Christophe Combastel

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
56 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Christophe Combastel is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Christophe Combastel has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 17 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Christophe Combastel's work include Fault Detection and Control Systems (29 papers), Control Systems and Identification (25 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (13 papers). Christophe Combastel is often cited by papers focused on Fault Detection and Control Systems (29 papers), Control Systems and Identification (25 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (13 papers). Christophe Combastel collaborates with scholars based in France, Spain and China. Christophe Combastel's co-authors include Ali Zolghadri, S. Gentil, Tarek Raïssi, Jacky Montmain, Denis Efimov, Qinghua Zhang, Suzanne Lesecq, J.P. Rognon, Vicenç Puig and Carlos Ocampo‐Martínez and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics).

In The Last Decade

Christophe Combastel

54 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Zonotopes and Kalman observers: Gain optimality under distinct uncertainty paradigms and robust convergence
    2015 290 citations Christophe Combastel Automatica profile →

Peers

Christophe Combastel
Dong Zhao China
R.J. Patton United Kingdom
Yau‐Tarng Juang Taiwan
Jean‐Christophe Ponsart France
Julian Berberich Germany
José A. De Doná Australia
Julien Marzat France
Guoxiang Gu United States
Domenico Famularo Italy
Xiangyu Kong China
Dong Zhao China
Christophe Combastel
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christophe Combastel

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All Works

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Zhang, Junfeng, Christophe Combastel, Denis Efimov, & Ali Zolghadri. (2025). Robust Stability and Stabilization of Continuous-Time Parameter-Varying Persidskii Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(11). 7189–7200.
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Zhang, Junfeng, Christophe Combastel, Denis Efimov, & Ali Zolghadri. (2024). Robust Stability Analysis for Continuous-Time Parameter-Varying Persidskii Systems. 639–644.
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Orihuela, Luís, et al.. (2024). Practical identification approach for the actuation dynamics of autonomous surface vehicles with minimal instrumentation. Ocean Engineering. 319. 120098–120098. 1 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, et al.. (2022). Fault tolerant multi-sensor data fusion for autonomous navigation in future civil aviation operations. Control Engineering Practice. 123. 105132–105132. 17 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe. (2022). Functional sets with typed symbols: Mixed zonotopes and Polynotopes for hybrid nonlinear reachability and filtering. Automatica. 143. 110457–110457. 9 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, et al.. (2020). On distributed symbolic control of interconnected systems under persistency specifications. International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science. 30(4). 3 indexed citations
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Girard, Antoine, et al.. (2020). Symbolic Observer-Based Controller for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 5(4). 1297–1302. 9 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe & Ali Zolghadri. (2019). A distributed Kalman filter with symbolic zonotopes and unique symbols provider for robust state estimation in CPS. International Journal of Control. 93(11). 2596–2612. 13 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe & Ali Zolghadri. (2018). FDI in Cyber Physical Systems: A Distributed Zonotopic and Gaussian Kalman Filter with Bit-level Reduction. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 51(24). 776–783. 10 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, et al.. (2017). Determination of reachable flight regions: a zonotopic approach. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50(1). 4014–4020. 5 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe. (2015). Zonotopes and Kalman observers: Gain optimality under distinct uncertainty paradigms and robust convergence. Automatica. 55. 265–273. 290 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ramdani, Nacim, et al.. (2015). A Comprehensive Method for Reachability Analysis of Uncertain Nonlinear Hybrid Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 61(9). 2341–2356. 20 indexed citations
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Raïssi, Tarek, et al.. (2013). Design of interval observers for LPV systems subject to exogenous disturbances. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1126–1131. 8 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe. (2012). Stable Interval Observers in ${\BBC}$ for Linear Systems With Time-Varying Input Bounds. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 58(2). 481–487. 36 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, et al.. (2007). A state bounding algorithm for linear systems with bounded input and bounded slew-rate. 3318–3323. 5 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe & Qinghua Zhang. (2006). ROBUST FAULT DIAGNOSIS BASED ON ADAPTIVE ESTIMATION AND SET-MEMBERSHIP COMPUTATIONS. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 39(13). 1204–1209. 19 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, et al.. (2006). GENERATION OF SET MEMBERSHIP TESTS FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION OF THEIR WORST CASE SENSITIVITY. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 39(13). 569–574. 11 indexed citations
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Gentil, S., Jacky Montmain, & Christophe Combastel. (2004). Combining FDI and AI Approaches Within Causal-Model-Based Diagnosis. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics). 34(5). 2207–2221. 47 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe. (2003). A state bounding observer based on zonotopes. 2589–2594. 146 indexed citations
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Combastel, Christophe, S. Gentil, & J.P. Rognon. (1999). Fault detection and isolation using local models, comparison with unknown input observers. 1675–1680. 6 indexed citations

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