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Canada
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
100
Citations
38847
World Ranking
372
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Yiyu Yao is affiliated with the University of Regina in Canada and has made contributions primarily in the field of Computer Science, with a focus on computational theory and mathematics, artificial intelligence, and management science and operations research.

Their research emphasizes topics including:

  • Rough Sets and Fuzzy Logic
  • Multi-Criteria Decision Making
  • Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
  • Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques
  • Data Management and Algorithms
  • Text and Document Classification Technologies
  • Advanced Algebra and Logic

Yiyu Yao has published extensively in venues such as:

  • Information Sciences
  • International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yiyu Yao are:

  • "The geometry of three-way decision," 2021, Applied Intelligence
  • "Three-Way Multiattribute Decision-Making Based on Outranking Relations," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
  • "Three-Way Behavioral Decision Making With Hesitant Fuzzy Information Systems: Survey and Challenges," 2022, IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica
  • "Covering-based variable precision fuzzy rough sets with PROMETHEE-EDAS methods," 2020, Information Sciences
  • "BMW-TOPSIS: A generalized TOPSIS model based on three-way decision," 2022, Information Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Chengjun Shi
  • Jianming Zhan
  • Jilin Yang
  • Duoqian Miao
  • Yinghan Li

Yiyu Yao's work integrates aspects of fuzzy logic and rough set theory with decision-making methodologies, particularly focusing on three-way decision models and multiattribute decision making. Their research output reflects a blend of theoretical and applied studies within computational intelligence and operational research contexts.

Best Publications

  • Three-way decisions with probabilistic rough sets

    Yiyu Yao

  • Relational interpretations of neighborhood operators and rough set approximation operators

    Y. Y. Yao

  • Constructive and algebraic methods of the theory of rough sets

    Y. Y. Yao

  • MGRS: A multi-granulation rough set

    Yuhua Qian;Jiye Liang;Yiyu Yao;Chuangyin Dang

  • Rough sets, fuzzy sets, data mining and granular computing

    Sergei O. Kuznetsov;Dominik Ślęzak;Daryl H. Hepting;Boris G. Mirkin

  • Two views of the theory of rough sets in finite universes

    Y.Y. Yao

  • A decision theoretic framework for approximating concepts

    Y. Y. Yao;S. K. M. Wong

  • The superiority of three-way decisions in probabilistic rough set models

    Yiyu Yao

  • Information Granulation and Rough Set Approximation

    Y. Y. Yao

  • Attribute reduction in decision-theoretic rough set models

    Yiyu Yao;Yan Zhao

  • Probabilistic rough set approximations

    Yiyu Yao

  • Generalization of Rough Sets using Modal Logics

    Y.Y. Yao;T.Y. Lin

  • Decision-theoretic rough set models

    Yiyu Yao

  • Granular Computing: basic issues and possible solutions

    Y.Y. Yao

  • An Outline of a Theory of Three-Way Decisions

    Yiyu Yao

  • Covering based rough set approximations

    Yiyu Yao;Bingxue Yao

  • Three-way decision and granular computing

    Yiyu Yao

  • A comparative study of fuzzy sets and rough sets

    Y. Y. Yao

  • Three-Way Decision: An Interpretation of Rules in Rough Set Theory

    Yiyu Yao

  • A partition model of granular computing

    Yiyu Yao

  • A Comparative Study of Formal Concept Analysis and Rough Set Theory in Data Analysis

    Yiyu Yao

Frequent Co-Authors

Ning Zhong
Ning Zhong Maebashi Institute of Technology
Jiming Liu
Jiming Liu Hong Kong Baptist University
S. K. M. Wong
S. K. M. Wong University of Regina
JingTao Yao
JingTao Yao University of Regina
Pawan Lingras
Pawan Lingras Saint Mary's University
Duoqian Miao
Duoqian Miao Tongji University
Yingxu Wang
Yingxu Wang University of Calgary
Tsau Young Lin
Tsau Young Lin San Jose State University
Tianrui Li
Tianrui Li Southwest Jiaotong University
Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse
Jerzy W. Grzymala-Busse University of Kansas

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