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# ACM Computing Surveys 1991 — papers

The works of ACM Computing Surveys published in 1991 that our library holds (publisher: Association for Computing Machinery): 1 work, listed below with the most cited first; each has a page with our summary, its key points and its references.

[**11** works that year](#all) · [**1** work in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-computing-surveys/1991/#works) · [**1,791** citations of these works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-computing-surveys/1991/#works)

## Most cited papers

By their OpenAlex citations; a paper with our summary links to its page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116880)**Franz Aurenhammer*4,340 citations*
2. **[What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goldberg-1991-what-every-computer-scientist-should/)**David Theo Goldberg*1,750 citations · our summary*
3. **[VLSI cell placement techniques ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103724.103725)**K. Shahookar, Pinaki Mazumder*308 citations*
4. **[Concurrency control in advanced database applications ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116875)**Naser S. Barghouti, Gail E. Kaiser*288 citations*
5. **[Paradigms for process interaction in distributed programs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103162.103164)**Gregory R. Andrews*222 citations*
6. **[Distributed, object-based programming systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103162.103165)**Roger S. Chin, Samuel T. Chanson*211 citations*
7. **[Data structures and algorithms for disjoint set union problems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116878)**Zvi Galil, Giuseppe Francesco Italiano*182 citations*
8. **[Evaluation of relational algebras incorporating the time dimension in databases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/125137.125166)**L. Edwin McKenzie, Richard Thomas Snodgrass*172 citations*
9. **[Three-dimensional medical imaging ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/125137.125155)**Martin R. Stytz, Gideon Frieder, Ophir Frieder*99 citations*
10. **[High-speed local area networks and their performance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103724.103726)**Bandula W. Abeysundara, Ahmed E. Kamal*78 citations*

## All works of the year (11)

The most cited first; 1 with our summary link to their page here, the others to the original.

1. **[Voronoi diagrams—a survey of a fundamental geometric data structure ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116880)**Franz Aurenhammer*4,340 citations*
2. **[What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goldberg-1991-what-every-computer-scientist-should/)**David Theo Goldberg*1,750 citations · our summary*
3. **[VLSI cell placement techniques ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103724.103725)**K. Shahookar, Pinaki Mazumder*308 citations*
4. **[Concurrency control in advanced database applications ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116875)**Naser S. Barghouti, Gail E. Kaiser*288 citations*
5. **[Paradigms for process interaction in distributed programs ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103162.103164)**Gregory R. Andrews*222 citations*
6. **[Distributed, object-based programming systems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103162.103165)**Roger S. Chin, Samuel T. Chanson*211 citations*
7. **[Data structures and algorithms for disjoint set union problems ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/116873.116878)**Zvi Galil, Giuseppe Francesco Italiano*182 citations*
8. **[Evaluation of relational algebras incorporating the time dimension in databases ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/125137.125166)**L. Edwin McKenzie, Richard Thomas Snodgrass*172 citations*
9. **[Three-dimensional medical imaging ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/125137.125155)**Martin R. Stytz, Gideon Frieder, Ophir Frieder*99 citations*
10. **[High-speed local area networks and their performance ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103724.103726)**Bandula W. Abeysundara, Ahmed E. Kamal*78 citations*
11. **[Surveyors' forum ↗](https://doi.org/10.1145/103162.103166)**Sriram Sankar, David S. Rosenblum*2 citations*

## Works with our summary in our library (1)

The most cited first (OpenAlex citations plus our library's).

1. **[What every computer scientist should know about floating-point arithmetic](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/goldberg-1991-what-every-computer-scientist-should/) [ACM Computing Surveys](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acm-computing-surveys/)**David Goldberg*1991 · 1,791 citations*

## Fields

[Computer Science (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Engineering (1)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/engineering/)

## Top institutions

Institutions on the bylines of its works here, by the number of works.

[🔬**Palo Alto Research Center** Palo Alto · United States 1 work here](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/labs/palo-alto-research-center/)

works and citations from OpenAlex and our library.

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