Melanie Mitchell

20.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
86 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Melanie Mitchell is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melanie Mitchell has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 22 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Melanie Mitchell's work include Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (28 papers), Cellular Automata and Applications (14 papers) and Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (12 papers). Melanie Mitchell is often cited by papers focused on Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (28 papers), Cellular Automata and Applications (14 papers) and Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (12 papers). Melanie Mitchell collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Melanie Mitchell's co-authors include James P. Crutchfield, Stephanie Forrest, Peter Hraber, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Richard K. Belew, David C. Krakauer, Payel Ghosh, Erik van Nimwegen, Charles Taylor and F. D. Seward and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Astrophysical Journal.

In The Last Decade

Melanie Mitchell

81 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

An Introduction to Genetic Algorithms 1996 2026 2006 2016 1996 1996 2023 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melanie Mitchell United States 35 3.7k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 939 86 11.3k
David B. Fogel United States 43 5.5k 1.5× 1.9k 1.2× 988 0.8× 624 0.6× 846 0.9× 170 10.0k
William Shakespeare United States 19 3.7k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 887 0.8× 532 0.6× 554 12.6k
Eric Bonabeau France 41 2.9k 0.8× 1.0k 0.6× 757 0.6× 2.7k 2.5× 869 0.9× 105 14.4k
A. E. Eiben Netherlands 31 5.1k 1.4× 2.4k 1.5× 840 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 405 0.4× 167 9.2k
Tom Fawcett United States 24 7.1k 1.9× 1.0k 0.7× 862 0.7× 1.2k 1.1× 2.1k 2.3× 38 20.2k
John R. Koza United States 25 7.4k 2.0× 1.5k 1.0× 797 0.7× 474 0.4× 1.7k 1.8× 74 11.8k
Samuel Kotz United States 63 4.0k 1.1× 511 0.3× 891 0.7× 796 0.7× 604 0.6× 339 23.6k
George van den Driessche United Kingdom 2 7.2k 2.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.2k 1.9× 1.1k 1.0× 508 0.5× 2 13.8k
Guy Théraulaz France 57 2.8k 0.8× 918 0.6× 617 0.5× 3.3k 3.0× 845 0.9× 151 15.1k
Aja Huang United Kingdom 4 7.3k 2.0× 1.1k 0.7× 2.3k 1.9× 1.1k 1.1× 523 0.6× 4 14.1k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Forrest, Stephanie & Melanie Mitchell. (2024). The Performance of Genetic Algorithms on Walsh Polynomials: Some Anomalous Results and Their Explanation. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information).
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Burnell, Ryan, John Burden, Tomer Ullman, et al.. (2023). Rethink reporting of evaluation results in AI. Science. 380(6641). 136–138. 40 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, Gavan R. Palk, & David J. Kavanagh. (2019). No Idle Threat: Exploring Threats and Violence in Persons with Mental Illness. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health. 18(4). 316–325. 2 indexed citations
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Pollet, Thomas V., Tamsin K. Saxton, & Melanie Mitchell. (2018). Measurement Equivalence Between Men and Women in the Abbreviated Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA). Interpersona An International Journal on Personal Relationships. 12(2). 283–292. 5 indexed citations
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Lizier, Joseph T., Michael Harré, Melanie Mitchell, et al.. (2018). An Interview‐Based Study of Pioneering Experiences in Teaching and Learning Complex Systems in Higher Education. Complexity. 2018(1). 6 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, et al.. (2015). Staying Well: A Follow Up of a 5-Week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Programme for a Range of Psychological Issues. Community Mental Health Journal. 51(8). 897–902. 14 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, et al.. (2007). Combinatorial Shape Decomposition. Lecture notes in computer science. 4842. 5 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (2006). Complex systems: Network thinking. Artificial Intelligence. 170(18). 1194–1212. 187 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (2005). Self-awareness and control in decentralized systems.. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 80–85. 21 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (2003). Genetic algorithms. 747–748. 7 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (2000). Life and Evolution in Computers. PDXScholar (Portland State University). 1 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, et al.. (2000). Long-term gene transfer to mouse fetuses with recombinant adenovirus and adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Gene Therapy. 7(23). 1986–1992. 53 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (1998). L.D. Davis, handbook of genetic algorithms. Artificial Intelligence. 100(1-2). 325–330. 42 indexed citations
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Hordijk, Wim, James P. Crutchfield, & Melanie Mitchell. (1996). Embedded particle computation in evolved cellular automata. PDXScholar (Portland State University). 6 indexed citations
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Belew, Richard K., Melanie Mitchell, & David H. Ackley. (1996). Computation and the natural sciences. Addison-Wesley Longman Publishing Co., Inc. eBooks. 431–440. 6 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, et al.. (1996). Evolving Cellular Automata with Genetic Algorithms: A Review of Recent Work. 57 indexed citations
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Das, Rajarshi, James P. Crutchfield, Melanie Mitchell, & James Hanson. (1995). Evolving Globally Synchronized Cellular Automata. PDXScholar (Portland State University). 336–343. 72 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie, et al.. (1993). When Will a Genetic Algorithm Outperform Hill Climbing. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 6. 51–58. 33 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie & Douglas R. Hofstadter. (1991). The emergence of understanding in a computer model of concepts and analogy-making. MIT Press eBooks. 322–334. 29 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Melanie. (1956). Fine structure in solar spectra. Observatory. 76. 241–241. 12 indexed citations

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