Rafael Alcalá

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Rafael Alcalá is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Information Systems. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafael Alcalá has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 11 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 9 papers in Information Systems. Recurrent topics in Rafael Alcalá's work include Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (53 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (29 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (19 papers). Rafael Alcalá is often cited by papers focused on Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (53 papers), Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications (29 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (19 papers). Rafael Alcalá collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Japan and Italy. Rafael Alcalá's co-authors include Francisco Herrera, María José Gacto, Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez, Jorge Casillas, Yusuke Nojima, Óscar Cordón, Hisao Ishibuchi, Michela Fazzolari, Francesco Marcelloni and Pietro Ducange and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, Expert Systems with Applications and IEEE Access.

In The Last Decade

Rafael Alcalá

68 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Interpretability of linguistic fuzzy rule-based systems: An overview of interpretability measures

2011 395 citations María José Gacto, Rafael Alcalá et al. Information Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafael Alcalá Spain	25	2.3k	515	396	384	308	71	2.9k
László T. Kóczy Hungary	21	1.7k 0.8×	508 1.0×	165 0.4×	621 1.6×	463 1.5×	262	2.5k
Thomas A. Runkler Germany	24	1.4k 0.6×	236 0.5×	273 0.7×	339 0.9×	307 1.0×	132	2.6k
Detlef Nauck United Kingdom	20	1.5k 0.6×	260 0.5×	262 0.7×	227 0.6×	320 1.0×	66	2.3k
Piero P. Bonissone United States	24	1.1k 0.5×	374 0.7×	142 0.4×	527 1.4×	454 1.5×	112	2.1k
Antonio González Spain	22	935 0.4×	206 0.4×	155 0.4×	489 1.3×	355 1.2×	89	1.7k
Juan R. Castro Mexico	26	2.0k 0.9×	282 0.5×	126 0.3×	512 1.3×	782 2.5×	87	3.0k
Pawan Lingras Canada	28	975 0.4×	1.1k 2.2×	771 1.9×	339 0.9×	277 0.9×	121	2.5k
Hongxing Li China	24	707 0.3×	250 0.5×	422 1.1×	332 0.9×	382 1.2×	154	2.1k
Tomoharu Nakashima Japan	19	1.8k 0.8×	444 0.9×	301 0.8×	292 0.8×	131 0.4×	122	2.3k
Anne-Laure Jousselme Canada	16	1.1k 0.5×	335 0.7×	180 0.5×	746 1.9×	178 0.6×	83	1.9k

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Anguita‐Ruiz, Augusto, Gloria Bueno, Rosaura Leis, et al.. (2024). Multiomics and eXplainable artificial intelligence for decision support in insulin resistance early diagnosis: A pediatric population-based longitudinal study. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. 156. 102962–102962. 5 indexed citations

Anguita‐Ruiz, Augusto, et al.. (2020). eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for the identification of biologically relevant gene expression patterns in longitudinal human studies, insights from obesity research. PLoS Computational Biology. 16(4). e1007792–e1007792. 42 indexed citations

Alcalá, Rafael, María José Gacto, & Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez. (2017). Evolutionary data mining and applications: A revision on the most cited papers from the last 10 years (2007–2017). Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. 8(2). 8 indexed citations

Alcalá‐Fdez, Jesús, Rafael Alcalá, Sergio González, Yusuke Nojima, & Salvador García. (2017). Evolutionary Fuzzy Rule-Based Methods for Monotonic Classification. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 25(6). 1376–1390. 34 indexed citations

Fazzolari, Michela, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2014). A multi-objective evolutionary method for learning granularities based on fuzzy discretization to improve the accuracy-complexity trade-off of fuzzy rule-based classification systems: D-MOFARC algorithm. Applied Soft Computing. 24. 470–481. 49 indexed citations

Fernández, F.V., Francisco Chávez, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2011). Musical genre classification by means of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems: A preliminary approach. 1141. 2571–2577. 5 indexed citations

Gacto, María José, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2011). Interpretability of linguistic fuzzy rule-based systems: An overview of interpretability measures. Information Sciences. 181(20). 4340–4360. 395 indexed citations breakdown →

Nojima, Yusuke, Rafael Alcalá, Hisao Ishibuchi, & Francisco Herrera. (2010). Special issue on evolutionary fuzzy systems. Soft Computing. 15(12). 2299–2301. 8 indexed citations

Alcalá, Rafael, et al.. (2009). Distributed Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems. European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference. 1740–1744. 1 indexed citations

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Gacto, María José, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2009). A Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithm for Tuning Fuzzy Rule Based Systems with Measures for Preserving Interpretability.. European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference. 1146–1151. 5 indexed citations

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Gacto, María José, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2009). Handling High-Dimensional Regression Problems by Means of an Efficient Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm. 109–114. 3 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, Yusuke Nojima, Francisco Herrera, & Hisao Ishibuchi. (2009). Generating single granularity-based fuzzy classification rules for multiobjective genetic fuzzy rule selection. 1718–1723. 13 indexed citations

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Gacto, María José, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2008). An Improved Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm for Tuning Linguistic Fuzzy Systems. 7 indexed citations

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Gacto, María José, Rafael Alcalá, & Francisco Herrera. (2008). Multi-Objective Genetic Fuzzy Systems: On the Necessity of Including Expert Knowledge in the MOEA Design Process. 2 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez, María José Gacto, & Francisco Herrera. (2007). Improving fuzzy logic controllers obtained by experts: a case study in HVAC systems. Applied Intelligence. 31(1). 15–30. 39 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez, Francisco Herrera, & José Otero. (2006). Genetic learning of accurate and compact fuzzy rule based systems based on the 2-tuples linguistic representation. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 44(1). 45–64. 88 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, Jesús Alcalá‐Fdez, María José Gacto, & Francisco Herrera. (2006). Rule Base Reduction and Genetic Tuning of Fuzzy Systems Based on the Linguistic 3-tuples Representation. Soft Computing. 11(5). 401–419. 45 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, et al.. (2004). Internal secretion of the arterial wall and regulation of blood pressure; further investigations.. PubMed. 4(4). 167–77.

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Alcalá, Rafael, José-Ramón Cano, Óscar Cordón, et al.. (2003). Linguistic modeling with hierarchical systems of weighted linguistic rules. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 32(2-3). 187–215. 24 indexed citations

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Alcalá, Rafael, Jorge Casillas, & Antonio González. (1999). Tuning fuzzy logic controllers for energy efficiency consumption in buildings.. European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology Conference. 103–106. 3 indexed citations

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