Ralph E. Gomory

10.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
66 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Ralph E. Gomory is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ralph E. Gomory has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 7 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ralph E. Gomory's work include Optimization and Packing Problems (15 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers) and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (7 papers). Ralph E. Gomory is often cited by papers focused on Optimization and Packing Problems (15 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers) and Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (7 papers). Ralph E. Gomory collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Brazil. Ralph E. Gomory's co-authors include Paul C. Gilmore, T. C. Hu, Ellis L. Johnson, William J. Baumöl, Roland W. Schmitt, Michel Balinski, Lisa Evans, H. Gerola, Richard Sylla and Alan J. Hoffman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ralph E. Gomory

61 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

A Linear Programming Approach to the Cutting-Stock Problem 1958 2026 1980 2003 1961 1963 1958 1961 1965 400 800 1.2k
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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 Linear Programming Approach to the Cutting-Stock Problem
    1961 1.3k citations Paul C. Gilmore, Ralph E. Gomory Operations Research profile →
  2. A Linear Programming Approach to the Cutting Stock Problem—Part II
    1963 746 citations Paul C. Gilmore, Ralph E. Gomory Operations Research profile →
  3. Outline of an algorithm for integer solutions to linear programs
    1958 708 citations Ralph E. Gomory profile →
  4. Multi-Terminal Network Flows
    1961 576 citations Ralph E. Gomory, T. C. Hu Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics profile →
  5. Multistage Cutting Stock Problems of Two and More Dimensions
    1965 537 citations Paul C. Gilmore, Ralph E. Gomory Operations Research profile →
  6. The Theory and Computation of Knapsack Functions
    1966 432 citations Paul C. Gilmore, Ralph E. Gomory Operations Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ralph E. Gomory United States 24 4.3k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 491 66 6.5k
Manfred Padberg United States 34 3.1k 0.7× 1.6k 1.4× 889 0.8× 311 0.3× 502 1.0× 78 5.4k
Rainer E. Burkard Austria 31 2.1k 0.5× 1.1k 0.9× 995 0.9× 361 0.4× 573 1.2× 131 4.8k
Gérard Cornuéjols United States 36 2.3k 0.5× 2.6k 2.3× 1.2k 1.1× 436 0.4× 780 1.6× 147 6.2k
Dorit S. Hochbaum United States 40 1.8k 0.4× 1.8k 1.6× 2.3k 2.1× 758 0.7× 434 0.9× 163 6.2k
Ellis L. Johnson United States 38 4.0k 0.9× 864 0.8× 948 0.9× 167 0.2× 543 1.1× 84 6.4k
Silvano Martello Italy 44 6.7k 1.6× 742 0.6× 2.5k 2.3× 1.1k 1.1× 519 1.1× 164 10.0k
Eugene L. Lawler United States 33 2.7k 0.6× 1.4k 1.2× 2.3k 2.1× 206 0.2× 285 0.6× 79 6.1k
Gerhard J. Woeginger Netherlands 42 3.1k 0.7× 1.5k 1.3× 2.7k 2.4× 463 0.5× 190 0.4× 348 6.3k
Adam N. Letchford United Kingdom 26 1.8k 0.4× 1.5k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 239 0.2× 444 0.9× 114 5.1k
G. L. Nemhauser United States 10 1.2k 0.3× 821 0.7× 826 0.8× 147 0.1× 447 0.9× 13 3.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (2007). The atoms of integer programming. Annals of Operations Research. 149(1). 99–102. 3 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E., et al.. (2006). Herman Heine Goldstine. 150(2). 367. 1 indexed citations
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Hitchcock, P J, Michael Mair, Thomas V. Inglesby, et al.. (2006). Improving Performance of HVAC Systems to Reduce Exposure to Aerosolized Infectious Agents in Buildings; Recommendations to Reduce Risks Posed by Biological Attacks. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science. 4(1). 41–54. 13 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & Harold T. Shapiro. (2003). Globalization: Causes and Effects. Issues in Science and Technology. 19(4). 18–20. 2 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & William J. Baumöl. (2001). Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests. The MIT Press eBooks. 126 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & William J. Baumöl. (1997). Productivity differences, world-market shares and conflicting national interests in linear trade models. Japan and the World Economy. 9(2). 123–150. 3 indexed citations
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Baumöl, William J. & Ralph E. Gomory. (1996). Inefficient and Locally Stable Trade Equilibria Under Scale Economies: Comparative Advantage Revisited. Kyklos. 49(4). 509–540. 3 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (1995). The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable. Scientific American. 272(6). 120–120. 59 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (1994). A Ricardo Model with Economies of Scale. Journal of Economic Theory. 62(2). 394–419. 15 indexed citations
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Bromley, D. A., Ralph E. Gomory, Daniel Kleppner, et al.. (1993). Roundtable: Physics in Transition. Physics Today. 46(2). 36–47. 6 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (1992). The government role in science and technology. Technology in Society. 14(4). 357–362. 4 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (1991). A Ricardo model with economies of scale.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(18). 8267–8271. 2 indexed citations
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Clark, Kim B., Ralph E. Gomory, Greg Fisher, & Simon Ramo. (1989). Competing beyond technology. Harvard business review. 89(6). 93–100. 3 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & Harold T. Shapiro. (1988). A Dialogue on Competitiveness.. Issues in Science and Technology. 4(4). 36–42. 5 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & Roland W. Schmitt. (1988). Science and Product. Science. 240(4856). 1131–1204. 89 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E., et al.. (1974). R-separating Sets. Canadian Journal of Mathematics. 26(6). 1418–1429. 2 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E.. (1969). Some polyhedra related to combinatorial problems. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 2(4). 451–558. 219 indexed citations
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Gilmore, Paul C. & Ralph E. Gomory. (1965). Multistage Cutting Stock Problems of Two and More Dimensions. Operations Research. 13(1). 94–120. 537 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gilmore, Paul C. & Ralph E. Gomory. (1964). Sequencing a One State-Variable Machine: A Solvable Case of the Traveling Salesman Problem. Operations Research. 12(5). 655–679. 417 indexed citations
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Gomory, Ralph E. & T. C. Hu. (1962). An Application of Generalized Linear Programming to Network Flows. Journal of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. 10(2). 260–283. 47 indexed citations

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