David Garlan

16.5k total citations · 4 hit papers
158 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

David Garlan is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, David Garlan has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 153 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 108 papers in Information Systems and 86 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in David Garlan's work include Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (150 papers), Software System Performance and Reliability (76 papers) and Software Engineering Research (58 papers). David Garlan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (150 papers), Software System Performance and Reliability (76 papers) and Software Engineering Research (58 papers). David Garlan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Portugal. David Garlan's co-authors include Robert J. Allen, Bradley Schmerl, Shang-Wen Cheng, John Mark Ockerbloom, Peter Steenkiste, Reed Little, Robert L. Nord, Paul Clements, Judith A. Stafford and Javier Cámara and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, ACM Computing Surveys and IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.

In The Last Decade

David Garlan

150 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

Documenting software arch... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2003 1997 2004 2004 250 500 750
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. Documenting software architectures: views and beyond
    2003 833 citations Paul Clements, David Garlan et al. profile →
  2. A formal basis for architectural connection
    1997 731 citations Robert J. Allen, David Garlan profile →
  3. Rainbow: architecture-based self-adaptation with reusable infrastructure
    2004 633 citations David Garlan, Shang-Wen Cheng et al. profile →
  4. Rainbow: architecture-based self-adaptation with reusable infrastructure
    2004 550 citations Shang-Wen Cheng, Ancheng C. Huang et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
David Garlan 6.3k 5.4k 3.9k 1.6k 553 158 7.9k
Nenad Medvidović 5.4k 0.8× 5.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.0× 1.8k 1.1× 295 0.5× 202 7.2k
Paul Clements 6.9k 1.1× 7.3k 1.4× 2.8k 0.7× 2.1k 1.3× 286 0.5× 130 9.7k
Krzysztof Czarnecki 6.4k 1.0× 6.3k 1.2× 2.4k 0.6× 3.4k 2.2× 373 0.7× 189 8.7k
Jeff Kramer 5.5k 0.9× 4.6k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.4× 1.3k 2.4× 219 8.0k
Jeff Magee 4.3k 0.7× 3.5k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.9× 140 5.9k
Gregor Kiczales 5.9k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 2.6k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 376 0.7× 80 7.2k
Alexander L. Wolf 3.7k 0.6× 4.2k 0.8× 4.5k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 324 0.6× 166 7.5k
Sven Apel 5.9k 0.9× 6.4k 1.2× 2.7k 0.7× 2.8k 1.7× 419 0.8× 260 8.2k
Klaus Pohl 4.7k 0.7× 5.2k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 2.1k 1.3× 241 0.4× 137 6.9k
Gunter Saake 4.0k 0.6× 3.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 287 0.5× 323 5.8k

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All Works

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Garlan, David & Bashar Nuseibeh. (2017). Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems. International Conference on Software Engineering. 1 indexed citations
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Cámara, Javier, Gabriel A. Moreno, David Garlan, & Bradley Schmerl. (2016). Analyzing Latency-Aware Self-Adaptation Using Stochastic Games and Simulations. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems. 10(4). 1–28. 26 indexed citations
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Cámara, Javier, Antónia Lopes, David Garlan, & Bradley Schmerl. (2016). Adaptation impact and environment models for architecture-based self-adaptive systems. Science of Computer Programming. 127. 50–75. 18 indexed citations
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Garlan, David, et al.. (2013). Diagnosing architectural run-time failures. 2013. 103–112. 8 indexed citations
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Garlan, David. (2013). A 10-year perspective on software engineering self-adaptive systems (keynote). 2–2. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shang-Wen & David Garlan. (2007). Handling Uncertainty in Autonomic Systems. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 34(1). 16–22. 18 indexed citations
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Garlan, David, Jeff Kramer, & Alexander L. Wolf. (2004). Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGSOFT workshop on Self-managed systems. 119–119. 9 indexed citations
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Yan, Hong, David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl, Jonathan Aldrich, & Rick Kazman. (2004). DiscoTect: a system for discovering architectures from running systems. International Conference on Software Engineering. 470–479. 61 indexed citations
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Cheng, Shang-Wen, Ancheng C. Huang, David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl, & Peter Steenkiste. (2004). Rainbow: architecture-based self-adaptation with reusable infrastructure. 276–277. 550 indexed citations breakdown →
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Spitznagel, Bridget & David Garlan. (2003). A compositional formalization of connector wrappers. International Conference on Software Engineering. 374–384. 56 indexed citations
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Clements, Paul, David Garlan, Reed Little, Robert L. Nord, & Judith A. Stafford. (2003). Documenting software architectures: views and beyond. 740–741. 833 indexed citations breakdown →
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Garlan, David, et al.. (2002). Reconciling the needs of architectural description with object-modeling notations. Science of Computer Programming. 44(1). 23–49. 61 indexed citations
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Garlan, David, et al.. (2000). Reconciling the needs of architectural description with object-modeling notations. Lecture notes in computer science. 498–512. 29 indexed citations
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Allen, Robert J. & David Garlan. (1996). A Case Study in Architectural Modelling: The AEGIS System. 6. 15 indexed citations
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Garlan, David. (1995). Architectures for Software Systems. Journal of Exercise Rehabilitation. 11(4). 211–4. 7 indexed citations
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Allen, Robert J. & David Garlan. (1994). Formalizing architectural connection. International Conference on Software Engineering. 71–80. 243 indexed citations
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Garlan, David & Dewayne E. Perry. (1994). Software architecture: practice, potential, and pitfalls. International Conference on Software Engineering. 363–364. 17 indexed citations
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Allen, Robert J. & David Garlan. (1992). A Formal Approach to Software Architectures. 134–141. 326 indexed citations
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Garlan, David. (1991). Preconditions for understanding. 242–245. 3 indexed citations

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