Carlos Cotta

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
112 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Carlos Cotta is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Carlos Cotta has authored 112 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 16 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Carlos Cotta's work include Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (37 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (36 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Games (23 papers). Carlos Cotta is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (37 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (36 papers) and Artificial Intelligence in Games (23 papers). Carlos Cotta collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Portugal and Venezuela. Carlos Cotta's co-authors include Ferrante Neri, Pablo Moscato, Antonio J. Fernández, J. J. Merelo, Robert Schaefer, Antonio M. Mora, José M. Troya, Joanna Kołodziej, Raúl Lara-Cabrera and Francisco Fernández de Vega and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and Neurocomputing.

In The Last Decade

Carlos Cotta

101 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Memetic algorithms and memetic computing optimization: A ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carlos Cotta Spain 17 978 440 384 211 170 112 1.8k
Sanaz Mostaghim Germany 23 1.4k 1.4× 1.2k 2.7× 203 0.5× 224 1.1× 193 1.1× 148 2.3k
Heike Trautmann Germany 24 1.2k 1.3× 936 2.1× 199 0.5× 167 0.8× 93 0.5× 82 1.9k
Alexander Mendiburu Spain 20 762 0.8× 203 0.5× 243 0.6× 249 1.2× 118 0.7× 126 1.7k
Philipp Rohlfshagen United Kingdom 13 1.3k 1.4× 206 0.5× 177 0.5× 194 0.9× 386 2.3× 24 2.1k
Ayed Salman Kuwait 16 1.2k 1.2× 412 0.9× 198 0.5× 261 1.2× 402 2.4× 48 2.1k
Mitchell A. Potter United States 9 1.1k 1.1× 331 0.8× 119 0.3× 166 0.8× 98 0.6× 17 1.5k
Roman Šenkeřík Czechia 20 882 0.9× 270 0.6× 105 0.3× 144 0.7× 231 1.4× 177 1.5k
Fernando G. Lobo Portugal 18 1.6k 1.6× 743 1.7× 197 0.5× 212 1.0× 135 0.8× 46 2.4k
L. Darrell Whitley United States 27 1.9k 1.9× 867 2.0× 755 2.0× 559 2.6× 170 1.0× 71 3.1k
Konstantinos G. Margaritis Greece 18 908 0.9× 306 0.7× 60 0.2× 202 1.0× 231 1.4× 117 1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carlos Cotta

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cotta, Carlos. (2025). Harnessing memetic algorithms: a practical guide. Top. 33(2). 327–356. 2 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2015). Studying self-balancing strategies in island-based multimemetic algorithms. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 293. 180–191. 7 indexed citations
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Lara-Cabrera, Raúl, et al.. (2015). Game Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for the Scientific Community.. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga (University of Málaga). 1–12. 4 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2013). Analyzing meme propagation in multimemetic algorithms: Initial investigations. Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems. 1013–1019. 4 indexed citations
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Byrski, Aleksander, Robert Schaefer, Maciej Smółka, & Carlos Cotta. (2013). Asymptotic guarantee of success for multi-agent memetic systems. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences. 61(1). 257–278. 27 indexed citations
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Merelo, J. J., et al.. (2012). Scaling in distributed evolutionary algorithms with persistent population. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1. 1–8. 7 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2011). A Memetic Algorithm for Designing Balanced Incomplete Blocks. 2(1). 14–22. 4 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, Simeon Reich, & Antoni Ligęza. (2010). Knowledge-Driven Computing: Knowledge Engineering and Intelligent Computations. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2009). Solving Weighted Constraint Satisfaction Problems with Memetic/Exact Hybrid Algorithms. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 35. 533–555. 7 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2009). A Computational Analysis of Galactic Exploration with Space Probes - Implications for the Fermi Paradox. JBIS. 62. 82–88. 7 indexed citations
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Hemert, Jano van, et al.. (2008). Evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization : 8th European conference, EvoCOP 2008, Naples, Italy, March 26-28, 2008 : proceedings. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2008). Adaptive and Multilevel Metaheuristics (Studies in Computational Intelligence). Springer eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Fernández, Antonio J., et al.. (2008). Generating Emergent Team Strategies in Football Simulation Videogames via Genetic Algorithms.. Cellular Signalling. 6(2). 120–128. 2 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2007). Evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization : 7th European Conference, EvoCOP 2007, Valencia, Spain, April 11-13, 2007 : proceedings. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Moscato, Pablo & Carlos Cotta. (2003). Una Introducción a los Algoritmos Memeticos. Redalyc (Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México). 7(19). 131–148. 10 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos & Pablo Moscato. (2003). The k-Feature Set problem is W[2]-complete. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 67(4). 686–690. 27 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos, et al.. (2002). Parallel evolutionary algorithms in telecommunications: two case studies. El Servicio de Difusión de la Creación Intelectual (National University of La Plata). 4 indexed citations
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Cotta, Carlos & Pablo Moscato. (2002). A mixed evolutionary-statistical analysis of an algorithm's complexity. Applied Mathematics Letters. 16(1). 41–47. 10 indexed citations
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Berretta, Regina, Carlos Cotta, & Pablo Moscato. (2001). Forma Analysis and new Heuristic Ideas for the Number Partitioning Problem.

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