Charles M. Macal

8.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
105 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Charles M. Macal is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles M. Macal has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 22 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Charles M. Macal's work include Simulation Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (25 papers) and Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation (19 papers). Charles M. Macal is often cited by papers focused on Simulation Techniques and Applications (27 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (25 papers) and Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation (19 papers). Charles M. Macal collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Charles M. Macal's co-authors include Michael North, Jonathan Ozik, Nicholson Collier, Michael North, Mark Bragen, Eric Tatara, Pam Sydelko, Michael Pidd, Peer‐Olaf Siebers and John C. Garnett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, PLoS ONE and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Charles M. Macal

103 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

Tutorial on agent-based modelling and simulation 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2013 2016 250 500 750 1000
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. Tutorial on agent-based modelling and simulation
    2010 1.0k citations Charles M. Macal, Michael North profile →
  2. Complex adaptive systems modeling with Repast Simphony
    2013 355 citations Michael North, Nicholson Collier et al. profile →
  3. Everything you need to know about agent-based modelling and simulation
    2016 280 citations Charles M. Macal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles M. Macal United States 28 1.6k 564 510 494 480 105 5.2k
Theodor J. Stewart South Africa 33 3.0k 1.9× 823 1.5× 336 0.7× 246 0.5× 1.1k 2.2× 113 7.3k
Chung‐Hsing Yeh Australia 36 1.9k 1.2× 683 1.2× 190 0.4× 420 0.9× 247 0.5× 158 5.6k
Rafael Caballero Spain 38 857 0.5× 364 0.6× 608 1.2× 344 0.7× 379 0.8× 166 4.3k
Luís G. Vargas United States 42 4.1k 2.6× 1.0k 1.8× 481 0.9× 279 0.6× 846 1.8× 175 10.6k
George Mavrotas Greece 32 1.6k 1.0× 322 0.6× 162 0.3× 211 0.4× 624 1.3× 74 6.0k
Michael Pidd United Kingdom 29 1.8k 1.1× 418 0.7× 250 0.5× 183 0.4× 500 1.0× 116 4.1k
Valerie Belton United Kingdom 29 3.4k 2.1× 1.1k 1.9× 402 0.8× 171 0.3× 922 1.9× 65 6.7k
Bernard Roy France 38 4.3k 2.8× 1.4k 2.4× 340 0.7× 288 0.6× 787 1.6× 116 8.1k
Hepu Deng Australia 32 1.6k 1.0× 483 0.9× 564 1.1× 147 0.3× 233 0.5× 181 4.7k
Milan Zelený United States 31 2.1k 1.4× 491 0.9× 341 0.7× 156 0.3× 537 1.1× 127 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Charles M. Macal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles M. Macal

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles M. Macal

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lindau, Stacy Tessler, Jennifer A. Makelarski, Emily Abramsohn, et al.. (2021). Building and experimenting with an agent-based model to study the population-level impact of CommunityRx, a clinic-based community resource referral intervention. PLoS Computational Biology. 17(10). e1009471–e1009471. 6 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M., et al.. (2018). A generalized agent based framework for modeling a blockchain system. Winter Simulation Conference. 1001–1012. 4 indexed citations
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Martinez‐Moyano, Ignacio J. & Charles M. Macal. (2016). A primer for hybrid modeling and simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 133–147. 2 indexed citations
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Cheng, Russell, Charles M. Macal, Barry L. Nelson, et al.. (2016). Simulation: the past 10 years and the next 10 years. Winter Simulation Conference. 2180–2192. 3 indexed citations
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Tolk, Andreas, Osman Balcı, C. Donald Combs, et al.. (2015). Do we need a national research agenda for modeling and simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 2571–2585. 4 indexed citations
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North, Michael, John T. Murphy, Pam Sydelko, et al.. (2015). Integrated modeling of conflict and energy. Winter Simulation Conference. 2499–2510. 4 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M., Prakash Thimmapuram, Vladimir Koritarov, et al.. (2014). Agent-based modeling of electric power markets. Winter Simulation Conference. 276–287. 2 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M., Diane Graziano, & Jonathan Ozik. (2014). Modeling Solar PV Adoption: A Social-Behavioral Agent-Based Framework. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 11 indexed citations
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Martinez‐Moyano, Ignacio J. & Charles M. Macal. (2013). Exploring feedback and endogeneity in agent-based models. Winter Simulation Conference. 1637–1648. 2 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M. & Michael North. (2013). Agent-based modeling and simulation: introductory tutorial. Winter Simulation Conference. 362–376. 6 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M., Michael North, Nicholson Collier, et al.. (2012). Modeling the spread of community-associated MRSA. Winter Simulation Conference. 73. 9 indexed citations
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Singh, Ashima, Michael David, Sarah M. Bartsch, et al.. (2012). The economic burden of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 19(6). 528–536. 157 indexed citations
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Buss, Arnold H., et al.. (2011). Cross-paradigm simulation modeling: challenges and successes. Winter Simulation Conference. 2788–2802. 27 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M. & Michael North. (2010). Toward teaching agent-based simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 268–277. 20 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M. & Michael North. (2009). Agent-based modeling and simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 86–98. 195 indexed citations
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Macal, Charles M. & Michael North. (2007). Agent-based modeling and simulation: desktop ABMS. Winter Simulation Conference. 95–106. 67 indexed citations
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Burke, James, et al.. (2002). Adding the infrastructure class hierarchy to the EXHORT framework for object-oriented deployment simulations.. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 1 indexed citations
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Love, Richard, et al.. (2000). The transportation system capability model (TRANSCAP) : a mixed language development approach for an army deployment simulation.. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations
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Burke, James, et al.. (1999). Standardization of transportation classes for object-oriented deployment simulations.. Nature. 216(5115). 613–4. 2 indexed citations
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Standridge, Charles R., et al.. (1977). A simulation model of the primary health care system of Indiana. Winter Simulation Conference. 348–358. 8 indexed citations

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