Nakwan Kim

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nakwan Kim is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nakwan Kim has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Ocean Engineering, 26 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 25 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nakwan Kim's work include Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (24 papers), Maritime Navigation and Safety (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers). Nakwan Kim is often cited by papers focused on Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems (24 papers), Maritime Navigation and Safety (15 papers) and Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions (13 papers). Nakwan Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and United States. Nakwan Kim's co-authors include Joohyun Woo, Anthony Calise, Naira Hovakimyan, Flavio Nardi, Jinmo Park, Jong‐Young Park, J. V. R. Prasad, Joo‐Ho Lee, J. E. Corban and Byoung-Soo Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics and International Journal of Control.

In The Last Decade

Nakwan Kim

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Collision avoidance for an unmanned surface vehicle using deep reinforcement learning

2020 199 citations Joohyun Woo, Nakwan Kim Ocean Engineering profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Collision avoidance for an unmanned surface vehicle using deep reinforcement learning breakdown → 2020 ·Ocean Engineering ·Joohyun Woo, Nakwan Kim	199
2	An experimental study on vertical motion control of a high-speed planing vessel using a controllable interceptor in waves 2019 ·Ocean Engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Joo‐Ho Lee, (unknown), Joohyun Woo, (unknown), (unknown), Sun Young Kim, Nakwan Kim	33
3	Development of autonomous ball launcher system on surface vehicle for detect and deliver mission in 2016 Maritime RobotX Challenge 2017 ·(unknown), (unknown), Nakwan Kim	0
4	Obstacle avoidance and target search of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for 2016 Maritime RobotX challenge 2017 ·Joohyun Woo, Joo‐Ho Lee, Nakwan Kim	13
5	Adaptive depth controller design for a submerged body moving near free surface 2016 ·Applied Ocean Research ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim, Hyeon Kyu Yoon, (unknown)	6
6	Backward Path Following Using Pure Pursuit Guidance and Nonlinear Guidance for UUV under Strong Current 2016 ·Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology ·Joo‐Ho Lee, Nakwan Kim	1
7	Vector Field based Guidance Method for Docking of an Unmanned Surface Vehicle 2016 ·Joohyun Woo, Nakwan Kim	10
8	Design of Pitch Limit Detection Algorithm for Submarine 2016 ·Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim, (unknown)	2
9	Design of Guidance Law for Docking of Unmanned Surface Vehicle 2016 ·Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology ·Joohyun Woo, Nakwan Kim	4
10	Depth Controller Design for Submerged Body Moving near Free Surface Based on Adaptive Control 2015 ·Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim, Hyeon Kyu Yoon, (unknown), (unknown)	2
11	Two-Phase Approach to Optimal Weather Routing Using Real-Time Adaptive A* Algorithm and Geometric Programming 2015 ·Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology ·Jinmo Park, Nakwan Kim	3
12	An auto weather-vaning system for a DP vessel that uses a nonlinear controller and a disturbance observer 2014 ·International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim	13
13	A Comparison and Analysis of Ship Optimal Routing Scenarios considering Ocean Environment 2014 ·Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea ·Jinmo Park, Nakwan Kim	4
14	Autonomous waypoint guidance for tilt-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle that has nacelle-fixed auxiliary wings 2014 ·Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part G Journal of Aerospace Engineering ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim, Byoung-Soo Kim, Min-Jea Tahk	10
15	Study on Dynamics Modeling and Depth Control for a Supercavitating Underwater Vehicle in Transition Phase 2014 ·Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea ·(unknown), Nakwan Kim	3
16	Several Extensions in Methods for Adaptive Output Feedback Control 2007 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks ·Nakwan Kim, Anthony Calise	23
17	Development of a Reconfigurable Flight Controller Using Neural Networks and PCH 2007 ·Journal of Control Automation and Systems Engineering ·Nakwan Kim	1
18	Adaptive output feedback control of uncertain nonlinear systems using single-hidden-layer neural networks 2002 ·IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks ·Naira Hovakimyan, Flavio Nardi, Anthony Calise, Nakwan Kim	259
19	Adaptive output feedback for high-bandwidth control of an unmanned helicopter 2001 ·AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit ·Nakwan Kim, (unknown), Naira Hovakimyan, (unknown), Anthony Calise	48
20	High bandwidth adaptive flight control 2000 ·AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit ·Anthony Calise, (unknown), Nakwan Kim	24

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