Zhiwu Li

23.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
731 papers, 18.2k citations indexed

About

Zhiwu Li is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhiwu Li has authored 731 papers receiving a total of 18.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 413 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics, 246 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 112 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Zhiwu Li's work include Petri Nets in System Modeling (374 papers), Formal Methods in Verification (209 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (197 papers). Zhiwu Li is often cited by papers focused on Petri Nets in System Modeling (374 papers), Formal Methods in Verification (209 papers) and Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems (197 papers). Zhiwu Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Macao and Saudi Arabia. Zhiwu Li's co-authors include MengChu Zhou, Naiqi Wu, Yufeng Chen, Alessandro Giua, Guangdong Tian, Witold Pedrycz, Hesuan Hu, Mohamed Khalgui, Ziyue Ma and Jianzhou Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Zhiwu Li

692 papers receiving 17.9k 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.

Elementary siphons of Petri nets and their application to deadlock prevention in flexible manufacturing systems

2004 535 citations Zhiwu Li et al. profile →
Improving Risk Evaluation in FMEA With Cloud Model and Hierarchical TOPSIS Method

2018 257 citations Zhiwu Li et al. profile →
Exact and metaheuristic algorithms for the vehicle routing problem with a factory-in-a-box in multi-objective settings

2022 171 citations Guangdong Tian, Zhiwu Li et al. profile →

Peers

Zhiwu Li

CTM

IME

MIS

Laurence A. Wolsey Belgium

George L. Nemhauser United States

James B. Orlin United States

MengChu Zhou United States

Mitsuo Gen Japan

Lothar Thiele Switzerland

Kay Chen Tan Singapore

Eckart Zitzler Switzerland

Pãnos M. Pardalos United States

Manuel Laguna United States

Laurence A. Wolsey Belgium

Zhiwu Li

3.6k ×0.4

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7.1k ×1.0

IME

2.3k ×0.9

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443 ×0.2

2.3k ×1.0

Citations per year, relative to Zhiwu Li Zhiwu Li (= 1×) peers Laurence A. Wolsey

Countries citing papers authored by Zhiwu Li

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhiwu Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhiwu Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yu, Kai, Dan Wang, Zhenhua Yu, & Zhiwu Li. (2025). Design of granular fuzzy relation models for heterogeneous data. Expert Systems with Applications. 269. 126474–126474. 2 indexed citations

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

Lefebvre, Dimitri, et al.. (2025). Polynomial-time verification of pattern diagnosability for timed discrete event systems. Information Sciences. 706. 121997–121997.

Li, Zhiwu, et al.. (2025). Probabilistic prediction system based on quantile deep learning model and multi-level information recognition. Expert Systems with Applications. 272. 126734–126734.

Zhang, Honghao, et al.. (2025). Energy-efficient human-robot collaborative U-shaped disassembly line balancing problem considering turn on-off strategy: Uncertain modeling and solution method. Journal of Manufacturing Systems. 80. 38–69. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Linyue, et al.. (2024). Photovoltaic power prediction system based on multi-stage data processing strategy and improved optimizer. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 132. 226–251. 6 indexed citations

Wang, Wenjie, et al.. (2024). Mixed-integer linear programming and composed heuristics for three-stage remanufacturing system scheduling problem. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 137. 109257–109257. 4 indexed citations

Wu, Xuanyu, Yixiong Feng, Shanhe Lou, et al.. (2024). A multi-criteria decision-making approach for pressurized water reactor based on hesitant fuzzy-improved cumulative prospect theory and 2-additive fuzzy measure. Journal of Industrial Information Integration. 40. 100631–100631. 5 indexed citations

Hadjicostis, Christoforos N., et al.. (2024). Tamper-tolerant diagnosability analysis and tampering detectability in discrete event systems under cost constraints. Automatica. 171. 111971–111971. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Junyang, et al.. (2024). Efficient SpineUNetX for X-ray: A spine segmentation network based on ConvNeXt and UNet. Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation. 103. 104245–104245. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Lan & Zhiwu Li. (2023). Deadline-aware misinformation prevention in social networks with time-decaying influence. Expert Systems with Applications. 238. 121847–121847. 6 indexed citations

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Yuan, Gang, Xiaojun Liu, Chaoyong Zhang, Duc Truong Pham, & Zhiwu Li. (2023). A new heuristic algorithm based on multi-criteria resilience assessment of human–robot collaboration disassembly for supporting spent lithium-ion battery recycling. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 126. 106878–106878. 27 indexed citations

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Shi, Huiyuan, et al.. (2023). Robust fuzzy predictive switching control for nonlinear multi-phase batch processes with synchronous vs asynchronous cases. Information Sciences. 647. 119489–119489. 2 indexed citations

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Giua, Alessandro, et al.. (2023). Verification of Joint Current-State Opacity Using Petri Nets. IFAC-PapersOnLine. 56(2). 7899–7905. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Naiqi, et al.. (2023). Symbolic state estimation in bounded timed labeled Petri nets. Automatica. 160. 111410–111410. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Gaiyun, et al.. (2023). Adaptive supervisory control for a class of Petri nets with bimodal transitions. Information Sciences. 650. 119683–119683. 1 indexed citations

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Jiang, Xingyu, et al.. (2023). Dynamic energy-efficient scheduling of multi-variety and small batch flexible job-shop: A case study for the aerospace industry. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 178. 109111–109111. 40 indexed citations

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Wang, Dan, et al.. (2023). A development of coordinate-based fuzzy encoding algorithm in compression of grayscale images. Soft Computing. 30(2). 989–999.

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Deng, Mingxi, et al.. (2023). State estimation in labeled time Petri net systems using observed modified state class graph. Information Sciences. 656. 119922–119922. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Shaoyong & Zhiwu Li. (2011). Solving siphons with the minimal cardinality in Petri nets and its applications to deadlock control. International Journal of Production Research. 50(22). 6203–6218. 12 indexed citations

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