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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Norway
2026

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
80
Citations
27484
World Ranking
522
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Tor Arne Johansen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research spans multiple scientific disciplines with a focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Engineering. Their work addresses a range of specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Aerospace Engineering, Ocean Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their contributions focus on several main topics such as Seismic Waves and Analysis, Maritime Navigation and Safety, Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Tor Arne Johansen has coauthored research frequently with Bent Ole Ruud, Helene Meling Stemland, Rudy R. Negenborn, Rowan Romeyn, and Torleiv H. Bryne.

Their research has been published in a variety of venues, including multiple papers in the Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, arXiv (Cornell University), The Cryosphere, Near Surface Geophysics, and the IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII).

Recent significant papers include:

  • Autonomous ships are on the horizon: here's what we need to know, 2023, Nature
  • International database of Glacially Induced Faults, 2020, Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research)
  • Sea ice thickness from air-coupled flexural waves, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Passive seismic recording of cryoseisms in Adventdalen, Svalbard, 2021, The Cryosphere
  • Collision avoidance of autonomous ships in inland waterways - A survey and open research problems, 2023, Journal of Physics Conference Series

Best Publications

  • Control allocation—A survey

    Tor Arne Johansen;Thor I. Fossen

  • Multiple Model Approaches to Modelling and Control

    Roderick Murray-Smith;Tor Arne Johansen

  • Brief An algorithm for multi-parametric quadratic programming and explicit MPC solutions

    Petter TøNdel;Tor Arne Johansen;Alberto Bemporad

  • Incorporating 4D Seismic Data in Reservoir Simulation Models Using Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Jan-Arild Skjervheim;Geir Evensen;Sigurd Ivar Aanonsen;Bent Ole Ruud

  • Constrained nonlinear control allocation with singularity avoidance using sequential quadratic programming

    T.A. Johansen;T.I. Fossen;S.P. Berge

  • Technical Communique: Evaluation of piecewise affine control via binary search tree

    P. TøNdel;T. A. Johansen;A. Bemporad

  • Constructing NARMAX models using ARMAX models

    Tor A. Johansen;Bjarne Foss

  • On the interpretation and identification of dynamic Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models

    T.A. Johansen;R. Shorten;R. Murray-Smith

  • Ship Collision Avoidance and COLREGS Compliance Using Simulation-Based Control Behavior Selection With Predictive Hazard Assessment

    Tor Arne Johansen;Tristan Perez;Andrea Cristofaro

  • Gain-scheduled wheel slip control in automotive brake systems

    T.A. Johansen;I. Petersen;J. Kalkkuhl;J. Ludemann

  • 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

  • Stabilization of Automotive Vehicles Using Active Steering and Adaptive Brake Control Allocation

    Johannes Tjonnas;Tor A Johansen

  • Approximate explicit receding horizon control of constrained nonlinear systems

    Tor A. Johansen

  • Vehicle velocity estimation using nonlinear observers

    Lars Imsland;Tor A. Johansen;Thor I. Fossen;HåVard FjæR Grip

  • A Survey of Control Allocation Methods for Ships and Underwater Vehicles

    Thor I. Fossen;Tor A. Johansen

  • Approximate explicit constrained linear model predictive control via orthogonal search tree

    T.A. Johansen;A. Grancharova

  • Past, Present, and Future Challenges of the Marine Vessel’s Electrical Power System

    Espen Skjong;Rune Volden;Egil Rodskar;Marta Molinas

  • Fuzzy model based control: stability, robustness, and performance issues

    T.A. Johansen

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

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

  • Design and analysis of gain-scheduled control using local controller networks

    K. J. Hunt;T. A. Johansen

  • Attitude Estimation Using Biased Gyro and Vector Measurements With Time-Varying Reference Vectors

    H. F. Grip;T. I. Fossen;T. A. Johansen;A. Saberi

  • Nonlinear Model Predictive Control

    Alexandra Grancharova;Tor Arne Johansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Thor I. Fossen
Thor I. Fossen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Asgeir J. Sørensen
Asgeir J. Sørensen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Olav Egeland
Olav Egeland Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Bjarne A. Foss
Bjarne A. Foss Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ali Saberi
Ali Saberi Washington State University
João Borges de Sousa
João Borges de Sousa University of Porto
Marta Molinas
Marta Molinas Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Vicenç Puig
Vicenç Puig Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Alberto Bemporad
Alberto Bemporad IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Eric C. Kerrigan
Eric C. Kerrigan Imperial College London

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