Way Kuo

8.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
168 papers, 6.4k citations indexed

About

Way Kuo is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and Software. According to data from OpenAlex, Way Kuo has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 6.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 57 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty and 47 papers in Software. Recurrent topics in Way Kuo's work include Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (96 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (47 papers) and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (32 papers). Way Kuo is often cited by papers focused on Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (96 papers), Software Reliability and Analysis Research (47 papers) and Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (32 papers). Way Kuo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and South Korea. Way Kuo's co-authors include Ming J. Zuo, Vinay Prasad, Xiaoyan Zhu, Frank A. Tillman, Min Xie, Rui Wan, Bin Liu, Ching-Lai Hwang, Tao Yuan and Suk Joo Bae and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied Physics Letters and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

Way Kuo

157 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

Optimal Reliability Modeling: Principles and Applications 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Optimal Reliability Modeling: Principles and Applications
    2002 524 citations Way Kuo et al. profile →
  2. In situ design of advanced titanium alloy with concentration modulations by additive manufacturing
    2021 309 citations Tianlong Zhang, Zhenghua Huang et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Way Kuo United States 43 3.9k 2.5k 1.9k 1.3k 802 168 6.4k
Zhi‐Sheng Ye Singapore 38 3.9k 1.0× 1.8k 0.7× 1.2k 0.6× 1.9k 1.4× 424 0.5× 148 5.6k
Haitao Liao United States 35 2.6k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 710 0.4× 817 0.6× 787 1.0× 198 4.8k
Gregory Levitin Israel 52 8.5k 2.2× 5.0k 2.0× 4.7k 2.5× 1.5k 1.1× 889 1.1× 398 12.4k
Hong‐Zhong Huang China 48 2.5k 0.6× 3.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.5× 472 0.4× 410 0.5× 348 7.8k
Yan‐Feng Li China 41 2.1k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 798 0.4× 530 0.4× 369 0.5× 198 5.5k
Liudong Xing United States 47 5.6k 1.4× 3.5k 1.4× 3.9k 2.1× 554 0.4× 842 1.0× 384 8.6k
Lirong Cui China 42 4.0k 1.0× 2.2k 0.9× 2.0k 1.1× 1.5k 1.1× 223 0.3× 236 5.3k
Wenbin Wang China 26 3.0k 0.8× 890 0.4× 609 0.3× 858 0.7× 368 0.5× 64 4.6k
Dragan Banjević Canada 27 2.4k 0.6× 876 0.4× 641 0.3× 476 0.4× 299 0.4× 79 5.4k
Nan Chen China 35 1.7k 0.4× 878 0.4× 399 0.2× 983 0.8× 541 0.7× 140 5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Way Kuo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Way Kuo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Way Kuo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Way Kuo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Way Kuo 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 Way Kuo. Way Kuo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Han-Lin, et al.. (2025). Kernel Factor Pairs for Semiprime Factorization. Advances in Pure Mathematics. 15(9). 629–642.
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Li, Han-Lin, Shu‐Cherng Fang, & Way Kuo. (2024). The Periodic Table of Primes. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Han-Lin, Shu‐Cherng Fang, Bertrand M.T. Lin, & Way Kuo. (2023). Unifying colors by primes. Light Science & Applications. 12(1). 32–32. 7 indexed citations
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Ling, Chunyan, Lechang Yang, Kaixuan Feng, & Way Kuo. (2023). Survival signature based robust redundancy allocation under imprecise probability. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 239. 109510–109510. 8 indexed citations
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Ling, Chunyan, et al.. (2022). A sequential two-stage approach based on variational Bayesian inference for reliability-redundancy allocation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part O Journal of Risk and Reliability. 238(1). 136–157.
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Ling, Chunyan, Way Kuo, & Min Xie. (2022). An Overview of Adaptive-Surrogate-Model-Assisted Methods for Reliability-Based Design Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 72(3). 1243–1264. 38 indexed citations
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Ling, Chunyan, et al.. (2022). Multitype Optimal Component Allocation of Multicomponent Systems Considering Fuzzy State. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems. 31(7). 2197–2209.
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Zhang, Tianlong, Zhenghua Huang, Tao Yang, et al.. (2021). In situ design of advanced titanium alloy with concentration modulations by additive manufacturing. Science. 374(6566). 478–482. 309 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuo, Way. (2015). Optimization techniques for systems reliability with redundancy. K-State Research Exchange (Kansas State University).
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Kuo, Way & Xiaoyan Zhu. (2012). Relations and Generalizations of Importance Measures in Reliability. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 61(3). 659–674. 66 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyungmee O. & Way Kuo. (2011). Component and system burn-in for repairable systems. IIE Transactions. 43(11). 773–782. 5 indexed citations
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Kuo, Way. (2011). Reliability and Nuclear Power. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 60(2). 365–367. 6 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xian, Lirong Cui, & Way Kuo. (2007). Reliability for Sparsely Connected Consecutive-$k$ Systems. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 56(3). 516–524. 42 indexed citations
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Kim, Kyungmee O. & Way Kuo. (2003). A general model of heterogeneous system lifetimes and conditions for system burn‐in. Naval Research Logistics (NRL). 50(4). 364–380. 13 indexed citations
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Gen, Mitsuo, et al.. (2001). Reliability Optimization Design Using a Hybridized Genetic Algorithm with a Neural-Network Technique. IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics Communications and Computer Sciences. 84(2). 627–637. 19 indexed citations
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Kim, Taeho, Way Kuo, & Wei-Ting Kary Chien. (1998). A relation model of yield and reliability for the gate oxide failures. 428–433. 4 indexed citations
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Kuo, Way, et al.. (1996). Software Process Agents.. Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering. 323–329. 1 indexed citations
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Chien, Wei-Ting Kary & Way Kuo. (1992). OPTIMAL BURN-IN SIMULATION ON HIGHLY INTEGRATED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS. IIE Transactions. 24(5). 33–43. 12 indexed citations
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Gavirneni, Srinagesh, et al.. (1990). The Command and Control Communications and Information Network Analysis Tool (C3INAT). Winter Simulation Conference. 888–894. 1 indexed citations

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