Mack Alford

637 total citations
25 papers, 393 citations indexed

About

Mack Alford is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Control and Systems Engineering and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Mack Alford has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 393 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 8 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 8 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Mack Alford's work include Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (11 papers), Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications (6 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (6 papers). Mack Alford is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies (11 papers), Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications (6 papers) and Software Engineering Techniques and Practices (6 papers). Mack Alford collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Mack Alford's co-authors include Barbara Liskov, Leslie Lamport, F.B. Schneider, G. Hommel, J. C. Holtzman, David Owens, Jon Duke, Douglas L. Oliver, A. Wayne Wymore and A. Terry Bahill and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Computer and Engineering Management Journal.

In The Last Decade

Mack Alford

22 papers receiving 310 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mack Alford United States 8 190 189 116 78 69 25 393
Luqi United States 9 236 1.2× 250 1.3× 196 1.7× 74 0.9× 73 1.1× 13 464
Nicolas Guelfi Luxembourg 10 205 1.1× 234 1.2× 126 1.1× 157 2.0× 65 0.9× 72 421
Chris A. Vissers Netherlands 11 245 1.3× 149 0.8× 138 1.2× 113 1.4× 231 3.3× 31 468
Thomas E. Bell United States 6 128 0.7× 165 0.9× 81 0.7× 67 0.9× 21 0.3× 24 297
Martha Branstad United States 7 150 0.8× 179 0.9× 168 1.4× 74 0.9× 30 0.4× 16 369
Sonya E. Keene 5 308 1.6× 173 0.9× 65 0.6× 149 1.9× 58 0.8× 6 456
Flávio Oquendo France 12 313 1.6× 285 1.5× 114 1.0× 144 1.8× 44 0.6× 69 452
Mario Trapp Germany 12 165 0.9× 99 0.5× 198 1.7× 64 0.8× 60 0.9× 45 408
Noël Plouzeau France 8 278 1.5× 241 1.3× 101 0.9× 246 3.2× 54 0.8× 25 497
Ramamoorthy United States 7 102 0.5× 105 0.6× 62 0.5× 118 1.5× 27 0.4× 14 279

Countries citing papers authored by Mack Alford

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mack Alford

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mack Alford

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Alford, Mack, et al.. (2002). Systems engineering of computer-based systems. 24. 18–29. 23 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (2002). Attacking requirements complexity using a separation of concerns. 2–5. 5 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1994). ISSUE DRIVEN DESIGN: PLANNING AND MANAGING DESIGN ITERATIONS. INCOSE International Symposium. 4(1). 470–477. 2 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack, et al.. (1993). Systems Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, State of Practice Working Group.. Computer. 26. 54–65. 5 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1993). EXECUTABLE MODEL SUPPORT FOR RISK MANAGEMENT. INCOSE International Symposium. 3(1). 499–506. 3 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1993). COMPUTER BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: EMERGING TOOL TRENDS. INCOSE International Symposium. 3(1). 683–684. 3 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1993). Behavior Based System Test Planning. INCOSE International Symposium. 3(1). 615–622. 2 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1992). Strengthening the Systems/Software Engineering Interface for Real Time Systems. INCOSE International Symposium. 2(1). 411–418. 16 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1992). Systems engineering - The last engineering discipline to be automated. Space Programs and Technologies Conference. 5 indexed citations
10.
Alford, Mack. (1992). Strengthening the System Engineering Process. Engineering Management Journal. 4(1). 7–14. 8 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1991). STRENGTHENING THE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS. INCOSE International Symposium. 1(1). 1–9. 14 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1991). Requirements-Driven Software Design. 1 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1989). Software requirements engineering methodology (SREM) at the age of eleven—requirements driven design. 351–377. 5 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack, et al.. (1985). Distributed Systems: Methods and Tools for Specification. An Advanced Course. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 53 indexed citations
15.
Alford, Mack, et al.. (1985). Methodologies and environments for embedded systems lifecycle support. ACM SIGAda Ada Letters. IV(5). 105–110. 1 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1980). Software requirements in the 80's. 342–349. 4 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack, Pei Hsia, & Frederick E. Petry. (1977). A software engineering approach to introductory programming courses. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin. 9(1). 157–161. 5 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack, Pei Hsia, & Frederick E. Petry. (1977). Use of software engineering methodologies in a computer science curriculum. 470–470. 2 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1977). A Requirements Engineering Methodology for Real-Time Processing Requirements. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. SE-3(1). 60–69. 183 indexed citations
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Alford, Mack. (1961). TRICEL: ITS DEVELOPMENT, MANUFACTURE, PROPERTIES, AND END-USES. Journal of the Textile Institute. Proceedings. 52(6). P242–P255.

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