K. S. Al-Sultan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

K. S. Al-Sultan is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, K. S. Al-Sultan has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 7 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 5 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in K. S. Al-Sultan's work include Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (6 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (5 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (5 papers). K. S. Al-Sultan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Statistical Process Monitoring (6 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (5 papers) and Manufacturing Process and Optimization (5 papers). K. S. Al-Sultan collaborates with scholars based in Saudi Arabia, United States and Switzerland. K. S. Al-Sultan's co-authors include Shokri Z. Selim, Mohammed F. Hussain, M.A. Al‐Fawzan, Salih O. Duffuaa, Marcello M. Mariani, Alfredo De Massis, Mohamed Ben‐Daya, M. D. S. Aliyu, A. Andijani and Katta G. Murty and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics and Pattern Recognition.

In The Last Decade

K. S. Al-Sultan

27 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

A Genetic Algorithm for the Set Covering Problem 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A Genetic Algorithm for the Set Covering Problem
    1996 381 citations K. S. Al-Sultan et al. Journal of the Operational Research Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
K. S. Al-Sultan Saudi Arabia 16 505 390 200 169 166 27 1.5k
Mohammad Hossein Fazel Zarandi Iran 22 376 0.7× 345 0.9× 217 1.1× 79 0.5× 287 1.7× 66 1.4k
Alper Murat United States 19 276 0.5× 435 1.1× 89 0.4× 185 1.1× 178 1.1× 46 1.5k
Raymond R. Hill United States 20 410 0.8× 196 0.5× 65 0.3× 110 0.7× 264 1.6× 139 1.3k
Arjang A. Assad United States 22 2.0k 4.0× 247 0.6× 151 0.8× 112 0.7× 186 1.1× 59 2.6k
Giorgio Gallo Italy 23 664 1.3× 278 0.7× 129 0.6× 120 0.7× 236 1.4× 56 1.9k
Dingwei Wang China 28 823 1.6× 562 1.4× 211 1.1× 89 0.5× 565 3.4× 204 2.7k
Mehdi Ghazanfari Iran 22 343 0.7× 340 0.9× 90 0.5× 52 0.3× 347 2.1× 78 1.4k
Xavier Gandibleux France 20 918 1.8× 426 1.1× 77 0.4× 97 0.6× 362 2.2× 42 2.2k
Benoît Colson Belgium 9 173 0.3× 187 0.5× 71 0.4× 111 0.7× 166 1.0× 12 1.5k
Nezam Mahdavi‐Amiri Iran 29 537 1.1× 315 0.8× 181 0.9× 91 0.5× 822 5.0× 181 2.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K. S. Al-Sultan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Mariani, Marcello M., K. S. Al-Sultan, & Alfredo De Massis. (2021). Corporate social responsibility in family firms: A systematic literature review. Journal of Small Business Management. 61(3). 1192–1246. 134 indexed citations
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Al‐Fawzan, M.A. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (2003). Determination of economic production rate, production quantity and production sequence for flexible routing. International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. 17(1). 62–62. 1 indexed citations
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Al‐Fawzan, M.A. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (2002). A tabu search based algorithm for minimizing the number of tool switches on a flexible machine. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 44(1). 35–47. 36 indexed citations
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Duffuaa, Salih O., Mohamed Ben‐Daya, K. S. Al-Sultan, & A. Andijani. (2001). A generic conceptual simulation model for maintenance systems. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering. 7(3). 207–219. 87 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S., et al.. (2000). Optimum target values for two machines in series with 100% inspection. European Journal of Operational Research. 120(1). 181–189. 22 indexed citations
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Duffuaa, Salih O. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1999). A stochastic programming model for scheduling maintenance personnel. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 23(5). 385–397. 28 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S. & M.A. Al‐Fawzan. (1999). A tabu search approach to the uncapacitated facility location problem. Annals of Operations Research. 86(0). 91–103. 88 indexed citations
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Aliyu, M. D. S. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1999). Fast collision detection in four-dimensional space. European Journal of Operational Research. 114(2). 437–445. 3 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S. & M.A. Al‐Fawzan. (1997). A tabu search Hooke and Jeeves algorithm for unconstrained optimization. European Journal of Operational Research. 103(1). 198–208. 46 indexed citations
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Al‐Fawzan, M.A. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1997). Economic production quantity for a manufacturing system with a controllable production rate. Production Planning & Control. 8(7). 678–685. 4 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S. & M.A. Al‐Fawzan. (1997). An extension of Rahim and Banerjee's model for a process with upper and lower specification limits. International Journal of Production Economics. 53(3). 265–280. 11 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S., et al.. (1997). A genetic algorithm for thepart family formation problem. Production Planning & Control. 8(8). 788–796. 20 indexed citations
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Ben‐Daya, Mohamed & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1997). A new penalty function algorithm for convex quadratic programming. European Journal of Operational Research. 101(1). 155–163. 14 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S., et al.. (1996). The optimum targeting for a single filling operation with rectifying inspection. Omega. 24(6). 727–733. 38 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S. & M. D. S. Aliyu. (1996). A new potential field-based algorithm for path planning. Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems. 17(3). 265–282. 43 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S., et al.. (1996). A Genetic Algorithm for the Set Covering Problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 47(5). 702–702. 3 indexed citations
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Aliyu, M. D. S. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1995). LP-Based Algorithms for Detecting the Collision of Moving Objects. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 46(7). 854–866. 8 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S.. (1994). An algorithm for the determination of the optimum target values for two machines in series with quality sampling plans. International Journal of Production Research. 32(1). 37–45. 52 indexed citations
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Al-Sultan, K. S. & Katta G. Murty. (1992). Exterior point algorithms for nearest points and convex quadratic programs. Mathematical Programming. 57(1-3). 145–161. 16 indexed citations
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Selim, Shokri Z. & K. S. Al-Sultan. (1991). A simulated annealing algorithm for the clustering problem. Pattern Recognition. 24(10). 1003–1008. 331 indexed citations

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