OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annual Reviews in Control is 28. 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
Safe-by-design planner–tracker synthesis with a hierarchy of system models	106
Adaptive conductance control	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
Special section on fractional differentiation and its applications: Automatic control	60
State estimation of the Stefan PDE: A tutorial on design and applications to polar ice and batteries	60
Learning safe control for multi-robot systems: Methods, verification, and open challenges	58
Editorial Board	55
Probabilistic feasibility in data-driven multi-agent non-convex optimization	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
Adaptive control and reinforcement learning for vehicle suspension control: A review	47
Special section on estimation and control of quantum systems	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
Multi-time scale control and optimization via averaging and singular perturbation theory: From ODEs to hybrid dynamical systems	34
Parametrizations of all stable closed-loop responses: From theory to neural network control design	34
Virtual control strategy and conditioning technique for tracking and learning controls under input restrictions	33
Value-gradient iteration with quadratic approximate value functions	32
A unified framework for exponential stability analysis of irrational transfer functions in the parametric space	32
Addendum: Predictive form of the FPM model	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
Learning against uncertainty in control engineering	28
Control education for societal-scale challenges: A community roadmap	28