P. R. Kumar

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

P. R. Kumar is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. R. Kumar has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management Information Systems, 23 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 18 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. R. Kumar's work include Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (25 papers), Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (15 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (10 papers). P. R. Kumar is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (25 papers), Advanced Wireless Network Optimization (15 papers) and Advanced Control Systems Optimization (10 papers). P. R. Kumar collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Italy. P. R. Kumar's co-authors include Feng Xue, Ram Akella, Thomas I. Seidman, Woei Lin, Sunil Kumar, Atul Gupta, Sean Meyn, James R. Morrison, Dimitrios Hristu‐Varsakelis and Wei Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

P. R. Kumar

74 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Number of Neighbors Needed for Connectivity of Wirele... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The Number of Neighbors Needed for Connectivity of Wireless Networks
    2004 572 citations P. R. Kumar et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
P. R. Kumar United States 24 1.2k 955 654 617 591 77 3.1k
Xi‐Ren Cao Hong Kong 29 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 861 1.3× 564 0.9× 296 0.5× 159 3.4k
John N. Tsitsiklis United States 20 1.2k 0.9× 330 0.3× 794 1.2× 355 0.6× 330 0.6× 39 3.1k
Attahiru Sule Alfa Canada 31 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 2.5× 265 0.4× 438 0.7× 285 4.0k
Jian-Qiang Hu United States 23 439 0.4× 618 0.6× 400 0.6× 223 0.4× 339 0.6× 164 2.1k
Douglas G. Down Canada 24 1.3k 1.0× 934 1.0× 635 1.0× 97 0.2× 265 0.4× 119 2.5k
Semyon M. Meerkov United States 34 694 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 334 0.5× 1.0k 1.7× 1.9k 3.2× 205 4.0k
Michel Minoux France 24 655 0.5× 174 0.2× 464 0.7× 402 0.7× 1.1k 1.8× 105 3.0k
P. R. Kumar United States 23 1.3k 1.1× 334 0.3× 1.4k 2.2× 1.4k 2.3× 305 0.5× 133 3.3k
Demosthenis Teneketzis United States 34 1.9k 1.5× 629 0.7× 785 1.2× 1.4k 2.2× 1.2k 2.0× 170 5.3k
R Moore 3 883 0.7× 987 1.0× 571 0.9× 127 0.2× 248 0.4× 6 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. R. Kumar

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. R. Kumar

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of P. R. Kumar. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of P. R. Kumar 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 P. R. Kumar. P. R. Kumar 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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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (2025). Effective field theory of plasmas in a Podolsky-corrected photonic field. Physical review. E. 112(4). 45215–45215.
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (2024). Artificial texturing for enhanced soft elastohydrodynamic lubrication in total knee arthroplasty. International Journal of Thermofluids. 25. 101035–101035. 2 indexed citations
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Rani, Meenu, Sanjay B. Dhok, R. B. Deshmukh, & P. R. Kumar. (2020). Compressed Signal Classification Using Informed Instance Selection. IETE Technical Review. 38(2). 206–220. 1 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (2008). Networked control systems with packet delays and losses. 1. 4602–4607. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (2008). Studies on Packaging Materials for Storing Cauliflower Seeds in Modified Atmosphere. Journal of Agricultural Engineering (India). 45(2). 71–73. 1 indexed citations
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Morrison, James R. & P. R. Kumar. (2008). Computational Performance Bounds for Markov Chains With Applications. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 53(5). 1306–1311. 7 indexed citations
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Hristu‐Varsakelis, Dimitrios & P. R. Kumar. (2003). Interrupt-based feedback control over a shared communication medium. 3. 3223–3228. 65 indexed citations
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Kumar, Sunil, R. Srikant, & P. R. Kumar. (2002). Bounding blocking probabilities and throughput in queueing networks with buffer capacity constraints. 1. 779–784. 6 indexed citations
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Morrison, James R. & P. R. Kumar. (2002). Stability and performance analysis of queueing networks with virtual multiserver stations. 4. 3538–3543.
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Kumar, Sunil & P. R. Kumar. (2002). Performance bounds for queueing networks and scheduling policies. 1. 3166–3171. 3 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (2002). Fluctuation smoothing scheduling policies for multiple process flow fabrication plants. 190–198. 6 indexed citations
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Campi, Marco C. & P. R. Kumar. (1998). Learning dynamical systems in a stationary environment. Systems & Control Letters. 34(3). 125–132. 24 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (1996). Learning by Canonical Smooth Estimation, Part I: Simultaneous Estimation. 2 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R.. (1994). Scheduling semiconductor manufacturing plants. IEEE Control Systems. 14(6). 33–40. 97 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R.. (1990). Convergence of adaptive control schemes using least-squares parameter estimates. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 35(4). 416–424. 79 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R., et al.. (1989). Optimal control of a queueing system with two heterogeneous servers. IEEE Press eBooks. 319–326. 13 indexed citations
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Akella, Ram & P. R. Kumar. (1985). Optimal control of production rate in a failure prone manufacturing system. IEEE Press eBooks. 15. 1693–1693. 11 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R.. (1981). Optimal adaptive controllers for Markov chains. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 18(18). 24. 4 indexed citations
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Kumar, P. R. & Weigang Lin. (1981). Optimal adaptive controllers for unknown systems. 1247–1250. 4 indexed citations

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