David Makinson

8.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

David Makinson is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and History and Philosophy of Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Makinson has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 32 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 4 papers in History and Philosophy of Science. Recurrent topics in David Makinson's work include Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (44 papers), Advanced Algebra and Logic (25 papers) and Logic, programming, and type systems (20 papers). David Makinson is often cited by papers focused on Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge (44 papers), Advanced Algebra and Logic (25 papers) and Logic, programming, and type systems (20 papers). David Makinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Lebanon and Argentina. David Makinson's co-authors include Peter Gärdenfors, Carlos E. Alchourrón, Leendert van der Torre, James Hawthorne, Karl Schlechta, George Kourousias, Jürgen Dix, Krister Segerberg, Lloyd Humberstone and Heinrich Wansing and has published in prestigious journals such as Artificial Intelligence, Noûs and Synthese.

In The Last Decade

David Makinson

64 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

On the logic of theory change: Partial meet contraction a... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

David Makinson
Comparison fields: 5 of 82
  • Artificial Intelligence 3.3k
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 930
  • Philosophy 416
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 250
  • Management Science and Operations Research 165
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Fields of papers citing papers by David Makinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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2 1
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Relevance via decomposition: A project, some results, an open question
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4 2
5 11
6 3
7 18
8 3
9 36
10
Respecting relevance in belief change
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Bridges from Classical to Nonmonotonic Logic
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12 5
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JTMS and Logic Programming.
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14 7
15
Revisions of knowledge systems using epistemic entrenchment
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16 3
17 1
18 0
19 54
20 17

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