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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	210
Partitioning techniques for non-centralized predictive control: A systematic review and novel theoretical insights	172
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	167
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	146
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	135
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	117
Smith predictor based control of multi time-delay processes	103
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	85
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	85
Human-like learning in car following: An attention-based driving strategy with memory-inspired adaptation	77
Observer-based error correction in finite memory approaches for pseudo state estimation of fractional dynamic models	70
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	68
Probabilistic prediction methods for nonlinear systems with application to stochastic model predictive control	67
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	65
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	64
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	60
A review of physics-based learning for system health management	59
Bearing-based multi-agent formation control: A survey and taxonomy	58
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	56
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	56
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	55
Editorial Board	55
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	46
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	43

Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	41
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	41
Time-domain system identification using fractional models from non-zero initial conditions applied to Li-ion Batteries	40
Predictive and robust control strategies applied to ground antenna systems	38
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	36
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	36
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	33
Editorial Board	33
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	33
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	32
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	31
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	31
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	30
Data-driven integration of wheel force sensing and yaw stability control in distributed drive electric vehicle: A review and perspective	28
Distributed design of ultra large-scale control systems: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects	28
Role of digital technologies to enhance the human integration in industrial cyber–physical systems	24
A unified framework for exponential stability analysis of irrational transfer functions in the parametric space	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
Implementation of deep reinforcement learning in permanent magnet synchronous motors control: A review	21
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	20
A frequency domain approach to Kalman filtering on Hilbert spaces: Application to Sturm–Liouville systems with pointwise measurement	20
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: Finite-dimensional implementations, Part II	19
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	17
An in-depth review of dual-arm robot learning methods with advances and challenges in variable compliance-aware control for uncertain tasks	17
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	16
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	15
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	15
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	14
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	13
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Modeling and system identification	13
A view on learning robust goal-conditioned value functions: Interplay between RL and MPC	13
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	12
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	12
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	11
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	11
Digital twins in manufacturing: A unified conceptual framework	11
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	10
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	9
Cyber–physical–human systems in precision medicine: Advances in artificial pancreas for treatment of diabetes	9
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	9
Mastering chaos: A review	9
AI-empowered modeling and control for automotive propulsion system: Challenges, solutions and prospects	8
Editorial Board	8
From road congestion to vehicle-control enabled artificial traffic fluids	7
Design, modeling, and experimental analysis of the Crawler Unit for inspection in constrained space	6
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	6
Systematic survey on model predictive control schemes applied to offshore deep water wells in oil and gas industry	5
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	5
Bio-inspired control strategies in wearable robotics: A comprehensive review of CPGs and DMPs	5
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	5

Control theory in the era of intelligent systems: Applications, trends, and future directions	5
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	5
Broad-deep network-based fuzzy emotional inference model with personal information for intention understanding in human–robot interaction	5
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	5
Control for cognitive systems	5