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Randal W. Beard

Randal W. Beard publishes mostly in Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, on topics such as Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms and Guidance and Control Systems.

World rank
#2,279
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,037
of 358,040
Works
80
Citations
2.1k
Citations per work
25.9

What does Randal W. Beard research?

Aerospace Engineering: 28.6%Control and Systems Engineering: 15.2%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 14.3%Computer Networks and Communications: 14.3%other fields: 27.6%29%top field
Aerospace Engineering28.6%Control and Systems Engineering15.2%Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition14.3%Computer Networks and Communications14.3%other fields27.6%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Aerospace Engineering29% of their works
  2. 2Control and Systems Engineering15% of their works
  3. 3Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition14% of their works
  4. 4Computer Networks and Communications14% of their works
  5. 5Artificial Intelligence10% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Randal W. Beard's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Multi-Agent Systems, Path Planning, Consensus, Cooperative Control, Optimal Motion Planning, Sampling-Based Algorithms, Adaptive Control and Sensor Fusion.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Multi-Agent Systems222 topics
  2. Path Planning162 topics
  3. Consensus111 topic
  4. Cooperative Control111 topic
  5. Optimal Motion Planning111 topic
  6. Sampling-Based Algorithms111 topic
  7. Adaptive Control92 topics
  8. Sensor Fusion92 topics
  9. Sliding Mode Control92 topics
  10. Control71 topic
  11. Missile Guidance71 topic
  12. 3D Mapping61 topic
  13. SLAM61 topic
  14. Nonholonomic Constraints51 topic
  15. Nonlinear Estimation51 topic
  16. Particle Filters51 topic
  17. Trajectory Tracking51 topic
  18. Disturbance Observer41 topic
  19. Inertial Navigation Systems41 topic
  20. Kalman Filtering41 topic
  21. Nonlinear Systems41 topic

Where does Randal W. Beard work?

Randal W. Beard's main affiliation in the publication record is Brigham Young University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Randal W. Beard have?

Science Explorer counts 80 works and 2,072 citations for Randal W. Beard, ranking #2,279 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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