OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 6. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	107
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	104
Control for smart systems: Applications, trends, and future challenges	88
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	79
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	69
Towards smart production planning and control; a conceptual framework linking planning environment characteristics with the need for smart production planning and control	69
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	65
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	61
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	59
Analyzing stability in 2D systems via LMIs: From pioneering to recent contributions	59
On the variable structure control approach with sliding modes to robust finite-time consensus problems: A methodological overview based on nonsmooth analysis	58
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	55
A tutorial introduction to quantum stochastic master equations based on the qubit/photon system	55
Toward model-free safety-critical control with humans in the loop	42
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	42
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	41
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	41
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	40
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	39
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	38
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	37
Special section: Smart water systems	35
From ethics to standards – A path via responsible AI to cyber-physical production systems	34
Dynamically adaptive networks for integrating optimal pressure management and self-cleaning controls	32
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	29

A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	29
A unified concurrent-composition method to state/event inference and concealment in labeled finite-state automata as discrete-event systems	28
How to build a Digital Twin for operating PEM-Electrolyser system – A reference approach	28
Overview of the recent research progress for stability and control on random nonlinear systems	27
Toward switching/interpolating LPV control: A review	25
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	24
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	24
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	24
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	24
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	22
A survey of feedback particle filter and related controlled interacting particle systems (CIPS)	22
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	20
Control for cognitive systems	19
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	19
Cooperative control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints	18
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	18
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	17
Adaptive conductance control	17
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	17
Developing control-theoretic objectives for large-scale brain dynamics and cognitive enhancement	17
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	16
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	16
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	15
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	15
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	15
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	15
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	14
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	14
Guarantees for data-driven control of nonlinear systems using semidefinite programming: A survey	14
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	14
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	13
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	13
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	12
An overview on multi-agent consensus under adversarial attacks	12
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	12
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	11
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	10
Convergence of sequences: A survey	10
Moment quantization of inhomogeneous spin ensembles	9
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	8
Mastering chaos: A review	8
Probabilistic design of optimal sequential decision-making algorithms in learning and control	8
Leakage diagnosis with a contamination mitigation control framework using a graph theory based model	8
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: A DPS framework (Part I)	8
Modeling, analysis and control of robot–object nonsmooth underactuated Lagrangian systems: A tutorial overview and perspectives	8
Control for smart systems: Challenges and trends in smart cities	8
The future of therapeutic peripheral nerve stimulation for chronic pain	8
Cyber-security in networked and distributed model predictive control	7
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	7
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	7

Sliding mode predictive control: A survey	7
Editorial Board	7
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	6
Advances in the Theory of Control Barrier Functions: Addressing practical challenges in safe control synthesis for autonomous and robotic systems	6
Hybrid-augmented intelligence in predictive maintenance with digital intelligent assistants	6
Recent advances in the analysis and control of large populations of neural oscillators	6