Christian Blum

14.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
194 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Christian Blum is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Blum has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 60 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 50 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Christian Blum's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (44 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (42 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (21 papers). Christian Blum is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (44 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (42 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (21 papers). Christian Blum collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Belgium and Germany. Christian Blum's co-authors include Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Krzysztof Socha, Michaël Sampels, Günther R. Raidl, Jakob Puchinger, María J. Blesa, Daniel Merkle, Manuel López‐Ibáñez and Cristóbal Miralles and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

In The Last Decade

Christian Blum

181 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

Metaheuristics in combinatorial optimization 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2005 2005 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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. Metaheuristics in combinatorial optimization
    2003 2.0k citations Christian Blum, Andrea Roli profile →
  2. Ant colony optimization theory: A survey
    2005 1.6k citations Marco Dorigo, Christian Blum profile →
  3. Ant colony optimization: Introduction and recent trends
    2005 797 citations Christian Blum profile →
  4. Hybrid metaheuristics in combinatorial optimization: A survey
    2011 512 citations Christian Blum, Günther R. Raidl et al. Applied Soft Computing profile →

Peers

Christian Blum
Mauro Birattari Belgium
Enrique Alba Spain
A. E. Eiben Netherlands
Holger H. Hoos Canada
Maurício G. C. Resende United States
Manuel Laguna United States
Wei–Neng Chen China
Mohammed Azmi Al‐Betar Jordan
Dunwei Gong China
Guohua Wu China
Mauro Birattari Belgium
Christian Blum
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Blum

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

All Works

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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2024). An Extension of STNWeb Functionality: On the Use of Hierarchical Agglomerative Clustering as an Advanced Search Space Partitioning Strategy. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 151–159.
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2024). Large Language Models for the Automated Analysis of Optimization Algorithms. Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 160–168. 1 indexed citations
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Salamó, María, et al.. (2024). Forgetful Swarm Optimization for Astronomical Observation Scheduling. IEEE Access. 12. 171644–171661. 1 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2023). Multi-constructor CMSA for the maximum disjoint dominating sets problem. Computers & Operations Research. 161. 106450–106450.
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2022). A Population-Based Iterated Greedy Algorithm for Maximizing Sensor Network Lifetime. Sensors. 22(5). 1804–1804. 7 indexed citations
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Matić, Dragan, et al.. (2022). Graph search and variable neighborhood search for finding constrained longest common subsequences in artificial and real gene sequences. Applied Soft Computing. 122. 108844–108844. 2 indexed citations
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Pérez, Jon, et al.. (2021). Optimization Techniques and Formal Verification for the Software Design of Boolean Algebra Based Safety-Critical Systems. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. 18(1). 620–630. 6 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2021). Solving the Longest Common Subsequence Problem Concerning Non-Uniform Distributions of Letters in Input Strings. Mathematics. 9(13). 1515–1515. 3 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2020). Barrakuda: A Hybrid Evolutionary Algorithm for Minimum Capacitated Dominating Set Problem. Mathematics. 8(11). 1858–1858. 2 indexed citations
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Berger, Christoph, et al.. (2020). An A⁎ search algorithm for the constrained longest common subsequence problem. Information Processing Letters. 166. 106041–106041. 2 indexed citations
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Thiruvady, Dhananjay, Christian Blum, & Andreas Ernst. (2020). Solution Merging in Matheuristics for Resource Constrained Job Scheduling. Algorithms. 13(10). 256–256. 14 indexed citations
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Bistaffa, Filippo, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, Jesús Cerquides, & Christian Blum. (2018). A Simulation Tool for Large-Scale Online Ridesharing. DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)). 1797–1799. 2 indexed citations
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Blesa, María J., Christian Blum, & Stefan Voß. (2014). Hybrid metaheuristics : 9th International Workshop, HM 2014, Hamburg, Germany, June 11-13, 2014 : proceedings. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 1 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2014). Evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization : 14th European Conference, EvoCOP 2014, Granada, Spain, April 23-25, 2014 : revised selected papers. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian & Enrique Alba. (2013). Proceedings of the 15th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. 1 indexed citations
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Dorigo, Marco, et al.. (2010). Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Swarm intelligence. 15 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian, et al.. (2008). Hybrid Metaheuristics: An Emerging Approach to Optimization. Archivio istituzionale della ricerca (Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna). 290–290. 133 indexed citations
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Dorigo, Marco, et al.. (2008). Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 6th International Conference, ANTS 2008, Brussels, Belgium, September 22-24, 2008, Proceedings (Lecture ... Computer Science and General Issues). Springer eBooks. 17 indexed citations
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Blum, Christian & Daniel Merkle. (2008). Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications. RMIT Research Repository (RMIT University Library). 43–85. 168 indexed citations

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