Ning Xu

5.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
154 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ning Xu is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Xu has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 60 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 50 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Ning Xu's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (68 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (49 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (35 papers). Ning Xu is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (68 papers), Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (49 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (35 papers). Ning Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and United States. Ning Xu's co-authors include Xudong Zhao, Guangdeng Zong, Huanqing Wang, Ben Niu, Ben Niu, Ning Zhao, Haoyan Zhang, Xin Huo, Adil M. Ahmad and Heng Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Diabetes, IEEE Access and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Ning Xu

143 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Adaptive Neural Self-Triggered Bipartite Fault-Tolerant Control for Nonlinear MASs With Dead-Zone Constraints

2022 114 citations Fabin Cheng, Huanqing Wang et al. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering profile →
Hierarchical Sliding-Mode Surface-Based Adaptive Critic Tracking Control for Nonlinear Multiplayer Zero-Sum Games via Generalized Fuzzy Hyperbolic Models

2023 84 citations Guangdeng Zong, Xudong Zhao et al. profile →
Dynamic Self-Triggered Fuzzy Bipartite Time-Varying Formation Tracking for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems With Deferred Asymmetric Output Constraints

2024 64 citations Guangdeng Zong, Ben Niu et al. profile →
Dynamic Event-Triggered Control for a Class of Uncertain Strict-Feedback Systems via an Improved Adaptive Neural Networks Backstepping Approach

2024 62 citations Ning Xu, Guangdeng Zong et al. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering profile →
Data-driven-based sliding-mode dynamic event-triggered control of unknown nonlinear systems via reinforcement learning

2024 58 citations Guangdeng Zong, Xudong Zhao et al. Neurocomputing profile →
Adaptive neural predefined-time hierarchical sliding mode control of switched under-actuated nonlinear systems subject to bouc-wen hysteresis

2024 51 citations Ning Xu et al. International Journal of Systems Science profile →
Adaptive optimized backstepping tracking control for full‐state constrained nonlinear strict‐feedback systems without using barrier Lyapunov function method

2024 47 citations Ning Xu, Guangdeng Zong et al. Optimal Control Applications and Methods profile →
Dynamic memory event-triggered adaptive neural prescribed-time bipartite consensus control for high-order MASs with privacy preservation

2025 23 citations Ning Xu et al. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation profile →
Adaptive neural finite-time self-triggered control for nonstrict-feedback nonlinear systems with sensor faults

2025 18 citations Ning Xu, Ning Zhao et al. profile →

Peers

Ning Xu

CSE

CNC

CTM

EEE

Ben Niu China

Jinhui Zhang China

Ning Zhao China

Weihua Gui China

Jian Chu China

Claudio De Persis Netherlands

Qiuye Sun China

Yu‐Long Wang China

Jianxing Liu China

Hongjian Liu China

Ben Niu China

Ning Xu

4.0k ×1.6

CSE

2.2k ×1.2

CNC

1.3k ×1.2

CTM

523 ×0.8

404 ×0.6

EEE

Citations per year, relative to Ning Xu Ning Xu (= 1×) peers Ben Niu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Ning, et al.. (2025). Prescribed-time non-overshooting tracking control for nonlinear systems via a time-scale transformation approach*. International Journal of Systems Science. 57(3). 804–815.

Xu, Ning, et al.. (2025). Multigroup cross-section library generation for deterministic electron-transport calculation. Annals of Nuclear Energy. 227. 111937–111937.

Xu, Ning, et al.. (2025). Funnel-Based Optimized Formation Control for MIMO Multiagent Systems Under DoS Attacks: A DETM Quantized Method. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 12(24). 53749–53757. 6 indexed citations

Zhao, Jing, Ben Niu, Ning Xu, Guangdeng Zong, & Liang Zhang. (2025). Self-triggered optimal fault-tolerant control for saturated-inputs zero-sum game nonlinear systems via particle swarm optimization-based reinforcement learning. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 153. 109512–109512. 3 indexed citations

Wu, Xiangjun, Shuo Ding, Huanqing Wang, et al.. (2024). Dual-channel event-triggered prescribed performance adaptive fuzzy time-varying formation tracking control for nonlinear multi-agent systems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 498. 109140–109140. 41 indexed citations

Wu, Wenjing, Ben Niu, Ning Xu, Xudong Zhao, & Yunfeng Liu. (2024). Performance recovery-based adaptive saturated fault-tolerant control of uncertain nonlinear systems with actuator switching and periodic disturbances. European Journal of Control. 77. 100969–100969. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Jing, et al.. (2024). Dynamic event-triggered optimal control for stochastic interconnected nonlinear systems with matched disturbances via adaptive dynamic programming. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 362(2). 107360–107360. 26 indexed citations

Wang, Huanqing, et al.. (2024). Sliding-mode surface-based adaptive optimal nonzero-sum games for saturated nonlinear multi-player systems with identifier-critic networks. Neurocomputing. 584. 127575–127575. 44 indexed citations

Niu, Ben, et al.. (2024). ADP-based online compensation hierarchical sliding-mode control for partially unknown switched nonlinear systems with actuator failures. ISA Transactions. 155. 69–81. 25 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2024). Optimized backstepping‐based finite‐time containment control for nonlinear multi‐agent systems with prescribed performance. Optimal Control Applications and Methods. 45(5). 2364–2382. 43 indexed citations

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Xu, Ning, et al.. (2024). Observer‐based optimal fault‐tolerant tracking control for input‐constrained interconnected nonlinear systems with mismatched disturbances. Optimal Control Applications and Methods. 45(6). 2572–2595. 35 indexed citations

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Xu, Ning, et al.. (2024). Adaptive optimized backstepping tracking control for full‐state constrained nonlinear strict‐feedback systems without using barrier Lyapunov function method. Optimal Control Applications and Methods. 45(5). 2051–2075. 47 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Zhenhuan, et al.. (2024). Active Disturbance Rejection Predefined-Time Consensus Tracking for Nonlinear Multiagent Systems via Self-Triggered Communication. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. 22. 9810–9820. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, Fabin, Ben Niu, Ning Xu, & Xudong Zhao. (2023). Resilient distributed secure consensus control for uncertain networked agent systems under hybrid DoS attacks. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 129. 107689–107689. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Huanqing, et al.. (2023). Sliding-mode surface-based decentralized event-triggered control of partially unknown interconnected nonlinear systems via reinforcement learning. Information Sciences. 641. 119070–119070. 61 indexed citations

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Wu, Wenjing, Ning Xu, Ben Niu, Xudong Zhao, & Adil M. Ahmad. (2023). Low-Computation Adaptive Saturated Self-Triggered Tracking Control of Uncertain Networked Systems. Electronics. 12(13). 2771–2771. 28 indexed citations

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Zong, Guangdeng, et al.. (2023). Adaptive dynamic surface control of MIMO nonlinear systems: A hybrid event triggering mechanism. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 38(2). 437–454. 43 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yanwei, Ben Niu, Guangdeng Zong, Ning Xu, & Adil M. Ahmad. (2023). Event-triggered optimal decentralized control for stochastic interconnected nonlinear systems via adaptive dynamic programming. Neurocomputing. 539. 126163–126163. 62 indexed citations

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Chang, Yi, Ben Niu, Huanqing Wang, et al.. (2021). Switched-observer-based adaptive output-feedback control design with unknown gain for pure-feedback switched nonlinear systems via average dwell time. International Journal of Systems Science. 52(9). 1731–1745. 58 indexed citations

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Wang, Huanqing, Shijia Kang, Xudong Zhao, Ning Xu, & Tieshan Li. (2021). Command Filter-Based Adaptive Neural Control Design for Nonstrict-Feedback Nonlinear Systems With Multiple Actuator Constraints. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 52(11). 12561–12570. 130 indexed citations

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