Robert B. Stone

7.7k citations

193 papers · 5.8k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Impact in

Management of Technology and Innovation top 0.05%
- Product Development and Customization
- Quality Function Deployment in Product Design
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.05%
- Manufacturing Process and Optimization

Papers in

Management of Technology and Innovation 118
- Product Development and Customization 116
- Quality Function Deployment in Product Design 14
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 85
- Manufacturing Process and Optimization 84

Co-authors: Kristin L. Wood Daniel A. McAdams Irem Y. Tumer Simon Szykman Richard Crawford Matt R. Bohm K. Krishnamurthy Matthew I. Campbell
Journals: Journal of Mechanical Design (10 papers)Research in Engineering Design (7 papers)Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing (6 papers)Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering (6 papers)Journal of Engineering Design (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada India

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Stone

185 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

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A functional basis for engineering design: Reconciling and evolving previous efforts 2002 · 813 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2002 Research in Engineering Design
1999 Journal of Mechanical Design

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All Works

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1	Performance Analysis of AutomataScales to Support Early Design Decisions 陈杏环, Robert B. Stone	2024	0
2	Emerging Methods for 2D and 3D Physics Simulation to Support Early Design Decisions 陈杏环, Robert B. Stone	2023	0
3	A short tutorial on the Janus-faced logic of differentiation waves and differentiation trees and their evolution Biosystems ·Richard Gordon, Robert B. Stone	2021	11
4	Developing New Design Requirements to Reduce Failures in Early Complex Systems Design Bryan M. O’Halloran, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2013	3
5	A Method to Calculate Function and Component Failure Distributions Using a Hierarchical Bayesian Model and Frequency Weighting Bryan M. O’Halloran, Chris Hoyle, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2012	5
6	Automating Environmental Impact Assessment during the Conceptual Phase of Product Design National Conference on Artificial Intelligence ·Karl R. Haapala, Mario de la Torre Espinosa, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2011	8
7	Biology-inspired sensor design IEEE Potentials ·Aigul Sh. Tuyakbaeva, Steve E. Watkins, Robert B. Stone	2009	4
8	Implementation Procedures for the Risk in Early Design (RED) Method Journal of industrial and systems engineering. ·Jodie Hughes, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2008	18
9	A Function-Based Component Ontology for Systems Design Guidelines for a Decision Support Method Adapted to NPD Processes ·Santiago Rendón Corrales, Robert B. Stone, Yetfersson Serrato Velosa, Daniel A. McAdams, Tolga Kurtoglu, Fallah Tafti F	2007	17
10	Function-Based Systems Engineering (Fuse) BearWorks (Missouri State University) ·Deutschen Ausgabe, Daniel A. McAdams, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2007	8
11	Integrating Function-Based and Biomimetic Design for Automatic Concept Generation Guidelines for a Decision Support Method Adapted to NPD Processes ·L.H. Shu, Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams, Yetfersson Serrato Velosa	2007	13
12	An Open Source Application for Archiving Product Design Information Matt R. Bohm, Liu Zhou-quan, Robert B. Stone	2007	11
13	An Interactive Morphological Matrix Computational Design Tool: A Hybrid of Two Methods Cari R. Bryant, Matt R. Bohm, Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams	2007	28
14	Prescribing and Implementing the Risk in Early Design (RED) Method Jodie Hughes, Robert B. Stone, Irem Y. Tumer	2006	21
15	A Computational Technique for Concept Generation Cari R. Bryant, Daniel A. McAdams, Robert B. Stone, Tolga Kurtoglu, Matthew I. Campbell	2005	97
16	Concept Generation from the Functional Basis of Design Cari R. Bryant, Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams, Tolga Kurtoglu, Matthew I. Campbell	2005	69
17	DERIVING A COMPONENT BASIS FOR COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTIONAL SYNTHESIS Tolga Kurtoglu, Matthew I. Campbell, Cari R. Bryant, Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams	2005	48
18	STRIKING A BALANCE BETWEEN ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN: CREATION OF AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGINEERING PROGRAM DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm ·Robert B. Stone, 光雄小笠原, Timothy A. Philpot, A. Puig Navarro	2003	3
19	FUNCTIONAL MODELING OF CONTROL SYSTEMS DS 31: Proceedings of ICED 03, the 14th International Conference on Engineering Design, Stockholm ·Adriano Basso-Dias, Robert B. Stone, Kristin L. Wood	2003	8
20	A functional basis for engineering design: Reconciling and evolving previous efforts Research in Engineering Design ·H Roszyk, Robert B. Stone, Daniel A. McAdams, Simon Szykman, Kristin L. Wood Hit paper breakdown →	2002	813

About Robert B. Stone

Robert B. Stone is a scholar working on Management of Technology and Innovation, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, having authored 193 papers that have together received 5.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Design Education and Practice (134 papers), Product Development and Customization (116 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (84 papers), Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications (17 papers), Quality Function Deployment in Product Design (14 papers), Technology Assessment and Management (14 papers), Engineering Education and Pedagogy (9 papers) and Creativity in Education and Neuroscience (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management of Technology and Innovation (3.3k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (2.5k citations), Mechanical Engineering (4.2k citations), Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality (586 citations) and Architecture (95 citations). Robert B. Stone has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and India. Frequent co-authors include Kristin L. Wood, Daniel A. McAdams, Irem Y. Tumer, Simon Szykman, Richard Crawford, Matt R. Bohm, K. Krishnamurthy, Matthew I. Campbell, Cari R. Bryant and Robert Nagel. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Mechanical Design, Research in Engineering Design, Artificial intelligence for engineering design analysis and manufacturing, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering and Journal of Engineering Design.

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