OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 8. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	176
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	157
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	149
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	138
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	118
Adaptive conductance control	106
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	106
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	103
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	101
Human-like learning in car following: An attention-based driving strategy with memory-inspired adaptation	95
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	93
Smith predictor based control of multi time-delay processes	81
Observer-based error correction in finite memory approaches for pseudo state estimation of fractional dynamic models	78
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	73
Probabilistic prediction methods for nonlinear systems with application to stochastic model predictive control	70
A survey on tracking control of unmanned underwater vehicles: Experiments-based approach	69
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	69
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	67
Quantum covariance and filtering	61
A review of physics-based learning for system health management	61
State estimation of the Stefan PDE: A tutorial on design and applications to polar ice and batteries	60
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	60
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	58
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	55
Editorial Board	55

Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	54
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	51
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	50
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	49
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	47
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	47
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	44
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	44
Time-domain system identification using fractional models from non-zero initial conditions applied to Li-ion Batteries	43
Predictive and robust control strategies applied to ground antenna systems	42
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	39
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	39
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	38
Editorial Board	37
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	35
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	34
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	34
Virtual control strategy and conditioning technique for tracking and learning controls under input restrictions	33
A unified framework for exponential stability analysis of irrational transfer functions in the parametric space	32
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	32
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	32
Shaping the future of advanced automation and control systems for society strategic directions and multidisciplinary collaborations of IFAC's social systems coordinating committee	31
Control of cooperative manipulator-endowed systems under high-level tasks and uncertain dynamics	29
Distributed design of ultra large-scale control systems: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects	29
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	28
Learning against uncertainty in control engineering	28
A frequency domain approach to Kalman filtering on Hilbert spaces: Application to Sturm–Liouville systems with pointwise measurement	27
Implementation of deep reinforcement learning in permanent magnet synchronous motors control: A review	27
Fractional cyber-neural systems — A brief survey	26
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: Finite-dimensional implementations, Part II	26
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	25
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	25
Role of digital technologies to enhance the human integration in industrial cyber–physical systems	25
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	25
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	25
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	24
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	24
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	24
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	23
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Modeling and system identification	22
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	20
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	20
A view on learning robust goal-conditioned value functions: Interplay between RL and MPC	20
Digital twins in manufacturing: A unified conceptual framework	20
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	20
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	20
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	19
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	18
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	18
Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	17

Mastering chaos: A review	16
Cyber–physical–human systems in precision medicine: Advances in artificial pancreas for treatment of diabetes	16
Moment quantization of inhomogeneous spin ensembles	15
Generative Adversarial Networks for anomaly detection on decentralised data	14
Explainable heat demand forecasting for the novel control strategies of district heating systems	14
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	14
Design, modeling, and experimental analysis of the Crawler Unit for inspection in constrained space	13
Broad-deep network-based fuzzy emotional inference model with personal information for intention understanding in human–robot interaction	13
From road congestion to vehicle-control enabled artificial traffic fluids	13
Editorial Board	13
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	12
From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: a systematic review	12
Latent variable models in the era of industrial big data: Extension and beyond	12
Online control of discrete-event systems: A survey	11
Control for smart systems: Applications, trends, and future challenges	11
Systematic survey on model predictive control schemes applied to offshore deep water wells in oil and gas industry	11
A tutorial introduction to quantum stochastic master equations based on the qubit/photon system	11
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	10
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	10
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	10
Control for cognitive systems	10
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	10
Bio-inspired control strategies in wearable robotics: A comprehensive review of CPGs and DMPs	9
Developing control-theoretic objectives for large-scale brain dynamics and cognitive enhancement	9
An overview of Koopman-based control: From error bounds to closed-loop guarantees	8
Cooperative control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints	8
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	8