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2026
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Engineering and Technology
China
2025

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
75
Citations
20316
World Ranking
548
National Ranking
9

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
21989
World Ranking
657
National Ranking
107

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in China Leader Award

Overview

Kin Keung Lai is affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University in China and has contributed to research across multiple disciplines, including accounting, environmental engineering, aerospace engineering, finance, and applied mathematics.

The scientist's recent papers cover a range of topics and have appeared in various academic journals. These include:

  • Hermite-Hadamard type integral inequalities for the class of strongly convex functions on time scales, 2022, Journal of Mathematical Inequalities
  • Missing Data Preprocessing in Credit Classification: One-Hot Encoding or Imputation?, 2020, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
  • Integrating data augmentation and hybrid feature selection for small sample credit risk assessment with high dimensionality, 2022, Computers & Operations Research
  • Financial Distress Prediction and Feature Selection in Multiple Periods by Lassoing Unconstrained Distributed Lag Non-linear Models, 2020, Mathematics
  • Robust Overbooking for No-shows and Cancellations in Healthcare, 2024, Preprints.org

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kin Keung Lai include:

  • Pak Wai Chan
  • Lean Yu
  • Shashi Kant Mishra
  • Bhagwat Ram
  • Rongtian Zhou

Publications predominantly appear in several venues where the scientist has multiple contributions:

  • Preprints.org
  • Emerging Markets Finance and Trade
  • Computers & Operations Research
  • Mathematics
  • Journal of Mathematical Inequalities

Kin Keung Lai has authored a book titled Unconstrained Optimization and Quantum Calculus, published by Springer Nature in 2024.

The scientific work largely addresses topics such as:

  • Financial Distress and Bankruptcy Prediction
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies
  • Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques
  • Credit Risk and Financial Regulations
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Air Traffic Management and Optimization
  • Statistical Methods and Inference

Best Publications

  • Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications

    Panos Pardalos;Shashi Kant Mishra;Shou-Yang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • Forecasting crude oil price with an EMD-based neural network ensemble learning paradigm

    Lean Yu;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • A new approach for crude oil price analysis based on Empirical Mode Decomposition

    Xun Zhang;K.K. Lai;Shou-Yang Wang

  • A new fuzzy support vector machine to evaluate credit risk

    Yongqiao Wang;Shouyang Wang;K.K. Lai

  • Manufacturer’s revenue-sharing contract and retail competition

    Zhong Yao;Stephen C. H. Leung;Kin Keung Lai;Kin Keung Lai

  • Credit risk assessment with a multistage neural network ensemble learning approach

    Lean Yu;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • A novel nonlinear ensemble forecasting model incorporating GLAR and ANN for foreign exchange rates

    Lean Yu;Shouyang Wang;K.K. Lai

  • A distance-based group decision-making methodology for multi-person multi-criteria emergency decision support

    Lean Yu;Kin Keung Lai

  • Estimating the impact of extreme events on crude oil price: An EMD-based event analysis method

    Xun Zhang;Lean Yu;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • The effect of corporate social responsibility on brand loyalty: the mediating role of brand image

    Yuanqiong He;Kin Keung Lai

  • Global economic activity and crude oil prices: A cointegration analysis

    Yanan He;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • A fuzzy approach to the multiobjective transportation problem

    Lushu Li;K. K. Lai

  • A model for portfolio selection with order of expected returns

    Yusen Xia;Baoding Liu;Shouyang Wang;K. K. Lai

  • The impact of supplier integration on customer integration and new product performance: The mediating role of manufacturing flexibility under trust theory

    Yuanqiong He;Kin Keung Lai;Hongyi Sun;Yun Chen

  • Quality investment and price decision in a risk-averse supply chain

    Gang Xie;Wuyi Yue;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • An intelligent-agent-based fuzzy group decision making model for financial multicriteria decision support: The case of credit scoring

    Lean Yu;Lean Yu;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • Evolving Least Squares Support Vector Machines for Stock Market Trend Mining

    Lean Yu;Huanhuan Chen;Shouyang Wang;Kin Keung Lai

  • Revenue-sharing versus wholesale price mechanisms under different channel power structures

    Kewen Pan;Kewen Pan;K.K. Lai;Stephen C.H. Leung;Di Xiao

  • Service climate, employee commitment and customer satisfaction: Evidence from the hospitality industry in China

    Yuanqiong He;Wenli Li;Kin Keung Lai

  • CRUDE OIL PRICE FORECASTING WITH TEI@I METHODOLOGY ∗

    Wang Shouyang;YU Lean;K. K. Lai

Frequent Co-Authors

Shouyang Wang
Shouyang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lean Yu
Lean Yu Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science
Stephen C. H. Leung
Stephen C. H. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Liang Liang
Liang Liang Hefei University of Technology
Zhongsheng Hua
Zhongsheng Hua Zhejiang University
Fenghua Wen
Fenghua Wen Central South University
Xiuli Chao
Xiuli Chao University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jian Ma
Jian Ma City University of Hong Kong
Baoding Liu
Baoding Liu Tsinghua University
Yong Shi
Yong Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences

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