Alexander Scheidler

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Alexander Scheidler is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Scheidler has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 10 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 9 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Alexander Scheidler's work include Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (9 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (7 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (6 papers). Alexander Scheidler is often cited by papers focused on Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (9 papers), Optimal Power Flow Distribution (7 papers) and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (6 papers). Alexander Scheidler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Belgium and Denmark. Alexander Scheidler's co-authors include Martin Braun, Leon Thurner, Florian Schäfer, Jan‐Hendrik Menke, Steffen Meinecke, Marco Dorigo, Martin Middendorf, Eliseo Ferrante, Konrad Diwold and Arne Brutschy and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics and Robotics and Autonomous Systems.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Scheidler

34 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Pandapower—An Open-Source Python Tool for Convenient Mode... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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. Pandapower—An Open-Source Python Tool for Convenient Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization of Electric Power Systems
    2018 634 citations Leon Thurner, Alexander Scheidler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Scheidler Germany 12 638 376 197 170 99 36 1.1k
Eduardo Mojica‐Nava Colombia 17 555 0.9× 649 1.7× 196 1.0× 55 0.3× 31 0.3× 108 1.0k
Mohammad Pirani Canada 15 209 0.3× 553 1.5× 380 1.9× 133 0.8× 101 1.0× 49 999
Fang Xu China 17 302 0.5× 95 0.3× 270 1.4× 158 0.9× 54 0.5× 58 910
Antonio Pietrabissa Italy 21 557 0.9× 231 0.6× 756 3.8× 143 0.8× 20 0.2× 126 1.3k
Zhanpeng Fang China 10 208 0.3× 156 0.4× 54 0.3× 99 0.6× 53 0.5× 29 672
Weiming Fu China 14 271 0.4× 421 1.1× 779 4.0× 136 0.8× 18 0.2× 31 1.2k
Longhua Ma China 16 200 0.3× 152 0.4× 84 0.4× 201 1.2× 22 0.2× 68 698
Guozhen Tan China 12 139 0.2× 177 0.5× 239 1.2× 200 1.2× 23 0.2× 53 645
Michał Piórkowski Switzerland 11 526 0.8× 277 0.7× 612 3.1× 168 1.0× 29 0.3× 19 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alexander Scheidler

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Scheidler, Alexander, et al.. (2023). Security‐constrained active power curtailment considering line temperature and thermal inertia. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. 17(23). 5183–5197. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhenqi, et al.. (2021). Active Power Curtailment in Power System Planning. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy. 8. 399–408. 13 indexed citations
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Schäfer, Florian, Alexander Scheidler, & Martin Braun. (2020). A Hybrid Optimization Method Combining Network Expansion Planning and Switching State Optimization. IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy. 7. 234–242. 4 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, et al.. (2019). Combined Planning of Medium and Low Voltage Grids. 1–6. 4 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, et al.. (2019). DER Integration Study for the German State of Hesse – Methodology and Key Results. CIRED. 8 indexed citations
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Thurner, Leon, et al.. (2017). Heuristic optimisation for network restoration and expansion in compliance with the single‐contingency policy. IET Generation Transmission & Distribution. 11(17). 4264–4273. 8 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, et al.. (2015). Preemptive network reinforcement at LV level considering uncertainty in prediction of PV penetration scenarios. Fraunhofer-Publica (Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft). 42. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Merkle, Daniel, Martin Middendorf, & Alexander Scheidler. (2015). Task allocation in organic computing systems: networks with reconfigurable helper units. International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems. 8(1). 60–60. 1 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, Daniel Merkle, & Martin Middendorf. (2013). Swarm controlled emergence for ant clustering. International Journal of Intelligent Computing and Cybernetics. 6(1). 62–82. 8 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, et al.. (2013). Detailed analysis of network losses in a million customer distribution grid with high penetration of distributed generation. 22nd International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution (CIRED 2013). 1478–1478. 8 indexed citations
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Mathews, Nithin, Alessandro Stranieri, Alexander Scheidler, & Marco Dorigo. (2012). Supervised morphogenesis: morphology control of ground-based self-assembling robots by aerial robots. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 11. 97–104. 11 indexed citations
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Brutschy, Arne, Alexander Scheidler, Eliseo Ferrante, Marco Dorigo, & Mauro Birattari. (2012). “Can ants inspire robots?” Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 3342. 4272–4273. 16 indexed citations
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Brutschy, Arne, Alexander Scheidler, Eliseo Ferrante, Marco Dorigo, & Mauro Birattari. (2012). 'Can ants inspire robots?' Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms. Video proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles).
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Scheidler, Alexander. (2011). Dynamics of majority rule with differential latencies. Physical Review E. 83(3). 31116–31116. 17 indexed citations
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de, Marco A. Montes, Eliseo Ferrante, Alexander Scheidler, et al.. (2011). Majority-rule opinion dynamics with differential latency: a mechanism for self-organized collective decision-making. Swarm Intelligence. 5(3-4). 305–327. 66 indexed citations
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Scheidler, Alexander, Daniel Merkle, & Martin Middendorf. (2008). Stability and performance of ant queue inspired task partitioning methods. Theory in Biosciences. 127(2). 149–161. 5 indexed citations
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Merkle, Daniel, Martin Middendorf, & Alexander Scheidler. (2008). Self-Organized Task Allocation for Service Tasks in Computing Systems with Reconfigurable Components. Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms. 7(2). 237–254. 2 indexed citations
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Biermann, Dirk, et al.. (2008). Space adaptive finite element methods for dynamic Signorini problems in the simulation of the NC-shape grinding process. 2 indexed citations
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Merkle, Daniel, Martin Middendorf, & Alexander Scheidler. (2007). Swarm Controlled Emergence - Designing an Anti-Clustering Ant System. 242–249. 6 indexed citations

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