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Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems

Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1952. 25.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the modeling, optimization, and control of networked control systems, covering topics such as stability analysis, event-triggered control, time-delay systems, robust control, switched systems, H8 control, fuzzy control, distributed control, and communication constraints.

  • Networked Control Systems
  • Stability Analysis
  • Event-Triggered Control
  • Time-Delay Systems
  • Robust Control
  • Switched Systems
  • H8 Control
  • Fuzzy Control
  • Distributed Control
  • Communication Constraints
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
9.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
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Which countries lead Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.9k and 286 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.9k works
  2. 2 United States 286 works
  3. 3 France 220 works
  4. 4 India 185 works
  5. 5 South Korea 123 works
  6. 6 Brazil 108 works
  7. 7 Japan 102 works
  8. 8 Russia 95 works
  9. 9 Iran 94 works
  10. 10 Germany 83 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: 69.1%United States: 6.8%France: 5.2%India: 4.4%6 others listed: 14.4%69%largest
China2,892 · 69.1%United States286 · 6.8%France220 · 5.2%India185 · 4.4%6 others listed605 · 14.4%

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

Which institutions lead Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research, followed by Northeastern University and Qufu Normal University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of Technology China 101 works
  2. 2 Northeastern University China 88 works
  3. 3 Qufu Normal University China 62 works
  4. 4 Dalian Maritime University China 54 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 52 works
  6. 6 Southeast University China 52 works
  7. 7 Shandong University of Science and Technology China 51 works
  8. 8 Shandong University China 51 works
  9. 9 Beihang University China 48 works
  10. 10 Beijing Institute of Technology China 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems include Guanrong Chen, Peng Shi and Zidong Wang.

  1. 1 Guanrong Chen 5.4k citations
  2. 2 Peng Shi 5k citations
  3. 3 Zidong Wang 4.4k citations
  4. 4 Vincent D. Blondel 4.4k citations
  5. 5 Jinde Cao 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Frank L. Lewis 3.8k citations
  7. 7 Qing‐Long Han 3.8k citations
  8. 8 Brian D. O. Anderson 3.6k citations
  9. 9 C. L. Philip Chen 3.6k citations
  10. 10 Manfred Morari 3.4k citations

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

Where is Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research done?

The largest centres of Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qufu, Jinzhou and Liaocheng.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 282 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 251 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 186 works
  4. 4 Harbin China 182 works
  5. 5 Jinan China 154 works
  6. 6 Shenyang China 130 works
  7. 7 Qingdao China 115 works
  8. 8 Dalian China 104 works
  9. 9 Xi'an China 102 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 86 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. QufuCN · 61.9 works64×
  2. JinzhouCN · 42.3 works34×
  3. LiaochengCN · 32.0 works32×
  4. Ma'anshan CityCN · 28.3 works31×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Yeungnam University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Shandong Normal University 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%60%mean 28.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yeungnam University: 16, 50.9%Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 29, 33.0%Shandong Normal University: 23, 31.2%Harbin Institute of Technology: 101, 25.1%East China University of Science and Technology: 37, 29.5%Northeastern University: 88, 23.4%Qufu Normal University: 62, 14.4%Nanjing University of Science and Technology: 52, 26.9%Yanshan University: 40, 22.9%Bohai University: 27, 31.5%Yeungnam UniversityNanjing University o…Shandong Normal Univ…Harbin Institute of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Yeungnam University South Korea 76.650.9%15.3×16 +110.6%
2Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 69.633.0%13.6×29 +179.9%
3Shandong Normal University China 67.831.2%18.9×23 +285.2%
4Harbin Institute of Technology China 65.025.1%12.4×101 +11.4%
5East China University of Science and Technology China 63.529.5%15.1×37 +81.8%
6Northeastern University China 62.923.4%20.3×88 +15.2%
7Qufu Normal University China 61.214.4%70.6×62 +134.4%
8Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 61.226.9%12.9×52 +23.6%
9Yanshan University China 61.022.9%23.7×40 +98.0%
10Bohai University China 59.131.5%53.0×27 +45.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Stability and Control of Uncertain 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.

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.