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 2021-03-01 to 2025-03-01.)

Article	Citations
A unified concurrent-composition method to state/event inference and concealment in labeled finite-state automata as discrete-event systems	93
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	87
Editorial Board	72
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	65
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	61
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	61
Control for smart systems: Applications, trends, and future challenges	57
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	55
Analyzing stability in 2D systems via LMIs: From pioneering to recent contributions	47
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	46
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	42
Overview of the recent research progress for stability and control on random nonlinear systems	40
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	38
On the variable structure control approach with sliding modes to robust finite-time consensus problems: A methodological overview based on nonsmooth analysis	36
A tutorial introduction to quantum stochastic master equations based on the qubit/photon system	35
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	35
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	34
Toward model-free safety-critical control with humans in the loop	32
Towards smart production planning and control; a conceptual framework linking planning environment characteristics with the need for smart production planning and control	31
A survey of feedback particle filter and related controlled interacting particle systems (CIPS)	30
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	29
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	29
Toward switching/interpolating LPV control: A review	29
How to build a Digital Twin for operating PEM-Electrolyser system – A reference approach	27
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	27

Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	26
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	24
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	23
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	20
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	20
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	20
From ethics to standards – A path via responsible AI to cyber-physical production systems	19
Special section: Smart water systems	19
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	18
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	17
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	17
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	17
Dynamically adaptive networks for integrating optimal pressure management and self-cleaning controls	17
Control for cognitive systems	17
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	16
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	15
Guarantees for data-driven control of nonlinear systems using semidefinite programming: A survey	15
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	15
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	15
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	14
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	14
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	14
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	13
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	13
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	12
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	12
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	11
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	11
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	11
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	11
Adaptive conductance control	10
Developing control-theoretic objectives for large-scale brain dynamics and cognitive enhancement	10
Cooperative control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints	10
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	9
An overview on multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks	9
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	8
Editorial Board	7
The future of therapeutic peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic pain	7
Cyber-security in networked and distributed model predictive control	7
Control for smart systems: Challenges and trends in smart cities	6
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	6
Observer design for continuous-time dynamical systems	6
Learning controllers for nonlinear systems from data	6
Mastering chaos: A review	5
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	5
Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems	5
Hybrid-augmented intelligence in predictive maintenance with digital intelligent assistants	5
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: A DPS framework (Part I)	5
Probabilistic design of optimal sequential decision-making algorithms in learning and control	5
Convergence of sequences: A survey	5

Moment quantization of inhomogeneous spin ensembles	5
Modeling and control of overhead cranes: A tutorial overview and perspectives	5
Sliding mode predictive control: A survey	5
Modeling, analysis and control of robot–object nonsmooth underactuated Lagrangian systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	5