W.P. Dayawansa

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

W.P. Dayawansa is a scholar working on Control and Systems Engineering, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Geometry and Topology. According to data from OpenAlex, W.P. Dayawansa has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Control and Systems Engineering, 25 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 22 papers in Geometry and Topology. Recurrent topics in W.P. Dayawansa's work include Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (20 papers), Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems (18 papers) and Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (17 papers). W.P. Dayawansa is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems (20 papers), Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems (18 papers) and Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (17 papers). W.P. Dayawansa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sri Lanka and Portugal. W.P. Dayawansa's co-authors include Clyde F. Martin, Edward Ott, D. H. S. Maithripala, Jordan M. Berg, Frédéric Mazenc, Laurent Praly, Celso Grebogi, F. J. Romeiras, Gareth J. Knowles and William S. Levine and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Automatica and Physics Letters A.

In The Last Decade

W.P. Dayawansa

83 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamical systems which undergo switching 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400
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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.

  1. Dynamical systems which undergo switching
    1999 406 citations W.P. Dayawansa, Clyde F. Martin profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
W.P. Dayawansa United States 21 1.4k 519 461 234 217 92 2.3k
Dirk Aeyels Belgium 29 1.6k 1.1× 401 0.8× 641 1.4× 198 0.8× 75 0.3× 119 2.6k
Wolfgang Hahn Germany 13 1.2k 0.8× 364 0.7× 237 0.5× 177 0.8× 97 0.4× 45 2.2k
H.J. Sussmann United States 27 3.1k 2.2× 208 0.4× 309 0.7× 520 2.2× 152 0.7× 78 4.0k
Boris Andrievsky Russia 23 1.2k 0.8× 573 1.1× 757 1.6× 376 1.6× 87 0.4× 186 1.9k
R. Genesio Italy 22 741 0.5× 1.3k 2.4× 812 1.8× 78 0.3× 203 0.9× 84 2.2k
Paolo Nistri Italy 18 789 0.6× 578 1.1× 1.1k 2.3× 81 0.3× 430 2.0× 94 2.3k
Anthony M. Bloch United States 32 3.8k 2.6× 821 1.6× 288 0.6× 444 1.9× 44 0.2× 189 5.4k
N. Sri Namachchivaya United States 26 777 0.5× 771 1.5× 443 1.0× 59 0.3× 49 0.2× 127 1.9k
Albert C. J. Luo United States 33 1.7k 1.2× 2.3k 4.3× 1.4k 3.0× 84 0.4× 202 0.9× 331 4.3k
James Murdock United States 11 269 0.2× 461 0.9× 229 0.5× 79 0.3× 102 0.5× 34 1.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Maithripala, D. H. S., et al.. (2007). A passivity-based controller for an electrostatic MEMS model in the presence of parasitics. 267–272. 1 indexed citations
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Maithripala, D. H. S., et al.. (2005). Integrated charge and position sensing for feedback control of electrostatic MEMS. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5765. 42–42. 11 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (2005). Approximation of dynamical effects due to impact on flexible bodies. 2. 1841–1845. 4 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (2004). Asymptotic feedback controllability of switched control systems to the origin. 5806–5811 vol.6. 2 indexed citations
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Maithripala, D. H. S., Jordan M. Berg, & W.P. Dayawansa. (2004). Control of an Electrostatic Microelectromechanical System Using Static and Dynamic Output Feedback. Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control. 127(3). 443–450. 79 indexed citations
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Polpitiya, Ashoka D., Bijoy K. Ghosh, Clyde F. Martin, & W.P. Dayawansa. (2004). Mechanics of the eye movement: geometry of the listing space. 323–328 vol.1. 6 indexed citations
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Maithripala, D. H. S., Jordan M. Berg, & W.P. Dayawansa. (2004). Nonlinear dynamic output feedback stabilization of electrostatically actuated MEMS. 1. 61–66. 32 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (2003). Virtual control systems laboratory. Proceedings of the 40th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (Cat. No.01CH37228). 3. 2839–2843. 6 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (2003). Topological obstructions to simultaneous stabilization. 2. 1196–1201. 2 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P. & Clyde F. Martin. (2003). Asymptotic stability of nonlinear systems with holomorphic structure. 27. 2252–2253.
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Maithripala, D. H. S., Jordan M. Berg, & W.P. Dayawansa. (2002). Loss of structurally stable regulation implies loss of stability. 2737–2740 vol.4. 1 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (1998). Non-smooth simultaneous stabilization of nonlinear systems: An interpolation method. Systems & Control Letters. 34(1-2). 43–53. 5 indexed citations
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Venkataraman, R., W.P. Dayawansa, & P. S. Krishnaprasad. (1998). The Hybrid Motor Prototype: Design Details and Demonstration Results. Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park). 2 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (1995). Asymptotic stabilization of a generic class of three dimensional homogeneous quadratic systems. Systems & Control Letters. 24(2). 115–123. 9 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., et al.. (1995). Nonlinear controller for an inverted pendulum having restricted travel. Automatica. 31(6). 841–850. 88 indexed citations
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Mazenc, Frédéric, Laurent Praly, & W.P. Dayawansa. (1994). Global stabilization by output feedback: examples and counterexamples. Systems & Control Letters. 23(2). 119–125. 322 indexed citations
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Romeiras, F. J., Edward Ott, Celso Grebogi, & W.P. Dayawansa. (1991). Controlling Chaotic Dynamical Systems. 1113–1119. 60 indexed citations
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Dayawansa, W.P., Clyde F. Martin, & Gareth J. Knowles. (1990). Asymptotic Stabilization of a Class of Smooth Two-Dimensional Systems. SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. 28(6). 1321–1349. 100 indexed citations
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Byrnes, C.I., W.P. Dayawansa, & Clyde F. Martin. (1987). On the topology and geometry of universally observable systems. 963–965. 5 indexed citations

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