Colin N. Jones

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
262 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Colin N. Jones is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Numerical Analysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin N. Jones has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 63 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 42 papers in Numerical Analysis. Recurrent topics in Colin N. Jones's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (150 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (80 papers) and Control Systems and Identification (60 papers). Colin N. Jones is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (150 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (80 papers) and Control Systems and Identification (60 papers). Colin N. Jones collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Colin N. Jones's co-authors include Manfred Morari, Melanie N. Zeilinger, Frauke Oldewurtel, Michal Kvasnica, Martin Herceg, Alessandra Parisio, Dimitrios Gyalistras, Markus Gwerder, Vanessa J. Stauch and B. Lehmann and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Colin N. Jones

249 papers receiving 7.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Use of model predictive control and weather forecasts for energy efficient building climate control

2011 910 citations Colin N. Jones et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
Multi-Parametric Toolbox 3.0

2013 848 citations Colin N. Jones et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →
Efficient interior point methods for multistage problems arising in receding horizon control

2012 251 citations Colin N. Jones et al. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin N. Jones Switzerland	40	5.0k	2.0k	1.7k	537	511	262	7.6k
Kameshwar Poolla United States	40	6.3k 1.3×	3.6k 1.8×	618 0.4×	2.5k 4.7×	1.3k 2.6×	224	9.6k
Eduardo F. Camacho Spain	60	12.6k 2.5×	2.2k 1.1×	669 0.4×	973 1.8×	1.7k 3.4×	447	17.0k
Roy S. Smith Switzerland	32	2.5k 0.5×	814 0.4×	644 0.4×	543 1.0×	243 0.5×	239	3.9k
J.M. Maciejowski United Kingdom	33	6.5k 1.3×	1.4k 0.7×	205 0.1×	453 0.8×	511 1.0×	216	8.6k
Ian A. Hiskens United States	45	5.4k 1.1×	8.2k 4.2×	387 0.2×	390 0.7×	178 0.3×	222	9.4k
Alberto Bemporad Italy	64	16.6k 3.3×	3.5k 1.8×	658 0.4×	1.1k 2.1×	1.0k 2.0×	392	21.4k
Riccardo Scattolini Italy	41	6.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.6×	181 0.1×	969 1.8×	518 1.0×	253	7.5k
Draguna Vrabie United States	23	3.3k 0.6×	1.5k 0.8×	853 0.5×	507 0.9×	2.1k 4.2×	82	6.4k
Michel Fliess France	36	5.6k 1.1×	862 0.4×	123 0.1×	354 0.7×	344 0.7×	148	7.3k
Maâmar Bettayeb United Arab Emirates	40	2.5k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	157 0.1×	161 0.3×	463 0.9×	274	4.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jiang, Yuning, et al.. (2025). Fast and Lightweight: A real-time parallelizable MPC for embedded systems. European Journal of Control. 83. 101217–101217.

Schubnel, Baptiste, et al.. (2024). Risk-aware scheduling and dispatch of flexibility events in buildings. Sustainable Energy Grids and Networks. 39. 101512–101512.

Jones, Colin N., et al.. (2024). Efficient Recursive Data-enabled Predictive Control. 880–887. 2 indexed citations

Heer, Philipp, et al.. (2024). SIMBa: System Identification Methods Leveraging Backpropagation. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 33(2). 418–433. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jiawei, et al.. (2023). Distributed data-driven predictive control for cooperatively smoothing mixed traffic flow. Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies. 155. 104274–104274. 24 indexed citations

Jones, Colin N., et al.. (2023). Physically Consistent Multiple-Step Data-Driven Predictions Using Physics-Based Filters. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 7. 1885–1890. 3 indexed citations

Svetozarevic, Bratislav, et al.. (2023). Towards scalable physically consistent neural networks: An application to data-driven multi-zone thermal building models. Applied Energy. 340. 121071–121071. 29 indexed citations

Rosolia, Ugo, et al.. (2022). On the Optimality and Convergence Properties of the Iterative Learning Model Predictive Controller. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 68(1). 556–563. 8 indexed citations

Jiang, Yuning, et al.. (2022). Scheduling Delays and Curtailment for Household Appliances With Deterministic Load Profiles Using MPC. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 6. 3301–3306. 1 indexed citations

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Maddalena, Emilio T., et al.. (2021). Embedded PWM Predictive Control of DC-DC Power Converters Via Piecewise-Affine Neural Networks. IEEE Open Journal of the Industrial Electronics Society. 2. 199–206. 15 indexed citations

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Lymperopoulos, Ioannis, et al.. (2019). Ancillary Services Provision Utilizing a Network of Fast-Charging Stations for Electrical Buses. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 11(1). 665–672. 28 indexed citations

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Salzmann, Christophe, et al.. (2018). Multi-time scale coordination of complementary resources for the provision of ancillary services. Applied Energy. 229. 1164–1180. 14 indexed citations

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Jones, Colin N., et al.. (2018). Hierarchical control of building HVAC system for ancillary services provision. Energy and Buildings. 169. 216–227. 41 indexed citations

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Lymperopoulos, Ioannis, et al.. (2016). Economic Advantages of Office Buildings Providing Ancillary Services With Intraday Participation. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 9(4). 3443–3452. 25 indexed citations

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Pu, Ye, et al.. (2016). Operator Splitting Methods in Control. 3(3). 249–362. 21 indexed citations

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Lymperopoulos, Ioannis, et al.. (2016). Experimental Implementation of Frequency Regulation Services Using Commercial Buildings. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 9(3). 1657–1666. 43 indexed citations

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Pu, Ye, et al.. (2016). Operator Splitting Methods in Control. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 13 indexed citations

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Schorsch, Stefan, et al.. (2015). An optimization-based approach to extract faceted crystal shapes from stereoscopic images. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 75. 171–183. 16 indexed citations

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Jones, Colin N., et al.. (2015). A virtual vehicle approach to distributed control for formation keeping of underactuated vehicles. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1 indexed citations

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Jones, Colin N.. (2005). Polyhedral Tools for Control. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 60(2). 161–8. 21 indexed citations

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