OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	220
Partitioning techniques for non-centralized predictive control: A systematic review and novel theoretical insights	174
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	169
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	149
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	136
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	120
Smith predictor based control of multi time-delay processes	105
Human-like learning in car following: An attention-based driving strategy with memory-inspired adaptation	91
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	90
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	80
Observer-based error correction in finite memory approaches for pseudo state estimation of fractional dynamic models	74
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	73
Linear algebra based control design: A review with new perspectives	69
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	68
Probabilistic prediction methods for nonlinear systems with application to stochastic model predictive control	68
Trajectory tracking control for autonomous vehicles: A systematic PRISMA review of models and strategies	65
Model Predictive Control via Probabilistic Inference: A tutorial and survey	64
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	63
A review of physics-based learning for system health management	60
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	59
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	57
Bearing-based multi-agent formation control: A survey and taxonomy	57
Editorial Board	56
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	46
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	46

Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	46
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	43
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	43
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	40
Predictive and robust control strategies applied to ground antenna systems	38
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	38
Time-domain system identification using fractional models from non-zero initial conditions applied to Li-ion Batteries	35
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	34
Optimized path planning for autonomous robots in complex environments using a modified RRT algorithm	33
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	33
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	33
Editorial Board	33
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	32
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	31
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	30
Shaping the future of advanced automation and control systems for society strategic directions and multidisciplinary collaborations of IFAC's social systems coordinating committee	24
Distributed design of ultra large-scale control systems: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects	24
Editorial Board	24
A unified framework for exponential stability analysis of irrational transfer functions in the parametric space	23
Data-driven integration of wheel force sensing and yaw stability control in distributed drive electric vehicle: A review and perspective	22
Implementation of deep reinforcement learning in permanent magnet synchronous motors control: A review	21
A frequency domain approach to Kalman filtering on Hilbert spaces: Application to Sturm–Liouville systems with pointwise measurement	20
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	17
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: Finite-dimensional implementations, Part II	17
Role of digital technologies to enhance the human integration in industrial cyber–physical systems	16
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	16
An in-depth review of dual-arm robot learning methods with advances and challenges in variable compliance-aware control for uncertain tasks	16
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	15
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	15
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	15
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	13
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	13
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	13
A view on learning robust goal-conditioned value functions: Interplay between RL and MPC	13
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	11
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	11
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	10
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	10
Digital twins in manufacturing: A unified conceptual framework	10
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	9
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Modeling and system identification	9
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	8
Cyber–physical–human systems in precision medicine: Advances in artificial pancreas for treatment of diabetes	8
Mastering chaos: A review	8
AI-empowered modeling and control for automotive propulsion system: Challenges, solutions and prospects	8
Editorial Board	7
From road congestion to vehicle-control enabled artificial traffic fluids	6
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	6
Design, modeling, and experimental analysis of the Crawler Unit for inspection in constrained space	6
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	5

Systematic survey on model predictive control schemes applied to offshore deep water wells in oil and gas industry	5
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	5
Broad-deep network-based fuzzy emotional inference model with personal information for intention understanding in human–robot interaction	5
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	5
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	5
Control theory in the era of intelligent systems: Applications, trends, and future directions	5