OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
A unified concurrent-composition method to state/event inference and concealment in labeled finite-state automata as discrete-event systems	93
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	87
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	67
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	57
Editorial Board	55
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	54
Toward model-free safety-critical control with humans in the loop	54
How to build a Digital Twin for operating PEM-Electrolyser system – A reference approach	45
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	42
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	40
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	37
Control for smart systems: Applications, trends, and future challenges	36
Toward switching/interpolating LPV control: A review	34
Towards smart production planning and control; a conceptual framework linking planning environment characteristics with the need for smart production planning and control	33
Overview of the recent research progress for stability and control on random nonlinear systems	31
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	31
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	30
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	30
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	29
Analyzing stability in 2D systems via LMIs: From pioneering to recent contributions	29
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	24
On the variable structure control approach with sliding modes to robust finite-time consensus problems: A methodological overview based on nonsmooth analysis	23
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	22
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	21
Special section: Smart water systems	20

A tutorial introduction to quantum stochastic master equations based on the qubit/photon system	18
A survey of feedback particle filter and related controlled interacting particle systems (CIPS)	17
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	17
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	17
From ethics to standards – A path via responsible AI to cyber-physical production systems	17
Dynamically adaptive networks for integrating optimal pressure management and self-cleaning controls	17
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	17
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	16
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	16
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	15
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	15
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	15
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	14
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	14
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	14
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	13
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	13
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	13
Developing control-theoretic objectives for large-scale brain dynamics and cognitive enhancement	13
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	13
Control for cognitive systems	13
Adaptive conductance control	12
Guarantees for data-driven control of nonlinear systems using semidefinite programming: A survey	11
An overview on multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks	11
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	11
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	11
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	10
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	9
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	8
Cooperative control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints	8
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	7
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	7
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	7
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	7
Modeling and control of overhead cranes: A tutorial overview and perspectives	7
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	7
Recent advances in the analysis and control of large populations of neural oscillators	6
Observer design for continuous-time dynamical systems	6
Control for smart systems: Challenges and trends in smart cities	6
Hybrid-augmented intelligence in predictive maintenance with digital intelligent assistants	6
Cyber-security in networked and distributed model predictive control	6
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	5
Leakage diagnosis with a contamination mitigation control framework using a graph theory based model	5
Probabilistic design of optimal sequential decision-making algorithms in learning and control	5
Editorial Board	5
The future of therapeutic peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic pain	5
Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems	5
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	5
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	4
Convergence of sequences: A survey	4

Modeling, analysis and control of robot–object nonsmooth underactuated Lagrangian systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	4
Moment quantization of inhomogeneous spin ensembles	4
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: A DPS framework (Part I)	3
Dynamics of opinion formation, social power evolution, and naïve learning in social networks	3
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	3
Learning controllers for nonlinear systems from data	3
Nonequilibrium dynamical games: A control systems perspective	3
Mastering chaos: A review	3
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	3
Sliding mode predictive control: A survey	3