Edsger W. Dijkstra

19.5k citations
67 papers · 9.1k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 23
Topics
Logic, programming, and type systems (10 papers)Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (8 papers)Distributed systems and fault tolerance (5 papers)

In The Last Decade

Edsger W. Dijkstra

59 papers receiving 7.8k citations

Hit Papers

A Discipline of Programming19682026198720061976197419751968196850010001.5k2.0k2.5k

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Edsger W. Dijkstra
Comparison fields: 5 of 141
  • Artificial Intelligence 4.6k
  • Computer Networks and Communications 3.7k
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics 3.1k
  • Hardware and Architecture 2.2k
  • Information Systems 2.0k
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All Works

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On the design of calculational proofs
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Reasoning about programs (videotape)
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Fillers at the YoP Institute
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Software Engineering : As It Should Be.
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Letters to the editor: go to statement considered harmfulbreakdown →
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Programmering voor de armac, 5 : Interpretatief programma voor breuken van dubbele lengte
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Programmering voor de Armac, 3 : Interpretatief programma voor drijvende komma berekening
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About Edsger W. Dijkstra

Edsger W. Dijkstra is a scholar working on Theoretical Computer Science, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Hardware and Architecture, having authored 67 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Logic, programming, and type systems (10 papers), Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms (8 papers) and Distributed systems and fault tolerance (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Software (1.6k citations), Hardware and Architecture (2.2k citations) and Computational Theory and Mathematics (3.1k citations). Edsger W. Dijkstra has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Carel S. Schölten, W. H. J. Feijen, E.F.M. Steffens, Leslie Lamport, Alain J. Martin, A. J. M. van Gasteren, John R. Rice, Per Brinch Hansen, C. A. R. Hoare and Jayadev Misra. Their work appears in journals such as Communications of the ACM, American Mathematical Monthly and ACM SIGPLAN Notices.

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