Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED (peer-reviewed)

11- Zhang, K., Kianfar, J. (2022). “An Automatic Incident Detection Method for a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Environment: Case Study of Interstate 64 in Missouri”. Sensors. 22(23), 9197. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22239197

10- Attallah, M., Kianfar, J., Wang Y. (2022). “Impact of High Resolution Radar-Obtained Weather Data on Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Freeway Speed”. Sustainability. 14(22), 14932. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142214932

9- Kianfar, J., Abdoli, S. (2021). “Deterministic and Stochastic Capacity at Work Zones: Findings from a Long-Term Work Zone”. ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering – Part A: Systems. DOI: 10.1061/JTEPBS.0000470

8- Moghaddam. K. S., Kianfar, J. (2021). “Fuzzy multi-objective model for hazardous materials routing and scheduling under demand and service time uncertainty.” International Journal of Operational Research. DOI:10.1504/IJOR.2021.10022199

7- Mahmood, B., Kianfar, J. (2019). “Driver Behavior Models for Heavy Vehicles and Passenger Cars in a Work Zone”. Sustainability. DOI:10.3390/su11216007

6- Kianfar, J., Edara, P., and Sun, C. (2015). “Operational Analysis of a Freeway Variable Speed Limit System in St. Louis, Missouri.” Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 19, 4, 1-14. DOI:10.1080/15472450.2014.989718

5- Chen, C., Kianfar, J., and Edara, P. (2014). “New Snapshot Generation Protocol for Travel Time Estimation in a Connected Vehicle Environment.” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2424, 1–10. DOI: 10.3141/2424-01

4- Kianfar, J., and Edara, P. (2013). “Placement of Roadside Equipment (RSE) in Connected Vehicle Environment for Travel Time Estimation.”Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2381, 20-27. DOI: 10.3141/2381-03

3- Edara, P., Kianfar, J., and Sun, C. (2012). “Analytical Methods for Deriving Work Zone Capacities from Field Data.” Journal of Transportation Engineering, 137(6), 809–818. DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000374

2- Kianfar, J., and Edara, P. (2010). “Optimizing Freeway Traffic Sensor Locations by Speed Patterns.” IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 11(3), 738–747. DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2010.2051329

1- Afandizadeh, S., and Kianfar, J. (2009). “A hybrid Neuro-genetic Approach to Short-term Traffic Volume Prediction.” International Journal of Civil Engineering, 7 (1), 41-48.

BOOK CHAPTER

Kianfar, J. (2021) Construction Zones. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation vol 2. pp.189 - 195. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd.

Edara, P., and Kianfar, J. (2015). “Chapter 6: Evolution of Intelligent Transportation Systems”. In Routledge Handbook of Transportation. Teodorovic, D. (Ed.). Routledge, New York, N.Y. ISBN 9781138798212

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS (complete papers peer-reviewed)

(papers identified with * were later published in a journal)

18- Condoor, S., Jayaram, S., Kianfar, J. (2022). “Work in Progress-Strategies for Stimulating Engineering Relevance in Statics Education”. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 2022.

17- Zhang, K., Kianfar, J, Moghaddam K. S. (2021). A Pattern-Based Automatic Incident Detection Method for a Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Environment. Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting, January 2021.

16- Mohammed, O., Kianfar, J, Wang Y. (2021). Multinomial Classification Method for Short-Term Spatial and Temporal Prediction of Freeway Crashes: Case Study of Interstate 270 in Missouri. Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting, January 2021.

15- Kianfar, J., Belt, S. M. (2020). “Development and Assessment of a Summer Program to Introduce High School Students to STEM through Aviation and Transportation Engineering”. American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2020.

14- Kianfar, J. (2020). “A Blended Classroom in a Learning Studio: Redesigning the Introductory Course to Transportation Engineering”. Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2020.

13- Attallah, M. A., Kianfar, J., Wang Y. (2020). “Extreme Gradient Boosting for Development of Weather-Aware Short-Term Speed Prediction Models”. Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2020.

12- Mohammed, O., Kianfar, J. (2019). Ensemble Learning Models for Crash Clearance Duration Estimation. Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2019.

11- Mohammed, O., Kianfar, J. (2018). A Machine Learning Approach to Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction: A Case Study of Interstate 64 in Missouri. Fourth annual IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, Kansas City, MO. September 2018

10- Mahmood, B, Kianfar, J. (2018). “IA Particle Swarm Optimization Framework for Calibration of Driver Behavior Models at a Work Zone.” Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2018.

9- Kianfar, J., Buerck, A. M. (2017). “Bike-lane Traffic Impact Assessment Activity for High School Students.” Presented at American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Columbus, OH, June 2017.

8- Kianfar, J., Abdoli, S. (2016). “Investigating Stochastic Capacity at Work Zones- Case Study of a Smart Work Zone in Missouri.” Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2016.

7*- Chen, C., Kianfar, J., and Edara, P. (2014). “New Snapshot Generation Protocol in a Connected Vehicle Environment for Travel Time Estimation”: Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2014.

6- Kianfar, J., and Edara, P. (2013). “A Data Mining Approach to Creating Fundamental Traffic Flow Diagram.” 2nd Conference of Transportation Research Group of India, Taj Mahal, India, December 2013. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.11.136

5*- Kianfar, J., and Edara. P. (2013) “Placement of Roadside Equipment (RSE) in Connected Vehicle Environment for Travel Time Estimation.” Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2013.

4- Kianfar, J., Edara. P., and Sun C. (2013). “Operational Analysis of a Freeway Variable Speed Limit System - Case Study of Deployment In Missouri.” Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2013.

3*- Kianfar, J., Edara, P., and Sun, C. (2011). “Deriving Work Zone Capacities from Field Data-Case Studies of I-70 in Missouri”, Transportation Research Board 90th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2011.

2- Mousavi, S. M., and Kianfar, J. (2008). “Review of Incident Detection Algorithms for Incident Management Systems.”, 8th Iranian traffic and transportation engineering conference, May 2008.

1- Zargari, S. A., and Kianfar, J. (2008). “Neuro-Genetic Model for Short-Term Traffic Flow Prediction in Ghazvin-Rasht Road.” 8th Iranian traffic and transportation engineering conference, May 2008.