K. Sam Shanmugan

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
57 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

K. Sam Shanmugan is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. Sam Shanmugan has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 22 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. Sam Shanmugan's work include Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (13 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (10 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (7 papers). K. Sam Shanmugan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques (13 papers), Wireless Communication Networks Research (10 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (7 papers). K. Sam Shanmugan collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Russia. K. Sam Shanmugan's co-authors include Victor S. Frost, Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, J. C. Holtzman, A.M. Breipohl, Theodore S. Rappaport, William H. Tranter, Kurt Kosbar, S. Sivaprakasam and F.T. Ulaby and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

K. Sam Shanmugan

53 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

A Model for Radar Images and Its Application to Adaptive Digital Filtering of Multiplicative Noise

1982 1.5k citations Victor S. Frost, K. Sam Shanmugan et al. profile →
Simulation of Communication Systems

1992 637 citations Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
K. Sam Shanmugan United States	16	1.5k	1.3k	936	862	600	57	3.7k
Victor S. Frost United States	18	535 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	933 1.0×	892 1.0×	507 0.8×	120	2.9k
Chong‐Yung Chi Taiwan	33	2.2k 1.5×	565 0.4×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.4×	781 1.3×	188	4.9k
John W. Woods United States	28	505 0.3×	2.6k 2.0×	472 0.5×	464 0.5×	191 0.3×	134	4.0k
Panagiotis Tsakalides Greece	26	423 0.3×	1.4k 1.1×	865 0.9×	272 0.3×	298 0.5×	184	3.4k
Xiao Fu United States	25	1.2k 0.9×	681 0.5×	461 0.5×	590 0.7×	409 0.7×	130	3.7k
Enrico Magli Italy	31	752 0.5×	2.4k 1.8×	693 0.7×	812 0.9×	125 0.2×	268	3.6k
Bruno O. Shubert United States	7	1.6k 1.1×	561 0.4×	108 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	410 0.7×	11	4.0k
R. Rezaiifar United States	6	548 0.4×	1.2k 0.9×	358 0.4×	293 0.3×	242 0.4×	8	3.1k
Wen-Liang Hwang Taiwan	20	429 0.3×	2.4k 1.8×	736 0.8×	118 0.1×	153 0.3×	120	4.5k
R.M. Mersereau United States	35	591 0.4×	4.7k 3.7×	1.7k 1.9×	254 0.3×	376 0.6×	186	6.9k

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Tranter, William H., K. Sam Shanmugan, Theodore S. Rappaport, & Kurt Kosbar. (2004). Principles of communication systems simulation. 7 indexed citations

Garcı́a, J.L., et al.. (2003). Simulation-based estimation of intermodulation distortion and C/IM. 7. 700–706. 3 indexed citations

Holtzman, J. C., et al.. (2003). COEDS: a CAAD tool for shipboard communication system engineering. emc 22. 1685–1691.

Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (2002). Characterization of bursty channels using Markov models. 3. 1615–1619. 3 indexed citations

Schaffer, Steve, et al.. (2002). A block oriented paradigm for modeling communications networks. 689–695. 2 indexed citations

Jeruchim, Michel C., Philip Balaban, & K. Sam Shanmugan. (2000). Simulation of Communication Systems: Modeling, Methodology and Techniques. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 183 indexed citations

Townsend, J.K. & K. Sam Shanmugan. (1990). On improving the computational efficiency of digital lightwave link simulation. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 38(11). 2040–2048. 11 indexed citations

Frost, Victor S., et al.. (1988). Efficient techniques for the simulation of computer communications networks. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 6(1). 146–157. 20 indexed citations

Mouftah, Hussein T. & K. Sam Shanmugan. (1987). Computer aided techniques for communications systems engineering. IEEE Communications Magazine. 25(7). 48–54. 6 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S., et al.. (1987). Some new efficient techniques for the simulation of computer communications networks. 152–158. 1 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S. & K. Sam Shanmugan. (1986). Hybrid Approaches to Network Simulation.. International Conference on Communications. 228–234. 5 indexed citations

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Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (1986). An adaptive linearizer for 16-QAM transmission over non-linear satellite channels. Global Communications Conference. 1. 126–132. 5 indexed citations

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Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (1986). Block-Oriented Systems Simulator (BOSS). 36.1.1–36.1.10. 15 indexed citations

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Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (1984). Simulation of M-ary transmission schemes operating over nonlinear satellite channels. International Conference on Communications. 1. 340–344. 4 indexed citations

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Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (1983). Simulation of spread-spectrum systems using ICSSM. Global Communications Conference. 3. 1612. 2 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S. & K. Sam Shanmugan. (1983). The Information Content of Synthetic Aperture Radar Images of Terrain. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. AES-19(5). 768–774. 27 indexed citations

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Shanmugan, K. Sam, et al.. (1983). Identification of corn fields using multidate radar data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 13(3). 251–264. 8 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S., K. Sam Shanmugan, & J. C. Holtzman. (1982). An information theory characterization of radar images and a new definition for radiometric resolution. 1 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S., et al.. (1982). A statistical model for radar images of agricultural scenes. 1 indexed citations

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Frost, Victor S., K. Sam Shanmugan, & J. C. Holtzman. (1982). Edge detection for synthetic aperture radar and other noisy images. 2. 10 indexed citations

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