Yaakov Engel

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yaakov Engel is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaakov Engel has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 10 papers in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and 6 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Yaakov Engel's work include Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers). Yaakov Engel is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (8 papers), Quantum chaos and dynamical systems (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (6 papers). Yaakov Engel collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Canada. Yaakov Engel's co-authors include Shie Mannor, Ron Meir, R. D. Levine, K. Goeke, S. J. Krieger, D.M. Brink, D. Vautherin, Ranit Aharonov, Tamar Flash and Binyamin Hochner and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry and Journal of Neurophysiology.

In The Last Decade

Yaakov Engel

30 papers receiving 1.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Kernel Recursive Least-Squares Algorithm 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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.

  1. The Kernel Recursive Least-Squares Algorithm
    2004 754 citations Yaakov Engel, Shie Mannor et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yaakov Engel Israel 17 661 436 417 359 348 31 2.0k
K.W. Cattermole United Kingdom 9 256 0.4× 150 0.3× 144 0.3× 225 0.6× 243 0.7× 30 1.9k
Roger W. Brockett United States 21 831 1.3× 563 1.3× 88 0.2× 33 0.1× 776 2.2× 58 2.4k
A. van den Bos Netherlands 21 269 0.4× 307 0.7× 195 0.5× 293 0.8× 241 0.7× 59 2.0k
Rainer Hegger Germany 23 411 0.6× 329 0.8× 87 0.2× 282 0.8× 115 0.3× 43 3.1k
Laurent Daudet France 24 648 1.0× 470 1.1× 610 1.5× 1.5k 4.2× 55 0.2× 100 3.6k
Harold Szu United States 22 962 1.5× 271 0.6× 127 0.3× 574 1.6× 265 0.8× 275 2.9k
Pavlos Protopapas United States 21 325 0.5× 105 0.2× 257 0.6× 314 0.9× 37 0.1× 82 1.6k
Jane Cullum United States 21 135 0.2× 682 1.6× 240 0.6× 48 0.1× 144 0.4× 44 1.8k
Qing‐Wen Wang China 36 174 0.3× 354 0.8× 139 0.3× 182 0.5× 281 0.8× 295 4.4k
J.G. McWhirter United Kingdom 24 215 0.3× 128 0.3× 703 1.7× 919 2.6× 101 0.3× 103 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yaakov Engel

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaakov Engel

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engel, Yaakov & Michael P. Wellman. (2010). Multiattribute Auctions Based on Generalized Additive Independence. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 37. 479–525. 11 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov & Michael P. Wellman. (2008). CUI Networks: A Graphical Representation for Conditional Utility Independence. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research. 31. 83–112. 10 indexed citations
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Ghavamzadeh, Mohammad & Yaakov Engel. (2007). Bayesian actor-critic algorithms. 297–304. 32 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, et al.. (2005). Learning to Control an Octopus Arm with Gaussian Process Temporal Difference Methods. Neural Information Processing Systems. 18. 347–354. 37 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, Shie Mannor, & Ron Meir. (2005). Reinforcement learning with Gaussian processes. 201–208. 189 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov. (2005). Algorithms and Representations for Reinforcement Learning. 39 indexed citations
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Yekutieli, Yoram, et al.. (2005). Dynamic Model of the Octopus Arm. I. Biomechanics of the Octopus Reaching Movement. Journal of Neurophysiology. 94(2). 1443–1458. 186 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, Shie Mannor, & Ron Meir. (2003). Bayes meets bellman: the Gaussian process approach to temporal difference learning. International Conference on Machine Learning. 154–161. 101 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, Shie Mannor, & Ron Meir. (2002). Sparse Online Greedy Support Vector Regression. 6 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov & Shie Mannor. (2001). Learning Embedded Maps of Markov Processes. International Conference on Machine Learning. 138–145. 4 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, G. W., et al.. (1990). Photoinitiated Reactions of H Atoms with CO2: OH(v = 0) Rotational Excitation from the 239‐nm Photolysis of CO2HI Complexes. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 30(1-2). 115–129. 51 indexed citations
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Pique, J. P., et al.. (1988). Broad spectral features in the stimulated emission pumping spectrum of acetylene. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(9). 5972–5974. 44 indexed citations
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Kommandeur, Jan, W. Leo Meerts, Yaakov Engel, & R. D. Levine. (1988). The analysis of intensity fluctuations for a fully resolved spectrum: Pyrazine. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 88(11). 6810–6813. 18 indexed citations
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Wittig, C., Yaakov Engel, & R. D. Levine. (1988). Analyses of photoinitiated H+CO2 reactions: Gas phase single-collision conditions and CO2HBr adducts. Chemical Physics Letters. 153(5). 411–416. 35 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, et al.. (1988). Information theoretic analysis of quantal fluctuations in fluorescence lifetimes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry. 92(19). 5497–5500. 8 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, et al.. (1987). Quantal fluctuations in fluorescence lifetimes of individual rovibronic levels. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 86(11). 6561–6563. 21 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov & R. D. Levine. (1983). Branching ratios in heavy ion reactions: Constrained phase space approach. Physical Review C. 28(6). 2321–2327. 5 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, Edward Friedman, & R. D. Levine. (1982). The maximum entropy determination of nuclear densities of calcium isotopes from elastic scattering of alpha particles. Physics Letters B. 117(5). 279–282. 3 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov & A. T. Hagler. (1977). Appendix 1. Use of the Gaussian‐70 Molecular Orbital and Electron Density Programs. Israel Journal of Chemistry. 16(2-3). 220–225. 1 indexed citations
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Engel, Yaakov, D.M. Brink, K. Goeke, S. J. Krieger, & D. Vautherin. (1975). Time-dependent hartree-fock theory with Skyrme's interaction. Nuclear Physics A. 249(2). 215–238. 315 indexed citations

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