Liguo Yao

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 973 citations indexed

About

Liguo Yao is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liguo Yao has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 973 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 12 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 8 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in Liguo Yao's work include Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (10 papers), Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (7 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (6 papers). Liguo Yao is often cited by papers focused on Metaheuristic Optimization Algorithms Research (10 papers), Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection (7 papers) and Advanced Multi-Objective Optimization Algorithms (6 papers). Liguo Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and Malaysia. Liguo Yao's co-authors include Haisong Huang, Qingsong Fan, Dong Huang, Qipeng Chen, Jianan Wei, Yiting Li, Qingsheng Xie, Yao Lu, Yao Hu and Chieh-Yuan Tsai and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Expert Systems with Applications and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Liguo Yao

30 papers receiving 934 citations

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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.

Review of the metaheuristic algorithms in applications: Visual analysis based on bibliometrics

2024 51 citations Chieh-Yuan Tsai, Liguo Yao et al. Expert Systems with Applications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liguo Yao China	14	433	230	209	203	153	35	973
Qingsong Fan China	16	525 1.2×	343 1.5×	246 1.2×	137 0.7×	130 0.8×	29	1.2k
Zoran Miljković Serbia	19	329 0.8×	278 1.2×	217 1.0×	480 2.4×	172 1.1×	51	1.2k
Xianfeng Yuan China	15	360 0.8×	195 0.8×	333 1.6×	54 0.3×	119 0.8×	68	875
Changting Zhong China	10	411 0.9×	93 0.4×	135 0.6×	70 0.3×	81 0.5×	18	971
Shashi Phoha United States	18	232 0.5×	133 0.6×	90 0.4×	164 0.8×	336 2.2×	103	1.2k
Yu Ding China	19	202 0.5×	106 0.5×	362 1.7×	70 0.3×	162 1.1×	62	1.0k
Ahmed Farahat United States	15	341 0.8×	136 0.6×	520 2.5×	97 0.5×	149 1.0×	34	1.0k
Tianyuan Liu China	17	167 0.4×	113 0.5×	156 0.7×	384 1.9×	310 2.0×	48	976
Darong Huang China	19	286 0.7×	178 0.8×	457 2.2×	57 0.3×	184 1.2×	176	1.2k
Sumika Chauhan India	21	281 0.6×	88 0.4×	417 2.0×	55 0.3×	275 1.8×	59	995

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liguo Yao

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Yang, Jun, et al.. (2025). Integrating prompt techniques and multi-similarity matching for named entity recognition in low-resource settings. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 144. 110149–110149. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Wei‐Chen, et al.. (2025). Entity-relation extraction for unmanned aerial vehicle power system assembly knowledge based on pre-trained language models and few-shot learning. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 162. 112682–112682.

Lu, Yao, et al.. (2025). A renewable energy aware multi-agent reinforcement learning approach for the dynamic flexible job shop scheduling problem. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 70. 104113–104113.

Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2025). DTL-GNN: Digital Twin Lightweight Method Based on Graph Neural Network. Future Internet. 17(2). 65–65.

Lan, Ping, et al.. (2025). A Multi-Task Causal Knowledge Fault Diagnosis Method for PMSM-ITSF Based on Meta-Learning. Sensors. 25(4). 1271–1271.

Yuan, Xiaoyang, et al.. (2025). An effective method for solving feature selection problems based on multi-strategy Hippo optimization algorithm. Journal of Computational Design and Engineering. 12(8). 193–251. 1 indexed citations

Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2025). Multi-robot consistent formation control based on novel leader-follower model and optimization motion planning approach. Knowledge-Based Systems. 330. 114590–114590. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2025). Adaptive multi-step path planning for multi-robot in dynamic environments based on hybrid optimization approach. Expert Systems with Applications. 298. 129699–129699. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2025). Multi-objective human-robot collaborative task planning for assembly lines balancing based on cooperative optimization. Expert Systems with Applications. 306. 131001–131001.

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Yang, Jun, et al.. (2024). Evolution and emerging trends of named entity recognition: Bibliometric analysis from 2000 to 2023. Heliyon. 10(9). e30053–e30053. 13 indexed citations

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Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2023). ESO: An enhanced snake optimizer for real-world engineering problems. Expert Systems with Applications. 230. 120594–120594. 76 indexed citations

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Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2023). Multi-Strategy Improved Sand Cat Swarm Optimization: Global Optimization and Feature Selection. Biomimetics. 8(6). 492–492. 20 indexed citations

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Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2023). Reptile Search Algorithm Considering Different Flight Heights to Solve Engineering Optimization Design Problems. Biomimetics. 8(3). 305–305. 10 indexed citations

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Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2022). A Research on Image Semantic Refinement Recognition of Product Surface Defects Based on Causal Knowledge. Applied Sciences. 12(17). 8828–8828. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Liguo, et al.. (2022). A Hybrid Golden Jackal Optimization and Golden Sine Algorithm with Dynamic Lens-Imaging Learning for Global Optimization Problems. Applied Sciences. 12(19). 9709–9709. 37 indexed citations

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Fan, Qingsong, et al.. (2021). A modified equilibrium optimizer using opposition-based learning and novel update rules. Expert Systems with Applications. 170. 114575–114575. 50 indexed citations

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Fan, Qingsong, et al.. (2021). A modified self-adaptive marine predators algorithm: framework and engineering applications. Engineering With Computers. 38(4). 3269–3294. 54 indexed citations

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Wei, Jianan, Haisong Huang, Liguo Yao, et al.. (2020). IA-SUWO: An Improving Adaptive semi-unsupervised weighted oversampling for imbalanced classification problems. Knowledge-Based Systems. 203. 106116–106116. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Yiting, Haisong Huang, Qingsheng Xie, Liguo Yao, & Qipeng Chen. (2018). Research on a Surface Defect Detection Algorithm Based on MobileNet-SSD. Applied Sciences. 8(9). 1678–1678. 239 indexed citations

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Huang, Haisong, Liguo Yao, & Chieh-Yuan Tsai. (2016). Transportation Service Quality Improvement through Closed Sequential Pattern Mining Approach. Cybernetics and Information Technologies. 16(3). 185–194. 3 indexed citations

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