Kai Cai

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
137 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kai Cai is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Cai has authored 137 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 59 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Kai Cai's work include Petri Nets in System Modeling (57 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (40 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (34 papers). Kai Cai is often cited by papers focused on Petri Nets in System Modeling (57 papers), Distributed systems and fault tolerance (40 papers) and Formal Methods in Verification (34 papers). Kai Cai collaborates with scholars based in Japan, China and Canada. Kai Cai's co-authors include W.M. Wonham, Hideaki Ishii, Xueqi Cheng, Huawei Shen, Mao-Bin Hu, R. H. Durisen, Megan K. Pickett, Annie C. Mejía, Simon Parsons and Zhiyun Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as The Astrophysical Journal, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and IEEE Transactions on Information Theory.

In The Last Decade

Kai Cai

128 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kai Cai	1.0k	733	456	431	272	137	2.5k
Alan G. Konheim	777 0.8×	362 0.5×	325 0.7×	242 0.6×	67 0.2×	67	2.2k
Victor Klee	294 0.3×	2.1k 2.8×	91 0.2×	284 0.7×	210 0.8×	210	4.6k
Simon Lin	456 0.4×	414 0.6×	65 0.1×	1.1k 2.5×	86 0.3×	22	2.6k
Lacra Pavel	856 0.8×	318 0.4×	104 0.2×	101 0.2×	389 1.4×	139	1.9k
Roberto Tempo	1.0k 1.0×	707 1.0×	1.3k 2.9×	620 1.4×	3.1k 11.4×	190	5.8k
Jørgen Bang‐Jensen	810 0.8×	1.9k 2.6×	119 0.3×	230 0.5×	93 0.3×	139	2.8k
Xin Huang	1.3k 1.3×	155 0.2×	1.3k 2.8×	1.0k 2.4×	31 0.1×	162	2.8k
Sergiy Butenko	448 0.4×	713 1.0×	626 1.4×	431 1.0×	87 0.3×	85	2.1k
Neal E. Young	957 0.9×	412 0.6×	27 0.1×	358 0.8×	23 0.1×	65	1.9k
Andrew W. Appel	2.1k 2.0×	1.6k 2.1×	108 0.2×	3.8k 8.8×	59 0.2×	148	5.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Cai

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Cai. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Cai based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Cai. Kai Cai is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Wang, Jiahao, et al.. (2024). Quantitatively nonblocking supervisory control of discrete-event systems. Automatica. 170. 111879–111879. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Kai, et al.. (2024). Anytime Multi-Task Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery Under Energy Constraint. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 9(11). 10145–10152. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Cong, et al.. (2023). Climatic Changes in the AnthropoceneHave Increased the Suitable Habitat Areasof <i>Paeonia delavayi</i> in China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. 32(5). 4051–4063. 3 indexed citations

Cai, Kai. (2023). Walter Murray Wonham, 1934–2023 [Obituary]. IEEE Control Systems. 43(6). 152–154. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Quan, Kai Cai, & Fengyu Xu. (2023). Obstacle-avoidance path planning based on the improved artificial potential field for a 5 degrees of freedom bending robot. Mechanical sciences. 14(1). 87–97. 10 indexed citations

Reniers, Michel, et al.. (2022). Transformational Nonblocking Verification*. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(28). 256–263.

Konishi, Masahiro, et al.. (2022). Efficient Safe Control via Deep Reinforcement Learning and Supervisory Control – Case Study on Multi-Robot Warehouse Automation. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 55(28). 16–21. 6 indexed citations

Cai, Kai, et al.. (2021). Application of Supervisory Control to Secret Protection in Discrete-Event Systems. 60(1). 14–20. 3 indexed citations

Saito, Haruka, Tomohito Takubo, Atsushi Ueno, et al.. (2018). Recognizing own UAV Position and Measuring position of a person using Camera Image. The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec). 2018(0). 1P1–C08. 1 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, et al.. (2016). Delay-robustness in distributed control of timed discrete-event systems based on supervisor localisation. International Journal of Control. 89(10). 2055–2072. 6 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, et al.. (2015). A fully distributed approach to resource allocation problem under directed and switching topologies. 1–6. 18 indexed citations

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Parsons, Simon, Yuqing Tang, Elizabeth Sklar, Peter McBurney, & Kai Cai. (2011). Argumentation-based reasoning in agents with varying degrees of trust. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 879–886. 16 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, et al.. (2010). A grey-box approach to automated mechanism design. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1473–1474.

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Cai, Kai, et al.. (2008). Characterizing effective auction mechanisms: insights from the 2007 TAC market design competition. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1079–1086. 28 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, Simon Parsons, Enrico Gerding, et al.. (2008). JCAT: a platform for the TAC market design competition. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 1649–1650. 20 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, Simon Parsons, Enrico Gerding, et al.. (2008). JCAT: A Platform for the TAC Market Design Competition (Demo Paper). 20. 232–40. 1 indexed citations

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Wong, W. Eric, Lei Zhao, Yu Qi, Kai Cai, & Jing Dong. (2007). Effective fault localization using BP neural networks. Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 374–379. 6 indexed citations

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Phelps, Steve, et al.. (2007). Auctions, Evolution, and Multi-agent Learning.. Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln). 188–210. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, et al.. (2007). Using Evolutionary Game-Theory to Analyse the Performance of Trading Strategies in a Continuous Double Auction Market.. Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems. 44–59. 4 indexed citations

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Cai, Kai, R. H. Durisen, & Annie C. Mejía. (2004). Boundary Conditions of Radiative Cooling in Gravitationally Unstable Protoplanetary Disks. AAS. 204. 1 indexed citations

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