Alwin Hoffmann

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 882 citations indexed

About

Alwin Hoffmann is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alwin Hoffmann has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 882 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 20 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 13 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alwin Hoffmann's work include Manufacturing Process and Optimization (16 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (11 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (9 papers). Alwin Hoffmann is often cited by papers focused on Manufacturing Process and Optimization (16 papers), Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence (11 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (9 papers). Alwin Hoffmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Alwin Hoffmann's co-authors include N. Jaleeli, D.N. Ewart, L.H. Fink, L.S. VanSlyck, Wolfgang Reif, Gunther Reinhart, Frank Ortmeier, Florian Krebs, Hella Seebach and Michael Kupke and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Sensors and International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems.

In The Last Decade

Alwin Hoffmann

52 papers receiving 810 citations

Hit Papers

Understanding automatic generation control 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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. Understanding automatic generation control
    1992 534 citations N. Jaleeli, L.S. VanSlyck et al. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alwin Hoffmann Germany 12 567 543 153 93 61 55 882
Ömür Aydoğmuş Türkiye 13 276 0.5× 351 0.6× 34 0.2× 93 1.0× 28 0.5× 57 622
Pierpaolo Dini Italy 19 220 0.4× 342 0.6× 30 0.2× 42 0.5× 63 1.0× 44 739
Tomasz Tarczewski Poland 14 445 0.8× 454 0.8× 39 0.3× 210 2.3× 155 2.5× 69 846
Emilio Bueno Spain 20 1.2k 2.1× 1.4k 2.5× 23 0.2× 53 0.6× 30 0.5× 96 1.6k
Imen Bahri France 13 448 0.8× 621 1.1× 35 0.2× 107 1.2× 22 0.4× 42 924
Christof Röhrig Germany 16 161 0.3× 376 0.7× 49 0.3× 96 1.0× 96 1.6× 54 683
Yuya Maruyama Japan 6 159 0.3× 96 0.2× 44 0.3× 72 0.8× 204 3.3× 17 695
Sarosh Patel United States 10 244 0.4× 39 0.1× 51 0.3× 131 1.4× 109 1.8× 44 473

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alwin Hoffmann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2021). UAV Inspection of Large Components: Indoor Navigation Relative to Structures. OPUS (Augsburg University). 179–186. 2 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2021). Towards a Real-Time Capable Plug & Produce Environment for Adaptable Factories. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–4. 5 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2021). Constraint-based Whole-Body-Control of Mobile Manipulators in Human-Centered Environments. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–8. 2 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2020). Robust Distance Estimation of Capacitive Proximity Sensors in HRI using Neural Networks. OPUS (Augsburg University). 344–351. 7 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2019). Modular and Domain-guided Multi-robot Planning for Assembly Processes. OPUS (Augsburg University). 595–604. 2 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2018). Multipotent Systems: Combining Planning, Self-Organization, and Reconfiguration in Modular Robot Ensembles. Sensors. 19(1). 17–17. 24 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2016). A flexible architecture for automatically generating robot applications based on expert knowledge. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2016). Planning and execution of collision-free multi-robot trajectories in industrial applications. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2016). Towards Self-Organizing Swarms of Reconfigurable Self-Aware Robots. OPUS (Augsburg University). 204–209. 4 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2015). A backward-oriented approach for offline programming of complex manufacturing tasks. OPUS (Augsburg University). 124–130. 13 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2015). Robot collision avoidance using an environment model for capacitive sensors. OPUS (Augsburg University). 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2014). Towards combining layout and process models for mixed assembly facilities. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2014). Service-oriented Robotics Manufacturing by reasoning about the Scene Graph of a Robotics Cell. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2013). Robotics API: Object-Oriented Software Development for Industrial Robots. Aisberg (University of Bergamo). 23 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2013). Managing extensibility and maintainability of industrial robotics software. OPUS (Augsburg University). 1–7. 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2012). From Robot Commands to Real-time Robot Control - Transforming High-level Robot Commands into Real-time Dataflow Graphs. OPUS (Augsburg University). 150–158. 3 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2011). Design of an automation system for preforming processes in aerospace industries. OPUS (Augsburg University). 557–562. 19 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alwin, et al.. (2010). The Robotics API: An object-oriented framework for modeling industrial robotics applications. OPUS (Augsburg University). 4036–4041. 15 indexed citations
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Jaleeli, N., L.S. VanSlyck, D.N. Ewart, L.H. Fink, & Alwin Hoffmann. (1992). Understanding automatic generation control. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. 7(3). 1106–1122. 534 indexed citations breakdown →

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