Publications

Journal Papers

• [J16] Ziming Wang, Yihuai Zhang, Chenguang Zhao and Huan Yu^*, Adaptive event-triggered formation control of autonomous vehicles, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, early accept, 2026.

• [J15] Ziming Wang, Karl H. Johansson and Apostolos I. Rikos^*, Reinforcement learning enabled vehicular optimal platoon control under uncertainties and cyberattacks, Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, 9(4): 9210101, early accept, 2026.

• [J14] Ziming Wang, Shiyuan Piao, Xin Wang, Fugee Tsung, Karl H. Johansson and Apostolos I. Rikos^*, SAFE: Switched adaptive formation via event-triggered control for multi-vehicle systems, IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Letters, 1: 100-107, Sept, 2026.

• [J13] Ziming Wang, Xiaohua Ge and Qing-Long Han^*, Event-triggered V2X communication and control co-design for intelligent electrified transportation systems, Journal of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles, 9(3): 9210088, Sept, 2026.

• [J12] Ziming Wang, Hui Wang^*, Xin Wang, Ning Pang and Quan Shi, Event-triggered adaptive neural control for full state-constrained nonlinear systems with unknown disturbances, Cognitive Computation, 16(2): 717-726, Dec, 2023.

• [J11] Ziming Wang, Xin Wang^* and Ning Pang, Adaptive fixed-time control for full state-constrained nonlinear systems: Switched-self-triggered case, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 71(2): 752-756, Aug, 2023.

• [J10] Zihan Li, Ziming Wang, Ning Pang and Xin Wang^*, Graph-based self-triggered adaptive fixed-time coordination for autonomous vehicle formations with safety constraints, IEEE Transactions on Signal and Information Processing over Networks, 1-16, Early accept, 2026.

• [J9] Xiaoyan Huang, lihua Tan^*, Ziming Wang and Xin Wang, Dynamic event-triggered prescribed performance control for nonlinear multi-agent systems: A finite-time convergence strategy, International Journal of Systems Science, 1-16, May, 2026.

• [J8] Ling Wang, Ziming Wang and Xin Wang^*, Optimized leader-following consensus control for stochastic multiagent systems via switched-triggered input, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 363(8): 108678, Apr, 2026.

• [J7] Yujie Liao, Yan Lei, Ziming Wang and Xin Wang^*, Event-triggered optimal consensus for discrete-time nonlinear multiagent systems with DoS attacks via reinforcement learning method, Nonlinear Dynamics, 157: 223, Feb, 2026.

• [J6] Yiwei Liu, Ning Pang, Ziming Wang and Xin Wang^*, Approximation-free full-state error constrained distributed formation control with unified preset-time performance, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 157: 109727, Jan, 2026.

• [J5] Luyu Meng, Xin Wang^* and Ziming Wang, Event-triggered optimized control for nonlinear multiagent systems via reinforcement learning strategy, Cognitive Computation, 17(5): 1-9, Sept, 2025.

• [J4] Gengning Zhang, Xin Wang^*, Ziming Wang and Ning Pang, Optimized backstepping tracking control using reinforcement learning for strict-feedback nonlinear systems with monotone tube performance boundaries, International Journal of Control, 98(9): 2068-2080, Jan, 2025.

• [J3] Ling Wang, Xin Wang and Ziming Wang^*, Event-triggered optimal tracking control for strict-feedback nonlinear systems with non-affine nonlinear faults, Nonlinear Dynamics, 112: 15413–15426, Jun, 2024.

• [J2] Ning Pang, Xin Wang^* and Ziming Wang, Event-triggered adaptive control of nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties: The switching threshold case, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, 69(8): 3540-3544, Apr, 2022.

• [J1] Ning Pang, Xin Wang^* and Ziming Wang, Observer-based event-triggered adaptive control for nonlinear multiagent systems with unknown states and disturbances, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 34(9): 6663-6669, Dec, 2021.

Conference Papers

• Ziming Wang, Hui Wang^*, Xin Wang, Ning Pang and Quan Shi, Event-triggered adaptive neural control for full state-constrained nonlinear systems with unknown disturbances.

• Chen, L. L., Xu, A., Szechtman, R., Yan, C. and Vanterpool, V., Meeting Uncertain Threats with Feedback, under major revision.

• Gao, S., Cheng, H., Yan, C. and Jiang, G., A Markovian Traffic Equilibrium Model for Ride-Hailing, under major revision.

• Shen, Y., Chen, J., Yan, J., and Yan, C., On-Trip Matching and Pricing for Shared Rides, under major revision.

• Cerna, D., Yan, C. and Ma, H., An Equilibrium Solver for A Dynamic Queueing Game, under major revision. [Code]

  • ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2025

  • The Katta G. Murty Prize (awarded to Denise Cerna)

• Chen, J., Yan, C. and Jiang, H., On the Linear Programming Model for Dynamic Stochastic Matching and Its Application to Pricing, under major revision. [Code]

• Sun, Y., Liu, Z. and Yan, C., On-Off Systems with Strategic Customers, under revision.

• Chen, J., Wu, M., Yan, C. and Zhang, Z., Mixed-Type Courier Dispatching and Pricing for Online Food Delivery Platforms, under major revision.

  • Finalist, INFORMS TSL Data-Driven Research Challenge, 2025

• Sun, Y., Sun, F., Yan, C. and Wu, J., The Role of Prescreening in Auctions with Predictions, under revision.

  • Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE) 2025

• Aouad, A., Sarıtaç, Ö. and Yan, C., Centralized versus Decentralized Pricing Controls for Dynamic Matching Platforms, under major revision. [Code]

  • ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2023

• Yan, C., Wang, J. and Ghate, A., A Dynamic Model for Airline Fleeting and Scheduling, minor revision, Operations Research.

• Ma, H., Castro, F., Nazerzadeh, H. and Yan, C., Randomized FIFO Mechanisms, under major revision.

  • ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2022

  • NBER Market Design Working Group 2021

  • MSOM Service Management SIG 2021

  • EC 2021 Workshop on Design of Online Platforms: Frontiers and Challenges

Journal Publications

• Yan, C., Castro, F., Frazier, P., Ma, H. and Nazerzadeh, H., Matching Queues, Flexibility and Incentives, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 28(5): 1665-1683, 2026. [SSRN][arXiv]

  • EC 2021 Workshop on People-Centric Systems

• Xu, A. and Yan, C., Dispatching and Pricing in Two-Sided Spatial Queues, Transportation Science, 60(5): 828-847, 2026. [arXiv]

• Yan, C., Yan, J. and Shen, Y., Pricing Shared Rides, Operations Research, 74(4): 1834-1857, 2026. [SSRN][Code&Data][My Talk@ITS Davis]

  • ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2024

  • MSOM Sustainable Operations SIG 2024

• Shen, Y., Yan, C. and Yan, J., Calyber: A Ridesharing Game, INFORMS Transactions on Education, 26(3): 218-225, 2026. [Case]

  • Runner-up, INFORMS Case Competition, 2025

• Sun, F., Sun, Y., Yan, C. and Jin, L., Restricting Entries to All-Pay Contests, International Journal of Game Theory, 55: 7, 2026. [arXiv]

  • ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC) 2024

• Xu, A., Yan, C., Goh, CY and Jaillet, P., A Locational Demand Model for Bike-Sharing, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 27(3): 897-916, 2025. [SSRN] [Code&Data] [Viz]

  • Finalist, Best Applied Paper, INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Decision Analytics, 2023.

  • Finalist, POMS-JD.com Best Data-Driven Research Paper Competition, 2019.

  • Best Data Exploration Award, Hubway Data Challenge, 2017.

• Yan, C., Johndrow, J., Woodard, D. and Sun, Y., Efficiency of ETA Prediction, SIAM Journal on Mathematics of Data Science (SIMODS), 6(2): 227-253, 2024. [arXiv][Notebook]

• Yang, Y., Yan, C., Cao, Y. and Roberti R., Planning Robust Drone-Truck Delivery Routes Under Road Traffic Uncertainty, European Journal of Operational Research, 309(3): 1145-1160, 2023.

• Yan, C., Barnhart, C. and Vaze, V., Choice-Based Airline Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment: A Decomposition Approach, Transportation Science, 56(6): 1410-1431, 2022. [SSRN][Data][Supplement]

  • Winner, Best Paper Award, INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, 2023

• Castro, F., Nazerzadeh, H. and Yan, C., Matching Queues with Reneging: A Product Form Solution, Queueing Systems, 96: 359-385, 2020. [arXiv]

• Yan, C., Zhu, H., Korolko, N. and Woodard, D., Dynamic Pricing and Matching in Ride-Hailing Platforms, Naval Research Logistics, 67(8): 705-724, 2020. [SSRN]

  • Winner of the 2021 Harold W. Kuhn Award, the best paper published over the past three years in NRL.

• Yan, C., Swaroop, P., Ball, M.O., Barnhart, C. and Vaze, V., Majority Judgment over a Convex Candidate Space, Operations Research Letters, 47(4): 317-325, 2019. [PDF]

  • Earlier version of this paper won Honorable Mention in 2012 INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Competition.

• Yan, C., Vaze, V. and Barnhart, C., Airline-Driven Ground Delay Programs: A Benefits Assessment, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 89: 268-288, 2018. [SSRN]

• Yan, C. and Kung, J., Robust Aircraft Routing, Transportation Science, 52(1): 118-133, 2018. [SSRN][Data][Supplement]

  • Outstanding Paper in Air Transportation, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2018.

  • First Place, AGIFORS Anna Valicek Award for Innovative Research in Airline Operations Research, 2015.

  • Best Presentation Award, INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, 2015.

• Yan, C., Vaze, V., Vanderboll, A. and Barnhart, C., Tarmac Delay Policies: A Passenger-Centric Analysis, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 83: 42-62, 2016. [PDF]

  • Stranded at the Airport, The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 2016.

  • Airline tarmac rule leads to more passenger delays, study concludes, Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2016.

  • Why airport torture only got worse, Chicago Tribune, January 7, 2016.

  • Late Flights Rose After U.S. Bid to Stem Traveler Tarmac Holdups, Bloomberg Business, December 21, 2015.

  • New Rules to Prevent Airline Delays Are Backfiring, Fortune, January 6, 2016.

  • Study: Tarmac delay rule just makes things worse, USA Today, January 6, 2016.

• Yan, C., Jiang, H. and Xie, S., Capacity optimization of an isolated intersection under the phase swap sorting strategy, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 60: 85-106, 2014. [SSRN][Video]

Conference Proceedings

• Sun, Y., Sun, F., Yan, C. and Wu, J., The Role of Prescreening in Auctions with Predictions, 21st International Conference on Web and Internet Economics (WINE 2025), New Brunswick, NJ, 2025.

• Cerna, D., Yan, C. and Ma, H., An Equilibrium Solver for A Dynamic Queueing Game, 26th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC ’25), Stanford, CA, 2025.

• Yan, C., Yan, J. and Shen, Y., Pricing Shared Rides, 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC ’24), New Haven, CT, 2024.

• Sun, F., Sun, Y., Yan, C. and Jin, L., Restricting Entries to All-Pay Contests, 25th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC ’24), New Haven, CT, 2024.

• Aouad, A., Sarıtaç, Ö. and Yan, C., Centralized Versus Decentralized Pricing Controls for Dynamic Matching Platforms, 24th ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC ’23), London, United Kingdom, 2023.

• Castro, F., Ma, H., Nazerzadeh, H. and Yan, C., Randomized FIFO Mechanisms, 23rd ACM Conference on Economics and Computation (EC ’22), Boulder, CO, 2022.

• Ball, M.O., Swaroop, P., Barnhart C., Yan, C., Hansen, M., Kang, L., Liu, Y. and Vaze, V., Service Level Expectation Setting for Air Traffic Flow Management: Practical Challenges and Benefits Assessment, Twelfth USA/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar (ATM2017), Seattle, WA, 2017.

Technical Reports

• Yan, C. and Yang, L., Mixed-integer Programming Based Approaches for the Movement Planner Problem: Model, Heuristics and Decomposition, 2012.

  • First Place, 2012 INFORMS Railway Application Section Problem Solving Competition.

Dissertation

• Airline Scheduling and Air Traffic Control : Incorporating Uncertainty and Passenger and Airline Preferences.

  • Honorable Mention (Second Place), Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2018.

  • First Place, Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, 2018.

Service

• Chair, Urban Transportation SIG, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2023 - 2025.

• Committee Chair, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society Best Student Paper Award, 2023.

• Vice Chair, Urban Transportation SIG, INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society, 2021 - 2023.

• Secretary/Treasurer, INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, 2020 - 2022.

• INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, Cluster Chair, 2019.

• INFORMS Aviation Applications Section, Newsletter Editor, 2017.

• Program Committee: EC (2026), TRISTAN (2022, 2025), MSOM SIG Day (2023, 2024), TSL Conference (2020, 2023, 2026).

• Associate Editor: Operations Research (2024 - ), Transportation Science (2022 - ), Service Science (ad hoc)

• Reviewer: Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Transportation Science, Stochastic Systems, INFORMS Journal on Optimization, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, European Journal of Operational Research, Discrete Optimization, Service Science, EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Computers and Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Operational Research Society

• Editorial Board: Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies (2021 - )