Lifeng Ma

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
108 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Lifeng Ma is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Lifeng Ma has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 73 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 64 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 28 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Lifeng Ma's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (59 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (32 papers) and Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (29 papers). Lifeng Ma is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (59 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (32 papers) and Neural Networks Stability and Synchronization (29 papers). Lifeng Ma collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia. Lifeng Ma's co-authors include Zidong Wang, Yurong Liu, Hak‐Keung Lam, Yuming Bo, Hongjian Liu, Qing‐Long Han, Xiaojian Yi, Fuad E. Alsaadi, Lei Liu and Jie Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lifeng Ma

97 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Fault detection of networked dynamical systems: a survey of trends and techniques

2021 163 citations Hongjian Liu, Lifeng Ma et al. profile →
Distributed non-fragile set-membership filtering for nonlinear systems under fading channels and bias injection attacks

2021 159 citations Lifeng Ma et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lifeng Ma China	37	2.5k	2.4k	918	454	221	108	3.9k
Shuai Song China	36	1.9k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	753 0.8×	560 1.2×	567 2.6×	131	3.6k
Zhiguang Feng China	35	3.1k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	446 0.5×	362 0.8×	404 1.8×	165	4.0k
Yijing Wang China	33	2.6k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	338 0.4×	461 1.0×	207 0.9×	236	3.8k
Yun Chen China	32	1.8k 0.7×	1.6k 0.7×	709 0.8×	496 1.1×	208 0.9×	165	3.1k
Xiao‐Heng Chang China	40	4.0k 1.6×	2.3k 0.9×	637 0.7×	383 0.8×	369 1.7×	141	4.8k
Jianlong Qiu China	33	1.3k 0.5×	2.2k 0.9×	527 0.6×	662 1.5×	1.0k 4.7×	233	3.8k
Ruggero Carli Italy	29	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.0×	619 0.7×	994 2.2×	113 0.5×	166	3.6k
Randy A. Freeman United States	29	2.5k 1.0×	2.0k 0.8×	495 0.5×	457 1.0×	184 0.8×	84	4.4k
Anke Xue China	33	2.8k 1.1×	1.9k 0.8×	441 0.5×	286 0.6×	285 1.3×	216	3.9k
Jian Xiao China	26	1.6k 0.6×	867 0.4×	513 0.6×	314 0.7×	309 1.4×	153	2.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lifeng Ma

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Lifeng, et al.. (2025). Recursive State Estimation for Complex Networks With Energy Harvesting Constraints and Decode-and-Forward Relays. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 55(8). 5491–5502.

Yuan, Shuo, Lifeng Ma, & Chen Gao. (2025). Probability-Guaranteed Consensus Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems Under Bit Flips. 4(3).

Gao, Shuling, et al.. (2024). Parameters of Collision and Adhesion Process Between a Rising Bubble and Quartz in Long-Chain Amine Solution and Their Correlation with Flotation. Minerals. 14(11). 1129–1129. 1 indexed citations

Han, Chunyan, et al.. (2024). Optimal sequential fusion estimation for sampled‐data systems with random delays and multiplicative noise. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 34(11). 7007–7028.

Chen, Yonggang, et al.. (2024). Event-triggered regional stabilization for T–S fuzzy systems subject to communication delays and actuator saturations. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 361(4). 106653–106653. 10 indexed citations

Zhao, Hongyuan, et al.. (2024). Probability‐guaranteed encoding–decoding‐based state estimation for delayed memristive neutral networks with event‐triggered mechanism. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 38(8). 2750–2770.

Liu, Yi, Xiang Wu, Yuming Bo, Jiacun Wang, & Lifeng Ma. (2024). A Transfer Learning Framework for Deep Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 11(11). 2346–2348. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Engang, Mengge Fan, Lifeng Ma, & Dong Yue. (2024). Stochastic Important-Data-Based Attack Power Allocation Against Remote State Estimation in Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(3). 2012–2019. 16 indexed citations

Wen, Chuanbo, et al.. (2023). Recursive state estimation for state-saturated systems with two groups of measurements: Handling delayed and degraded sensors. Information Fusion. 97. 101814–101814. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Chuang, Zidong Wang, Lifeng Ma, Hongli Dong, & Weiguo Sheng. (2023). A novel contrastive adversarial network for minor-class data augmentation: Applications to pipeline fault diagnosis. Knowledge-Based Systems. 271. 110516–110516. 27 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, Zidong Wang, Hong Lin, Lifeng Ma, & Guoping Lü. (2023). Encoding–decoding-based fusion estimation with filter-and-forward relays and stochastic measurement delays. Information Fusion. 100. 101963–101963. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shu‐Hua, Lifeng Ma, & Xiaojian Yi. (2023). Data-Driven Control for Nonlinear Networked Systems on Basis of Two Description Coding Scheme. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 21(4). 6721–6730. 5 indexed citations

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Ma, Lifeng, et al.. (2022). Model-Free Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems With Encoding-Decoding Mechanism. IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks. 8. 489–498. 31 indexed citations

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Zhao, Zhongyi, Xiaojian Yi, Lifeng Ma, & Xingzhen Bai. (2022). Quantized recursive filtering for networked systems with stochastic transmission delays. ISA Transactions. 127. 99–107. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Lifeng, Zidong Wang, Yun Chen, & Xiaojian Yi. (2021). Probability-Guaranteed Distributed Secure Estimation for Nonlinear Systems Over Sensor Networks Under Deception Attacks on Innovations. IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks. 7. 465–477. 29 indexed citations

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Ma, Lifeng, Zidong Wang, Yun Chen, & Xiaojian Yi. (2021). Probability-Guaranteed Distributed Filtering for Nonlinear Systems With Innovation Constraints Over Sensor Networks. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems. 8(2). 951–963. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Hongjian, Lifeng Ma, Zidong Wang, Yurong Liu, & Fuad E. Alsaadi. (2020). An overview of stability analysis and state estimation for memristive neural networks. Neurocomputing. 391. 1–12. 58 indexed citations

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Liu, Yurong, Zidong Wang, Lifeng Ma, & Fuad E. Alsaadi. (2019). A Partial-Nodes-Based Information fusion approach to state estimation for discrete-Time delayed stochastic complex networks. Information Fusion. 49. 240–248. 80 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Zidong Wang, & Lifeng Ma. (2016). Variance-constrained state estimation for networked multi-rate systems with measurement quantization and probabilistic sensor failures. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 26(16). 3507–3523. 54 indexed citations

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Ma, Lifeng, et al.. (2010). Existence and uniqueness of solutions of initial value problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations. Applied Mathematics Letters. 23(6). 676–680. 96 indexed citations

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