Thomas A. Runkler

4.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Thomas A. Runkler is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas A. Runkler has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 18 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Thomas A. Runkler's work include Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (30 papers), Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research (20 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (18 papers). Thomas A. Runkler is often cited by papers focused on Fuzzy Logic and Control Systems (30 papers), Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research (20 papers) and Neural Networks and Applications (18 papers). Thomas A. Runkler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Portugal and United States. Thomas A. Runkler's co-authors include Frank Höppner, Frank Klawonn, Rudolf Kruse, V. J. Rayward‐Smith, João M. C. Sousa, James C. Bezdek, Manfred Glesner, Carlos Silva, Darko Anicic and Charles M. Katz and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Expert Systems with Applications and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Runkler

127 papers receiving 2.4k citations

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Fuzzy Cluster Analysis: Methods for Classification, Data Analysis and Image Recognition

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Beatrice Lazzerini Italy

Mahardhika Pratama Singapore

Shokri Z. Selim Saudi Arabia

Luis Magdalena Spain

László T. Kóczy Hungary

José A. Gámez Spain

Yulin He China

Detlef Nauck United Kingdom

Xiaodan Wang China

Dayou Liu China

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270 ×0.6

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231 ×0.7

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320 ×1.0

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236 ×0.9

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All Works

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Udluft, Steffen, et al.. (2025). TEA: Trajectory Encoding Augmentation for Robust and Transferable Policies in Offline Reinforcement Learning. 353–358.

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Asaadi, Shima, et al.. (2024). Fusion of Domain-Adapted Vision and Language Models for Medical Visual Question Answering. 246–257. 5 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A.. (2024). Data Analytics.

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Runkler, Thomas A., et al.. (2023). Clustering-based gradual pattern mining. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 15(6). 2263–2281. 1 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A., et al.. (2022). A metaheuristic approach for mining gradual patterns. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 75. 101205–101205. 3 indexed citations

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Anicic, Darko, et al.. (2021). TinyOL: TinyML with Online-Learning on Microcontrollers. 1–8. 109 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A.. (2021). PIU: risk-sensitive decision making using Pareto optimization of interval utilities induced by fuzzy preference relations. Soft Computing. 26(1). 1–11. 8 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A., et al.. (2021). Ant colony optimization for mining gradual patterns. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 12(10). 2989–3009. 5 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A.. (2020). Sequential Cluster Estimation: A Generalized Model for Finding Large Numbers of Clusters in Data. IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Magazine. 6(2). 6–9. 3 indexed citations

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Depeweg, Stefan, José Miguel Hernández-Lobato, Steffen Udluft, & Thomas A. Runkler. (2018). Sensitivity analysis for predictive uncertainty.. The European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks. 1 indexed citations

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Kharlamov, Evgeny, Ognjen Savković, Guohui Xiao, et al.. (2017). Semantic Rule-Based Equipment Diagnostic.. 1 indexed citations

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Brandt, Sebastian, et al.. (2016). Semantic framework for industrial analytics and diagnostics. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 4016–4017. 2 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A., Simon Coupland, & Robert John. (2016). Interval type-2 fuzzy decision making. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 80. 217–224. 52 indexed citations

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Waltinger, Ulli, et al.. (2014). Ontology-Based Translation of Natural Language Queries to SPARQL. National Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 17 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A.. (2010). Data Mining : Methoden und Algorithmen intelligenter Datenanalyse ; mit 7 Tabellen. Vieweg+Teubner eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A.. (2005). Ant colony optimization of clustering models: Research Articles. Journal of Intelligent Systems. 20(12). 1233–1251. 8 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A., et al.. (2003). Web mining with relational clustering. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning. 32(2-3). 217–236. 63 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A., et al.. (1994). Defuzzification based on fuzzy clustering. 1645a–1648 vol.3. 16 indexed citations

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Runkler, Thomas A. & Manfred Glesner. (1994). Efficient algorithms for high resolution fuzzy controllers with piecewise linearities. 189–192 vol.1. 2 indexed citations

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Halgamuge, Saman, Thomas A. Runkler, & Manfred Glesner. (1994). A hierarchical hybrid fuzzy controller for real-time reverse driving support of vehicles with long trailers. 1207–1210 vol.2. 10 indexed citations

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