(updated in Dec. 2011)
 
Refereed journals
  Zhao, K., Yen, J., Ngamassi, L., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Simulating Inter-organizational Collaboration Network: a Multi-relational and Event-based Approach," Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International (Accepted for publication).[PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Kumar, A., and Yen, J. "Achieving high robustness in supply distribution networks by rewiring," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (58:2) 2011, pp 347-362. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Kumar, A., Harrison, T.P., and Yen, J. "Analyzing the Resilience of Complex Supply Network Topologies against Random and Targeted Disruptions," IEEE Systems Journal (5:1) 2011, pp 28-39. [PDF]
   
  Ngamassi, L., Zhao, K., Maldonado, E., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Humanitarian Information Exchange Network: Why Do International Humanitarian Organizations Collaborate?" International Journal of Society Systems Science (IJSSS) (3:4) 2011, pp 362-384. [PDF]
   
  Ngamassi, L.-M., Maldonado, E., Zhao, K., Robinson, H., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Exploring Barriers to Coordination between Humanitarian NGOs: A Comparative Case Study of two NGO's Information Technology Coordination Bodies," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (2:2) 2011, pp 1-25.[PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Yen, J., Ngamassi, L.-M., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A.H. "Modeling Emerging Coalitions in the context of Inter-organizational Networks: A Case Study of Humanitarian Coordination," International Journal of Intelligent Control and Systems Research (14:1) 2009, pp 97-103. [PDF]
   
  Xie, Y., Batty, M., and Zhao, K. "Simulating Emergent Urban Form Using Agent-Based Modeling: Desakota in the Suzhou-Wuxian Region in China," Annals of the Association of American Geographers (97:3) 2007, pp 477-495. [PDF]
 
Full papers in refereed conferences and workshops
  Zhao, K., Qiu, B., Caragea, C., Wu, D., Mitra, P., Yen, J., Greer, G.E., and Portier, K. "Identifying Leaders in an Online Cancer Survivor Community," accepted by the 21st Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'11), Shanghai, China, 2011, pp. 115-120. [PDF]
   
  Qiu, B., Zhao, K., Mitra, P., Wu, D., Caragea, C., Yen, J., Greer, G.E., and Portier, K. "Get Online Support, Feel Better--Sentiment Analysis and Dynamics in an Online Cancer Survivor Community," Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom'11), Boston, MA, 2011, pp. 274-281. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Kumar, A., Spaziani, M., and Yen, J. "Who Blogs What: Understanding Behavior, Impact and Types of Bloggers," Proceedings of the 20th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'10), St. Louis, Missouri, 2010, pp. 176-181. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Yen, J., Ngamassi, L.-M., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "From Communication to Collaboration: Simulating the Emergence of Inter-organizational Collaboration Network," Symposium on Social Intelligence and Networking (SIN-10), in the Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom'10), IEEE Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2010, pp. 413-418. [PDF]
   
  Bajpai, K., Tchouakeu, L.-M.N., Maitland, C., Zhao, K., and Tapia, A.H. "Crossing Borders, Organizations, Levels and Technologies: IS Collaboration in Humanitarian Relief," AMCIS 2010 Proceedings, Peru, 2010, Paper 115. [PDF]
   
  Ngamassi, L.-M., Zhao, K., Maldonado, E., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Exploring Motives for Collaboration within a Humanitarian Inter-organizational Network," Proceedings of the 5th Annual iConference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010, pp. 224-232. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Kumar, A., and Yen, J. "Effect of topology on robustness of a supply network-metrics and results," Proceedings of the 19th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'09), Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 2009, pp. 97-102. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Yen, J., Maitland, C., Tapia, A., and Tchouakeu, L.-M.N. "A Formal Model for Emerging Coalitions under Network Influence in Humanitarian Relief Coordination," Proceedings of the Spring Simulation Multi-conference, Society for Computer Simulation, San Diego, CA, 2009, p. Article No.10. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Maitland, C., Tchouakeu, L.-M.N., Orendovici, R., Tapia, A., and Yen, J. "Emergence of Collaborative Projects and Coalitions: a Framework for Coordination in Humanitarian Relief," The Second World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS'08), George Mason University, VA., 2008.[PDF]
   
  Xie, Y., Zhao, K., and Wagner, T. "EnDURE: Environmental Disaster Urban Recovery and Evaluation Model," Annual Conference of the North American Association for Computational Social and Organizational Sciences (NAACSOS'06), Notre Dame, IN, 2006. [PDF]
 
Short papers and posters in refereed conferences
  Zhao, K., Ngamassi, L.-M., Yen, J., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Assortativity Patterns in Multi-dimensional Inter-organizational Networks: A Case Study of the Humanitarian Relief Sector," Advances in Social Computing-Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling & Prediction (SBP10) Springer, Bethesda, MD, 2010, pp. 265-272. [PDF]
   
  Zhao, K., Ngamassi, L.-M., Yen, J., Maitland, C., and Tapia, A. "Exploring Assortative Patterns in Multi-dimensional Inter-organizational Networks: A Case Study of the Humanitarian Relief Sector," 2009 North American Association for Computational Social and Organization Sciences Annual Conference (NAACSOS'09), Tempe, Arizona, USA, 2009.
   
  Zhao, K., and Evett, M.P. "CyberLab: An Online Virtual Laboratory Toolkit for Non-Programmers," Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT '08), Santander, Spain, 2008, pp. 316-318. [PDF]
   
  Xie, Y., Batty, M., and Zhao, K. "Simulating an Emergent Urban Form of Desakota in China," in: The Ninth International Conference on Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management, London, UK, 2005.
   
Presentations
  Zhao, K., Kumar, A., and Yen, J. "Robustness of Heterogeneous Supply Networks--New Metrics and Model," in: 2010 American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, OR, 2010.
   
  Zhao, K. "Robustness of Heterogeneous Supply Networks against Random and Targeted Disruptions," in: Complex Systems Advanced Academic Workshop (CSAAW) First Annual Complexity Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2009.