Moritz Werling

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Moritz Werling is a scholar working on Automotive Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Moritz Werling has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Automotive Engineering, 20 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 16 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Moritz Werling's work include Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (24 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (15 papers) and Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems (13 papers). Moritz Werling is often cited by papers focused on Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety (24 papers), Robotic Path Planning Algorithms (15 papers) and Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems (13 papers). Moritz Werling collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Slovakia. Moritz Werling's co-authors include Julius Ziegler, Sören Kammel, Sebastian Thrun, Lutz Gröll, Oliver Pink, Jesse Levinson, David Held, J. Zico Kolter, David Stavens and Michael Sokolsky and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The International Journal of Robotics Research and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.

In The Last Decade

Moritz Werling

36 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Towards fully autonomous driving: Systems and algorithms 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 250 500 750
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. Towards fully autonomous driving: Systems and algorithms
    2011 901 citations Jesse Levinson, Jan Becker et al. profile →
  2. Optimal trajectory generation for dynamic street scenarios in a Frenét Frame
    2010 536 citations Moritz Werling, Julius Ziegler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Moritz Werling Germany 14 1.7k 1.3k 979 368 346 36 2.5k
J. Marius Zöllner Germany 24 1.1k 0.7× 993 0.8× 605 0.6× 320 0.9× 409 1.2× 177 2.2k
Jianwei Gong China 25 1.3k 0.8× 916 0.7× 717 0.7× 213 0.6× 270 0.8× 164 2.3k
Julius Ziegler Germany 16 1.7k 1.0× 2.1k 1.7× 918 0.9× 1.1k 2.9× 235 0.7× 24 3.1k
Sébastien Glaser France 23 1.6k 1.0× 971 0.8× 982 1.0× 589 1.6× 306 0.9× 121 2.8k
Kichun Jo South Korea 21 1.1k 0.7× 796 0.6× 491 0.5× 573 1.6× 285 0.8× 91 2.1k
Wei Zhan United States 20 782 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 438 0.4× 402 1.1× 500 1.4× 64 2.3k
Saber Fallah United Kingdom 20 1.4k 0.8× 775 0.6× 890 0.9× 489 1.3× 271 0.8× 60 3.1k
Fawzi Nashashibi France 25 1.9k 1.2× 1.8k 1.4× 1.0k 1.1× 676 1.8× 442 1.3× 90 3.5k
Alexandros Mouzakitis United Kingdom 16 1.2k 0.7× 512 0.4× 759 0.8× 312 0.8× 339 1.0× 41 2.4k
Keith Redmill United States 22 1.0k 0.6× 565 0.4× 807 0.8× 140 0.4× 194 0.6× 89 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Moritz Werling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Moritz Werling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moritz Werling

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Moritz Werling. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Moritz Werling 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 Moritz Werling. Moritz Werling 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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Fischer, Johannes, Moritz Werling, Martin Lauer, & Christoph Stiller. (2024). Test-Driven Inverse Reinforcement Learning Using Scenario-Based Testing. 827–834. 1 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2023). Optimizing trajectories for highway driving with offline reinforcement learning. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 5 indexed citations
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Kalweit, Gabriel, et al.. (2021). Q-learning with Long-term Action-space Shaping to Model Complex Behavior for Autonomous Lane Changes. 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). 7. 5641–5648. 3 indexed citations
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Kalweit, Gabriel, et al.. (2020). Interpretable Multi Time-scale Constraints in Model-free Deep Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Driving.. arXiv (Cornell University). 1 indexed citations
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Pek, Christian, et al.. (2018). High-level Decision Making for Safe and Reasonable Autonomous Lane Changing using Reinforcement Learning. mediaTUM (Technical University of Munich). 2156–2162. 125 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz. (2017). Optimale aktive Fahreingriffe. 6 indexed citations
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Gröll, Lutz, et al.. (2016). Lateral Vehicle Trajectory Optimization Using Constrained Linear Time-Varying MPC. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 1–10. 173 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2015). Robust power-slide control for a production vehicle. International Journal of Vehicle Autonomous Systems. 13(1). 27–27. 13 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2015). Riccati-Trajektorienoptimierung für den aktiven Fußgängerschutz. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 63(3). 202–210. 1 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2014). Automatic collision avoidance during parking and maneuvering — An optimal control approach. 636–641. 6 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2014). Assistiertes und automatisiertes Rückwärtsrangieren mit Anhänger. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 62(1). 34–45. 2 indexed citations
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Levinson, Jesse, Jan Becker, Jennifer Dolson, et al.. (2011). Towards fully autonomous driving: Systems and algorithms. 163–168. 901 indexed citations breakdown →
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Werling, Moritz, Julius Ziegler, Sören Kammel, & Sebastian Thrun. (2010). Optimal trajectory generation for dynamic street scenarios in a Frenét Frame. 987–993. 536 indexed citations breakdown →
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Werling, Moritz & Lutz Gröll. (2008). Low-level controllers realizing high-level decisions in an autonomous vehicle. 1113–1118. 12 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, Lutz Gröll, & Georg Bretthauer. (2008). Ein Multiregler zur Erprobung vollautonomen Fahrens.. 56. 585–591. 1 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, et al.. (2008). A robust algorithm for handling moving traffic in urban scenarios. 1108–1112. 16 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, Matthias Goebl, Oliver Pink, & Christoph Stiller. (2008). A hardware and software framework for cognitive automobiles. Repository KITopen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). 1080–1085. 5 indexed citations
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Werling, Moritz, Lutz Gröll, & Georg Bretthauer. (2008). Ein Multiregler zur Erprobung vollautonomen Fahrens A Multi Controller for Testing Full-autonomous Driving. at - Automatisierungstechnik. 56(11). 585–591. 1 indexed citations
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Kammel, Sören, Benjamin Pitzer, Stefan Vacek, et al.. (2007). Team AnnieWAY Technical System Description. 2 indexed citations

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