OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Reviews in Control is 24. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	220
Partitioning techniques for non-centralized predictive control: A systematic review and novel theoretical insights	174
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	169
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	149
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	136
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	120
Smith predictor based control of multi time-delay processes	105
Human-like learning in car following: An attention-based driving strategy with memory-inspired adaptation	91
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	90
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	80
Observer-based error correction in finite memory approaches for pseudo state estimation of fractional dynamic models	74
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	73
Linear algebra based control design: A review with new perspectives	69
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	68
Probabilistic prediction methods for nonlinear systems with application to stochastic model predictive control	68
Trajectory tracking control for autonomous vehicles: A systematic PRISMA review of models and strategies	65
Model Predictive Control via Probabilistic Inference: A tutorial and survey	64
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	63
A review of physics-based learning for system health management	60
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	59
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	57
Bearing-based multi-agent formation control: A survey and taxonomy	57
Editorial Board	56
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	46
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	46

Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	46
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	43
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	43
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	40
Predictive and robust control strategies applied to ground antenna systems	38
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	38
Time-domain system identification using fractional models from non-zero initial conditions applied to Li-ion Batteries	35
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	34
Editorial Board	33
Optimized path planning for autonomous robots in complex environments using a modified RRT algorithm	33
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	33
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	33
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	32
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	31
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	30
Editorial Board	24
Shaping the future of advanced automation and control systems for society strategic directions and multidisciplinary collaborations of IFAC's social systems coordinating committee	24
Distributed design of ultra large-scale control systems: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects	24