Harlan Crowder

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Harlan Crowder is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Harlan Crowder has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 3 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Harlan Crowder's work include Optimization and Packing Problems (4 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (3 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (2 papers). Harlan Crowder is often cited by papers focused on Optimization and Packing Problems (4 papers), Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (3 papers) and Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (2 papers). Harlan Crowder collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Poland. Harlan Crowder's co-authors include Philip Wolfe, Michael Held, Manfred Padberg, Ellis L. Johnson, John M. Mulvey, Ron S. Dembo, Cipriano Santos, Xiaoyun Zhu, M. A. Bullock and Doug Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Operations Research and Mathematical Programming.

In The Last Decade

Harlan Crowder

10 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Validation of subgradient optimization 1974 2026 1991 2008 1974 250 500 750 1000
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. Validation of subgradient optimization
    1974 1.0k citations Michael Held, Philip Wolfe et al. Mathematical Programming profile →

Peers

Harlan Crowder
M. R. Rao United States
Giorgio Gallo Italy
Michel Minoux France
Y.P. Aneja Canada
Richard M. Soland United States
Roy E. Marsten United States
R. G. Jeroslow United States
Warren P. Adams United States
Oktay Günlük United States
Clyde Monma United States
M. R. Rao United States
Harlan Crowder
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Countries citing papers authored by Harlan Crowder

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harlan Crowder

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harlan Crowder

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

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
1.
Santos, Cipriano, Xiaoyun Zhu, & Harlan Crowder. (2002). A Mathematical Optimization Approach for Resource Allocation in Large Scale Data Centers. 15 indexed citations
2.
Johnson, Doug, et al.. (2001). Optimizing Customer Mail Streams at Fingerhut. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 31(1). 77–90. 24 indexed citations
3.
Brown, James A. & Harlan Crowder. (1991). APL2: Getting started. IBM Systems Journal. 30(4). 433–445. 3 indexed citations
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Crowder, Harlan, Ellis L. Johnson, & Manfred Padberg. (1983). Solving Large-Scale Zero-One Linear Programming Problems. Operations Research. 31(5). 803–834. 434 indexed citations
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Crowder, Harlan & Manfred Padberg. (1980). Solving Large-Scale Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problems to Optimality. Management Science. 26(5). 495–509. 171 indexed citations
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Crowder, Harlan, Ron S. Dembo, & John M. Mulvey. (1979). On Reporting Computational Experiments with Mathematical Software. ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software. 5(2). 193–203. 50 indexed citations
7.
Mulvey, John M. & Harlan Crowder. (1979). Cluster Analysis: An Application of Lagrangian Relaxation. Management Science. 25(4). 329–340. 142 indexed citations
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Crowder, Harlan, Ron S. Dembo, & John M. Mulvey. (1978). Reporting computational experiments in mathematical programming. Mathematical Programming. 15(1). 316–329. 53 indexed citations
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Crowder, Harlan, et al.. (1978). Solving the installation scheduling problem using mixed integer linear programming. IBM Systems Journal. 17(1). 82–91.
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Held, Michael, Philip Wolfe, & Harlan Crowder. (1974). Validation of subgradient optimization. Mathematical Programming. 6(1). 62–88. 1018 indexed citations breakdown →
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Crowder, Harlan & Philip Wolfe. (1972). Linear Convergence of the Conjugate Gradient Method. IBM Journal of Research and Development. 16(4). 431–433. 44 indexed citations

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