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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A decision-making framework for dynamic scheduling of cyber-physical production systems based on digital twins	101
Behavioral systems theory in data-driven analysis, signal processing, and control	100
Robust and optimal predictive control of the COVID-19 outbreak	88
Preview-based techniques for vehicle suspension control: a state-of-the-art review	65
The dilemma of PID tuning	57
Observer design for continuous-time dynamical systems	53
Advanced model predictive control framework for autonomous intelligent mechatronic systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	52
Sampled-data control systems with non-uniform sampling: A survey of methods and trends	46
Electricity in the air: Insights from two decades of advanced control research and experimental flight testing of airborne wind energy systems	45
From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: a systematic review	44
A historical perspective of adaptive control and learning	44
Advances in trajectory optimization for space vehicle control	43
Structural identifiability and observability of compartmental models of the COVID-19 pandemic	43
On an interval prediction of COVID-19 development based on a SEIR epidemic model	41
Koopman operator dynamical models: Learning, analysis and control	41
Contraction theory for nonlinear stability analysis and learning-based control: A tutorial overview	40
Latent variable models in the era of industrial big data: Extension and beyond	39
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	36
Control co-design of 13 MW downwind two-bladed rotors to achieve 25% reduction in levelized cost of wind energy	36
An overview on optimal flocking	34
Reinforcement learning for batch process control: Review and perspectives	32
A survey on clustering methods for distributed and networked control systems	29
Modeling and control in open-channel irrigation systems: A review	28
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	28
Data-driven methods for present and future pandemics: Monitoring, modelling and managing	28

Universal features of epidemic models under social distancing guidelines	25
An overview on multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks	25
Interoperability in the cyber-physical manufacturing enterprise	25
Secure-by-construction synthesis of cyber-physical systems	24
Hybrid-augmented intelligence in predictive maintenance with digital intelligent assistants	23
Integrated chassis control: Classification, analysis and future trends	23
A survey of guidance, navigation, and control systems for autonomous multi-rotor small unmanned aerial systems	23
Mixed-integer programming in motion planning	23
A survey on tracking control of unmanned underwater vehicles: Experiments-based approach	22
Monitoring on a shoestring: Low cost solutions for digital manufacturing	22
A comprehensive review of hyperspectral data fusion with lidar and sar data	22
A review of current state-of-the-art control methods for lower-limb powered prostheses	21
Reinforcement learning in spacecraft control applications: Advances, prospects, and challenges	20
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	20
Model predictive path tracking control for automated road vehicles: A review	20
Forecasting COVID-19 cases based on a parameter-varying stochastic SIR model	20
Chordal and factor-width decompositions for scalable semidefinite and polynomial optimization	17
Crowd management COVID-19	17
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	17
Learning quadrotor dynamics for precise, safe, and agile flight control	16
The scenario approach: A tool at the service of data-driven decision making	16
Industrial digital ecosystems: Predictive models and architecture development issues	16
Cyber-security in networked and distributed model predictive control	15
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	14
Towards smart production planning and control; a conceptual framework linking planning environment characteristics with the need for smart production planning and control	14
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	14
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	13
Multitask learning and nonlinear optimal control of the COVID-19 outbreak: A geometric programming approach	13
Explainable heat demand forecasting for the novel control strategies of district heating systems	12
Control for smart systems: Challenges and trends in smart cities	11
Robustness of AI-based prognostic and systems health management	11
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	11
From ethics to standards – A path via responsible AI to cyber-physical production systems	11
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	11
The concept of smartness in cyber–physical systems and connection to urban environment	10
Smart testing and selective quarantine for the control of epidemics	10
A time-modulated Hawkes process to model the spread of COVID-19 and the impact of countermeasures	10
Comparison of encrypted control approaches and tutorial on dynamic systems using Learning With Errors-based homomorphic encryption	10
Optimal design of lock-down and reopening policies for early-stage epidemics through SIR-D models	10
State estimation of the Stefan PDE: A tutorial on design and applications to polar ice and batteries	10
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	10
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	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
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	9
Control theory for stochastic distributed parameter systems, an engineering perspective	9
Lyapunov stability tests for linear time-delay systems	9
Review and descriptive investigation of the connection between bipedal locomotion and non-prehensile manipulation	9
Comparative analysis of related notions of robust diagnosability of Discrete-Event Systems	9
Utility and mechanism design in multi-agent systems: An overview	8

Recent advances in the analysis and control of large populations of neural oscillators	8
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	8
State of art on state estimation: Kalman filter driven by machine learning	8
Sliding mode predictive control: A survey	8
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	8
Fault prognosis of discrete event systems: An overview	8
Quantitative comparison of time-varying system identification methods to describe human joint impedance	8
Development, implementation, and experimental outdoor evaluation of quadcopter controllers for computationally limited embedded systems	7
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	7
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	7
Modeling and control of epidemics through testing policies	7
The role of information structures in game-theoretic multi-agent learning	7
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	7
Event-triggered control for mitigating SIS spreading processes	7
An homogeneous space geometry for simultaneous localisation and mapping	7
COVID-19 epidemic control using short-term lockdowns for collective gain	7
Dynamical characterization of antiviral effects in COVID-19	7
A comprehensive review of modified Internal Model Control (IMC) structures and their filters for unstable processes	7
Fractional cyber-neural systems — A brief survey	6
Decoding and realising flapping flight with port-Hamiltonian system theory	6
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	6
Advanced control using decomposition and simple elements	6
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	6
Convex output feedback model predictive control for mitigation of COVID-19 pandemic	6
Probabilistic design of optimal sequential decision-making algorithms in learning and control	6
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	6
Learning against uncertainty in control engineering	5
Monitoring and forecasting the COVID-19 epidemic in the UK	5
The Ockham’s razor applied to COVID-19 model fitting French data	5
Toward switching/interpolating LPV control: A review	5
Objective learning from human demonstrations	5
Modeling, analysis and control of robot–object nonsmooth underactuated Lagrangian systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	5
Adaptive conductance control	5
A survey on distributed online optimization and online games	5
Modeling and control of overhead cranes: A tutorial overview and perspectives	5
Convergence of sequences: A survey	5
Damping-enabling technologies for broadband control of piezo-stages: A survey	5