Christopher Edwards

18.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
361 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Christopher Edwards is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Edwards has authored 361 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 305 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 43 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 35 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Christopher Edwards's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (196 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (141 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (99 papers). Christopher Edwards is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (196 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (141 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (99 papers). Christopher Edwards collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Malaysia. Christopher Edwards's co-authors include Sarah K. Spurgeon, Halim Alwi, Yuri Shtessel, Chee Pin Tan, Xing‐Gang Yan, Leonid Fridman, Arie Levant, Ron J. Patton, H. M. Presby and Prathyush P. Menon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Edwards

347 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

Sliding Mode Control and Observation 2000 2026 2008 2017 2013 2000 2007 2008 2015 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Sliding Mode Control and Observation
    2013 2.0k citations Yuri Shtessel, Christopher Edwards et al. profile →
  2. Sliding mode observers for fault detection and isolation
    2000 1.0k citations Christopher Edwards, Sarah K. Spurgeon et al. Automatica profile →
  3. Nonlinear robust fault reconstruction and estimation using a sliding mode observer
    2007 446 citations Xing‐Gang Yan, Christopher Edwards Automatica profile →
  4. Fault tolerant control using sliding modes with on-line control allocation
    2008 388 citations Halim Alwi, Christopher Edwards Automatica profile →
  5. Adaptive continuous higher order sliding mode control
    2015 334 citations Christopher Edwards, Yuri Shtessel Automatica profile →
  6. Fault Detection and Fault-Tolerant Control Using Sliding Modes
    2011 307 citations Halim Alwi, Christopher Edwards et al. profile →
  7. A multivariable super-twisting sliding mode approach
    2014 280 citations Christopher Edwards et al. Automatica profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Edwards United Kingdom 53 11.2k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 1.2k 361 13.5k
Alessandro Astolfi United Kingdom 54 9.8k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 520 12.5k
Ian Postlethwaite United Kingdom 41 8.3k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 0.9× 795 0.6× 1.9k 1.6× 345 11.5k
Leonid Fridman Mexico 60 14.4k 1.3× 2.4k 1.3× 2.4k 1.6× 1.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.8× 474 16.7k
Arie Levant Israel 39 14.2k 1.3× 2.4k 1.3× 2.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.0× 2.7k 2.3× 118 16.4k
Hassan K. Khalil United States 53 11.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 280 13.5k
Kemin Zhou United States 34 9.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 986 0.8× 967 0.8× 177 11.7k
Zhihong Man Australia 48 11.4k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 2.4k 1.6× 2.5k 2.0× 1.9k 1.6× 277 13.9k
Yuri Shtessel United States 41 9.2k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 3.3k 2.8× 314 11.0k
Jun Yang China 41 6.9k 0.6× 2.5k 1.4× 1.2k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 269 8.6k
H. Sira‐Ramírez Mexico 52 9.8k 0.9× 4.6k 2.5× 1.4k 0.9× 583 0.5× 747 0.6× 393 11.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Edwards

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Edwards

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alwi, Halim, et al.. (2024). Fault tolerant control of a bio-inspired UAV using sliding mode. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 58(4). 234–239. 1 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Control of the launch and recovery of small boats to a mothership in high sea states using sliding mode methods. Control Engineering Practice. 146. 105866–105866. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hongbiao, et al.. (2023). Robust Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of an Autonomous Launch and Recovery System. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 31(5). 2082–2092. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yao, Christopher Edwards, Michael Belmont, & Guang Li. (2022). Modeling and Sliding-Mode Control for Launch and Recovery System in Predictable Sea States With Feasibility Check for Collision Avoidance. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 30(6). 2658–2671. 5 indexed citations
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Shtessel, Yuri, et al.. (2021). Quad-rotor adaptive sliding mode control using only position and yaw sensors: Generalized relative degree approach. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 359(1). 492–519. 6 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Peptide Nanotube Encapsulated Enzyme Biosensor for Vapor Phase Detection of Malathion, an Organophosphorus Compound. Sensors. 19(18). 3856–3856. 7 indexed citations
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Chandra, Kumar Pakki Bharani, Halim Alwi, & Christopher Edwards. (2015). Fault Reconstruction for a Quadrotor Using an LPV Sliding Mode Observer 1. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 48(21). 374–379. 31 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christopher & Yuri Shtessel. (2015). Adaptive continuous higher order sliding mode control. Automatica. 65. 183–190. 334 indexed citations breakdown →
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Menon, Prathyush P. & Christopher Edwards. (2013). Distributed adaptive sliding mode observers for a network of dynamical systems. 18. 1537–1542. 3 indexed citations
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Alwi, Halim & Christopher Edwards. (2012). Sensor Fault Tolerant Control Using Sliding Mode Fault Reconstruction on an Aircraft Benchmark. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 3 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christopher, Thomas Lombaerts, & Hafid Smaïli. (2010). Fault tolerant flight control : a benchmark challenge. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 106 indexed citations
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Peng, Chao-Chung, Chieh‐Li Chen, & Christopher Edwards. (2009). Reconstruction and rejection of mismatched and matched disturbances for a class of multivariable systems. 2009 ICCAS-SICE. 98–103. 3 indexed citations
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Tan, Chee Pin & Christopher Edwards. (2009). Robust fault reconstruction using multiple sliding mode observers in cascade: Development and design. 3411–3416. 22 indexed citations
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Herrmann, Guido, Sarah K. Spurgeon, & Christopher Edwards. (2008). Stability and performance recovery within discretized non-linear control systems. Automatica. 44(4). 1045–1054.
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Yan, Xing‐Gang, Christopher Edwards, & Sarah K. Spurgeon. (2004). Output feedback sliding mode control for nonminimum phase systems with nonlinear disturbances. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3. 1951–1957. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Chee Pin & Christopher Edwards. (2004). Multiplicative fault reconstruction using sliding mode observers. Asian Control Conference. 2. 957–962. 24 indexed citations
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Edwards, Christopher, et al.. (2004). On discrete time output feedback min-max controllers. International Journal of Control. 77(6). 554–561. 10 indexed citations
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Spurgeon, Sarah K., et al.. (1997). Output feedback sliding mode designfor linear uncertainsystems. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications. 144(3). 209–216. 77 indexed citations
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Spurgeon, Sarah K., et al.. (1996). Robust Switching Surface Design in Variable Structure Output Feedback Control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 29(1). 3490–3495. 1 indexed citations

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