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Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advanced control and stabilization techniques for robotic systems, particularly emphasizing adaptive control, sliding mode control, disturbance observer-based control, and finite-time stability in the context of nonlinear systems. The applications range from quadrotors and aerial vehicles to robotic manipulators, with a strong emphasis on addressing uncertainties and disturbances in the control process.

  • Adaptive Control
  • Sliding Mode Control
  • Disturbance Observer
  • Nonlinear Systems
  • Finite-Time Stability
  • Quadrotor
  • Neural Network
  • Feedback Control
  • Robotic Manipulators
  • Aerial Vehicles
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
75% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems

Which countries lead Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (7.2k and 549 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 7.2k works
  2. 2 United States 549 works
  3. 3 India 443 works
  4. 4 Iran 256 works
  5. 5 France 247 works
  6. 6 South Korea 224 works
  7. 7 Mexico 189 works
  8. 8 Vietnam 184 works
  9. 9 Japan 174 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 171 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 74.8%United States: 5.7%India: 4.6%Iran: 2.6%6 others listed: 12.3%75%largest
China7,246 · 74.8%United States549 · 5.7%India443 · 4.6%Iran256 · 2.6%6 others listed1,189 · 12.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research, followed by Beihang University and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 291 works
  2. 2 Beihang UniversityChina 233 works
  3. 3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 226 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 218 works
  5. 5 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 196 works
  6. 6 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 166 works
  7. 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 159 works
  8. 8 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 154 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 154 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 136 works

Who are the leading researchers in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems include Xiaogang Wang, Frede Blaabjerg and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  6. 6 Stephen Boyd United States 142k citations
  7. 7 Tasawar Hayat Pakistan 135k citations
  8. 8 Andrew Y. Ng United States 131k citations
  9. 9 Josep Maria Guerrero Denmark 123k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems?

The most cited paper in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems is "Robust adaptive control" (Pétros Ioannou, Jing Sun, 1995), with 5,698 citations. Next come "Finite-Time Stability of Continuous Autonomous Systems" (5,497) and "Nonlinear Feedback Design for Fixed-Time Stabilization of Linear Control Systems" (5,211).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Robust adaptive control Pétros Ioannou, Jing Sun · American Control Conference Conference paper 15 Oct 1995 5,698
2 Finite-Time Stability of Continuous Autonomous Systems Sanjay P. Bhat, Dennis S. Bernstein · SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 2000 5,497
3 Nonlinear Feedback Design for Fixed-Time Stabilization of Linear Control Systems Andrey Polyakov · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control Open access 15 Dec 2011 5,211
4 Stable Adaptive Systems Kumpati S. Narendra, Anuradha M. Annaswamy Feb 1989 3,980
5 Higher-order sliding modes, differentiation and output-feedback control Arie Levant · International Journal of Control 2003 3,868
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Where is Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research done?

The largest centres of Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Harbin (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jinzhou, Shenyang and Qufu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 975 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 655 works
  3. 3 HarbinChina 514 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 441 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 384 works
  6. 6 DalianChina 293 works
  7. 7 QingdaoChina 255 works
  8. 8 ShenyangChina 234 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 234 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 229 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JinzhouCN · 154.8 works54×
  2. Shenyang23.2 works54×
  3. QufuCN · 87.8 works40×
  4. AnshanCN · 47.5 works26×
  5. HuangshiCN · 23.8 works21×
  6. QinhuangdaoCN · 93.7 works20×
  7. LiaochengCN · 34.8 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Liaoning University of Technology, Bohai University and Harbin Institute of Technology score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 20.82%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Bohai UniversityLiaoning University …Dalian Maritime Univ…Harbin Institute of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Liaoning University of TechnologyChina 71.622.7%112.7×82 +28.8%
2Bohai UniversityChina 69.926.3%72.0×73 +59.1%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 68.314.4%17.7×291 +22.9%
4Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 66.815.3%53.9×196 +31.6%
5Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.623.4%7.2×38 +902.8%
6Qingdao UniversityChina 64.818.3%11.7×80 +31.7%
7Northeastern UniversityChina 62.619.5%17.8×159 -3.2%
8Chongqing UniversityChina 62.322.0%5.4×59 +37.4%
9City University of Hong KongChina 61.532.9%2.6×15 -15.4%
10Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.213.4%18.8×154 +30.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, country by country

Is Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.046% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems9.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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