John Vian

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

John Vian is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, John Vian has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 27 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in John Vian's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (25 papers), Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (17 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (10 papers). John Vian is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (25 papers), Reinforcement Learning in Robotics (17 papers) and Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (10 papers). John Vian collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Spain. John Vian's co-authors include Jonathan P. How, Stefan Bieniawski, Nikhil Nigam, Ilan Kroo, Girish Chowdhary, Christopher Amato, Nazım Kemal Üre, Brett Bethke, Pedro A. Torres‐Carrasquillo and Hayley J. Davison Reynolds and has published in prestigious journals such as The International Journal of Robotics Research, IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology and Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics.

In The Last Decade

John Vian

80 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Control of Multiple UAVs for Persistent Surveillance: Algorithm and Flight Test Results

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Deep Decentralized Multi-task Multi-Agent RL under Partial Observability 2017 ·arXiv (Cornell University) ·Shayegan Omidshafiei, Jason Pazis, Christopher Amato, Jonathan P. How, John Vian	6
2	Graph-based Cross Entropy method for solving multi-robot decentralized POMDPs 2016 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·Ali‐akbar Agha‐mohammadi, Christopher Amato, John Vian, Shayegan Omidshafiei, Shih‐Yuan Liu, Jonathan P. How	2
3	MAR-CPS: Measurable Augmented Reality for Prototyping Cyber-Physical Systems 2015 ·DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ·John Vian, (unknown), Shayegan Omidshafiei, Ali‐akbar Agha‐mohammadi, Yu Fan Chen, Nazım Kemal Üre, Jonathan P. How	9
4	Best Practices—Direct Emulsion-Based Drilling Solution as a New Approach to Drilling in Mature Fields with Low Reservoir Pressure (Russian) 2015 ·SPE Russian Petroleum Technology Conference ·(unknown), (unknown), Andrei B. Kharitonov, John Vian, (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	An Automated Battery Management System to Enable Persistent Missions With Multiple Aerial Vehicles 2014 ·IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics ·Nazım Kemal Üre, Girish Chowdhary, (unknown), Jonathan P. How, Matthew A. Vavrina, John Vian	114
6	Experimental Demonstration of Multi-Agent Learning and Planning under Uncertainty for Persistent Missions with Automated Battery Management 2012 ·AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference ·Nazım Kemal Üre, (unknown), Girish Chowdhary, Joshua Redding, Jonathan P. How, Matthew A. Vavrina, John Vian	6
7	Characterizing and Calibrating the Novel PhaseSpace Camera System 2011 ·AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference ·Jeremy J. Davis, (unknown), Matthew A. Vavrina, John L. Junkins, John Vian	1
8	Memetic Mission Management [Application Notes 2010 ·IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine ·(unknown), Emad Saad, Donald C. Wunsch, John Vian	8
9	Multi-UAV Persistent Surveillance with Communication Constraints and Health Mangement 2009 ·AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference ·Brett Bethke, Jonathan P. How, John Vian	29
10	Multi Source Data Integration for Aircraft Health Management 2008 ·Proceedings - IEEE Aerospace Conference ·(unknown), (unknown), Vassilis L. Syrmos, G. J. Clark, John Vian, (unknown)	12
11	Real-time indoor autonomous vehicle test environment 2008 ·IEEE Control Systems ·Jonathan P. How, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John Vian	312
12	Embedding Health Management into Mission Tasking for UAV Teams 2007 ·Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference ·Mario Valenti, Brett Bethke, Jonathan P. How, Daniela Pucci de Farias, John Vian	56
13	The MIT Indoor Multi-Vehicle Flight Testbed 2007 ·Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation/Proceedings ·Mario Valenti, Brett Bethke, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jonathan P. How, John Vian	45
14	Lifetime control of electromechanical actuators 2005 ·(unknown), S. Chiu, (unknown), John Vian	36
15	Query-based learning for aerospace applications 2003 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks ·Emad Saad, J.J. Choi, John Vian, Donald C. Wunsch	8
16	Set constraint discovery: missing sensor data restoration using autoassociative regression machines 2003 ·(unknown), Robert J. Marks, John Vian, J.J. Choi, M.A. El-Sharkawi, B.B. Thompson	30
17	H/sub infinity / control for singularly perturbed systems 2002 ·John Vian, M.E. Sawan	6
18	Determination of ground emitter location 1988 ·IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine ·(unknown), John Vian, (unknown)	6
19	Data Collected for the International Directory of Nurses with Doctoral Degrees 1975 ·Nursing Research ·(unknown), John Vian	4
20	Nurses with earned doctoral degrees. An analysis of information collected for the American Nurses' Foundation Directory of Nurses with Earned Doctoral Degrees. 1971 ·PubMed ·(unknown), (unknown), John Vian	2

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