Bruce A. Francis

27.8k total citations · 12 hit papers
114 papers, 20.5k citations indexed

About

Bruce A. Francis is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bruce A. Francis has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 20.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 23 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 17 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bruce A. Francis's work include Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (35 papers), Control Systems and Identification (23 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (22 papers). Bruce A. Francis is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems (35 papers), Control Systems and Identification (23 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (22 papers). Bruce A. Francis collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Bruce A. Francis's co-authors include John C. Doyle, W.M. Wonham, Pramod P. Khargonekar, K. Glover, Tongwen Chen, Allen Tannenbaum, Mireille E. Broucke, Hideaki Ishii, Joshua A. Marshall and Manfredi Maggiore and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing.

In The Last Decade

Bruce A. Francis

109 papers receiving 19.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

State-space solutions to standard H/sub 2/ and H/sub infinity / control problems

1989 4.1k citations John C. Doyle, K. Glover et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
Feedback Control Theory

1992 2.1k citations John C. Doyle, Bruce A. Francis et al. profile →
The internal model principle of control theory

1976 2.1k citations Bruce A. Francis et al. Automatica profile →
A Course in H∞ Control Theory

1987 1.8k citations Bruce A. Francis Lecture notes in control and information sciences profile →
Optimal Sampled-Data Control Systems

1995 1.7k citations Tongwen Chen, Bruce A. Francis profile →
The internal model principle for linear multivariable regulators

1975 830 citations Bruce A. Francis et al. profile →
The Linear Multivariable Regulator Problem

1977 798 citations Bruce A. Francis SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization profile →
The internal model principle for linear multivariable regulators

1975 699 citations Bruce A. Francis et al. profile →
State-space solutions to standard H₂ and H_∞ control problems

1988 598 citations John C. Doyle, K. Glover et al. profile →
Formations of Vehicles in Cyclic Pursuit

2004 500 citations Joshua A. Marshall, Mireille E. Broucke et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
Stabilisation of infinitesimally rigid formations of multi-robot networks

2008 406 citations Mireille E. Broucke, Bruce A. Francis et al. profile →
State Agreement for Continuous‐Time Coupled Nonlinear Systems

2007 376 citations Zhiyun Lin, Bruce A. Francis et al. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A Preliminary Study of Transfer Learning between Unicycle Robots 2016 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·(unknown), Bruce A. Francis, Angela P. Schoellig	3
2	Geometric Analysis of the Formation Problem for Autonomous Robots 2010 ·IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ·Florian Dörfler, Bruce A. Francis	161
3	Distributed Control and Analysis of Coupled Cell Systems 2008 ·Zhiyun Lin, Bruce A. Francis, Manfredi Maggiore	58
4	Curve Shortening and the Rendezvous Problem for Mobile Autonomous Robots 2007 ·IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ·Stephen L. Smith, Mireille E. Broucke, Bruce A. Francis	43
5	Control of uncertain systems : modelling, approximation, and design : a workshop on the occasion of Keith Glover's 60th birthday 2006 ·DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven) ·Bruce A. Francis, Malcolm Smith, Jan C. Willems	0
6	Robust nonlinear control of bilateral teleoperators 2005 ·General Leung, Bruce A. Francis	8
7	Pursuit formations of unicycles 2005 ·Automatica ·Joshua A. Marshall, Mireille E. Broucke, Bruce A. Francis	163
8	Relative information of multi-rate sensors 2004 ·Information Fusion ·(unknown), Bruce A. Francis, R.H. Kwong	6
9	Algebraic theory of optimal filterbanks 2003 ·IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing ·(unknown), Bruce A. Francis, R.H. Kwong	8
10	QUADRATIC STABILIZATION OF SAMPLED-DATA SYSTEMS WITH QUANTIZATION 2002 ·IFAC Proceedings Volumes ·Hideaki Ishii, Bruce A. Francis	42
11	Sampled-Data Optimal Design and Robust Stabilization 1992 ·Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control ·Tongwen Chen, Bruce A. Francis	4
12	H [infinity]-control theory : lectures given at the 2nd session of the Centro internazionale matematico estivo (C.I.M.E.) held in Como, Italy, June 18-26, 1990 1991 ·Springer eBooks ·(unknown), Ciprian Foiaş, E. Mosca, Luciano Pandolfi, Bruce A. Francis, J. William Helton, Huibert Kwakernaak, J.B. Pearson	0
13	State-space solutions to standard H₂ and H_∞ control problems breakdown → 1988 ·John C. Doyle, K. Glover, Pramod P. Khargonekar, Bruce A. Francis	598
14	A Course in H∞ Control Theory breakdown → 1987 ·Lecture notes in control and information sciences ·Bruce A. Francis	1797
15	Uniformly optimal control of linear feedback systems 1985 ·Automatica ·Avraham Feintuch, Bruce A. Francis	81
16	Design of H¿-optimal multivariable feedback systems 1983 ·Bruce A. Francis, G. Zames	17
17	On the Wiener-Hopf approach to optimal feedback design 1982 ·Systems & Control Letters ·Bruce A. Francis	37
18	Adaptive robust regulation of linear multivariable systems: Tracking signals generated by models with unknown parameters 1978 ·Bruce A. Francis, M. Vidyasagar	9
19	The multivariable Servomechanism problem from the Input-Output Viewpoint 1977 ·Bruce A. Francis	2
20	The Linear Multivariable Regulator Problem breakdown → 1977 ·SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization ·Bruce A. Francis	798

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