N. M. Kwok

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
110 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

N. M. Kwok is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Control and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, N. M. Kwok has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 28 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 26 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in N. M. Kwok's work include Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (23 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers) and Image Enhancement Techniques (16 papers). N. M. Kwok is often cited by papers focused on Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (23 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (18 papers) and Image Enhancement Techniques (16 papers). N. M. Kwok collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Hong Kong. N. M. Kwok's co-authors include Q. P. Ha, Gu Fang, Shengyong Chen, Youfu Li, Gamini Dissanayake, Jianchun Li, Bijan Samali, Ferdous Sohel, Jianwei Wan and Yulan Guo and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics and International Journal of Computer Vision.

In The Last Decade

N. M. Kwok

100 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

A Comprehensive Performance Evaluation of 3D Local Feature Descriptors

2015 391 citations N. M. Kwok et al. profile →
Active vision in robotic systems: A survey of recent developments

2011 288 citations N. M. Kwok et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
N. M. Kwok Australia	24	1.1k	790	520	473	445	110	2.6k
De Xu China	32	2.2k 1.9×	730 0.9×	273 0.5×	986 2.1×	814 1.8×	269	4.3k
Mark Maimone United States	29	1.6k 1.4×	1.9k 2.4×	277 0.5×	333 0.7×	272 0.6×	66	3.0k
Junfeng Fan China	27	771 0.7×	268 0.3×	155 0.3×	851 1.8×	216 0.5×	111	2.2k
Olli Sílven Finland	20	1.6k 1.4×	514 0.7×	106 0.2×	226 0.5×	87 0.2×	150	2.7k
Reza Hoseinnezhad Australia	32	705 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	158 0.3×	234 0.5×	525 1.2×	161	3.2k
Hongli Liu China	26	454 0.4×	383 0.5×	310 0.6×	428 0.9×	132 0.3×	208	2.1k
Hui Cheng China	28	1.5k 1.3×	744 0.9×	63 0.1×	300 0.6×	890 2.0×	201	3.1k
Manolis Lourakis Greece	18	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	163 0.3×	63 0.1×	297 0.7×	63	2.1k
Giovanni Muscato Italy	25	507 0.5×	426 0.5×	118 0.2×	583 1.2×	691 1.6×	163	2.2k
Yanlong Cao China	24	829 0.7×	235 0.3×	153 0.3×	518 1.1×	148 0.3×	117	2.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of N. M. Kwok

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All Works

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Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2024). Monorail bridge inspection using digitally-twinned UAVs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 496. 4004–4004. 2 indexed citations

Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2024). Intelligent path planning for civil infrastructure inspection with multi-rotor aerial vehicles. 8(2). 2 indexed citations

Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2024). Fermat-Weber location particle swarm optimization for cooperative path planning of unmanned aerial vehicles. Applied Soft Computing. 167. 112269–112269. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Hongkun, Ruowei Li, N. M. Kwok, et al.. (2018). Restoration of low-informative image for robust debris shape measurement in on-line wear debris monitoring. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 114. 539–555. 23 indexed citations

Wu, Hongkun, et al.. (2016). A prototype of on-line extraction and three-dimensional characterisation of wear particle features from video sequence. Wear. 368-369. 314–325. 23 indexed citations

Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2013). Simultaneous image color correction and enhancement using particle swarm optimization. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 26(10). 2356–2371. 50 indexed citations

Huynh, Van Thanh, et al.. (2012). A nonlinear PI and backstepping-based controller for tractor-steerable trailers influenced by slip. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 245–252. 11 indexed citations

Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2011). Estimating image illuminant color based on gray world assumption. 6387. 989–993. 6 indexed citations

Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2010). Ants Based Control of Swarm Robots for Bushfire Fighting. 528–532. 2 indexed citations

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Huynh, Van Thanh, Jayantha Katupitiya, N. M. Kwok, & Ray Eaton. (2010). Derivation of an error model for tractor-trailer path tracking. 60–66. 10 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M., Gu Fang, & Q. P. Ha. (2009). Moving Average-Based Stock Trading Rules from Particle Swarm Optimization. 149–153. 13 indexed citations

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Katupitiya, Jayantha, et al.. (2009). Modelling and control of the GreenWeeder for crop row tracking. 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Paul, Gavin, et al.. (2009). An integrated approach to planning for autonomous grit-blasting robot in complex bridge environments. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Dikai, Gu Fang, Gavin Paul, et al.. (2008). A robotic system for steel bridge maintenance : research challenges and system design. UTS ePRESS (University of Technology Sydney). 17 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M., Q. P. Ha, Shoudong Huang, Gamini Dissanayake, & Gu Fang. (2007). Mobile Robot Localization and Mapping using a Gaussian Sum Filter. International Journal of Control Automation and Systems. 5(3). 251–268. 12 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M., et al.. (2007). Dynamic Modelling of Wheel-Terrain Interaction of a UGV. 369–374. 21 indexed citations

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Huang, Shoudong, et al.. (2006). Planning under uncertainty using model predictive control for information gathering. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 54(11). 898–910. 51 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M., Gu Fang, & Wen Zhou. (2005). Evolutionary particle filter: re-sampling from the genetic algorithm perspective. 11. 2935–2940. 84 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M. & Gamini Dissanayake. (2005). An efficient multiple hypothesis filter for bearing-only SLAM. 1. 736–741. 66 indexed citations

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Kwok, N. M., et al.. (1970). Simulation Of A Position Control SystemUsing Brushless DC Motors. WIT transactions on engineering sciences. 3.

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