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Ian P. Gent publication distribution in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Computer Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian P. Gent sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 133 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 991 publications or more.

Ian P. Gent D-index placement in Computer Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Computer Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ian P. Gent sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 131 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ian P. Gent is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their academic work focuses primarily on the field of computer science, with significant contributions in subfields such as computer networks and communications, artificial intelligence, signal processing, software, and computer vision and pattern recognition.

The main topics covered in their research include constraint satisfaction and optimization, artificial intelligence in games, data management and algorithms, model-driven software engineering techniques, AI-based problem solving and planning, as well as data mining algorithms and applications and data visualization and analytics.

Ian P. Gent has published numerous papers in various venues. Some of the recent publications include:

  • A Preliminary Evaluation of Machine Learning in Algorithm Selection for Search Problems, 2021, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Combinatorial Search
  • Conjure: Automatic Generation of Constraint Models from Problem Specifications, 2022, Artificial Intelligence
  • RustSAT: A Library for SAT Solving in Rust, 2025, Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • TabID: Automatic Identification and Tabulation of Subproblems in Constraint Models, 2022, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Towards Reformulating Essence Specifications for Robustness, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)

The frequent publication venues where Ian P. Gent has appeared also include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (Schloss Dagstuhl)
  • Proceedings of the International Symposium on Combinatorial Search
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research, often co-authoring with colleagues such as Christopher Jefferson, Ian Miguel, Özgür Akgün, Peter Nightingale, and Joan Espasa.

Best Publications

  • SATLIB: An Online Resource for Research on SAT

    Holger H. Hoos;Thomas Stützle;I. Gent;H. Van Maaren

  • CSPLIB: A Benchmark Library for Constraints

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • MINION: A Fast, Scalable, Constraint Solver

    Ian P. Gent;Chris Jefferson;Ian Miguel

  • Towards an understanding of hill-climbing procedures for SAT

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Symmetry breaking in constraint programming

    Ian P. Gent;Barbara M. Smith

  • The constrainedness of search

    Ian P. Gent;Ewan MacIntyre;Patrick Prosser;Toby Walsh

  • The SAT phase transition

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Arc consistency in SAT

    Ian P. Gent

  • Random Constraint Satisfaction: Flaws and Structure

    Ian P. Gent;Ewan Macintyre;Patrick Prosser;Barbara M. Smith

  • An empirical study of dynamic variable ordering heuristics for the constraint satisfaction problem

    Inn P. Gent;Ewan MacIntyre;Patrick Prosser;Barbara M. Smith

  • The TSP phase transition

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Easy problems are sometimes hard

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Symmetry in Constraint Programming

    Ian P. Gent;Karen E. Petrie;Jean-François Puget

  • Frozen development in graph coloring

    Joseph Culberson;Ian Gent

  • Backbone fragility and the local search cost peak

    Josh Singer;Ian P. Gent;Alan Smaill

  • Groups and constraints: Symmetry breaking during search

    Ian P. Gent;Warwick Harvey;Tom Kelsey

  • An evaluation of machine learning in algorithm selection for search problems

    Lars Kotthoff;Ian P. Gent;Ian Miguel

  • Beyond NP: the QSAT phase transition

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Local search and the number of solutions

    David A. Clark;Jeremy Frank;Inn P. Gent;Ewan MacIntyre

  • An empirical analysis of search in GSAT

    Ian P. Gent;Toby Walsh

  • Local Search Algorithms for SAT: An Empirical Evaluation

    Holger H. Hoos;Thomas Stützle;I. Gent;H. Van Maaren

  • Benford's Law

    Ian Gent;Toby Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Toby Walsh
Toby Walsh University of New South Wales
Holger H. Hoos
Holger H. Hoos RWTH Aachen University
Thomas Stützle
Thomas Stützle Université Libre de Bruxelles
David F. Manlove
David F. Manlove University of Glasgow
Armando Tacchella
Armando Tacchella University of Genoa
Anthony G. Cohn
Anthony G. Cohn University of Leeds
Robert W. Irving
Robert W. Irving University of Glasgow
Enrico Giunchiglia
Enrico Giunchiglia University of Genoa

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