Krishna Dev Kumar

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Krishna Dev Kumar is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Astronomy and Astrophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Krishna Dev Kumar has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 67 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 29 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Recurrent topics in Krishna Dev Kumar's work include Space Satellite Systems and Control (60 papers), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (50 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (44 papers). Krishna Dev Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Space Satellite Systems and Control (60 papers), Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (50 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (44 papers). Krishna Dev Kumar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and India. Krishna Dev Kumar's co-authors include An‐Min Zou, Anton de Ruiter, Zeng‐Guang Hou, Xi Liu, Godard, Hekmat Alighanbari, Afshin Rahimi, Junquan Li, Toshiharu Yasaka and Yaodong Pan and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Krishna Dev Kumar

115 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Finite-Time Attitude Tracking Control for Spacecraft Using Terminal Sliding Mode and Chebyshev Neural Network

2011 359 citations An‐Min Zou, Krishna Dev Kumar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Krishna Dev Kumar Canada	33	2.5k	1.9k	987	602	161	120	3.5k
Xibin Cao China	26	1.4k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	447 0.5×	244 0.4×	195 1.2×	180	2.3k
Amit K. Sanyal United States	23	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	373 0.4×	354 0.6×	275 1.7×	142	2.6k
Guangfu Ma China	33	3.2k 1.3×	1.7k 0.9×	2.4k 2.4×	190 0.3×	182 1.1×	192	4.8k
Maruthi R. Akella United States	27	1.7k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	350 0.4×	276 0.5×	165 1.0×	124	2.7k
Anton de Ruiter Canada	24	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	373 0.4×	390 0.6×	126 0.8×	117	2.0k
Kamesh Subbarao United States	23	1.6k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	426 0.4×	144 0.2×	161 1.0×	159	2.4k
Andrew G. Sparks United States	27	879 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	686 0.7×	401 0.7×	136 0.8×	97	2.2k
Behçet Açıkmeşe United States	29	991 0.4×	2.5k 1.3×	439 0.4×	437 0.7×	132 0.8×	153	3.6k
Chuanjiang Li China	28	1.4k 0.6×	718 0.4×	1.2k 1.2×	73 0.1×	116 0.7×	136	2.1k
Mario Innocenti Italy	23	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	635 0.6×	88 0.1×	254 1.6×	167	2.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ruiter, Anton de, et al.. (2025). Reinforcement-Learning-Based Continuation Strategy for Autonomous On-Orbit Assembly. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 48(9). 2005–2019. 1 indexed citations

Kumar, Krishna Dev. (2024). Artificial Intelligence-Powered Autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Fault Tolerant Control of a Lunar Lander. 1098–1113.

Ruiter, Anton de, et al.. (2024). Machine Learning-Based Model Predictive Control Motion Planning for Autonomous On-Orbit Assembly. 539–550.

Ruiter, Anton de, et al.. (2024). Autonomous On-Orbit Assembly with Nonconservative Collision Avoidance. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 48(1). 127–136. 2 indexed citations

Qi, Rui, et al.. (2023). Design and Robustness Analysis of a Wave-Based Controller for Tethered Towing of Defunct Satellites. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica. 10(1). 278–280. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoqian, et al.. (2019). A novel three-axis attitude stabilization method using in-plane internal mass-shifting. Aerospace Science and Technology. 92. 489–500. 17 indexed citations

Qi, Rui, et al.. (2018). Coulomb tether double-pyramid formation, a potential configuration for geostationary satellite collocation. Aerospace Science and Technology. 84. 1131–1140. 17 indexed citations

Pan, Yaodong, Krishna Dev Kumar, & Guangjun Liu. (2012). Extremum Seeking Control with Second-Order Sliding Mode. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 50(6). 3292–3309. 12 indexed citations

Rahimi, Afshin, Krishna Dev Kumar, & Hekmat Alighanbari. (2012). Particle Swarm Optimization Applied to Spacecraft Reentry Trajectory. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 36(1). 307–310. 62 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev, et al.. (2012). Multiple Satellite Formation Flying Using Differential Aerodynamic Drag. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 49(2). 325–336. 49 indexed citations

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Liu, Xi & Krishna Dev Kumar. (2011). Model-based coordination control of networked spacecraft formations by integrator backstepping. Chinese Control Conference. 4645–4650. 1 indexed citations

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Zou, An‐Min, Krishna Dev Kumar, & Zeng‐Guang Hou. (2010). Quaternion-Based Adaptive Output Feedback Attitude Control of Spacecraft Using Chebyshev Neural Networks. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 21(9). 1457–1471. 100 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev, Hyochoong Bang, & Min-Jea Tahk. (2007). Satellite formation flying using along-track thrust. Acta Astronautica. 61(7-8). 553–564. 47 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev, Hyochoong Bang, & Min-Jea Tahk. (2006). New attitude control approach for satellites in elliptic orbits using solar radiation pressure. Acta Astronautica. 59(6). 462–473. 6 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev & Toshiharu Yasaka. (2004). Rotation Formation Flying of Three Satellites Using Tethers. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 41(6). 973–985. 49 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev. (2002). Line-of-Sight Pointing of Multiple Micro-Satellites in Non-Equatorial Orbits. 605. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev & Toshiharu Yasaka. (2002). Satellite Formation Keeping and Reconfiguration using Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms. 13. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev, et al.. (2000). Tethered dual spacecraft configuration: a solution to attitude control problems. Aerospace Science and Technology. 4(7). 495–505. 10 indexed citations

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Kumar, Krishna Dev, et al.. (1974). Closed-form analysis of a class of damped systems. The Aeronautical Journal. 78(761). 209–211. 2 indexed citations

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Modi, V. J. & Krishna Dev Kumar. (1974). Periodic Solutions of Gravity Oriented Axisymmetric Systems. AIAA Journal. 12(2). 225–227. 2 indexed citations

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