Mohammad Mehdi Arefi

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Mohammad Mehdi Arefi is a prominent control systems researcher whose work spans fractional-order systems, multi-agent systems, robust nonlinear control, and intelligent robotics. His research is distinguished by a consistent focus on developing advanced control strategies that address real-world challenges such as actuator nonlinearities, input saturation, stochastic disturbances, and model uncertainties. Arefi's most influential contribution, "Adaptive Neural Output-Feedback Control for Nonstrict-Feedback Time-Delay Fractional-Order Systems" (2018), has garnered 85 citations, reflecting the field's recognition of his innovative integration of neural networks with fractional-order dynamics. His work on distributed finite-time consensus control for stochastic nonlinear multi-agent systems (54 citations) further demonstrates his expertise in cooperative control under complex, uncertain environments. A recurring theme across his portfolio is finite-time control — ensuring systems reach desired states within guaranteed time bounds — applied to robotic manipulators, exoskeletons, spherical robots, and interconnected nonlinear systems. His fault-tolerant control frameworks using sliding mode observers (35 citations) highlight his contributions to safety-critical system design. With over 290 cumulative citations, Arefi's body of work offers students and researchers a rigorous yet practically motivated foundation in modern robust and intelligent control theory.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Adaptive neural output-feedback control for nonstrict-feedback time-delay fractional-order systems with output constraints and actuator nonlinearities

   85 citations · 2018
2. 2
   Distributed Adaptive-Neural Finite-Time Consensus Control for Stochastic Nonlinear Multiagent Systems Subject to Saturated Inputs

   54 citations · 2022
3. 3
   Robust <i>H</i>_∞ sliding mode observer‐based fault‐tolerant control for One‐sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems

   35 citations · 2019
4. 4
   Non-linear Finite-Time Tracking Control of Uncertain Robotic Manipulators Using Time-Varying Disturbance Observer-Based Sliding Mode Method

   30 citations · 2022
5. 5
   Robust nonlinear control schemes for finite-time tracking objective of a 5-DOF robotic exoskeleton

   25 citations · 2018
6. 6
   Observer‐Based Sliding Mode Control for Path Tracking of a Spherical Robot

   23 citations · 2018
7. 7
   Command filtered backstepping control of constrained flexible joint robotic manipulator

   17 citations · 2023
8. 8
   Fast finite-time observer-based sliding mode controller design for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with input saturation

   11 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Robust Finite-Time Stabilizers for a Connected Chain of Nonlinear Double-Integrator Systems

   9 citations · 2018
10. 10
    Design of Robust Finite-Time Nonlinear Controllers for a n-DOF Robot Manipulator Subjected to Dead-Zone Input Nonlinearities

    4 citations · 2017

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