Kai Yao

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Kai Yao is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Management Science and Operations Research and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Yao has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Statistics and Probability, 28 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 9 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Yao's work include Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (34 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (24 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (6 papers). Kai Yao is often cited by papers focused on Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (34 papers), Multi-Criteria Decision Making (24 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (6 papers). Kai Yao collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Kai Yao's co-authors include Xiaowei Chen, Jinwu Gao, Baoding Liu, Yuhong Sheng, Hua Ke, Yuan Gao, Xiang Li, Xiangfeng Yang, Jian Zhou and Rong Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, Applied Soft Computing and Reliability Engineering & System Safety.

In The Last Decade

Kai Yao

40 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

A numerical method for solving uncertain differential equ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300
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.

  1. A numerical method for solving uncertain differential equations
    2013 318 citations Kai Yao, Xiaowei Chen profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Yao China 26 1.7k 1.0k 470 434 329 42 2.1k
Xiangfeng Yang China 25 1.4k 0.8× 839 0.8× 301 0.6× 385 0.9× 240 0.7× 83 2.0k
Jinwu Gao China 24 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 273 0.6× 513 1.2× 207 0.6× 102 2.0k
Xiaowei Chen China 16 1.1k 0.6× 727 0.7× 283 0.6× 235 0.5× 183 0.6× 41 1.5k
Hsien-Chung Wu Taiwan 27 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 141 0.3× 867 2.0× 270 0.8× 125 2.3k
Yuhan Liu China 14 702 0.4× 572 0.6× 93 0.2× 201 0.5× 171 0.5× 42 1.1k
Ushio Sumita United States 22 568 0.3× 327 0.3× 139 0.3× 43 0.1× 251 0.8× 118 1.6k
Thomas Feuring Germany 14 796 0.5× 548 0.5× 270 0.6× 408 0.9× 22 0.1× 35 1.2k
Majid Asadi Iran 23 1.5k 0.9× 248 0.2× 60 0.1× 57 0.1× 936 2.8× 119 1.9k
Huifu Xu United Kingdom 25 332 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 46 0.1× 391 0.9× 150 0.5× 95 1.8k
Wolfgang Stadje Germany 21 380 0.2× 514 0.5× 64 0.1× 40 0.1× 66 0.2× 179 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Yao

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All Works

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Yao, Kai, et al.. (2024). The Functional Positioning of Digital Media in the Upgrading of Sports Industry: The Case of NBA. Journal of Education Humanities and Social Sciences. 27. 78–86.
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Yao, Kai, et al.. (2021). Levenberg-Marquardt method for absolute value equation associated with second-order cone. Numerical Algebra Control and Optimization. 12(1). 47–47. 6 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yuhong, Kai Yao, & Zhongfeng Qin. (2020). Continuity and variation analysis of fractional uncertain processes. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 140. 110250–110250. 4 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yuhong, Kai Yao, & Xiaowei Chen. (2019). Least Squares Estimation in Uncertain Differential Equations. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 28(10). 2651–2655. 70 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai. (2017). Conditional uncertain set and conditional membership function. Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making. 17(2). 233–246. 7 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai & Baoding Liu. (2017). Uncertain regression analysis: an approach for imprecise observations. Soft Computing. 22(17). 5579–5582. 116 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai. (2016). Uncertain Differential Equations. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 93 indexed citations
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Gao, Rong & Kai Yao. (2016). Importance index of components in uncertain random systems. Knowledge-Based Systems. 109. 208–217. 41 indexed citations
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Ke, Hua & Kai Yao. (2015). Block replacement policy with uncertain lifetimes. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 148. 119–124. 41 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai. (2015). Inclusion Relationship of Uncertain Sets. 3(1). 8 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai & Jinwu Gao. (2014). Uncertain Random Alternating Renewal Process With Application to Interval Availability. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 23(5). 1333–1342. 38 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai. (2014). Uncertain differential equation with jumps. Soft Computing. 19(7). 2063–2069. 40 indexed citations
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Gao, Jinwu & Kai Yao. (2014). Some Concepts and Theorems of Uncertain Random Process. International Journal of Intelligent Systems. 30(1). 52–65. 73 indexed citations
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Sheng, Yuhong & Kai Yao. (2014). Some formulas of variance of uncertain random variable. 2(1). 39 indexed citations
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Gao, Yuan & Kai Yao. (2013). Continuous dependence theorems on solutions of uncertain differential equations. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 38(11-12). 3031–3037. 14 indexed citations
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Yao, Kai & Dan A. Ralescu. (2013). AGE REPLACEMENT POLICY IN UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT. Iranian journal of fuzzy systems. 10(2). 29–39. 25 indexed citations
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Liu, Baoding & Kai Yao. (2012). Uncertain Integral with respect to Multiple Canonical Processes. 23 indexed citations

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