2026 Kagan Tumer: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	44	7526	7307	3272	3147	258	8992

Overview

Kagan Tumer is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Computer Science, with a strong focus on Artificial Intelligence. Other subfields they have contributed to include Management Science and Operations Research, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Economics and Econometrics, and Sociology and Political Science.

Tumer's work covers a range of main topics, most notably:

Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
Artificial Intelligence in Games
Auction Theory and Applications
Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation

Regarding publication venues, Tumer has frequently published in:

Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion
Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
arXiv (Cornell University)
Neural Computing and Applications

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Tumer include:

"MAEDyS", 2021, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
"The impact of agent definitions and interactions on multiagent learning for coordination in traffic management domains", 2020, Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
"Fitness shaping for multiple teams", 2022, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
"Leveraging Fitness Critics To Learn Robust Teamwork", 2023, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference
"Diversifying behaviors for learning in asymmetric multiagent systems", 2022, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference

Tumer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

Gaurav Dixit
Joshua Cook
Ayhan Alp Aydeniz
Everardo Gonzalez

Best Publications

Error Correlation and Error Reduction in Ensemble Classifiers

Kagan Tumer;Joydeep Ghosh

852
Citations
OPTIMAL PAYOFF FUNCTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF COLLECTIVES

David H. Wolpert;Kagan Tumer

515
Citations
Analysis of decision boundaries in linearly combined neural classifiers

Kagan Tumer;Joydeep Ghosh

484
Citations
Classifier ensembles: Select real-world applications

Nikunj C. Oza;Kagan Tumer

419
Citations
Intelligent Engineering Systems Through Artificial Neural Networks

Cihan H. Dagli;K. Mark Bryden;Steven M. Corns;Mitsuo Gen

370
Citations
AN INTRODUCTION TO COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE

David H. Wolpert;Kagan Tumer

286
Citations
Distributed agent-based air traffic flow management

Kagan Tumer;Adrian Agogino

255
Citations
Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems

J. J. Chung;D. Miklic;L. Sabattini;K. Tumer

247
Citations
Linear and Order Statistics Combiners for Pattern Classification

Kagan Tumer;Joydeep Ghosh;Sonie Lau

208
Citations
Spectroscopic Detection of Cervical Pre-Cancer through Radial Basis Function Networks

Kagan Tumer;Nirmala Ramanujam;Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum;Joydeep Ghosh

169
Citations
Evolution-Guided Policy Gradient in Reinforcement Learning

Shauharda Khadka;Kagan Tumer

157
Citations
Analyzing and visualizing multiagent rewards in dynamic and stochastic domains

Adrian K. Agogino;Kagan Tumer

152
Citations
General principles of learning-based multi-agent systems

David H. Wolpert;Kevin R. Wheeler;Kagan Tumer

140
Citations
Collective intelligence for control of distributed dynamical systems

David H. Wolpert;Kevin R. Wheeler;Kagan Tumer

140
Citations
Input Decimation Ensembles: Decorrelation through Dimensionality Reduction

Nikunj C. Oza;Kagan Tumer

133
Citations
Collective Intelligence and Braess' Paradox

Kagan Tumer;David Wolpert

129
Citations
A multiagent approach to managing air traffic flow

Adrian K. Agogino;Kagan Tumer

129
Citations
Collectives and the Design of Complex Systems

Kagan Tumer;David H. Wolpert

127
Citations
Ensembles of radial basis function networks for spectroscopic detection of cervical precancer

K. Tumer;N. Ramanujam;J. Ghosh;R. Richards-Kortum

123
Citations
Collective intelligence, data routing and braess' paradox

David H. Wolpert;Kagan Tumer

123
Citations
Collectives and Design Complex Systems

Kagan Tumer;David H. Wolpert;Kagan Turner

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David H. Wolpert Santa Fe Institute

Joydeep Ghosh The University of Texas at Austin

Peter Stone The University of Texas at Austin

Rebecca Richards-Kortum Rice University

Bechir Hamdaoui Oregon State University

Roland Siegwart ETH Zurich

David C. Parkes Harvard University

Mitsuo Gen Tokyo University of Science

Sandip Sen University of Tulsa

Tucker Balch Emory University

External Links

Personal website of Kagan Tumer Google Scholar page

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