| 2026 | PPSN | Matrix-Based Ant Colony Optimization with Matrix-Based 2-Opt for Traveling Salesman Problem. | Chen-Ke Qiu, Gong-Wei Song, Qiang Yang, Dan-Ting Duan, Pei-Lan Xu, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2024 | SMC | Non-Linearly Weighted Pheromone Updating for Ant Colony Optimization. | Ying-Han Qiu, Qiang Yang, Jian-Yu Li, Ya-Hui Jia, Zi-Jia Wang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2024 | SMC | Individual-Level Dominant Exemplar Selection for Particle Swarm Optimization. | Hu-Long Wang, Dan-Ting Duan, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Peilan Xu, Xin Lin, Zhen-Yu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2024 | WISE | A Benchmark Test Suite for Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem with Pivot Cities. | Zi-Yang Bo, Dan-Ting Duan, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Peilan Xu, Xin Lin, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2023 | GECCO | Variation Encoded Large-Scale Swarm Optimizers for Path Planning of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. | Tan-Lin Xiao, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Yuan-Yuan Ma, Zhenyu Lu, Sang-Woon Jeon, Jun Zhang |
| 2023 | SMC | Comparative Study on Different Types of Surrogate-Assisted Evolutionary Algorithms for High-Dimensional Expensive Problems. | Zhuo-Yin Qiao, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Peilan Xu, Zhen-Yu Lu |
| 2022 | GECCO | Ant colony optimization with shortest distance biased dispatch for visiting constrained multiple traveling salesmen problem. | Cong Bao, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2022 | GECCO | A layered learning estimation of distribution algorithm. | Yong Li, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |
| 2022 | SMC | Genetic Algorithm with Adapted Crossover Operators for Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem with Visiting Constraints. | Cong Bao, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu |
| 2022 | SMC | Investigation of Adaptive Parameter Strategies for Differential Evolution. | Jia-Wei Ji, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu |
| 2022 | SMC | A Ranking Weight Based Roulette Wheel Selection Method for Comprehensive Learning Particle Swarm optimization. | Yuan-Peng Zhu, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Zhenyu Lu |
| 2021 | SMC | An Adaptive Level-Based Learning Swarm Optimizer for Large-Scale Optimization. | Gong-Wei Song, Qiang Yang, Xu-Dong Gao, Yuan-Yuan Ma, Zhenyu Lu, Jun Zhang |