Yan Zhang
Ph.D.


Department of Computer Science
University of Regina
Email: zhang83y at cs.uregina.ca
Tel: +1-(306)-585 4229

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Publications

(By publication years: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009)

(By types: Journal, Conference, Book chapter)

(By topics: Granular Computing, Rough Sets, Three-way Decision, Clouding Computing, Data Mining, Railway Freight Grid)

2018

  1. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Game Theoretic Approach to Shadowed Sets: A Three-way Tradeoff Perspective. Information Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2018.07.058.

  2. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Determining Strategies in Game-theoretic Shadowed Sets. In proceeding of the International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU 2018), pp 736-747, Springer, 2018.

2017

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. T. Yao, Y. Zhang, Granular Computing with Compatibility Based Intuitionistic Fuzzy Rough Sets, IEEE ICMLA 2017, pp378-383, 2017.

  2. J.T. Yao, O.A. Oladimeji, Y. Zhang, Fractal Analysis Approaches to Granular Computing, In: Polkowski L. et al. (Eds.): IJCRS 2017, LNCS 10313, pp.215-222, 2017.

  3. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Multi-criteria Based Three-way Classifications with Game-theoretic Rough Sets, In: Kryszkiewicz M. et al. (Eds.): The 23rd International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2017), LNCS 10352, pp.550-559, 2017.

  4. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Gini Objective Functions for Three-way Classifications, International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 81, pp. 103-114, 2017.

  5. N. Azam, Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Evaluation Functions and Decision Conditions of Three-way decisions with Game-theoretic Rough Sets, European Journal of Operational Research, 261(2), pp.704-714, 2017.

2016

  1. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Towards Coordination Game Formulation in Game-theoretic Rough Sets, In: Flores V. et al. (eds) Rough Sets. IJCRS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 9920. Springer, Cham.

2015

  1. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Determining Three-Way Decision Regions by Combining Gini Objective Functions and GTRS, Proceeding of 2015 International Joint Conference on Rough Sets (IJCRS 2015), Tianjin, China, November 20-23, 2015, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9437, pp414-425. Presentation PDF.

  2. Y. Zhang, J. T. Yao, Gini Objective Functions for Determining Three-way Decision Regions (in Chinese), Three-way Decisions: Methods and Practices for Complex Problem Solving, H. Yu & G. Y. Wang (eds.), Science Press, pp199-219, 2015.

  3. J. T. Yao, D. Ciucci, Y. Zhang, Generalized Rough Sets, The Springer Handbook of Computational Intelligence, Kacprzyk, Pedrycz (Eds.), Springer, pp413-424, 2015.

2014

  1. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Determining Three-way Decision Regions with Gini Coefficients, Proceeding of International Conference on Rough Sets and Current Trends in Computing (RSCTC 2014), Granada & Madrid, Spain, July 9-13, 2014, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 8536, pp160-171. Presentation PDF.

2013

  1. J.T. Yao, Y. Zhang, A Scientometrics Study of Rough Sets in Three Decades, Proceeding of International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology (RSKT 2013), Halifax, Canada, Oct 11-14, 2013, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 8171, pp28-40. Presentation PDF.

  2. Y. Zhang, Optimizing Gini Coefficient of Probabilistic Rough Set Regions using Game-Theoretic Rough Sets, Proceeding of 26th Annual IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE'13), Regina, Canada, May 5-8, 2013, pp699-702. Presentation PDF.

2012

  1. Y. Zhang, J.T. Yao, Rule Measures Tradeoff Using Game-theoretic Rough Sets, Proceeding of the International Conference on Brian Informatics (BI'12), Macau, China, Dec 4-7, 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7670, pp348-359. Presentation PDF.

  2. J.T. Yao, Y. Zhang, Game-Theoretic Rough Sets for Three-way Decision (in Chinese), in X.Y. Jia, L. Shang, X.Z. Zhou, J.Y. Liang, D.Q. Miao, G.Y. Wang, T.R. Li, Y.P. Zhang (Eds.), Theory of Three-way Decisions and Applicatiion, Nanjing University Press, Nanjing, China, pp103-115, 2012.

  3. H.H. Li, Y. Zhang, F. Liu, G. Dai, The Design and Implementation of Railway Freight Applications on China's Railway Freight Data Grid Platform, International Journal of Digital Content Technology and its Applications, 6(18), pp1-9, 2012.

2011

  1. Y. Zhang, L.M. Meng, F. Liu, H.H. Li, P. Brezany, Decomposition of Association Rules Mining Process and Analysis of the Intermediate Results, Journal of Computational Information Systems, 7(10), pp3606-3613, 2011.

  2. Y. Zhang, L.M. Meng, F. Liu, H.H. Li, P. Brezany, Towards the Optimization of Data Mining Execution Process in Distributed Environments, Journal of Computational Information Systems, 7(8), pp2931-2939, 2011.

  3. Y. Zhang, L.M. Meng, H.H. Li, A. Woehrer, P. Brezany, WS-DAI-DM: An Interface Specification for Data Mining in Grid Environments, Journal of Software, 6(6), pp953-960, 2011.

  4. P. Brezany, Y. Zhang, I. Janciak, P. Chen, S. Ye, An Elastic OLAP Cloud Platform, Proceeding of International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC'11), Sydney, Australia, Dec 12-14, 2011, pp356-363. THE BEST CONFERENCE PAPER AWARD.

  5. Y. Zhang, H.H. Li, G. Dai, The Design and Implementation of OGSA-DAI-DM, Proceeding of the International Workshop on Computer Science for Environmental Engineering and EcoInformatics (CSEEE'11), Kunming, China, July 29-31, 2011, Communications in Computer and Information Science 158, pp173-179.

  6. Z.M. Xing, F. Li, H.H. Li, G. Dai, Y. Zhang, The Design and Implementation of Railway Freight Data Grid Platform (in Chinese), Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Nature Science Edition), 39(S1), pp188-192, 2011.

2010

  1. Y. Zhang, H.H. Li, A. Woehrer, P. Brezany, G. Dai, Decomposing Data Mining by a Process-oriented Execution Plan, Proceeding of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence (AICI 2010), Sanya, China, October 23-24, 2010, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6319, pp97-106.

  2. Z.M. Xing, H.H. Li, G. Dai, Y. Zhang, Research on the Grid-based Railway Cargo Information System (in Chinese), Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (Nature Science Edition), 38(S1), pp115-119, 2010.

2009

  1. Y. Zhang, A. Woehrer, P. Brezany, H.H. Li, G. Dai, Towards China's Railway Freight Transportation Information Grid, Proceedings of the International Convention on Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics (MIPRO 2009), Opatija, Croatia, May 25-29, 2009. Presentation PDF.

  2. A. Woehrer, Y. Zhang, E. Dar, P. Brezany, Unboxing Data Mining via Decomposition in Operators - Towards Macro Optimization and Distribution, Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval (KDIR 2009), Madeira, Portugal, Oct 6-8, 2009, pp243-248.