K.D. Young

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

K.D. Young is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K.D. Young has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 12 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in K.D. Young's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (25 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (14 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (10 papers). K.D. Young is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (25 papers), Iterative Learning Control Systems (14 papers) and Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems (10 papers). K.D. Young collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Russia. K.D. Young's co-authors include Ümi̇t Özgüner, Vadim Utkin, P.V. Kokotović, M. Thoma, Harry G. Kwatny, Xinkai Chen, Toshio Fukuda, S. Drakunov, Wu‐Chung Su and Oliver T. Strand and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and Automatica.

In The Last Decade

K.D. Young

49 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A control engineer's guide to sliding mode control

1999 1.7k citations K.D. Young, Vadim Utkin et al. profile →
Controller Design for a Manipulator Using Theory of Variable Structure Systems

1978 441 citations K.D. Young profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K.D. Young United States	18	3.0k	675	518	364	216	51	3.5k
Jean Lévine France	18	3.4k 1.1×	544 0.8×	482 0.9×	425 1.2×	240 1.1×	57	4.1k
Jürgen Guldner Germany	9	2.6k 0.8×	584 0.9×	1.1k 2.1×	304 0.8×	163 0.8×	13	3.3k
W.B. Gao China	5	2.1k 0.7×	409 0.6×	604 1.2×	242 0.7×	109 0.5×	22	2.4k
Mohamed Zribi Kuwait	27	2.3k 0.8×	436 0.6×	727 1.4×	199 0.5×	172 0.8×	121	3.0k
J. C. Hung United States	15	4.1k 1.3×	1.0k 1.5×	1.6k 3.1×	496 1.4×	301 1.4×	58	5.1k
J.S. Freudenberg United States	31	2.8k 0.9×	507 0.8×	689 1.3×	151 0.4×	186 0.9×	158	3.9k
Wei-Bing Gao China	8	2.1k 0.7×	407 0.6×	544 1.1×	205 0.6×	82 0.4×	30	2.4k
A. Oustaloup France	22	3.0k 1.0×	347 0.5×	597 1.2×	140 0.4×	211 1.0×	70	3.9k
D.J. Ballance United Kingdom	13	2.0k 0.7×	467 0.7×	308 0.6×	258 0.7×	170 0.8×	28	2.3k
Qiang Chen China	29	2.6k 0.8×	698 1.0×	442 0.9×	439 1.2×	188 0.9×	147	3.2k

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All Works

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Su, Wu‐Chung, S. Drakunov, Ümi̇t Özgüner, & K.D. Young. (2002). Sliding mode with chattering reduction in sampled data systems. 39. 2452–2457. 36 indexed citations

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Strand, Oliver T., et al.. (2002). Automated fiber pigtailing technology. 1000–1003. 7 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1998). A variable structure control approach to friction force compensation. 2138–2142 vol.4. 5 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & Ümi̇t Özgüner. (1996). Sliding Mode Design for Robust Linear Optimal Control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 29(1). 3467–3472. 2 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & Vadim Utkin. (1995). Sliding Mode in Systems with Parallel Unmodeled High Frequency Oscillations. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 28(14). 483–487. 4 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1993). Variable Structure Control for Robotics and Aerospace Applications. Elsevier eBooks. 79 indexed citations

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Young, K.D., et al.. (1990). Frequency shaped sliding mode synthesis. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 5 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1988). A distributed finite element modeling and control approach for largeflexible structures. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 13(4). 703–713. 3 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1985). A Decentralized Control Synthesis Method for Large-Scale Interconnected Systems. American Control Conference. 574–579. 1 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1985). On near optimal decentralized control. Automatica. 21(5). 607–610. 7 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & D.D. Šiljak. (1985). Robustness of reduced order decentralized control designs. 31. 1842–1843. 1 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1984). Deviation variables in linear multivariable servomechanisms. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 29(6). 567–569. 4 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & P.V. Kokotović. (1982). Analysis of feedback-loop interactions with actuator and sensor parasitics. Automatica. 18(5). 577–582. 17 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1982). Disturbance decoupling by high gain feedback. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 27(4). 970–971. 17 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & Harry G. Kwatny. (1981). Formulation and dynamic behavior of a variable structure servomechanism. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 18(18). 54. 3 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & P.V. Kokotović. (1981). An Asymptotic Analysis of Interactions of Feedback Loops with Parasitics in Actuators and Sensors *. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 14(2). 447–454. 1 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & Harry G. Kwatny. (1981). An Application of a Variable Structure Servomechanism Design to Turbine Overspeed Protection Control. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 14(2). 3045–3052. 3 indexed citations

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Young, K.D. & P.V. Kokotović. (1978). Actuator and sensor dynamics in multivariable feedback systems. 868–870. 1 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1977). Analysis and Synthesis of High-Gain and Variable Structure Feedback Systems. Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). 15 indexed citations

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Young, K.D.. (1977). Design of multivariable variable structure model following control systems. 1042–1048. 3 indexed citations

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