Leilei Meng

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Leilei Meng is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Leilei Meng has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 18 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 15 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Leilei Meng's work include Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (73 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (69 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (27 papers). Leilei Meng is often cited by papers focused on Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (73 papers), Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization (69 papers) and Assembly Line Balancing Optimization (27 papers). Leilei Meng collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and United States. Leilei Meng's co-authors include Yaping Ren, Biao Zhang, Chaoyong Zhang, Liang Gao, Hongyan Sang, Quan-Ke Pan, Xinyu Shao, Xinyu Li, Junqing Li and Chang Lv and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Expert Systems with Applications.

In The Last Decade

Leilei Meng

102 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

A dual population collaborative genetic algorithm for solving flexible job shop scheduling problem with AGV

2024 61 citations Leilei Meng, Biao Zhang et al. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leilei Meng China	31	2.5k	369	263	239	189	110	2.9k
Yaping Fu China	29	1.6k 0.6×	273 0.7×	284 1.1×	135 0.6×	114 0.6×	89	2.2k
Yaping Ren China	28	1.9k 0.8×	261 0.7×	190 0.7×	136 0.6×	289 1.5×	73	2.5k
Biao Zhang China	32	2.2k 0.9×	425 1.2×	400 1.5×	317 1.3×	104 0.6×	118	2.9k
Yuanjun Laili China	26	1.3k 0.5×	259 0.7×	219 0.8×	474 2.0×	105 0.6×	82	2.2k
Miguel Á. Salido Spain	24	1.8k 0.7×	223 0.6×	346 1.3×	224 0.9×	157 0.8×	85	2.4k
Hongyan Sang China	33	2.3k 0.9×	403 1.1×	657 2.5×	302 1.3×	127 0.7×	125	3.2k
Marcone Jamilson Freitas Souza Brazil	20	668 0.3×	263 0.7×	343 1.3×	163 0.7×	138 0.7×	117	1.4k
Tatsushi Nishi Japan	25	1.2k 0.5×	248 0.7×	138 0.5×	148 0.6×	148 0.8×	192	1.9k
José A. Ventura United States	27	1.1k 0.4×	251 0.7×	101 0.4×	251 1.1×	140 0.7×	138	2.2k
Abdelghani Bekrar France	22	1.0k 0.4×	296 0.8×	211 0.8×	189 0.8×	94 0.5×	68	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Leilei Meng

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Xu, Chao, et al.. (2025). Dual-Stage Jaya algorithm for optimizing valve openings in heating system networks. Applied Soft Computing. 170. 112693–112693.

Ren, Yaping, Leilei Meng, Guangdong Tian, Zhiwu Li, & Yun Li. (2025). An efficient m-step lookahead rollout algorithm for profit-oriented selective disassembly sequence planning with operation stochastic failure. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 145. 110173–110173. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Biao, et al.. (2025). Integrated heterogeneous graph and reinforcement learning enabled efficient scheduling for surface mount technology workshop. Information Sciences. 708. 122023–122023. 11 indexed citations

Yang, Shiming, et al.. (2025). MILP Modeling and Optimization of Three-Stage Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem with Assembly and AGV Transportation. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 38(1). 1 indexed citations

Yue, Lei, et al.. (2025). A novel deep self-learning method for flexible job-shop scheduling problems with multiplicity: Deep reinforcement learning assisted the fluid master-apprentice evolutionary algorithm. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 94. 101907–101907. 3 indexed citations

Ye, Fan, Peng Duan, Leilei Meng, Hongyan Sang, & Kaizhou Gao. (2025). An enhanced artificial bee colony algorithm with self-learning optimization mechanism for multi-objective path planning problem. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 149. 110444–110444. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Chao, et al.. (2024). Sustainable optimization of balancing valve settings in urban heating systems with an enhanced Jaya algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications. 261. 125466–125466. 1 indexed citations

He, Peng, et al.. (2024). Optimizing distributed reentrant heterogeneous hybrid flowshop batch scheduling problem: Iterative construction-local search-reconstruction algorithm. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 90. 101681–101681. 8 indexed citations

Sang, Hongyan, et al.. (2024). A self-adaptive memetic algorithm with Q-learning for solving the multi-AGVs dispatching problem. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation. 90. 101697–101697. 8 indexed citations

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Meng, Leilei, et al.. (2024). Effective metaheuristic and rescheduling strategies for the multi-AGV scheduling problem with sudden failure. Expert Systems with Applications. 250. 123473–123473. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yuanzhen, et al.. (2024). An improved iterated greedy algorithm for distributed mixed no-wait permutation flowshop problems with makespan criterion. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations. 15(2). 553–568. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Biao, Leilei Meng, Chao Lu, & Junqing Li. (2023). Real-time data-driven automatic design of multi-objective evolutionary algorithm: A case study on production scheduling. Applied Soft Computing. 138. 110187–110187. 5 indexed citations

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Meng, Leilei, Peng Duan, Kaizhou Gao, et al.. (2023). MIP modeling of energy-conscious FJSP and its extended problems:From simplicity to complexity. Expert Systems with Applications. 241. 122594–122594. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Hongfei, et al.. (2022). Neighborhood Modularization-based Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Disassembly Planning with Operation Attributes. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 35(1). 2 indexed citations

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Meng, Leilei, Rui Hu, Jinping Chen, et al.. (2022). An enzyme cascade fluorescence-based assay for the quantification of phenylalanine in serum. The Analyst. 147(4). 671–676. 4 indexed citations

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Sang, Hongyan, et al.. (2022). An effective metaheuristic with a differential flight strategy for the distributed permutation flowshop scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setup times. Knowledge-Based Systems. 242. 108328–108328. 39 indexed citations

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Ren, Yaping, Leilei Meng, Fu Zhao, et al.. (2020). An improved general variable neighborhood search for a static bike-sharing rebalancing problem considering the depot inventory. Expert Systems with Applications. 160. 113752–113752. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chaoyong, et al.. (2020). Low Carbon Modeling and Optimization of Milling Parameters Based on Improved Gravity Search Algorithm. Zhongguo jixie gongcheng. 31(12). 1481. 5 indexed citations

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Ren, Yaping, Fu Zhao, Hongyue Jin, et al.. (2019). Rebalancing Bike Sharing Systems for Minimizing Depot Inventory and Traveling Costs. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. 21(9). 3871–3882. 29 indexed citations

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Ren, Yaping, Chaoyong Zhang, Fu Zhao, Matthew J. Triebe, & Leilei Meng. (2018). An MCDM-Based Multiobjective General Variable Neighborhood Search Approach for Disassembly Line Balancing Problem. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems. 1–14. 58 indexed citations

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