Brian Ferris

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Brian Ferris is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Transportation and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Ferris has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Automotive Engineering, 7 papers in Transportation and 3 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian Ferris's work include Transportation Planning and Optimization (7 papers), Transportation and Mobility Innovations (5 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (5 papers). Brian Ferris is often cited by papers focused on Transportation Planning and Optimization (7 papers), Transportation and Mobility Innovations (5 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (5 papers). Brian Ferris collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Brian Ferris's co-authors include Dieter Fox, Neil D. Lawrence, D. Fox, Dirk Haehnel, Kari Watkins, Alan Borning, Peter Henry, Christian Vollmer, G S Rutherford and Brian T. Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, Transportation and IEEE Pervasive Computing.

In The Last Decade

Brian Ferris

12 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

WiFi-SLAM Using G aussian Process Latent Variable Models

2007 406 citations Brian Ferris, Dieter Fox et al. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Ferris United States	7	586	308	250	234	207	12	1.1k
Rijurekha Sen India	14	925 1.6×	417 1.4×	189 0.8×	199 0.9×	262 1.3×	41	1.4k
Christos Laoudias Cyprus	20	1.1k 1.8×	356 1.2×	371 1.5×	232 1.0×	196 0.9×	79	1.6k
Bodhi Priyantha United States	19	818 1.4×	238 0.8×	159 0.6×	115 0.5×	353 1.7×	42	1.3k
Ruipeng Gao China	15	469 0.8×	178 0.6×	190 0.8×	105 0.4×	213 1.0×	59	866
José R. Casar Spain	16	397 0.7×	163 0.5×	322 1.3×	147 0.6×	385 1.9×	92	1.1k
Jochen Seitz Germany	17	626 1.1×	120 0.4×	165 0.7×	137 0.6×	110 0.5×	107	1.1k
Yohan Chon South Korea	18	880 1.5×	211 0.7×	128 0.5×	147 0.6×	257 1.2×	41	1.5k
Xufei Mao China	24	977 1.7×	204 0.7×	99 0.4×	283 1.2×	213 1.0×	74	2.3k
Michel Goraczko United States	14	772 1.3×	167 0.5×	76 0.3×	195 0.8×	244 1.2×	19	1.6k
Pedro José Marrón Germany	23	577 1.0×	110 0.4×	133 0.5×	135 0.6×	336 1.6×	142	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Ferris

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Ferris

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Ferris

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Ferris. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Ferris based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Brian Ferris. Brian Ferris is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Watkins, Kari, Alan Borning, G S Rutherford, Brian Ferris, & Brian T. Gill. (2013). Attitudes of bus operators towards real-time transit information tools. Transportation. 40(5). 961–980. 11 indexed citations

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Watkins, Kari, et al.. (2013). Beyond Context-Sensitive Solutions: Using Value-Sensitive Design to Identify Needed Transit Information Tools. 296–308. 6 indexed citations

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Ferris, Brian, Kari Watkins, & Alan Borning. (2011). OneBusAway: Behavioral and Satisfaction Changes Resulting from Providing Real-Time Arrival Information for Public Transit. Transportation Research Board 90th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 12 indexed citations

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Borning, Alan, Dieter Fox, & Brian Ferris. (2011). Onebusaway: improving the usability of public transit. 4 indexed citations

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Watkins, Kari, Brian Ferris, Alan Borning, G S Rutherford, & David F. Layton. (2011). Where Is My Bus? Impact of mobile real-time information on the perceived and actual wait time of transit riders. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 45(8). 839–848. 3 indexed citations

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Watkins, Kari, Brian Ferris, & Scott Rutherford. (2010). Explore: An Attraction Search Tool for Transit Trip Planning. Journal of Public Transportation. 13(4). 111–128. 5 indexed citations

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Henry, Peter, Christian Vollmer, Brian Ferris, & Dieter Fox. (2010). Learning to navigate through crowded environments. 981–986. 152 indexed citations

8.

Ferris, Brian, Kari Watkins, & Alan Borning. (2010). OneBusAway. 1807–1816. 142 indexed citations

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Ferris, Brian, Kari Watkins, & Alan Borning. (2009). Location-Aware Tools for Improving Public Transit Usability. IEEE Pervasive Computing. 9(1). 13–19. 46 indexed citations

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Ferris, Brian, Dieter Fox, & Neil D. Lawrence. (2007). WiFi-SLAM Using G aussian Process Latent Variable Models. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 2480–2485. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liu, Alan L., Harlan Hile, Gaetano Borriello, et al.. (2006). Implications for Location Systems in Indoor Wayfinding for Individuals with Cognitive Impairments. 143. 1–5. 2 indexed citations

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Ferris, Brian, Dirk Haehnel, & D. Fox. (2006). Gaussian Processes for Signal Strength-Based Location Estimation. 293 indexed citations

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