Li, Kai

Basic Information

Personal Introduction

Dr. LI Kai, a native of Mengcheng, Anhui Province, docotr in management, is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Management, Hefei University of Technology. 

In terms of scientific research, he is mainly engaged in the research of operation management, and optimization and decision-making in the new generation information technology environment. He has conducted collaborative research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, and the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a key member of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Innovative Research Group. He has chaired four NSFC projects, one of which was awarded "Excellent" in the post-evaluation of NSFC. He has chaired one project of Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Outstanding Youth. He has participated as a key member in many large-scale research projects such as NSFC Major Program and National 863 Key Program.

Currently, he has published 100 papers on enterprise operation management, and related optimization theories and methods, in academic journals at home and abroad, such as European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Omega, Theory and Practice of Systems Engineering, Journal of Systems Engineering, etc., more than 50 of which have been indexed by SCI. He has also published two monographs, one of which has been funded by the National Publication Fund. He has received two second prizes for Excellent Achievement Award in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions, obtained seven national invention patents, and participated in the formulation of six national standards and sixteen group standards. 

In terms of talent cultivation, he has conducted in-depth research and exploration on theories and methods of teaching mode, teaching content, teaching methods and teaching organization and management, targeting at the cultivation of high-quality management talents. He has presided over various teaching quality projects including Anhui Pronvincial MOOC Demonstration Project, Anhui Provincial Teaching Research Key Project, Anhui Provincial New Liberal Arts Research and Reform Practice Project, etc.  He has been awarded one special prize of Anhui Provincial Teaching Achievement Award. 

In terms of academic positions, he is the executive director of the Sorting Committee of the Chinese Society of Operations Research, the executive member of the Sustainable Operation and Management System Branch of the Chinese Society of Systems Engineering, the executive director of the Complex Equipment Development and Management Branch of the Chinese Society of Optimal Methodology and Economic Mathematics, the academic committee member of the Intelligent Manufacturing System Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society of Systems Engineering, and the academic committee member of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-making.

Work Experience

Prof., School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Dec 2015 to present
Associate Prof., School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Dec 2010 - Dec 2015
Lecturer, School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Dec 2006 -  Dec 2010
Assistant Prof., School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, May 2005 - Dec 2006

Education Background

Doctor in Management Science and Engineering, Hefei University of Technology    Sept 2005 - Nov 2009
Master in Computer Software and Theory, Hefei University of Technology    Sept 2002 - May 2005
Bachelor in Computer Science Education, Anhui Normal University    Sept 1995 - Jun 1999

Awards Received

He has published two monographs, one of which has been funded by the National Publication Fund. He has received two second prizes for Excellent Achievement Award in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions, obtained seven national invention patents, and participated in the formulation of six national standards and sixteen group standards.
He has presided over 4 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), one of which was awarded "Excellent" in the post-evaluation of NSFC. He has presided over various teaching quality projects such as Anhui Pronvincial MOOC Demonstration Project, Anhui Provincial Teaching Research Key Project, Anhui Provincial New Liberal Arts Research and Reform Practice Project.  He has been awarded one special prize of Anhui Provincial Teaching Achievement Award.

Intellectual Contribution

Journal Articles

1.COMPETITION AND COOPERATION STRATEGIESIN THE SUPPLY CHAINS WITH REMANUFACTURING AND REFURBISHING,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2023-12-31

2.PRODUCTION AND REMANUFACTURING DECISIONS IN A NON-COMPETITIVE REMANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2023-11-30

3.Minimizing total completion time on non-identical parallel batch machines with arbitrary release times using ant colony optimization,EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH,2023-09-16

4.Evolutionary game analysis on incremental component suppliers and auto manufacturers' intelligent connected vehicle production decisions,MANAGERIAL AND DECISION ECONOMICS,2023-07-31

5.The effect of intelligent manufacturing on remanufacturing decisions,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2023-04-30

6.Production decision considering remanufacturing cost difference and information asymmetry,Journal of Hefei University of Technology(Natural Science),2023-04-28

7.Remanufacturing production decisions considering product life cycle and green consumers' scale in the circular economy,INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS,2023-04-04

8.Approximation algorithms for bi-objective parallel-machine scheduling in green manufacturing,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2023-02-28

9.Location-Aware Web Service QoS Prediction via Deep Collaborative Filtering,IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SYSTEMS,2022-11-04

10.Parallel batch processing machines scheduling in cloud manufacturing for minimizing total service completion time,COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH,2022-10-31

11.A bi-objective evolutionary algorithm for minimizing maximum lateness and total pollution cost on non-identical parallel batch processing machines,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2022-10-31

12.A bi-objective evolutionary algorithm scheduled on uniform parallel batch processing machines,EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS,2022-10-15

13.PRICING NEW AND REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS BASED ON CUSTOMER PURCHASING BEHAVIOR,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2022-05-01

14.Remanufacturing with material restrictions in monopoly and duopoly,EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2022-04-20

15.An ant colony-based algorithm for integrated scheduling on batch machines with non-identical capacities,APPLIED INTELLIGENCE,2022-01-01

16.Quality investment in a decentralized assembly system with backward shareholding,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS,2021-12-01

17.TWO-SIDED VERTICAL COMPETITION CONSIDERING PRODUCT QUALITY IN A MANUFACTURING-REMANUFACTURING SYSTEM,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2021-11-01

18.Scheduling parallel-batching processing machines problem with learning and deterioration effect in fuzzy environment,JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS,2021-06-21

19.THE COMPARISON BETWEEN SELLING AND LEASING FOR NEW AND REMANUFACTURED PRODUCTS WITH QUALITY LEVEL IN THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE INDUSTRY,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2021-05-01

20.A multi-objective co-evolutionary algorithm of scheduling on parallel non-identical batch machines,EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS,2021-04-01

21.Pricing strategies for sharing manufacturing model based on cloud platform,Control and Decision,2021-03-03,37(4):1056-1066

22.An integrated system with multiple product lifecycles for remanufacturing (IS-MPLR): new opportunities and challenges,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING,2021-01-02

23.A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on adaptive clustering for energy-aware batch scheduling problem,FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ESCIENCE,2020-12-01

24.Parallel machine scheduling with position-based deterioration and learning effects in an uncertain manufacturing system,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2020-11-01

25.Acquisition and pricing strategies in hybrid manufacturing-remanufacturing systems,JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS,2020-10-01

26.Internet-based intelligent and sustainable manufacturing: developments and challenges,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY,2020-05-01

27.THE SETTING AND OPTIMIZATION OF QUICK QUEUE WITH CUSTOMER LOSS,JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND MANAGEMENT OPTIMIZATION,2020-05-01

28.Ant colony optimization algorithm for total weighted completion time minimization on non-identical batch machines,COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH,2020-05-01

29.Integrated scheduling on parallel batch processing machines with non-identical capacities,ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION,2020-04-02

30.Investing in suppliers with capacity constraints in a decentralized assembly system,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2020-04-01

31.Work-break scheduling with real-time fatigue effect and recovery,INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH,2020-02-01

32.Weak-restriction bi-objective optimization algorithm for scheduling with rejection on non-identical batch processing machines,APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING,2020-01-01

33.Uniform Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Machine Cost to Minimize the Maximal Lateness,Operations Research and Management Science,2019-12-25,28(12):178-184

34.Uniform parallel machine scheduling with fuzzy processing times under resource consumption constraint,APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING,2019-09-01

35.Integrated optimization of material supplying, manufacturing, and product distribution: Models and fast algorithms,EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH,2019-08-16

36.Optimization of batch operations with a truncated batch-position-based learning effect,OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE,2019-06-01

37.Minimizing total tardiness on two uniform parallel machines considering a cost constraint,EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS,2019-06-01

38.Integrated production and transportation on parallel batch machines to minimize total weighted delivery time (vol 102, pg 39, 2018),COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH,2019-05-01

39.Integrated production and transportation on parallel batch machines to minimize total weighted delivery time,COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH,2019-02-01

40.Ant colony optimization algorithm for scheduling jobs with fuzzy processing time on parallel batch machines with different capacities,APPLIED SOFT COMPUTING,2019-02-01

41.Parallel Machine Scheduling Problem with Machine Cost to Minimize the Maximal Lateness,System Engineering Theory and Practice ,2019-01-25,39(1):165-173

42.Scheduling uniform manufacturing resources via the Internet: A review,JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS,2019-01-01

43.A meta-heuristic for minimizing total weighted flow time on parallel batch machines,COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING,2018-11-01

44.Integrated scheduling of production and distribution for manufacturers with parallel batching facilities,OPTIMIZATION LETTERS,2018-10-01

45.The Setting and Optimization of Quick Queue,JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION THEORY AND APPLICATIONS,2018-09-01

46.A multi-agent system for sharing distributed manufacturing resources,EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS,2018-06-01

47.Uniform parallel machine scheduling problems with fixed machine cost,OPTIMIZATION LETTERS,2018-01-01

48.Single-machine serial-batching scheduling with a machine availability constraint, position-dependent processing time, and time-dependent set-up time,OPTIMIZATION LETTERS,2017-10-01

Project

1.Research on the theory and methods of optimizing intelligent connected product systems considering users' participation,2023-01-01,2026-12-31

2.Theory and Method of Management Optimization for Advanced Manufacturing Systems in the Industrial Internet Environment,2022-01-01,2024-12-31

3.Research and Practice of New Liberal Arts in Business Administration under the Background of the New Round of Technological Revolution,2020-01-01,2021-12-31

4.Research and Practice on the Quality Management Method of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education for College Students Based on PDCA,2019-12-01,2021-12-01

5.Research on Optimization Theory and Method of Multi-product Lifecycle Integrated System for Remanufacturing,2019-01-01,2022-12-31

6.Operation Management,2018-12-01,2020-12-01

Patents

1.A batch scheduling method based on roulette and genetic algorithms,2022-10-12

2.Production scheduling method for assembly workshop of oil special pipe based on improved genetic algorithm,The invention,2021-04-06

3.Job scheduling method and device based on improved simulated annealing algorithm,The invention,2020-11-24

4.Method, system and storage media for assigning boarding gates to flights,The invention,2020-09-08

5.Production scheduling method and device based on particle swarm algorithm,The invention,2020-07-07

6.Intelligent loading method for wedge lattice under multi-dimensional constraints,The invention,2020-01-03

Awards

1.National First-class Course,National level,2023-05-29

2.Teaching Achievement Award,Provincial level,2020-01-11

3.Teaching Achievement Award,Provincial level,2020-01-10

4.Teaching Achievement Award,Provincial level,2020-01-06

Courses Taught

Enterprise Management--MBA

Frontier of Management Science and Engineering--Master Teaching

Operations Management--Undergraduate Teaching