Hamidreza Modares

8.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
116 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Hamidreza Modares is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Hamidreza Modares has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 69 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 56 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 39 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Hamidreza Modares's work include Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (56 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (33 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (30 papers). Hamidreza Modares is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Dynamic Programming Control (56 papers), Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (33 papers) and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (30 papers). Hamidreza Modares collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Iran. Hamidreza Modares's co-authors include Frank L. Lewis, Mohammad Bagher Naghibi Sistani, Bahare Kiumarsi, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Yongliang Yang, Zhong‐Ping Jiang, Ali Davoudi, Donald C. Wunsch, Alireza Alfi and Yixin Yin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Hamidreza Modares

109 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

Optimal and Autonomous Control Using Reinforcement Learni... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2017 2015 2013 2014 2013 200 400 600
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.

  1. Optimal and Autonomous Control Using Reinforcement Learning: A Survey
    2017 603 citations Bahare Kiumarsi, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis et al. profile →
  2. <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ {H}_{ {\infty }}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> Tracking Control of Completely Unknown Continuous-Time Systems via Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning
    2015 413 citations Hamidreza Modares, Frank L. Lewis et al. profile →
  3. Integral reinforcement learning and experience replay for adaptive optimal control of partially-unknown constrained-input continuous-time systems
    2013 408 citations Hamidreza Modares, Frank L. Lewis et al. Automatica profile →
  4. Reinforcement -learning for optimal tracking control of linear discrete-time systems with unknown dynamics
    2014 390 citations Bahare Kiumarsi, Frank L. Lewis et al. Automatica profile →
  5. Adaptive Optimal Control of Unknown Constrained-Input Systems Using Policy Iteration and Neural Networks
    2013 359 citations Hamidreza Modares, Frank L. Lewis et al. profile →
  6. Cooperative Finitely Excited Learning for Dynamical Games
    2023 89 citations Yongliang Yang, Hamidreza Modares et al. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics profile →

Peers

Hamidreza Modares
Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis United States
Yanhong Luo China
Draguna Vrabie United States
Chaoxu Mu China
Huaguang Zhang China
Qinglai Wei China
Xiong Yang China
Guoxing Wen China
Jennie Si United States
Huanqing Wang China
Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis United States
Hamidreza Modares
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2025). Direct data-driven discounted infinite horizon linear quadratic regulator with robustness guarantees. Automatica. 175. 112197–112197. 2 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2025). Robust adaptive maximum-entropy linear quadratic regulator. 32. 100305–100305.
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2024). Risk-Informed Model-Free Safe Control of Linear Parameter-Varying Systems. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 11(9). 1918–1932. 1 indexed citations
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Yaghmaie, Farnaz Adib, Hamidreza Modares, & Bahare Kiumarsi. (2024). On the Performance of Memory-Augmented Controllers. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1183–1189.
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Yaghmaie, Farnaz Adib, Hamidreza Modares, & Fredrik Gustafsson. (2024). Reinforcement Learning for Partially Observable Linear Gaussian Systems Using Batch Dynamics of Noisy Observations. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(9). 6397–6404. 3 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2024). SODA-RRT: Safe Optimal Dynamics-Aware Motion Planning. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(28). 863–868.
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Modares, Hamidreza. (2023). Data-Driven Safe Control of Uncertain Linear Systems Under Aleatory Uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(1). 551–558. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongliang, Weinan Gao, Hamidreza Modares, & Chengzhong Xu. (2021). Robust Actor–Critic Learning for Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems With Unmodeled Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 30(6). 2101–2112. 130 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongliang, Zihao Ding, Rui Wang, Hamidreza Modares, & Donald C. Wunsch. (2021). Data-Driven Human-Robot Interaction Without Velocity Measurement Using Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 9(1). 47–63. 34 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, Bahare Kiumarsi, Frank L. Lewis, Frank Ferrese, & Ali Davoudi. (2019). Resilient and Robust Synchronization of Multiagent Systems Under Attacks on Sensors and Actuators. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics. 50(3). 1240–1250. 97 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongliang, Yixin Yin, Wei He, et al.. (2019). Safety-Aware Reinforcement Learning Framework with an Actor-Critic-Barrier Structure. 2352–2358. 31 indexed citations
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Liu, Hao, Wanbing Zhao, Frank L. Lewis, Zhong‐Ping Jiang, & Hamidreza Modares. (2019). Attitude Synchronization for Multiple Quadrotors using Reinforcement Learning. 2480–2483. 11 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2018). Resilient Cooperative Control of DC Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 10(1). 1083–1085. 120 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongliang, Hamidreza Modares, Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Yixin Yin, & Donald C. Wunsch. (2018). Model-Free Event-Triggered Containment Control of Multi-Agent Systems. 877–884. 5 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, Frank L. Lewis, Wei Kang, & Ali Davoudi. (2017). Optimal Synchronization of Heterogeneous Nonlinear Systems With Unknown Dynamics. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 63(1). 117–131. 104 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, et al.. (2017). Synchrony in Networked Microgrids Under Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 9(6). 6731–6741. 146 indexed citations
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Vamvoudakis, Kyriakos G., Hamidreza Modares, Bahare Kiumarsi, & Frank L. Lewis. (2017). Game Theory-Based Control System Algorithms with Real-Time Reinforcement Learning: How to Solve Multiplayer Games Online. IEEE Control Systems. 37(1). 33–52. 140 indexed citations
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Jiao, Qiang, Hamidreza Modares, Shengyuan Xu, Frank L. Lewis, & Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis. (2015). ACC 2015 - 2015 American Control Conference. 7 indexed citations
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Modares, Hamidreza, Mohammad Bagher Naghibi Sistani, & Frank L. Lewis. (2013). A policy iteration approach to online optimal control of continuous-time constrained-input systems. ISA Transactions. 52(5). 611–621. 52 indexed citations

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