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Salem Benferhat

Salem Benferhat

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
40
Citations
8570
World Ranking
9171
National Ranking
220

Salem Benferhat 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 Salem Benferhat sits on this spectrum.

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32 publications 991+

This scientist: 383 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Salem Benferhat 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 Salem Benferhat sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 131+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Salem Benferhat is affiliated with Artois University in France and has a research portfolio that primarily spans computer science and engineering. Their work extensively covers artificial intelligence, with significant contributions to several related subfields including civil and structural engineering, signal processing, computer networks and communications, and computational theory and mathematics.

The scientist's research focuses on topics such as Semantic Web and Ontologies, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Data Management and Algorithms, Water Systems and Optimization, Advanced Database Systems and Queries, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Salem Benferhat has published numerous scholarly articles in established venues. Their recent papers include:

  • Handling inconsistency in partially preordered ontologies: the Elect method, 2021, Journal of Logic and Computation
  • Computing a Possibility Theory Repair for Partially Preordered Inconsistent Ontologies, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • Query answering DL-lite knowledge bases from hidden datasets, 2020, Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Syntactic computation of Fagin-Halpern conditioning in possibility theory, 2023, EPiC series in computing
  • From GIS to Graphical Representation for Maintaining Connectivity of Wastewater Network Elements, 2024, SN Computer Science

They have contributed multiple works to notable publication venues including:

  • Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
  • SN Computer Science
  • International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • Journal of Logic and Computation
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Frequent collaborators in Salem Benferhat's research include:

  • Sihem Belabbès
  • Carole Delenne
  • Ahmed Laouar
  • Minh-Thu Tran-Nguyen
  • Thanh-Nghi Do

The intersection of Salem Benferhat's work lies in combining formal logic and reasoning methods with data management techniques and engineering applications, particularly in water systems and optimization. This multidisciplinary approach integrates foundational studies in computing with applied challenges in structural and environmental engineering contexts.

Best Publications

  • Organization based access control

    A.A.E. Kalam;R.E. Baida;P. Balbiani;S. Benferhat

  • Naive Bayes vs decision trees in intrusion detection systems

    Nahla Ben Amor;Salem Benferhat;Zied Elouedi

  • Inconsistency management and prioritized syntax-based entailment

    Salem Benferhat;Claudette Cayrol;Didier Dubois;Jerome Lang

  • Representing Default Rules in Possibilistic Logic.

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Nonmonotonic reasoning, conditional objects and possibility theory

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Belief functions and default reasoning

    S. Benferhat;A. Saffiotti;P. Smets

  • Argumentative inference in uncertain and inconsistent knowledge bases

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Fusion: General concepts and characteristics

    Isabelle Bloch;Anthony A. Hunter;Alain A. Appriou;Andr A. Ayoun

  • Some Syntactic Approaches to the Handling of Inconsistent Knowledge Bases: A Comparative Study Part 1: The Flat Case

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Possibilistic and standard probabilistic semantics of conditional knowledge bases

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Qualitative choice logic

    Gerhard Brewka;Salem Benferhat;Daniel Le Berre

  • Bipolar possibility theory in preference modeling: Representation, fusion and optimal solutions

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Souhila Kaci;Henri Prade

  • How to infer from inconsistent beliefs without revising

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Possibilistic Merging and Distance-Based Fusion of Propositional Information

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Souhila Kaci;Henri Prade

  • Weakening conflicting information for iterated revision and knowledge integration

    Salem Benferhat;Souhila Kaci;Daniel Le Berre;Mary-Anne Williams

  • Bipolar Representation and Fusion of Preferences on the Possibilistic Logic framework.

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Souhila Kaci;Henri Prade

  • On the transformation between possibilistic logic bases and possibilistic causal networks

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Laurent Garcia;Henri Prade

  • From Semantic to Syntactic Approaches to Information Combination in Possibilistic Logic

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • Towards a Possibilistic Logic Handling of Preferences

    Salem Benferhat;Didier Dubois;Henri Prade

  • An Overview of Possibilistic Handling of Default Reasoning, with Experimental Studies

    Salem Benferhat;Jean-François Bonnefon;Rui Da Silva Neves

Frequent Co-Authors

Didier Dubois
Didier Dubois Paul Sabatier University
Henri Prade
Henri Prade Paul Sabatier University
Frédéric Cuppens
Frédéric Cuppens Polytechnique Montréal
Alessandro Saffiotti
Alessandro Saffiotti Örebro University
Philippe Smets
Philippe Smets Université Libre de Bruxelles
Jérôme Lang
Jérôme Lang Paris Dauphine University
Vladik Kreinovich
Vladik Kreinovich The University of Texas at El Paso
Jan Chomicki
Jan Chomicki University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Gerhard Brewka
Gerhard Brewka Leipzig University
Michel Grabisch
Michel Grabisch Charles University

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