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Dr. Hsuan-Wei "Wayne" Lee is a dedicated researcher with a passion for addressing interdisciplinary health and social science challenges through the application of mathematical modeling and statistical principles. His research focuses on social networks, mathematical epidemiology, computational social sciences, and evolutionary game theory, with a particular interest in public health issues. He often uses computer simulations and advanced knowledge in graph theory, differential equations, combinatorics, statistical physics, stochastic processes, applied statistics, and machine learning techniques to investigate a variety of complex systems, especially social networks, their characteristics, formation, evolution, and the prediction of system behaviors. Much of his collaborative research addresses the dynamics of structured and random graphs and the impact of these dynamics on public health outcomes. His recent work includes studying the spread of infectious diseases, understanding public perceptions of health interventions, and evaluating the effectiveness of public health policies. Additionally, he employs principles of evolutionary game theory to understand and predict behavioral strategies in public health contexts, such as vaccination uptake and cooperation in health initiatives. Through his interdisciplinary approach, he aims to contribute to the development of innovative solutions that improve health outcomes and inform public health strategies.
Journal Articles
Journal Articles
[29] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Context-Sensitive Norm Enforcement Reduces Sanctioning Costs in Spatial Public Goods Games," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 508, 129626 (2026).
[28] Ruey-An Shiu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "Shaping Network Structures in Evolutionary Games for Stronger Cooperation," Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, accepted (2025).
[27] Hsuan-Wei Lee and Yi-Ning Weng, "Granular Q-Learning Adaptation Boosts Collective Welfare in Multi-Agent Prisoner’s Dilemma," Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 199, 116642 (2025).
[26] Zehua Si, Takayuki Ito, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "Evolution of Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Games with Migration and Interactive Diversity," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 506, 129544 (2025).
[25] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Yen-Ping Chang, and Yen-Sheng Chiang, "A Theoretical Analysis of How Multiple Leadership and Flattened Status Structures Affect Cooperation in Task Groups," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation 28 (3), p. 4 (2025).
[24] Chih-Han Leng, Böckenholt Ulf, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Grace Yao, "An Item Response Model for Rating Relational Data," Psychometrika, Published online 2025:1-30. doi:10.1017/psy.2025.10016 (2025).
[23] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Szu-Ping Chen, and Feng Shi, "Enhancing Cooperation in Dynamic Networks through Reinforcement-Learning-Based Rewiring Strategies," New Journal of Physics, 27 013025 (2025).
[22] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Pei-Chin Lu, Hsiang-Chuan Sha, and Hsini Huang, "Triadic Balance and Network Evolution: Predictive Modeling with Signed Networks," Scientific Reports, 15:2544 (2025).
[21] Dennis E. McChargue, Bilal Khan, Jessica Phelps, Patrick Duryea, Kimberly A. Tyler, Arthur Andrews, Ellie Reznicek, Lucy Napper, Mohamed Saad, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "The Feasibility of Utilizing the Open Dynamic Interaction Network (ODIN) App to Assess rEMA Data Across 30 Days among Those Recovering from Alcohol Use Disorders," Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, Volume 14, 100305 (2025).
[20] Hsiu-Chi Lu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "Agents of Discord: Modeling the Impact of Political Bots on Opinion Polarization in Social Networks," Social Science Computer Review, 43(4), 750-772 (2025).
[19] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Suppressing Defection by Increasing Temptation: the Impact of Smart Cooperators on a Social Dilemma Situation," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 479, 128864 (2024).
[18] Yao-Tai Li, Man-Lin Chen, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "Science Communication during the Pandemic: Examining Health Professionals' COVID-19 Related Tweets," Social Science and Medicine, Volume 347, 116748 (2024).
[17] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Supporting Punishment via Taxation in a Structured Population," Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 178, 114385 (2024).
[16] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Restoring Spatial Cooperation with Myopic Agents in a Three-Strategy Social Dilemma," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 458, 128226 (2023).
[15] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Group-size Dependent Synergy in Heterogeneous Populations," Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 167, 113055 (2023).
[14] Cheng-Han Leng, Chi-Shiun Tsai, Ta-Chien Chan, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, "Quality of Life in Multiple Scenarios: The Impact of Work Mode and Social Contact Quantity," Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1018415 (2023).
[13] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "When Costly Migration Helps to Improve Cooperation," Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(9), 093103 (2022).
[12] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Cheng-Han Leng, and Ta-Chien Chan, "Determinants of Personal Vaccination Hesitancy before and after the Mid-2021 COVID-19 Outbreak in Taiwan," PLOS ONE 17.7: e0270349 (2022).
[11] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, "Mercenary Punishment in Structured Populations," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 417, 126797 (2022).
[10] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Ming-Yi Chang, Wan-Yu Chou, Jing-Shiang Hwang, and Yang-Chih Fu, "From Indirect to Direct Contacts on Facebook: A Big-data Approach to the Making of Triadic Network Closure," Canadian Review of Sociology, 59(2), 207–227 (2022).
[9] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, “Small Fraction of Selective Cooperators Can Elevate General Wellbeing Significantly,” Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 582, 126222 (2021).
[8] Yang-Chih Fu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, “Daily Contacts Under Quarantine amid Limited Spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan,” International Journal of Sociology, Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 434–444 (2020).
[7] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Nishant Malik, Feng Shi, and Peter J. Mucha, "Social Clustering in Epidemic Spread on Coevolving Networks," Physical Review E, 99, 062301 (2019).
[6] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Miranda Melson, Jerreed Ivanich, Patrick Habecker, G. Robin Gauthier, Lisa Wexler, Bilal Khan, and Kirk Dombrowski, "Mapping the Structure of Perceptions in Helping Networks of Alaska Natives," PLOS ONE 13.11: e0204343 (2018).
[5] Bilal Khan, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Courtney R. Thrash, and Kirk Dombrowski, "Agency and Social Constraint among Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Method for Measuring Free Will," Social Science Research, Volume 76, Pages 144–156 (2018).
[4] Bilal Khan, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Ian Fellows, and Kirk Dombrowski, "One-step Estimation of Networked Population Size: Respondent-Driven Capture-Recapture with Anonymity," PLOS ONE 13.4: e0195959 (2018).
[3] Jake Bowers, Bruce A. Desmarais, Mark Frederickson, Nahomi Ichino, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Simi Wang, "Models, Methods, and Network Topology: Experimental Design for the Study of Interference," Social Networks, Volume 54, Pages 196–208 (2018).
[2] Hsuan-Wei Lee, Nishant Malik, and Peter J. Mucha, "Evolutionary Prisoner's Dilemma Games Coevolving on Adaptive Networks," Journal of Complex Networks, Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 1–23 (2018).
[1] Nishant Malik, Feng Shi, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Peter J. Mucha, "Transitivity Reinforcement in the Coevolving Voter Model," Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science 26.12: 123112 (2016).
Context-Sensitive Norm Enforcement Reduces Sanctioning Costs in Spatial Public Goods Games, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 508, 129626 (2026).
Shaping Network Structures in Evolutionary Games for Stronger Cooperation, Ruey-An Shiu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, accepted (2025).
Granular Q-Learning Adaptation Boosts Collective Welfare in Multi-Agent Prisoner’s Dilemma, Hsuan-Wei Lee and Yi-Ning Weng, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 199, 116642 (2025).
Evolution of Cooperation in Spatial Public Goods Games with Migration and Interactive Diversity, Zehua Si, Takayuki Ito, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 506, 129544 (2025).
A Theoretical Analysis of How Multiple Leadership and Flattened Status Structures Affect Cooperation in Task Groups, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Yen-Ping Chang, and Yen-Sheng Chiang, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 28 (3), p. 4 (2025).
An Item Response Model for Rating Relational Data, Chih-Han Leng, Böckenholt Ulf, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Grace Yao, Psychometrika, Published online 2025:1-30. doi:10.1017/psy.2025.10016 (2025).
Enhancing Cooperation in Dynamic Networks through Reinforcement-Learning-Based Rewiring Strategies, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Szu-Ping Chen, and Feng Shi, New Journal of Physics, 27 013025 (2025).
Triadic Balance and Network Evolution: Predictive Modeling with Signed Networks, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Pei-Chin Lu, Hsiang-Chuan Sha, and Hsini Huang, Scientific Reports, 15:2544 (2025).
The Feasibility of Utilizing the Open Dynamic Interaction Network (ODIN) App to Assess rEMA Data across 30 Days among Those Recovering from Alcohol Use Disorders, Dennis E. McChargue, Bilal Khan, Jessica Phelps, Patrick Duryea, Kimberly A. Tyler, Arthur Andrews, Ellie Reznicek, Lucy Napper, Mohamed Saad, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports, Volume 14, 100305 (2025).
Agents of Discord: Modeling the Impact of Political Bots on Opinion Polarization in Social Networks, Hsiu-Chi Lu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Social Science Computer Review, 43(4), 750-772 (2025).
Suppressing Defection by Increasing Temptation: the Impact of Smart Cooperators on a Social Dilemma Situation, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 479, 128864 (2024).
Science Communication during the Pandemic: Examining Health Professionals' COVID-19 Related Tweets, Yao-Tai Li, Man-Lin Chen, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Social Science and Medicine, Volume 347, 116748 (2024).
Supporting Punishment via Taxation in a Structured Population, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 178, 114385 (2024).
Restoring Spatial Cooperation with Myopic Agents in a Three-Strategy Social Dilemma, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 458, 128226 (2023).
Group-size Dependent Synergy in Heterogeneous Populations, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals: the Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Nonequilibrium and Complex Phenomena, Volume 167, 113055 (2023).
Quality of Life in Multiple Scenarios: The Impact of Work Mode and Social Contact Quantity, Cheng-Han Leng, Chi-Shiun Tsai, Ta-Chien Chan, and Hsuan-Wei Lee, Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1018415 (2023).
When Costly Migration Helps to Improve Cooperation, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 32(9), 093103 (2022).
Determinants of Personal Vaccination Hesitancy before and after the Mid-2021 COVID-19 Outbreak in Taiwan, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Cheng-Han Leng, and Ta-Chien Chan, PLOS ONE, 17.7: e0270349 (2022).
Mercenary Punishment in Structured Populations, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Volume 417, 126797 (2022).
From Indirect to Direct Contacts on Facebook: A Big-data Approach to the Making of Triadic Network Closure, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Ming-Yi Chang, Wan-Yu Chou, Jing-Shiang Hwang, and Yang-Chih Fu, Canadian Review of Sociology, 59(2), 207-227 (2022).
Small Fraction of Selective Cooperators Can Elevate General Wellbeing Significantly, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Colin Cleveland, and Attila Szolnoki, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 582, 126222 (2021).
Daily Contacts Under Quarantine amid Limited Spread of COVID-19 in Taiwan, Yang-Chih Fu and Hsuan-Wei Lee, International Journal of Sociology, Volume 50, Issue 5, Pages 434–444 (2020).
Social Clustering in Epidemic Spread on Coevolving Networks, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Nishant Malik, Feng Shi, and Peter J. Mucha, Physical Review E, 99, 062301 (2019).
Mapping the Structure of Perceptions in Helping Networks of Alaska Natives, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Miranda Melson, Jerreed Ivanich, Patrick Habecker, G. Robin Gauthier, Lisa Wexler, Bilal Khan, and Kirk Dombrowski, PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0204343 (2018).
Agency and Social Constraint among Victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: A Method for Measuring Free Will, Bilal Khan, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Courtney R. Thrash, and Kirk Dombrowski, Social Science Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.06.007 (2018).
One-step Estimation of Networked Population Size: Respondent-Driven Capture-Recapture with Anonymity, Bilal Khan, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Ian Fellows, and Kirk Dombrowski, PLOS ONE, 13(4), e0195959 (2018).
Models, Methods and Network Topology: Experimental Design for the Study of Interference, Jake Bowers, Bruce A. Desmarais, Mark Frederickson, Nahomi Ichino, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Simi Wang, Social Networks, Volume 54, Pages 196-208 (2018).
Evolutionary prisoner’s dilemma games coevolving on adaptive networks, Hsuan-Wei Lee, Nishant Malik, and Peter J. Mucha, Journal of Complex Networks, DOI: 10.1093/comnet/cnx018 (2018).
Transitivity Reinforcement in the Coevolving Voter Model, Nishant Malik, Feng Shi, Hsuan-Wei Lee, and Peter J. Mucha, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 26.12: 123112 (2016).
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