A. Charnes

78.9k total citations · 14 hit papers
275 papers, 57.2k citations indexed

About

A. Charnes is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Control and Systems Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, A. Charnes has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 57.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 104 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 59 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in A. Charnes's work include Optimization and Mathematical Programming (95 papers), Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (41 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (39 papers). A. Charnes is often cited by papers focused on Optimization and Mathematical Programming (95 papers), Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (41 papers) and Efficiency Analysis Using DEA (39 papers). A. Charnes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Israel. A. Charnes's co-authors include W. W. Cooper, Edwardo L. Rhodes, Rajiv D. Banker, Lawrence M. Seiford, Arie Y. Lewin, Boaz Golany, L. Seiford, Joel Stutz, Dongming Sun and Zhimin Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Finance and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

A. Charnes

263 papers receiving 51.1k citations

Hit Papers

Measuring the efficiency of decision making units 1955 2026 1978 2002 1978 1984 1962 1994 1979 5.0k 10.0k 15.0k 20.0k
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. Measuring the efficiency of decision making units
    1978 21.4k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  2. Some Models for Estimating Technical and Scale Inefficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis
    1984 12.2k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. Management Science profile →
  3. Programming with linear fractional functionals
    1962 2.2k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper Naval Research Logistics Quarterly profile →
  4. Data Envelopment Analysis: Theory, Methodology, and Applications
    1994 2.2k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  5. Measuring the efficiency of decision-making units
    1979 1.9k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  6. Chance-Constrained Programming
    1959 1.9k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper Management Science profile →
  7. Management Models and Industrial Applications of Linear Programming
    1957 1.4k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper Management Science profile →
  8. Foundations of data envelopment analysis for Pareto-Koopmans efficient empirical production functions
    1985 1.2k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  9. Evaluating Program and Managerial Efficiency: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis to Program Follow Through
    1981 1.1k citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. Management Science profile →
  10. Optimal Estimation of Executive Compensation by Linear Programming
    1955 779 citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. Management Science profile →
  11. Deterministic Equivalents for Optimizing and Satisficing under Chance Constraints
    1963 718 citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper profile →
  12. A developmental study of data envelopment analysis in measuring the efficiency of maintenance units in the U.S. air forces
    1984 573 citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  13. Polyhedral Cone-Ratio DEA Models with an illustrative application to large commercial banks
    1990 547 citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. profile →
  14. Cost Horizons and Certainty Equivalents: An Approach to Stochastic Programming of Heating Oil
    1958 439 citations A. Charnes, W. W. Cooper et al. Management Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
A. Charnes United States 56 39.5k 22.0k 10.4k 6.1k 5.5k 275 57.2k
W. W. Cooper United States 74 49.1k 1.2× 27.5k 1.2× 11.5k 1.1× 7.7k 1.3× 6.8k 1.2× 270 68.6k
Edwardo L. Rhodes United States 5 18.0k 0.5× 10.9k 0.5× 2.2k 0.2× 3.1k 0.5× 2.6k 0.5× 9 24.5k
Rajiv D. Banker United States 66 16.2k 0.4× 11.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.2× 6.6k 1.1× 3.8k 0.7× 297 30.5k
Lawrence M. Seiford United States 36 12.9k 0.3× 7.4k 0.3× 1.7k 0.2× 2.0k 0.3× 1.9k 0.3× 70 16.7k
Joe Zhu United States 72 14.9k 0.4× 7.9k 0.4× 2.2k 0.2× 2.8k 0.5× 1.8k 0.3× 208 18.9k
C. A. Knox Lovell United States 49 18.1k 0.5× 16.0k 0.7× 850 0.1× 2.8k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 150 27.5k
Kenneth J. Arrow United States 78 7.4k 0.2× 25.4k 1.2× 735 0.1× 4.6k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 303 48.2k
Shouyang Wang China 86 7.7k 0.2× 9.4k 0.4× 1.7k 0.2× 4.1k 0.7× 2.6k 0.5× 901 28.6k
Thomas L. Saaty United States 84 21.4k 0.5× 3.8k 0.2× 5.1k 0.5× 8.6k 1.4× 452 0.1× 300 61.4k
Kaoru Tone Japan 37 13.2k 0.3× 11.0k 0.5× 1.3k 0.1× 2.2k 0.4× 1.8k 0.3× 90 19.8k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1992). Systems and management science by extremal methods : research honoring Abraham Charnes at age 70. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 4 indexed citations
2.
Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, Zhimin Huang, & Dongming Sun. (1991). Relations between half-space and finitely generated cones in polyhedral cone-ratio DEA models. International Journal of Systems Science. 22(11). 2057–2077. 32 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1990). Fundamental theorems of nondominated solutions associated with cones in normed linear spaces. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 150(1). 54–78. 27 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, & George Kozmetsky. (1984). Creative and innovative management : essays in honor of George Kozmetsky. 3 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, D. B. Learner, & Fred Phillips. (1980). The MDI Method as a Generalization of Logit, Probit and Hendry Analyses in Marketing.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, Kirk R. Karwan, & Wanda A. Wallace. (1979). A chance-constrained goal programming model to evaluate response resources for marine pollution disasters. Research report. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1977). A Goal Focusing Approach to Analysis of Trade-Offs among Household Production Outputs.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1977). A Nonlinear Goal-Arc Network Extension of the Multi-Level Coherence Model for EEO.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 3 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, Darwin Klingman, & R. J. Niehaus. (1975). Explicit Solutions in Convex Goal Programming. Management Science. 22(4). 438–448. 15 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, & George Kozmetsky. (1973). Measuring, Monitoring and Modeling Quality of Life. Management Science. 19(10). 1172–1188. 11 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1971). Mathematical Models for Manpower and Personnel Planning.. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1971). The lower bounded and partial upper bounded distribution model. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. 18(2). 277–281. 21 indexed citations
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Charnes, A. & Michael Kirby. (1967). Some Special P-Models in Chance-Constrained Programming. Management Science. 14(3). 183–195. 21 indexed citations
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Ben-Israel, Adi & A. Charnes. (1963). Generalized inverses and the Bott-Duffin network analysis. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications. 7(3). 428–435. 9 indexed citations
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Charnes, A.. (1962). Programing with Liner Fractional Functions. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. 15. 333–334. 20 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., W. W. Cooper, & K. O. Kortanek. (1962). DUALITY, HAAR PROGRAMS, AND FINITE SEQUENCE SPACES. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 48(5). 783–786. 75 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1957). Part II ‐ Generalization and analysis. Naval Research Logistics Quarterly. 4(3). 207–220. 11 indexed citations
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Cooper, W. W. & A. Charnes. (1954). Silhouette Functions of Short-Run Cost Behavior. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 68(1). 131–131. 9 indexed citations
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Charnes, A. & Robert Dorfman. (1953). Application of Linear Programming to the Theory of the Firm.. American Mathematical Monthly. 60(6). 430–430. 1 indexed citations
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Charnes, A., et al.. (1952). On the energy equation for fluid-film lubrication. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 214(1116). 133–136. 7 indexed citations

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