François Defaÿ

407 total citations
27 papers, 273 citations indexed

About

François Defaÿ is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, François Defaÿ has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 273 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 7 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in François Defaÿ's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (9 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (4 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (4 papers). François Defaÿ is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (9 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (4 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (4 papers). François Defaÿ collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and Brazil. François Defaÿ's co-authors include Ana M. Llor, Maurice Fadel, Jean‐Marc Moschetta, Marc Budinger, Jean‐Marc Biannic, Damienne Bajon, Zoya Popović, Caroline Ponzoni Carvalho Chanel, Daniel Alazard and Fabien Niel and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics and Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

François Defaÿ

27 papers receiving 266 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
François Defaÿ France 9 128 123 120 50 22 27 273
H. Rodríguez-Cortés Mexico 11 277 2.2× 25 0.2× 123 1.0× 86 1.7× 12 0.5× 61 336
Bernard Michini United States 6 110 0.9× 28 0.2× 142 1.2× 88 1.8× 6 0.3× 8 270
A. Chatterjee United States 4 99 0.8× 113 0.9× 81 0.7× 59 1.2× 3 0.1× 8 240
Yuemin Zheng China 11 178 1.4× 99 0.8× 53 0.4× 17 0.3× 3 0.1× 20 272
Moses Bangura Australia 6 190 1.5× 23 0.2× 160 1.3× 96 1.9× 5 0.2× 6 292
Fawaz Annaz United Kingdom 5 179 1.4× 19 0.2× 104 0.9× 65 1.3× 5 0.2× 19 259
Giulia Michieletto Italy 9 108 0.8× 56 0.5× 85 0.7× 56 1.1× 5 0.2× 29 250
David Balmford 3 125 1.0× 16 0.1× 147 1.2× 39 0.8× 9 0.4× 4 218
Mike Allenspach Switzerland 6 132 1.0× 9 0.1× 151 1.3× 66 1.3× 16 0.7× 12 236
Ezra Tal United States 8 90 0.7× 14 0.1× 160 1.3× 108 2.2× 9 0.4× 16 231

Countries citing papers authored by François Defaÿ

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Fields of papers citing papers by François Defaÿ

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of François Defaÿ

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lefèvre, Yvan, et al.. (2021). Model of an Ironless Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Motor Based on the Field Produced by a Single Magnet. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 57(7). 1–4. 4 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2020). Novel Model-Based Control Mixing Strategy for a Coaxial Push-Pull Multirotor. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 485–491. 9 indexed citations
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Budinger, Marc, et al.. (2020). Efficient sizing and optimization of multirotor drones based on scaling laws and similarity models. Aerospace Science and Technology. 102. 105873–105873. 31 indexed citations
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Bonnet, Marie‐Paule, et al.. (2019). 3D Magnetic Field Model of a Permanent Magnet Ironless Axial Flux Motor with Additively Manufactured Non-Active Parts. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1–2. 8 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2017). The feasibility issue in trajectory tracking by means of regions-of-attraction-based gain scheduling. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50(1). 11504–11508. 2 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2017). Collision-Free Rendezvous Maneuvers for Formations of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 50(1). 282–289. 6 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2017). Autonomous landing of an UAV on a moving platform using model predictive control. 2298–2303. 18 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2016). UAV obstacle avoidance scheme using an output to input saturation transformation technique. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 227–234. 2 indexed citations
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Fergani, Soheib, et al.. (2016). A novel structure design and control strategy for an aircraft active sidestick. INRIA a CCSD electronic archive server. 1114–1119. 3 indexed citations
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Fergani, Soheib, et al.. (2016). Discrete Sliding Mode control of small UAS in tight formation flight under information constraints. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 49(17). 332–337. 3 indexed citations
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Chanel, Caroline Ponzoni Carvalho, et al.. (2015). Backstepping control law application to path tracking with an indoor quadrotor. Open Archive Toulouse Archive Ouverte (University of Toulouse). 10 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2015). Longitudinal study of a tilt-body vehicle: Modeling, control and stability analysis. 816–824. 13 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2015). Wireless far-field charging of a micro-UAV. 1–4. 26 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2014). Development of the flight model of a tilt-body MAV. Research Repository (Delft University of Technology). 5 indexed citations
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Niel, Fabien, et al.. (2013). A Novel Parameter Varying Controller Synthesis Method for Quadrotor Control. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference. 4 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2012). Stabilization of an unmanned aerial vehicle using real-time embedded motion estimation. 2189–2194. 2 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, et al.. (2012). Preliminary Study of an Active Feedback System for Aircraft Guidance. AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, Ana M. Llor, & Maurice Fadel. (2010). Direct Control Strategy for a Four-Level Three-Phase Flying-Capacitor Inverter. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 57(7). 2240–2248. 81 indexed citations
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Defaÿ, François, Ana M. Llor, & Maurice Fadel. (2007). 2007 European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications, EPE. 1 indexed citations

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