--- title: "Nils J. Nilsson — author profile and papers · Reasoning" description: "Nils J. Nilsson: 2 papers on Elamur Research (1971–1972), h-index 33 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites them in our library." canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Nils J. Nilsson # Nils J. Nilsson Nils J. Nilsson has 2 papers in our library, in 1971–1972, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Richard E. Fikes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-e-fikes/). 2 papers in our library · 1971–1972 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5091863316) · [**h-index 33**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5091863316) · [184 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5091863316) · [40,845 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5091863316&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 121 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/cited-by/) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #599](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/6/#star-599) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Nils+J.+Nilsson) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Nils+J.+Nilsson) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Nils+J.+Nilsson) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Nils+J.+Nilsson) ## Affiliations [🎓**Stanford University** Stanford · United States 1971–2017 · 113 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/stanford-university/) · [🔬**SRI International** Menlo Park · United States 1899–1985 · 20 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/sri-international/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 3 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computer Networks and Communications · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-networks-and-communications/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 1970s [**1972** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/year/1972/) · [**1971** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/year/1971/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[STRIPS: A new approach to the application of theorem proving to problem solving](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fikes-1971-strips-new-approach-application-theorem/)** *(1971 · 4,967 citations)* Fikes and Nilsson present STRIPS (STanford Research Institute Problem Solver), a planner for robot tasks such as moving objects and navigating between rooms. 2. **[Learning and executing generalized robot plans](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/fikes-1972-learning-executing-generalized-robot-plans/)** *(1972 · 1,038 citations)* The paper extends two components of an SRI mobile-robot system: the planner STRIPS and the execution monitor PLANEX. ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Richard E. Fikes](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-e-fikes/) ×2 ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Artificial Intelligence](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/) ×2: [Artificial Intelligence 1972](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/1972/), [Artificial Intelligence 1971](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/artificial-intelligence/1971/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 121 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [20 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/nils-j-nilsson/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026