1、提出並系統地研究了“無模型自適應控制理論”，該方法擺脫了控制系統設計對系統模型的依賴問題。所提出的概念和定理已被多本專著和國內外幾百名學者直接引用，其中兩本由Springer出版；代表性論文發表在美國控制會議（ACC）、IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology、IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks等權威會議和學術刊物上。出版專著“非參數模型及其自適應控制理論，科學出版社，1999”、“Model Free Adaptive Control: Theory and Applications, Springer, 2012”。無模型自適應控制目前已經在50餘個實際過程系統上得到套用。進一步系統地研究了“數據驅動控制”，目前該領域的研究已經得到國內外學者的高度關注，2010年國家自然科學基金委員會項目申請指南中有關於“數據驅動控制”的重點項目群，2012年國家自然科學基金委員會的“十二五”發展規劃中也列有此條目。
2、 提出了系列的“基於交通系統重複性特徵的交通系統（道路交通和鐵路）學習控制、辨識和預報方法”，該方法研究了交通系統重複性運行特徵模式的利用問題，從而使得基於重複性特徵模式設計的交通信號控制系統、辨識方法具有學習功能並且最後收斂。其預報算法能具有長程預報能力。代表性論文發表在IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems、Transportation Research-Part C、International Journal of Control等國際交通領域頂級期刊；
3、 給出了若干針對非嚴格重複運行的非線性系統的疊代學習控制方案，包括離散時間自適應疊代學習控制、高階內模的疊代學習控制、無模型自適應疊代學習控制等，推動了疊代學習控制理論研究，拓廣疊代學習控制方法的套用。相應結果發表在IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control、Automatica、IEEE/ASME Transactions on Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control等國際自動控制領域頂級期刊上。
6、2006.7.18在Sheffield大學Department of Automatic Control & Systems Engineering的Sir Henry Stephenson Building LT2作了題目為：“Model-Free Adaptive Control”的學術報告。
7、Member of the International Program Committee of ISSCAA2006，1st International Symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics (ISSCAA 2006) , Jan. 19-21, 2006, Harbin, CHINA
8、Member of International Program Committee of 2006 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, April 23-25, 2006
9、IPC Member of第23、24、25屆中國控制會議程式委員會委員
10、Section chair for WM3，Adaptive Control II in ASCC 2002，Wednesday, 25 September.
11、IPC Member of 2006 IEEE International Conferences on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS 2006) and IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM 2006)
12、International program committee of 2007，ICNSC: IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control, London, UK, 15-17 April 2007.
13、Member of IPC of IEEE 2007 Congress on Evolutionary Computing
14、IPC Member of 2nd International Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications, 2007,23-25, May, 2007
15、程式委員會委員ISCIIA2008 (The Third International Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Industrial Applications，2008。11月，昆明
16、2007第十屆多國城市交通學術會議論文集，中國科學技術出版社，專家委員會委員
17、Section Co-Chair,INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON NEURAL NETWORKS， June 3–7, 2007 ，Mandarin Garden Hotel, Nanjing, China
18、IPC Member of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control，International Asia Pacific Convention Center & HNA Resort，Sanya, China, April 6-8, 2008
19、IPC member of The 2008 IEEE International Conferences on Cybernetics & Intelligent Systems (CIS) and Robotics, Automation & Mechatronics (RAM) (CIS-RAM 2008) will be held from 3 - 6 June 2008 in Chengdu, China
20、IPC Member of International Conference on Modelling, Identification and Control,2008
21、第27屆中國控制會議程式委員會委員，貼上論文評獎委員會委員。，昆明，2008
22、ISCIIA2008 (Nov.21-26, 2008, Dali, Yunnan, China) as a program committee member，Nov.21-26,2008，Dali, Yunnan Province, China
23 IPC MEMBER OF THE 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Sensing and Control，Okayama City, Japan, March 26-29, 2009
24、IPC Member of International Technical Program committee the 2010 CCDC, Xuzhou, China
25、8th IEEE International Conference on Control and Automation (IEEE ICCA 2010). Asia Gulf Hotel, Xiamen, China, June 9-11, 2010 。 Invited seession: Oganizer and Chaairman for Data-Driven Control and Diagnosis
Zhongsheng Houand Shangtai Jin, “Model Free Adaptive Control: Theory and Applications”, Springer, 2012
期刊論文
2007年
[1] Zhongsheng HouJian-Xin Xu, A New Feedback-Feedforward Configuration for the Iterative Learning Control of a class of Discrete-Time Systems,自動化學報，33(3), 323-326, 2007。
[2]Zhongsheng Hou, Jian-Xin Xu and Hongwei Zhong, Freeway Traffic Control Using Iterative Learning Control Based Ramp Metering and Speed Signaling,IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Regular paper. 56(2), 466-477, 2007
[3] 池榮虎侯忠生，Dual stage optimal iterative learning control for nonlinear non-affine discrete-time systems，自動化學報，2007，33（10），1061-1065
2008年
[4] Zhongsheng Hou, Jian-Xin Xu and Jingwen Yan, An Iterative Learning Approach for Density Control of Freeway Traffic Flow Via Ramp Metering,Transportation Research, Part C, 16(1) (2008) 71–97
[6] Ronghu Chi,Zhongsheng Hou, Shulin Sui,Lei Yu and Wenlong Yao, A New Adaptive Iterative Learning Control Motivated By Discrete-Time Adaptive Control,International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control, pp. 1267—1274, 4(6), 2008
[7] Chi Ronghu, Sui Shulin andHou Zhongsheng, A new discrete-time adaptive ILC for nonlinear systems with time-varying parametric uncertainties,ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA, 34（7），2008，805-808
[8] Ronghu Chi,Zhongsheng Hou, and Jian-xin Xu, A discrete-time adaptive ILC for systems with iteration-varying trajectory and random initial condition,Automatica，44(8)，2207–2213，2008
[11] Ronghu Chi and Zhongsheng Hou, A model-free adaptive control approach for freeway traffic density via ramp metering,International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control，2008, 4(11): 2823-2832.
[17] Ronghu Chi,Zhongsheng Hou, A neural network-based adaptive ILC for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with dead zone scheme,Journal of Systems Science and Complexity，22（31），2009，435 – 445
[19] Chenkun Yin, Jian-Xin Xu andZhongsheng Hou, Iterative Learning Control Design with High-Order Internal Model for Nonlinear Systems Tracking Iteration-Varying Trajectory,Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Vol 8, No 3，2010
[20]Zhongsheng Hou, Ronghu Chi, and Jianxin Xu, Reply to “Comments on ‘Adaptive ILC for a class of discrete-time systems with iteration-varying trajectory and random initial condition’,Automatica, 46（3），Pages 635-636，2010
[22] Yan J W andHou Z S. Iterative learning control based freeway ramp metering with iteration-varying parameter.International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control,6. 3(A), pp. 875–884,2010
[23]Chenkun Yin, Jian-Xin Xu,Zhongsheng Hou, A High-order Internal Model Based Iterative Learning Control Scheme for Nonlinear Systems with Time-iteration-varying Parameters,IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2010,55(11), 2665-2670
[24] CHI Rong-Hu andHOU Zhong-Sheng, A model-free periodic adaptive control for freeway traffic density via ramp metering,ACTA AUTOMATICA SINICA, 2010, 36(7)，1029-1032
[25] Hairong Dong , Bin Ning , Baigen Cai ,Zhongsheng Hou, Automatic train control system development and simulation for high-speed railways,IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, 10（2）, p6-18, 2010
[27] Bu Xuhui,Hou Zhongsheng，Stability of Iterative Learning Control with Data Dropouts via Asynchronous Dynamical System,International Journal of Automation and Computing(IJAC) , 8(1), 2011, 29-36
[29] Chenkun. Yin, Jian-Xin Xu,Zhongsheng Hou, An ILC Scheme for a Class of Nonlinear Continuous-Time Systems with Time-Iteration-Varying Parameters Subject to Second-Order Internal Model,Asian Journal of Control, 13(1), pp. 126-135, 2011
[30]Zhongsheng Houand Shangtai Jin, A Novel Data-Driven Control Approach for a Class of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems，IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology，19(6), 1549-1558. 2011.
[31]Zhongsheng Houand Yi Wang, Terminal Iterative Learning Control Based Station Stop Control of a Train,International Journal of Control,84(7), 1263-1274, 2011
[32]Zhongsheng Hou, Xin Xu, Jingwen Yan, Jian-Xin Xu, Gang Xiong, A Complementary Modularized Ramp Metering Designing Approach based on Iterative Learning Control and ALINEA,IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems，Vol. 12, No. 4, Dec., 2011. pp1305-1318. (Regular Paper)
[33]Hou, Z., Bu, X., Model Free Adaptive Control with Data Dropouts,Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal，38（8），pp10709-10717，2011
[34] Xuhui Bu,Zhongsheng Hou, and Fashan Yu，Stability of First and High Order Iterative Learning Control with Data Dropouts，International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems,vol. 9, no. 5, pp.843-849, 2011
[35] Dong Shen,Zhongsheng Hou，Iterative Learning Control with Unknown Control Direction: A Novel Data-Based Approach，IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Special Section on Data-Based Control, Modeling, and Optimization, Dec 2011, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp2237-2249.
[36]Zhongsheng Houand Shangtai Jin, Data Driven Model-Free Adaptive Control for a Class of MIMO Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems,IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Special Issue on Data-Based Control, Modeling, and Optimization, Dec 2011, Vol. 22, No. 12, pp2173-2188
[37] Tianyou Chai, Zhongsheng Hou, F L Lewis, Amir Hussain and Dongbin Zhao, Guest Editoral“Data-Based Control, Modeling, and Optimization”,IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks,Dec 2011, Vol. 22, No. 12
2012年
[38] Zhongsheng Hou，From Model Based Control to Data Driven Control_Survey, Classification and Perspective，Information Science, 2011. In Press
[39]Zhongsheng Hou, Xin Xu, Jingwen Yan and Jianxin Xu, Iterative Learning Control Based Local Ramp Metering with Iteration-dependent Factors,IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems,In Press
[40]Ronghu Chi,Zhongsheng Hou, andShangtai Jin, Data-Weighting Based Discrete-Time Adaptive Iterative Learning Control for Nonsector Nonlinear Systems With Iteration-Varying Trajectory and Random Initial Condition,J. Dyn. Sys., Meas., Control, 134(2), Mar 2012.
