Most cited papers in Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems
What are the most cited papers in Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems?
The most cited paper in Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems is "Optimal Control: Linear Quadratic Methods" (Brian D. O. Anderson, John B. Moore, 1979), with 2,861 citations. Next come "Deterministic and Stochastic Optimal Control." (2,711) and "Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization" (2,610).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 241 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Optimal Control: Linear Quadratic Methods Brian D. O. Anderson, John B. Moore | Jun 1979 | 2,861 |
| 2 | Deterministic and Stochastic Optimal Control. J. A. Bather, Wendell H. Fleming, Raymond Rishel · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General) | 1976 | 2,711 |
| 3 | Survey of Numerical Methods for Trajectory Optimization John T. Betts · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Mar 1998 | 2,610 |
| 4 | Foundations of optimal control theory Henry G. Hermes · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Apr 1968 | 1,726 |
| 5 | Optimal control theory: An introduction W.S. Levine · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Jun 1972 | 1,638 |
| 6 | Practical Methods for Optimal Control using Nonlinear Programming JT Betts, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky · Applied Mechanics Reviews | Jul 2002 | 1,459 |
| 7 | Metric of a Rotating, Charged Mass Ezra Ted Newman, E. Couch, K. Chinnapared et al. · Journal of Mathematical Physics | Jun 1965 | 1,314 |
| 8 | THE OPTIMAL DEPLETION OF EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, Geoffrey Heal · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 31 Mar 1980 | 1,018 |
| 9 | Canonical transformations depending on a small parameter Andr� Deprit · Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy | Mar 1969 | 1,005 |
| 10 | A Survey of the Maximum Principles for Optimal Control Problems with State Constraints Richard F. Hartl, SURESH P. SETHI, Raymond G. Vickson · SIAM Review | Jun 1995 | 989 |
| 11 | On the stabilization of decentralized control systems Shih-Ho Wang, Edward Joseph Davison · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Oct 1973 | 933 |
| 12 | Equilibrium programming in Hilbert spaces Patrick L. Combettes, Sever A. Hirstoaga | 2005 | 929 |
| 13 | Optimization: Algorithms and Consistent Approximations Elijah Polak · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) | 20 Jun 1997 | 929 |
| 14 | On pole assignment in multi-input controllable linear systems Walter Murray Wonham · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Dec 1967 | 914 |
| 15 | The Use of Reference Objectives in Multiobjective Optimization Andrzej P. Wierzbicki · Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems | 1980 | 884 |
| 16 | Applied Optimal Control: Optimization, Estimation, and Control Arthur E. Bryson, Yu‐Chi Ho, George M. Siouris · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics | Jun 1979 | 836 |
| 17 | Aircraft trajectory planning with collision avoidance using mixed integer linear programming Arthur Richards, Jonathan P. How | 2002 | 773 |
| 18 | Distributed receding horizon control for multi-vehicle formation stabilization William B. Dunbar, Richard M. Murray · Automatica | 10 Feb 2006 | 764 |
| 19 | A unified framework for the numerical solution of optimal control problems using pseudospectral methods Divya Garg, Michael Patterson, William W. Hager et al. · Automatica | 4 Aug 2010 | 741 |
| 20 | Direct and indirect methods for trajectory optimization Oskar von Stryk, Roland Z. Bulirsch · Annals of Operations Research | Dec 1992 | 734 |
| 21 | Convex Programming Approach to Powered Descent Guidance for Mars Landing Behcet A. Acikmese, Scott R. Ploen · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 22 Aug 2007 | 697 |
| 22 | Algorithm 902 Anil V. Rao, David A. Benson, Christopher L. Darby et al. · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software | Apr 2010 | 659 |
| 23 | Real-Time Stabilization and Tracking of a Four-Rotor Mini Rotorcraft P. Castillo, Alejandro Dzul, Rogelio Lozano · IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology | 30 Jun 2004 | 649 |
| 24 | Direct Trajectory Optimization and Costate Estimation via an Orthogonal Collocation Method David A. Benson, Geoffrey T. Huntington, Tom Thorvaldsen et al. · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Nov 2006 | 645 |
| 25 | New State Transition Matrix for Relative Motion on an Arbitrary Elliptical Orbit Koji Yamanaka, Finn Ankersen · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2002 | 576 |
| 26 | Linear Differential Operators Cornelius Lanczos, Joseph Gillis · Physics Today | Jul 1962 | 555 |
| 27 | Quarternion feedback regulator for spacecraft eigenaxis rotations Bong Wie, H. Weiss, Ari Arapostathis · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | May 1989 | 547 |
| 28 | Direct Trajectory Optimization by a Chebyshev Pseudospectral Method Fariba Fahroo, I. Michael Ross · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2002 | 534 |
| 29 | Gradient Theory of Optimal Flight Paths Henry J. Kelley · ARS journal | Oct 1960 | 531 |
| 30 | Constrained control allocation Wayne C. Durham · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 1993 | 515 |
| 31 | On the solutions of analytic equations Michael Artin · Inventiones mathematicae | Dec 1968 | 477 |
| 32 | Linear Multivariable Control W. M. Wonham · Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems | 1974 | 450 |
| 33 | Terminal Guidance for Impact Attitude Angle Constrained Flight Trajectories M. Kim, Kelly Grider · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems | Nov 1973 | 437 |
| 34 | Differential Flatness of Quadrotor Dynamics Subject to Rotor Drag for Accurate Tracking of High-Speed Trajectories Matthias Faessler, Antonio Franchi, Davide Scaramuzza · IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters | 22 Nov 2017 | 430 |
| 35 | Numerical calculation of the formula of reduction to the magnetic pole В. Л. Баранов, Henri Naudy · Geophysics | Feb 1964 | 430 |
| 36 | Algorithm 733: TOMP–Fortran modules for optimal control calculations Dieter Kraft · ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software | Sep 1994 | 419 |
| 37 | Stabilization of Cowell's method Eduard L. Stiefel, Dale G. Bettis · Numerische Mathematik | May 1969 | 410 |
| 38 | Inverse optimal adaptive control for attitude tracking of spacecraft Wencheng Luo, Yun-Chung Chu, Keck Voon Ling · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Nov 2005 | 407 |
| 39 | Direct trajectory optimization and costate estimation of finite-horizon and infinite-horizon optimal control problems using a Radau pseudospectral method Divya Garg, Michael Patterson, Camila C. Françolin et al. · Computational Optimization and Applications | 5 Oct 2009 | 387 |
| 40 | Discrete approximations to optimal trajectories using direct transcription and nonlinear programming Paul J. Enright, Bruce A. Conway · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 1992 | 386 |
| 41 | Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics P.H. Zipfel, Werner Schiehlen · Applied Mechanics Reviews | Nov 2001 | 386 |
| 42 | Applied optimal control James S. Meditch · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Feb 1972 | 384 |
| 43 | Control parametrization: A unified approach to optimal control problems with general constraints C.J. Goh, Kok Lay Teo · Automatica | 1988 | 378 |
| 44 | Minimum-Landing-Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Mars Landing Using Convex Optimization Lars Blackmore, Behcet A. Acikmese, Daniel P. Scharf · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Jul 2010 | 373 |
| 45 | Practical Techniques for Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization with Homotopic Approach Fanghua Jiang, Hexi Baoyin, Junfeng Li · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 2012 | 372 |
| 46 | Adaptive Asymptotic Tracking of Spacecraft Attitude Motion with Inertia Matrix Identification Jasim Ahmed, Vincent T. Coppola, Dennis S. Bernstein · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | Sep 1998 | 372 |
| 47 | Solving Nonconvex Optimal Control Problems by Convex Optimization Xinfu Liu, Ping Lu · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 14 Feb 2014 | 356 |
| 48 | Conversion of Optimal Control Problems into Parameter Optimization Problems David G. Hull · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 1997 | 353 |
| 49 | A contribution to matrix quadratic equations V. Kučera · IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control | Jun 1972 | 351 |
| 50 | Entry Trajectory Optimization by Second-Order Cone Programming Xinfu Liu, Zuojun Shen, Ping Lu · Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics | 14 Aug 2015 | 349 |
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