D.J. Ballance

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

D.J. Ballance is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, D.J. Ballance has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 3 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in D.J. Ballance's work include Advanced Control Systems Optimization (13 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (9 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (6 papers). D.J. Ballance is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Control Systems Optimization (13 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (9 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (6 papers). D.J. Ballance collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Norway. D.J. Ballance's co-authors include Wen‐Hua Chen, P.J. Gawthrop, J. O’Reilly, J.J. Gribble, Yun Li, J. W. Horwood, O.L.R. Jacobs, David W. Roberts and Wenhua Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Automatica and Systems & Control Letters.

In The Last Decade

D.J. Ballance

28 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

A nonlinear disturbance observer for robotic manipulators

2000 1.4k citations Wen‐Hua Chen, D.J. Ballance et al. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
D.J. Ballance United Kingdom	13	2.0k	467	308	258	194	28	2.3k
Yuxin Su China	24	1.8k 0.9×	425 0.9×	238 0.8×	320 1.2×	154 0.8×	101	2.1k
Chunhong Zheng China	20	1.5k 0.7×	415 0.9×	226 0.7×	261 1.0×	119 0.6×	66	1.7k
W.B. Gao China	5	2.1k 1.1×	409 0.9×	604 2.0×	242 0.9×	130 0.7×	22	2.4k
Wei-Bing Gao China	8	2.1k 1.0×	407 0.9×	544 1.8×	205 0.8×	191 1.0×	30	2.4k
Javad Poshtan Iran	21	1.3k 0.6×	453 1.0×	249 0.8×	168 0.7×	101 0.5×	155	1.8k
R. Garrido Mexico	20	1.1k 0.5×	330 0.7×	245 0.8×	136 0.5×	174 0.9×	129	1.6k
Wenchao Xue China	27	2.6k 1.3×	480 1.0×	528 1.7×	399 1.5×	342 1.8×	133	3.1k
Seong-Ik Han South Korea	20	1.2k 0.6×	325 0.7×	153 0.5×	141 0.5×	256 1.3×	75	1.5k
Thierry Floquet France	26	2.4k 1.2×	322 0.7×	295 1.0×	229 0.9×	541 2.8×	95	2.9k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Ballance, D.J., et al.. (2015). A NEW APPROACH FOR EVALUATING THE PEDALLING EFFICIENCY OF A BIKE RIDER IN SEATED CYCLING BY USING THEORY OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS. 14(2). 115–150. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua, J. O’Reilly, & D.J. Ballance. (2003). On the terminal region of model predictive control for non‐linear systems with input/state constraints. International Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing. 17(3). 195–207. 54 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua, D.J. Ballance, & P.J. Gawthrop. (2003). Optimal control of nonlinear systems: a predictive control approach. Automatica. 39(4). 633–641. 320 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua & D.J. Ballance. (2002). On a switching control scheme for nonlinear systems with ill-defined relative degree. Systems & Control Letters. 47(2). 159–166. 27 indexed citations

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O’Reilly, J., et al.. (2002). MIMO nonlinear PID predictive controller. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications. 149(3). 203–208. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua & D.J. Ballance. (2001). QFT design for uncertain non-minimum phase and unstable plants revisited. International Journal of Control. 74(9). 957–965. 20 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua, D.J. Ballance, P.J. Gawthrop, & J. O’Reilly. (2000). A nonlinear disturbance observer for robotic manipulators. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 47(4). 932–938. 1376 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Wen‐Hua & D.J. Ballance. (1999). Plant Template Generation for Uncertain Plants in Quantitative Feedback Theory. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. 121(3). 358–364. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua, D.J. Ballance, P.J. Gawthrop, J.J. Gribble, & J. O’Reilly. (1999). Nonlinear PID Predictive Controller. IEE Proceedings - Control Theory and Applications. 146(6). 603–611. 148 indexed citations

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Chen, Wenhua & D.J. Ballance. (1999). A comparison of methods for computing frequency response of uncertain plants. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 32(2). 3207–3212. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua, D.J. Ballance, & P.J. Gawthrop. (1999). Nonlinear generalised predictive control and optimal dynamical inversion control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 32(2). 2540–2545. 12 indexed citations

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Ballance, D.J., et al.. (1998). Automatic loop-shaping in QFT using genetic algorithms. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 23 indexed citations

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Chen, Wen‐Hua & D.J. Ballance. (1998). QFT design for uncertain nonminimum phase and unstable plants. 2486–2490 vol.4. 8 indexed citations

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Ballance, D.J.. (1998). Symbolic computation in value sets of plants with uncertain parameters. 1998. 1322–1327. 7 indexed citations

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Gawthrop, P.J. & D.J. Ballance. (1997). Symbolic algebra and physical-model-based control. Computing & Control Engineering Journal. 8(2). 70–76. 10 indexed citations

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Ballance, D.J.. (1996). A survey of template generation methods for quantitative feedback theory. 1996. 172–174. 9 indexed citations

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Ballance, D.J. & P.J. Gawthrop. (1991). Control systems design via a quantitative feedback theory approach. 476–480. 11 indexed citations

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Jacobs, O.L.R., D.J. Ballance, & J. W. Horwood. (1991). Fishery management as a problem in feedback control. Automatica. 27(4). 627–639. 3 indexed citations

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Horwood, J. W., O.L.R. Jacobs, & D.J. Ballance. (1990). A feed-back control law to stabilize fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 47(1). 57–64. 9 indexed citations

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Ballance, D.J., O.L.R. Jacobs, & J. W. Horwood. (1988). Application of CADCS Methods to a Problem in Fishery Management. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 21(8). 427–430. 2 indexed citations

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