D.M. Dawson

17.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
369 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

D.M. Dawson is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, D.M. Dawson has authored 369 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 96 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 65 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in D.M. Dawson's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (124 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (91 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (58 papers). D.M. Dawson is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (124 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (91 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (58 papers). D.M. Dawson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Türkiye and Jordan. D.M. Dawson's co-authors include Warren E. Dixon, Frank L. Lewis, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Marcio de Queiroz, Erkan Zergeroğlu, Aman Behal, Zhihua Qu, Bin Xian, Ian D. Walker and Yongchun Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications.

In The Last Decade

D.M. Dawson

358 papers receiving 12.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Control of Robot Manipulators

1993 1.0k citations Frank L. Lewis, D.M. Dawson et al. Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
Robot Manipulator Control: Theory and Practice

2003 634 citations Frank L. Lewis, D.M. Dawson et al. profile →
A Continuous Asymptotic Tracking Control Strategy for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

2004 516 citations Bin Xian, D.M. Dawson et al. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Adaptive tracking control of an underactuated aerial vehicle 2011 ·(unknown), C. Nataraj, Timothy C. Burg, D.M. Dawson	41
2	A model-based sliding mode controller for extensible continuum robots 2010 ·International Conference on Signal Processing ·Apoorva Kapadia, Ian D. Walker, D.M. Dawson, Enver Tatlıcıoğlu	34
3	Backstepping PWM control for maximum power tracking in photovoltaic array systems 2010 ·(unknown), Enver Tatlıcıoğlu, D.M. Dawson	27
4	Whole arm grasping control for redundant robot manipulators 2006 ·David Braganza, Michael L. McIntyre, D.M. Dawson, Ian D. Walker	21
5	Design and experimental testing of the OctArm soft robot manipulator 2006 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Michael D. Grissom, Vilas K. Chitrakaran, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Bryan A. Jones, William McMahan, D.M. Dawson, (unknown), Ian D. Walker	105
6	Continuum robot arms inspired by cephalopods 2005 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ian D. Walker, D.M. Dawson, Tamar Flash, Frank W. Grasso, Roger T. Hanlon, Binyamin Hochner, William M. Kier, Christopher C. Pagano, Christopher D. Rahn, (unknown)	230
7	Experimental demonstration of an actuated exercise machine 2005 ·PubMed ·(unknown), D.M. Dawson, Warren E. Dixon, Bin Xian	1
8	Homography-Based Visual Servo Regulation of Mobile Robots 2005 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·Yongchun Fang, Warren E. Dixon, D.M. Dawson, (unknown)	152
9	Adaptive homography-based visual servo tyacking 2004 ·J. Chen, D.M. Dawson, Warren E. Dixon, Aman Behal	12
10	Exponential Tracking Control of a Hydraulic Proportional Directional Valve and Cylinder via Integrator Backstepping 2002 ·Dynamic Systems and Control ·J. Chen, Warren E. Dixon, John R. Wagner, D.M. Dawson	7
11	Tracking and regulation control of an underactuated surface vessel with nonintegrable dynamics 2002 ·IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control ·Aman Behal, D.M. Dawson, Warren E. Dixon, Y. Fang	186
12	Adaptive tracking control of a wheeled mobile robot via an uncalibrated camera system 2001 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·Warren E. Dixon, D.M. Dawson, Erkan Zergeroğlu, Aman Behal	128
13	Global exponential tracking control of a mobile robot system via a PE condition 2000 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·Warren E. Dixon, D.M. Dawson, F. Zhang, Erkan Zergeroğlu	70
14	Boundary Control of Mechanical Systems 1999 ·Marcio de Queiroz, Siddharth P. Nagarkatti, Fumin Zhang, D.M. Dawson	7
15	Multiple neural-network-based adaptive controller using orthonormal activation function neural networks 1999 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks ·(unknown), D.M. Dawson, Frank W. Paul	15
16	Robust neural-network control of rigid-link electrically driven robots 1998 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks ·Chiman Kwan, Frank L. Lewis, D.M. Dawson	117
17	An adaptive link position tracking controller for rigid-link flexible-joint robots without velocity measurements 1997 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·(unknown), D.M. Dawson, Jun Hu, Marcio de Queiroz	42
18	Adaptive position/force control of robot manipulators without velocity measurements: theory and experimentation 1997 ·IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) ·Marcio de Queiroz, Jun Hu, D.M. Dawson, Timothy C. Burg, (unknown)	72
19	Nonlinear control of robotic systems for environmental waste and restoration 1995 ·Prentice-Hall, Inc eBooks ·D.M. Dawson, Michael Bridges, Zhihua Qu, Mohammad Jamshidi	40
20	Control of Robot Manipulators breakdown → 1993 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Frank L. Lewis, D.M. Dawson, Chaouki T. Abdallah	1013

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