Peijun Ye;Xiao Xue;Qinghua Ni;Jing Yang;Fei-Yue Wang
{"title":"Parallel Experiments: From The Human Participated to A Virtual-Real Hybrid Paradigm","authors":"Peijun Ye;Xiao Xue;Qinghua Ni;Jing Yang;Fei-Yue Wang","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2025.125474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2025.125474","url":null,"abstract":"Experiment is one of the necessary conditions for scientific progress. For cognitive science, neuroscience, biomedical science and other human-related disciplines, experiments involving human subjects can confirm or disprove scientific hypotheses in a controlled and systematic manner, while establishing causal relationships between studied variables. These experiments also provide both qualitative and quantitative analysis capable of statistically identifying significant patterns. Thus, solid experiments directly support testable and replicable scientific conclusions. However, limited by the budget as well as the available candidate group, current experiment design selects random subjective in an arbitrary scale, bringing a question that how they can stand for the whole studied population.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 8","pages":"1525-1529"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11131643","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Average Consensus of Whole-Process Privacy Preservation","authors":"Lianghao Ji;Shaohong Tang;Xing Guo;Yan Xie","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2024.124731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2024.124731","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor, This letter introduces a novel algorithm for privacy preservation designed to safeguard both the initial and real-time states of agents under complete distributed average consensus. It addresses a gap in existing privacy preservation approaches that predominantly focus on protecting the initial state, with limited consideration for privacy implications throughout the entire process. The algorithm ensures the privacy of both the initial and real-time states by introducing perturbations to the consensus process, allowing agents to freely define these perturbations themselves. Additionally, the perturbations defined by agents arbitrarily do not compromise the accuracy of the consensus result. One of the main results derived is that no agent has access to the real-time state of another agent.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 8","pages":"1727-1729"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11131625","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Data-Driven Calibration of Industrial Robots: A Comprehensive Survey","authors":"Tinghui Chen;Weiyi Yang;Shuai Li;Xin Luo","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2025.125237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2025.125237","url":null,"abstract":"Industrial robots, as the fundamental component for intelligent manufacturing, have attracted considerable attention from both academia and industry. Since its absolute positioning accuracy can suffer from collision, wear, elastic, or inelastic deformation during its operation, a data-driven calibration (DDC) model has become a trending technique. It utilizes abundant data to decrease the difficulty in building complex system models, making it an economic and efficient approach to robot calibration. This paper conducts a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art DDC models with the following six-fold efforts: a) Summarizing the DDC modeling methods; b) Categorizing the latest progress of DDC optimization algorithms; c) Investigating the publicly available datasets and several typical metrics; d) Evaluating several widely adopted DDC models to demonstrate their calibration performance; e) Introducing the applications of the current DDC models; f) Discussing the progressing trend of DDC models. This paper strives to present a systematic and thorough overview of the existing DDC models from modeling to kinematic parameter optimization, thereby providing some guidance for research in this field.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 8","pages":"1544-1567"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Lin;Jing Yang;Dali Sun;Levente Kovács;Fei-Yue Wang
{"title":"Autonomous Drug Discovery with Parallel Intelligence","authors":"Fei Lin;Jing Yang;Dali Sun;Levente Kovács;Fei-Yue Wang","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2025.125426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2025.125426","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor, The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper, recognizing their groundbreaking contributions to protein design and the prediction of complex protein structures [1]. This accomplishment advances the frontier of “Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Science”. It marks a milestone in studying complex systems, highlighting a shift in scientific exploration from traditional causal inference to a comprehensive approach centered on solving complex system problems.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 8","pages":"1742-1744"},"PeriodicalIF":19.2,"publicationDate":"2025-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11131624","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144880575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Depressive Disorders via Various Data Modalities: A Survey","authors":"Qiong Li;Xiaotong Liu;Xuecai Hu;Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad;Min Ren;Li Yao;Yongzhen Huang","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2025.125393","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2025.125393","url":null,"abstract":"Depression, a pervasive mental health disorder, has substantial impacts on both individuals and society. The conventional approach to predicting depression necessitates substantial collaboration between health care professionals and patients, leaving room for the influence of subjective factors. Consequently, it is imperative to develop a more efficient and accessible prediction methodology for depression. In recent years, numerous investigations have delved into depression prediction techniques, employing diverse data modalities and yielding notable advancements. Given the rapid progression of this domain, the present article comprehensively reviews major breakthroughs in depression prediction, encompassing multiple data modalities such as electrophysiological signals, brain imaging, audiovisual data, and text. By integrating depression prediction methods from various data modalities, it offers a comparative assessment of their advantages and limitations, providing a well-rounded perspective on how different modalities can complement each other for more accurate and holistic depression prediction. The survey begins by examining commonly used datasets, evaluation metrics, and methodological frameworks. For each data modality, it systematically analyzes traditional machine learning methods alongside the increasingly prevalent deep learning approaches, providing a comparative assessment of detection frameworks, feature representations, context modeling, and training strategies. Finally, the survey culminates with the identification of prospective avenues that warrant further exploration. It provides researchers with valuable insights and practical guidance to advance the field of depression prediction.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1320-1349"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536529","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nash Bargaining Solution-Based Multi-Objective Model Predictive Control for Constrained Interactive Robots","authors":"Minglei Zhu;Jun Qi","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2024.124398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2024.124398","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor, This letter proposes a novel Nash bargaining solution-based multi-objective model predictive control (MPC) scheme to deal with the interaction force control and the path-following problem of the constrained interactive robot. Considering the elastic interaction force model, a mechanical trade-off always exists between the interaction force and position, which means that neither force nor path following can satisfy their desired demands completely. Based on this consideration, two irreconcilable control specifications, the force object function and the position track object function, are proposed, and a new multi-objective MPC scheme is then designed. At each sampling interval, the control action is chosen automatically among the set of Pareto optimal solutions with the Nash bargaining solution from the cooperative game theory. Furthermore, we set state and control constraints to consider physical limitations. The proposed controller's efficacy is demonstrated through simulations on a constrained interactive robot.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1516-1518"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11062697","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid Event-Triggered Control with Stability Analysis","authors":"Ding Wang;Lingzhi Hu;Junfei Qiao","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2024.125067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2024.125067","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a novel hybrid event-triggered control (ETC) method is developed based on the online action-critic technique, which aims at tackling the optimal regulation problem of discrete-time nonlinear systems. In order to ensure the normal execution of the online learning algorithm, a stability criterion condition is created to obtain the initial admissible control policy by using an offline iterative method under the time-triggered control framework. Subsequently, a general triggering condition is designed based on the uniform ultimate boundedness of the controlled system. In order to determine a constant interval which can ensure the system stability, another triggering condition is introduced and the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system satisfying this condition is analyzed from the perspective of the input-to-state stability. The designed online hybrid ETC method not only further improves control efficiency, but also avoids the continuous judgment of the corresponding triggering condition. In addition, the event-based control law can approach the optimal control input within a finite approximation error. Finally, two experimental examples with physical background are conducted to indicate the present results.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1464-1474"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hierarchical Secure Steering Control of In-Wheel Motor Driven Electric Vehicle Under Cyber-Physical Constraints","authors":"Zifan Gao;Dawei Zhang;Shuqian Zhu","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2023.124092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2023.124092","url":null,"abstract":"Dear Editor, This letter presents a new secure hierarchical control strategy for steering tracking of in-wheel motor driven (IWMD) electric vehicle (EV) subject to limited network resources, hybrid cyber-attacks, model nonlinearities, actuator redundancy and airflow disturbance. A hierarchical control architecture is proposed specifically for solving the problems of nonlinear system modeling and actuator redundancy. By utilizing the advantages of fully actuated system (FAS) approach, a nonlinear virtual controller against airflow disturbance is constructed in upper layer system and an event-triggered nonlinear distributed controller is proposed in lower layer system under stochastic hybrid cyber-attacks. A case study of overtaking task is carried out to validate the FAS-based hierarchical control strategy.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1504-1506"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11062715","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prescribed Performance Control of Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Sign-Switching Virtual Control Coefficients","authors":"Jin-Zi Yang;Jin-Xi Zhang;Tianyou Chai","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2025.125135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2025.125135","url":null,"abstract":"The problem of high-performance tracking control for the lower-triangular systems with unknown sign-switching virtual control coefficients as well as unmatched disturbances is investigated in this paper. Instead of the online estimation algorithm, the sliding mode method and the Nussbaum gain technique, a group of orientation functions are employed to handle the unknown sign-switching virtual control coefficients. The control law is combined with the orientation functions and the barrier functions lumped in a recursive manner. It achieves output tracking with the preassigned rate, overshoot, and accuracy. In contrast with the existing solutions, it is effective for the nearly model-free case, with the requirement for information of neither the system nonlinearities nor their bounding functions of the plant, nor the bounds of the disturbances. In addition, our controller exhibits significant simplicity, without parameter identification, disturbance estimation, function approximation, derivative calculation, dynamic surfaces, or command filtering. Two simulation examples are conducted to substantiate the efficacy and advantages of our approach.","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1381-1390"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
De-Yu Zhou;Xiao Xue;Qun Ma;Chao Guo;Li-Zhen Cui;Yong-Lin Tian;Jing Yang;Fei-Yue Wang
{"title":"Federated Experiments: Generative Causal Inference Powered by LLM-Based Agents Simulation and RAG-Based Domain Docking","authors":"De-Yu Zhou;Xiao Xue;Qun Ma;Chao Guo;Li-Zhen Cui;Yong-Lin Tian;Jing Yang;Fei-Yue Wang","doi":"10.1109/JAS.2024.124671","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JAS.2024.124671","url":null,"abstract":"Computational experiments method is an essential tool for analyzing, designing, managing, and integrating complex systems. However, a significant challenge arises in constructing agents with human-like characteristics to form an AI society. Agent modeling typically encompasses four levels: 1) The autonomy features of agents, e.g., perception, behavior, and decision-making; 2) The evolutionary features of agents, e.g., bounded rationality, heterogeneity, and learning evolution; 3) The social features of agents, e.g., interaction, cooperation, and competition; 4) The emergent features of agents, e.g., gaming with environments or regulatory strategies. Traditional modeling techniques primarily derive from ABMs (Agent-based Models) and incorporate various emerging technologies (e.g., machine learning, big data, and social networks), which can enhance modeling capabilities, while amplifying the complexity [1].","PeriodicalId":54230,"journal":{"name":"Ieee-Caa Journal of Automatica Sinica","volume":"12 7","pages":"1301-1304"},"PeriodicalIF":15.3,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11062603","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}