Zhian Kuang

773 total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 599 citations indexed

About

Zhian Kuang is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhian Kuang has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 599 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 4 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhian Kuang's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (9 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (8 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (5 papers). Zhian Kuang is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (9 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (8 papers) and Teleoperation and Haptic Systems (5 papers). Zhian Kuang collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Zhian Kuang's co-authors include Zhiqiang Ma, Guanghui Sun, Masayoshi Tomizuka, Ligang Wu, Jianxing Liu, Huijun Gao, Panfeng Huang, Liting Sun, Xiang Zhang and Zhengxiong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Zhian Kuang

19 papers receiving 595 citations

Hit Papers

Practical tracking control of linear motor via fractional... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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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. Practical tracking control of linear motor via fractional-order sliding mode
    2018 232 citations Guanghui Sun, Ligang Wu et al. Automatica profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhian Kuang China 8 515 128 89 75 74 19 599
P. S. Londhe India 14 589 1.1× 89 0.7× 81 0.9× 48 0.6× 57 0.8× 24 713
Mario Ramírez‐Neria Mexico 12 578 1.1× 170 1.3× 107 1.2× 44 0.6× 71 1.0× 47 671
Bowen Yi Australia 17 605 1.2× 83 0.6× 71 0.8× 134 1.8× 79 1.1× 66 757
Dongdong Zheng China 13 582 1.1× 167 1.3× 155 1.7× 65 0.9× 74 1.0× 54 724
Stanislav Aranovskiy Russia 17 646 1.3× 108 0.8× 148 1.7× 33 0.4× 48 0.6× 84 790
Béla Lantos Hungary 14 539 1.0× 158 1.2× 58 0.7× 50 0.7× 65 0.9× 85 711
Shunshoku Kanae Japan 11 552 1.1× 89 0.7× 72 0.8× 33 0.4× 45 0.6× 67 620
Lőrinc Márton Romania 11 410 0.8× 262 2.0× 47 0.5× 44 0.6× 61 0.8× 66 553
Zhuang Liu China 12 583 1.1× 130 1.0× 233 2.6× 36 0.5× 82 1.1× 35 738
Hamidreza Momeni Iran 14 340 0.7× 130 1.0× 78 0.9× 39 0.5× 64 0.9× 62 479

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhian Kuang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhian Kuang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhian Kuang based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Zhian Kuang. Zhian Kuang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Liu, Wenbo, et al.. (2025). An effective hybrid genetic algorithm for the multi-robot task allocation problem with limited span. Expert Systems with Applications. 280. 127299–127299. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Hanlin, Xuebo Yang, Zhian Kuang, & Ming Liu. (2022). On practical terminal sliding-mode control for systems with or without mismatched uncertainty. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 359(15). 8084–8106. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaolei, Guanghui Sun, Zhian Kuang, & Shuo Han. (2022). Nonlinear Predictive Optimization for Deploying Space Tethered Satellite via Discrete-Time Fractional-Order Sliding Mode. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 58(5). 4517–4526. 20 indexed citations
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Wang, Changhao, Xiang Zhang, Zhian Kuang, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2022). Safe Online Gain Optimization for Cartesian Space Variable Impedance Control. 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE). 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhengxiong, et al.. (2021). Time-Delay Modeling and Simulation for Relay Communication-Based Space Telerobot System. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 52(7). 4211–4222. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhiqiang, Zhengxiong Liu, Panfeng Huang, & Zhian Kuang. (2021). Adaptive Fractional-Order Sliding Mode Control for Admittance-Based Telerobotic System With Optimized Order and Force Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 69(5). 5165–5174. 72 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Liting Sun, Xiang Zhang, Huijun Gao, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2021). Feedback-based Digital Higher-order Terminal Sliding Mode for 6-DOF Industrial Manipulators. 1742–1747. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiang, Liting Sun, Zhian Kuang, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2021). Learning Variable Impedance Control via Inverse Reinforcement Learning for Force-Related Tasks. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(2). 2225–2232. 72 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Liting Sun, Huijun Gao, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2021). Practical Fractional-Order Variable-Gain Supertwisting Control With Application to Wafer Stages of Photolithography Systems. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 27(1). 214–224. 28 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Liting Sun, Huijun Gao, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2020). Precise Motion Control of Wafer Stages via Adaptive Neural Network and Fractional-Order Super-Twisting Algorithm. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 53(2). 8315–8320. 5 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhiqiang, Panfeng Huang, & Zhian Kuang. (2020). Fuzzy Approximate Learning-Based Sliding Mode Control for Deploying Tethered Space Robot. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 29(9). 2739–2749. 30 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Liting Sun, Huijun Gao, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2020). Fractional-Order Variable-Gain Super-Twisting Control With Application to Wafer Stages of Photolithography Systems. 4 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Huijun Gao, & Masayoshi Tomizuka. (2020). Precise Linear-Motor Synchronization Control Via Cross-Coupled Second-Order Discrete-Time Fractional-Order Sliding Mode. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 1–1. 66 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, et al.. (2019). Precise Variable-Gain Cross-Coupling Contouring Control for Linear Motor Direct-Drive Table. 5737–5742. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Guanghui, Ligang Wu, Zhian Kuang, Zhiqiang Ma, & Jianxing Liu. (2018). Practical tracking control of linear motor via fractional-order sliding mode. Automatica. 94. 221–235. 232 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuang, Zhian, Xiangyu Shao, Xiaolei Li, & Guanghui Sun. (2018). High-precision analysis of discrete-time fractional-order sliding mode control. 51. 3083–3087. 5 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, Guanghui Sun, & Huijun Gao. (2018). Simplified Newton-Based CEE and Discrete-Time Fractional-Order Sliding-Mode CEC. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 24(1). 175–185. 31 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zhian, et al.. (2017). Simulations of friction models for linear motors. IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society. 45. 7569–7573. 2 indexed citations

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