Publications

Submitted Papers

• Xiaoyu Liu, Caio Fabio Oliveira da Silva, Azita Dabiri, Yihui Wang, Bart De Schutter. Learning-Based Model Predictive Control for Passenger-Oriented Train Rescheduling, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. X Liu and CFO da Silva contributed equally. Arxiv

• Xiaoyu Liu, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Changxin Liu, Azita Dabiri, Bart De Schutter. Distributed model predictive control with non-terminal cost under inexact distributed optimization, submitted to Automatica. Arxiv

Journal Papers

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Yihui Wang, Jing Xun, Bart De Schutter. Distributed model predictive control for virtually coupled heterogeneous trains: Comparison and assessment, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 25, no. 12, pp. 20753-20766, 2024.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Yihui Wang, Bart De Schutter. Real-time train scheduling with uncertain passenger flows: A scenario-based distributed model predictive control approach, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 4219-4232, 2024.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Jing Xun, Bart De Schutter. Bi-level model predictive control for metro networks: Integration of timetables, passenger flows, and train speed profiles, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, vol. 180, pp. 103339, 2023.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Yihui Wang, Bart De Schutter. Modeling and efficient passenger-oriented control for urban rail transit networks, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 3325-3338, 2023.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Jing Xun, Shigen Gao, Jiateng Yin. Robust Self-triggered Model Predictive Control for Accurate Stopping of High-speed Trains, Acta Automatica Sinica, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 171−181, 2022.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Jing Xun, Bin Ning, Cheng Wang. Braking process identification of high-speed trains for automatic train stop control, ISA Transactions, vol. 111, pp. 171-179, 2021.

Conference Papers

• Hengkai Zhang, Xiaoyu Liu, Dingshan Sun, Azita Dabiri, Bart De Schutter. Integrated reinforcement learning and optimization for railway timetable rescheduling, Proceedings of the 17th IFAC Symposium on Control in Transportation Systems (CTS 2024), Ayia Napa, Cyprus, July 2024.

• Alexander Daman, Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Bart De Schutter. Benders decomposition-based optimization of train departure frequencies in metro networks, Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2023), Bilbao, Spain, pp. 5371-5376, September 2023.

• Rongge Guo, Xiaoyu Liu, Saumya Bhatnagar, Mauro Vallati. Real-time routing and scheduling of on-demand autonomous customized bus systems, Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 26th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2023), Bilbao, Spain, pp. 5371-5376, September, 2023.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, and Bart De Schutter. Scenario-based MPC for real-time passenger-centric timetable scheduling of urban rail transit networks, Proceedings of the 2023 IFAC World Congress (IFAC 2023), Yokohama, Japan, pp. 2646-2651, July 2023.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Azita Dabiri, Bart De Schutter. Timetable scheduling for passenger-centric urban rail networks: model predictive control based on a novel absorption model, Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA 2022), Trieste, Italy, pp. 1147-1152, August 2022.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Jing Xun, Bin Ning, Lei Yuan. An approach for accurate stopping of high-speed train by using model predictive control, Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC 2019), Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 846-851, November 2019.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Jing Xun, Bin Ning, Tong Liu, Xiao Xiao. Moving horizon optimization of train speed profile based on sequential quadratic programming, Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation (ICIRT 2018), Singapore, pp. 1-5, December 2018.

• Xiaoyu Liu, Bin Ning, Jing Xun, Cheng Wang, Xiao Xiao, Tong Liu. Parameter identification of train basic resistance using multi-innovation theory, Proceedings of the 10th IFAC Symposium on Advanced Control of Chemical Processes (ADCHEM 2018), Shenyang, China, pp. 637-642, July 2018