Lars Blackmore

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
44 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Lars Blackmore is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Blackmore has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 19 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 8 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Lars Blackmore's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (20 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (9 papers). Lars Blackmore is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (20 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (14 papers) and Space Satellite Systems and Control (9 papers). Lars Blackmore collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Lars Blackmore's co-authors include Behçet Açıkmeşe, Masahiro Ono, Brian Williams, Daniel P. Scharf, Brian C. Williams, John M. Carson, Hui Li, Soon‐Jo Chung, Fred Y. Hadaegh and Brian P. Williams and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.

In The Last Decade

Lars Blackmore

44 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Minimum-Landing-Error Powered-Descent Guidance for Mars Landing Using Convex Optimization

2010 284 citations Lars Blackmore, Behçet Açıkmeşe et al. profile →
Lossless Convexification of Nonconvex Control Bound and Pointing Constraints of the Soft Landing Optimal Control Problem

2013 215 citations Behçet Açıkmeşe, John M. Carson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lars Blackmore United States	20	1.1k	776	607	241	193	44	2.1k
Behçet Açıkmeşe United States	29	2.5k 2.2×	991 1.3×	685 1.1×	132 0.5×	439 2.3×	153	3.6k
Tom Schouwenaars United States	16	829 0.7×	572 0.7×	878 1.4×	107 0.4×	378 2.0×	23	1.5k
Sándor M. Veres United Kingdom	16	236 0.2×	579 0.7×	156 0.3×	300 1.2×	104 0.5×	165	1.2k
Efstathios Bakolas United States	19	551 0.5×	401 0.5×	341 0.6×	124 0.5×	309 1.6×	118	1.3k
Alexander Domahidi Switzerland	21	402 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	546 0.9×	170 0.7×	164 0.8×	36	2.2k
Alexander B. Kurzhanski Russia	18	431 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	130 0.2×	253 1.0×	170 0.9×	91	1.8k
Matthias Gerdts Germany	19	302 0.3×	573 0.7×	145 0.2×	72 0.3×	65 0.3×	101	1.3k
Shenmin Song China	25	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.4×	97 0.2×	352 1.5×	331 1.7×	142	1.9k
George Vukovich Canada	25	700 0.6×	990 1.3×	122 0.2×	365 1.5×	158 0.8×	97	1.7k
H. Michalska Canada	19	296 0.3×	2.2k 2.9×	150 0.2×	201 0.8×	187 1.0×	112	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lars Blackmore

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lars Blackmore

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Blackmore

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Blackmore. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Blackmore based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lars Blackmore. Lars Blackmore is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ono, Masahiro, Brian C. Williams, & Lars Blackmore. (2013). Probabilistic Planning for Continuous Dynamic Systems under Bounded Risk. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 46. 511–577. 42 indexed citations

Casoliva, Jordi, et al.. (2012). G-FOLD: A Real-Time Implementable Fuel Optimal Large Divert Guidance Algorithm for Planetary Pinpoint Landing. 1679. 4193. 9 indexed citations

Blackmore, Lars, et al.. (2012). Lossless convexification of control constraints for a class of nonlinear optimal control problems. 10. 5519–5525. 3 indexed citations

Blackmore, Lars, Behçet Açıkmeşe, & John M. Carson. (2012). Lossless convexification of control constraints for a class of nonlinear optimal control problems. Systems & Control Letters. 61(8). 863–870. 65 indexed citations

Mandić, Milan, Behçet Açıkmeşe, David S. Bayard, & Lars Blackmore. (2012). Analysis of the Touch-And-Go Surface Sampling Concept for Comet Sample Return Missions. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 841–855. 2 indexed citations

Broschart, Stephen B., Behçet Açıkmeşe, Milan Mandić, et al.. (2011). GN&C trades for Touch-And-Go sampling at small bodies. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 385–401. 1 indexed citations

Açıkmeşe, Behçet & Lars Blackmore. (2011). Lossless convexification of a class of optimal control problems with non-convex control constraints. Automatica. 47(2). 341–347. 174 indexed citations

Chung, Soon‐Jo, et al.. (2010). Cooperative control with adaptive graph Laplacians for spacecraft formation flying. 4926–4933. 11 indexed citations

Blackmore, Lars, et al.. (2010). Lossless convexification of a class of non-convex optimal control problems for linear systems. 776–781. 4 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, Yoshiaki Kuwata, Michael Wolf, et al.. (2010). Global reachability and path planning for planetary exploration with montgolfiere balloons. 8 indexed citations

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Elfes, Alberto, K. Reh, P. Beauchamp, et al.. (2010). Implications of wind-assisted aerial navigation for Titan mission planning and science exploration. 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars & Masahiro Ono. (2009). Convex Chance Constrained Predictive Control Without Sampling. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 111 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, et al.. (2008). Active Estimation for Jump Markov Linear Systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 53(10). 2223–2236. 68 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars. (2008). Robust Execution for Stochastic Hybrid Systems. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars. (2008). Robust Path Planning and Feedback Design Under Stochastic Uncertainty. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit. 22 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, Stanislav Funiak, & Brian Williams. (2007). A combined stochastic and greedy hybrid estimation capability for concurrent hybrid models with autonomous mode transitions. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 56(2). 105–129. 6 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, Stephanie Gil, Seung Chung, & Brian Williams. (2007). Model learning for switching linear systems with autonomous mode transitions. 33. 4648–4655. 19 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars & Brian Williams. (2007). Optimal, Robust Predictive Control of Nonlinear Systems under Probabilistic Uncertainty using Particles. Proceedings of the ... American Control Conference. 1759–1761. 24 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, et al.. (2006). Active Estimation for Switching Linear Dynamic Systems. 137–144. 8 indexed citations

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Blackmore, Lars, Stanislav Funiak, & Brian Williams. (2005). Combining stochastic and greedy search in hybrid estimation. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 282–287. 8 indexed citations

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