M. J. D. Powell

Active 1960–2015

85
Papers
31,077
Citations
54
h-index
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Citations

Citations per year for M. J. D. Powell1967: 20 citations1968: 16 citations1969: 21 citations1970: 53 citations1971: 54 citations1972: 56 citations1973: 70 citations1974: 45 citations1975: 73 citations1976: 38 citations1977: 84 citations1978: 82 citations1979: 72 citations1980: 50 citations1981: 70 citations1982: 108 citations1983: 78 citations1984: 74 citations1985: 91 citations1986: 104 citations1987: 89 citations1988: 101 citations1989: 143 citations1990: 113 citations1991: 120 citations1992: 166 citations1993: 157 citations1994: 165 citations1995: 185 citations1996: 160 citations1997: 171 citations1998: 163 citations1999: 158 citations2000: 155 citations2001: 191 citations2002: 198 citations2003: 202 citations2004: 212 citations2005: 248 citations2006: 277 citations2007: 277 citations2008: 305 citations2009: 287 citations2010: 302 citations2011: 338 citations2012: 337 citations2013: 340 citations2014: 338 citations2015: 346 citations2016: 314 citations2017: 419 citations2018: 352 citations2019: 417 citations2020: 463 citations2021: 509 citations2022: 390 citations2023: 336 citations2024: 414 citations2025: 288 citations2026: 83 citations

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 2,858 citing papers, 26.1% of this breakdownChina: 1,203 citing papers, 11% of this breakdownGermany: 745 citing papers, 6.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 699 citing papers, 6.4% of this breakdownFrance: 474 citing papers, 4.3% of this breakdownCanada: 398 citing papers, 3.6% of this breakdownItaly: 377 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownAustralia: 293 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownJapan: 275 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownSpain: 232 citing papers, 2.1% of this breakdownNetherlands: 189 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdownBelgium: 185 citing papers, 1.7% of this breakdown
0%26.1%Other 27.7%

Fields

  • Computer Science35.5%
  • Mathematics22.7%
  • Engineering22.2%
  • Medicine3.3%
  • Physics and Astronomy3.1%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3%
  • Other10.2%

Topics

  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research8.7%
  • Matrix Theory and Algorithms3.2%
  • Optimization and Variational Analysis3%
  • Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms3%
  • Iterative Methods for Nonlinear Equations2.9%
  • Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques2.7%
  • Other76.5%

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  1. A Direct Search Optimization Method That Models the Objective and Constraint Functions by Linear Interpolation

    Authors: - Advances in Optimization and Numerical Analysis 1994 cited by 1,280

  2. An efficient method for finding the minimum of a function of several variables without calculating derivatives

    Authors: - The Computer Journal, Comput. J. 1964 cited by 4,605

  3. Restart procedures for the conjugate gradient method

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 1977 cited by 1,715

  4. A Rapidly Convergent Descent Method for Minimization

    Authors: , - The Computer Journal, Comput. J. 1963 cited by 4,598

  5. The BOBYQA algorithm for bound constrained optimization without derivatives

    Authors: - 2009 cited by 1,123

  6. A tolerant algorithm for linearly constrained optimization calculations

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 1989 cited by 183

  7. Approximation Theory and Methods

    Authors: - Cambridge University Press eBooks 1981 cited by 757

  8. Direct search algorithms for optimization calculations

    Authors: - Acta Numerica 1998 cited by 561

  9. Algorithms for nonlinear constraints that use lagrangian functions

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 1978 cited by 510

  10. The NEWUOA software for unconstrained optimization without derivatives

    Authors: - Nonconvex optimization and its applications 2006 cited by 470

  11. Piecewise Quadratic Approximations on Triangles

    Authors: , - ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 1977 cited by 429

  12. UOBYQA: unconstrained optimization by quadratic approximation

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 2002 cited by 350

  13. A fast algorithm for nonlinearly constrained optimization calculations

    Authors: - Lecture notes in mathematics 1978 cited by 1,659

  14. The Theory of Radial Basis Function Approximation in 1990

    Authors: - Advances in Numerical Analysis 1992 cited by 570

  15. On search directions for minimization algorithms

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 1973 cited by 326

  16. A New Algorithm for Unconstrained Optimization

    Authors: - Elsevier eBooks 1970 cited by 451

  17. Nonconvex minimization calculations and the conjugate gradient method

    Authors: - Lecture notes in mathematics 1984 cited by 390

  18. Book Review: Nonlinear Programming - Sequential Unconstrained Minimization Techniques, by A. V. Fiacco and G. P. McCormick, 1969; 210 pages

    Authors: - The Computer Journal, Comput. J. 1969 cited by 1,751

  19. A View of Algorithms for Optimization without Derivatives 1

    Authors: - 2007 cited by 175

  20. Least Frobenius norm updating of quadratic models that satisfy interpolation conditions

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 2003 cited by 128

  21. Radial basis functions for multivariable interpolation: a review

    Authors: - Clarendon Press eBooks 1987 cited by 1,185

  22. Convergence Properties of Algorithms for Nonlinear Optimization

    Authors: - SIAM Review 1986 cited by 209

  23. On the Convergence of the Variable Metric Algorithm

    Authors: - IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics 1971 cited by 200

  24. On trust region methods for unconstrained minimization without derivatives

    Authors: - Mathematical Programming, Math. Program. 2003 cited by 134