Benoît Colson

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Benoît Colson is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Civil and Structural Engineering and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Benoît Colson has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Numerical Analysis, 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 6 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Benoît Colson's work include Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (6 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (5 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (5 papers). Benoît Colson is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (6 papers), Topology Optimization in Engineering (5 papers) and Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization (5 papers). Benoît Colson collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Canada. Benoît Colson's co-authors include Patrice Marcotte, Gilles Savard, Michaël Bruyneel, Sharif Hussein Sharif Zein, Philippe L. Toint, Stéphane Grihon and François Glineur and has published in prestigious journals such as Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, Annals of Operations Research and Computational Optimization and Applications.

In The Last Decade

Benoît Colson

12 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An overview of bilevel optimization

2007 947 citations Benoît Colson, Patrice Marcotte et al. Annals of Operations Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benoît Colson Belgium	9	494	483	192	187	181	12	1.5k
Paul H. Calamai Canada	19	635 1.3×	416 0.9×	404 2.1×	227 1.2×	96 0.5×	29	1.9k
Stefan Ruzika Germany	17	427 0.9×	281 0.6×	144 0.8×	141 0.8×	93 0.5×	65	1.0k
Pietro Belotti United States	15	362 0.7×	406 0.8×	360 1.9×	103 0.6×	324 1.8×	40	1.3k
John E. Mitchell United States	26	365 0.7×	473 1.0×	370 1.9×	99 0.5×	170 0.9×	91	2.1k
Athanasios Migdalas Sweden	22	382 0.8×	349 0.7×	200 1.0×	273 1.5×	82 0.5×	76	1.5k
Godwin C. Ovuworie Benin	7	257 0.5×	241 0.5×	202 1.1×	130 0.7×	171 0.9×	18	1.2k
François Margot United States	19	488 1.0×	586 1.2×	456 2.4×	123 0.7×	371 2.0×	44	2.0k
Juan Pablo Vielma United States	18	287 0.6×	409 0.8×	342 1.8×	144 0.8×	260 1.4×	44	1.4k
Esmaile Khorram Iran	24	518 1.0×	604 1.3×	175 0.9×	426 2.3×	165 0.9×	99	1.8k
Pierre Bonami France	16	434 0.9×	534 1.1×	520 2.7×	102 0.5×	241 1.3×	34	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benoît Colson

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All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Zein, Sharif Hussein Sharif, Benoît Colson, & François Glineur. (2012). An Efficient Sampling Method for Regression-Based Polynomial Chaos Expansion. Communications in Computational Physics. 13(4). 1173–1188. 24 indexed citations

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Zein, Sharif Hussein Sharif, Benoît Colson, & Stéphane Grihon. (2011). A primal-dual backtracking optimization method for blended composite structures. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 45(5). 669–680. 23 indexed citations

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Bruyneel, Michaël, et al.. (2010). EXPLOITING SEMI-ANALYTICAL SENSITIVITIES FROM LINEAR AND NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSES FOR COMPOSITE PANEL OPTIMIZATION. International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics. 10(4). 885–903. 2 indexed citations

4.

Colson, Benoît, et al.. (2009). Optimization methods for advanced design of aircraft panels: a comparison. Optimization and Engineering. 11(4). 583–596. 23 indexed citations

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Bruyneel, Michaël, et al.. (2008). Recent progress in the optimal design of composite structures: industrial solution procedures on case studies. International Journal for Simulation and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization. 2(4). 283–288. 2 indexed citations

6.

Colson, Benoît, Patrice Marcotte, & Gilles Savard. (2007). An overview of bilevel optimization. Annals of Operations Research. 153(1). 235–256. 947 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bruyneel, Michaël, et al.. (2007). Discussion on some convergence problems in buckling optimisation. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 35(2). 181–186. 38 indexed citations

8.

Colson, Benoît & Philippe L. Toint. (2005). Optimizing partially separable functions without derivatives. Optimization methods & software. 20(4-5). 493–508. 23 indexed citations

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Colson, Benoît, Patrice Marcotte, & Gilles Savard. (2005). A Trust-Region Method for Nonlinear Bilevel Programming: Algorithm and Computational Experience. Computational Optimization and Applications. 30(3). 211–227. 118 indexed citations

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Colson, Benoît, Patrice Marcotte, & Gilles Savard. (2005). Bilevel programming: A survey. 4OR. 3(2). 87–107. 327 indexed citations

11.

Colson, Benoît. (2002). BIPA -- BI level P rogramming with A pproximation Methods) -- Software Guide and Test Problems. Les Cahiers du GERAD. 1–53. 7 indexed citations

12.

Colson, Benoît & Philippe L. Toint. (2001). Exploiting Band Structure in Unconstrained Optimization Without Derivatives. Optimization and Engineering. 2(4). 399–412. 9 indexed citations

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