Alan K. Mackworth

8.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Alan K. Mackworth is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan K. Mackworth has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 29 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 27 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Alan K. Mackworth's work include Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization (22 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (16 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (16 papers). Alan K. Mackworth is often cited by papers focused on Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization (22 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (16 papers) and Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (16 papers). Alan K. Mackworth collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Alan K. Mackworth's co-authors include Farzin Mokhtarian, Eugene C. Freuder, Raymond Reiter, David Poole, Johan de Kleer, B. F. Francis Ouellette, Sanja Rogić, Alireza Davoodi, Pooja Viswanathan and James J. Little and has published in prestigious journals such as Bioinformatics, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence and Genome Research.

In The Last Decade

Alan K. Mackworth

81 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Consistency in networks of relations

1977 1.4k citations Alan K. Mackworth profile →
A theory of multiscale, curvature-based shape representation for planar curves

1992 609 citations Alan K. Mackworth et al. profile →
Scale-Based Description and Recognition of Planar Curves and Two-Dimensional Shapes

1986 580 citations Alan K. Mackworth et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Governing AI safety through independent audits 2021 ·Nature Machine Intelligence ·Gregory Falco, Ben Shneiderman, Julia Badger, (unknown), Anton Dahbura, David Danks, Martin Eling, Alwyn E. Goodloe, (unknown), Christopher Hart, Marina Jirotka, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alan K. Mackworth, Carsten Maple, Sigurður Emil Pálsson, Frank Pasquale, Alan Winfield, (unknown)	115
2	INTELLIGENT WHEELCHAIRS FOR COGNITIVELY-IMPAIRED OLDER ADULTS IN LONG-TERM CARE: A REVIEW 2014 ·Pooja Viswanathan, (unknown), Alan K. Mackworth, (unknown), Rosalie H. Wang, Alex Mihailidis	2
3	An Intelligent Powered Wheelchair for Users with Dementia: Case Studies with NOAH (Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Help). 2012 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Pooja Viswanathan, James J. Little, Alan K. Mackworth, Alex Mihailidis	2
4	Multi-robot area coverage with limited visibility 2010 ·Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems ·(unknown), Alireza Davoodi, Philippe Pasquier, Alan K. Mackworth	6
5	Using spatial hints to improve policy reuse in a reinforcement learning agent 2010 ·Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems ·(unknown), Alan K. Mackworth	5
6	NOAH for Wheelchair Users with Cognitive Impairment: Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Help. 2008 ·National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Pooja Viswanathan, Alan K. Mackworth, James J. Little, Jesse Hoey, Alex Mihailidis	2
7	Correlation between the secondary structure of pre-mRNA introns and the efficiency of splicing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2008 ·BMC Genomics ·Sanja Rogić, Ben Montpetit, Holger H. Hoos, Alan K. Mackworth, B. F. Francis Ouellette, Philip Hieter	38
8	Adaptive Synchronisation for a RoboCup Agent 2007 ·(unknown), Alan K. Mackworth	0
9	The Coevolution of AI and AAAI 2005 ·AI Magazine ·Alan K. Mackworth	1
10	GeneComber: combining outputs of gene prediction programs for improved results 2003 ·Bioinformatics ·Sohrab P. Shah, (unknown), Alan K. Mackworth, Sanja Rogić, B. F. Francis Ouellette	23
11	Improving gene recognition accuracy by combiningpredictions from two gene-finding programs 2002 ·Bioinformatics ·Sanja Rogić, B. F. Francis Ouellette, Alan K. Mackworth	30
12	Quick and clean: constraint-based vision for situated robots 2002 ·Alan K. Mackworth	1
13	Logical Foundations for Cognitive Agents: Contributions in Honor of Ray Reiter 2001 ·Springer eBooks ·Patrick J. Hayes, Erik Sandewall, Saul Amarel, Alan W. Biermann, Donald Loveland, Raymond Reiter, (unknown), Douglas B. Lenat, Leonard Bolc, Steven L. Shafer, Fiora Pirri, Alan K. Mackworth, Dana Nau, Yoav Shoham	19
14	Constraint nets: a semantic model for hybrid dynamic systems 1995 ·Theoretical Computer Science ·(unknown), Alan K. Mackworth	25
15	Computer-Vision Update 1989 ·Robert M. Haralick, Alan K. Mackworth, (unknown)	8
16	On Seeing Things, Again. 1983 ·International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Alan K. Mackworth	1
17	Structuring domain knowledge for visual perception 1981 ·International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Alan K. Mackworth, (unknown)	7
18	On reading sketch maps 1977 ·International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Alan K. Mackworth	68
19	Using models to see 1974 ·Alan K. Mackworth	2
20	Interpreting pictures of polyhedral scenes 1973 ·International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Alan K. Mackworth	29

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