Éric Féron

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
344 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

Éric Féron is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Éric Féron has authored 344 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 167 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 147 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 69 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Éric Féron's work include Air Traffic Management and Optimization (99 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (64 papers) and Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (42 papers). Éric Féron is often cited by papers focused on Air Traffic Management and Optimization (99 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (64 papers) and Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (42 papers). Éric Féron collaborates with scholars based in United States, Saudi Arabia and France. Éric Féron's co-authors include Munther A. Dahleh, Emilio Frazzoli, Jonathan P. How, Tom Schouwenaars, Bernard Mettler, V. Gavrilets, Jérôme Le Ny, V. Balakrishnan, Stephen Boyd and Laurent El Ghaoui and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Proceedings of the IEEE and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Éric Féron

323 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

Real-Time Motion Planning for Agile Autonomous Vehicles 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 200 400 600
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. Real-Time Motion Planning for Agile Autonomous Vehicles
    2002 625 citations Éric Féron et al. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics profile →
  2. Spacecraft Trajectory Planning with Avoidance Constraints Using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming
    2002 355 citations Tom Schouwenaars, Jonathan P. How et al. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Éric Féron United States 45 4.3k 3.7k 2.8k 1.1k 971 344 8.4k
Kimon P. Valavanis United States 42 3.0k 0.7× 2.6k 0.7× 2.3k 0.8× 1.3k 1.1× 371 0.4× 332 7.8k
Inseok Hwang United States 30 1.7k 0.4× 2.3k 0.6× 300 0.1× 879 0.8× 436 0.4× 241 4.4k
Antonios Tsourdos United Kingdom 50 4.7k 1.1× 2.5k 0.7× 2.9k 1.0× 1.8k 1.7× 1.1k 1.1× 589 9.4k
Steven L. Waslander Canada 34 3.4k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 3.2k 1.1× 905 0.8× 901 0.9× 145 6.6k
Ella Atkins United States 29 1.8k 0.4× 2.4k 0.6× 804 0.3× 4.9k 4.4× 580 0.6× 244 7.7k
Emilio Frazzoli United States 56 4.2k 1.0× 6.2k 1.7× 6.9k 2.4× 4.5k 4.1× 5.2k 5.4× 356 16.7k
H.A.P. Blom Netherlands 27 1.6k 0.4× 1.3k 0.4× 244 0.1× 484 0.4× 224 0.2× 145 4.2k
Xianbin Cao China 46 2.4k 0.6× 247 0.1× 2.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.3× 232 0.2× 250 7.1k
Sertaç Karaman United States 41 2.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 4.4k 1.6× 887 0.8× 1.7k 1.8× 173 7.0k
Magnus Egerstedt United States 51 1.9k 0.4× 6.1k 1.7× 2.9k 1.0× 9.1k 8.3× 609 0.6× 449 15.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Éric Féron

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Éric Féron

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2025). Schedule optimization and staff allocation for airport security checkpoints using guided simulated annealing and integer linear programming. Journal of Air Transport Management. 124. 102746–102746. 1 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2025). Acceleration Feedback Control for Atmospheric Reduced Gravity Flights. 1 indexed citations
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Delahaye, Daniel, et al.. (2023). An ILP approach for tactical flight rescheduling during airport access mode disruptions. International Transactions in Operational Research. 31(3). 1426–1457. 3 indexed citations
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Yudhanto, Arief, et al.. (2023). Post-consolidation process for modifying microscale and mesoscale parameters of 3D printed composite materials. Frontiers in Materials. 10. 5 indexed citations
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Akhter, Zubair, et al.. (2022). Indigenously Developed HD Video Transmission System for UAVs Employing a 3 × 3 MIMO Antenna System. IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation. 3. 940–947. 3 indexed citations
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Delahaye, Daniel, et al.. (2021). A Fast and Flexible Emergency Trajectory Generator Enhancing Emergency Geometric Planning with Aircraft Dynamics. QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme. 6 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2019). Developing Concepts for Optimal Scheduling in Distributed Turbine Engine Control Systems. AIAA Propulsion and Energy 2019 Forum. 1 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2018). Triple-Integral Control for Reduced-G Atmospheric Flight. 392–397. 8 indexed citations
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Marzuoli, Aude, et al.. (2015). Optimal Planning Strategy for Ambush Avoidance. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 11–18. 2 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric. (2012). Formal methods for aerospace applications. 3–3. 1 indexed citations
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Marzuoli, Aude, Christophe Hurter, & Éric Féron. (2012). Data visualization techniques for airspace flow modeling. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 79–86. 4 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2006). Air traffic complexity. 1358–1363. 4 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, et al.. (2006). Aggressive Landing Maneuvers for 3DOF Helicopter UAV. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit. 3 indexed citations
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Schouwenaars, Tom, Mario Valenti, Éric Féron, Jonathan P. How, & Ellen T. Roche. (2006). Linear Programming and Language Processing for Human-Unmanned Aerial-Vehicle Team Missions. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 29(2). 303–313. 18 indexed citations
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Mitra, Sayan, Wang Yong, Nancy Lynch, & Éric Féron. (2003). Safety verification of model helicopter controller using hybrid input/output automata. Lecture notes in computer science. 2623. 343–358. 8 indexed citations
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Schouwenaars, Tom, Bart De Moor, Éric Féron, & Jonathan P. How. (2001). Mixed integer programming for multi-vehicle path planning. 2603–2608. 401 indexed citations
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Hall, Steven R., et al.. (1999). Robust H 2 control. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics eBooks. 155–174. 1 indexed citations
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Boyd, Stephen, V. Balakrishnan, Éric Féron, & Laurent El Ghaoui. (1993). Control System Analysis and Synthesis via Linear Matrix Inequalities. 2147–2154. 90 indexed citations
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Féron, Éric, V. Balakrishnan, Stephen Boyd, & Laurent El Ghaoui. (1992). Numerical Methods for H2 Related Problems. American Control Conference. 29(29). 2921–2922. 27 indexed citations

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