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Le, Quang Dan and Yang, Erfu (2024) Adaptive fault-tolerant tracking control for multi-joint robot manipulators via neural network-based synchronization. Sensors, 24 (21). 6837. ISSN 1424-8220

Ait Ameur, Mohamed Adlan and Yang, Erfu and Brady, Scott; (2024) Advancing healthcare through intelligent human-robot collaboration : overview, challenges and opportunities. In: 2024 29th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). IEEE, GBR, pp. 1-6. ISBN 979-8-3503-6088-2

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Shi, Haobin and Yu, Leijian and Niu, Cong (2024) Adaptive square-root cubature Kalman filter based low cost UAV positioning in dark and GPS-denied environments. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles. pp. 1-13. ISSN 2379-8904

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian and Niu, Cong (2024) Sensor fusion-based UAV localization system for low-cost autonomous inspection in extremely confined environments. IEEE Sensors Journal, 24 (14). pp. 22144-22155. ISSN 1530-437X

Sun, Huanqi and Xiong, Weili and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2024) Hierarchical estimation methods based on the penalty term for controlled autoregressive systems with colored noises. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 34 (10). pp. 6804-6826. ISSN 1049-8923

Xing, Haoming and Ding, Feng and Zhang, Xiao and Luan, Xiaoli and Yang, Erfu (2024) Highly-efficient filtered hierarchical identification algorithms for multiple-input multiple-output systems with colored noises. Systems and Control Letters, 186. 105762. ISSN 0167-6911

Yang, Dan and Liu, Yanjun and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2024) Hierarchical gradient-based iterative parameter estimation algorithms for a nonlinear feedback system based on the hierarchical identification principle. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 43 (1). pp. 124-151. ISSN 0278-081X

Miao, Guangqin and Ding, Feng and Liu, Qinyao and Yang, Erfu (2023) Iterative parameter identification algorithms for transformed dynamic rational fraction input–output systems. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 434. 115297. ISSN 0377-0427

Xing, Haoming and Ding, Feng and Pan, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2023) Hierarchical recursive least squares parameter estimation methods for multiple‐input multiple‐output systems by using the auxiliary models. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 37 (11). pp. 2983-3007. ISSN 0890-6327

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian and Niu, Cong (2023) Ultrasonic and IMU based high precision UAV localisation for the low cost autonomous inspection in oil and gas pressure vessels. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 19 (10). pp. 10523-10534. ISSN 1551-3203

Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Luo, Cai and Ren, Peng (2023) AMCD : an accurate deep learning-based metallic corrosion detector for MAV-based real-time visual inspection. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, 14 (7). pp. 8087-8098. ISSN 1868-5137

Yang, Manman and Yang, Erfu (2023) Two-stage multi-sensor fusion positioning system with seamless switching for cooperative mobile robot and manipulator system. International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 7 (2). pp. 275-290. ISSN 2366-5971

Othman, Uqba and Yang, Erfu (2023) Human–robot collaborations in smart manufacturing environments : review and outlook. Sensors, 23 (12). 5663. ISSN 1424-8220

Walker, Charles and Luo, Xichun and P M, Abhilash and Liu, Qi and Madarkar, Rajeshkumar and Yang, Erfu (2023) Digital twin of dynamic error of a collaborative robot. In: Euspen's 23rd International Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2023-06-12 - 2023-06-16.

Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Yang, Beiya and Fei, Zixiang and Niu, Cong (2023) A robust learned feature-based visual odometry system for UAV pose estimation in challenging indoor environments. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 72. pp. 1-11. 5015411. ISSN 0018-9456

Cui, Xindan and Zhu, Yanhe and Zhao, Jie and Piao, Songhao and Yang, Erfu; (2023) Bio-inspired locomotion control for UBot self-reconfigurable modular robot. In: 2023 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis, ICCAD 2023. 2023 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis, ICCAD 2023 . IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9798350347074

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian and Niu, Cong (2023) Adaptive extended Kalman filter based fusion approach for high precision UAV positioning in extremely confined environments. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 28 (1). pp. 543-554. ISSN 1083-4435

Feng, Fang and Li, Kuan-Ching and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Qingguo and Han, Lihong and Hussain, Amir and Cai, Mingjiang (2023) A novel oversampling and feature selection hybrid algorithm for imbalanced data classification. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 82 (3). 3231–3267. ISSN 1380-7501

Loeliger, Andrew and Yang, Erfu and Bomphray, Iain (2022) A smart sensor box to increase the adaptability of automated manufacturing. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, 25. pp. 31-36. ISSN 2352-7528

Yao, Xifan and Ma, Nanfeng and Zhang, Jianming and Wang, Kesai and Yang, Erfu and Faccio, Maurizio (2022) Enhancing wisdom manufacturing as industrial metaverse for industry and society 5.0. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. ISSN 0956-5515

Zhou, Yihong and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2022) Two-stage extended recursive gradient algorithm for locally linear RBF-based autoregressive models with colored noises. ISA Transactions, 129 (Part B). pp. 284-294. ISSN 0019-0578

Othman, Uqba and Yang, Erfu; Yang, Chenguang and Xu, Yuchun, eds. (2022) An overview of human-robot collaboration in smart manufacturing. In: 2022 27th International Conference on Automation and Computing. 2022 27th International Conference on Automation and Computing: Smart Systems and Manufacturing, ICAC 2022 . IEEE, GBR, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781665498074

Aphirakmethawong, Janjira and Yang, Erfu and Mehnen, Jörn (2022) An overview of artificial intelligence in product design for smart manufacturing. In: The 27th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing, 2022-09-01 - 2022-09-03, University of the West of England.

Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Yang, Beiya (2022) AFE-ORB-SLAM : robust monocular VSLAM based on adaptive FAST threshold and image enhancement for complex lighting environments. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 105 (2). 26. ISSN 0921-0296

Wei, Chun and Zhang, Xiao and Xu, Ling and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2022) Overall recursive least squares and overall stochastic gradient algorithms and their convergence for feedback nonlinear controlled autoregressive systems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 32 (9). pp. 5534-5554. ISSN 1049-8923

Yao, Xifan and Wang, Kesai and Ma, Nanfeng and Mai, Haifeng and Huang, Yansong and Yang, Erfu; (2022) DIKW upward enabling manufacturing from digitalization in industry 3.0 to wisdom in industry 4.0. In: 2021 IEEE 23rd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 7th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 19th International Conference on Smart City and 7th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cl. 2021 IEEE 23rd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 7th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, 19th International Conference on Smart City and 7th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cl . IEEE, CHN, pp. 2166-2171. ISBN 9781665494571

Yang, Manman and Yu, Leijian and Wong, Cuebong and Mineo, Carmelo and Yang, Erfu and Bomphray, Iain and Huang, Ruoyu (2022) A cooperative mobile robot and manipulator system (Co-MRMS) for transport and lay-up of fibre plies in modern composite material manufacture. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 119. pp. 1249-1265. ISSN 1433-3015

Yao, Xifan and Huang, Yu and Huang, Yansong and Mai, Haifeng and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Hongnian (2022) 自主智能制造:社会-信息-物理交互, 参考体系架构与运作机制 : social-cyber-physical interaction, reference architecture and operation mechanism. Jisuanji Jicheng Zhizao Xitong/Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems, CIMS, 28 (2). pp. 325-338. ISSN 1006-5911

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian and Li, Xia and Zhou, Huiyu and Zhou, Wenjun (2022) A novel deep neural network-based emotion analysis system for automatic detection of mild cognitive impairment in the elderly. Neurocomputing, 468. pp. 306-316. ISSN 0925-2312

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian and Loeliger, Andrew (2022) High-precision UWB based localisation for UAV in extremely confined environments. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22 (1). pp. 1020-1029. ISSN 1530-437X

Luo, Cai and Yu, Leijian and Yan, Jiaxing and Li, Zongwei and Ren, Peng and Bai, Xiao and Yang, Erfu and Liu, Yonghong (2021) Autonomous detection of damage to multiple steel surfaces from 360° panoramas using deep neural networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 36 (12). pp. 1585-1599. ISSN 1467-8667

Loeliger, Andrew and Yang, Erfu and Bomphray, Iain; (2021) An overview of automated manufacturing for composite materials. In: 2021 26th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). IEEE, GBR, pp. 1-6. ISBN 9781860435577

Liu, Siyu and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2021) Iterative state and parameter estimation algorithms for bilinear state-space systems by using the block matrix inversion and the hierarchical principle. Nonlinear Dynamics, 106 (3). pp. 2183-2202. ISSN 0924-090X

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Yang, Beiya and Yu, Leijian; Fei, Minrui and Chen, Luonan and Ma, Shiwei and Li, Xin, eds. (2021) Image enhancement and corrosion detection for UAV visual inspection of pressure vessels. In: Intelligent Life System Modelling, Image Processing and Analysis. Communications in Computer and Information Science . Springer, CHN, pp. 145-154. ISBN 9789811672071

Wong, Cuebong and Mineo, Carmelo and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing (2021) A novel clustering-based algorithm for solving spatially-constrained robotic task sequencing problems. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 26 (5). pp. 2294-2305. ISSN 1083-4435

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu (2021) A survey on radio frequency based precise localisation technology for UAV in GPS-denied environment. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 103 (3). 38. ISSN 0921-0296

Li, Jimei and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2021) Identification of the nonlinear systems based on the kernel functions. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 31 (14). pp. 6917-6933. ISSN 1049-8923

Yang, Manman and Yu, Leijian and Wong, Cuebong and Mineo, Carmelo and Yang, Erfu and Bomphray, Iain and Huang, Ruoyu and Brady, Scott; Shafik, Mahmoud and Case, Keith, eds. (2021) Comprehensive simulation of cooperative robotic system for advanced composite manufacturing : a case study. In: IOS Press. Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering, 15 (Advanc). IOS Press, pp. 105-110. ISBN 9781643681993

Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Yang, Beiya and Loeliger, Andrew and Fei, Zixiang; (2021) Stereo vision-based autonomous navigation for oil and gas pressure vessel inspection using a low-cost UAV. In: 2021 IEEE International Conference on Real-Time Computing and Robotics, RCAR 2021. IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 1052-1057. ISBN 9781665436786

Gani, Adel and Ion, William and Yang, Erfu (2021) Optimisation of cutting parameters and surface deformation during thin steel sheets plasma processing using Taguchi approach. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 13 (7). ISSN 1687-8140

Ding, Feng and Ma, Hao and Pan, Jian and Yang, Erfu (2021) Hierarchical gradient- and least squares-based iterative algorithms for input nonlinear output-error systems using the key term separation. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 358 (9). pp. 5113-5135. ISSN 0016-0032

Yang, Beiya and Yang, Erfu and Yu, Leijian (2021) Vision and UWB-based anchor self-localisation system for UAV in GPS-denied environment. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1922 (1). 012001. ISSN 1742-6588

Gani, Adel and Ion, William and Yang, Erfu (2021) Experimental investigation of plasma cutting two separate thin steel sheets simultaneously and parameters optimisation using Taguchi approach. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 64. pp. 1013-1023. ISSN 1526-6125

He, Yishan and Gao, Fei and Wang, Jun and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2021) Learning polar encodings for arbitrary-oriented ship detection in SAR images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14. pp. 3846-3859. ISSN 1939-1404

Xu, Ling and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2020) Separable recursive gradient algorithm for dynamical systems based on the impulse response signals. International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 18 (12). pp. 3167-3177. ISSN 1598-6446

Xu, Huan and Ding, Feng and Gan, Min and Yang, Erfu (2020) Two-stage recursive identification algorithms for a class of nonlinear time series models with colored noise. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 30 (17). pp. 7766-7782. ISSN 1049-8923

Huang, Yanli and Lin, Shanrong and Yang, Erfu (2020) Event-triggered passivity of multi-weighted coupled delayed reaction-diffusion memristive neural networks with fixed and switching topologies. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 89. 105292. ISSN 1007-5704

Lei, Yi and Yao, Xifan and Chen, Wocheng and Zhang, Junming and Mehnen, Jorn and Yang, Erfu (2020) Multiple object detection of workpieces based on fusion of deep learning and image processing. In: IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020, 2020-07-19 - 2020-07-24.

Huang, Yanli and Hou, Jie and Yang, Erfu (2020) Passivity and synchronization of coupled reaction-diffusion complex-valued memristive neural networks. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 379. 125271. ISSN 0096-3003

Wang, Yihao and Huang, Yanli and Yang, Erfu (2020) Event-triggered communication for passivity and synchronisation of multi-weighted coupled neural networks with and without parameter uncertainties. IET Control Theory and Applications, 14 (9). pp. 1228-1239. ISSN 1751-8644

Mineo, C and Vasilev, M and Cowan, B and MacLeod, C N and Pierce, S G and Wong, C and Yang, E and Fuentes, R and Cross, E J (2020) Enabling robotic adaptive behaviour capabilities for new industry 4.0 automated quality inspection paradigms. Insight: The Journal of the British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, 62 (6). pp. 338-344. ISSN 1354-2575

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Li, David Day Uei and Butler, Stephen and Ijomah, Winifred and Li, Xia and Zhou, Huiyu (2020) Deep convolution network based emotion analysis towards mental health care. Neurocomputing, 388. pp. 212-227. ISSN 0925-2312

Jiang, Junjie and Yao, Xifan and Yang, Erfu and Mehnen, Jorn (2020) An improved adaptive genetic algorithm for mobile robot path planning analogous to TSP with constraints on city priorities. In: IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence 2020, 2020-07-19 - 2020-07-24.

Huang, Yanli and Hou, Jie and Yang, Erfu (2020) General decay lag anti-synchronization of multi-weighted delayed coupled neural networks with reaction–diffusion terms. Information Sciences, 511. pp. 36-57. ISSN 0020-0255

Huang, Yanli and Hou, Jie and Ren, Shunyan and Yang, Erfu; (2020) Passivity and synchronization of coupled complex-valued memristive neural networks. In: 2019 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence. IEEE, CHN, pp. 2152-2159. ISBN 9781728124858

Gao, Fei and He, Yishan and Wang, Jun and Ma, Fei and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir; Ren, Jinchang and Hussain, Amir and Zhao, Huimin and Huang, Kaizhu and Zheng, Jiangbin and Cai, Jun and Chen, Rongjun and Xiao, Yinyin, eds. (2020) Pixel-wise segmentation of SAR imagery using encoder-decoder network and fully-connected CRF. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . Springer, CHN, pp. 155-165. ISBN 9783030394301

Xu, Huan and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2020) Recursive search-based identification algorithms for the exponential autoregressive time series model with coloured noise. IET Control Theory and Applications, 14 (2). pp. 262-270. ISSN 1751-8644

Lin, Shanrong and Huang, Yanli and Yang, Erfu (2020) Passivity and synchronization of coupled different dimensional delayed reaction-diffusion neural networks with dirichlet boundary conditions. Complexity, 2020. 4987962. ISSN 1099-0526

Hou, Jie and Huang, Yanli and Yang, Erfu (2019) Finite-time anti-synchronization of multi-weighted coupled neural networks with and without coupling delays. Neural Processing Letters, 50 (3). pp. 2871-2898. ISSN 1573-773X

Gao, Fei and Shi, Wei and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2019) Enhanced feature extraction for ship detection from multi-resolution and multi-scene synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. Remote Sensing, 11 (22). 2694. ISSN 2072-4292

Song, Jia and Hao, Ce and Zhang, Yanxue and Yu, Nanjia and Liu, Yang and Yang, Erfu; (2019) Double-loop sliding mode control of reentry hypersonic vehicle with RCS. In: 2019 IEEE 15th International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA 2019. IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, ICCA . IEEE, GBR, pp. 109-114. ISBN 9781728111643

Yang, Manman and Yang, Erfu and Zante, Remi Christophe and Post, Mark and Liu, Xuefeng; (2019) Collaborative mobile industrial manipulator : a review of system architecture and applications. In: 2019 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9781861376664

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Li, David and Butler, Stephen and Ijomah, Winifred and Zhou, Huiyu; (2019) Combining deep neural network with traditional classifier to recognize facial expressions. In: 2019 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9781861376664

Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Ren, Peng and Luo, Cai and Dobie, Gordon and Gu, Dongbin and Yan, Xiutian; (2019) Inspection robots in oil and gas industry : a review of current solutions and future trends. In: 2019 25th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). IEEE, Piscataway, NJ.. ISBN 9781861376657

Huang, Yanli and Wang, Jianming and Yang, Erfu; (2019) Robust passivity of coupled Cohen-Grossberg neural networks with reaction-diffusion terms. In: 2019 25th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., GBR. ISBN 978-1-8613-7665-7

Tu, Jun and Huang, Teng and Liu, Xusong and Gao, Fei and Yang, Erfu; (2019) A novel HRRP target recognition method based on LSTM and HMM decision-making. In: 2019 25th IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9781861376664

Gao, Ke and Song, Jia and Yang, Erfu (2019) Stability analysis of the high-order extended state observers for a class of nonlinear control systems. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, 41 (15). pp. 4370-4379. ISSN 0142-3312

Mineo, Carmelo and Wong, Cuebong and Vasilev, Momchil and Cowan, Bruce and MacLeod, Charles N. and Pierce, S. Gareth and Yang, Erfu (2019) Interfacing Toolbox for Robotic Arms with Real-Time Adaptive Behavior Capabilities. Preprint / Working Paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Gao, Fei and Liu, Aidong and Liu, Kai and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2019) A novel visual attention method for target detection from SAR images. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 32 (8). pp. 1946-1958. ISSN 1000-9361

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing; Althoefer, Kaspar and Konstantinova, Jelizaveta and Zhang, Ketao, eds. (2019) An optimal approach to anytime task and path planning for autonomous mobile robots in dynamic environments. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer Publishing, Cham, pp. 155-166. ISBN 9783030253318

Zhang, Xiao and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2019) State estimation for bilinear systems through minimizing the covariance matrix of the state estimation errors. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 33 (7). pp. 1157-1173. ISSN 0890-6327

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Li, David Day-Uei and Butler, Stephen and Ijomah, Winifred and Zhou, Huiyu (2019) A survey on computer vision techniques for detecting facial features towards the early diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment in the elderly. Systems Science and Control Engineering, 7 (1). 252–263. ISSN 2164-2583

Sun, Nico and Yang, Erfu and Corney, Jonathan and Chen, Yi; Althoefer, Kaspar and Konstantinova, Jelizaveta and Zhang, Ketao, eds. (2019) Semantic path planning for indoor navigation and household tasks. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . Springer-Verlag, GBR, pp. 191-201. ISBN 9783030253318

Huang, Yanli and Hou, Jie and Yang, Erfu (2019) General decay anti-synchronization of multi-weighted coupled neural networks with and without reaction-diffusion terms. Neural Computing and Applications. ISSN 0941-0643

Luo, Cai and Wang, Ke and Li, Guangyuan and Yin, Suchong and Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu (2019) Development of active soft robotic manipulators for stable grasping under slippery conditions. IEEE Access, 7. pp. 97604-97613. ISSN 2169-3536

Sun, Nico and Yang, Erfu and Corney, Jonathan (2019) Semantic path planning for indoor navigation and household tasks. In: The 20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference (TAROS 2019), 2019-07-03 - 2019-07-05, Queen Mary University of London.

Wang, Xinran and Li, Chao and Yu, Leijian and Han, Lirong and Deng, Xiaogang and Yang, Erfu and Ren, Peng (2019) UAV first view landmark localization with active reinforcement learning. Pattern Recognition Letters, 125. pp. 549-555. ISSN 0167-8655

Luo, Cai and Yu, Leijian and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu and Ren, Peng (2019) A benchmark image dataset for industrial tools. Pattern Recognition Letters, 125. pp. 341-348. ISSN 0167-8655

Zhang, Xiao and Ding, Feng and Xu, Ling and Yang, Erfu (2019) Highly computationally efficient state filter based on the delta operator. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 33 (6). pp. 875-889. ISSN 0890-6327

Hou, Jie and Huang, Yanli and Yang, Erfu (2019) ψ-type stability of reaction–diffusion neural networks with time-varying discrete delays and bounded distributed delays. Neurocomputing, 340. pp. 281-293. ISSN 0925-2312

Song, Jia and Zhao, Mingfei and Yang, Erfu and Lin, Jiaming (2019) The high-speed rotorcraft unmanned aerial vehicle path planning based on the biogeography-based optimization algorithm. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 11 (5). ISSN 1687-8140

Liu, Qinyao and Ding, Feng and Xu, Ling and Yang, Erfu (2019) Partially coupled gradient estimation algorithm for multivariable equation-error autoregressive moving average systems using the data filtering technique. IET Control Theory and Applications, 13 (5). pp. 642-650. ISSN 1751-8644

Yue, Zhenyu and Gao, Fei and Xiong, Qingxu and Wang, Jun and Huang, Teng and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2019) A novel semi-supervised convolutional neural network method for synthetic aperture radar image recognition. Cognitive Computation. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1866-9964

Zabalza, Jaime and Fei, Zixiang and Wong, Cuebong and Yan, Yijun and Mineo, Carmelo and Yang, Erfu and Rodden, Tony and Mehnen, Jorn and Pham, Quang Cuong and Ren, Jinchang (2019) Smart sensing and adaptive reasoning for enabling industrial robots with interactive human-robot capabilities in dynamic environments - a case study. Sensors, 19 (6). 1354. ISSN 1424-8220

Gao, Fei and Wang, Meng and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2019) A novel separability objective function in CNN for feature extraction of SAR images. Chinese Journal of Electronics, 28 (2). pp. 423-429. ISSN 1022-4653

Xu, Huan and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2019) Modeling a nonlinear process using the exponential autoregressive time series model. Nonlinear Dynamics, 95 (3). pp. 2079-2092. ISSN 0924-090X

Gao, Fei and Huang, Teng and Sun, Jinping and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2019) A novel semi-supervised learning method based on fast search and density peaks. Complexity, 2019. pp. 1-23. 6876173. ISSN 1099-0526

Sun, Nico and Yang, Erfu and Corney, Jonathan and Chen, Yi and Ma, Zeli (2019) Semantic enhanced navigation among movable obstacles in the home environment. In: UK-RAS19 Conference, 2019-01-24 - 2019-01-24, Loughborough University.

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing (2019) Dynamic anytime task and path planning for mobile robots. In: The UKRAS19 Conference on Embedded Intelligence, 2019-01-24 - 2019-01-24, Loughborough University. (In Press)

Liu, Qinyao and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2018) Parameter estimation algorithm for multivariable controlled autoregressive autoregressive moving average systems. Digital Signal Processing: A Review Journal, 83. pp. 323-331. ISSN 1051-2004

Wei, Tan and Liu, Xuan and Yi, Chen and Yang, Erfu (2018) A novel method of 3D motion object's position perception. MATEC Web of Conferences, 246. 03020. ISSN 2261-236X

Chen, Mengting and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2018) Gradient-based iterative parameter estimation for bilinear-in-parameter systems using the model decomposition technique. IET Control Theory and Applications, 12 (17). pp. 2380-2389. ISSN 1751-8644

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing (2018) Optimal path planning based on a multi-tree T-RRT* approach for robotic task planning in continuous cost spaces. In: 12th France - Japan Congress, 10th Europe - Asia Congress on Mechatronics, 2018-09-10 - 2018-09-12, Mie University.

Sun, Nico and Yang, Erfu and Corney, Jonathan and Chen, Yi and Ma, Zeli (2018) A review of high-level robot functionality for elderly care. In: 24th International Conference on Automation & Computing, 2018-09-06 - 2018-09-07, Newcastle University.

Gao, Fei and Ma, Fei and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2018) Semi-supervised generative adversarial nets with multiple generators for SAR image recognition. Sensors (Switzerland), 18 (8). 2706. ISSN 1424-8220

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Li, David and Butler, Stephen and Ijomah, Winifred and Mackin, Neil (2018) Eigenface algorithm-based facial expression recognition in conversations - an experimental study. In: The 9th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive System​, 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-08, Guangcheng Hotel.

Zabalza, Jaime and Fei, Zixiang and Wong, Cuebong and Yan, Yijun and Mineo, Carmelo and Yang, Erfu and Rodden, Tony and Mehnen, Jorn and Pham, Quang-Cuong and Ren, Jinchang (2018) Making industrial robots smarter with adaptive reasoning and autonomous thinking for real-time tasks in dynamic environments : a case study. In: The 9th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive System​, 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-08, Guangcheng Hotel.

Gao, Fei and Yue, Zhenyu and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2018) Novel semi-supervised classification method based on class certainty of samples. In: The 9th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive System​, 2018-07-07 - 2018-07-08, Guangcheng Hotel.

Ren, Peng and Xu, Min and Yu, Yunhua and Chen, Fang and Jiang, Xiangyuan and Yang, Erfu (2018) Energy minimization with one dot fuzzy initialization for marine oil spill segmentation. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. ISSN 0364-9059

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing (2018) Autonomous robots for harsh environments : a holistic overview of current solutions and ongoing challenges. Systems Science and Control Engineering, 6 (1). pp. 213-219. ISSN 2164-2583

Yu, Leijian and Luo, Cai and Yu, Xingrui and Jiang, Xiangyuan and Yang, Erfu and Luo, Chunbo and Ren, Peng (2018) Deep learning for vision-based micro aerial vehicle autonomous landing. International Journal of Micro Air Vehicles, 10 (2). pp. 171-185. ISSN 1756-8307

Gao, Fei and Huang, Teng and Sun, Jinping and Wang, Jun and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu (2018) A new algorithm of SAR image target recognition based on improved deep convolutional neural network. Cognitive Computation. ISSN 1866-9964

Song, Jia and Bian, Likun and Yang, Erfu and Su, Dongjing (2018) Bubble density gradient with laser detection : a wake-homing scheme for supercavitating vehicles. Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 10 (6). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1687-8140

Gao, Fei and Yang, Yue and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2018) A deep convolutional generative adversarial networks (DCGANs)-based semi-supervised method for object recognition in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. Remote Sensing, 10 (6). 846. ISSN 2072-4292

Zhang, Xiao and Ding, Feng and Xu, Ling and Yang, Erfu (2018) State filtering-based least squares parameter estimation for bilinear systems using the hierarchical identification principle. IET Control Theory and Applications. pp. 1-10. ISSN 1751-8644

Gao, Fei and Huang, Teng and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir; (2018) Combining deep convolutional neural network and SVM to SAR image target recognition. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Internet of Things, IEEE Green Computing and Communications, IEEE Cyber, Physical and Social Computing, IEEE Smart Data, iThings-GreenCom-CPSCom-SmartData 2017. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1082-1085. ISBN 9781538630655

Lu, Diqun and Wang, Lu and Yang, Erfu and Wang, Gang (2017) Design of high-isolation wideband dual-polarized compact MIMO antennas with multi-objective optimization. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. pp. 1-6. ISSN 0018-926X

Gao, Fei and You, Jialing and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2017) A novel target detection method for SAR images based on shadow proposal and saliency analysis. Neurocomputing, 267. pp. 220-231. ISSN 0925-2312

Gao, Fei and Ma, Fei and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2017) Visual saliency modeling for river detection in high-resolution SAR imagery. IEEE Access, 6. pp. 1000-1014. ISSN 2169-3536

Tao, Yonghui and Yang, Erfu and Wang, Gang (2017) Left-handed metamaterial lens applicator with built-in cooling feature for superficial tumor hyperthermia. Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal, 32 (11). pp. 1029-1034. ISSN 1054-4887

Xu, Min and Yu, Yunhua and Chen, Fang and Jiang, Xiangyuan and Ren, Peng and Yang, Erfu; (2017) Level sets with one dot fuzzy initialization for marine oil spill segmentation. In: OCEANS 2017 - Aberdeen. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9781509052790

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Hu, Huosheng and Zhou, Huiyu; (2017) Review of machine vision-based electronic travel aids. In: ICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9780701702618

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu and Gu, Dongbing; (2017) An overview of robotics and autonomous systems for harsh environments. In: ICAC 2017 - 2017 23rd IEEE International Conference on Automation and Computing. IEEE, GBR. ISBN 9780701702618

Gao, Fei and Yue, Zhenyu and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Huiyu (2017) A novel active semisupervised convolutional neural network algorithm for SAR image recognition. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2017. pp. 1-8. 3105053. ISSN 1687-5273

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Gu, Dongbing (2017) Adaptive and intelligent navigation of autonomous planetary rovers – a survey. In: The 11th NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, 2017-07-24 - 2017-07-27, the California Institute of Technology.

Ma, Junxia and Ding, Feng and Xiong, Weili and Yang, Erfu (2017) Combined state and parameter estimation for Hammerstein systems with time-delay using the Kalman filtering. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, 31 (8). pp. 1139-1151. ISSN 0890-6327

Fei, Zixiang and Yang, Erfu and Li, David and Butler, Stephen and Ijomah, Winifred and Mackin, Neil; (2017) A survey of the state-of-the-art techniques for cognitive impairment detection in the elderly. In: Advanced Computational Methods in Life System Modeling and Simulation - International Conference on Life System Modeling and Simulation, LSMS 2017 and International Conference on Intelligent Computing for Sustainable Energy and Environment, ICSEE 2017, Pr. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 761 . Springer-Verlag, CHN, pp. 143-161. ISBN 9789811063695

Song, Jia and Gao, Ke and Yang, Erfu; (2017) An optimal nonlinear guidance logic for the trajectory tracking of supercavitating vehicles. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2017). IEEE, JPN.

Chen, Yi and Li, Yun and Yu, Hongnian and Yang, Erfu and Hu, Huosheng (2017) Evolutionary design for intelligent design and manufacture - a Computer-Automated Design (ACutoD) in the digital age. In: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017, 2017-06-20 - 2017-06-21, University of Glasgow.

Onyeiwu, Chimaeze and Yang, Erfu and Rodden, Tony and Yan, Xiu-Tian and Zante, Remi C and Ion, William (2017) In-process monitoring and quality control of hot forging processes towards Industry 4.0. In: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017, 2017-06-20 - 2017-06-21, University of Glasgow.

Wong, Cuebong and Yang, Erfu and Yan, Xiutian and Gu, Dongbing (2017) Robots in industry : a shift towards autonomous and intelligent systems in the digital age. In: Industrial Systems in the Digital Age Conference 2017, 2017-06-20 - 2017-06-21, University of Glasgow.

Tao, Yonghui and Yang, Erfu and Dong, Yaxian and Wang, Gang (2017) Design of UHF fractal antenna for localized near-field RFID application. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 59 (6). pp. 1390-1394. ISSN 1098-2760

Gao, Fei and Huang, Teng and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu (2017) Dual-branch deep convolution neural network for polarimetric SAR image classification. Applied Sciences, 7 (5). 447. ISSN 2076-3417

Mao, Yawen and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2017) Adaptive filtering-based multi-innovation gradient algorithm for input nonlinear systems with autoregressive noise. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. ISSN 0890-6327

Huang, Jian-Feng and Wang, Zhong-Lai and Yang, Er-Fu and McGlinchey, Don and Luo, Yuan-Xin and Li, Yun and Chen, Yi (2017) Molecular dynamics simulation of persistent slip bands formation in nickel-base superalloys. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 14 (1). pp. 68-79. ISSN 1476-8186

Chen, Yi and Wang, Zhonglai and Yang, Erfu and Li, Yun (2016) Pareto-optimality solution recommendation using a multi-objective artificial wolf-pack algorithm. In: The 10th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Application (SKIMA 2016), 2016-12-15 - 2016-12-17, Sichuan Province.

Gao, Fei and Xue, Xiangshang and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu; Liu, Cheng-Lin and Hussain, Amir and Luo, Bin and Tan, Kay Chen and Zeng, Yi and Zhang, Zhaoxiang, eds. (2016) Visual attention model with a novel learning strategy and its application to target detection from SAR images. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . Springer-Verlag, CHN, pp. 149-160. ISBN 9783319496849

Song, Jia and Lin, Jiaming and Yang, Erfu (2016) A novel fault-tolerant control strategy for near space hypersonic vehicles via least squares support vector machine and backstepping method. In: 22nd International Conference on Automation and Computing, ICAC 2016, 2016-09-07 - 2016-09-08, University of Essex.

Song, Jia and Gao, Ke and Wang, Lun and Yang, Erfu (2016) Comparison of linear and nonlinear active disturbance rejection control method for hypersonic vehicle. In: The 35th Chinese Control Conference, 2016-07-27 - 2016-07-29, New International Convention and Exhibition Center.

Gao, Fei and Ma, Fei and Zhang, Yaotian and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2016) Biologically inspired progressive enhancement target detection from heavy cluttered SAR images. Cognitive Computation. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1866-9964

Gao, Fei and Lv, Wenchao and Zhang, Yaotian and Sun, Jinping and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu (2016) A novel semisupervised support vector machine classifier based on active learning and context information. Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing. ISSN 0923-6082

Ullah, Amjad and Li, Jingpeng and Hussain, Amir and Yang, Erfu (2016) Towards a biologically Inspired soft switching approach for cloud resource provisioning. Cognitive Computation. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1866-9964

Ma, Junxia and Ding, Feng and Yang, Erfu (2016) Data filtering-based least squares iterative algorithm for Hammerstein nonlinear systems by using the model decomposition. Nonlinear Dynamics, 83 (4). pp. 1895-1908. ISSN 0924-090X

Wang, Feifei and Liu, Yanjun and Yang, Erfu (2016) Least squares-based iterative identification methods for linear-in-parameters systems using the decomposition technique. Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing. pp. 1-19. ISSN 1531-5878

Tu, Zhengzheng and Zheng, Aihua and Yang, Erfu and Luo, Bin and Hussain, Amir (2015) A biologically inspired vision-based approach for detecting multiple moving objects in complex outdoor scenes. Cognitive Computation, 7 (5). pp. 539-551. ISSN 1866-9964

Wang, Zhonglai and Chen, Yi and Yang, Erfu (2015) An integrated framework for intelligent reliability design and prognostic health management of space robotic systems. In: Space Robotics Symposium, 2015-10-29 - 2015-10-30, Technology & Innovation Centre, University of Strathclyde.

Gao, Fei and Mei, Jingyuan and Sun, Jinping and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2015) A novel classification algorithm based on incremental semi-supervised support vector machine. PLOS One, 10 (8). e0135709. ISSN 1932-6203

Gao, Fei and Mei, Jingyuan and Sun, Jinping and Wang, Jun and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2015) Target detection and recognition in SAR imagery based on KFDA. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 26 (4). pp. 720-731. ISSN 1004-4132

Gao, Fei and Zhang, Ye and Wang, Jun and Sun, Jinping and Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir (2015) Visual attention model based vehicle target detection in synthetic aperture radar images : a novel approach. Cognitive Computation, 7 (4). pp. 434-444. ISSN 1866-9964

Tu, Zhengzheng and Zheng, Aihua and Yang, Erfu and Luo, Bin and Hussain, Amir (2015) Multi-object extraction in complex scenes using independent component analysis and principal component analysis : a novel hybrid approach. In: Sixth China-Scotland SIPRA Workshop on Recent Advances in Signal and Image Processing, 2015-05-31 - 2015-06-01, University of Stirling.

Yang, Erfu and Tu, Zhengzheng and Luo, Bin and Hussain, Amir (2015) A new cognitive temporal-spatial visual attention model for video saliency detection. In: Sixth China-Scotland SIPRA Workshop on Recent Advances in Signal and Image Processing, 2015-05-31 - 2015-06-01, University of Stirling. (Unpublished)

Ding, Sheng and Ding, Rui and Yang, Erfu (2014) A filtering based recursive least squares estimation algorithm for pseudo-linear auto-regressive systems. Journal of the Franklin Institute, 351 (3). pp. 1801-1809. ISSN 0016-0032

Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir and Gurney, Kevin; Zou, Jianxiao, ed. (2014) Brain-inspired soft switching approach : towards a cognitive cruise control system. In: Control Engineering and Electronics Engineering. WIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 95 . WIT Press, pp. 57-66. ISBN 978-1-78466-010-9

Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir and Gurney, Kevin; Liu, Derong and Alippi, Cesare and Zhao, Dongbin and Hussain, Amir, eds. (2013) A basal ganglia inspired soft switching approach to the motion control of a car-like autonomous vehicle. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, GBR, pp. 245-254. ISBN 9783642387852

Lin, Xiaoxia and Wang, Wenguang and Yang, Erfu; (2013) Urban construction area extraction using circular polarimetric correlation coefficient. In: 2013 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST). IEEE, GBR, pp. 359-362. ISBN 9781467357906

Hussain, Amir and Abdullah, Rudwan and Yang, Erfu and Gurney, Kevin; Zhang, Huaguang and Hussain, Amir and Liu, Derong and Wang, Zhanshan, eds. (2012) An intelligent multiple-controller framework for the integrated control of autonomous vehicles. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, CHN, pp. 92-101. ISBN 9783642315602

Yang, Erfu and Hussain, Amir and Gurney, Kevin; Zhang, Huaguang and Hussain, Amir and Liu, Derong and Wang, Zhanshan, eds. (2012) Neurobiologically-inspired soft switching control of autonomous vehicles. In: Advances in Brain Inspired Cognitive Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, CHN, pp. 82-91. ISBN 9783642315602

Yang, Erfu and Grimble, Michael and Inzerillo, Santo and Katebi, M; (2011) Nonlinear model-based condition monitoring of advanced gas-cooled nuclear reactor cores. In: Proceedings of the Institute of Measurement and Control. UNSPECIFIED, GBR.

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick H. (2011) Multi-objective evolutionary optimizations of a space-based reconfigurable sensor network under hard constraints. Applied Soft Computing, 15 (1). pp. 25-36. ISSN 1568-4946

Shang, L. H. and Zhou, M. and Hu, Y. and Yang, E. F. (2011) A domain partition model approach to the online fault recovery of FPGA-based reconfigurable systems. IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences, E94A (1). pp. 290-299. ISSN 0916-8508

Yang, Erfu and Grimble, M.J. and West, G.M. and Inzerillo, Santo and Katebi, M.R. and McArthur, S.D.J. (2010) Model-based estimation and filtering for condition monitoring of AGR nuclear graphite cores. In: UKACC International Conference on CONTROL 2010, 2010-09-07 - 2010-09-10.

Arslan, Tughrul and Yang, Erfu and Haridas, Nakul and Morales, Alicia and El-Rayis, Ahmed O. and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Stoica, Adrian; O'Donnell, Teresa H. and Blowers, Misty and Priddy, Kevin L., eds. (2009) An adaptive approach to space-based picosatellite sensor networks. In: Evolutionary and Bio-Inspired Computation. Proceedings of SPIE . SPIE Press, GBR. ISBN 9780819476135

Li, Wei and Arslan, Tughrul and Han, Jiuqiang and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and El-Rayis, Ahmed O. and Haridas, Nakul and Yang, Erfu; (2009) Energy efficiency enhancement in satellite based WSN through collaboration and self-organized mobility. In: 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1-8. ISBN 9781424426218

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing (2009) Multi-robot systems with agent-based reinforcement learning : evolution, opportunities and challenges. International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control, 6 (4). pp. 271-286. ISSN 1746-6172

Yang, Erfu and Barton, Nick H. and Arslan, Tughrol and Erdogan, Ahmel T.; (2008) A novel shifting balance theory-based approach to optimization of an energy-constrained modulation scheme for wireless sensor networks. In: CEC 2008 (IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence). IEEE, GBR, pp. 2749-2756. ISBN 978-1-4244-1822-0

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick H.; Keymeulen, Didier and Arslan, Tughrul and Suess, Martin and Stoica, Adrian and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Merodio, David, eds. (2008) Adaptive formation control and bio-inspired optimization of a cluster-based satellite wireless sensor network. In: Proceedings of the 2008 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2008. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA., pp. 432-439. ISBN 9780769531663

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick H.; Keymeulen, Didier and Arslan, Tughrul and Suess, Martin and Stoica, Adrian and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Merodio, David, eds. (2008) Adaptive formation control and bio-inspired optimization of a cluster-based satellite wireless sensor network. In: Proceedings of the 2008 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS 2008. IEEE Computer Society Press, NLD, pp. 432-439. ISBN 9780769531663

Wei, Li and Arslan, Tughrul and El-Rayis, Ahmed O. and Haridas, Nakul and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Yang, E.; Keymeulen, Didier, ed. (2008) Distributed adaptability and mobility in space based wireless pico-satellite sensor networks. In: Proceedings of the 2008 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems. IEEE, NLD, pp. 277-282. ISBN 9780769531663

Yang, Erfu and Barton, Nick H. and Arslan, Tughrul and Erdogan, Ahmet T.; (2008) Scalability of a novel shifting balance theory-based optimization algorithm : a comparative study on a cluster-based wireless sensor network. In: Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, GBR, pp. 249-260. ISBN 9783540858560

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick; Stoica, Adrian and Arslan, Tughrul and Howard, Daniel and Kim, Tai-Hoon and El-Rayis, Ahmed, eds. (2008) An improved particle swarm optimization algorithm for power-efficient wireless sensor networks. In: ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2007. BLISS 2007. IEEE Computer Society Press, GBR, pp. 76-79. ISBN 9780769529196

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick; (2007) Multi-objective evolutionary optimizations of a space-based reconfigurable sensor network under hard constraints. In: ECSIS Symposium on Bio-inspired, Learning, and Intelligent Systems for Security, 2007. BLISS 2007. IEEE, GBR, pp. 72-75. ISBN 0-7695-2919-4

Yang, Erfu and Erdogan, Ahmet T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick; Kang, Lishan and Liu, Yong and Zeng, Sanyou, eds. (2007) System-level modeling and multi-objective evolutionary design of pipelined FFT processors for wireless OFDM receivers. In: Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, GBR, pp. 210-221. ISBN 9783540746256

Yang, Erfu and Xiang, Hongjun and Gu, Dongbing and Zhang, Zhenpeng (2007) A comparative study of genetic algorithm parameters for the inverse problem-based fault diagnosis of liquid rocket propulsion systems. International Journal of Automation and Computing, 4 (3). pp. 255-261. ISSN 1476-8186

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing (2007) Nonlinear formation-keeping and mooring control of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 12 (2). pp. 164-178. ISSN 1083-4435

Gu, Dongbing and Yang, Erfu (2007) Fuzzy policy reinforcement learning in cooperative multi-robot systems. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 48 (1). pp. 7-22. ISSN 0921-0296

Yang, Erfu and Haridas, Nakul and El-Rayis, A. and Erdogan, A. T. and Arslan, Tughrul and Barton, Nick; Arslan, Tughrul and Stoica, Adrian and Suess, Martin and Keymeulen, Didier and Higuchi, Tetsuya and Zebulum, Ricardo and Erdogan, Ahmet T., eds. (2007) Multiobjective optimal design of MEMS-based reconfigurable and evolvable sensor networks for space applications. In: Proceedings - 2007 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems, AHS-2007. IEEE Computer Society Press, GBR, pp. 27-34. ISBN 9780769528663

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing and Hu, Huosheng; Chen, Ke and Wang, Lipo, eds. (2007) Performance improvement for formation-keeping control using a neural network HJI approach. In: Trends in Neural Computation. Studies in Computational Intelligence . Springer Berlin/Heidelberg, pp. 419-442. ISBN 978-3-540-36121-3

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing; (2007) An integrated fuzzy and learning approach to performance improvement of model-based multi-agent robotic control systems. In: International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, 2007. ICMA 2007. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1417-1422. ISBN 9781424408283

Arslan, T. and Haridas, N. and Yang, E. and Erdogan, A. T. and Barton, N. and Walton, A. J. and Thompson, J. S. and Stoica, A. and Vladimirova, T. and McDonald-Maier, K. D. and Howells, W. G J; Stoica, Adrian, ed. (2006) ESPACENET : A framework of evolvable and reconfigurable sensor networks for aerospace-based monitoring and diagnostics. In: First NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems. IEEE, GBR, pp. 323-329. ISBN 0-7695-2614-4

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing; (2006) A multiagent fuzzy policy reinforcement learning algorithm with application to leader-follower robotic systems. In: 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE, GBR, pp. 3197-3202. ISBN 1424402581

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing; (2005) A survey on multiagent reinforcement learning towards multi-robot systems. In: IEEE 2005 Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG'05. IEEE, GBR, pp. 292-299.

Gu, Dongbing and Yang, Erfu; Gu, Jason and Liu, Peter X., eds. (2005) Fuzzy policy gradient reinforcement learning for leader-follower systems. In: 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics & Automations. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1557-1561. ISBN 078039044X

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing and Hu, Huosheng; Gu, Jason and Liu, Peter X., eds. (2005) Improving the formation-keeping performance of multiple autonomous underwater robotic vehicles. In: 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1890-1895. ISBN 078039044X

Gu, Dongbing and Yang, Erfu; (2005) A suboptimal model predictive formation control. In: 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE, GBR, pp. 1295-1300. ISBN 0780389123

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing and Hu, Huosheng; (2005) Nonsingular formation control of cooperative mobile robots via feedback linearization. In: 2005 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE, GBR, pp. 826-831. ISBN 9780780389120

Yang, Erfu and Gu, Dongbing and Mita, Tsutomu and Hu, Huosheng; Sahinkaya, M. Necip and Edge, Kevin A., eds. (2004) Nonlinear tracking control of a car-like mobile robot via dynamic feedback linearization. In: Proceedings of the Control 2004 Conference. University of Bath, GBR. ISBN 0 86197 130 2

Yang, Erfu and Xiang, Hongjun and Zhang, Zhenpeng; (2004) A decomposition approach to the inverse problem-based fault diagnosis of liquid rocket propulsion systems. In: Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference. IEEE, JPN, 1607 - 1612. ISBN 4-907764-22-7

Yang, Erfu and Masuko, Yoichiro and Mita, Tsutomu (2004) Dual-controller approach to three-dimensional autonomous formation control. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 27 (3). pp. 336-346. ISSN 1533-3884

Gu, Dongbing and Yang, Erfu; (2004) A policy gradient reinforcement learning algorithm with fuzzy function approximation. In: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, 2004. ROBIO 2004. IEEE, CHN, pp. 936-940. ISBN 0780386148

Yang, Erfu and Ikeda, T. and Mita, Tsutomu; (2003) Nonlinear tracking control of a nonholonomic fish robot in chained form. In: Proceedings of the SICE 2003 Annual Conference. IEEE, JPN, 1260 - 1265. ISBN 0-7803-8352-4

Xu, Ying and Xu, Yongmao and Yang, Erfu (2002) Single-neuron predictive control for time-variable large delay systems. Journal of Tsinghua University and Peking University : Science and Technology., 42 (3). 383–386.

Yang, Erfu and Zhou, Qiang and Hu, Yi Feng and Xu, Yong Mao (2001) Ji yu pca-rbf shen jing wang luo de gong ye lie jie lu shou lv zai xian yu ce ruan ce liang fang fa. Xitong Fangzhen Xuebao / Journal of System Simulation, 13 (S1). pp. 194-197. ISSN 1004-731X

Yang, Erfu and Zhang, Zhenpeng and Liu, Guoqiu (1999) Model and algorithm of inverse-problems on fault diagnosis for propulsion systems. Beijing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 25 (6). pp. 684-687. ISSN 1001-5965

Yang, Erfu and Zhang, Zhenpeng and Liu, Guoqiu and Cui, Dingjun and Luo, Jinyu and Hu, Pingxin and Zhang, Nan and Chen, Jun (1997) Development of an engineering applicable system for the condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of YF-75 engine. Tuijin Jishu/Journal of Propulsion Technology, 18 (1). pp. 65-72. ISSN 1001-4055