Christopher Irgens

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Christopher Irgens is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Irgens has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 3 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 2 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Christopher Irgens's work include Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (3 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (3 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (2 papers). Christopher Irgens is often cited by papers focused on Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (3 papers), Fault Detection and Control Systems (3 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (2 papers). Christopher Irgens collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Christopher Irgens's co-authors include Klaus‐Dieter Thoben, Thorsten Wuest, D. R. Weimer, Brian Lees and Jan Frick and has published in prestigious journals such as Production Planning & Control, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing and Production & Manufacturing Research.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Irgens

8 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Machine learning in manufacturing: advantages, challenges, and applications
    2016 871 citations Thorsten Wuest, D. R. Weimer et al. Production & Manufacturing Research profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Christopher Irgens 543 271 161 155 120 8 1.1k
Nursel Öztürk 430 0.8× 149 0.5× 138 0.9× 148 1.0× 121 1.0× 51 1.2k
Wim J.C. Verhagen 468 0.9× 245 0.9× 229 1.4× 90 0.6× 84 0.7× 71 1.1k
Yulin Ma 582 1.1× 330 1.2× 290 1.8× 244 1.6× 64 0.5× 11 1.3k
Yaqiong Lv 521 1.0× 202 0.7× 356 2.2× 89 0.6× 128 1.1× 63 1.2k
Fumihiko Kimura 724 1.3× 364 1.3× 98 0.6× 58 0.4× 79 0.7× 107 1.9k
Ji Zhou 554 1.0× 163 0.6× 94 0.6× 56 0.4× 68 0.6× 28 985
Arkadiusz Gola 582 1.1× 242 0.9× 84 0.5× 41 0.3× 109 0.9× 106 1.1k
Symone Gomes Soares Alcalá 296 0.5× 141 0.5× 388 2.4× 263 1.7× 52 0.4× 24 1.1k
Moneer Helu 1.1k 2.0× 438 1.6× 263 1.6× 80 0.5× 127 1.1× 43 1.8k
Melinda Hodkiewicz 150 0.3× 199 0.7× 236 1.5× 240 1.5× 94 0.8× 95 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Irgens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Irgens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Irgens

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

All Works

8 of 8 papers shown
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Wuest, Thorsten, Christopher Irgens, & Klaus‐Dieter Thoben. (2016). Changing States of Multistage Process Chains. Journal of Engineering. 2016. 1–11. 4 indexed citations
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Wuest, Thorsten, D. R. Weimer, Christopher Irgens, & Klaus‐Dieter Thoben. (2016). Machine learning in manufacturing: advantages, challenges, and applications. Production & Manufacturing Research. 4(1). 23–45. 871 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wuest, Thorsten, Christopher Irgens, & Klaus‐Dieter Thoben. (2013). An approach to monitoring quality in manufacturing using supervised machine learning on product state data. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 25(5). 1167–1180. 172 indexed citations
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Irgens, Christopher, Thorsten Wuest, & Klaus‐Dieter Thoben. (2012). Product state based view and machine learning: A suitable approach to increase quality?. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 45(6). 1733–1738. 1 indexed citations
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Frick, Jan, et al.. (2011). Factors affecting pouring ready mix concrete production rate using tower cranes in Egypt. International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies. 3(4). 353–353. 1 indexed citations
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Lees, Brian, et al.. (1998). Constructing customised models and providing information to support IT outsourcing decisions. Logistics Information Management. 11(2). 114–127. 32 indexed citations
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Irgens, Christopher. (1990). RA-IQSE: a system for on-line quality support for the designer of machined parts and products. Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems. 3(4). 246–251. 1 indexed citations

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