F. Lin

942 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 718 citations indexed

About

F. Lin is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Computer Networks and Communications and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, F. Lin has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 718 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 4 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 1 paper in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in F. Lin's work include Petri Nets in System Modeling (5 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (4 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (4 papers). F. Lin is often cited by papers focused on Petri Nets in System Modeling (5 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (4 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (4 papers). F. Lin collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United States. F. Lin's co-authors include W.M. Wonham and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Information Sciences and IFAC Proceedings Volumes.

In The Last Decade

F. Lin

5 papers receiving 684 citations

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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.

On observability of discrete-event systems

1988 621 citations F. Lin, W.M. Wonham Information Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
F. Lin Canada	4	686	330	126	105	90	5	718
R. Cieślak United States	6	441 0.6×	251 0.8×	81 0.6×	91 0.9×	38 0.4×	10	498
Jan Komenda Czechia	13	469 0.7×	212 0.6×	62 0.5×	93 0.9×	79 0.9×	86	542
C. Desclaux United States	4	423 0.6×	203 0.6×	83 0.7×	75 0.7×	38 0.4×	6	443
Hugo Flordal Sweden	9	497 0.7×	170 0.5×	157 1.2×	81 0.8×	39 0.4×	16	537
J.G. Thistle Canada	12	454 0.7×	211 0.6×	58 0.5×	92 0.9×	36 0.4×	31	499
Jean-Louis Boimond France	13	487 0.7×	91 0.3×	90 0.7×	134 1.3×	222 2.5×	37	589
S. Hashtrudi Zad Canada	9	430 0.6×	89 0.3×	193 1.5×	52 0.5×	181 2.0×	15	493
B.A. Brandin Canada	10	673 1.0×	230 0.7×	226 1.8×	175 1.7×	63 0.7×	22	726
Wenbin Qiu United States	8	369 0.5×	132 0.4×	155 1.2×	29 0.3×	77 0.9×	16	400
Thomas Moor Germany	11	315 0.5×	111 0.3×	63 0.5×	65 0.6×	67 0.7×	34	342

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of F. Lin

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

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Lin, F. & W.M. Wonham. (1995). Supervisory control of timed discrete-event systems under partial observation. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 40(3). 558–562. 79 indexed citations

2.

Lin, F., et al.. (1994). A normality theorem for decentralized control of discrete-event systems. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 39(5). 1089–1093. 7 indexed citations

3.

Lin, F.. (1992). Robust and Adaptive Supervisory Control of Discrete Event Systems. 2804–2808. 2 indexed citations

4.

Lin, F. & W.M. Wonham. (1988). On observability of discrete-event systems. Information Sciences. 44(3). 173–198. 621 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Lin, F. & W.M. Wonham. (1987). Decentralized Supervisory Control of Discrete-event Systems. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 20(5). 163–168. 9 indexed citations

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