[1] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, Zhiwu Li, and Ying Tang, “Deadlock-free control of automated manufacturing systems with flexible routes and assembly operations using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 109-121, February 2013. (SCI: 000312839600011, EI: 20130215876404) (IF: 8.785)
[2] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, Zhiwu Li, and Ying Tang, “An optimization approach to improved Petri net controller design for automated manufacturing systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 772-782, July 2013. (SCI: 000321339200028, EI: 20140417226821) (IF: 2.162)
[3] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Liveness and ratio-enforcing supervision of automated manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 392-403, February 2012. (SCI: 000300512700010, EI: 20120914820678) (IF: 2.169)
[4] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Supervisor optimization for deadlock resolution in automated manufacturing systems with Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 794-804, October 2011. (SCI: 000295583800011, EI: 20114114420616) (IF: 2.162)
[5] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Supervisor design to enforce production ratio and absence of deadlock in automated manufacturing systems,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 201-212, March 2011. (SCI: 000286385800001, EI: 20164402969869) (IF: 2.169)
[6] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Low-cost and high-performance supervision in ratio-enforced automated manufacturing systems using timed Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 933-944, October 2010. (SCI: 000283380000020, EI: 20104113292012) (IF: 2.162)
[7] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Algebraic synthesis of timed supervisor for automated manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 549-557, July 2010. (SCI:000281938500012, EI: 20102813067499) (IF: 2.162)
[8] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Liveness enforcing supervision of video streaming systems using nonsequential Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. 1457-1465, November 2009. (SCI: 000271843000006, EI: 20094812519052) (IF: 1.776)
[9] Hesuan Hu and Zhiwu Li, “Clarification on the computation of liveness-enforcing supervisor for resource allocation systems with uncontrollable behavior,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science Engineering, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 557-559, July 2009. (SCI: 00267697800017, EI: 20093312247385) (IF: 2.162)
[10] Hesuan Hu and Yang Liu, “Supervisor simplification for AMS based on Petri nets and inequality analysis,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 66-77, January 2014. (SCI: 000329584200006, EI: 20140417219559) (IF: 2.162)
[11] Hesuan Hu and Yang Liu, “Supervisor synthesis and performance improvement in automated manufacturing systems by using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 450-458, April 2015. (SCI: 000352290400015, EI: 20151500734330) (IF: 8.785)
[12] Hesuan Hu and Mengchu Zhou, “A Petri net-based discrete event control of automated manufacturing systems with assembly operations,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 513-524, March 2015. (SCI: 000350341500009, EI: 20150900567393) (IF: 2.512)
[13] Hesuan Hu, Yang Liu, and Ling Yuan, “Supervisor simplifications in FMSs: Comparative studies and new results using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 81-95, January 2016. (SCI: 000367258200007, EI: 20151700794782) (IF: 2.512)
[14] Hesuan Hu, Yang Liu, and Mengchu Zhou, “Maximally permissive distributed control of Petri net modeling automated manufacturing systems,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 2026-2034, September 2015. (SCI: 000359541200031, EI: 20153401192906) (IF: 2.512)
[15] Hesuan Hu, Rong Su, Yang Liu, and Mengchu Zhou, “Polynomially complex synthesis of distributed supervisor for large scale AMSs using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 1610-1622, September 2016. (SCI: 000381506100007, EI: 20155201731707) (IF: 2.512)
[16] Chen Chen and Hesuan Hu, “Liveness-enforcing supervision in AMS oriented HAMGs: An approach based on new characterization of siphons using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (Regular Paper), 2017 (DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2017.2758842). (SCI Indexed, EI: 20174104263781) (IF: 2.779)
[17] Yuan Zhou, Hesuan Hu, Yang Liu, and Zuohua Ding, “Collision and deadlock avoidance in multi-robot systems with labeled transition systems: A distributed approach,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, vol. 47, no. 7, pp. 1712-1726, July 2017. (SCI: 000404354600057, EI: 20172703896885 ) (IF: 2.169)
[18] Yuan Zhou, Hesuan Hu, Yang Liu, Shangwei Lin, and Zuohua Ding, “A real-time and fully distributed approach to motion planning for multi-robot systems,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017. (DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2017.2750911). (SCI Indexed, EI: 20174104263931) (IF: 2.169)
[19] Aijun Liu, Hesuan Hu, Xiao Zhang, and Deming Lei, “Novel two-phase approach for process optimization of customer collaborative design based on fuzzy-QFD and DSM,” IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 193-207, May 2017. (SCI: 000399937700007, EI: 20170603336414) (IF: 1.779)
[20] Zhiwu Li, Hesuan Hu, and Anrong Wang, “Design of liveness-enforcing supervisors for flexible manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part C: Applications and Reviews, vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 517-526, July 2007. (SCI: 000247644800008, EI: 20072910703479) (IF: 1.526)
[1] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “A novel approach to simplify supervisor for AMS based on Petri nets and inequality analysis,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 2013, pp. 3258-3264. (EI: 20134616976019) (Best Automation Paper Finalist)
[2] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Yang Liu, “Supervisor synthesis and performance improvement in automated manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Wisconsin, USA, August 2013, pp. 1163-1168. (EI: 20140217177486)
[3] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Yang Liu, “Maximally permissive distributed control of Petri net modeling automated manufacturing systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Wisconsin, USA, August 2013, pp. 1151-1156. (EI: 20140217177486)
[4] Hesuan Hu and Rong Su, “A novel approach to the liveness supervision of AMS with assembly operations using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Guangzhou, China, December 2012, pp. 264-269. (EI: 20131616212576)
[5] Hesuan Hu, Ying Tang, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Liveness supervision of AMS with complex processes using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Anchorage, AK, USA, October 2011, pp. 844-849. (EI: 20115114625679)
[6] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Deadlock resolution method for automated manufacturing systems with Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2010, pp. 2551-2556. (EI: 20110413608328) (Best Conference Paper)
[7] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Deadlock-free control of ratio-enforced automated manufacturing systems with flexible routes and assembly operations,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 2010, pp. 459-464. (EI: 20104613386215)
[8] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “An optimization approach towards improved Petri net monitor design,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, August 2010, pp. 1082-1086. (EI: 20104813423691)
[9] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “A new class of Petri nets for modeling and control of ratio-enforced resource allocation systems,” in Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, USA, October 2009, pp. 199-204. (EI: 20100412664379)
[10] Hesuan Hu, Mengchu Zhou, and Zhiwu Li, “Algebraic synthesis of supervisor enforcing timed general mutual exclusion constraints in automated manufacturing systems,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Automation Technologies, Tainan, Taiwan, June 2009, pp. 234-239.
[11] Hesuan Hu, Chen Chen, Rong Su, Mengchu Zhou, and Yang Liu, “Distributed supevisor synthesis for automated manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Hong Kong, China, May 2014, pp. 4423-4429. (EI: 20152200895228)
[12] Hesuan Hu, Chen Chen, Yang Liu, and Yan Yang, “A comparative approach to supervisor simplification in automated manufacturing systems using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Taipei, China, August 2014, pp. 436-442. (EI: 20153401197558)
[13] Hesuan Hu, Chen Chen, Yang Liu, and Yan Yang, “Supervisors and theri simplification in Petri nets using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015, pp. 3841-3848. (EI: 20153101098669)
[14] Hesuan Hu, Yan Yang, Yang Liu, and Chen Chen, “Simplification approach towards supervisors for automated manufacturing systems using colored Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, WA, USA, May 2015, pp. 3826-3832. (EI: 20153101098408)
[15] Hesuan Hu and Rong Su, “A novel approach to the liveness supervision of AMS with assembly operations using Petri nets,” in Proceedings of International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, Guangzhou, China, December 2012, pp. 264-269. (EI: 20131616212576)
[16] Chen Chen and Hesuan Hu, “Time-varying automated manufacturing systems and their event-based control: A Petri net approach,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, Washington, USA, May 2015, pp. 3833-3840. (EI: 20153101098914)
[17] Chen Chen and Hesuan Hu, “An approach to specification simplification in automated manufacturing systems via invariance and inequality analysis,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Seattle, Washington, USA, May 2015, pp. 3841-3848. (EI: 20153101098963)
[18] Hesuan Hu, Yan Yang, Yang Liu, and Nan Du, “Critical stages and their application in large scale AMSs via Petri nets,” in Proceedings of European Control Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, June/July 2016, pp. 2337-2344. (EI: 20171103444086)
[19] Hesuan Hu, Yan Yang, Yang Liu, and Nan Du, “Critical stages and their identification in large scale AMSs via Petri nets,” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Fort Worth, TX, USA, August 2016, pp. 413-420. (EI: 20165003104435)
[20] Jasen Markovski and Hesuan Hu, “Is multicore supervisory controller synthesis in the Ramadge-Wonham framework feasible?” in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 2015, pp. 521-525. (EI: 20160101765610)