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Niching Without Niching Parameters: Particle Swarm Optimization Using a Ring Topology by Li, Xiaodong

“…Niching is an important technique for multimodal optimization. Most existing niching methods require specification of certain niching parameters in order to…”
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Locating and tracking multiple dynamic optima by a particle swarm model using speciation by Parrott, D., Xiaodong Li

“…This paper proposes an improved particle swarm optimizer using the notion of species to determine its neighborhood best values for solving multimodal…”
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EFL Teachers' Apprehension and L2 Students' Classroom Engagement by Li, Xiaodong

“…Teachers' apprehension is an indispensable part of the educational context since it impacts the amount to which students are engaged in class activities…”
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The need for ecological momentary assessment in researching emotional factors in language education by Li, Xiaodong

“…Language learning is an emotional and dynamic process, which is marked by fluctuations in language learners' positive and negative emotional variables (e.g.,…”
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The significance of Q-methodology as an innovative method for the investigation of affective variables in second language acquisition by Li, Xiaodong

“…Q methodology has been used in a variety of fields to employ a scientific approach to dealing with subjectivity; yet, its use has just gained momentum in the…”
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Cooperatively Coevolving Particle Swarms for Large Scale Optimization by Xiaodong Li, Xin Yao

“…This paper presents a new cooperative coevolving particle swarm optimization (CCPSO) algorithm in an attempt to address the issue of scaling up particle swarm…”
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A Theoretical Review on EFL/ESL Teachers' Professional Development: Approaches, Applications, and Impacts by Li, Xiaodong

“…Teachers as the most important elements of education constantly need professional development (PD) courses in order to improve their pedagogy and practice…”
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Incorporating stock prices and news sentiments for stock market prediction: A case of Hong Kong by Li, Xiaodong, Wu, Pangjing, Wang, Wenpeng

“…•Based on both technical indicators and news sentiments, the LSTM models outperform the MKL and the SVM in both prediction accuracy and F1 score.•The LSTM…”
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Progress and Perspective for In Situ Studies of CO2 Reduction by Li, Xiaodong, Wang, Shumin, Li, Li, Sun, Yongfu, Xie, Yi

“…CO2 conversion to chemical fuels through photoreduction, electroreduction, or thermoreduction is considered as one of the most effective methods to solve…”
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Constructing heterojunctions by surface sulfidation for efficient inverted perovskite solar cells by Li, Xiaodong, Zhang, Wenxiao, Guo, Xuemin, Lu, Chunyan, Wei, Jiyao, Fang, Junfeng

“…A stable perovskite heterojunction was constructed for inverted solar cells through surface sulfidation of lead (Pb)-rich perovskite films. The formed…”
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Seeking Multiple Solutions: An Updated Survey on Niching Methods and Their Applications by Xiaodong Li, Epitropakis, Michael G., Deb, Kalyanmoy, Engelbrecht, Andries

“…Multimodal optimization (MMO) aiming to locate multiple optimal (or near-optimal) solutions in a single simulation run has practical relevance to problem…”
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Phase Retrieval via Wirtinger Flow: Theory and Algorithms by Candes, Emmanuel J., Xiaodong Li, Soltanolkotabi, Mahdi

“…We study the problem of recovering the phase from magnitude measurements; specifically, we wish to reconstruct a complex-valued signal x ∈ ℂ n about which we…”
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Structure, biochemistry, and biology of PAK kinases by Kumar, Rakesh, Sanawar, Rahul, Li, Xiaodong, Li, Feng

“…PAKs, p21-activated kinases, play central roles and act as converging junctions for discrete signals elicited on the cell surface and for a number of…”
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Decomposition and reformation pathways of PCDD/Fs during thermal treatment of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash by Chen, Zhiliang, Zhang, Sheng, Lin, Xiaoqing, Li, Xiaodong

“…[Display omitted] •Decomposition and reformation pathways of PCDD/Fs are identified.•PCDD/Fs reformation is boosted as temperature rising but supressed at…”
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Flexible Zn2SnO4/MnO2 Core/Shell Nanocable−Carbon Microfiber Hybrid Composites for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes by Bao, Lihong, Zang, Jianfeng, Li, Xiaodong

“…We demonstrate the design and fabrication of a novel flexible nanoarchitecture by facile coating ultrathin (several nanometers thick) films of MnO2 to highly…”
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Brominated flame retardants and the formation of dioxins and furans in fires and combustion by Zhang, Mengmei, Buekens, Alfons, Li, Xiaodong

“…•BFRs (PBDEs, HBCD and TBBP-A) are the main sources of PBDD/Fs in combustion process.•Precursor formation is the most relevant pathway for PBDD/Fs…”
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A Review of Population-Based Metaheuristics for Large-Scale Black-Box Global Optimization-Part I by Omidvar, Mohammad Nabi, Li, Xiaodong, Yao, Xin

“…Scalability of optimization algorithms is a major challenge in coping with the ever-growing size of optimization problems in a wide range of application areas…”
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CONVEXIFIED MODULARITY MAXIMIZATION FOR DEGREE-CORRECTED STOCHASTIC BLOCK MODELS by Chen, Yudong, Li, Xiaodong, Xu, Jiaming

“…The stochastic block model (SBM), a popular framework for studying community detection in networks, is limited by the assumption that all nodes in the same…”
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A Survey of Weight Vector Adjustment Methods for Decomposition-Based Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms by Ma, Xiaoliang, Yu, Yanan, Li, Xiaodong, Qi, Yutao, Zhu, Zexuan

“…Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms based on decomposition (MOEA/D) have attracted tremendous attention and achieved great success in the fields of…”
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A Review of Population-Based Metaheuristics for Large-Scale Black-Box Global Optimization-Part II by Omidvar, Mohammad Nabi, Li, Xiaodong, Yao, Xin

“…This article is the second part of a two-part survey series on large-scale global optimization. The first part covered two major algorithmic approaches to…”
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