2026 Zhi-Hui Zhan: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	71	1786	1729	247	244	296	18870

Overview

Zhi-Hui Zhan is affiliated with Nankai University in China and has made substantial contributions in the field of Computer Science, particularly within Artificial Intelligence. Their research spans several subfields including Computational Theory and Mathematics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Control and Systems Engineering.

The main areas of study covered by Zhan focus on topics related to optimization and algorithm design. These include:

Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research
Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms
Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
Machine Learning and Extreme Learning Machine (ELM)
Traffic Control and Management

Among frequently co-authoring collaborators are Jun Zhang, Sam Kwong, Jian-Yu Li, Yi Jiang, and Kay Chen Tan. These collaborations suggest sustained partnerships across multiple research projects.

Zhan has published extensively in a range of scholarly venues, with notable frequent contributions to:

IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
SSRN Electronic Journal
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence

Examples of recent papers showcasing their research include:

"A survey on evolutionary computation for complex continuous optimization" (2021), published in Artificial Intelligence Review
"Evolutionary deep learning: A survey" (2022), published in Neurocomputing
"Adaptive Granularity Learning Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Optimization" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
"Growth Optimizer: A powerful metaheuristic algorithm for solving continuous and discrete global optimization problems" (2022), published in Knowledge-Based Systems
"A Meta-Knowledge Transfer-Based Differential Evolution for Multitask Optimization" (2021), published in IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation

Best Publications

Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jun Zhang;Yun Li;H.S.-H. Chung

2413
Citations
Orthogonal Learning Particle Swarm Optimization

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jun Zhang;Yun Li;Yu-Hui Shi

861
Citations
Particle Swarm Optimization With an Aging Leader and Challengers

Wei-Neng Chen;Jun Zhang;Ying Lin;Ni Chen

681
Citations
Cloud Computing Resource Scheduling and a Survey of Its Evolutionary Approaches

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Xiao-Fang Liu;Yue-Jiao Gong;Jun Zhang

559
Citations
Distributed evolutionary algorithms and their models

Yue-Jiao Gong;Wei-Neng Chen;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jun Zhang

463
Citations
An Energy Efficient Ant Colony System for Virtual Machine Placement in Cloud Computing

Xiao-Fang Liu;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jeremiah D. Deng;Yun Li

414
Citations
Multiple Populations for Multiple Objectives: A Coevolutionary Technique for Solving Multiobjective Optimization Problems

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jingjing Li;Jiannong Cao;Jun Zhang

361
Citations
A survey on evolutionary computation for complex continuous optimization

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Lin Shi;Kay Chen Tan;Jun Zhang;Jun Zhang

348
Citations
Evolutionary Computation Meets Machine Learning: A Survey

Jun Zhang;Zhi-hui Zhan;Ying Lin;Ni Chen

330
Citations
Multiobjective Cloud Workflow Scheduling: A Multiple Populations Ant Colony System Approach

Zong-Gan Chen;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Ying Lin;Yue-Jiao Gong

267
Citations
Differential Evolution With Two-Level Parameter Adaptation

Wei-Jie Yu;Meie Shen;Wei-Neng Chen;Zhi-Hui Zhan

242
Citations
Particle swarm optimization based on dimensional learning strategy

Guiping Xu;Quanlong Cui;Xiaohu Shi;Hongwei Ge

241
Citations
Automatic Niching Differential Evolution With Contour Prediction Approach for Multimodal Optimization Problems

Zi-Jia Wang;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Ying Lin;Wei-Jie Yu

240
Citations
Adaptive Distributed Differential Evolution

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Zi-Jia Wang;Hu Jin;Jun Zhang

239
Citations
Dynamic Group Learning Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Optimization and Its Application in Cloud Workflow Scheduling

Zi-Jia Wang;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Wei-Jie Yu;Ying Lin

236
Citations
Coevolutionary Particle Swarm Optimization With Bottleneck Objective Learning Strategy for Many-Objective Optimization

Xiao-Fang Liu;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Ying Gao;Jie Zhang

235
Citations
Evolutionary deep learning: A survey

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228
Citations
Competitive and cooperative particle swarm optimization with information sharing mechanism for global optimization problems

Yuhua Li;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Shujin Lin;Jun Zhang

212
Citations
Triple Archives Particle Swarm Optimization

Xuewen Xia;Ling Gui;Fei Yu;Hongrun Wu

211
Citations
A modified brain storm optimization

Zhi-hui Zhan;Jun Zhang;Yu-hui Shi;Hai-lin Liu

211
Citations
An Efficient Ant Colony System Based on Receding Horizon Control for the Aircraft Arrival Sequencing and Scheduling Problem

Zhi-Hui Zhan;Jun Zhang;Yun Li;Ou Liu

203
Citations
Adaptive Granularity Learning Distributed Particle Swarm Optimization for Large-Scale Optimization

Zi-Jia Wang;Zhi-Hui Zhan;Sam Kwong;Hu Jin

190
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Yue-Jiao Gong South China University of Technology

Yun Li University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Sam Kwong Lingnan University

Wei-Neng Chen South China University of Technology

Yuhui Shi Southern University of Science and Technology

Hua Wang Victoria University

Henry Shu-Hung Chung City University of Hong Kong

Zhiwen Yu Northwestern Polytechnical University

Yanchun Zhang Victoria University

Kay Chen Tan Hong Kong Polytechnic University

External Links

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