W. Richard Stevens is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Hardware and Architecture.
According to data from OpenAlex, W. Richard Stevens has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 3 papers in Hardware and Architecture. Recurrent topics in W. Richard Stevens's work include Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (8 papers), Network Traffic and Congestion Control (4 papers) and IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security (3 papers). W. Richard Stevens is often cited by papers focused on Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems (8 papers), Network Traffic and Congestion Control (4 papers) and IPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security (3 papers). W. Richard Stevens collaborates with scholars based in United States. W. Richard Stevens's co-authors include Vern Paxson, Mark Allman, T. Narten, Bill Fenner and Kevin Fall and has published in prestigious journals such as ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review, USENIX Annual Technical Conference and CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).
In The Last Decade
W. Richard Stevens
19 papers
receiving
3.0k citations
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topics.
TCP Congestion Control
19991.2k citationsMark Allman, Vern Paxson et al.RFCprofile →
Unix network programming
1990598 citationsW. Richard Stevens, T. NartenACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Reviewprofile →
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1998). Networking APIs : sockets and XTI. Prentice Hall PTR eBooks.20 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1998). UNIX Network Programming, Volume 2: Interprocess Communications, Second Edition.6 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1997). UNIX Network Programming: Networking APIs: Sockets and XTI. Prentice Hall PTR eBooks.72 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1997). Congestion Avoidance, Fast Retransmit and Fast Recovery Algorithm. Medical Entomology and Zoology.
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1996). TCP slow start, congestion avoidance, fast retransmit, and fast recovery algorithms. Medical Entomology and Zoology.13 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1996). TCP for transactions, HTTP, NNTP, and the UNIX domain protocols. Medical Entomology and Zoology.10 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1996). Tcp/IP Illustrated, Volume 3: TCP for Transactions, Http, Nntp, and the Unix Domain Protocols.27 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard, et al.. (1995). Portals in 4.4BSD. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 1–1.4 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard, et al.. (1995). TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 2: The Implementation.244 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1994). TCP/IP Illustrated. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research).529 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1992). Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information (Royal Gardens Kew).231 indexed citations
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Stevens, W. Richard & T. Narten. (1990). Unix network programming. ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communication Review. 20(2). 8–9.598 indexed citations breakdown →
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Stevens, W. Richard. (1989). Heuristics for Disk Drive Positioning in 4.3 BSD.. 2. 251–274.1 indexed citations
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