Yidong Lang

886 total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 592 citations indexed

About

Yidong Lang is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yidong Lang has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 592 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 10 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yidong Lang's work include Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (12 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (10 papers) and Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (8 papers). Yidong Lang is often cited by papers focused on Cooperative Communication and Network Coding (12 papers), Advanced Control Systems Optimization (10 papers) and Full-Duplex Wireless Communications (8 papers). Yidong Lang collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and China. Yidong Lang's co-authors include Lorenz T. Biegler, Dirk Wübben, Stephen E. Zitney, Ignacio E. Grossmann, Yuelin Gao, J. Madsen, Karl‐Dirk Kammeyer, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy and Volker Braun and has published in prestigious journals such as Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research and Organic Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yidong Lang

28 papers receiving 561 citations

Hit Papers

Dream Optimization Algorithm (DOA): A novel metaheuristic... 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30 40
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. Dream Optimization Algorithm (DOA): A novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm inspired by human dreams and its applications to real-world engineering problems
    2025 40 citations Yidong Lang, Yuelin Gao Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yidong Lang Germany 12 230 187 168 75 75 28 592
Yanjiao Wang China 13 426 1.9× 112 0.6× 81 0.5× 62 0.8× 64 0.9× 54 827
Jianhui Wang China 12 264 1.1× 41 0.2× 99 0.6× 74 1.0× 74 1.0× 46 577
Aditya Kumar United States 13 651 2.8× 53 0.3× 73 0.4× 76 1.0× 50 0.7× 28 767
Weixiang Zhou China 15 480 2.1× 131 0.7× 239 1.4× 95 1.3× 36 0.5× 45 1.0k
Donald J. Chmielewski United States 16 655 2.8× 270 1.4× 44 0.3× 51 0.7× 93 1.2× 55 979
Zhen Liu China 17 744 3.2× 84 0.4× 212 1.3× 97 1.3× 96 1.3× 88 1.1k
Yuling Li China 12 75 0.3× 127 0.7× 140 0.8× 23 0.3× 27 0.4× 70 445
Wenjing Liu China 16 448 1.9× 101 0.5× 91 0.5× 51 0.7× 53 0.7× 64 618
Yanjun Yan United States 17 139 0.6× 250 1.3× 79 0.5× 16 0.2× 29 0.4× 84 817

Countries citing papers authored by Yidong Lang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yidong Lang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yidong Lang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yidong Lang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yidong Lang 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 Yidong Lang. Yidong Lang 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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Lang, Yidong & Yuelin Gao. (2025). Dream Optimization Algorithm (DOA): A novel metaheuristic optimization algorithm inspired by human dreams and its applications to real-world engineering problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 436. 117718–117718. 40 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2025). Centered Collision Optimizer: A novel and efficient physics-based metaheuristic optimization algorithm for solving complex real-world engineering optimization problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 448. 118491–118491. 1 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Maggie C. Y. Ng, Binghui Chen, et al.. (2025). A novel CFD-MILP-ANN approach for optimizing sensor placement, number, and source localization in large-scale gas dispersion from unknown locations. Digital Chemical Engineering. 14. 100216–100216. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, M., Yidong Lang, Ziqiang Cheng, et al.. (2025). Decatungstate-Catalyzed Hydrosilylation of α-Trifluoromethylalkenes for Construction of α-Trifluoromethyl-β-silanes. Organic Letters. 27(17). 4439–4444. 6 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2013). A Turbo-Like Iterative Decoding Algorithm for Network Coded HARQ. 1–6. 2 indexed citations
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Biegler, Lorenz T., et al.. (2013). Multi-scale optimization for process systems engineering. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 60. 17–30. 96 indexed citations
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Wang, Kexin, Zhijiang Shao, Yidong Lang, Jixin Qian, & Lorenz T. Biegler. (2013). Barrier NLP methods with structured regularization for optimization of degenerate optimization problems. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 57. 24–29. 3 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Stephen E. Zitney, & Lorenz T. Biegler. (2011). Optimization of IGCC processes with reduced order CFD models. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 35(9). 1705–1717. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Kexin, Zhijiang Shao, Lorenz T. Biegler, Yidong Lang, & Jixin Qian. (2010). Robust extensions for reduced-space barrier NLP algorithms. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 35(10). 1994–2004. 5 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Dirk Wübben, & Karl‐Dirk Kammeyer. (2010). An improved physical layer network coding scheme for two-way relay systems. 107–114. 11 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Dirk Wübben, & K.-D. Kammeyer. (2009). Power Allocations for Adaptive Distributed MIMO Multi-Hop Networks. 1. 1–5. 5 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2009). Reduced Order Model Based on Principal Component Analysis for Process Simulation and Optimization. Energy & Fuels. 23(3). 1695–1706. 83 indexed citations
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Wübben, Dirk & Yidong Lang. (2008). Near-Optimum Power Allocation for Outage Restricted Distributed MIMO Multi-Hop Networks. 1–5. 10 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Dirk Wübben, & Karl‐Dirk Kammeyer. (2008). Efficient power allocation for outage restricted asymmetric distributed MIMO multi-hop networks. 1–5. 7 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2008). A novel resource allocation strategy for distributed MIMO multi-hop multi-commodity communications. 2. 125–132. 2 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2007). Advanced process engineering co-simulation using CFD-based reduced order models. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 2 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (2000). An optimal catalyst management strategy for Oxo processes. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 24(2-7). 1549–1554. 3 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, et al.. (1999). Dynamic Optimization of a Batch Cooling Crystallization Process. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 38(4). 1469–1477. 57 indexed citations
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Lang, Yidong, Lorenz T. Biegler, & Ignacio E. Grossmann. (1988). Simultaneous optimization and heat integration with process simulators. Computers & Chemical Engineering. 12(4). 311–327. 60 indexed citations

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