H.‐J. Zimmermann

11.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

H.‐J. Zimmermann is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, H.‐J. Zimmermann has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 15 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 14 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in H.‐J. Zimmermann's work include Multi-Criteria Decision Making (25 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (13 papers) and Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (11 papers). H.‐J. Zimmermann is often cited by papers focused on Multi-Criteria Decision Making (25 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (13 papers) and Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (11 papers). H.‐J. Zimmermann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Japan. H.‐J. Zimmermann's co-authors include Heiner Leberling, Peijun Guo, Hideo Tanaka, Vadlamani Ravi, Richard W. Weber, Brigitte Werners, Christoph Schwindt, Klaus Neumann, Robert C. Fuller and P.J. Reddy and has published in prestigious journals such as Automatica, European Journal of Operational Research and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

H.‐J. Zimmermann

48 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Fuzzy programming and lin... 1978 2026 1994 2010 1978 1996 1985 1980 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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. Fuzzy programming and linear programming with several objective functions
    1978 2.6k citations H.‐J. Zimmermann Fuzzy Sets and Systems profile →
  2. Fuzzy Set Theory—and Its Applications
    1996 1.5k citations H.‐J. Zimmermann profile →
  3. Fuzzy Set Theory — and Its Applications
    1985 624 citations H.‐J. Zimmermann profile →
  4. Latent connectives in human decision making
    1980 593 citations H.‐J. Zimmermann et al. Fuzzy Sets and Systems profile →
  5. Fuzzy set theory
    2010 462 citations H.‐J. Zimmermann profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
H.‐J. Zimmermann Germany 21 4.0k 3.3k 1.7k 1.4k 1.0k 50 7.4k
José Luís Verdegay Spain 39 4.4k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 2.2k 1.6× 1.8k 1.8× 164 7.8k
James J. Buckley United States 47 5.1k 1.3× 2.7k 0.8× 3.9k 2.3× 3.4k 2.5× 995 1.0× 211 10.8k
C. L. Hwang United States 19 4.6k 1.2× 1.8k 0.6× 888 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 824 0.8× 69 9.1k
Masatoshi Sakawa Japan 40 2.8k 0.7× 2.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 618 0.4× 1.4k 1.4× 276 5.4k
Kwangsun Yoon United States 12 4.9k 1.2× 1.6k 0.5× 655 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 809 0.8× 16 10.2k
Ching-Lai Hwang United States 24 6.9k 1.7× 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.3× 34 14.3k
Wilhelm Krelle Germany 9 3.8k 1.0× 1.5k 0.4× 725 0.4× 843 0.6× 952 0.9× 51 7.4k
Andrzej Ruszczyński United States 40 4.7k 1.2× 1.7k 0.5× 860 0.5× 672 0.5× 1.1k 1.1× 120 7.9k
Bernard Roy France 38 4.3k 1.1× 1.2k 0.4× 513 0.3× 1.4k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 116 8.1k
Ying‐Ming Wang China 48 5.9k 1.5× 1.8k 0.6× 780 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 812 0.8× 204 8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by H.‐J. Zimmermann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H.‐J. Zimmermann

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Neumann, Klaus, Christoph Schwindt, & H.‐J. Zimmermann. (2012). Project Scheduling with Time Windows and Scarce Resources: Temporal and Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling with Regular and Nonregular Objective Functions. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 48 indexed citations
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Gaïti, Dominique, et al.. (2008). A piloting plane for controlling wireless devices. Telecommunication Systems. 39(3-4). 195–203. 1 indexed citations
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Rau, G., et al.. (2005). Knowledge-based Decision Support In Anesthesia: A Case Study. 2. 962–965. 4 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (2002). Fuzzy logic on the frontiers of decision analysis and expert systems. 65–69. 4 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J., et al.. (2002). Optimization and fuzziness in problems of design and configuration. 2. 1237–1240. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (2000). An application-oriented view of modeling uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research. 122(2). 190–198. 253 indexed citations
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Tanaka, Hideo, Peijun Guo, & H.‐J. Zimmermann. (2000). Possibility distributions of fuzzy decision variables obtained from possibilistic linear programming problems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 113(2). 323–332. 83 indexed citations
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Rau, G., et al.. (1994). A fuzzy logic approach to intelligent alarms in cardioanesthesia. 2072–2076 vol.3. 6 indexed citations
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Rau, G., et al.. (1994). Fuzzy logic approaches to intelligent alarms. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 13(5). 710–716. 17 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J., et al.. (1994). Structural Aspects of Active Control Technology.. elib (German Aerospace Center). 5 indexed citations
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Rau, G., et al.. (1991). A knowledge-based approach to intelligent alarms in anesthesia. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine. 10(4). 38–44. 20 indexed citations
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Weber, Richard W., Brigitte Werners, & H.‐J. Zimmermann. (1990). Planning models for research and development. European Journal of Operational Research. 48(2). 175–188. 53 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (1990). Problems and tools to model uncertainty in expert- and decision support systems. Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 14. 8–20. 5 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (1988). Systems and control encyclopedia. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 27(1). 79–81. 53 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J., et al.. (1983). Decisions and evaluations by hierarchical aggregation of information. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 10(1-3). 243–260. 186 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (1981). Fuzzy theories on decision-making: A critical review. European Journal of Operational Research. 6(3). 325–326. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J.. (1980). Testability and meaning of mathematical models in social sciences. Mathematical Modelling. 1(1). 123–139. 20 indexed citations
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Köhler, Richard & H.‐J. Zimmermann. (1977). Entscheidungshilfen im Marketing.
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Rödder, Wilhelm & H.‐J. Zimmermann. (1977). Analyse, Beschreibung und Optimierung von unscharf formulierten Problemen. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research. 21(1). 1–18. 11 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, H.‐J., et al.. (1976). On the generation of N (μ, ∑)‐distributed random vectors by N (0,1)‐distributed random numbers. Biometrische Zeitschrift. 18(6). 467–471. 5 indexed citations

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