Complexity, Analysis and Control of Singular Biological Systems

Guoliang Wang received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Control Theory and Engineering from the Northeastern University, China, in 2004, 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Information and Control Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, China. He has authored/co-authored over 40 publications. His research interests include Markovian jump systems, singular systems, stochastic control and filtering. Qingling Zhang received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Mathematics Department and the Ph.D. degree from the Automatic Control Department of Northeastern University, China, in 1982, 1986, and 1995, respectively. Since 1997, he has been a Professor with Northeastern University. He is also a member of the University Teaching Advisory Committee of National Ministry of Education. He has published 16 books and more than 480 papers about control theory and applications. Dr. Zhang received 14 prizes from central and local governments for his research. He has also received the Golden Scholarship from Australia in 2000 and now holds a visiting professor position in the University of Kent awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering in United Kingdom. His current research interests cover singular systems, networked control systems, stochastic control and robust control. Xinggang Yan received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Shaanxi Normal University and Qufu Normal University respectively, and received the Ph.D degree in Control Engineering from the Automatic Control Department of Northeastern University, China, in 1997. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Digitalk Arts in the University of Kent. He is a member of IEEE. He has published more than 100 papers in the area of control theory and applications. His research interest includes nonlinear control, sliding mode control, decentralized control, time delay systems, observer design and fault detection and isolation.