{"id":7,"date":"2023-08-17T11:22:33","date_gmt":"2023-08-17T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/roarlab\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:27:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T01:27:45","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/roarlab\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J13] Xiaoran Zha, Yonghao Gui, Yaosuo Xue, Hong Wang and Mengxue Hou, \u201cProbability Density Function Based Control on Frequency of Grid Systems,\u201d in <em>IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology<\/em>, under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J12] Renke Wang, Mengxue Hou and Ningshi Yao, \u201cRobust Co-Design of Scheduling and Control for Lighter-than-Air Agents with Heterogeneous Resources\u201d, in <em>International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control<\/em>, under review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J11] Jiankuo Cui, Mengxue Hou, Zheng Peng, Ying Wang, Jun-Hong Cui, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0029801825000447\">Hamiltonian based AUV navigation using adaptive finite-time trajectory tracking control<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Ocean Engineering<\/em>, 320, 120329, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J10] Yingke Li, Mengxue Hou, Enlu Zhou and Fumin Zhang, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10514-024-10177-1\">Dynamic Event-triggered Integrated Task and Motion Planning for Process-aware Source Seeking,<\/a>\u201d in <em>Autonomous Robots,<\/em> 48, no. 8: 1-20, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J9] Mengxue Hou, Enlu Zhou, Tony X. Lin and Fumin Zhang,\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10514-024-10185-1\">Mori-Zwanzig Approach for Belief Abstraction with Application to Belief Space Planning<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Autonomous Robots,<\/em> 49, no. 1: 1-23, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J8] Zixiang Mao, Mengxue Hou and Zhongsheng Hou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00207721.2024.2367076\">Model-free adaptive bipartite consensus control for unknown heterogeneous nonlinear MASs with different input delays<\/a>,\u201d in I<em>nternational Journal of Systems Science<\/em>, 1-16, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J7] Zunyao Yang, Mengxue Hou, Zhongsheng Hou and Shangtai Jin, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00207721.2024.2367076\">Disturbance Observer Dynamic Linearization-Based Model-Free Adaptive Control for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems<\/a>,\u201d in <em>IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics<\/em>, 1-14, 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J6] Xueming Zhang, Mengxue Hou and Zhongsheng Hou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10274888\">Data-Driven High-Order Point-to-Point ILC With Higher Computational Efficiency<\/a>,\u201d in <em>IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering<\/em>, pp. 1-16, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J5] Meriam Ouerghi, Mengxue Hou and Fumin Zhang, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/auro_lmt\/\">Laplacian Regularized Motion Tomography for Underwater Vehicle Flow Mapping with Sporadic Localization <em>Measurements<\/em><\/a>&#8220;, in<em> Autonomous Robots, <\/em>48 (10), 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J4] Haoyan Zhai,&nbsp;Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Fumin Zhang and&nbsp;Haomin Zhou&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/auro\/\">Method of Evolving Junction on Optimal Path Planning in Flows Fields<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>Autonomous Robots<\/em>, 1-19, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J3] Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Sungjin Cho,&nbsp;Haomin Zhou,&nbsp;Catherine R. Edwards and&nbsp;Fumin Zhang,&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/frontiers\/\">Bounded Cost Path Planning for Underwater Vehicles Assisted by a Time-Invariant Partitioned Flow Field Model<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>Frontiers in Robotics and AI<\/em>&nbsp;(8), 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J2] Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Qiuyang Tao and&nbsp;Fumin Zhang,&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/scientific_report\/\">Human Pointing Motion during Interaction with an Autonomous Blimp<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>Scientific Reports<\/em>, 12, 11402, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[J1] Meriam Ouerghi,&nbsp;Sean Maxon,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Mengxue Hou and&nbsp;Fumin Zhang,&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/ijira\/\">Improved trajectory tracing of underwater vehicles for flow field mapping<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications<\/em>, 1-17, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Proceedings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C24] Ruochu Yang, Yu Zhou and Mengxue Hou, \u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2507.15782\">Interleaved LLM and Motion Planning for Scalable Multi-Object Collection in Large Scene Graphs<\/a>\u201d, in <em>2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)<\/em>, under review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C23] Zongyao Liu, Ruochu Yang and Mengxue Hou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/11245032\">An Active Perception Strategy for Underwater Vehicle Navigation based on Belief Space Planning<\/a>\u201d, in 2<em>025 OCEAN\u2019S Great Lakes<\/em>, Chicago, IL, 2025, pp. 1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size\">[C22] Yu Zhou and Mengxue Hou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/11245171\">Uncertainty-aware 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) Underwater Robotic Perception<\/a>,\u201d in <em>2025 OCEAN\u2019S Great Lakes<\/em>, Chicago, IL, 2025, pp. 1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C21] Likai Pei, Yu Zhou, Xingtian Wang, Xueji Zhao, Wanxin Huang, Boyang Cheng, Halid Mulaosmanovic, Stefan Duenkel, Dominik Kleimaier, Sven Beyer, Kai Ni, Mengxue Hou, Michael Niemier and Ningyuan Cao, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/11132881\">Towards Uncertaintyaware Robotic Perception via Mixed-signal BNN Engine Leveraging Probabilistic Quantum Tunneling<\/a>\u201d, in<em> 2025 62nd ACM\/IEEE Design Automation Conference,<\/em> San Francisco, CA, pp. 1-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C20] Yu Zhou, Ruochu Yang and Mengxue Hou, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/11078124\">Flow Field Estimation in Underwater Vehicle Navigation using Sporadic Image Observations<\/a>\u201d, in <em>22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots<\/em>, College Station, TX, USA, Jun. 2025, pp. 579-584.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C19] Xiaoran Zha and Mengxue Hou, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/Xiaoran Zha\u2217 and Mengxue Hou, \u201cA Mori\u2013Zwanzig Formalism based Estimation Approach for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance\u201d, in 22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, College Station, TX, USA, Jun. 2025, pp. 464-469, DOI: 10.1109\/UR65550.2025.11078068.\">A Mori\u2013Zwanzig Formalism based Estimation Approach for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance<\/a>\u201d, in <em>22nd International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots<\/em>, College Station, TX, USA, Jun. 2025, pp. 464-469.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C18] Ruoshi Liu, Huy Ha, Mengxue Hou, Shuran Song and Carl Vondrick,\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/scholar?oi=bibs&amp;cluster=6954269031519541141&amp;btnI=1&amp;hl=en\">Self-Improving Autonomous Underwater Manipulation<\/a>\u201d, in <em>2025 IEEE International<\/em> <em>Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), <\/em>Atlanta, GA, pp. 16915-16922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C17] Shaojun Ma,&nbsp;Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Xiaojing Ye,&nbsp;Haomin Zhou,&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/cdc_high\/\">High-dimensional Optimal Density Control with Wasserstein Metric Matching<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>2023 Conference<\/em> <em>on Decision and Control (CDC),Singapore,<\/em> Dec. 2023, pp. 6813-6818.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C16] Ruochu Yang,&nbsp;Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Chad Lembke,&nbsp;Catherine R. Edwards,&nbsp;Fumin Zhang, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/oceans2023\/\">Real-time Autonomous Glider Navigation Software<\/a>&#8220;, in <em>Proc. of MTS\/IEEE<\/em> <em>OCEANS\u2019 23, Limerick, UK, Jun. 2023, in press<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C15] Mengxue Hou,&nbsp;Yingke Li,&nbsp;Fumin Zhang,&nbsp;Shreyas Sundaram,&nbsp;Shaoshuai Mou,&nbsp;&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mengxuehou.com\/publication\/acc_interleaved\/\">An Interleaved Algorithm for Integration of Robotic Task and Motion Planning<\/a>&#8220;, in&nbsp;<em>2023 American Control Conference (ACC), <\/em>San Diego, CA, USA, Jun. 2023, pp. 539-544.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C14] Yingke Li, Mengxue Hou, Enlu Zhou and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10156291\">Dynamic Event-triggered Integrated Task and Motion Planning for Process-aware Source Seeking<\/a>\u201d, in <em>2023 American Control Conference (ACC)<\/em>, San Diego, CA, USA, Jun. 2023, pp. 527-532.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C13] Ruochu Yang, Mengxue Hou, Chad Lembke, Catherine R. Edwards and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/10103445\">Anomaly Detection of Underwater Gliders Verified by Deployment Data<\/a>&#8220;, in <em>2023 IEEE Underwater Technology (UT)<\/em>, Tokyo, Japan, Mar. 2023, pp. 1-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C12] Mengxue Hou, Tony X. Lin, Haomin Zhou, Wei Zhang, Catherine R. Edwards and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9561121\">Belief Space Partitioning for Symbolic Motion Planning<\/a>, &#8221; in <em>2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)<\/em>, Xi&#8217;an, China, Jun. 2021, pp. 8245-8251. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C11] Sravya Kondrakunta, Venkatsampath R. Gogineni, Michael Cox, Demetris Coleman, Xiabao Tan, Tony Lin, Mengxue Hou, Fumin Zhang, Frank McQuarrie, and Catherine R. Edwards, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/par.nsf.gov\/biblio\/10352601\">The Rational Selection of Goal Operations and the Integration of Search Strategies with Goal-driven Marine Autonomy<\/a>,&#8221; in <em>Proceedings of the Ninth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems<\/em>, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C10] Qiuyang Tao, Mengxue Hou and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9305371\">Modeling and Identification of Coupled Translational and Rotational Motion of Underactuated Indoor Miniature Autonomous Blimps<\/a>,\u201d in <em>2020 16th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV)<\/em>, Dec. 2020, pp. 339-344. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C9] Tony X. Lin, Mengxue Hou, Catherine R. Edwards, Michael Cox and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/abstract\/document\/9389201\">Bounded Cost HTN Planning for Marine Autonomy<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Global Oceans 2020: Singapore \u2013 U.S. Gulf Coast<\/em>, Oct. 2020, pp. 1-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C8] Ziqiao Zhang, Mengxue Hou, Fumin Zhang, and Catherine R. Edwards, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1145\/3366486.3366522\">An LSTM based Kalman Filter for Spatio-temporal Ocean Currents Assimilation<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Proc. of ACM International Conference on Underwater Networks and Systems<\/em>, Atlanta, US, Oct. 2019, pp. 1-7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C7] &nbsp;Mengxue Hou, Haoyan Zhai, Haomin Zhou and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8867327\">Partitioning Ocean Flow Field for Underwater Vehicle Path Planning<\/a>,\u201d in <em>Proc. of MTS\\IEEE OCEANS\u2019 19<\/em>, Marseille, France, Jun. 2019, pp. 1-8. 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Edwards, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8559348\">A Combined Path Planning and Path Following Method for Underwater Glider Navigation in a Strong, Dynamic Flow Field<\/a>\u201d, in <em>Proc. of MTS\\IEEE OCEANS\u2019 18<\/em>, Kobe, Japan, May. 2018, pp. 1-8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C3] Qiuyang Tao, Jaeseok Cha, Mengxue Hou and Fumin Zhang, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/8581376\">Parameter Identification of Blimp Dynamics through Swinging Motion<\/a>\u201d, in <em>Proc. of International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICRAV)<\/em>, Singapore, Nov. 2018, pp. 1186-1191. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C2] Mengxue Hou and Shangtai Jin, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7244440\">Simulation Comparison among Three Data-Driven Control Methods for the Planar Manipulator<\/a>\u201d, in <em>Proc. of 10th Asian Control Conference (ASCC)<\/em>, Sabah, Malaysia, May. 2015, pp. 1-6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">[C1] Shangtai Jin and Mengxue Hou, &#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/ieeexplore.ieee.org\/document\/7260108\">An Improved Full-Form-Dynamic-Linearization based MFAC for a Class of Nonlinear Systems<\/a>\u201d, in <em>Proc. of 34th Chinese Control Conference(CCC)<\/em>, Hangzhou, China, Jul. 2015, pp. 3045-3050. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journal Publications [J13] Xiaoran Zha, Yonghao Gui, Yaosuo Xue, Hong Wang and Mengxue Hou, \u201cProbability Density Function Based Control on Frequency of Grid Systems,\u201d in IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, under review. 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