Fuzzy Model-Based Sliding Mode Control of Complex Nonlinear Systems

Wenqiang Ji (Senior Member, IEEE) is currently a Professor at the School of Artificial Intelligence, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, China. Dr. Ji received a Ph.D. degree in control science and engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, China, in 2019. His research interests include modeling and control of fuzzy systems, nonlinear systems, sampled-data control and filtering design, robust control, and sliding mode control. He has authored and/or coauthored more than 40 referred technical papers including many IEEE Transactions papers in the fields of Intelligent and Nonlinear Control.

Jianbin Qiu (Fellow, IEEE) is currently a Full Professor at the School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China. Dr. Qiu received B.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in mechanical and electrical engineering from the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China, in 2004 and 2009, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree in mechatronics engineering from the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, in 2009. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow with the Institute for Automatic Control and Complex Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany. Dr. Qiu His current research interests include intelligent and hybrid control systems, signal processing, and robotics and he serves as the Chairperson for the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Harbin Chapter, China.

Heting Zhang is an assistant professor at Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, and her research interests include differential equations, bioinformatics, biomathematics, and their optimal control. Dr. Zhang received a BSc in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from Heilongjiang University, China; a MS in Applied Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China; and a PhD in Mathematics from Harbin Institute of Technology, China. She is a member of the Technical Committee on Intelligent Control and Systems and serves as a reviewer for Mathematical Reviews (USA). She is currently presiding over several projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, the Open Research Fund of Hubei Key Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences, and the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine New Faculty Research Project. She is also participating in the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030, Noncommunicable Chronic Diseases-National Science and Technology Major Project.