Chris Thornton

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Chris Thornton is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Neuroscience and Signal Processing. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Thornton has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 7 papers in Signal Processing. Recurrent topics in Chris Thornton's work include Neural Networks and Applications (7 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (6 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (5 papers). Chris Thornton is often cited by papers focused on Neural Networks and Applications (7 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (6 papers) and Embodied and Extended Cognition (5 papers). Chris Thornton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and United States. Chris Thornton's co-authors include Kevin Leyton‐Brown, Holger H. Hoos, Frank Hutter, Andy Clark, James R. Wright, Jörg Denzinger, Jeffrey E. Boyd, Tom Flanagan, Jentsje van der Meer and Gregory Holt and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Behavioral and Brain Sciences and Cognitive Science.

In The Last Decade

Chris Thornton

41 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

  1. Auto-WEKA
    2013 789 citations Chris Thornton, Frank Hutter et al. profile →

Peers

Chris Thornton
Derek Partridge United Kingdom
Jonathan Baxter Australia
Aimilia Tzanavari Cyprus
Sin-Chun Ng Hong Kong
Alfredo Milani Italy
Earl Hunt
Karl Moritz Hermann United Kingdom
Mihaela Cocea United Kingdom
Scott E. Fahlman United States
Benjamin Rosman South Africa
Derek Partridge United Kingdom
Chris Thornton
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Countries citing papers authored by Chris Thornton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Thornton

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Thornton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Thornton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Thornton 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 Chris Thornton. Chris Thornton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thornton, Chris. (2021). Extensional Superposition and Its Relation to Compositionality in Language and Thought. Cognitive Science. 45(5). e12929–e12929. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2016). Predictive processing simplified: The infotropic machine. Brain and Cognition. 112. 13–24. 8 indexed citations
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Ettema, Robert, et al.. (2016). Hydraulic modeling of braided channels self-formed in an alluvial plain. 1106–1112. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2014). Infotropism as the underlying principle of perceptual organization. Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 61. 38–44. 4 indexed citations
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Hughes, Steven A., et al.. (2014). Wave Overtopping Resiliency of Grass and Turf Reinforcement Mats on Sandy Soils. 379–388. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2013). A new way of linking information theory with cognitive science. Cognitive Science. 35(35). 2 indexed citations
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Holt, Gregory, et al.. (2012). Screening Study of Select Cotton-based Hydromulch Blends Produced Using the Cross-Linked Biofiber Process. ˜The œjournal of cotton science/Journal of cotton science. 16(4). 249–254. 2 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris, Frank Hutter, Holger H. Hoos, & Kevin Leyton‐Brown. (2012). Auto-WEKA: Automated Selection and Hyper-Parameter Optimization of Classification Algorithms. arXiv (Cornell University). 29 indexed citations
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Boyd, Jeffrey E., et al.. (2012). In Situ Motion Capture of Speed Skating: Escaping the Treadmill. 2. 460–467. 9 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris, Tom Flanagan, Jörg Denzinger, & Jeffrey E. Boyd. (2011). Evaluating goal ordering structures for testing harbour security policies. 2. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris, Tom Flanagan, & Jörg Denzinger. (2010). Creating and Evaluating Goal Ordering Structures for Testing Harbour Patrol and Interception Policies. PRISM (University of Calgary). 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2009). Hierarchical Markov Modeling for generative music. The Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association. 2009. 4 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2009). Representation Recovers Information. Cognitive Science. 33(8). 1383–1412. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2003). Quantitative Abstraction Theory. Figshare. 3 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (2002). Truth from Trash: How Learning Makes Sense (Complex Adaptive Systems). MIT Press eBooks. 143(32). 12609–12621.
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Clark, Andy & Chris Thornton. (1997). Trading spaces: Computation, representation, and the limits of uninformed learning. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 20(1). 57–66. 121 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (1997). The building block fallacy. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 6 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (1991). Introduction to connectionist computing. Computer-Aided Design. 23(8). 530–538. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (1988). A Computational Model for the Data Compression Metaphor.. 67–74. 1 indexed citations
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Thornton, Chris. (1987). Hypercuboid-formation behaviour of two learning algorithms. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 301–303. 6 indexed citations

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