Liang Sun

1.1k total citations
87 papers, 729 citations indexed

About

Liang Sun is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Sun has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 729 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 24 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 24 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Liang Sun's work include Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (24 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (19 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (14 papers). Liang Sun is often cited by papers focused on Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems (24 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (19 papers) and UAV Applications and Optimization (14 papers). Liang Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Liang Sun's co-authors include Daniel J. Pack, Randal W. Beard, Nathan Lindsay, Shuo Wang, John D. Hedengren, Hui Zhao, Timothy W. McLain, Mark B. Colton, Joseph W. Nichols and Wei Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and AIAA Journal.

In The Last Decade

Liang Sun

70 papers receiving 703 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liang Sun United States 15 378 258 241 188 150 87 729
Rosario Aragüés Spain 14 276 0.7× 367 1.4× 169 0.7× 139 0.7× 146 1.0× 45 662
Clark N. Taylor United States 17 689 1.8× 271 1.1× 499 2.1× 105 0.6× 255 1.7× 107 1.1k
Héctor H. González-Baños United States 11 559 1.5× 262 1.0× 647 2.7× 100 0.5× 68 0.5× 16 882
Shigemi Nagata Japan 8 214 0.6× 105 0.4× 220 0.9× 100 0.5× 125 0.8× 28 479
Felix Ruess Germany 5 555 1.5× 143 0.6× 465 1.9× 172 0.9× 104 0.7× 6 792
Morten Bisgaard Denmark 15 600 1.6× 145 0.6× 229 1.0× 505 2.7× 66 0.4× 31 1.0k
Hannes Kruppa Singapore 6 307 0.8× 194 0.8× 316 1.3× 58 0.3× 207 1.4× 17 645
Andong Sheng China 13 178 0.5× 308 1.2× 63 0.3× 249 1.3× 165 1.1× 89 641
Qinghua Luo China 13 164 0.4× 121 0.5× 172 0.7× 57 0.3× 221 1.5× 66 529
Adriano Fagiolini Italy 15 95 0.3× 214 0.8× 87 0.4× 292 1.6× 196 1.3× 80 707

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Sun

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Sun 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 Liang Sun. Liang Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2025). Allocating Limited Resources and Learning Flight Energy Consumption for Advanced Air Mobility. AIAA Journal. 63(3). 1049–1061.
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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2024). Evaluation of an Autonomous Soaring Algorithm for Survey Missions in Simulation Environment. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 60(3). 2966–2975. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2021). An Optical Spatial Localization System for Tracking Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using a Single Dynamic Vision Sensor. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 3093–3100. 11 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Nathan, et al.. (2021). A Sequential Task Addition Distributed Assignment Algorithm for Multi-Robot Systems. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 102(2). 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenbo, Peng Wei, & Liang Sun. (2021). Optimal Cruise, Descent, and Landing of eVTOL Vehicles for Urban Air Mobility using Convex Optimization. AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum. 7 indexed citations
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Lindsay, Nathan, et al.. (2018). Multi-Sound-Source Localization for Small Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles with a Self-Rotating Bi-Microphone Array.. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiuping, et al.. (2017). Deep electrode: A game-changing technology for electromagnetic telemetry. 20. 1059–1063. 6 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang, et al.. (2015). Parameter estimation for towed cable systems using moving horizon estimation. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. 51(2). 1432–1446. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang, Rui Dong, & Chun-Lin Liu. (2011). Improved successive approximation procedure for optimal control of nonlinear systems. Chinese Control Conference. 2014–2019.
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Sun, Liang & Randal W. Beard. (2011). Towed-body trajectory tracking in aerial recovery of micro air vehicle in the presence of wind. 3209–3214. 11 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang, Xia Wang, & Yidan Gao. (2010). Decentralized optimal tracking control of large-scale nonlinear systems. Chinese Control Conference. 1032–1037. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang. (2010). Task Coordination in Cooperative Air Combat Based on Hierarchical Task Decomposition. Electronics Optics & Control. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang & Randal W. Beard. (2010). Towed Body Altitude Stabilization and States Estimation in Aerial Recovery of Micro Air Vehicles. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 7 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang. (2009). The Receding Horizon Optimal Control Based on Neural Network. Beijing Youdian Xueyuan xuebao. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang. (2008). Aerial Combat Situation Assessment of Multi-group Aircraft under Command of AWACS Based on Set Pair Analysis. Journal of Air Force Engineering University. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Liang. (2002). Analysis on Compensation of Control System of Nonlinear Integrator.
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Sun, Liang & Robert M. Weikle. (2002). Power-combining grids for frequency tuning and beam control applications. 2. 1043–1046. 1 indexed citations

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