WALTER F. DENHAM

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

WALTER F. DENHAM is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Numerical Analysis. According to data from OpenAlex, WALTER F. DENHAM has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 3 papers in Numerical Analysis. Recurrent topics in WALTER F. DENHAM's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (6 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (3 papers) and Guidance and Control Systems (3 papers). WALTER F. DENHAM is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (6 papers), Neural Networks and Applications (3 papers) and Guidance and Control Systems (3 papers). WALTER F. DENHAM collaborates with scholars based in United States. WALTER F. DENHAM's co-authors include A. E. Bryson, Stuart E. Dreyfus, Arthur E. Bryson, S. Pines, Jason L. Speyer, Henry J. Kelley and Nir Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Journal of Applied Mechanics.

In The Last Decade

WALTER F. DENHAM

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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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.

Differential dynamic programming

1971 402 citations WALTER F. DENHAM IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
WALTER F. DENHAM United States	9	471	434	223	211	186	17	1.2k
Henry J. Kelley United States	19	773 1.6×	244 0.6×	115 0.5×	119 0.6×	164 0.9×	82	1.3k
E. Kreindler United States	16	454 1.0×	1.1k 2.6×	121 0.5×	248 1.2×	173 0.9×	45	1.7k
J.S. Meditch United States	19	381 0.8×	894 2.1×	446 2.0×	117 0.6×	86 0.5×	86	2.0k
Ya. Ζ. Tsypkin Russia	9	203 0.4×	450 1.0×	129 0.6×	77 0.4×	59 0.3×	42	957
G. Bierman United States	17	513 1.1×	461 1.1×	591 2.7×	51 0.2×	28 0.2×	58	1.3k
Elmer G. Gilbert United States	23	376 0.8×	2.4k 5.4×	151 0.7×	303 1.4×	156 0.8×	50	3.0k
Ν.Κ. Sinha Canada	22	445 0.9×	1.1k 2.6×	331 1.5×	106 0.5×	113 0.6×	199	2.0k
Alexander B. Kurzhanski Russia	18	431 0.9×	1.1k 2.5×	253 1.1×	592 2.8×	185 1.0×	91	1.8k
Günter Stein United States	11	306 0.6×	1.3k 2.9×	62 0.3×	123 0.6×	84 0.5×	25	1.5k
Gary A. Hewer United States	19	135 0.3×	499 1.1×	256 1.1×	381 1.8×	151 0.8×	52	1.1k

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Speyer, Jason L., Henry J. Kelley, Nir Levine, & WALTER F. DENHAM. (1971). Accelerated gradient projection technique with application to rocket trajectory optimization. Automatica. 7(1). 37–43. 12 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F.. (1971). Differential dynamic programming. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 16(4). 389–390. 402 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kelley, Henry J. & WALTER F. DENHAM. (1969). Modeling and adjoints for continuous systems. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications. 3(3). 174–183. 7 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F. & Henry J. Kelley. (1968). Examination of accelerated first order methods for aircraft flight path optimization. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 2 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F., et al.. (1966). An accelerated gradient method for parameter optimization with non-linear constraints.. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. 13. 166. 20 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F.. (1966). On numerical optimization with state variable inequality constraints.. AIAA Journal. 4(3). 550–552. 6 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F. & S. Pines. (1966). Sequential estimation when measurement function nonlinearity is comparable to measurement error.. AIAA Journal. 4(6). 1071–1076. 67 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F., et al.. (1966). Choosing trajectory parameters to maximize mission probability of success.. AIAA Journal. 4(7). 1293–1298. 1 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F. & S. Pines. (1965). SEQUENTIAL ESTIMATION WHEN MEASUREMENT FUNCTION NONLINEARITY IS COMPARABLE TO MEASUREMENT ERROR. 5 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F.. (1965). Comments on "A Variational Method for Optimal Staging". AIAA Journal. 3(11). 2175–2176. 3 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F. & Jason L. Speyer. (1964). Optimal measurement and velocity correction programs for midcourse guidance. AIAA Journal. 2(5). 896–907. 24 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F. & Arthur E. Bryson. (1964). Optimal programming problems with inequality constraints. ii - solution by steepest-ascent. AIAA Journal. 2(1). 25–34. 98 indexed citations

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DENHAM, WALTER F.. (1964). Range maximization of a surface-to-surface missile with in-flight inequality constraints. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 1(1). 78–83. 2 indexed citations

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Bryson, A. E., WALTER F. DENHAM, & Stuart E. Dreyfus. (1963). OPTIMAL PROGRAMMING PROBLEMS WITH INEQUALITY CONSTRAINTS. AIAA Journal. 1(11). 2544–2550. 192 indexed citations

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Bryson, A. E. & WALTER F. DENHAM. (1962). A Steepest-Ascent Method for Solving Optimum Programming Problems. Journal of Applied Mechanics. 29(2). 247–257. 313 indexed citations

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Bryson, Arthur E. & WALTER F. DENHAM. (1962). Guidance Scheme for Supercircular Re-Entry of a Lifting Vehicle. ARS journal. 32(6). 894–898. 4 indexed citations

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Bryson, Arthur E., et al.. (1962). Determination of Lift or Drag Programs to Minimize Re-Entry Heating. Journal of the aerospace sciences. 29(4). 420–430. 38 indexed citations

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