Thomas J. McAvoy

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
220 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Thomas J. McAvoy is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Insect Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas J. McAvoy has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 46 papers in Insect Science and 33 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas J. McAvoy's work include Fault Detection and Control Systems (74 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (72 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (31 papers). Thomas J. McAvoy is often cited by papers focused on Fault Detection and Control Systems (74 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (72 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (31 papers). Thomas J. McAvoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Thomas J. McAvoy's co-authors include S. Joe Qin, N. Bhat, Ricardo Dunia, Thomas F. Edgar, János Gertler, Hong Su, Dong Dong, Steve Semancik, Richard E. Cavicchi and Gang Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Cancer Research, Automatica and International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

In The Last Decade

Thomas J. McAvoy

212 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

Use of neural nets for dynamic modeling and control of ch... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 1996 1996 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. Use of neural nets for dynamic modeling and control of chemical process systems
    1990 516 citations Thomas J. McAvoy et al. profile →
  2. Nonlinear principal component analysis—Based on principal curves and neural networks
    1996 510 citations Thomas J. McAvoy et al. profile →
  3. Identification of faulty sensors using principal component analysis
    1996 416 citations Thomas J. McAvoy et al. profile →

Peers

Thomas J. McAvoy
Joseph Sang‐Il Kwon United States
Barry Lennox United Kingdom
Michael A. Henson United States
Howard B. Demuth United States
Yuan Yao Taiwan
Xianwei Li China
Imad A. Basheer United States
Jihong Wang China
Maha N. Hajmeer United States
Yunqian Ma United States
Joseph Sang‐Il Kwon United States
Thomas J. McAvoy
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Johnson, Ryan C., Traci L. Testerman, Thomas J. McAvoy, et al.. (2025). Cross-laboratory replication of pseudomyxoma peritonei tumor microbiome reveals reproducible microbial signatures. mSphere. 10(3). e0065224–e0065224.
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (2023). Interaction of hemlock woolly adelgid populations with host tree health drives population oscillations. Ecosphere. 14(8). 1 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., Scott Goldstein, F. Allen Dray, et al.. (2023). Additional host range testing of Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) for the biological control of tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima (Simaroubaceae) in the U.S.A.. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 34(1). 18–43. 2 indexed citations
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Elkinton, Joseph S., et al.. (2016). Induction of Cold Hardiness in an Invasive Herbivore: The Case of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae). Environmental Entomology. 46(1). nvw143–nvw143. 24 indexed citations
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Semino‐Mora, Cristina, Traci L. Testerman, Hui Liu, et al.. (2013). Antibiotic Treatment Decreases Microbial Burden Associated with Pseudomyxoma Peritonei and Affects β-Catenin Distribution. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(14). 3966–3976. 20 indexed citations
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Malinowski, K, Thomas J. McAvoy, Rohini George, Sonja Dieterich, & W DˈSouza. (2013). Maintaining tumor targeting accuracy in real‐time motion compensation systems for respiration‐induced tumor motion. Medical Physics. 40(7). 71709–71709. 15 indexed citations
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Malinowski, K, Thomas J. McAvoy, Rohini George, Sonja Dieterich, & W DˈSouza. (2012). Mitigating Errors in External Respiratory Surrogate-Based Models of Tumor Position. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 82(5). e709–e716. 16 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (2011). Site characteristics of Leitneria floridana (Leitneriaceae) as related to potential biological control of the invasive tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 5 indexed citations
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Malinowski, K, Jason Pantarotto, Suresh Senan, Thomas J. McAvoy, & W DˈSouza. (2010). Inferring Positions of Tumor and Nodes in Stage III Lung Cancer From Multiple Anatomical Surrogates Using Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 77(5). 1553–1560. 6 indexed citations
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Zilahi‐Balogh, G. M. G., Josef Jelínek, Thomas J. McAvoy, Scott M. Salom, & L. T. Kok. (2007). Two New Species of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae) from China, and a Key to Laricobius in the Southeastern Palaearctic. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 109(2). 377–384. 8 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (2005). An improved base control for the Tennessee Eastman problem. 1. 240–244. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyunook, Oliver J. Hao, & Thomas J. McAvoy. (2000). Comparison between Model- and pH/ORP- Based Process Control for an AAA System. Journal of Applied Science and Engineering. 3(3). 165–172. 4 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (1997). Artificial neural network for nonlinear process identification and control. Prentice-Hall, Inc eBooks. 371–428. 5 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (1992). Comparison of four neural net learning methods for dynamic system identification. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 3(1). 122–130. 136 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., Yaman Arkun, & Evanghelos Zafiriou. (1989). Model based process control : proceedings of the IFAC Workshop, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 13-14 June 1988. 3 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J., et al.. (1987). Effect of Interaction on EXACT Pattern Recognition Controller. American Control Conference. 24(24). 1749–1754. 2 indexed citations
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Marlin, Thomas E., et al.. (1985). Using the Relative Disturbance Gain to Analyse Process Operability. American Control Conference. 1078–1083. 2 indexed citations
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McAvoy, Thomas J.. (1983). Interaction analysis : principles and applications. 70 indexed citations

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