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YAO Xin, Prof.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8837-4442

  • 8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun

    Hong Kong

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1991 …2025

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  • 1999

    Evolutionary programming made faster

    YAO, X., LIU, Y. & LIN, G., Jul 1999, In: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 3, 2, p. 82-102 21 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    3609 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evolving artificial neural networks

    YAO, X., 1999, In: Proceedings of the IEEE. 87, 9, p. 1423-1447 25 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    2315 Citations (Scopus)

  • Following the Path of Evolvable Hardware

    YAO, X., Apr 1999, In: Communications of the ACM. 42, 4, p. 46-49 4 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    28 Citations (Scopus)

  • How important is your reputation in a multi-agent environment

    YAO, X. & DARWEN, P. J., 1999, IEEE SMC'99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Cat. No.99CH37028). IEEE, Vol. 2. p. II/575-II/580 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    31 Citations (Scopus)

  • Negatively correlated neural networks for classification

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., Dec 1999, In: Artificial Life and Robotics. 3, 4, p. 255-259 5 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

  • Preface

    YAO, X., MCKAY, B., NEWTON, C., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T., 1999, Simulated Evolution and Learning: Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL'98, Canberra, Australia, November 24-27, 1998 Selected Papers. MCKAY, B., YAO, X., NEWTON, C. S., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 1585. 1 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1585).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Foreword / Postscript

  • Promises and challenges of evolvable hardware

    YAO, X. & HIGUCHI, T., 1999, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews. 29, 1, p. 87-97 11 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    233 Citations (Scopus)

  • Recent New Development in Evolutionary Programming

    YAO, X., 1999, Advances in Soft Computing: Engineering Design and Manufacturing. ROY, R., FURUHASHI, T. & CHAWDHRY, P. K. (eds.). Springer London, p. 30-56 27 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

  • Simultaneous training of negatively correlated neural networks in an ensemble

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1999, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics. 29, 6, p. 716-725 10 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    250 Citations (Scopus)

  • The GRD chip: Genetic reconfiguration of DSPs for neural network processing

    MURAKAWA, M., YOSHIZAWA, S., KAJITANI, I., YAO, X., KAJIHARA, N., IWATA, M. & HIGUCHI, T., Jun 1999, In: IEEE Transactions on Computers. 48, 6, p. 628-639 12 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    43 Citations (Scopus)

  • Time series prediction by using negatively correlated neural networks

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1999, Simulated Evolution and Learning : Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL'98, Canberra, Australia, November 24-27, 1998 Selected Papers. MCKAY, B., YAO, X., NEWTON, C. S., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 333-340 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1585).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    5 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1998

    A cooperative ensemble learning system

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1998, The 1998 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks Proceedings . IEEE, Vol. 3. p. 2202-2207 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    45 Citations (Scopus)

  • An experimental investigation of self-adaptation in evolutionary programming

    LIANG, K.-H., YAO, X., LIU, Y., NEWTON, C. & HOFFMAN, D., 1998, Evolutionary Programming VII : 7th International Conference, EP98, San Diego, California, USA, March 25–27, 1998 Proceedings. PORTO, V. W., SARAVANAN, N., WAAGEN, D. & EIBEN, A. E. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 291-300 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1447).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    37 Citations (Scopus)

  • Making use of population information in evolutionary artificial neural networks

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., Jun 1998, In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics. 28, 3, p. 417-425 9 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    211 Citations (Scopus)

  • Maximum Matching on Boltzmann Machines

    YAO, X., 1998, In: Neural Processing Letters. 7, 1, p. 49-53 5 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • Scaling Up evolutionary programming algorithms

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., 1998, Evolutionary Programming VII : 7th International Conference, EP98, San Diego, California, USA, March 25–27, 1998 Proceedings. PORTO, V. W., SARAVANAN, N., WAAGEN, D. & EIBEN, A. E. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 1447. p. 103-112 10 p. (EP98: International Conference on Evolutionary Programming; vol. 1447).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    25 Citations (Scopus)

  • Solving cutting stock problems by evolutionary programming

    LIANG, K.-H., YAO, X., NEWTON, C. & HOFFRNAN, D., 1998, Evolutionary Programming VII : 7th International Conference, EP98, San Diego, California, USA, March 25–27, 1998 Proceedings. PORTO, V. W., SARAVANAN, N., WAAGEN, D. & EIBEN, A. E. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 755-764 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1447).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    6 Citations (Scopus)

  • Towards designing artificial neural networks by evolution

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., Apr 1998, In: Applied Mathematics and Computation. 91, 1, p. 83-90 8 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    116 Citations (Scopus)

  • Towards designing neural network ensembles by evolution

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1998, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature : PPSN V 5th International Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 27-30, 1998, Proceedings. EIBEN, A. E., BÄCK, T., SCHOENAUER, M. & SCHWEFEL, H.-P. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 623-632 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1498).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    22 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1997

    Analyzing crossover operators by search step size

    LIN, G. & YAO, X., 1997, Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC '97). IEEE, p. 107-110 4 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    27 Citations (Scopus)

  • An analysis of evolutionary algorithms based on neighbourhood and step sizes

    YAO, X., LIN, G. & LIU, Y., 1997, Evolutionary Programming VI : 6th International Conference, EP 97, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 13-16, 1997, Proceedings. ANGELINE, P. J., REYNOLDS, R. G., MCDONNELL, J. R. & EBERHART, R. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 297-307 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1213).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    45 Citations (Scopus)

  • A new evolutionary system for evolving artificial neural networks

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., May 1997, In: IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks. 8, 3, p. 694-713 20 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    736 Citations (Scopus)

  • EPNet for chaotic time-series prediction

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., 1997, Simulated Evolution and Learning First Asia-Pacific Conference, SEAL'96, Taejon, Korea, November 9-12, 1996. Selected Papers. YAO, X., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 146-156 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1285).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    16 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evolving modular neural networks which generalise well

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1997, Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, ICEC '97. IEEE, p. 605-610 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    21 Citations (Scopus)

  • Fast evolution strategies

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., 1997, Evolutionary Programminag VI 6th International Conference, EP 97, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, April 13-16, 1997, Proceedings. ANGELINE, P. J., REYNOLDS, R. G., MCDONNELL, J. R. & EBERHART, R. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 149-161 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1213).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    112 Citations (Scopus)

  • Fast evolution strategies

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., 1997, In: Control and Cybernetics. 26, 3, p. 466-491 26 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    115 Citations (Scopus)

  • Global optimisation by evolutionary algorithms

    YAO, X., 1997, Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Parallel Algorithms Architecture Synthesis. IEEE, p. 282-291 10 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    47 Citations (Scopus)

  • Importance of maintaining behavioural link between parents and offspring

    YAO, X., 1997, Proceedings of 1997 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (ICEC '97). IEEE, p. 629-633 5 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    5 Citations (Scopus)

  • PEPNet: Parallel Evolutionary Programming for Constructing Artificial Neural Networks

    RIESSEN, G. A., WILLIAMS, G. J. & YAO, X., Apr 1997, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Evolutionary Programming VI. ANGELINE, P. J., REYNOLDS, R. G., MCDONNELL, J. R. & EBERHART, R. C. (eds.). Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, Vol. 1213. p. 35-46 11 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    9 Citations (Scopus)

  • Preface

    YAO, X., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T., 1997, Simulated Evolution and Learning : First Asia-Pacific Conference, SEAL'96, Taejon, Korea, November 9-12, 1996. Selected Papers.. YAO, X., KIM, J.-H. & FURUHASHI, T. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1285).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

  • Promises and challenges of evolvable hardware

    YAO, X. & HIGUCHI, T., 1997, Evolvable Systems: From Biology to Hardware First International Conference, ICES '96, Tsukuba, Japan, October 7 - 8, 1996, Proceedings. HIGUCHI, T., LWATA, M. & LIU, W. (eds.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, p. 55-78 24 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1259).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    44 Citations (Scopus)

  • Solving optimal control problems with a cost on changing control by evolutionary algorithms

    BOBBIN, J. & YAO, X., 1997, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation, ICEC. p. 331-336 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    8 Citations (Scopus)

  • Speciation as automatic categorical modularization

    DARWEN, P. J. & YAO, X., Jul 1997, In: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation. 1, 2, p. 101-108 8 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    76 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1996

    Automatic modularization by speciation

    DARWEN, P. & YAO, X., 1996, Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, ICEC'96. IEEE, p. 88-93 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    36 Citations (Scopus)

  • Ensemble structure of evolutionary artificial neural networks

    YAO, X. & LIU, Y., 1996, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation. p. 659-664 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    33 Citations (Scopus)

  • Every niching method has its niche : Fitness sharing and implicit sharing compared

    DARWEN, P. & YAO, X., 1996, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IV : International Conference on Evolutionary Computation : The 4th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature Berlin, Germany, September 22 - 26, 1996. Proceedings. VOIGT, H.-M., EBELING, W., RECHENBERG, I. & SCHWEFEL, H.-P. (eds.). Springer, p. 398-407 10 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 1141).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    54 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evolutionary design of artificial neural networks with different nodes

    LIU, Y. & YAO, X., 1996, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Evolutionary Computation. p. 670-675 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    67 Citations (Scopus)

  • Evolutionary stability in the n-person iterated prisoner's dilemma

    YAO, X., Jan 1996, In: BioSystems. 37, 3, p. 189-197 9 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    37 Citations (Scopus)

  • How to make best use of evolutionary learning

    YAO, X., LIU, Y. & DARWEN, P., 1996, In: Complexity International. 3, 13 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    1 Citation (Scopus)

  • Solving real world lecture room assignment problems by genetic algorithms

    LUAN, F. & YAO, X., 1996, In: Complexity International. 3, 10 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    2 Citations (Scopus)
  • 1995

    A dilemma for fitness sharing with a scaling function

    DARWEN, P. & YAO, X., 1995, Proceedings of 1995 IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation. Vol. 1. p. 166-171 6 p.

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    27 Citations (Scopus)

  • A new simulated annealing algorithm

    YAO, X., Jan 1995, In: International Journal of Computer Mathematics. 56, 3-4, p. 161-168 8 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    66 Citations (Scopus)

  • An experimental study of n-person iterated prisoner’s dilemma games

    YAO, X. & DARWEN, P. J., 1995, Progress in Evolutionary Computation : AI '93 and AI '94 Workshops on Evolutionary Computation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 16, 1993, Armidale, NSW, Australia, November 21-22, 1994. Selected Papers. YAO, X. (ed.). Springer, p. 90-108 19 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 956)(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; vol. 956).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    21 Citations (Scopus)

  • A note on neural sorting networks with O(1) time complexity

    YAO, X., Dec 1995, In: Information Processing Letters. 56, 5, p. 253-254 2 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    2 Citations (Scopus)

  • Call routing by simulated annealing

    YAO, X., Oct 1995, In: International Journal of Electronics. 79, 4, p. 379-387 9 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    5 Citations (Scopus)

  • On evolving robust strategies for iterated prisoner’s dilemma

    DARWEN, P. J. & YAO, X., 1995, Progress in Evolutionary Computation : AI '93 and AI '94 Workshops on Evolutionary Computation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 16, 1993, Armidale, NSW, Australia, November 21-22, 1994. Selected Papers. YAO, X. (ed.). Springer, p. 276-292 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 956)(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; vol. 956).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Conference paper (refereed) › Research › peer-review

    60 Citations (Scopus)

  • Preface

    YAO, X., 1995, Progress in Evolutionary Computation : AI '93 and AI '94 Workshops on Evolutionary Computation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 16, 1993, Armidale, NSW, Australia, November 21-22, 1994. Selected Papers. YAO, X. (ed.). Springer, p. V-VI 2 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 956)(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; vol. 956).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Foreword / Postscript

    5 Citations (Scopus)

  • Progress in Evolutionary Computation : AI '93 and AI '94 Workshops on Evolutionary Computation, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, November 16, 1993, Armidale, NSW, Australia, November 21-22, 1994. Selected Papers

    YAO, X. (Editor), 1995, Springer. 328 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 956)(Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; vol. 956)

    Research output: Scholarly Books | Reports | Literary Works › Book (Editor) › Research › peer-review

  • 1994

    The Evolution of Connectionist Networks

    YAO, X., 1994, Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Approach. DARTNALL, T. (ed.). Springer Dordrecht, p. 233-243 11 p. (Studies in Cognitive Systems; vol. 17).

    Research output: Book Chapters | Papers in Conference Proceedings › Book Chapter › Research › peer-review

  • 1993

    An empirical study of genetic operators in genetic algorithms

    YAO, X., Sept 1993, In: Microprocessing and Microprogramming. 38, 1-5, p. 707-714 8 p.

    Research output: Journal Publications › Journal Article (refereed) › peer-review

    79 Citations (Scopus)