Transactions. 154. 160–170. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, et al.. (2024). Event-Triggered Control for Servo Motor Systems Based on Fully Actuated System Approach and Dynamical Compensator. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 72(7). 7524–7533.
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Zhang, Zhongcai & Guang‐Ren Duan. (2024). Stabilization Controller of an Extended Chained Nonholonomic System With Disturbance: An FAS Approach. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 11(5). 1262–1273. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhijie, et al.. (2024). A Fully Actuated System Approach to Control of the 3D Cubli: Theory and Experiments. 1066–1071. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ping & Guang‐Ren Duan. (2024). High-Order Fully Actuated Control Approach for Servo Systems Based on Dynamical Compensator and Extended State Observer. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 29(5). 3717–3726. 9 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren, et al.. (2023). Adaptive guaranteed cost control for nonlinear systems with unknown parameters and time delays based on fully actuated system approaches. ISA Transactions. 145. 112–123. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Qin & Guang‐Ren Duan. (2023). Prescribed performance tracking control for spacecraft proximity operations with inertia property identification. Aerospace Science and Technology. 141. 108555–108555. 13 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren. (2022). Fully actuated system approaches for continuous-time delay systems: part 1. Systems with state delays only. Science China Information Sciences. 66(1). 41 indexed citations
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Hou, Mingzhe, et al.. (2022). Adaptive dynamic surface asymptotic tracking control of uncertain strict‐feedback systems with guaranteed transient performance and accurate parameter estimation. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 32(12). 6829–6848. 27 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren. (2021). High-order fully-actuated system approaches: Part IX. Generalised PID control and model reference tracking. International Journal of Systems Science. 53(3). 652–674. 75 indexed citations
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Duan, Guang‐Ren. (2021). High-order fully actuated system approaches: Part VIII. Optimal control with application in spacecraft attitude stabilisation. International Journal of Systems Science. 53(1). 54–73. 99 indexed citations
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Huo, Xin, et al.. (2020). Semi-global stability analysis of source seeking with dynamic sensor reading and a class of nonlinear maps. International Journal of Control. 95(3). 641–650. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Y., Guang‐Ren Duan, & Maorui Zhang. (2012). On-line reentry trajectory optimization of hypersonic vehicle based on improved Gauss pseudospectral method. Chinese Control Conference. 2254–2259. 2 indexed citations

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