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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Norway
2025

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
44
Citations
8201
World Ranking
3723
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology
  • Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Technology

Overview

Bjarne A. Foss is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research contributions span several areas within engineering and mathematics, with a focus on control and systems engineering, numerical analysis, and ocean engineering.

Their recent publications reflect work primarily in advanced control systems and optimization, fault detection, and process optimization. The notable papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "Plantwide control of an oil production network" (2020), published in Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • "A nonlinear model predictive control scheme for sensor fault tolerance in observation processes" (2020), published in International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
  • "An Augmented Lagrangian for Optimal Control of DAE Systems: Algorithm and Properties" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

The main fields of study for this scientist center around engineering with significant contributions also in mathematics. More specifically, their subfields of study include:

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Ocean Engineering

The primary research topics connected to their publications are focused on advanced control systems optimization and related themes. These include:

  • Advanced Control Systems Optimization
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Process Optimization and Integration
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Numerical methods for differential equations
  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research

Frequent co-authors with whom this scientist has collaborated include:

  • Esmaeil Jahanshahi
  • Dinesh Krishnamoorthy
  • Andrés Codas
  • Sigurd Skogestad
  • Brage Rugstad Knudsen

Their work appears regularly in venues specialized in control and chemical engineering disciplines, including:

  • Computers & Chemical Engineering
  • International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Bjarne A. Foss is recognized as a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters for contributions in technology.

Best Publications

  • Applying the unscented Kalman filter for nonlinear state estimation

    Rambabu Kandepu;Bjarne Foss;Lars Imsland

  • Constructing NARMAX models using ARMAX models

    Tor A. Johansen;Bjarne Foss

  • State and output feedback nonlinear model predictive control: An overview

    Rolf Findeisen;Lars Imsland;Frank Allgower;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Identification of non-linear system structure and parameters using regime decomposition

    Tor A. Johansen;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Operating regime based process modeling and identification

    Tor A. Johansen;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Constrained nonlinear state estimation based on the UKF approach

    S. Kolås;Bjarne A. Foss;T. S. Schei

  • Nonlinear predictive control using local models — applied to a batch fermentation process

    B.A. Foss;T.A. Johansen;A.V. Sørensen

  • Joint optimization of oil well placement and controls

    Mathias Rodrigez Bellout;David Echeverria Ciaurri;Louis J. Durlofsky;Bjarne Anton Foss

  • Modeling and control of a SOFC-GT-based autonomous power system

    Rambabu Kandepu;Lars Imsland;Bjarne A. Foss;Christoph Stiller

  • Oil production optimization—A piecewise linear model, solved with two decomposition strategies

    Vidar Gunnerud;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Observer Design for Multiphase Flow in Vertical Pipes with Gas Lift - Theory and Experiments

    Ole M. Aamo;G.O. Eikrem;H.B. Siahaan;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Dual adaptive model predictive control

    Tor Aksel N. Heirung;B. Erik Ydstie;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Constrained state estimation using the Unscented Kalman Filter

    R. Kandepu;L. Imsland;B.A. Foss

  • Technical communique: Parameter ranking by orthogonalization-Applied to nonlinear mechanistic models

    Berit Floor Lund;Bjarne A. Foss

  • A NARMAX model representation for adaptive control based on local models

    Tor A. Johansen;Bjarne A. Foss

  • A new optimization algorithm with application to nonlinear MPC

    Frode Martinsen;Lorentz T. Biegler;Bjarne A. Foss

  • A field study of the industrial modeling process

    Bjarne A. Foss;B. Lohmann;W. Marquardt

  • Output feedback stabilization of constrained systems with nonlinear predictive control

    Rolf Findeisen;Lars Imsland;Frank Allgöwer;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Robust control and analysis of a wind-diesel hybrid power plant

    K. Uhlen;Bjarne A. Foss;O.B. Gjøsæter

  • Performance Analysis for Closed-Loop Reservoir Management

    Bjarne A. Foss;John Petter Jensen

  • On Instability in Gas Lift Wells and Schemes for Stabilization by Automatic Control

    Gisle O. Eikrem;Ole M. Aamo;Bjarne A. Foss

  • Stabilization of Gas Lifted Wells Based on State Estimation

    Gisle Otto Eikrem;Lars Imsland;Bjarne Foss

  • More efficient predictive control

    Lars Imsland;Nadav Bar;Bjarne A. Foss

  • A note on stability, robustness and performance of output feedback nonlinear model predictive control

    Lars Imsland;Rolf Findeisen;Eric Bullinger;Frank Allgöwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Tor Arne Johansen
Tor Arne Johansen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Rolf Findeisen
Rolf Findeisen Technical University of Darmstadt
Frank Allgöwer
Frank Allgöwer University of Stuttgart
Biao Huang
Biao Huang University of Alberta
Miroslav Krstic
Miroslav Krstic University of California, San Diego
Colin N. Jones
Colin N. Jones École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thor I. Fossen
Thor I. Fossen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lorenz T. Biegler
Lorenz T. Biegler Carnegie Mellon University

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