Peter E. Hart
Stanford University
Peter Elliot Hart is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He was chairman and president of Ricoh Innovations, which he founded in 1997. He made significant contributions in the field of computer science in a series of widely cited publications from the years 1967 to 1975 while associated with the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International, a laboratory where he also served as director.
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Peter Elliot Hart is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He was chairman and president of Ricoh Innovations, which he founded in 1997. He made significant contributions in the field of computer science in a series of widely cited publications from the years 1967 to 1975 while associated with the Artificial Intelligence Center of SRI International, a laboratory where he also served as director.
Affiliation
Stanford University
Top Publications
- Nearest neighbor pattern classification (1967) - 16,947 citations
- Pattern classification and scene analysis (1973) - 12,616 citations
- Use of the Hough transformation to detect lines and curves in pictures (1972) - 6,688 citations
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis (1974) - 4,507 citations
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis. (1974) - 3,245 citations
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- Full name
- Peter E. Hart
- ORCID
- 0000-0002-0128-168X
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5091275445
Research interests
- AI-based Problem Solving and Planning, Firm Innovation and Growth, Economic Theory and Policy, Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge, Artificial Intelligence Applications
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- Nearest neighbor pattern classification ↗1967 · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory16,947OpenAlex citations
- Pattern classification and scene analysis ↗1973 · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)12,616OpenAlex citations
- Use of the Hough transformation to detect lines and curves in pictures ↗1972 · Communications of the ACM6,688OpenAlex citations
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis ↗1974 · Leonardo4,507OpenAlex citations
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis. ↗1974 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General)3,245OpenAlex citations
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- Nearest neighbor pattern classification ↗1967 · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
- Pattern classification and scene analysis ↗1973 · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Use of the Hough transformation to detect lines and curves in pictures ↗1972 · Communications of the ACM
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis ↗1974 · Leonardo
- Pattern Classification and Scene Analysis. ↗1974 · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General)
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