Name:                     Zhijian Ji Ph.D. Male 

Address:                  School of Automation Engineering 

                                Qingdao University 

                                Qingdao, Shandong 266071, China 

E-mail:                     jizhijian@pku.org.cn 

                                 jizhijian@pku.edu.cn 

Birth:                       Jun., 1973 

Current Position:     Professor 

Mobile Phone:        86-13505421159

M.Sc.                       Mathematics 

                                Ocean University of China, 1995.09-1998.07 

Ph.D.                       Control Theory and Control Engineering 

                                Peking University, 2002.09-2005.07

1998.10 - 2002.09    Lecturer Department of Mathematics, Qingdao University, China 

2005.10 - 2008.09    Associate Professor School of Automation Engineering, Qingdao University, China 

2008.10 - pres.         Professor School of Automation Engineering, Qingdao University, China 1

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.62373205)

2024.01-2027.12. 

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.62033007)

2021.01-2025.12. 

Supported by Taishan Scholars Project of Shandong Province of China (No.tstp20230624) 

2023.01-2027.12. 

Supported by Systems Science Plus Joint Research Program of Qingdao Univ. (No.XT2024101) 

2023.01-2026.12. 

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61873136)

2019.01-2022.12. 

Partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Scholars (No. 61603288)

2017.01-2019.12. 

Supported by the Science Foundation of Shandong Province for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. JQ201419) 

2015.01-2017.12. 

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61374062)

2014.01-2017.12. 

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61075114)

2011.01-2013.12. 

Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60604032)

2007.01-2009.12. 

Partly Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.60704039)

2008.01-2010.12. 

Partly Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61603288)

2017.01-2019.12.

TAC Distinguished Reviewer:                     The Editorial Board of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,    Jan. 04, 2013 

Academic Innovation Award:                      Peking University, Beijing, 2004 

May Fourth Scholarship:                             Peking University, Beijing, 2004 

First Grade Scholarship of China Petrol:    Awarded by China National Petrole Corporation and Peking University, 2003 

Zhaozhi Guan Award:                                 In the 25th Chinese Control Conference held between 7 and 11 Aug., 2006, Harbin, 

                                                                    Heilongjiang. I was among the 6 finalists out of nearly 60 applicants for the best paper award 

Second Prize of                                           Awarded by Shandong Provincial Government 

Shandong Natural Science Award:             In August 2019 

Outstanding Paper Award:                          Awarded by CINT 2025 

                                                                    Conference on Intelligent Networked Things In June 2025 

Youth and Middle-aged Expert                   Awarded by Shandong Provincial Government 

with Outstanding Contributions:                In Jan. 2015 

Taishan Scholars:                                       Awarded by Shandong Provincial Government In June 2023 

Distinguished Young Scholars:                  Awarded by Shandong Provincial Government In June 2014

1. Junhao Guo, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, Chong Lin, Herdability of Laplacian Game Control Systems, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, accepted, Regular paper, 2026, DOI:10.1109/TAC.2026.3651237 

2. Qiuyan Cui, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Kaien Liu, Distributed generalized nash equilibrium seeking and control strategies for multi-cluster aggregative games, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Regular paper, Conditionally accepted, 2026 

3. Qianqian Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Hai Lin, Multi-agent consensus control under structure decomposition, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2026, Currently in its first round of revision 

4. Qiuyan Cui, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Kaien Liu, Distributed optimization via hierarchical control and algorithm design in weakly connected digraphs, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Revised, 2026 

5. Lifan Kang, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Jirong Wang, Partition rules and algorithms for the node and edge multiagent controllability, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Conditionally Accepted, 2026

6. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yang Shi, and Yungang Liu, Event-based finite time stabilizability and formation control of multi-agent systems, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025, 22:7887-7896 

7. Junhao Guo, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Herdability of Nash equilibrium in neighbor-based game control system, International Journal of Control, 2025, 98(12):2803- 2810 

8. Lifan Kang, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Consensus controllability for node and edge multiagent systems, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, 12(3): 2088-2101, 2025 9. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yang Shi, and Yungang Liu, Edge stabilizability of multiagent systems, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2025, 55(9):5790-5801 

10. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, Jirong Wang, Yungang Liu and Chong Lin, Necessary and sufficient conditions for controllability and essential controllability of directed circle and tree graphs,

IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica , Apr. 2025, 12(4):694-704 

11. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, Jirong Wang, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Consensus protocol based reachable nodes in the controllability of directed graphs, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, March 2025, 12(1):96-103, ISSN: 2325-5870 

12. Qiuyan Cui, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Distributed optimization on matrixweighted networks, Optimal Control, Applications and Methods, Jan. 2025, 46(1):367-380, DOI:10.1002/OCA.3212 

13. Baihe Liu; Pengyu Wang; Zhijian Ji∗; Hao Wang, Game-based consensus of switching multi-agent systems, Mathematics, 13(22), 3636, 2025 

14. Xueyang He, Xinying Pang, Zhijian Ji, A new multi-view support vector machine with

v-property, Expert Systems with Applications, Nov. 2025, 299(2026)130097, DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2025.130097 

15. Qiuyan Cui, Zhijian Ji∗, Progress on distributed optimization, Control Theory & Applications, in Chinese, 2025, 42(11): 2196-2206 

16. Lianghong Peng, Youwen Yi, Zhijian Ji, DDoS attack on wireless cyber-physical systems: A Stackelberg game approach, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 2025, Article number:108945, DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2025.108945 

17. Xiaolei Ma, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji and Mengjia Cui, Finite-time and fixed-time tracking consensus for multi-agent systems with disturbances via integral sliding mode control,

Asian Journal of Control, 2025, 27(6):2915-2928, DOI: 10.1002/asjc.3616, 

18. Ying Han, Xianzhu Liu, Zhijian Ji, Controllability of directed and matrix-valued weighted networks, Asian Journal of Control, online, DOI: 10.1002/asjc.3618 

19. Xin Chen, Lianghong Peng, Youwen Yi, Zhijian Ji, Optimal stealthy deception attack strategy under energy constraints, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 140 (2025) 108423 

20. Lifan Kang, Zhijian Ji∗, Controllability of node and edge dynamics multi-agent systems, China Intelligent Networked Things Conference (CINT), Nov. 2025, pp. 90–102, Zhuhai, China 

21. Qianqian Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Prescribed-Time event-triggered bipartite consensus in a gamebased system, China Intelligent Networked Things Conference (CINT), Nov. 2025, pp. 77–89, Zhuhai, China 

22. Meilin Zhao, Zhijian Ji∗, Kaien Liu, Adaptive dynamic event-triggered bipartite consensus of multi-agent systems with intermittent conmmunication, pp. 1155-1162, Proceedings of the 44th Chinese Control Conference July 28-30, 2025, Chongqing, China 

23. Haina Zhao, Zhijian Ji∗, Meilin Zhao, Neural networks based learning control for stochastic nonlinear systems with unknown dead-zone and state constraints, pp. 692-697, Proceedings of the 44th Chinese Control Conference July 28-30, 2025, Chongqing, China

24. Bingjin Gao, Zhijian Ji, Yungang Liu, Chong Lin, Sampling controllability of multi-agent systems based on structural decomposition, Systems & Control Letters, 191(2024)105882, July 19, 2024 

25. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, The controllability and structural controllability of Laplacian dynamics, International Journal of Control, 98(5):1011-1023, July 17, 2024, DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2024.2380022 

26. Lifan Kang, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, H∞ consensus of stochastic multiagent systems with time-delay and markov jump, International Journal of Systems Science, 2024, 55(9): 1959-1979, DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2024.2328073 

27. Hao Wang, Zhijian Ji∗; Yungang Liu; Chong Lin, Leader-follower consensus of hybrid multiagent systems based on game, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2024, 361:1359–1370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2024.01.010. 

28. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Stabilizability of multi-agent systems under event-triggered controllers, Systems & Control Letters, 2024, 184 (105716):1- 8 

29. Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, Event-triggered average consensus on matrix-weighted networks,IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Feb., 2024, 71(2): 677-681

30. Qiuyan Cui, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji and Meilin Zhao, Finite-time and fixed-time adaptive consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics, Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 46(18):18560-18578, 2023, http://doi.org/10.1002/mma.9579 

31. Junhao Guo, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, Controllability of game-based multi-agent system,

SCIENCE CHINA: Information Sciences, 2023, Vol.66, 222206:1-222206:14,https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-023-3829-7 

32. Mengmeng Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, The construction of controllable graphs based on equipotential node, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science, in Chinese, 2023, 12:3081-3094 

33. Mengmeng Su, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Improved multi-agent controllability processing technique based on equitable partition, ISA Transactions, 2023, 138:301-310, DOI: 10.1016/j.isatra.2023.03.004 

34. Qiuyan Cui, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, and Wenjie Song, Sampling-data-based distributed optimization of second-order multi-agent systems with PI strategy, International Journal of Systems Science, 2023, 54(6): 1299-1312, DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2023.2173541 

35. Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, Dynamic event-triggered consensus of multi-agent systems under directed topology, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, Jan. 2023, 33(8):4328-4344, DOI: 10.1002/rnc.6610 

36. Wei Qi, Zhijian Ji, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Strong structural controllability based on leader-follower framework, Journal of Systems Science & Complexity, 2023, 36(4):1498- 1518

37. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, On stabilizability of multi-agent systems, Automatica, 2022, Regular paper 110491, Volume 142: 1-13,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2022.110491 

38. Junhao Guo, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Chong Lin, Unified understanding and new results of controllability model of multi-agent systems, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2022, 32(11): 6330-6345, DOI: 10.1002/rnc.6140 

39. Qingyuan Qi, Zhenghong Qiu, Xianghua Wang, Zhijian Ji. Asymmetric information control for stochastic systems with different intermittent observations, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2022, Vol.412, Article Number: 126544, DOI10.1016/j.amc.2021.126544 

40. Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, Dynamic event-triggered consensus of general linear multi-agent systems with adaptive strategy, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 2022, 69(8): 3440-3444, DOI: 10.1109/TCSII.2022.3144280 

41. Changyuan Tian, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, Adaptive event-triggered consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics, International Journal of Systems Science, 2022, 53(8): 1744-1755 42. Zehuan Lu, Zhiqiang Zhang, and Zhijian Ji∗, Strong targeted controllability of multi-agent systems with time-varying topologies over finite fields, Automatica, 2022, 142:110404.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2022.110404 

43. Lei Tian, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Chong Lin, A unified approach for the influences of negative weights on system consensus, Systems & Control Letters, Vol.160: 105109, 2022 

44. Yanan Ji, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu, and Chong Lin, Target controllability of multi-agent systems, 2022 IEEE 11th Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference, August 5-7, 2022, pp. 1377-1382, Emeishan, China 

45. Shuhui Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Chong Lin, Structural controllability analysis based on dilations under leader-follower framework, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, 2022, 39(1):1-21, https://doi.org/10.1093/imamci/dnab032 

46. Lanhao Zhao, Zhijian Ji∗, Yungang Liu and Chong Lin, Controllability of general linear discrete multiagent systems with directed and weighted signed network, Journal of Systems Science & Complexity, 2022, 35(6): 2107-2130 

47. Junhao Guo, Zhijian Ji∗, and Yungang Liu, Sufficient conditions and limitations of equivalent partition in multi-agent controllability, SCIENCE CHINA: Information Sciences,

48. Lanhao Zhao, and Zhijian Ji∗, Controllability analysis of diffusion coupled multi-agent system under signed networks, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science, in Chinese, 2021, 41(6): 1455–1466 

49. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, and Yang Shi. The graphical conditions for controllability of multiagent systems under equitable partition, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, September, 2021, 51(9):4661-4672, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.3004851 

50. Yongcui Chao, and Zhijian Ji∗. Necessary and sufficient conditions for multi-agent controllability of path and star topologies by exploring the information of second-order neighbors,

IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, 38: 1-14, 2021, DOI:10.1093/imamci/dnw013 

51. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, Shaobin Cao, Qingyuan Qi and Huizi Ma, The complexity in complete graphic characterizations of multiagent controllability. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, January 2021, 51(1): 64-76, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.2972403 

52. Zhijian Ji, Yang Liu and Lei Zou, Recent developments on complexity science, 2021,Systems Science & Control Engineering, 9(S2):1-5 (EI) 

53. Fan Liu and Zhijian Ji, Event-triggered consensus control for general second-order multiagent systems, Systems Science & Control Engineering , 59:14-20, 2021, DOI: 10.1080/21642583.2020.1826003 (Zhijian Ji Guest Editor) 

54. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, and Yungang Liu. The controllability and strong structural controllability of Laplacian dynamics, Proceedings of the 40th Chinese Control Conference, July 26-28, 2021: 5019-5025, Shanghai, China, 2021

55. Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, and Xianfu Zhang, Periodic event-triggered consensus of multi-agent systems under directed topology, Neurocomputing, 385:33-41 

56. Xiao Han, Zhijian Ji∗, and Qingyuan Qi, Optimal control for networked control systems with markovian packet losses, Complexity, vol. 2020, Article ID 4804320, 11 pages, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4804320 

57. Zehuan Lu, Zhijian Ji, and Zhiqiang Zhang, Sampled-data based structural controllability of multi-agent systems with switching topology, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2020, 357: 10886–1089958. Yanhong Lou, Zhijian Ji∗ and Jijun Qu, New results of multi-agent controllability under equitable partitions, IEEE Access, 8(1): 73523-73535, December 2020, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2988141 

59. Chengguo Zong, Zhijian Ji∗, Yan Yu, and Hao Shi, Research on obstacle avoidance method for mobile robot based on multisensor information fusion, Sensors and Materials, 32(4): 1159-1170, 2020 

60. Xiaoyu Wang, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji and Shitao Han, Bipartite consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems based on distributed event-triggered control. Complexity, volume , Article ID, 15 pages, 2020 

61. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, and Kaien Liu, Event-based consensus for general linear multiagent systems under switching topologies. Complexity, vol. 2020, Article ID 5972749, 14 pages, 2020 

62. Shuai Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, and Huizi Ma, Jordan form-based algebraic conditions for controllability of multiagent systems under directed graphs, Complexity, volume 2020, Article ID7685460, 15 pages, 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TCYB.2020.2972403 

63. Chengguo Zong, Zhijian Ji∗, Junzhi Yu, and Haisheng Yu. An Angle-Changeable Tracked Robot with Human-Robot Interaction in Unstructured Environments. Assembly Automation,40(4): 565-575, 2020 

64. Chengguo Zong, Zhijian Ji∗, and Haisheng Yu. Dynamic stability analysis of a tracked mobile robot based on human-robot interaction. Assembly Automation, 40(1): 143-154, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1108/AA-10-2018-0156 

65. Jinfeng Zhang, Zhijian Ji∗, and Jijun Qu, Controllability of multi-agent systems based on automorphism and leader symmetry, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science, 40(4): 565-577, 2020. 

66. Lili Han, and Zhijian Ji∗, Structural controllability analysis of high order non-markov temporal networks, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science, 40(5): 761-774, 2020. 

67. Wanjin Chen, and Zhijian Ji∗, Controllability analysis of multi-agent systems based on topological structure and individual dynamic level, CAAI transactions on intelligent systems, 15(2): 264-270, 2020.

68. Jingxian Liang, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji and Xiaoyu Wang, Event-Triggered Consensus Control for Linear Multi-Agent Systems, IEEE Access, 7(1): 144572-144579, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2944946 

69. Yinshuang Sun, Zhijian Ji∗, Qingyuan Qi, and Huizi Ma, Bipartite consensus of multiagent systems with intermittent interaction, IEEE Access, 7(1): 130300-130311, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2940541 

70. Chengguo Zong, Zhijian Ji∗, Lei Tian, and Yuan Zhang. Distributed multi-robot formation control based on bipartite consensus with time-varying delays. IEEE Access, 7(1): 144790- 144798, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2942642 

71. Yilong Yang, Zhijian Ji, Lei Tian, Huizi Ma, and Qingyuan Qi, Bipartite consensus of highorder edge dynamics on coopetition multi-agent systems, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2019, Aricle ID 1628239, 12 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/1628239 

72. Qingyuan Qi, Zhijian Ji∗, Further results on stabilization for NCSs with packet losses and transmission delay: UDP Case, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2019.5, 356(8):4601-4621 

73. Qingyuan Qi, Zhenghong Qiu, Zhijian Ji∗, Optimal continuous/impulsive LQ control with quadratic constraints, IEEE Access, 7(1):52955-52963, 2019, DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2912653 

74. Xiaodan Zhang, Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, Bipartite consensus for multi-agent systems with time-varying delays based on method of delay partitioning, IEEE Access, 7: 29285-29294, 2019 

75. Xianzhu Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, Ting Hou, Haisheng Yu, Decentralized stabilizability and formation control of multi-agent systems with antagonistic interactions. ISA Transactions, 2019, 89: 58-66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isatra.2018.12.011 

76. Lei Tian, Zhijian Ji∗, Ting Hou, and Haisheng Yu, Bipartite consensus of edge dynamics on coopetition multi-agent systems, SCIENCE CHINA: Information Sciences, 2019, 62(12):229201, DOI: 10.1007/s11432-018-9533-3 

77. Xianzhu Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, and Ting Hou, Graph partitions and the controllability of directed signed networks, SCIENCE CHINA: Information Sciences, 2019, 62(4):042202, DOI: 10.1007/s11432-018-9450-8 

78. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, Huizi Ma and Qingyuan Qi. The differences between completely connected cells and incompletely connected cells on controllability, IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, June 2019: 1447-1452 

79. Cong Shen, Zhijian Ji∗, Pingping Zhang, Ting Hou, Optimizing controllability of complex networks by minimum driver nodes, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science, Vol. 5: 659-674, 2019.

80. Jijun Qu, Zhijian Ji∗, Chong Lin, and Haisheng Yu. Fast consensus seeking on networks with antagonistic interactions, Complexity, volume 2018, Article ID 7831317, 15 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7831317 

81. Shuai Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, Haisheng Yu, and Ting Hou. LQR based optimal topology of hybridweighted multi-agent systems, Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Volume 2018, Aricle ID 5269542, 14 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/5269542 

82. Xianzhu Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, and Ting Hou. Stabilization of heterogeneous multi-agent systems via harmonic control, Complexity, volume 2018, Article ID 8265637, 9 pages, 2018.https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8265637 

83. Lei Tian, Zhijian Ji∗, Ting Hou, and Kaien Liu, Bipartite consensus on coopetition networks with time-varying delays, IEEE Access, 6(1): 10169-10178, Feb. 2018 

84. Xianzhu Liu, and Zhijian Ji∗. Controllability of multi-agent systems based on path and cycle graphs, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 28(1): 296-309, 2018 

85. Xiangju Jiang, Zhijian Ji∗, Ting Hou and Fanggang Sun. Observability and controllability preservation for multi-agent systems with time delay and time-varying topology, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 458: 313-325, October 2017 (EI, 2018 is indexed)

86. Jijun Qu and Zhijian Ji∗, Fast consensus seeking in first order multi-agent systems with antagonistic interactions, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE 8th Annual International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, July 19-23, 2018: 658-663, Tianjin, China 

87. Shuai Liu, Zhijian Ji∗, Haisheng Yu, and Ting Hou, The topology structure of leaderfollower MASs for optimal cost control, Proceedings of 2018 IEEE 8th Annual International Conference on CYBER Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems, July 19-23, 2018: 7-12, Tianjin, China 

88. Shaobin Cao, Zhijian Ji∗, and Ting Hou, Controllability of leader-follower networks with antagonistic interactions, Proceedings of the 37th Chinese Control Conference, July 25-27, 2018: 6872-6877, Wuhan, China, 2018 

89. Cong Shen, Zhijian Ji∗, and Haisheng Yu, The structural controllability of edge dynamics in complex networks, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference,June 9-11, 2018: 5363-5367 , Shenyang, China 

90. Zhiang Chen, Zhijian Ji∗, and Haisheng Yu, The determination of fixed controllable subspace in complex networks, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference,June 9-11, 2018: 5368-5373, Shenyang, China 

91. Zhenzhen Pan, Zhijian Ji∗, and Haisheng Yu, Controllability of multi-agent networks based on almost equitable partitions, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference,June 9-11, 2018: 1466-1471, Shenyang, China 

92. Xu Zheng, Zhijian Ji∗, and Haisheng Yu, Controllability of edge dynamics on directed multi-agent systems, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference,

June 9-11, 2018: 2490-2494, Shenyang, China 

93. Chengguo Zong, Zhijian Ji∗, and Zhiang Chen, A joint double-tracked robot with passive track adjusting device, Proceedings of the 30th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, June 9-11, 2018: 4149-4154, Shenyang, China 

94. Hua Gao, Zhijian Ji∗, and Ting Hou, Equitable Partitions in the Controllability of Undirected Signed Graphs, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, June 12-15, 2018: 532-537, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

95. Lei Tian, Zhijian Ji∗, and Ting Hou, Edge Bipartite Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems,

27(18): 4333-4347, 9 MAR 2017, DOI: 10.1002/rnc.3798 

97. Zhijian Ji, and Haisheng Yu. A new perspective to graphical characterization of multiagent controllability, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 47(6): 1471-1483, 2017 

98. Kaien Liu, and Zhijian Ji∗. Consensus of multi-agent systems with time delay based on periodic sample and event hybrid control, Neurocomputing, 270: 11-17, 2017 

99. Kaien Liu∗, Zhijian Ji∗, and Wei Ren∗. Necessary and sufficient conditions for consensus of second-order multi-agent systems under directed topologies without global gain dependency,IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 47(8): 2089-2098, 2017 

100. Xianzhu Liu, Zhijian Ji and Ting Hou, The controllability of weighted and directed networks with antagonistic interactions, Chinese Automation Congress, Oct. 20-22, 2017: 401-405, Jinan, China (EI) 

101. Lei Tian, Zhijian Ji and Ting Hou, Bipartite consensus for a class of double-order multiagent systems with time-varying delays on antagonistic interactions, Chinese Automation Congress, Oct. 20-22, 2017: 184-188 Jinan, China (EI) 

102. Kaien Liu and Zhijian Ji, Periodic event-triggered consensus of time-delayed multi-agent systems under switching topologies, Proceedings of the 36th Chinese Control Conference,

July 26-28, 2017: 8230-8235, Dalian, China 

103. Pingping Zhang, Zhijian Ji∗ and Ziqiang Li, Minimum driver nodes selection in complex networks, Proceedings of the 36th Chinese Control Conference, July 26-28, 2017: 8461- 8466, Dalian, China 

104. Kang Wang, Zhijian Ji, and Yongcui Chao. Controllability and observability preservation for multi-agent systems with time varying topologies under the second-order consensus,

CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems, 12(2): 213-220, 2017 

105. Chuanliang Cheng, Zhijian Ji∗. Controllability of the directed tree graph consisting of non-identical nodes under the broadcasting control signal, ICIC Express Letters, 11(1): 169-174, 2017 (EI) 

106. Ziqiang Li, Zhijian Ji∗, and Kaien Liu∗. Controllability analysis of multi-agent systems with system model transformation,ICIC Express Letters, 11(2): , 2017 (EI)

107. Kaien Liu, Zhijian Ji, Guangming Xie, and Ruiping Xu, Event-based broadcasting containment control for multi-agent systems under directed topology, International Journal of Control, 89(11): 2360-2370, Feb. 2016 

108. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang and Long Wang. Controllability of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under directed and weighted topology. International Journal of Control(IF: 1.880). 89(5):1009-1024, 2016 

109. Zehuan Lu, Lin Zhang, Zhijian Ji, and Long Wang. Controllability of discrete-time multiagent systems with directed topology and input delay. International Journal of Control

(IF: 1.880), 2016, 89(1):179-192 

110. Ziqiang Li, Zhijian Ji, Yongcui Chao, Jie Dong, and Jie Don. Graph controllability classes of networked multi-agent systems with multi-signal inputs, CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems, 11(5): 783-790, 2016 

111. Zhijian Ji, Tongwen Chen, and Haisheng Yu. A design method for controllable topologies of multi-agent networks, Proceedings of the 35th Chinese Control Conference, July 27-29, 2016: 7578-7584, Chengdu, China 

112. Xianzhu Liu, and Zhijian Ji. An approach for constructing single-leader controllable networked systems, Proceedings of the 35th Chinese Control Conference, July 27-29, 2016:124- 129 , Chengdu, China

113. Kaien Liu∗, Zhijian Ji∗, Guangming Xie, and Long Wang. Consensus for heterogeneous multi-agent systems under fixed and switching topologies, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2015, 352(9): 3670–3683 

114. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Haisheng Yu. Protocols design and uncontrollable topologies construction for multi-agent networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 2015, 60(3) :781-786 

115. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang, and Long Wang. Controllability of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems, Proceedings of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, July 28-30, 2015: 7184-7189 , Hangzhou, China 

116. Yongcui Chao, Zhijian Ji, and Yaowei Wang. Controllability of path graphs by using information of second-order neighbors, Proceedings of the 34th Chinese Control Conference,

July 28-30, 2015: 6619-6623, Hangzhou, China 

117. Yongcui Chao, Zhijian Ji, Yaowei Wang, and Jie Don. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the controllability of complex networks with path topology, CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems, August, 2015, 10(4): 577-582

118. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang, and Long Wang. A survey on controllability of multi-agent systems, Control Theory and Applications, 2015, 32(4): 421-431 

119. Fei Liu and Zhijian Ji. Controllability of second-order discrete-time multi-agent systems with time-delay. Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science(in Chinese), 2015, 35(3): 298-307. 120. Jie Dong, Zhijian Ji and Xiaoxiao Wang, Algebraic conditions for the controllability of multi-agent systems. CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems, Oct., 2015, 10(5): 747- 754 

121. Hongli Yin, Zhijian Ji and Siying Zhang. Controllability and algorithms of complex networks.Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science(in Chinese), 2015, 35(11):1255- 1263. 122. Hongli Yin, Zhijian Ji and Siying Zhang. Identifying controlled nodes in controllability of complex networks. Journal of Computational Information Systems. 2015, 11(23):8459- 8466

123. Xiaoxiao Wang and Zhijian Ji. Controllability of nonidentical multi-agent systems with a broadcasting control signal. CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems(in Chinese), 2014, 9(4): 1-6. 124. Yaowei Wang, Zhijian Ji, and Haichuan Zhai. A survey on motion control of the biomimetic robotic fish. CAAI Transactions on Intelligent Systems(in Chinese), 2014, 9(3): 275-283. 

125. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang, and Long Wang. Quadratic stabilisability of multi-agent systems under switching topologies, International Journal of Control. 2014, 87(12): 2657-2668 

126. Yongtian Lan, Zhijian Ji, Junwei Gao, Yaowei Wang. Robot fish detection based on a combination method of three-frame-difference and background subtraction. Proceedings of the 26th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, May 30-Jun 01, 2014: 3905-3909, Changsha China 

127. Zhijian Ji, Tongwen Chen, and Haisheng Yu. Controllability of sampled-data multi-agent systems. Proceedings of the 33th Chinese Control Conference, July 28-30, 2014: , Nanjing China

128. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, Haisheng Yu, and Liqun Xiong. Protocol design for network controllability of multiple agents. Proceedings of the 32th Chinese Control Conference, July 26-28, 2013: 6791-6796, Xi’an China 

129. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Junwei Gao. Eigenvector based design of uncontrollable topologies for networks of multiple agents. Proceedings of the 32th Chinese Control Conference, July 26-28, 2013: 6797-6802, Xi’an China 

130. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang, and Long Wang. Structural controllability of higher-order multi-agent systems under absolute and relative protocols, Proceedings of the 32th Chinese Control Conference, July 26-28, 2013: 6832-6837, Xi’an China 

131. Yongqiang Guan, Zhijian Ji, Lin Zhang, Long Wang, Decentralized stabilizability of multiagent systems under fixed and switching topologies, Systems & Control Letters, vol.62, no.5, 2013, pp.438-446 

132. Haichuan Zhai, Zhijian Ji and Junwei Gao, Formation control of multiple robotic fish based on artificial potential field and leader-follower framework. Proceedings of the 25th Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 2013: 2616-2620 

133. Susu Shan, Zhijian Ji, and Junwei Gao. The shortest motion path of multi-robot fish formation based on ant colony algorithm and fuzzy control mechanism. Scientific Journal of Control Engineering, October 2013, 3(5):301-309

134. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Haisheng Yu, Leaders in multi-agent controllability under consensus algorithm and tree topology, Systems & Control Letters, July 2012, vol.61, no.9, pp.918-925 

135. Zhijian Ji and Hai Lin, Topologies construction and leaders location in multi-agent controllability,Proceedings of the 31th Chinese Control Conference, July 25-27, 2012, Hefei, China, pp.6421-6426

137. Hai Lin and Zhijian Ji, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control, October 2010; vol.32, no.5: pp. 443-444. (Zhijian Ji Guest Editor) 

138. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Tong Heng Lee, Downer and Perron Branches in Interconnection Topologies for Coordination and Control of Multi-agent Networks, Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation July 6-9 2010, Jinan, China, pp.1234-1239 

139. Na Tan, Hai Lin, and Zhijian Ji, New results on controllability of multi-agent systems,

Proceedings of the 8th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation July 6-9 2010, Jinan, China, pp.574-579 

140. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, Tong Heng Lee, and Qiang Ling, Multi-agent controllability with tree topology, Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD, USA June 30-July 02, 2010, pp.850-855 

141. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, Gang Feng and Xiaoxia Guo, Controllability structure decomposition for switched linear systems, Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control,

December 2010; vol.32, no.6, pp. 736-755 

142. Zhijian Ji, Zidong Wang, Hai Lin, and Zhen Wang, Controllability of multi-agent systems with time-delay in state and switching topology, International Journal of Control, vol.83, no.2, February 2010, pp.371-386 

143. A. Partovi, Hai Lin, and Zhijian Ji. Structural controllability of high order dynamic multiagent systems. In IEEE Conference on Robotics Automation and Mechatronics (RAM), pages 327-332. IEEE, 2010.

144. Zhijian Ji, Zidong Wang, Hai Lin, and Zhen Wang, Interconnection topologies for multiagent coordination under leader-follower framework, Automatica, vol.45, no.12, 2009, pp. 2857-2863 

145. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Tong Heng Lee, A new perspective on criteria and algorithms for reachability of discrete-time switched linear systems, Automatica, vol.45, no.6, 2009, pp. 1584-1587 

146. Long Wang, Fangcui Jiang, Guangming Xie, and Zhijian Ji, Controllability of multi-agent systems based on agreement protocols, Science in China Series F: Information Sciences

vol.52, no.11, pp.2074-2088, 2009 

147. Fangcui Jiang, Long Wang, Guangming Xie, Zhijian Ji, and Yingmin Jia, On the controllability of multiple dynamic agents with fixed topology, Proceedings of the 2009 American Control Conference, Hyatt Regency Riverfront, St. Louis, MO, USA, June 10-12, 2009, pp. 5665-5670

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, vol.53, no.3, 2008, pp.796-801 

149. Zhijian Ji, Gang Feng, and Xiaoxia Guo, Construction of switching sequences for reachability realization of switched impulsive control systems, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol.18, no.6, 2008, pp. 648-664 

150. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Tong Heng Lee, A graph theory based characterization of controllability for multi-agent systems with fixed topology, Proc. of the 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pages 5262-5267, December 9-11, 2008, Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach, Cancun, Mexico 

151. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Tong Heng Lee, Controllability of multi-agent systems with switching topology, Proc. of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems; Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, pages 421–426, Chengdu, China, Sep. 21-24, 2008. 

152. Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, and Tong Heng Lee, A perspective on reachability and controllability of controlled switched linear systems, Proc. of the 27th Chinese Control Conference, pages 702–706, Kunming, Yunnan, China, July 16-18, 2008.

153. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Xiaoxia Guo, Design of switching sequences for controllability realization of switched linear systems, Automatica, vol.43, no.4, 2007, pp.662-668 

154. Zhijian Ji, Gang Feng, and Xiaoxia Guo, A constructive approach to reachability realization of discrete-time switched linear systems, Systems and Control Letters, vol.56, no.11-12, November-December 2007, pp.669-677 

155. Zhijian Ji, Xiaoxia Guo, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Robust H∞ control and quadratic stabilization of discrete-time switched systems with norm-bounded time-varying uncertainties, Asian Journal of Control, vol.9, no.3, 2007, pp.352-361 

156. Zhijian Ji, Xiaoxia Guo, and Long Wang, Stabilization of switched linear systems with time-varying delay in switching occurrence detection, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing,vol.26, no.3, 2007, pp.361-377 

157. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Xiaoxia Guo, Disturbance attenuation of switched linear systems with norm-bounded time-varying uncertainties, Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B, vol.14, no.3, 2007, pp.321-333 

158. Zhijian Ji, Xiaoxia Guo, and Shixu Xu, A further note on overshoot estimation in pole placements, Journal of Control Theory and Applications, vol.5, no.1, 2007, pp.57-59 

159. Zhijian Ji, Gang Feng, and Xiaoxia Guo, Reachability realization of switched linear discretetime systems by means of aperiodic switching paths, Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, Marriott Marquis Hotel at Times Square New York City, USA, July 11-13, 2007, pp.2103-2108 

160. Zhijian Ji, Gang Feng, and Xiaoxia Guo, New results on reachability realization of switched impulsive control systems, 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Part of IEEE Multi-conference on Systems and Control, the Suntec City Convention Centre, Singapore, October 1-3, 2007, pp.369-374 

161. Xiaoxia Guo, and Zhijian Ji, On the extreme solutions of an nonlinear matrix equation,

Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference, Marriott Marquis Hotel at Times Square New York City, USA, July 11-13, 2007, pp.1642-1647 

162. Zhijian Ji, Xiaoxia Guo, and Long Wang, Online and offline stabilization of switched linear systems, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation, Guangzhou, CHINA - May 30 to June 1, 2007, pp.12-17 

163. Zhijian Ji, Gang Feng, and Xiaoxia Guo, Reachability realization for a class of switched impulsive control systems by means of periodic switchings, Proceedings of the 26th Chinese Control Conference, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, July 26-31, 2007, pp.669-673

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control–Transactions of the ASME,vol.128, no.3, 2006, pp.696-700

165. Zhijian Ji, Haisheng Yu, Xiaoxia Guo, and Long Wang, Disturbance attenuation of discretetime switched linear systems, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Munich, Germany, October 4-6, 2006, pp.868-873 

166. Zhijian Ji, Xiaoxia Guo, Shixu Xu, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Preliminary results on null controllable region of discrete-time switched linear systems with input saturation, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control, Munich, Germany, October 4-6, 2006, pp.856-861 

167. Zhijian Ji, Number of switchings and design of switching sequences for controllability of switched linear systems, Proceedings of the 25th Chinese Control Conference, 7-10 August, 2006, Harbin, Heilongjiang, pp.1049-1054 

168. Zhijian Ji and Long Wang, Robust stability and stabilization of a class of nonlinear switched systems, Proceedings of the 25th IASTED International Conference on Modelling, Identification, and Control, February 6-8, 2006, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, pp. 37-42 

169. Zhijian Ji, Limin Jia, and Shixu Xu, A note on online stabilization of switched linear systems, Journal of Qingdao University vol.21, Special, 2006. 

170. Zhijian Ji, Shixu Xu, and Xiaoxia Guo, An improved result on overshoot estimation,

171. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Quadratic stabilization of uncertain discretetime switched systems via output feedback, Circuits, Systems and Signal Processing, vol.24, no.6, 2005, pp.733-751 

172. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Quadratic stabilization of switched systems, International Journal of Systems Science, vol.36, no.7, 2005, pp.395-404 

173. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, New results on the quadratic stabilization of switched linear systems with polytopic uncertainties, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, vol.22, 2005, pp.441-452 

174. Zhijian Ji and Long Wang, Robust H∞ control and quadratic stabilization of uncertain discrete-time switched linear systems, Proceedings of the 2005 American Control Conference,2005, pp.24-29

175. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, Guangming Xie and Fei Hao, Linear matrix inequality approach to quadratic stabilization of switched systems, IEE Proc.-Control Theory Appl., vol.151, no.3, 2004, pp.289-294 (SCI-1) 

176. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Quadratic stabilization of uncertain switched systems via output feedback, International Journal of Hybrid Systems, vol.4, 2004, pp.87- 98 

177. Zhijian Ji and Long Wang, Robust H∞ control and quadratic stabilization of uncertain switched linear systems, International Journal of Hybrid Systems, vol 4, no.3 & 4, 2004, pp.227-241  178. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Dongmei Xie, Robust H∞ control and stabilization of uncertain switched linear systems, Proceedings of the 2004 American Control Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 30 - July 2, 2004, pp.4543-4548 

179. Zhijian Ji and Long Wang, Disturbance attenuation of uncertain switched linear systems,

182. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, New results on the quadratic stabilization of switched linear systems, Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Maui, Hawaii USA, December 2003, pp.1657-1662 

183. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Guangming Xie, Stabilizing discrete-time switched systems via observer-based static output feedback, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Volume 3 , Oct. 5-8, 2003, pp. 2545 -2550 

184. Zhijian Ji, Long Wang, and Dongmei Xie, Robust H∞ control and quadratic stabilization of switched linear systems with parameter uncertainties, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Joint Workshop on Modern Electronic Technology and Applications, Beijing, China, October 29-31, 2003, pp.123-131

185. Wenbin Liu and Zhijian Ji, The periodicity of square fuzzy matrices based on minimal strong components, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol.126, no.2, 2002, pp.233-240 

186. Zhijian Ji, Partial determination of some fuzzy relations on the sequence of powers of a fuzzy matrix, (in Chinese) J. Qingdao Univ. , vol.12, no.4, 1999, pp.90-92 

187. Zhijian Ji, Some properties of the periods and indices of n×n fuzzy matrices. (in Chinese),

Served as an active reviewer for many international journals and conferences, including 

• IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

• Journal of Control and Decision