Publications

Below you will find the list of my scientific publications. Some publications are directly available for download as pdf files, while others I am not allowed to publish on my web page due to copyright issues. But you may ask me to send a copy of the latter to you by e-mail.

Publications in International Journals

• R. Kempf, Dynamics of functions with non-positive Schwarzian derivatives, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications 15 (6) (2009) 541-556
• Y. Kurita, R. Kempf, Y. Iida, J. Okude, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, E. Sugimoto, S. Katakura, K. Kobayashi, and Y. Kiuchi, Contact-Based Stiffness Sensing of Human Eye, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 55 (2) (2008) 739-745
• R. Kempf, J. Adamy, Sequential pattern recognition employing recurrent fuzzy systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 146 (3) (2004) 451-472
• R. Kempf, J. Adamy, Equilibria of recurrent fuzzy systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 140 (2) (2003) 231-257
• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Regularity and chaos in recurrent fuzzy systems, Fuzzy Sets and Systems 140 (2) (2003) 259-284
• R. Kempf, On Ω-limit sets of discrete-time systems, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications 8 (12) (2002) 1121-1131
• R.W. Kempf, P.T. Wilson, J.D. Canterbury, E.D. Mishina, O.A. Aktsipetrov, M.C. Downer, Third and fourth harmonic generation at Si-SiO2 interfaces and in Si-SiO2-Cr MOS structures, Applied Physics B 68 (3) (1999) 325-332
  (pdf: Copyright owner of the article is the Springer-Verlag. The original publication is available at springerlink.com.)

Publications at International Conferences

• A. Flemming, R. Kempf, Traffic-simulation employing recurrent fuzzy systems, IASTED Conference, Palma de Malloca, Spain, September 2007
• R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Understanding eye deformation in non-contact tonometry,” in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Engineering In Medicine and Biology 27th Annual Conference (EMBC 2006), New York, USA, September 2006
• Y. Kurita, R. Kempf, Y. Iida, M. Kaneko, E. Sugimoto, H. Tsukamoto, and H. K. Mishima, “Eye stiffness measurement by probe contact method,” in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Engineering In Medicine and Biology 27th Annual Conference (EMBC 2006), New York, USA, September 2006
• M. Kaneko, R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Measurement and analysis of human eye excited by an air pulse,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Heidelberg, Germany, September 2006
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, E. Sugimoto, H. Tsukamoto, and H. K. Mishima, “Contact probe based stiffness sensing of human eye,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Orlando, Florida, pp. 2972–2977, May 2006
• R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, Dynamic Behaviour of Human Eye, In Proceedings of the 27th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2005), Shanghai, China, September 1-4, 2005.
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, Dynamic Sensing of Human Eye using a High Speed Camera, In Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Information Acquisition (ICIA 2005), Seiten 338-343, Hong Kong and Macau, China, June 2005. ( Best Conference Paper Award Finalist )

Books and Book Contributions

• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Sprachlich beschriebene Dynamik und rekurrente Fuzzy-Systeme, pages 3-16, in: T. Rossmann, C. Tropea (Eds.), Bionik, Springer, 2005, ISBN 3-540-21890-4
• R. Kempf, Rekurrente Fuzzy-Systeme, Dissertation, Fortschritt-Berichte VDI, Reihe 8, Nr. 1028, VDI Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-18-502808-2, ISSN 0178-9546, 2004 (pdf)

Publications in National Journals

• J. Adamy and R. Kempf, Analytische Berechnung der laplacetransformierten Transistionsmatrix, Automatisierungstechnik 54 (4) (2007) 201-202
• M. Kaneko, R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, J. Okude, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Analysis of the mechanism of the delay characteristics in cornea deformation for non-contact tonometry,” Transactions of the Society of Instument and Control Engineers 43 (2) (2007) 78-84 (in Japanese)
• M. Kaneko, K. Tokuda, Y. Iida, Y. Kurita, R. Kempf, T. Kawahara, I. Ishii, S. Kono, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Stiffness sensing of human eye,” Transactions of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers 42 (2) (2006) 103–110 (in Japanese)
• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Fuzzy Systeme mit inhärenter Dynamik: ein Überblick, Automatisierungstechnik 52 (10) (2004) 459-469
  (pdf: Copyright owner of the article is the Springer-Verlag. The original publication is available at at - Automatisierungstechnik.)

Publications at National Conferences and Workshops

• R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Quasi-static analysis of eye pressure measurement in non-contact tonometry,” in Proceedings of the 2006 JSME Conference on Robotics and Automation, Waseda, Japan, May 2006, 2P1-C02
• Y. Iida, R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Eye stiffness sensing by using a contact probe,” in Proceedings of the 2006 JSME Conference on Robotics and Automation, Waseda, Japan, May 2006, 1A1-A21
• E. Sugimoto, H. Tsukamoto, J. Takenaka, H. K. Mishima, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, T. Kawahara, R. Kempf, K. Tokuda, and M. Kaneko, “Differences in the corneal displacement by non-contact tonometer between young and elder subjects,” in American Academy of Ophthalmology 2005 Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA, October 2005, PO081
• E. Sugimoto, H. Tsukamoto, J. Takenaka, K. Tokuda, T. Kawahara, Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, and H. K. Mishima, “New technique for measurement of ocular stiffness by dynamic analysis in human,” in The Association of International Glaucoma Society World Glaucoma Congress, Vienna, Austria, July 2005, PO49
• Y. Iida, R. Kempf, Y. Kurita, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Structural aging effect of a human eye,” in Proceedings of the 6th SICE System Integration Division Annual Conference, Kumamoto, Japan, pp. 73–74, Dec. 2005
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Measurement of eye stiffness by using a contact probe,” in Proceedings of the 6th SICE System Integration Division Annual Conference, Kumamoto, Japan, pp. 75–76, Dec. 2005
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Stiffness sensing of human eye using a high speed camera,” in Proceedings of 20th Annual Symposium on Biological and Pysiological Engineering, Tokio, Japan, pp. 141–142, Sept. 2005
• Y. Iida, Y. Kurita, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Non contact dynamic sensing of human eye,” in Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, Tokio, Japan, Sept. 2005, 3J22
• Y. Kurita, K. Tokuda, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Dynamic behaviour of human eye,” in Proceedings of the 2005 JSME Conference of Robotics and Mechatronics, Kobe, Japan, June 2005, 1P2-N-073
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Measurement of cornea deformation for diagnosis of glaucoma,” in Proceedings of Japan Society of Computer Aided Surgery,14, pp. 197–198, 2005
• Y. Kurita, Y. Iida, R. Kempf, M. Kaneko, H. K. Mishima, H. Tsukamoto, and E. Sugimoto, “Stiffness measurement of a human eye by using a contact probe,” in Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the Japan Ergonomics Society, pp. 26–27, 2005.
• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Theorie und Anwendungen rekurrenter Fuzzy-Systeme, Tagung des GMA-Fachausschusses 1.4 "Theoretische Verfahren der Regelungstechnik", ISBN 3-9501233-4-2, Seiten 28-35, Interlaken, 28.09-01.10.2003
• R. Kempf, H. Staab, Funktionswurzeln und Lernalgorithmen für abgetastete Systeme, Proc. 12. Workshop Fuzzy Systeme, Dortmund, 2002, ISSN 0947-8620, 90-99 (pdf)
• R. Kempf, J. Adamy, Rekurrente Fuzzy Systeme: Sprachliche Beschreibung dynamischer Systeme, Automatisierungstechnisches Kolloquium Ruhr Universität Bochum, 26.11.2002
• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Ökologische Modellbildung mit rekurrenten Fuzzy Systemen, Workshop: Bionik, Darmstadt, 18.2.2002 (identical with the article in Thema Forschung 2/2002)
• R. Kempf, Rekurrente Fuzzy-Systeme, Regelungstechnisches Kolloquium, Boppard, 15.02.2001, ref. Automatisierungstechnik 49 (8) (2001) 381-384
• R. Kempf, Rekurrente Fuzzy-Systeme, Klausurtagung des Graduiertenkollegs für "Intelligente Systeme der Informations- und Automatisierungstechnik", Darmstadt, 01.12.2000
• R. Kempf, Dynamische Fuzzy-Systeme, Klausurtagung des Graduiertenkollegs für "Intelligente Systeme der Informations- und Automatisierungstechnik", Klingenberg, 20.11.1999
• R. Kempf, Fuzzy Automaten und dynamische Fuzzy-Systeme, Klausurtagung des Graduiertenkollegs für "Intelligente Systeme der Informations- und Automatisierungstechnik", Klingenberg, 21.11.1998

Further Publications

• J. Adamy, R. Kempf, Modellierung ökologische Systeme mit rekurrenten Fuzzy-Systemen, Thema Forschung 2/2002, 2002, ISSN 1434-7769, 26-30 (pdf)
• R. Kempf, J. Adamy, Rekurrente Fuzzy-Systeme, Thema Forschung 1/2001, 2001, ISSN 1434-7769, 90-93 (pdf)
• R. Kempf, Second, Third and Fourth Harmonic Generation at Crystalline Si(110) and Si(111) Surfaces, Master Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 1998 (pdf)