D. Alspach

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

D. Alspach is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, D. Alspach has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 10 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 6 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in D. Alspach's work include Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (16 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms (5 papers). D. Alspach is often cited by papers focused on Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks (16 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (10 papers) and Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms (5 papers). D. Alspach collaborates with scholars based in United States. D. Alspach's co-authors include H.W. Sorenson, Louis L. Scharf and Alan Schneider and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

D. Alspach

16 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Nonlinear Bayesian estimation using Gaussian sum approxim... 1971 2026 1989 2007 1972 1971 250 500 750
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. Nonlinear Bayesian estimation using Gaussian sum approximations
    1972 906 citations D. Alspach, H.W. Sorenson IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
  2. Recursive bayesian estimation using gaussian sums
    1971 678 citations H.W. Sorenson, D. Alspach 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
D. Alspach United States 9 1.4k 516 401 333 230 19 1.9k
Herbert E. Rauch United States 14 887 0.6× 637 1.2× 427 1.1× 146 0.4× 169 0.7× 43 2.0k
James L. Melsa United States 14 483 0.3× 670 1.3× 203 0.5× 199 0.6× 174 0.8× 56 1.9k
A. Haddad United States 17 537 0.4× 878 1.7× 389 1.0× 215 0.6× 89 0.4× 84 1.9k
P.S. Maybeck United States 24 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 2.6× 755 1.9× 205 0.6× 94 0.4× 97 2.4k
Roy L. Streit United States 17 907 0.7× 174 0.3× 290 0.7× 279 0.8× 240 1.0× 76 1.4k
Peter G. Cable United States 7 1.5k 1.1× 328 0.6× 939 2.3× 408 1.2× 330 1.4× 21 2.6k
J.H. Kotecha United States 14 1.6k 1.2× 502 1.0× 446 1.1× 814 2.4× 334 1.5× 29 2.7k
W.D. Blair United States 26 1.9k 1.4× 586 1.1× 1.5k 3.6× 467 1.4× 288 1.3× 204 2.7k
J.S. Meditch United States 19 446 0.3× 894 1.7× 381 1.0× 385 1.2× 56 0.2× 86 2.0k
Chongzhao Han China 25 1.6k 1.2× 684 1.3× 688 1.7× 714 2.1× 184 0.8× 303 2.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by D. Alspach

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of D. Alspach

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of D. Alspach. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of D. Alspach based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with D. Alspach. D. Alspach is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Alspach, D., et al.. (1979). A score for correct data association in multi-target tracking. 389–393. 1 indexed citations
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Alspach, D., et al.. (1978). Multiple coherence as a detection statistic. 13 indexed citations
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Scharf, Louis L. & D. Alspach. (1978). Non-linear state estimation in observation noise of unknown covariance†. International Journal of Control. 27(2). 293–304. 4 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1975). A stochastic control algorithm for systems with control dependent plant and measurement noise. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 2(4). 297–306. 2 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1975). A gaussian sum approach to the multi-target identification-tracking problem. Automatica. 11(3). 285–296. 224 indexed citations
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Alspach, D., et al.. (1974). A Bayesian solution to the problem of state estimation in an unknown noise environment†. International Journal of Control. 19(2). 265–287. 16 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1974). A parallel filtering algorithm for linear systems with unknown time varying noise statistics. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 19(5). 552–556. 31 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1974). Gaussian Sum Approximations in Nonlinear Filtering and Control. Information Sciences. 7. 271–290. 19 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1973). A parallel processing solution to the adaptive Kalman filtering problem with vector measurements. Computers & Electrical Engineering. 1(1). 83–94. 6 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1972). Comments on "On the identification of variances and adaptive Kalman filtering". IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(6). 843–845. 11 indexed citations
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Scharf, Louis L. & D. Alspach. (1972). On stochastic approximation and an adaptive Kalman filter. 253–257. 8 indexed citations
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Alspach, D.. (1972). Dual control based on approximate a posteriori density functions. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(5). 689–693. 10 indexed citations
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Alspach, D. & H.W. Sorenson. (1972). Nonlinear Bayesian estimation using Gaussian sum approximations. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(4). 439–448. 906 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sorenson, H.W. & D. Alspach. (1971). Recursive bayesian estimation using gaussian sums. Automatica. 7(4). 465–479. 678 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schneider, Alan, et al.. (1970). Rendezvous Navigation and Guidance Using a Hand-Held Self-Powered Digital Computer. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-6(1). 22–28.
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Sorenson, H.W. & D. Alspach. (1970). Gaussian sum approximations for nonlinear filtering. 8. 193–193. 4 indexed citations

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