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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Germany
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
86
Citations
30990
World Ranking
357
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Germany Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)

Overview

Frank Allgöwer is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart in Germany and has a significant research presence in the field of Engineering, particularly focused on Control and Systems Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, including Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has contributed to various main research topics, notably Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Control Systems and Identification, Fault Detection and Control Systems, Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems, Model Reduction and Neural Networks, Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis.

Recent publications by Frank Allgöwer include:

  • Data-Driven Model Predictive Control With Stability and Robustness Guarantees, 2020, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Safe and Fast Tracking on a Robot Manipulator: Robust MPC and Neural Network Control, 2020, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
  • Linear Tracking MPC for Nonlinear Systems-Part II: The Data-Driven Case, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • Data-Driven Control of Distributed Event-Triggered Network Systems, 2023, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
  • Combining Prior Knowledge and Data for Robust Controller Design, 2022, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Julian Berberich
  • Matthias A. Müller
  • Johannes Köhler
  • Robin Strässer
  • Michael Hertneck

Frank Allgöwer has published extensively in established academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IFAC-PapersOnLine
  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
  • IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Automatica

In recognition of their contributions to the field, Frank Allgöwer was named a Fellow of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • A Quasi-Infinite Horizon Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Scheme with Guaranteed Stability

    H. Chen;F. ALLGöWER

  • Brief paper: An internal model principle is necessary and sufficient for linear output synchronization

    Peter Wieland;Rodolphe Sepulchre;Frank Allgöwer

  • Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

    Lalo Magni;Davide Martino Raimondo;Frank Allgöwer

  • Nonlinear Predictive Control and Moving Horizon Estimation — An Introductory Overview

    F. Allgöwer;T. A. Badgwell;J. S. Qin;J. B. Rawlings

  • Real-time optimization and nonlinear model predictive control of processes governed by differential-algebraic equations

    Moritz Diehl;H.Georg Bock;Johannes P. Schlöder;Rolf Findeisen

  • Data-Driven Model Predictive Control With Stability and Robustness Guarantees

    Julian Berberich;Johannes Kohler;Matthias A. Muller;Frank Allgower

  • An Introduction to Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

    Rolf Findeisen;Frank Allgöwer

  • CONSTRUCTIVE SAFETY USING CONTROL BARRIER FUNCTIONS

    Peter Wieland;Frank Allgöwer

  • Robust output feedback model predictive control of constrained linear systems

    D. Q. Mayne;S. V. Raković;R. Findeisen;F. AllgöWer

  • Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: From Theory to Application

    Frank Allgöwer;Rolf Findeisen;Zoltan K. Nagy

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

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

  • Bistability Analyses of a Caspase Activation Model for Receptor-induced Apoptosis

    Thomas Eissing;Holger Conzelmann;Ernst Dieter Gilles;Ernst Dieter Gilles;Frank Allgöwer

  • Learning an Approximate Model Predictive Controller With Guarantees

    Michael Hertneck;Johannes Kohler;Sebastian Trimpe;Frank Allgower

  • High performance feedback for fast scanning atomic force microscopes

    G. Schitter;P. Menold;H. F. Knapp;F. Allgöwer

  • Delay robustness in consensus problems

    Ulrich Münz;Antonis Papachristodoulou;Frank Allgöwer

  • Robust model predictive control for nonlinear discrete-time systems

    L. Magni;G. De Nicolao;R. Scattolini;F. Allgöwer

  • Nominal stability of real-time iteration scheme for nonlinear model predictive control

    Moritz Diehl;Rolf Findeisen;Frank Allgower;Hans Georg Bock

  • Brief paper: Robust output feedback model predictive control of constrained linear systems: Time varying case

    D. Q. Mayne;S. V. Raković;R. Findeisen;F. Allgöwer

  • Robust and optimal predictive control of the COVID-19 outbreak.

    Johannes Köhler;Lukas Schwenkel;Anne Koch;Julian Berberich

  • Tube MPC scheme based on robust control invariant set with application to Lipschitz nonlinear systems

    Shuyou Yu;Shuyou Yu;Christoph Maier;Hong Chen;Frank Allgöwer

  • Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems With Coupling Delays and Switching Topology

    U. Munz;A. Papachristodoulou;F. Allgower

  • Assessment and Future Directions of Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

    Rolf Findeisen;Frank Allgöwer;Lorenz T. Biegler

  • Real-time optimization and nonlinear model predictive control of processes governed by differential-algebraic equations

    H. Georg Bock;Moritz Diehl;Johannes P. Schlöder;Frank Allgöwer

Frequent Co-Authors

Rolf Findeisen
Rolf Findeisen Technical University of Darmstadt
Hong Chen
Hong Chen Tongji University
Moritz Diehl
Moritz Diehl University of Freiburg
Antonis Papachristodoulou
Antonis Papachristodoulou University of Oxford
Carsten W. Scherer
Carsten W. Scherer University of Stuttgart
Maurice Heemels
Maurice Heemels Eindhoven University of Technology
David Angeli
David Angeli Imperial College London
Bjarne A. Foss
Bjarne A. Foss Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mircea Lazar
Mircea Lazar Eindhoven University of Technology
Lars Grüne
Lars Grüne University of Bayreuth

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