Jesús Capitán

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Jesús Capitán is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Jesús Capitán has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 18 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Jesús Capitán's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (24 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (20 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (12 papers). Jesús Capitán is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (24 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (20 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (12 papers). Jesús Capitán collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Germany and Portugal. Jesús Capitán's co-authors include Anı́bal Ollero, Fernando Caballero, Iván Maza, José Ramiro Martínez‐de Dios, Luís Merino, Matthijs T. J. Spaan, Ángel Rodríguez Castaño, Rita Cunha, Arturo Torres‐González and Pedro José Marrón and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Access, Sensors and The International Journal of Robotics Research.

In The Last Decade

Jesús Capitán

47 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Experimental Results in Multi-UAV Coordination for Disaster Management and Civil Security Applications
    2010 318 citations Iván Maza, Fernando Caballero et al. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jesús Capitán Spain 18 615 451 439 155 148 49 1.1k
Alejandro Rodríguez-Ramos Spain 13 503 0.8× 522 1.2× 143 0.3× 189 1.2× 156 1.1× 18 913
Manish Kumar United States 16 584 0.9× 568 1.3× 271 0.6× 115 0.7× 184 1.2× 89 1.1k
Mohammad-Hashem Haghbayan Finland 17 553 0.9× 426 0.9× 433 1.0× 76 0.5× 95 0.6× 58 1.1k
John G. Rogers United States 17 547 0.9× 533 1.2× 128 0.3× 137 0.9× 151 1.0× 62 912
J. Ferruz Spain 15 532 0.9× 656 1.5× 163 0.4× 146 0.9× 210 1.4× 33 1.0k
Steven J. Rasmussen United States 15 510 0.8× 466 1.0× 398 0.9× 112 0.7× 264 1.8× 24 1.0k
Yu Wu China 21 681 1.1× 595 1.3× 296 0.7× 110 0.7× 219 1.5× 74 1.3k
Chao Yan China 12 475 0.8× 406 0.9× 302 0.7× 264 1.7× 124 0.8× 56 853
Abdulla Al-Kaff Spain 14 444 0.7× 520 1.2× 154 0.4× 77 0.5× 121 0.8× 36 831
Vincent Roberge Canada 13 666 1.1× 724 1.6× 234 0.5× 220 1.4× 312 2.1× 40 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jesús Capitán

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jesús Capitán

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Capitán, Jesús, et al.. (2022). Distributed Trajectory Planning for a Formation of Aerial Vehicles Inspecting Wind Turbines. 646–654. 6 indexed citations
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Krátký, Vít, et al.. (2021). Autonomous Aerial Filming With Distributed Lighting by a Team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6(4). 7580–7587. 32 indexed citations
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Torres‐González, Arturo, et al.. (2021). Localization System for Lightweight Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Inspection Tasks. Sensors. 21(17). 5937–5937. 8 indexed citations
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Castaño, Ángel Rodríguez, Arturo Torres‐González, Jesús Capitán, et al.. (2021). Experimental Evaluation of a Team of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Cooperative Construction. IEEE Access. 9. 6817–6835. 17 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, et al.. (2020). Point-Cloud Fast Filter for People Detection with Indoor Service Robots. Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen. 161–165. 1 indexed citations
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Acevedo, José J., et al.. (2020). A Dynamic Weighted Area Assignment Based on a Particle Filter for Active Cooperative Perception. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 5(2). 736–743. 13 indexed citations
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Torres‐González, Arturo, et al.. (2020). Director Tools for Autonomous Media Production with a Team of Drones. Applied Sciences. 10(4). 1494–1494. 8 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, et al.. (2019). Optimal Trajectory Planning for Autonomous Drone Cinematography. 1–7. 13 indexed citations
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Castaño, Ángel Rodríguez, et al.. (2019). A framework to handle threats for UAS operating in the U-space. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, et al.. (2019). Risk Assessment based on SORA Methodology for a UAS Media Production Application. 451–459. 23 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, et al.. (2018). Decentralized 3D Collision Avoidance for Multiple UAVs in Outdoor Environments. Sensors. 18(12). 4101–4101. 31 indexed citations
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Ceriotti, Matteo, et al.. (2018). Marrying Stationary Low-Power Wireless Networks and Mobile Robots in a Hybrid Surveillance System. Universitätsbibliographie, Universität Duisburg-Essen. 131–138.
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Ceriotti, Matteo, Francisco Alarcón, Konstantin Kondak, et al.. (2016). Kassandra : A framework for distributed simulation of heterogeneous cooperating objects. Journal of Systems Architecture. 73. 28–41. 2 indexed citations
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Pérez–Hurtado, Ignacio, Jesús Capitán, Fernando Caballero, & Luís Merino. (2015). An extension of GHMMs for environments with occlusions and automatic goal discovery for person trajectory prediction. idUS (Universidad de Sevilla). 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, Luís Merino, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2015). Cooperative Decision-Making Under Uncertainties for Multi-Target Surveillance with Multiples UAVs. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 84(1-4). 371–386. 56 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, Luís Merino, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2014). Decentralized cooperation of multiple UAS for multi-target surveillance under uncertainties. 10 indexed citations
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Capitán, Jesús, Matthijs T. J. Spaan, Luís Merino, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2013). Decentralized multi-robot cooperation with auctioned POMDPs. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 32(6). 650–671. 81 indexed citations
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Ollero, Anı́bal, Iván Maza, Ángel Rodríguez Castaño, et al.. (2012). Proyecto AWARE. Integración de Vehículos Aéreos no Tripulados con Redes Inalámbricas de Sensores y Actuadores. Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial RIAI. 9(1). 46–56. 2 indexed citations
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Maza, Iván, Fernando Caballero, Jesús Capitán, José Ramiro Martínez‐de Dios, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2010). Experimental Results in Multi-UAV Coordination for Disaster Management and Civil Security Applications. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 61(1-4). 563–585. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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Capitán, Jesús, Luís Merino, Fernando Caballero, & Anı́bal Ollero. (2009). Delayed-state information filter for cooperative decentralized tracking. 3865–3870. 20 indexed citations

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