Publication

Refereed Journal Papers

Feng, B., Li, B., Jiang, X., Zhou, Q., and Bi, Y. (2024). BRMPNet: bidirectional recurrent motion planning networks for generic robotic platforms in smart manufacturing. Advances in Manufacturing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40436-024-00529-6

Shen, M., Cheng, A., and Bi, Y. (2024). An integrated framework for importance-performance analysis of product attributes and validation from online reviews and maintenance records. Design Science, 10, e19. doi:10.1017/dsj.2024.15

Feng, B., Juan, X., Gao, X., Zhou, Q., and Bi, Y. (2024). A robotic manipulation framework for industrial human–robot collaboration based on continual knowledge graph embedding. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 134: 5431–5447.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-024-14468-w

Feng, B., Jiang, X., Li, B., Zhou, Q., and Bi, Y. (2024). An adaptive multi-RRT approach for robot motion planning. Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 252, Part B, 124281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2024.124281.

Feng, B., Bi, Y., Li, M., and Lin, L. (2024). A Decentralized Multi-Agent Path Planning Approach Based on Imitation Learning and Selective Communication. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 24(8): 084501.https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065167

Liu, S., Feng, B., Bi, Y., Yu, D. (2024) An Integrated Approach to Precedence-Constrained Multi-Agent Task Assignment and Path Finding for Mobile Robots in Smart Manufacturing. Appl. Sci. 2024, 14, 3094.  https://doi.org/10.3390/app14073094

Xu, J., Bi, Y., (2024). An Agent-Based Modeling Approach for The Diffusion Analysis of Electric Vehicles with Two-Stage Purchase Choice Modeling. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 24(6): 064502. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4064623

Chen, Y., Bi, Y., Xie, J., Sha, Z., Wang, M., Fu, Y., and Chen, W. (2024). Modeling Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Customer Preferences With Small-Scale Aggregated Data: A Spatial Panel Modeling Approach. Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 24(8): 084503. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065211

Cheng, A., Bi, Y. (2024). An Integrated Data-driven Framework for Vehicle Quality Analysis based on Massive Vehicle Maintenance Records and Bayesian Network. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-03-2023-0114

Bi, Y., Qiu, Y., Sha, Z. et al. Modeling Multi-Year Customers’ Considerations and Choices in China’s Auto Market Using Two-Stage Bipartite Network Analysis. Netw Spat Econ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11067-021-09526-9.

Xie, J., Bi, Y., Sha, Z., Wang, M., Fu, Y., Contractor, N., Gong, L., & Chen, W. (2020). Data-Driven Dynamic Network Modeling for Analyzing the Evolution of Product Competitions. Journal of Mechanical Design, 142(3): 031112.

Bi. Y., Li, S., Wagner, D., and Reid, T. (2017), The Impact of Vehicle Silhouettes on Perceptions of Car Environmental Friendliness and Safety in 2009 and 2016: A Comparative Study, Design Science, 3, E23. doi:10.1017/dsj.2017.22

Bi, Y., Reid, T., and Davies, P. (2017), An Exploratory Study on Proposed New Sounds for Future Products, Noise Control Engineering Journal, 65(3), pp. 244-260.

Bi, Y. and Reid, T., (2017), Evaluating Students’ Understanding of Statics Concepts Using Eye Gaze Data, International Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 33, No. 1(A), pp. 225-237.

 

Refereed Conference Papers

Bohan Feng, Youyi Bi, Mian Li, Liyong Lin. (2023). A Decentralized Multi-Agent Path Planning Approach Based on Imitation Learning and Global Static Feature Extraction. ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), October 29 – November 2, 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2023-113113.

Bohan Feng, Xinting Jiang, Youyi Bi. (2023). A Robot Motion Planning Approach Based on Adaptive Multi-Tree Sampling. ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), October 29 – November 2, 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2023-113127.

Qi Zhou, Sikai Li, Jingbo Qu, Jin Wu, Haomiao Xu, Youyi Bi. (2023). An Adaptive Path Planning Approach for Digital Twin-Enabled Robot Arm Based on Inverse Kinematics and Deep Reinforcement Learning. ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), October 29 – November 2, 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2023-113131.

Jiangshan Liu, Youyi Bi. (2023). System Parameter Design for Community Microgrid Energy System Based on A Bi-Level Optimization Model. ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), October 29 – November 2, 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2023-113149.

Jiawen Xu, Youyi Bi. (2023). An Agent-Based Modeling Approach for the Diffusion Analysis of Electric Vehicles With Two-Stage Purchase Choice Modeling. ASME 2023 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2023), October 29 – November 2, 2023, New Orleans, LA, USA. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2023-113154

Liu, S., Feng, B., Yu, D. & Bi, Y. (2022) An Integrated Task and Path Planning Approach For Mobile Robots in Smart Factory. ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2022), October 30-November 3, 2022, Columbus, Ohio. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2022-95364.

Cheng, A., Shen, M. & Bi, Y. (2022) Approach for  KANO-IPA Analysis for Product Attributes from Online Reviews and Product Maintenance Records. ASME 2022 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2022), October 30-November 3, 2022, Columbus, Ohio. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2022-95362.

Xie, J., Bi, Y., Sha, Z., Wang, M., Fu, Y., and Chen, W. Modeling the Evolution of Product Competitions: A Dynamic Network Analysis Approach, ASME 2019 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, August 18-21, Anaheim, CA, USA.

Sha, Z., Bi, Y., Wang, M., Stathopoulos, A., Contractor, N., Fu, Y., and Chen, W. (2019), Comparing Utility-Based and Network-Based Approaches in Estimating Customer Preferences for Engineering Design, ICED19 The 21st International Conference on Engineering Design, August 5 – 8, 2019, Delft, The Netherlands.

Young, M., Miller, C., Bi, Y., Chen, W., and Argall, B.D. (2019) Formalized Task Characterization for Human-Robot Autonomy Allocation, 2019 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 20-24, 2019, Montreal, Canada.

Bi, Y., Xie, J., Sha, Z., Wang, M., Fu, Y., and Chen, W. Modeling Spatiotemporal Heterogeneity of Customer Preferences in Engineering Design, ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, August 26-29, Quebec City, Canada.

Seshadri, P., Bi, Y., Bhatia, J., Simons, R., Hartley, J., and Reid, T. (2016), Evaluations That Matter: Customer Preferences Using Industry-Based Evaluations and Eye-Gaze Data, ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, August 22-24, Charlotte, NC, USA.

Bi, Y., Reid, T., and Davies, P. (2016), Characterization of Next-generation Car Sounds, 2016 Internoise Conference, August 21-24, Hamburg, Germany.

Bi., Y., Shergadwala, M., Reid, T., and Panchal, J. (2015), Understanding the Utilization of Information Stimuli in Design Decision Making Using Eye Gaze Data, ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conference, August 2-5, Boston, MA, USA.

Bi, Y. and Reid, T. (2014), Understanding Students’ Process for Solving Engineering Problems Using Eye Gaze Data, 2014 ASEE Annual Conference, June 15-18, Indianapolis, IN, USA.

Bi, Y., Dominguez, C., and Hassan, H. (2011), A General Design Pattern for Programs of Scene Graph and its Application in a Simulation Instance, 2011 Int’l Conference on Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality, July 17-22, Las Vegas, NV, USA.