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Longcheng Liu
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14ranked-venue papers
8as first author
6since 2021 · last 2026
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Theory of computation · 8 · 6 first-author · 1 since 2021Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021Databases, data management, data science and information retrieval · 1Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 1 · 1 since 2021
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Incomplete-Information Dynamic Stackelberg Equilibrium Seeking by A Distributed Distributionally Robust Feedback ApproachabstractThis article investigates a multileader Stackelberg game where leaders lack critical information about the follower's objective function and face random disturbances with unknown distributions. Unlike conventional approaches requiring complete follower information, we consider leaders who manipulate physical plant states while observing the follower's strategy through private tracking responders. To address distributional uncertainty in the follower's best response, we reformulate the game as a distributionally robust equilibrium-seeking problem and develop a fully distributed feedback learning algorithm. The proposed data-driven approach operates without prior knowledge of system models or disturbance distributions, enabling leaders to estimate states through neighbor communication and local gradient updates. We characterize equilibrium existence in nonconvex settings. The relationship between communication and gradient errors and the energy function of the dynamic system is established. The upper bound of the regret based on the proposed algorithm is rigorously analyzed. A case study demonstrates the framework's effectiveness in achieving distributionally robust solutions against uncertain stochastic perturbations. Longcheng Liu, Shuai Liu 0001, Haotian Xu 0001, Daniel E. Quevedo |
IEEE Trans. Cybern. | 1 |
| 2026 | Distributionally Robust Framework for Equilibrium Seeking Under Unknown Dynamics by Gaussian Process RegressionabstractThis article presents a novel model-free distributionally robust framework for a challenging equilibrium-seeking problem (ESP) under fully unknown coupled dynamics. We consider a scenario in the ESP where the state transitions of players are governed by an unknown coupled dynamic system, and each player aims to minimize its own cost function. By predicting the stochastic distribution of player states through Gaussian process regression, we propose a novel distributionally robust approximation (DRA) that transforms the complex ESP with unknown coupled dynamic system into a solvable distributionally robust optimization problem. The gradient of the DRA's objective function is quantified, ensuring solvability. The effectiveness of the proposed DRA framework is evaluated through a nonlinear system, demonstrating comparable performance to model-based methods without requiring any dynamic model. Longcheng Liu, Shuai Liu 0001, Qing-Long Han |
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics | 1 |
| 2026 | Distributed Games in Dynamic Systems: Theory, Learning, and ApplicationsabstractGame theory has emerged as a fundamental framework for modeling and analyzing strategic interactions and decision-making among multiple agents, and has witnessed rapidly growing impact in cyber–physical systems over the past decade. Its integration with dynamic systems has driven major theoretical and technological advances in a wide range of applications, including smart grids, autonomous driving, robotic swarms, and networked control systems. In particular, distributed games in dynamic systems and their equilibrium learning mechanisms have attracted increasing attention due to their scalability, lightweight information exchange, and real-time implementability. This article provides a comprehensive survey of distributed games in dynamic systems, where agents interact only with local neighbors while collectively achieving global equilibrium and stability. First, the foundational theories of distributed dynamic games under three representative classes of systems: linear dynamic systems, nonlinear dynamic systems, and uncertain dynamic systems, are presented. Then, state-of-the-art distributed equilibrium learning and control methods are reviewed, including gradient-based dynamics, payoff-based learning, best-response dynamics, and learning-based approaches. To demonstrate the practical relevance and impact of distributed games in dynamic systems, representative application domains are discussed in detail. Finally, several promising future research directions are outlined, highlighting open challenges at the intersection of distributed games, learning, and dynamic systems. Shuai Liu 0001, Longcheng Liu, Qing-Long Han, Lihua Xie 0001, Xiuxian Li |
IEEE Trans. Ind. Informatics | 2 |
| 2024 | BNDCNet: Bilateral nonlocal decoupled convergence network for semantic segmentation
Mengting Ye, Zhenxue Chen, Kaili Yu, Longcheng Liu, Q. M. Jonathan Wu |
J. Vis. Commun. Image Represent. | 5 |
| 2023 | OIPNet: Multimodal Network with Orthogonal Information Processing for Semantic Segmentation in Indoor ScenesabstractSemantic segmentation in indoor environments is a crucial task for artificial intelligence-driven visual robotics, enabling pixel-level classification results to facilitate robot path planning. Inspired by the success of multimodal models, we propose an end-to-end multimodal semantic segmentation model for image segmentation tasks in indoor scenes, which we call OIPNet. We design the OIP module to enhance the network’s ability to extract global information and enable information interaction in different directions. We have validated on NYUv2 and Sun RGB-D datasets, and the experiments show the generality and effectiveness of the proposed model. Our code is available at https://github.com/Mantee0810/OIP. Mengting Ye, Kaili Yu, Zhenxue Chen, Longcheng Liu |
Int. J. Pattern Recognit. Artif. Intell. | 5 |
| 2021 | Constrained inverse minimum flow problems under the weighted Hamming distance
Weifeng Lin, Longcheng Liu, Anzhen Peng |
Theor. Comput. Sci. | 3 |
| 2020 | Approximation algorithms for the three-machine proportionate mixed shop scheduling
Longcheng Liu, Yong Chen 0002, Randy Goebel, Guohui Lin, Guanqun Ni, Bing Su 0002, An Zhang 0001 |
Theor. Comput. Sci. | 1 |
| 2018 | Approximation Algorithms and a Hardness Result for the Three-Machine Proportionate Mixed Shop
Longcheng Liu, Guanqun Ni, Yong Chen 0002, Randy Goebel, An Zhang 0001, Guohui Lin |
AAIM | 1 |
| 2018 | Approximation Algorithms for Two-Machine Flow-Shop Scheduling with a Conflict Graph
Yinhui Cai, Guangting Chen, Yong Chen 0002, Randy Goebel, Guohui Lin, Longcheng Liu, An Zhang 0001 |
COCOON | 6 |
| 2017 | Inverse minimum flow problem under the weighted sum-type Hamming distance
Longcheng Liu |
Discret. Appl. Math. | 1 |
| 2014 | Competitive ratios for preemptive and non-preemptive online scheduling with nondecreasing concave machine cost
Jueliang Hu, Longcheng Liu, Yuqing Zhu 0002, T. C. E. Cheng |
Inf. Sci. | 3 |
| 2013 | Weighted inverse maximum perfect matching problems under the Hamming distance
Longcheng Liu, Enyu Yao |
J. Glob. Optim. | 1 |
| 2009 | Constrained inverse min-max spanning tree problems under the weighted Hamming distance
Longcheng Liu |
J. Glob. Optim. | 1 |
| 2008 | Inverse min-max spanning tree problem under the Weighted sum-type Hamming distance
Longcheng Liu, Enyu Yao |
Theor. Comput. Sci. | 1 |