My main interests are applied mathematics, algorithm development, computational intelligence, engineering optimisation, mathematical modelling, optimisation and swarm intelligence.
Some of my recent publications can be found at
Middlesex University Research Repository or Google scholar
Modules for Master Programmes:
PDE4905 Engineering Simulation
MSO4511 Optimisation Theory
MSO4512 Applied Optimisation
Modules for Undergraduates:
MSO2140 Problem Solving Methods
PDE1430 Formal Methods: Mathematics and Matlab
PDE1140 Practical Applications of Mathematics for Engineers
MSO3220 Differential Equations
MSO2620 Financial Mathematics
Some of my recent publications can be found at
Middlesex University Research Repository or Google scholar
Li, Tengyue and Fong, Simon and Siu, Shirley W. I. and Yang, Xin-She and Liu, Lian-Sheng and Mohammed, Sabah (2020) White learning methodology: a case study of cancer-related disease factors analysis in real-time PACS environment. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine , 197 . pp. 1-18. ISSN 0169-2607
de Rosa, Gustavo H. and Papa, Jou00e3o P. and Yang, Xin-She (2020) A nature-inspired feature selection approach based on hypercomplex information. Applied Soft Computing , 94 . ISSN 1568-4946
Li, Qian and Liu, San-Yang and Yang, Xin-She (2020) Influence of initialization on the performance of metaheuristic optimizers. Applied Soft Computing , 91 . ISSN 1568-4946 (Published online first)
Yang, Xin-She (2020) Nature-inspired optimization algorithms: challenges and open problems. Journal of Computational Science . ISSN 1877-7503 (Published online first)
Nino-Ruiz, Elias D. and Yang, Xin-She (2019) Improved tabu search and simulated annealing methods for nonlinear data assimilation. Applied Soft Computing , 83 . p. 105624. ISSN 1568-4946
Research projects have been supported by National Measurement Office (NMO), BIS, Southwest Development Agency (UK), EuroMet, EPSRC, NPL, National Science Foundation of China and industrial partners such as Petrochina and Shell.
IEEE CIS Task Force Chair of BIKM, also part of the Technical Committee of Computational Finance and Economics of IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Advisor for International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation (IJBIC, Web of Science)
Editorial Board Member of Elsevier's Journal of Computational Science (Web of Science)
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Computer Mathematics (Web of Science)
Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems (Web of Science)
Editiroal Board Memeber of Engineering Science and Technology: An International Journal (Web of Science)
Editor-in-Chief of Int. J. Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Optimisation (Scopus)