Jin‐Kao Hao

12.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
262 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Jin‐Kao Hao is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jin‐Kao Hao has authored 262 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 99 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 74 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Jin‐Kao Hao's work include Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (117 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (77 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (58 papers). Jin‐Kao Hao is often cited by papers focused on Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods (117 papers), Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (77 papers) and Scheduling and Timetabling Solutions (58 papers). Jin‐Kao Hao collaborates with scholars based in France, China and United States. Jin‐Kao Hao's co-authors include Zhipeng Lü, Qinghua Wu, Fred Glover, Una Benlic, Philippe Galinier, Michel Vasquez, Xiangjing Lai, Yuning Chen, Béatrice Duval and Yangming Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Bioinformatics and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Jin‐Kao Hao

244 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Transit network design and scheduling: A global review

2008 500 citations Jin‐Kao Hao et al. profile →
The unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem: a survey

2014 262 citations Gary Kochenberger, Jin‐Kao Hao et al. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jin‐Kao Hao France	43	2.9k	2.1k	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	262	6.7k
Enrique Alba Spain	47	1.1k 0.4×	4.1k 1.9×	1.8k 1.2×	2.6k 1.8×	509 0.4×	303	8.8k
Maurício G. C. Resende United States	51	6.0k 2.1×	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	182	11.0k
Gerhard Reinelt Germany	30	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	979 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	316 0.2×	95	4.9k
Alberto Caprara Italy	37	2.8k 1.0×	512 0.2×	846 0.6×	568 0.4×	483 0.4×	110	4.6k
Martin Grötschel Germany	36	2.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	1.9k 1.2×	4.2k 3.0×	622 0.5×	107	8.4k
Toshihide Ibaraki Japan	40	1.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.5×	468 0.4×	266	5.9k
Wei–Neng Chen China	43	825 0.3×	3.6k 1.7×	919 0.6×	2.1k 1.5×	399 0.3×	203	6.5k
Michael Held United States	34	2.2k 0.8×	567 0.3×	945 0.6×	778 0.6×	280 0.2×	73	6.9k
Adam N. Letchford United Kingdom	26	1.8k 0.6×	709 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	330 0.3×	114	5.1k
Marco Laumanns Switzerland	28	1.9k 0.7×	5.5k 2.6×	564 0.4×	6.6k 4.8×	1.4k 1.0×	76	11.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Jin‐Kao Hao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jin‐Kao Hao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jin‐Kao Hao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

He, Pengfei, et al.. (2025). Learning-guided iterated local search for the minmax multiple traveling salesman problem. Computers & Operations Research. 185. 107255–107255.

Lai, Xiangjing, Jin‐Kao Hao, Dong Yue, & Yangming Zhou. (2025). A heuristic algorithm with multi-scale perturbations for point arrangement and equal circle packing in a convex container. Computers & Operations Research. 181. 107099–107099.

Wu, Xinyu, et al.. (2025). Efficient Backbone Network Construction in Wireless Artificial Intelligent Computing Systems. Tsinghua Science & Technology. 30(5). 2300–2319. 1 indexed citations

Lei, Zhenyu & Jin‐Kao Hao. (2024). An effective memetic algorithm for the close-enough traveling salesman problem. Applied Soft Computing. 153. 111266–111266. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yang, et al.. (2024). Collaborative scheduling and routing of home healthcare service across multiple communities. OR Spectrum. 47(2). 525–563. 1 indexed citations

Hao, Jin‐Kao, et al.. (2024). Efficient Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for Sensor–Weapon–Target Assignment. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 54(10). 6397–6409.

Lai, Xiangjing, et al.. (2023). Global optimization and structural analysis of Coulomb and logarithmic potentials on the unit sphere using a population-based heuristic approach. Expert Systems with Applications. 238. 121704–121704.

Lü, Zhi, Anna Martı́nez-Gavara, Jin‐Kao Hao, & Xiangjing Lai. (2023). Solution-based tabu search for the capacitated dispersion problem. Expert Systems with Applications. 223. 119856–119856. 13 indexed citations

Zhou, Yangming, et al.. (2022). A fast tri-individual memetic search approach for the distance-based critical node problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 308(2). 540–554. 14 indexed citations

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Kochenberger, Gary, Jin‐Kao Hao, Fred Glover, et al.. (2014). The unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem: a survey. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 28(1). 58–81. 262 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ngom, Alioune, Enrico Formenti, & Jin‐Kao Hao. (2013). Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics: 8th IAPR International Conference, PRIB 2013, Nice, France, June 17-20, 2013. Proceedings. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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Merz, Peter, et al.. (2011). Evolutionary computation in combinatorial optimization : 11th European conference, EvoCOP 2011, Torino, Italy, April 27-29, 2011 : proceedings. Springer eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, et al.. (2010). Improving timetable quality in scheduled transit networks. 21–30. 11 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, et al.. (2007). Scatter Search for Graph Coloring. 1 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, et al.. (2004). A hybrid evolutionary algorithm for CSP. Lecture notes in computer science. 2936. 79–90. 1 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, et al.. (2004). A linear-time algorithm to solve the Sports League Scheduling Problem (prob026 of CSPLib). Discrete Applied Mathematics. 143(1-3). 252–265. 9 indexed citations

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Collet, Pierre, Cyril Fonlupt, Jin‐Kao Hao, Évelyne Lutton, & Marc Schoenauer. (2002). Artificial Evolution : 5th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle, EA 2001, Le Creusot, France, October 29-31, 2001 : selected papers. Springer eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Brault, Vincent & Jin‐Kao Hao. (2002). Un algorithme hybride pour le problème de sac à dos multi-objectifs. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, Philippe Galinier, & Michel Habib. (1999). Métaheuristiques pour l'optimisation combinatoire et l'affectation sous contraintes. Revue d intelligence artificielle. 13(2). 283–324. 22 indexed citations

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Hao, Jin‐Kao, Philippe Galinier, & Michel Habib. (1999). Méthaheuristiques pour l'optimisation combinatoire et l'affectation sous contraintes. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 1 indexed citations

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