Wayne Tiller

10.1k citations

42 papers · 7.4k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 24

Impact in

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design top 0.1%
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation
Computational Mechanics top 0.05%
- Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques
- 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis

Papers in ⓘ

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 22
- Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation 17
- Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques 8
Computational Mechanics 32
- Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques 32
- 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis 8

Co-authors: Les A. Piegl (29 shared papers)Håvard Vold (1 shared paper)Khairan Rajab (1 shared paper)Weiyin Ma (1 shared paper)Robert S. Doran (2 shared papers)
Journals: Computer-Aided Design (14 papers)Engineering With Computers (6 papers)IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (5 papers)The Visual Computer (4 papers)Computer Aided Geometric Design (2 papers)
Partner nations: United States Hong Kong Saudi Arabia

In The Last Decade

Wayne Tiller

41 papers receiving 7.0k citations

Hit Papers

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The NURBS Book 1997 · 1.9k 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.

1997 The NURBS Book
1995 The NURBS Book
1995 The NURBS Book

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1	The NURBS Book Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller Hit paper breakdown →	1995	2871
2	The NURBS Book Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller Hit paper breakdown →	1997	1942
3	The NURBS Book Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller Hit paper breakdown →	1995	574
4	The NURBS book (2nd ed.) Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1997	482
5	Rational B-Splines for Curve and Surface Representation IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ·Wayne Tiller	1983	209
6	Curve and surface constructions using rational B-splines Computer-Aided Design ·Leslie A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1987	207
7	Offsets of Two-Dimensional Profiles IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ·Wayne Tiller, Eric Hanson	1984	141
8	Parametrization for surface fitting in reverse engineering Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2001	112
9	Computing offsets of NURBS curves and surfaces Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1999	88
10	Algorithm for approximate nurbs skinning Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1996	64
11	Surface approximation to scanned data The Visual Computer ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2000	61
12	Geometry-based triangulation of trimmed NURBS surfaces Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1998	55
13	Symbolic operators for NURBS Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1997	51
14	Knot-removal algorithms for NURBS curves and surfaces Computer-Aided Design ·Wayne Tiller	1992	49
15	Least-Squares B-Spline Curve Approximation with Arbitary End Derivatives Engineering With Computers ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2000	45
16	Algorithm for finding all k nearest neighbors Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2002	42
17	Biarc approximation of NURBS curves Computer-Aided Design ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2002	41
18	A menagerie of rational B-spline circles IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1989	40
19	Surface skinning revisited The Visual Computer ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	2002	39
20	Filling n -sided regions with NURBS patches The Visual Computer ·Les A. Piegl, Wayne Tiller	1999	36

About Wayne Tiller

Wayne Tiller is a scholar working on Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Computational Mechanics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Algebra and Number Theory and Mathematical Physics, having authored 42 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Numerical Analysis Techniques (32 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (17 papers), Manufacturing Process and Optimization (10 papers), 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis (8 papers), Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques (8 papers), Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques (6 papers), Image and Object Detection Techniques (5 papers) and Advanced Banach Space Theory (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (1.8k citations), Computational Mechanics (5.2k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (904 citations), Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (1.4k citations) and Mechanical Engineering (2.1k citations). Wayne Tiller has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia. Frequent co-authors include Les A. Piegl, Håvard Vold, Khairan Rajab, Weiyin Ma and Robert S. Doran. Their work appears in journals such as Computer-Aided Design, Engineering With Computers, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, The Visual Computer and Computer Aided Geometric Design.

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