Mark J. Balas

7.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
245 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Mark J. Balas is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark J. Balas has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 171 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 74 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 42 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark J. Balas's work include Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (75 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (48 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (35 papers). Mark J. Balas is often cited by papers focused on Stability and Controllability of Differential Equations (75 papers), Wind Energy Research and Development (48 papers) and Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (35 papers). Mark J. Balas collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Australia. Mark J. Balas's co-authors include Lee Jay Fingersh, Lucy Y. Pao, Alan Wright, Robert J. Fuentes, C.A. Jacobson, C. N. Nett, Susan A. Frost, Karl Stol, M. Hand and John T. Wen and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications.

In The Last Decade

Mark J. Balas

231 papers receiving 5.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Feedback control of flexible systems

1978 604 citations Mark J. Balas IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
Active control of flexible systems

1978 539 citations Mark J. Balas profile →
Trends in large space structure control theory: Fondest hopes, wildest dreams

1982 478 citations Mark J. Balas IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →
Direct Velocity Feedback Control of Large Space Structures

1979 460 citations Mark J. Balas profile →
Control of variable-speed wind turbines: standard and adaptive techniques for maximizing energy capture

2006 439 citations Mark J. Balas et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark J. Balas United States	32	3.9k	2.0k	1.2k	1.1k	614	245	5.7k
P. Gahinet France	24	10.1k 2.6×	1.0k 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	729 0.7×	1.5k 2.4×	63	11.6k
Mario A. Rotea United States	30	2.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.6×	533 0.5×	502 0.5×	288 0.5×	159	4.1k
Carlo L. Bottasso Italy	38	1.5k 0.4×	2.7k 1.3×	818 0.7×	561 0.5×	233 0.4×	263	4.6k
Anthony Calise United States	47	6.1k 1.6×	4.2k 2.1×	190 0.2×	367 0.3×	700 1.1×	383	8.6k
Marc Bodson United States	37	6.0k 1.6×	810 0.4×	2.3k 2.0×	373 0.3×	231 0.4×	213	7.7k
Gary Balas United States	39	3.6k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	228 0.2×	416 0.4×	219 0.4×	173	4.8k
B. Bandyopadhyay India	37	4.7k 1.2×	845 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	228 0.2×	242 0.4×	312	5.8k
Karolos Grigoriadis United States	32	3.5k 0.9×	381 0.2×	322 0.3×	602 0.5×	571 0.9×	258	4.7k
D.J.N. Limebeer United Kingdom	31	2.5k 0.6×	434 0.2×	372 0.3×	686 0.6×	290 0.5×	154	3.9k
K. C. Park United States	36	1.3k 0.3×	400 0.2×	588 0.5×	1.9k 1.7×	586 1.0×	207	5.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2023). Closed-Form Hilbert Projection for Quantum State Observers. 362–367.

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2022). An adaptive unknown input approach to brain wave EEG estimation. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control. 79. 104083–104083. 1 indexed citations

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2022). Linear Quantum State Observers. IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering. 3. 1–10. 3 indexed citations

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2022). A Path to Solving Robotic Differential Equations Using Quantum Computing. 2(3). 3 indexed citations

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2018). An Evolving Systems Approach to the Stable Operation of Dynamic Formations and Swarms of Autonomous Vehicles in a Disruptive Environment. 5 indexed citations

Balas, Mark J., et al.. (2017). Multivariable Direct Adaptive Stability And Command Augmentation of an Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle. 1 indexed citations

Hand, M., Neil Kelley, & Mark J. Balas. (2003). Identification of Wind Turbine Response to Turbulent Inflow Structures. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2557–2566. 23 indexed citations

Flowers, George T., et al.. (2003). Suppression of Persistent Rotor Vibrations Using Adaptive Techniques. 685–693. 2 indexed citations

Fuentes, Robert J. & Mark J. Balas. (2000). Direct Adaptive Rejection of Persistent Disturbances. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 251(1). 28–39. 66 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1997). Exponentially Stable Feedback Control of Discrete-Time Nonlinear Distributed Parameter Systems on Banach Spaces. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 215(2). 358–375. 2 indexed citations

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Wen, John T. & Mark J. Balas. (1989). Robust adaptive control in Hilbert Space. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 143(1). 1–26. 92 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1988). Finite-dimensional controllers for linear distributed parameter systems: Exponential stability using residual mode filters. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 133(2). 283–296. 77 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1986). Finite-dimensional control of distributed parameter systems by Galerkin approximation of infinite dimensional controllers. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 114(1). 17–36. 47 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1986). Exponentially stabilizing finite-dimensional controllers for linear distributed parameter systems: Galerkin approximation of infinite dimensional controllers. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 117(2). 358–384. 15 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1984). Stability of distributed parameter systems with finite-dimensional controller-compensators using singular perturbations. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 99(1). 80–108. 14 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1984). The structure of discrete-time finite-dimensional control of distributed parameter systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 102(2). 519–538. 9 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1983). The galerkin method and feedback control of linear distributed parameter systems. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 91(2). 527–546. 62 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1982). Reduced-order feedback control of distributed parameter systems via singular perturbation methods. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 87(1). 281–294. 18 indexed citations

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Johnson, C.R. & Mark J. Balas. (1980). Reduced order adaptive controller studies. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 17(17). 61. 5 indexed citations

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Balas, Mark J.. (1979). Control of flexible structures in the presence of certain nonlinear disturbances. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 16(16). 23–29. 1 indexed citations

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