Robert M. Freund

7.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Robert M. Freund is a scholar working on Numerical Analysis, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert M. Freund has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Numerical Analysis, 57 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 23 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Robert M. Freund's work include Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (58 papers), Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (21 papers) and Optimization and Variational Analysis (18 papers). Robert M. Freund is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research (58 papers), Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques (21 papers) and Optimization and Variational Analysis (18 papers). Robert M. Freund collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Chile. Robert M. Freund's co-authors include Federico Girosi, E. Osuna, Charles H. Fine, Jorge Vera, Peng Sun, Alexandre Belloni, Haihao Lu, Marina A. Epelman, Yurii Nesterov and J. Peraire and has published in prestigious journals such as Management Science, Journal of Computational Physics and Mathematics of Computation.

In The Last Decade

Robert M. Freund

81 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Training support vector machines: an application to face detection

2002 1.7k citations E. Osuna, Robert M. Freund et al. profile →
An improved training algorithm for support vector machines

2002 688 citations E. Osuna, Robert M. Freund et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert M. Freund United States	25	1.6k	1.2k	793	788	512	84	4.3k
Dorit S. Hochbaum United States	40	694 0.4×	823 0.7×	183 0.2×	1.8k 2.3×	434 0.8×	163	6.2k
Nimrod Megiddo United States	43	955 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	2.7k 3.4×	405 0.8×	150	8.5k
Hoai An Le Thi France	27	586 0.4×	686 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	1.1k 1.4×	425 0.8×	144	3.3k
Rainer E. Burkard Austria	31	374 0.2×	699 0.6×	327 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	573 1.1×	131	4.8k
Patrick Siarry France	38	1.1k 0.7×	2.8k 2.4×	238 0.3×	1.8k 2.3×	1.1k 2.1×	196	7.1k
Anatoli Juditsky France	23	555 0.3×	2.4k 2.0×	353 0.4×	404 0.5×	1.7k 3.3×	68	5.1k
H. T. Kung United States	39	634 0.4×	1.5k 1.3×	684 0.9×	1.8k 2.3×	191 0.4×	171	7.6k
Kenneth Steiglitz United States	19	843 0.5×	1.2k 1.0×	165 0.2×	1.1k 1.4×	306 0.6×	45	5.2k
B. T. Polyak Russia	25	655 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	2.4k 3.0×	2.2k 2.8×	1.2k 2.4×	87	6.7k
Sanyang Liu China	32	708 0.4×	2.7k 2.3×	551 0.7×	2.1k 2.6×	850 1.7×	389	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert M. Freund

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert M. Freund

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xiong, Zikai & Robert M. Freund. (2024). Using Taylor-Approximated Gradients to Improve the Frank–Wolfe Method for Empirical Risk Minimization. SIAM Journal on Optimization. 34(3). 2503–2534.

Freund, Robert M., et al.. (2024). Nonlinear conjugate gradient methods: worst-case convergence rates via computer-assisted analyses. Mathematical Programming. 213(1-2). 1–49. 2 indexed citations

Freund, Robert M., et al.. (2017). A new perspective on boosting in linear regression via subgradient optimization and relatives. Project Euclid (Cornell University). 16 indexed citations

Freund, Robert M., et al.. (2014). Robust topology optimization of three-dimensional photonic-crystal band-gap structures. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 83 indexed citations

Nguyen, Ngoc Cuong, et al.. (2011). Design of photonic crystals with multiple and combined band gaps. Physical Review E. 83(4). 46703–46703. 30 indexed citations

Bertsimas, Dimitris, Robert M. Freund, & Xu Andy Sun. (2011). An Accelerated First-Order Method for Solving Unconstrained Polynomial Optimization Problems. 1 indexed citations

Anišić, Zoran, et al.. (2009). Web based intelligent product configurator for thermal insulation and decoration of buildings. 82. 253–258. 3 indexed citations

Belloni, Alexandre & Robert M. Freund. (2006). On the symmetry function of a convex set. Mathematical Programming. 111(1-2). 57–93. 11 indexed citations

Freund, Robert M. & Jorge Vera. (2003). On the Complexity of Computing Estimates of Condition Measures of a Conic Linear System. Mathematics of Operations Research. 28(4). 625–648. 12 indexed citations

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Osuna, E., Robert M. Freund, & Federico Girosi. (2002). An improved training algorithm for support vector machines. 276–285. 688 indexed citations breakdown →

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Freund, Robert M.. (2001). On the primal-duty geometry of level sets in linear and conic optimization. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 15 indexed citations

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Epelman, Marina A. & Robert M. Freund. (2000). Pre-Conditioners and Relations between Different Measures of Conditioning for Conic Linear Systems. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1996). Following a “Balanced” Trajectory from an Infeasible Point to an Optimal Linear Programming Solution with a Polynomial-Time Algorithm. Mathematics of Operations Research. 21(4). 839–859. 1 indexed citations

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Birge, John R., Robert M. Freund, & Robert J. Vanderbei. (1992). Prior reduced fill-in in solving equations in interior point algorithms. Operations Research Letters. 11(4). 195–198. 6 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1991). Theoretical efficiency of a shifted-barrier-function algorithm for linear programming. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 152. 19–41. 24 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1989). On polynomial approximations to f a (Z)(z-a)−1 with complex a and some applications to certain non-hermitian matrices. Approximation Theory and Its Applications. 5(1). 15–31. 8 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1989). Combinatorial analogs of Brouwer's fixed-point theorem on a bounded polyhedron. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series B. 47(2). 192–219. 9 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1987). A note on two block-SOR methods for sparse least squares problems. Linear Algebra and its Applications. 88-89. 211–221. 24 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M.. (1987). Dual gauge programs, with applications to quadratic programming and the minimum-norm problem. Mathematical Programming. 38(1). 47–67. 22 indexed citations

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Freund, Robert M. & Michael J. Todd. (1981). A constructive proof of Tucker's combinatorial lemma. Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A. 30(3). 321–325. 26 indexed citations

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