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Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications
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Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications

0924-6703

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/10626

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 492 6 7 4

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 24
Documents by Best Scientists*: 33
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 53
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.559
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Discrete Event Dynamic Systems?

Discrete Event Dynamic Systems primarily focuses on research topics in Mathematical optimization, Petri net, Algorithm, Theoretical computer science and Event (probability theory). Mathematical optimization research featured in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Estimator, Queueing theory and Control theory. Control theory is a key component of Control theory research discussed in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems.

The study of Petri net, which falls within the realm of Distributed computing, was the main focus of the presentations. The Distributed computing study featured in it draws connections with the study of Modular design. State (computer science) is the primary subject of Algorithm works presented in it.

Finite-state machine, Set (abstract data type), Supervisor and Supervisory control are some topics wherein Theoretical computer science research discussed in it have an impact. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems primarily dealt with subjects of interest in Supervisory control but also expanded the discussion to include studies in

  • Event (computing) which is related to area like Control (management),
  • Control engineering and related Hybrid system.. The presented Event (probability theory) research focuses mostly on Discrete mathematics and, on occasion, topics in Combinatorics.
  • Mathematical optimization (30.43%)
  • Petri net (15.48%)
  • Algorithm (15.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Recent Advances in Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (854 citations)
  • Simulation Budget Allocation for Further Enhancing theEfficiency of Ordinal Optimization (532 citations)
  • Coordinated Decentralized Protocols for Failure Diagnosisof Discrete Event Systems (414 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Discrete Event Dynamic Systems:

The published papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Mathematical optimization, Supervisory control, Petri net, Algorithm and Event (computing). The journal articles explore topics in Mathematical optimization which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Set (abstract data type), Partially observable Markov decision process, Markov decision process, Hybrid system and Computation. The published papers facilitate discussions on Petri net that incorporate concepts from other fields like Discrete mathematics, Theoretical computer science, Discrete system and Bounded function.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Programming language
  • Statistics
  • Artificial intelligence

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Petri net, Set (abstract data type), Mathematical optimization, Theoretical computer science and Observable are the subjects of interest in the journal. The journal aims to investigate interdisciplinary topics such as Petri net and Context (language use). Aside from research in Mathematical optimization, the journal also discusses Grid studies.

Theoretical computer science research presented in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems encompasses a variety of subjects, including State space, Supervisor and Modular design. The study of Supervisor encompasses disciplines such as Abstraction layer, as well as fields such as Control (management), Supervisory control and Control theory, all of which overlap with one another. The subject of Look-ahead, which is connected to the field of Distributed computing, serves as the foundation of the Automaton research featured in it.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Compositional coordinator synthesis of extended finite automata (2 citations)
  • Decentralized state estimation and diagnosis of p-time labeled Petri nets systems (2 citations)
  • Discrete event optimization of a vehicle charging station with multiple sockets (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Stéphane Lafortune (27 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Christos G. Cassandras (21 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alessandro Giua (19 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Feng Lin (12 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Xi-Ren Cao (11 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Discrete Event Dynamic Systems (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Michigan (33 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (29 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Georgia Institute of Technology (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Boston University (22 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Cagliari (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 10.34% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 23.08% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 23.08% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 15.38% of all publications and 38.46% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Information control in networked discrete event systems and its application to battery management systems

    Feng Lin;Le Yi Wang;Wen Chen;Weilin Wang

    (2020)
    16 Citations
  • Model predictive scheduling of semi-cyclic discrete-event systems using switching max-plus linear models and dynamic graphs

    Ton J. J. van den Boom;Marenne van den Muijsenberg;Bart De Schutter

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Submodular optimization problems and greedy strategies: A survey

    Yajing Liu;Edwin K. P. Chong;Ali Pezeshki;Zhenliang Zhang

    (2020)
    10 Citations
  • Nonblocking and deterministic decentralized control for networked discrete event systems under communication delays

    Pan Xu;Shaolong Shu;Feng Lin;Feng Lin

    (2021)
    5 Citations
  • Stochastic flow models with delays, blocking and applications to multi-intersection traffic light control

    Rui Chen;Christos G. Cassandras

    (2020)
    3 Citations
  • Supervisory control to maximize mean time to failure in discrete event systems

    (2023)
    1 Citations
  • Diagnosability and attack detection for discrete event systems under sensor attacks

    (2024)
    0 Citations

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