Peer-Reviewed Journals

Chen, B., Chen, Z.*, Liu, X.C., Zheng, N., Xiao, Q., Measuring the Effectiveness of Incorporating Mobile Charging Services into Urban Electric Vehicle Charging Network: An Agent-based Approach, Renewable Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2024.121246

Chen, B., Chen, Z.*, Liu, X. C., & Yi, Z. (2024). Bayesian Inference-based Spatiotemporal Modeling with Interim Activities for EV Charging Etiquette. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 127, 104060

Yi, Z., Chen, B., Liu, X. C., Wei, R., Chen, J., & Chen, Z. (2023). An Agent-based Modeling Approach for Public Charging Demand Estimation and Charging Station Location Optimization at Urban Scale. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 101, 101949.

Chen, Z., & Liu, X. C. (2021). Statistical Distance-Based Travel-Time Reliability Measurement for Freeway Bottleneck Identification and Ranking. Transportation Research Record, 03611981211017905.

Dai, Z., Liu, X. C., Chen, Z., Guo, R., & Ma, X. (2019). A Predictive Headway-Based Bus-Holding Strategy with Dynamic Control Point Selection: a Cooperative Game Theory Approach. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological. 125, 29-51.

Chen, Z., Liu, X. C., Farnsworth, G., & Burns, K. (2019). Validating the Adaptability of Travel Time Reliability Measurements using Probe Data. Transportation Research Record, 0361198119843097.

Chen, Z., Liu, X. C., & Wei, R. (2019). Agent-Based Approach to Analyzing the Effects of Dynamic Ridesharing in a Multimodal Network. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 74, 126-135.

Chen, Z., & Liu, X. C. (2018). Roadway Asset Inspection Sampling Using High‐Dimensional Clustering and Locality‐Sensitivity Hashing. Computer‐Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 34(2), 116-129.

Ma, X., Sun, S., Liu, X. C., Ding, C., Chen, Z., & Wang, Y. (2018). A Time-Varying Parameters Vector Auto-Regression Model to Disentangle the Time Varying Effects between Drivers’ Responses and Tolling on High Occupancy Toll Facilities. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 88, 208-226.

Liu, X. C., & Chen, Z. (2017). Spatial Sampling with Fisher Information for Optimal Maintenance Management and Quality Assurance. Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, 143(10), 04017051

Chen, Z., Liu, X. C., & Zhang, G. (2016). Non-Recurrent Congestion Analysis Using Data-driven Spatiotemporal Approach for Information Construction. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 71, 19-31.

Papanicolaou, A., Kramer, C., Tsakiris, A., Stoesser, T., Bomminayuni, S., & Chen, Z. (2012). Effects of a Fully Submerged Boulder within a Boulder Array on the Mean and Turbulent Flow Fields: Implications to Bedload Transport. Acta Geophysica, 60(6), 1502-1546.

Referred Conference Proceedings

Liu, L., Chen, Z., Duan, P., Wang, L., Causality-based OOD Generalization in zero-shot cross-region traffic flow prediction, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2025, Washington D.C., Jan. 2025

Chen, B., Chen, Z.*, Liu, X.C., Wei, R., Malekloo, A., Co-Hub planning for electric bus and paratransit: an investigation on shared charging scheme with fuzzy multi-objective optimization, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2025, Washington D.C., Jan. 2025

Zhang, S., Chen, Z.*, Dai, Z., Li, Y., Network-Level Optimization of Electric Truck Platooning Operations Using Robust Optimization Methods, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2025, Washington D.C., Jan. 2025

Xu, L., Luo, S., Ohern, S., Delbosc, A., Chen, Z., Fu, X., Do Protected Cycle Lanes Make Cities More Bike-Friendly? Evidence from a Historical City, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2024, Washington D.C., Jan. 2024

Chen, B., Chen, Z.*, Liu, XC., Modeling the Impacts of Incorporating Mobile Charging Services into Urban Electric Vehicle Charging Network using Agent-based Approach, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2024, Washington D.C., Jan. 2024

Li, T., Chen, Z.*, Delbosc, A., Identifying Active Transport from Spontaneous Data Source with Natural Language Processing, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2024, Washington D.C., Jan. 2024

Li, T., Chen, Z.*, Luo, S., Delbosc, A., Investigate the Influence of Urban Heat Island Effects on Active Travel Behavior by Leveraging Social Media Data, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2024, Washington D.C., Jan. 2024

Chen, B., Chen, Z.*, Liu, X., Yi, Z., & Hu, W., Evaluate the Impacts of Daily Activities on Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Etiquette with Bayesian Approach, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2023, Washington, D.C., Jan 2023

Chen, Z., & Liu, X. C., Statistical Distance Based Travel Time Reliability Measurement for Freeway Bottleneck Identification and Ranking, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021, Washington, D.C., Jan 2021

Chen, Z., Liu, X., Himes, S., & Porter, R. Stochastic Capacity Modeling of Freeway Facilities with Managed Lanes via Empirical and Feature Selection Approaches, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021, Washington, D.C., Jan 2021

Chen, Z., & Liu, X., Validating the Adaptability of Travel Time Reliability Measurements Using Probe Data, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2019, Washington, D.C., Jan, 2019

Chen, Z., & Liu, X., Agent-Based Approach to Analyzing the Effects of Dynamic Ridesharing in a Multimodal Network, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2018, Washington, D.C., Jan 2018

Liu, X.., & Chen, Z., Spatial Sampling with Fisher Information for Optimal Maintenance Management and Quality Assurance, Presented by at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017, Washington D.C., 2017

Chen, Z., & Liu, X., Information-Based Infrastructure Sampling Method with High-Dimensional Clustering and Locality-Sensitive Hashing Algorithm, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017, Washington, D.C., Jan, 2017

Chen, Z., & Liu, X., Non-recurrent Congestion Analysis Using Data-Driven Spatiotemporal Approach for Information Construction, Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2016, Washington, D.C., Jan, 2016

Other Publications

Liu, X., & Chen, Z., Statistical Analysis and Sampling Standards for Maintenance Management Quality Assurance. Final Report. MPC-18-350, 2018 link

Liu, X., & Chen, Z., Data-Driven Freeway Performance Evaluation Framework for Project Prioritization and Decision Making. Final Report. MPC-17-316, 2017

Liu, X., & Chen, Z., Hotspot and Sampling Analysis for Effective Maintenance and Performance Monitoring. Final Report. UT-17.02 Utah Department of Transportation. 2017

Liu, X., & Chen, Z., Data-Driven Freeway Performance Evaluation Framework for Project Prioritization and Decision Making. Final Report. UT-15.05. Utah Department of Transportation, 2015