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2025

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D-Index
101
Citations
83841
World Ranking
344
National Ranking
22

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
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Overview

Xin-She Yang is affiliated with Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on fields within computer science and engineering, with significant contributions to artificial intelligence, electrical and electronic engineering, computational theory and mathematics, civil and structural engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The main topics in their work encompass metaheuristic optimization algorithms research, advanced multi-objective optimization algorithms, evolutionary algorithms and applications, neural networks and applications, drilling and well engineering, tunneling and rock mechanics, and advancements in battery materials.

Frequent coauthors of Xin-She Yang include:

  • Nilanjan Dey
  • Eneko Osaba
  • Tuan Anh Le
  • Javier Del Ser
  • Simon Sherratt

Their recent papers cover a range of themes in computational science and optimization. Notable publications include:

  • "Nature-inspired optimization algorithms: Challenges and open problems" (2020) in Journal of Computational Science
  • "Influence of initialization on the performance of metaheuristic optimizers" (2020) in Applied Soft Computing
  • "Association of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident chronic kidney disease: pooled analysis of 19 cohorts" (2023) in BMJ
  • "Fusing wearable and remote sensing data streams by fast incremental learning with swarm decision table for human activity recognition" (2020) in Information Fusion
  • "Traveling salesman problem: a perspective review of recent research and new results with bio-inspired metaheuristics" (2020) in Elsevier eBooks

Xin-She Yang has published extensively in various venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Computational Science
  • Applied Soft Computing
  • Evolutionary Intelligence

Regarding book publications, Xin-She Yang has contributed to several titles predominantly published by Springer International Publishing and Springer Nature, as well as one publication by Elsevier BV. Their books often address topics related to information and communication technology and nature-inspired computation, including:

  • Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (2023)
  • Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (2022)
  • Proceedings of Fifth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (2020)
  • Fourth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology (2020)
  • Nature-Inspired Computation in Navigation and Routing Problems (2020)
  • Intelligent Data Engineering and Analytics (2023)
  • Evolution in Computational Intelligence (2023)
  • Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms (2021, Elsevier BV)

Best Publications

  • Cuckoo Search via Lévy flights

    Xin-She Yang;Suash Deb

  • A New Metaheuristic Bat-Inspired Algorithm

    Xin-She Yang

  • Nature-Inspired Metaheuristic Algorithms

    Xin-She Yang

  • Firefly algorithms for multimodal optimization

    Xin-She Yang

  • Flower pollination algorithm for global optimization

    Xin-She Yang

  • Firefly algorithm, stochastic test functions and design optimisation

    Xin-She Yang

  • Engineering optimisation by cuckoo search

    Xin She Yang;Suash Deb

  • Cuckoo search algorithm: a metaheuristic approach to solve structural optimization problems

    Amir Hossein Gandomi;Xin-She Yang;Amir Hossein Alavi

  • Bat algorithm: a novel approach for global engineering optimization

    Xin‐She Yang;Amir Hossein Gandomi

  • Engineering Optimization: An Introduction with Metaheuristic Applications

    Xin-She Yang

  • Firefly Algorithm, Lévy Flights and Global Optimization

    Xin-She Yang

  • A literature survey of benchmark functions for global optimisation problems

    Momin Jamil;Xin She Yang

  • A comprehensive review of firefly algorithms

    Iztok Fister;Xin-She Yang;Janez Brest

  • Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms

    Xin-She Yang

  • Firefly algorithm: recent advances and applications

    Xin She Yang;Xingshi He

  • Bat algorithm: literature review and applications

    Xin-She Yang;Xingshi He

  • Cuckoo search: recent advances and applications

    Xin-She Yang;Suash Deb

  • Bat algorithm for multi-objective optimisation

    Xin-She Yang

  • Multiobjective cuckoo search for design optimization

    Xin-She Yang;Suash Deb

  • Firefly algorithm with chaos

    Amir H. Gandomi;Xin-She Yang;Siamak Talatahari;Amir Hossein Alavi

  • Mixed variable structural optimization using Firefly Algorithm

    Amir Hossein Gandomi;Xin-She Yang;Amir Hossein Alavi

  • Introduction to Algorithms

    Xin-She Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Suash Deb
Suash Deb C. V. Raman Global University
Amir H. Gandomi
Amir H. Gandomi University of Technology Sydney
Simon Fong
Simon Fong University of Macau
Iztok Fister
Iztok Fister University of Maribor
João Paulo Papa
João Paulo Papa Sao Paulo State University
Slawomir Koziel
Slawomir Koziel Reykjavík University
Javier Del Ser
Javier Del Ser University of the Basque Country
Amir H. Alavi
Amir H. Alavi University of Pittsburgh
Siamak Talatahari
Siamak Talatahari University of Tabriz
Janez Brest
Janez Brest University of Maribor

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