Professor Jian-Bo Yang
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Research Activities
Over the last 30
years, Professor Yang has been conducting research in the areas of evidential
reasoning theory, likelihood analysis of data, probabilistic rule based
modelling and optimisation, interpretable machine learning, multiple criteria
decision analysis using both quantitative and qualitative information with
uncertainties, hybrid decision methodologies using techniques from systems
theory, operational research and artificial intelligence, multiple objective
optimisation, linear and nonlinear programming, intelligent decision support
systems, dynamic programming, and dynamic system modelling, simulation and
control of engineering and management systems. The current application areas
cover legal and insurance services, financial technology and services, healthcare,
smart transportation, efficiency and productivity analysis, supply chain
modelling and analysis, design and operation decision making in engineering
systems, quality modelling and assessment of products, organisational
performance measurement and assessment, risk and safety analysis, and
environmental impact analysis.
As principal
investigator or co-principal investigator, he has been awarded over 60 major
research projects by national and international funding bodies with a total
value of over £6m since 2000, including EPSRC, EC, DEFRA,
ESRC, National Natural Science
Foundation of China, Hong Kong
Research Grant Council and industry, and supervised many research fellows,
research associates and PhD/DBA/MPhil research students. He has collaborated
with many organisations in research projects and consultancy. He has published
four books and over 220 journal papers, over 30 book chapter papers and over
210 papers presented at conferences. He has also designed and developed several
large software packages including the Windows-based Intelligent Decision Systems (IDS)
for multiple criteria decision analysis (MCDA) and cost estimation of complex
projects. The free version of the IDS software can be downloaded for research
and study purposes by clicking "IDS Student Version for MCDA and Performance Assessment"
(a 10 MB zipped file with the IDS software setup programme, user manual
and setup instruction). This version can handle up to 50 criteria, appropriate
for research and study purposes, although it is not appropriate to use this
free version of the IDS software for commercial purpose. The commercial version
of the IDS software can handle an unlimited number of criteria and alternatives
and can be purchased by sending email to info@e-ids.co.uk. .
Professional
activities
- Senior
Editor of the Journal of Management Science and Engineering since 2015
- Member of the
Editorial Board of Euro
Journal on Decision Processes since 2012
- Editorial
Board of Frontiers of Engineering Management since 2018
- Editorial
Board of the International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems
since 2006
- Editorial
Board of the International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making since
2009
- Editorial
Board of Journal of Brain Behavior and Cognitive Sciences since 2017
- Associate Editor of IEEE
Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans from 2002 – 2014
- Editorial
Board of the Journal of Modelling in Management from 2006 – 2013
- Advisory
Board of the International Journal of Systems Science from 2003 – 2006
- Editorial
Board of the Asian Quality Journal from 2003 – 2006
- Editorial
Board of the International Journal of Automation and Computing from 2003 –
2008
- Visiting Research
Fellow of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1999-2000,
2002
- Visiting Research
Fellow of the City University of Hong Kong since 2000
- Visiting Professor of
Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China since 2003
- Visiting Professor of
Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China since 2004
- Guest Professor of
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China since 2003
- Guest Professor of
Northeastern University, Shenyang, China since 2003
- Guest Professor of
Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China since 2003
- Visiting Professor of
University of Cape Town, South Africa in April-May 2005
- Visiting Professor of
Helsinki University of Technology, Finland in May-June 2005
- Visiting Professor of
University of Georgia, USA in October 2005
- External examiner for
the School of Mechanical
and Manufacturing Engineering, the University of Birmingham in
2005-2007
- External examiner for Warwick Business School, the University
of Warwick in 2005-2007
- External examiner for
Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management , City
University of Hong Kong in 2016-2019
- External examiner for
the School of Mechanical
and Manufacturing Engineering, the University of Birmingham in
2019-2022
External
collaborations with industry
- Tech Valley
Information Technology Ltd
- Kennedys Law LLP
- Leap Beyond Ltd
- AXA Insurance
- Infosys Ltd
- Orbitil Ltd
- General Motors Company
- Belgian Nuclear
Research Centre
- Manchester Royal
Infirmary
- Bradford and Airedale
Community Health Services
- Freescale
- Tesco
- MG Motor UK Limited
- Siemens Shared
Services Limited
- United Utilities
- Leatherhead Food
International
- United Biscuits
- The Duckworth Group
- Shell Global Solutions
(UK)
- Health & Safety
Executive
- Silcom Limited
- Cambridge Police
Headquarter
- Excellence North West
- London Transport Buses
- London Underground
- Nestlé Rowntree at
York