1. Data analytics and data-driven complex systems modeling

? Xianghua Li, Jurgen Kurths, Chao Gao, et al., A hybrid algorithm for estimating origin-destination flows, IEEE Access, 2018, 6(1): 677-687 (IF=3.244)

? Chao Gao, Jiming Liu, Network-based modeling for characterizing human collective behaviors during extreme events, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017,46(1):171-183 (IF=2.350)

? Yuxin Liu, Chao Gao, Zili Zhang, et al., A new multi-agent system to simulate the foraging behaviors of physarum, Natural Computing, 2017,16(1):15-29(IF=0.757, CCF-C)

? Xianghua Li, Zhen Wang, Chao Gao, Lei Shi, Reasoning human  emotional response from large-scale social and public media. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2017, 310: 128-193  (IF=1.786)

? Chao Gao, Jiming Liu, Uncovering spatiotemporal characteristics of human online behaviors during extreme events, PLoS ONE, 2015, 10(10): e0138673 (14 pages, IF=3.234)

2. Nature-inspired computing

? Chao Gao, Daniel Schenz, Xuelong Li, et al., Does being multi-headed make you better at solving problems? A survey of Physarum-based models and computations, Physics of Life Reviews, 2018,doi: 10.1016/j.plrev.2018.05.002 (IF=13.840)

? Yuxin Liu, Chao Gao, Zili Zhang, et al., Solving NP-hard problems with physarum-based ant colony system, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017,14(1):108-120(IF=1.438, CCF-C)

? Chao Gao, Shi Chen, Xianghua Li, et al., A physarum-inspired optimization algorithm for load-shedding problem, Applied Soft Computing, 2017, 61: 239-255 (IF=3.541)

? Mingxin Liang, Chao Gao, Zili Zhang. A new genetic algorithm based on modified Physarum network model for bandwidth-delay constrained least-cost multicast routing, Natural Computing, 2017,16(1):85-98(IF=0.757, CCF-C)

3. Complex network analytics

? Chao Gao, Mingxin Liang, Xianghua Li, et al., Network community detection based on the Physarum-inspired computational framework. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2017, doi: 10.1109/TCBB.2016.2638824 (IF=1.438, CCF-C) 

? Zhen Su, Fanzhen Liu, Chao Gao, et al., Inferring infection rate based on observations in complex networks, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 2018, 107: 170-176 (IF=1.455)

? Chao Gao, Lu Zhong, Xianghua Li, et al., Combination methods for identifying influential nodes in networks. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 2015, 26(6): 1550067 (20 pages, IF=1.260)

? Chao Gao, Jiming Liu, Ning Zhong, Network immunization with distributed autonomy-oriented entities. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2011, 22(7):1222-1229 (IF=2.170, CCF-A)