Melanie N. Zeilinger

6.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Melanie N. Zeilinger is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie N. Zeilinger has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 17 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Melanie N. Zeilinger's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (95 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (60 papers) and Control Systems and Identification (47 papers). Melanie N. Zeilinger is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (95 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (60 papers) and Control Systems and Identification (47 papers). Melanie N. Zeilinger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Melanie N. Zeilinger's co-authors include Lukas Hewing, Colin N. Jones, Manfred Morari, Kim P. Wabersich, Juraj Kabzan, Marcel Menner, Alexander Domahidi, Alexander Liniger, Andrea Carron and Aldo U. Zgraggen and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

Melanie N. Zeilinger

123 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Learning-Based Model Predictive Control: Toward Safe Learning in Control

2019 505 citations Lukas Hewing, Kim P. Wabersich et al. profile →
Cautious Model Predictive Control Using Gaussian Process Regression

2020 333 citations Lukas Hewing, Melanie N. Zeilinger et al. profile →
Learning-Based Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Racing

2019 283 citations Lukas Hewing, Alexander Liniger et al. profile →
Efficient interior point methods for multistage problems arising in receding horizon control

2012 251 citations Melanie N. Zeilinger et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melanie N. Zeilinger Switzerland	30	2.8k	590	576	433	305	133	3.9k
Yugeng Xi China	34	3.2k 1.1×	489 0.8×	305 0.5×	624 1.4×	288 0.9×	350	4.8k
Tamás Keviczky Netherlands	26	2.0k 0.7×	268 0.5×	584 1.0×	398 0.9×	376 1.2×	125	3.1k
Jonas Sjöberg Sweden	33	2.9k 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	1.6k 2.8×	846 2.0×	431 1.4×	146	4.8k
María M. Serón Australia	30	4.5k 1.6×	225 0.4×	259 0.4×	728 1.7×	135 0.4×	219	5.2k
Christopher V. Rao United States	9	6.9k 2.4×	518 0.9×	535 0.9×	827 1.9×	438 1.4×	11	7.9k
Ștefan Preitl Romania	41	2.5k 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	237 0.4×	457 1.1×	328 1.1×	193	3.8k
Gerasimos Rigatos Greece	34	2.6k 0.9×	680 1.2×	214 0.4×	1.0k 2.4×	325 1.1×	330	4.0k
Sébastien Gros Sweden	28	1.6k 0.6×	275 0.5×	439 0.8×	655 1.5×	197 0.6×	176	2.7k
Baocang Ding China	33	3.1k 1.1×	331 0.6×	484 0.8×	650 1.5×	149 0.5×	172	3.8k
Dewei Li China	26	1.7k 0.6×	201 0.3×	233 0.4×	368 0.8×	230 0.8×	257	2.8k

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All Works

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Fiedler, Christian, et al.. (2025). Automatic Nonlinear MPC Approximation With Closed-Loop Guarantees. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(10). 6388–6403. 1 indexed citations

Köhler, Johannes & Melanie N. Zeilinger. (2025). Predictive Control for Nonlinear Stochastic Systems: Closed-Loop Guarantees With Unbounded Noise. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(11). 7382–7397.

Köhler, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Safe Guaranteed Exploration for Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(8). 5333–5348. 2 indexed citations

Köhler, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Approximate Nonlinear Model Predictive Control With Safety-Augmented Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 33(6). 2490–2497. 2 indexed citations

Köhler, Johannes, et al.. (2025). Robust Nonlinear Optimal Control via System Level Synthesis. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 70(7). 4780–4787. 1 indexed citations

Zeilinger, Melanie N., et al.. (2025). Computationally efficient system level tube-MPC for uncertain systems. Automatica. 180. 112466–112466.

Zeilinger, Melanie N., et al.. (2025). Inverse Optimal Control With Constraint Relaxation. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 9. 2055–2060.

Carron, Andrea, et al.. (2024). Stochastic Data-Driven Predictive Control: Chance-Constraint Satisfaction With Identified Multi-Step Predictors. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 8. 3249–3254. 1 indexed citations

Brandi, Silvio, et al.. (2024). Real building implementation of a deep reinforcement learning controller to enhance energy efficiency and indoor temperature control. Applied Energy. 368. 123447–123447. 41 indexed citations

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Bauersfeld, Leonard, et al.. (2024). MPCC++: Model Predictive Contouring Control for Time-Optimal Flight with Safety Constraints. 7 indexed citations

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Köhler, Johannes, et al.. (2024). Active Learning-Based Model Predictive Coverage Control. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 69(9). 5931–5946. 8 indexed citations

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Zeilinger, Melanie N., et al.. (2023). Generalised Regret Optimal Controller Synthesis for Constrained Systems. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 2576–2582. 1 indexed citations

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Köhler, Johannes, et al.. (2023). A Lyapunov Function for Robust Stability of Moving Horizon Estimation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 68(12). 7466–7481. 21 indexed citations

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Ferrari‐Trecate, Giancarlo, et al.. (2023). Homothetic Tube Model Predictive Control With Multi-Step Predictors. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 7. 3561–3566. 4 indexed citations

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Köhler, Johannes & Melanie N. Zeilinger. (2022). Recursively Feasible Stochastic Predictive Control Using an Interpolating Initial State Constraint. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 6. 2743–2748. 16 indexed citations

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Wabersich, Kim P., et al.. (2021). A Soft Constrained MPC Formulation Enabling Learning From Trajectories With Constraint Violations. IEEE Control Systems Letters. 6. 980–985. 8 indexed citations

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Daniel, Christian, et al.. (2020). Noisy-Input Entropy Search for Efficient Robust Bayesian Optimization. International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics. 108. 2262–2272. 2 indexed citations

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Carron, Andrea, et al.. (2019). Scalable Model Predictive Control for Autonomous Mobility-on-Demand Systems. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 29(2). 635–644. 26 indexed citations

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Bogowicz, Marta, Stefanie Ehrbar, Matthias Gückenberger, et al.. (2018). Body motion during dynamic couch tracking with healthy volunteers. Physics in Medicine and Biology. 64(1). 15001–15001. 5 indexed citations

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Hewing, Lukas, Alexander Liniger, & Melanie N. Zeilinger. (2017). Cautious NMPC with Gaussian Process Dynamics for Miniature Race Cars.. arXiv (Cornell University). 6 indexed citations

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