Maria Elena Valcher

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Maria Elena Valcher is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Elena Valcher has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 38 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 32 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Maria Elena Valcher's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (75 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (36 papers) and Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems (31 papers). Maria Elena Valcher is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (75 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (36 papers) and Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems (31 papers). Maria Elena Valcher collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and Switzerland. Maria Elena Valcher's co-authors include Ettore Fornasini, Pradeep Kumar Mısra, Franco Blanchini, Patrizio Colaneri, Mauro Bisiacco, Nicoletta Bof, Jan C. Willems, Anders Rantzer, Gianfranco Parlangeli and Francesca Parise and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Maria Elena Valcher

148 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

On the consensus and bipartite consensus in high-order mu... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300
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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. On the consensus and bipartite consensus in high-order multi-agent dynamical systems with antagonistic interactions
    2014 320 citations Maria Elena Valcher et al. Systems & Control Letters profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Maria Elena Valcher Italy 29 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 839 255 159 3.7k
Ettore Fornasini Italy 24 2.2k 1.2× 674 0.6× 1.0k 0.9× 990 1.2× 311 1.2× 82 3.7k
Michael Margaliot Israel 28 1.4k 0.7× 389 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 542 0.6× 377 1.5× 123 3.0k
Graziano Chesi Hong Kong 32 2.9k 1.5× 554 0.5× 305 0.3× 694 0.8× 192 0.8× 199 4.2k
Jun‐e Feng China 24 1.1k 0.6× 750 0.6× 844 0.8× 644 0.8× 221 0.9× 180 2.4k
Oliver Mason Ireland 25 2.2k 1.2× 917 0.8× 274 0.2× 397 0.5× 119 0.5× 61 3.0k
Corentin Briat Switzerland 24 1.7k 0.9× 742 0.6× 433 0.4× 254 0.3× 87 0.3× 59 2.3k
M. Kanat Camlibel Netherlands 31 1.9k 1.0× 822 0.7× 269 0.2× 460 0.5× 182 0.7× 160 3.0k
Hongsheng Qi China 22 761 0.4× 779 0.7× 3.3k 3.0× 1.4k 1.7× 459 1.8× 83 4.9k
Rafal Goebel United States 22 3.3k 1.7× 922 0.8× 131 0.1× 587 0.7× 240 0.9× 75 4.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2025). Data-based optimal control of logical networks. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 468–473. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, He, Hongsheng Qi, Maria Elena Valcher, & Guodong Shi. (2025). Koopman Theory for Boolean Networks. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 71(2). 823–838.
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2025). Distributed State Estimation for Discrete-Time LTI Systems in the Presence of Unknown Inputs. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 71(2). 1145–1159.
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2024). Data-driven reduced-order unknown-input observers. European Journal of Control. 80. 101034–101034. 1 indexed citations
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Qi, Hongsheng, Maria Elena Valcher, & Guodong Shi. (2023). Feedback Shaping for Boolean Networks. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 6684–6689. 1 indexed citations
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Bullo, Francesco, et al.. (2023). Dual Seminorms, Ergodic Coefficients and Semicontraction Theory. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(5). 3040–3053. 5 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2023). On an Extension of the Friedkin-Johnsen Model: The Effects of a Homophily-Based Influence Matrix. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 2 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2022). A Bandwagon Bias Based Model for Opinion Dynamics: Intertwining between Homophily and Influence Mechanisms. European Journal of Control. 68. 100675–100675. 4 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2022). Multi-dimensional extensions of the Hegselmann-Krause model. 2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). 3525–3530. 3 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2021). Tripartite and Sign Consensus for Clustering Balanced Social Networks. Research Padua Archive (University of Padua). 2 indexed citations
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Schreiber, Fabio A. & Maria Elena Valcher. (2019). Formal assessment of some properties of Context-Aware Systems. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEXT-GENERATION COMPUTING. 10(3). 1–14.
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Rantzer, Anders & Maria Elena Valcher. (2018). A Tutorial on Positive Systems and Large Scale Control. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 3686–3697. 44 indexed citations
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Bisiacco, Mauro, et al.. (2015). The consensus problem in the behavioral approach. Systems & Control Letters. 95. 11–19. 3 indexed citations
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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. (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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Valcher, Maria Elena. (2009). On the k-switching reachability sets of single-input positive switched systems. Padua Research Archive (University of Padova). 2379–2384. 1 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena. (2007). A note on the excitability properties of discrete-time positive switched systems. 659–666. 1 indexed citations
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Valcher, Maria Elena, et al.. (2007). On the zero pattern properties and asymptotic behavior of continuous-time positive system trajectories. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 425(2-3). 283–302. 22 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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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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