Derek Kingston

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Derek Kingston is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Kingston has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 23 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 20 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Derek Kingston's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (20 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (20 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (13 papers). Derek Kingston is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (20 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (20 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (13 papers). Derek Kingston collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Derek Kingston's co-authors include Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain, David W. Casbeer, Wei Ren, Deryl Snyder, Michael A. Goodrich, Morgan Quigley, Wei Ren, Steven A. Rasmussen and P. B. Sujit and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.

In The Last Decade

Derek Kingston

42 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Cooperative forest fire surveillance using a team of smal... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2006 100 200 300 400
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. Cooperative forest fire surveillance using a team of small unmanned air vehicles
    2006 411 citations David W. Casbeer, Derek Kingston et al. profile →
  2. Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs
    2006 344 citations Randal W. Beard, Timothy W. McLain et al. Proceedings of the IEEE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Derek Kingston United States 18 1.2k 1.1k 725 524 367 42 2.2k
Hyondong Oh South Korea 28 730 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 748 1.0× 641 1.2× 411 1.1× 108 2.4k
Brian White United Kingdom 27 783 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 910 1.7× 432 1.2× 204 3.0k
Eric W. Frew United States 26 1.2k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 913 1.3× 515 1.0× 357 1.0× 150 2.7k
David W. Casbeer United States 30 1.9k 1.7× 2.1k 1.8× 958 1.3× 932 1.8× 472 1.3× 233 3.9k
Hugh H. T. Liu Canada 27 617 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 504 0.7× 972 1.9× 179 0.5× 146 2.4k
P. B. Sujit India 27 1.0k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 1.3k 1.8× 491 0.9× 226 0.6× 118 2.5k
Gökhan İnalhan Türkiye 22 671 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 488 0.7× 715 1.4× 204 0.6× 140 2.5k
Han‐Lim Choi South Korea 22 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 684 0.9× 255 0.5× 515 1.4× 195 2.5k
Honglun Wang China 31 612 0.5× 1.9k 1.7× 1.1k 1.5× 1.6k 3.0× 337 0.9× 127 3.3k
Gabriel Hoffmann United States 15 632 0.5× 1.4k 1.3× 980 1.4× 1.7k 3.2× 419 1.1× 21 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Kingston

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Kingston

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Kingston

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Derek Kingston. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Derek Kingston 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 Derek Kingston. Derek Kingston is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Argrow, Brian, et al.. (2017). Error Sensitivity Analysis of Small UAS Wind-Sensing Systems. 7 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, Steven Rasmussen, & Laura Humphrey. (2016). Automated UAV tasks for search and surveillance. 1–8. 23 indexed citations
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Milutinović, Dejan, David W. Casbeer, Yongcan Cao, & Derek Kingston. (2016). Coordinate frame free Dubins vehicle circumnavigation using only range‐based measurements. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 27(16). 2937–2960. 46 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Steven A., Krishna Kalyanam, & Derek Kingston. (2016). Field experiment of a fully autonomous multiple UAV/UGS intruder detection and monitoring system. 1293–1302. 17 indexed citations
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Cao, Yongcan, Derek Kingston, & Steven Rasmussen. (2015). UAV Circumnavigation under a GPS-denied Environment: Algorithms and Experiments. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaofeng, Eloy García, Derek Kingston, & David W. Casbeer. (2015). Consensus-based simultaneous arrival of multiple UAVs with constrained velocity. 5732–5737. 5 indexed citations
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Rasmussen, Steven A. & Derek Kingston. (2015). Development and flight test of an area monitoring system using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and unattended ground sensors. 1215–1224. 6 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, et al.. (2014). UAV navigation using predictive vector field control. 1389. 4907–4912. 11 indexed citations
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Mears, Mark, et al.. (2011). 2010 ICE-T Cooperative Control Flight Testing. 6 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, et al.. (2011). Cooperative control of autonomous systems. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 21(12). 1355–1357. 4 indexed citations
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Karaman, Sertaç, Steven A. Rasmussen, Derek Kingston, & Emilio Frazzoli. (2009). Specification and planning of UAV missions: a Process Algebra approach. 25 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, Steven A. Rasmussen, & Mark Mears. (2009). Base Defense Using a Task Assignment Framework. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 6 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, et al.. (2008). Decentralized Perimeter Surveillance Using a Team of UAVs. IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 24(6). 1394–1404. 165 indexed citations
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Sujit, P. B., Derek Kingston, & Randy Beard. (2007). Cooperative forest fire monitoring using multiple UAVs. 4875–4880. 56 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek & Randal W. Beard. (2006). Discrete-time average-consensus under switching network topologies. 6 pp.–6 pp.. 103 indexed citations
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Beard, Randal W., et al.. (2006). Decentralized Cooperative Aerial Surveillance Using Fixed-Wing Miniature UAVs. Proceedings of the IEEE. 94(7). 1306–1324. 344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ren, Wei, Randal W. Beard, & Derek Kingston. (2005). Multi-agent kalman consensus with relative uncertainty. 1865–1870. 188 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, Wei Ren, & Randal W. Beard. (2005). Consensus algorithms are input-to-state stable. 1686–1690. 60 indexed citations
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Kingston, Derek, et al.. (2005). Decentralized Perimeter Surveillance Using a Team of UAVs. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 22 indexed citations
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Beard, Randal W., Derek Kingston, & Wei Ren. (2004). Kalman Consensus Strategies and Their Application to Cooperative Control. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2 indexed citations

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