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structure is of the most optimal utility. In addition,
it is remain incomplete that what the mechanisms of
sharp collective decision making in bird flocks are under the conditions of abrupt environmental changes.
How to solve these open issues will be the focus of
future works.
Acknowledgment
This work was supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant
2016YFB0800401, and by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China under Grants 61621003 and 61532020.
Xiong Wang received the B.Sc. degree
in applied mathematics from Wuhan
University, Wuhan, China in 2013; and
the Ph.D. degree in systems theory from
the University of Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China in 2018. Currently, she is a Lecturer with the School of Mathematics,
Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Her research interests include multi-agent systems, systems control, and
complex networks.
Jinhu Lü (M'03, SM'06, F'13) received
the Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics
from the Academy of Mathematics and
Systems Science, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2002. He
was a Professor with RMIT University,
Melbourne, Australia, and a Visiting Fellow with Princeton University, Princeton, USA. He is the Dean with
the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China. He is a
Chief Scientist of National Key Research and Development Program of China and a Leading Scientist of Innovative Research Groups of National Natural Science
Foundation of China. His current research interests
include complex networks, network dynamics, and cooperation control.
Dr. Lü was a recipient of the prestigious Ho Leung
Ho Lee Foundation Award in 2015, the State Natural Science Award three times from the Chinese Government
in 2008, 2012, and 2016, respectively, the Australian Research Council Future Fellowships Award in 2009, the
National Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young
Scholars Award, and the Highly Cited Researcher Award
in engineering from 2014 to 2018. He is/was an Editor
in various ranks for 15 SCI journals, including the CoEditor-in-Chief of IEEE TII. He served as a member in the
Fellows Evaluating Committee of the IEEE CASS, the IEEE
CIS, and the IEEE IES. He was the General Co-Chair of
IECON 2017.
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