A.G.J. MacFarlane

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

A.G.J. MacFarlane is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, A.G.J. MacFarlane has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 17 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 11 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics. Recurrent topics in A.G.J. MacFarlane's work include Control Systems and Identification (25 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (12 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (11 papers). A.G.J. MacFarlane is often cited by papers focused on Control Systems and Identification (25 papers), Matrix Theory and Algorithms (12 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (11 papers). A.G.J. MacFarlane collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and South Sudan. A.G.J. MacFarlane's co-authors include H.H. Rosenbrock, Ian Postlethwaite, B. Kouvaritakis, N. Karcanias, Yung‐Jr Hung, H. Nyquist, Juliette Florentin, J. Ackermann, H.M. Power and Wendy M. Murray and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences and Electronics Letters.

In The Last Decade

A.G.J. MacFarlane

89 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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State-Space and Multivariable Theory

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Information, Knowledge and Intelligence 2013 ·Philosophy now ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	4
2	Multivariable feedback systems 1984 ·Automatica ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	0
3	Gains, Phases and Angles 1984 ·IFAC Proceedings Volumes ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, Yung‐Jr Hung	1
4	Poles and zeros of linear multivariable systems : a survey of the algebraic, geometric and complex-variable theory 1976 ·International Journal of Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, N. Karcanias	361
5	Book Review: Introduction to Control Theory 1975 ·International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	1
6	The characteristic locus design method 1973 ·Automatica ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, (unknown)	119
7	Review of "State-Space and Multivariable Theory" by H. H. Rosenbrock. 1972 ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	2
8	Return-difference matrix properties for optimal stationary Kalman-Bucy filter 1971 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	30
9	Commutative controller: a critical survey 1970 ·Electronics Letters ·(unknown), A.G.J. MacFarlane	0
10	Two necessary conditions in the frequency domain for the optimality of a multiple-input linear control system 1970 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	7
11	Analytical design procedures for a class of linear time-invariant multivariable regulators 1969 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ·(unknown), A.G.J. MacFarlane	5
12	Mappings of the state space into the complex plane and their use in multivariable systems analysis 1968 ·International Journal of Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, Neil Munro	5
13	Formulation of the State-space Equations for Non-linear Networks 1967 ·International Journal of Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	5
14	Generalized Block Diagrams 1967 ·International Journal of Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	3
15	On the transfer-function matrix and controllability of cascaded systems 1967 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, (unknown)	1
16	Analyse technischer Systeme 1967 ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	7
17	Generalized Non-linear Network Analysis Applied to the Dynamic Behaviour of Synchronous Machine Systems† 1966 ·International Journal of Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane, M.A. Laughton, Graeme Shannon	3
18	Functional-matrix theory for the general linear electrical network. Part 2: The general functional matrix 1965 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Electrical Engineers ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	3
19	An Eigenvector Solution of the Optimal Linear Regulator Problem 1963 ·Journal of Electronics and Control ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	80
20	An analysis of a type of comb filter 1960 ·Proceedings of the IEE Part B Electronic and Communication Engineering ·A.G.J. MacFarlane	5

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