J.-C. Latombe

12.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 8.4k citations indexed

About

J.-C. Latombe is a scholar working on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, J.-C. Latombe has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 8.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 28 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 22 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in J.-C. Latombe's work include Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (50 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (27 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (16 papers). J.-C. Latombe is often cited by papers focused on Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (50 papers), Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization (27 papers) and Robot Manipulation and Learning (16 papers). J.-C. Latombe collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and United Kingdom. J.-C. Latombe's co-authors include Lydia E. Kavraki, M.H. Overmars, P. Švestka, Jérôme Barraquand, Mihail N. Kolountzakis, R. Motwani, David Hsu, Gildardo Sanchez‐Ante, Héctor H. González-Baños and Stephen M. Rock and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Journal of Computational Chemistry and IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation.

In The Last Decade

J.-C. Latombe

61 papers receiving 7.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Probabilistic roadmaps for path planning in high-dimensional configuration spaces

1996 4.3k citations Lydia E. Kavraki, J.-C. Latombe et al. profile →
Numerical potential field techniques for robot path planning

1992 655 citations J.-C. Latombe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
J.-C. Latombe United States	32	7.3k	3.9k	3.6k	1.2k	1.1k	62	8.4k
Jean‐Claude Latombe United States	39	8.1k 1.1×	4.2k 1.1×	4.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.4×	98	10.9k
M.H. Overmars Netherlands	21	5.3k 0.7×	2.7k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	940 0.8×	693 0.6×	70	6.1k
P. Švestka Netherlands	11	4.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.2k 0.6×	739 0.6×	591 0.5×	13	5.0k
Maxim Likhachev United States	38	5.1k 0.7×	2.5k 0.6×	2.1k 0.6×	1.6k 1.4×	999 0.9×	185	6.4k
James Kuffner United States	52	8.9k 1.2×	4.1k 1.1×	6.6k 1.9×	1.8k 1.5×	839 0.8×	110	12.2k
Nancy M. Amato United States	40	3.3k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	777 0.6×	956 0.9×	221	5.3k
Dave Ferguson United States	36	3.8k 0.5×	2.2k 0.6×	1.7k 0.5×	846 0.7×	527 0.5×	59	5.0k
Sertaç Karaman United States	41	4.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 1.0×	887 0.8×	173	7.0k
Elon Rimon Israel	26	2.9k 0.4×	1.6k 0.4×	2.4k 0.7×	268 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	113	4.4k
Giorgio Grisetti Italy	33	5.3k 0.7×	7.2k 1.9×	960 0.3×	918 0.8×	605 0.6×	110	8.8k

Countries citing papers authored by J.-C. Latombe

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Milgram, R. James, Guanfeng Liu, & J.-C. Latombe. (2007). On the structure of the inverse kinematics map of a fragment of protein backbone. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 29(1). 50–68. 9 indexed citations

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Hsu, David, et al.. (2006). Multi-level free-space dilation for sampling narrow passages in PRM planning. National University of Singapore. 1255–1260. 31 indexed citations

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Latombe, J.-C., et al.. (2005). Motion Planning with Uncertainty: Practical Computation of Non-Maximal Preimages. 339–348. 1 indexed citations

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Saha, Mitul, Gildardo Sanchez‐Ante, & J.-C. Latombe. (2004). Planning multi-goal tours for robot arms. 3. 3797–3803. 21 indexed citations

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Clark, Christopher M., Stephen M. Rock, & J.-C. Latombe. (2004). Motion planning for multiple mobile robots using dynamic networks. DigitalCommons - CalPoly (California State Polytechnic University). 3. 4222–4227. 77 indexed citations

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Montgomery, Kevin, et al.. (2003). The forcegrid: a buffer structure for haptic interaction with virtual elastic objects. 1. 939–946. 20 indexed citations

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Becker, Carmen, et al.. (2002). Reliable navigation using landmarks. 1. 401–406. 55 indexed citations

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González-Baños, Héctor H., et al.. (2002). Tracking an unpredictable target among occluding obstacles under localization uncertainties. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 38(1). 31–48. 21 indexed citations

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Latombe, J.-C., et al.. (2002). A reactive architecture for planning and executing robot motions with incomplete knowledge. 24–29. 22 indexed citations

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Kuffner, James & J.-C. Latombe. (2002). Interactive manipulation planning for animated characters. 417–418. 23 indexed citations

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LaValle, Steven M., David C. Lin, Leonidas Guibas, J.-C. Latombe, & R. Motwani. (2002). Finding an unpredictable target in a workspace with obstacles. 1. 737–742. 83 indexed citations

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Brown, Jason R., Stephen Sorkin, Cynthia Bruyns, et al.. (2002). Real-time simulation of deformable objects: tools and application. 228–258. 68 indexed citations

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Hsu, David, J.-C. Latombe, & R. Motwani. (2002). Path planning in expansive configuration spaces. 3. 2719–2726. 380 indexed citations

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Latombe, J.-C., et al.. (2002). On multi-arm manipulation planning. 89 indexed citations

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Shekhar, Shashank & J.-C. Latombe. (2002). On goal recognizability in motion planning with uncertainty. 1728–1733. 3 indexed citations

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Cazals, Frédéric & J.-C. Latombe. (2002). Effect of tolerancing on the relative positions of parts in an assembly. 1. 606–611. 4 indexed citations

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Apaydın, Mehmet Serkan, et al.. (2002). Capturing molecular energy landscapes with probabilistic conformational roadmaps. 1. 932–939. 32 indexed citations

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Dev, Parvati, W L Heinrichs, Sakti Srivastava, et al.. (2001). Simulated learning environments in anatomy and surgery delivered via the next generation internet.. PubMed. 84(Pt 2). 1014–8. 2 indexed citations

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Finn, Paul W., Lydia E. Kavraki, J.-C. Latombe, et al.. (1998). RAPID: Randomized pharmacophore identification for drug design. Computational Geometry. 10(4). 263–272. 13 indexed citations

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Finn, Paul W., Lydia E. Kavraki, J.-C. Latombe, et al.. (1997). RAPID. 324–333. 20 indexed citations

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