OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 7. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Behavioral systems theory in data-driven analysis, signal processing, and control	135
A decision-making framework for dynamic scheduling of cyber-physical production systems based on digital twins	125
Robust and optimal predictive control of the COVID-19 outbreak	95
Observer design for continuous-time dynamical systems	87
Sampled-data control systems with non-uniform sampling: A survey of methods and trends	83
The dilemma of PID tuning	82
Preview-based techniques for vehicle suspension control: a state-of-the-art review	82
Advanced model predictive control framework for autonomous intelligent mechatronic systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	69
Koopman operator dynamical models: Learning, analysis and control	69
Advances in trajectory optimization for space vehicle control	67
Electricity in the air: Insights from two decades of advanced control research and experimental flight testing of airborne wind energy systems	64
From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: a systematic review	59
A historical perspective of adaptive control and learning	59
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	54
Contraction theory for nonlinear stability analysis and learning-based control: A tutorial overview	53
Structural identifiability and observability of compartmental models of the COVID-19 pandemic	51
Latent variable models in the era of industrial big data: Extension and beyond	51
On an interval prediction of COVID-19 development based on a SEIR epidemic model	50
An overview on optimal flocking	46
Control co-design of 13 MW downwind two-bladed rotors to achieve 25% reduction in levelized cost of wind energy	45
An overview on multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks	45
Model predictive path tracking control for automated road vehicles: A review	42
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	40
A review of current state-of-the-art control methods for lower-limb powered prostheses	39
Reinforcement learning for batch process control: Review and perspectives	39

PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	37
A survey of guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous multi-rotor small unmanned aerial systems	35
Data-driven methods for present and future pandemics: Monitoring, modelling and managing	34
State of art on state estimation: Kalman filter driven by machine learning	33
A survey on clustering methods for distributed and networked control systems	33
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	32
Mixed-integer programming in motion planning	32
Hybrid-augmented intelligence in predictive maintenance with digital intelligent assistants	31
Modeling and control in open-channel irrigation systems: A review	31
Secure-by-construction synthesis of cyber-physical systems	30
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	30
Integrated chassis control: Classification, analysis and future trends	29
The scenario approach: A tool at the service of data-driven decision making	29
Reinforcement learning in spacecraft control applications: Advances, prospects, and challenges	29
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	29
Learning quadrotor dynamics for precise, safe, and agile flight control	29
A survey on tracking control of unmanned underwater vehicles: Experiments-based approach	28
A comprehensive review of hyperspectral data fusion with lidar and sar data	27
Interoperability in the cyber-physical manufacturing enterprise	25
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	24
Universal features of epidemic models under social distancing guidelines	24
Monitoring on a shoestring: Low cost solutions for digital manufacturing	24
Forecasting COVID-19 cases based on a parameter-varying stochastic SIR model	23
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	22
Crowd management COVID-19	21
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	21
Advanced control using decomposition and simple elements	20
Explainable heat demand forecasting for the novel control strategies of district heating systems	20
Chordal and factor-width decompositions for scalable semidefinite and polynomial optimization	20
Industrial digital ecosystems: Predictive models and architecture development issues	20
Robustness of AI-based prognostic and systems health management	19
Cyber-security in networked and distributed model predictive control	17
Towards smart production planning and control; a conceptual framework linking planning environment characteristics with the need for smart production planning and control	17
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	17
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	17
State estimation of the Stefan PDE: A tutorial on design and applications to polar ice and batteries	17
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	17
From ethics to standards – A path via responsible AI to cyber-physical production systems	16
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	16
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	16
Control for smart systems: Challenges and trends in smart cities	15
A survey on distributed online optimization and online games	15
Modeling and control of overhead cranes: A tutorial overview and perspectives	15
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	14
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	14
Optimal design of lock-down and reopening policies for early-stage epidemics through SIR-D models	14
Lyapunov stability tests for linear time-delay systems	14
Comparison of encrypted control approaches and tutorial on dynamic systems using Learning With Errors-based homomorphic encryption	13
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	13
The role of information structures in game-theoretic multi-agent learning	13

Multitask learning and nonlinear optimal control of the COVID-19 outbreak: A geometric programming approach	13
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	13
The concept of smartness in cyber–physical systems and connection to urban environment	12
Review and descriptive investigation of the connection between bipedal locomotion and non-prehensile manipulation	12
Comparative analysis of related notions of robust diagnosability of Discrete-Event Systems	12
Utility and mechanism design in multi-agent systems: An overview	11
Sliding mode predictive control: A survey	11
A time-modulated Hawkes process to model the spread of COVID-19 and the impact of countermeasures	11
Smart testing and selective quarantine for the control of epidemics	11
Control theory for stochastic distributed parameter systems, an engineering perspective	11
Recent advances in the analysis and control of large populations of neural oscillators	11
Event-triggered control for mitigating SIS spreading processes	10
A comprehensive review of modified Internal Model Control (IMC) structures and their filters for unstable processes	10
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	10
Damping-enabling technologies for broadband control of piezo-stages: A survey	10
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	10
Industrial Design and Development Software System Architecture Based on Model-Based Systems Engineering and Cloud Computing	9
Opportunities for control engineering in arable precision agriculture	9
Fault prognosis of discrete event systems: An overview	9
COVID-19 epidemic control using short-term lockdowns for collective gain	9
Development, implementation, and experimental outdoor evaluation of quadcopter controllers for computationally limited embedded systems	9
Overview of the recent research progress for stability and control on random nonlinear systems	9
An homogeneous space geometry for simultaneous localisation and mapping	8
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	8
Probabilistic design of optimal sequential decision-making algorithms in learning and control	8
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	8
Quantitative comparison of time-varying system identification methods to describe human joint impedance	8
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	8
Modeling and control of epidemics through testing policies	7
Dynamical characterization of antiviral effects in COVID-19	7
Guarantees for data-driven control of nonlinear systems using semidefinite programming: A survey	7
Toward switching/interpolating LPV control: A review	7
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	7
Adaptive conductance control	7