OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Annual Reviews in Control is 7. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A real-time interactive decision-making and control framework for complex cyber-physical-human systems	156
A comprehensive review of models and nonlinear control strategies for blood glucose regulation in artificial pancreas	147
The data-driven approach to classical control theory	140
Contamination event diagnosis in drinking water networks: A review	120
Linear quantum systems: A tutorial	107
Control-theoretic modeling of multi-species water quality dynamics in drinking water networks: Survey, methods, and test cases	96
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	92
Smith predictor based control of multi time-delay processes	91
Adaptive conductance control	91
A review on VSC-HVDC control schemes	87
Applications of metaheuristic optimization algorithms in model predictive control for chemical engineering processes: A systematic review	83
Human-like learning in car following: An attention-based driving strategy with memory-inspired adaptation	81
Observer-based error correction in finite memory approaches for pseudo state estimation of fractional dynamic models	76
Cognitive systems and interoperability in the enterprise: A systematic literature review	67
A critical review of cyber-physical security for building automation systems	66
Probabilistic prediction methods for nonlinear systems with application to stochastic model predictive control	64
Model Predictive Control of water resources systems: A review and research agenda	61
A survey on tracking control of unmanned underwater vehicles: Experiments-based approach	61
Quantum covariance and filtering	54
A review of physics-based learning for system health management	54
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	52
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	52
Editorial Board	51
State estimation of the Stefan PDE: A tutorial on design and applications to polar ice and batteries	51
Ergodic risk-sensitive control—A survey	47

Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	46
Behavioral theory for stochastic systems? A data-driven journey from Willems to Wiener and back again	44
Reinforcement Learning for feedback-enabled cyber resilience	43
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	43
Safety-critical control for autonomous systems: Control barrier functions via reduced-order models	43
Lateral control for autonomous vehicles: A comparative evaluation	42
The optimization landscape of hybrid quantum–classical algorithms: From quantum control to NISQ applications	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	40
A brief survey on encrypted control: From the first to the second generation and beyond	39
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	38
Learning and forgetting in systems neuroscience: A control perspective	35
Closed-form and robust expressions for data-driven LQ control	33
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	32
Editorial Board	32
Quantum estimation, control and learning: Opportunities and challenges	31
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	31
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	30
Virtual control strategy and conditioning technique for tracking and learning controls under input restrictions	30
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	29
Distributed design of ultra large-scale control systems: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects	27
A unified framework for exponential stability analysis of irrational transfer functions in the parametric space	27
Shaping the future of advanced automation and control systems for society strategic directions and multidisciplinary collaborations of IFAC's social systems coordinating committee	27
Control of cooperative manipulator-endowed systems under high-level tasks and uncertain dynamics	26
Implementation of deep reinforcement learning in permanent magnet synchronous motors control: A review	25
Nonparametric adaptive control in native spaces: Finite-dimensional implementations, Part II	25
Learning against uncertainty in control engineering	24
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	24
A frequency domain approach to Kalman filtering on Hilbert spaces: Application to Sturm–Liouville systems with pointwise measurement	24
Role of digital technologies to enhance the human integration in industrial cyber–physical systems	24
Review of floating object manipulation by autonomous multi-vessel systems	23
Fractional cyber-neural systems — A brief survey	22
Active queue management for alleviating Internet congestion via a nonlinear differential equation with a variable delay	21
A harmonious synergy between robotic performance and well-being in human-robot collaboration: A vision and key recommendations	21
Lyapunov stability tests for integral delay systems	20
Parameter estimation and system identification for continuously-observed quantum systems	20
Reconfiguration blocks and fault hiding: Design, applications, and challenges	19
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Modeling and system identification	19
A survey on convex optimization for guidance and control of vehicular systems	19
Neural network-based flight control systems: Present and future	19
A view on learning robust goal-conditioned value functions: Interplay between RL and MPC	19
Fault tolerant control of an octorotor UAV using sliding mode for applications in challenging environments	19
Optimization algorithms as robust feedback controllers	18
Digital twins in manufacturing: A unified conceptual framework	18
Synchronization and pinning control of stochastic coevolving networks	18
Modelling and control of manipulators for inspection and maintenance in challenging environments: A literature review	18
Recursive identification methods for general stochastic systems with colored noises by using the hierarchical identification principle and the filtering identification idea	17
A Critical Review on Control Strategies for Structural Vibration Control	17
Leak detection and localization in water distribution networks: Review and perspective	16
Mastering chaos: A review	15

Control practice for robotic applications in challenging environments	14
Moment quantization of inhomogeneous spin ensembles	14
Cyber–physical–human systems in precision medicine: Advances in artificial pancreas for treatment of diabetes	14
Survey of distributed algorithms for resource allocation over multi-agent systems	13
Editorial Board	12
Explainable heat demand forecasting for the novel control strategies of district heating systems	12
Generative Adversarial Networks for anomaly detection on decentralised data	12
From sensing to control of lower limb exoskeleton: a systematic review	11
Design, modeling, and experimental analysis of the Crawler Unit for inspection in constrained space	11
Composite adaptation and learning for robot control: A survey	11
Broad-deep network-based fuzzy emotional inference model with personal information for intention understanding in human–robot interaction	11
From road congestion to vehicle-control enabled artificial traffic fluids	11
Online control of discrete-event systems: A survey	10
Voltage regulation in distribution grids: A survey	10
Latent variable models in the era of industrial big data: Extension and beyond	10
A tutorial introduction to quantum stochastic master equations based on the qubit/photon system	9
Control for smart systems: Applications, trends, and future challenges	9
Handbook of linear data-driven predictive control: Theory, implementation and design	9
A comprehensive review of static and dynamic facility layout problems	9
Control for cognitive systems	8
PID control of quadrotor UAVs: A survey	8
Bio-inspired control strategies in wearable robotics: A comprehensive review of CPGs and DMPs	8
Empowering wave energy with control technology: Possibilities and pitfalls	7
Developing control-theoretic objectives for large-scale brain dynamics and cognitive enhancement	7
Modeling myocardium structural changes during atrial fibrillation using variable-order derivatives	7
Cooperative control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints	7