Ettore Fornasini

5.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ettore Fornasini is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ettore Fornasini has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 23 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ettore Fornasini's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (47 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (16 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (15 papers). Ettore Fornasini is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (47 papers), Gene Regulatory Network Analysis (16 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (15 papers). Ettore Fornasini collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Portugal and Israel. Ettore Fornasini's co-authors include Maria Elena Valcher, G. Marchesini, Nicoletta Bof, Mauro Bisiacco, Sandro Zampieri, Paula Rocha, Raquel Pinto, Michael Margaliot, Michael Šebek and A. Lepschy and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

Ettore Fornasini

78 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Doubly-indexed dynamical systems: State-space models and ... 1976 2026 1992 2009 1978 1976 250 500 750
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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. Doubly-indexed dynamical systems: State-space models and structural properties
    1978 761 citations Ettore Fornasini, G. Marchesini profile →
  2. State-space realization theory of two-dimensional filters
    1976 505 citations Ettore Fornasini, G. Marchesini IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ettore Fornasini Italy 24 2.2k 1.0k 990 674 354 82 3.7k
Maria Elena Valcher Italy 29 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 839 0.8× 1.2k 1.7× 234 0.7× 159 3.7k
Michael Margaliot Israel 28 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 542 0.5× 389 0.6× 181 0.5× 123 3.0k
Graziano Chesi Hong Kong 32 2.9k 1.3× 305 0.3× 694 0.7× 554 0.8× 236 0.7× 199 4.2k
Xian Zhang China 30 1.1k 0.5× 655 0.6× 488 0.5× 1.6k 2.3× 918 2.6× 262 3.2k
Jun‐e Feng China 24 1.1k 0.5× 844 0.8× 644 0.7× 750 1.1× 185 0.5× 180 2.4k
Oliver Mason Ireland 25 2.2k 1.0× 274 0.3× 397 0.4× 917 1.4× 195 0.6× 61 3.0k
M. Kanat Camlibel Netherlands 31 1.9k 0.8× 269 0.3× 460 0.5× 822 1.2× 344 1.0× 160 3.0k
S. Prajna United States 21 1.9k 0.9× 201 0.2× 707 0.7× 152 0.2× 194 0.5× 34 2.6k
Rafal Goebel United States 22 3.3k 1.5× 131 0.1× 587 0.6× 922 1.4× 237 0.7× 75 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (2013). On the stability of continuous-time positive switched systems with rank one difference. Control and Cybernetics. 42(1). 4 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (2013). On the periodic trajectories of Boolean control networks. Automatica. 49(5). 1506–1509. 128 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (2011). Asymptotic stability and stabilizability of special classes of discrete-time positive switched systems. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 438(4). 1814–1831. 16 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (2011). Stability and Stabilizability Criteria for Discrete-Time Positive Switched Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 57(5). 1208–1221. 156 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Raquel Pinto. (2004). Matrix fraction descriptions in convolutional coding. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 392. 119–158. 18 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & G. Marchesini. (2003). Residual generators for detecting failure in 2D systems. 20. 69–72. 3 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (2002). Stability and stabilizability of 2D behaviors. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 3. 2590–2595. 1 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (1999). Stability properties and periodic evolutions of bilinear systems in input-output form. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 44(6). 1197–1202. 1 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (1997). 2D Systems Analysis: A Polynomial Approach. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 30(1). 179–184. 1 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & Maria Elena Valcher. (1997). Directed graphs, 2D state models, and characteristic polynomials of irreducible matrix pairs. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 263. 275–310. 36 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena & Ettore Fornasini. (1995). State models and asymptotic behaviour of 2D positive systems. IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information. 12(1). 17–36. 21 indexed citations
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Bisiacco, Mauro, Ettore Fornasini, G. Marchesini, Maria Elena Valcher, & Sandro Zampieri. (1994). Modelli dinamici Multidimensionali. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 1–297.
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Valcher, Maria Elena & Ettore Fornasini. (1994). On 2D finite support convolutional codes: An algebraic approach. Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing. 5(3). 231–243. 24 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore, Paula Rocha, & Sandro Zampieri. (1991). State realization of 2D finite dimensional autonomous systems. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 715–719. 4 indexed citations
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Bisiacco, Mauro & Ettore Fornasini. (1991). Structure and solutions of the LQ optimal control problem for 2D systems.. Kybernetika. 27. 231–242. 1 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore. (1990). 2D Markov chains. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 140. 101–127. 43 indexed citations
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Bisiacco, Mauro, Ettore Fornasini, & G. Marchesini. (1989). 2D systems feedback compensation: an approach based on commutative linear transformations. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 121. 135–150. 3 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & G. Marchesini. (1980). On the Problems of Constructing Minimal Realizations for Two-Dimensional Filters. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. PAMI-2(2). 172–176. 14 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore. (1978). On the relevance of noncommutative power series in spatial filters realization. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. 25(5). 290–299. 13 indexed citations
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Fornasini, Ettore & G. Marchesini. (1977). Computation of reachable and observable realizations of spatial filters. International Journal of Control. 25(4). 621–635. 12 indexed citations

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