Saburo Muroga

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Saburo Muroga is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Hardware and Architecture. According to data from OpenAlex, Saburo Muroga has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 19 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 18 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in Saburo Muroga's work include VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (15 papers), VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (12 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (11 papers). Saburo Muroga is often cited by papers focused on VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing (15 papers), VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques (12 papers) and Embedded Systems Design Techniques (11 papers). Saburo Muroga collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Saburo Muroga's co-authors include Yumi Kambayashi, Toshihide Ibaraki, C.R. Baugh, Takashi Tsuboi, Kuang-Chien Chen, S. J. Hong, Robert B. Cutler, Yahiko Kambayashi, Masahiro Fujita and Shigeru Yamashita and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Mathematics of Computation and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Saburo Muroga

48 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Threshold logic and its applications 1971 2026 1989 2007 1971 100 200 300 400
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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. Threshold logic and its applications
    1971 488 citations Saburo Muroga CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear 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
Saburo Muroga United States 14 699 646 481 385 122 49 1.5k
Shuzo Yajima Japan 18 436 0.6× 816 1.3× 377 0.8× 493 1.3× 143 1.2× 80 1.3k
Akers United States 6 470 0.7× 586 0.9× 289 0.6× 436 1.1× 145 1.2× 8 1.3k
Yossi Shiloach Israel 18 312 0.4× 998 1.5× 441 0.9× 269 0.7× 773 6.3× 28 1.7k
R. O. Winder United States 14 231 0.3× 237 0.4× 256 0.5× 106 0.3× 117 1.0× 24 695
Juris Hartmanis United States 15 134 0.2× 871 1.3× 588 1.2× 127 0.3× 171 1.4× 34 1.3k
Edward F. Moore United States 9 207 0.3× 301 0.5× 183 0.4× 115 0.3× 170 1.4× 14 833
Raphael Yuster Israel 23 398 0.6× 2.1k 3.3× 406 0.8× 86 0.2× 567 4.6× 152 2.8k
D.K. Ray-Chaudhuri United States 17 1.1k 1.5× 442 0.7× 1.0k 2.1× 89 0.2× 541 4.4× 61 1.8k
Karem A. Sakallah United States 32 1.5k 2.1× 1.9k 3.0× 1.1k 2.3× 1.5k 3.8× 806 6.6× 148 3.6k
Michael Rodeh Israel 21 255 0.4× 724 1.1× 738 1.5× 402 1.0× 819 6.7× 46 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Saburo Muroga

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Saburo Muroga

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Chen, Kuang-Chien & Saburo Muroga. (2003). Input assignment algorithm for decoded-PLAs with multi-input decoders. 474–477. 4 indexed citations
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Yamashita, Shigeru, Yumi Kambayashi, & Saburo Muroga. (2002). Optimization methods for lookup-table-based FPGAs using Transduction Method. 353–356. 1 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo. (2000). Gate arrays. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Kuang-Chien, Yusuke Matsunaga, Saburo Muroga, & Masahiro Fujita. (1991). A resynthesis approach for network optimization. 458–463. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Kuang-Chien & Saburo Muroga. (1990). Timing optimization for multi-level combinational networks. 339–344. 29 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo, et al.. (1989). The transduction method-design of logic networks based on permissible functions. IEEE Transactions on Computers. 38(10). 1404–1424. 202 indexed citations
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Kambayashi, Yahiko & Saburo Muroga. (1986). Properties of Wired Logic. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-35(6). 550–563. 6 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo. (1982). VLSI system design. 39 indexed citations
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Cutler, Robert B. & Saburo Muroga. (1980). Useless prime implicants of incompletely specified multiple-output switching functions. International Journal of Parallel Programming. 9(4). 337–350. 10 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo. (1979). Logic design and switching theory. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 129 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo, et al.. (1974). Redundancy check technique for designing optimal networks by branch-and-bound method. International Journal of Parallel Programming. 3(3). 251–271. 4 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo, et al.. (1974). Optimal One-Bit Full Adders With Different Types of Gates. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-23(1). 63–70. 12 indexed citations
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Baugh, C.R., Toshihide Ibaraki, & Saburo Muroga. (1971). Technical Note—Results in Using Gomory's All-Integer Integer Algorithm to Design Optimum Logic Networks. Operations Research. 19(4). 1090–1096. 5 indexed citations
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Ibaraki, Toshihide & Saburo Muroga. (1970). Adaptive Linear Classifier by Linear Programming. 6(1). 53–62. 27 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo, et al.. (1966). Lower Bound of the Number of Threshold Functions. IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers. EC-15(5). 805–806. 13 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo, et al.. (1961). Theory of majority decision elements. Journal of the Franklin Institute. 271(5). 376–418. 115 indexed citations
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Elgot, Calvin C. & Saburo Muroga. (1961). Two problems on threshold functions. 8. 166–166. 1 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo. (1959). The principle of majority decision logical elements and the complexity of their circuits.. IFIP Congress. 400–406. 8 indexed citations
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Muroga, Saburo. (1957). On the capacity of a noisy continuous channel. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 3(1). 44–51. 2 indexed citations

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