Publications

 Journal Publications

1. H-B. Yang, N. Rhodes, H. Yang, L. Roald, L. Ntaimo. "Multi-period Power System Risk Minimization under Wildfire Disruptions". Accepted at IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. [ArXiv]

2. H. Chen, X. A. Sun, H. Yang. (2023) "Robust Optimization with Continuous Decision-Dependent Uncertainty with Applications to Demand Response Management". SIAM Journal on Optimization, 33:3, 2406-2434. [Optimization-Online][Link]

3. Z. Yin, M. Xie, H. Yang, Y-P. Fang, C. Fang. (2023) "Improving the Resilience of Power Grids against Typhoons with Data-driven Spatial Distributionally Robust Optimization". Risk Analysis, 43, 979– 993. [Link]

4. H. Yang, D. Duque, D. Morton. (2022) "Optimizing Diesel Fuel Supply Chain Operations for Hurricane Relief". IISE Transactions, 54:10, 936-949. [Optimization-Online][Link]

5. H. Yang, D. Morton. (2022) "Optimal Crashing of an Activity Network with Disruptions". Mathematical Programming, 194, 1113–1162. [Optimization-Online][Link]

6. H. Yang, Ö. Sürer, D. Duque, D. P. Morton, B. Singh, S. J. Fox, R. Pasco, K. Pierce, P. Rathouz, Z. Du, M. Pignone, M. E. Escott, S. I. Adler, S. C. Johnston, L. A. Meyers. (2021) "Design of COVID-19 Staged Alert Systems to Ensure Healthcare Capacity with Minimal Closures". Nature Communications, 12, 3767. [MedRxiv] [Link]

7. H. Yang, H. Nagarajan. (2022) "Optimal Power Flow in Distribution Networks under N-1 Disruptions: A Multi-stage Stochastic Programming Approach". INFORMS Journal on Computing, 34:2, 690-709. [Optimization-Online][Link]

8. H. Yang, C. Bandi, K. Dvijotham, D. Morton. (2021) "Robust Optimization for Electricity Generation". INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33:1, 336-351. [ArXiv][Link]

9. H. Yang, D. Morton, Y. Hu. (2020) "Analyzing Client Behavior in a Syringe Exchange Program". Analyzing client behavior in a syringe exchange program. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 10:2, 142-157.  [ArXiv][Link]

10. P. Verhaeghen, S. Geigerman, H. Yang, A. C. Montoya, D. Rahnev. (2019) "Resolving age-related differences in working memory: Equating perception and attention makes older adults remember as well as younger adults". Experimental aging research, 45:2, 120-134. [Link]

11. C. Hua, X. Xiong, P. Liu, S. Shao, H. Yang. "Quantum Enhancements in Spatial Hypercube Queuing for Emergency Services". Submitted.

12. L. Yang, H. Yang, X. Cao, X. Guan. "Distributionally Robust Frequency-Constrained Microgrid Scheduling Towards Seamless Islanding". Submitted. [ArXiv]

13. J. Fan, Z. Yu, H. Yang. "Optimization Solver Statistical Monitoring Based On Deep Learning". Submitted. 

14. P. J. Rathouz, V. Valencia, P. Chang, D. P. Morton, H. Yang, Ö. Sürer, S. J. Fox, E. C. Matsui, A. B. Haynes, L. A. Meyers. "Survival analysis methods for analysis of hospitalization data: Application to COVID-19 patient hospitalization experience". Submitted. [MedRxiv]

15. J. Yu, H. Baroud, H. Yang. "Two-stage Stochastic Programming Approach for the Integrated Preparedness and Response of Interdependent Infrastructure Networks Under Uncertainty". Working Paper.

16. H. Yang. "Multi-stage Distributionally Robust Optimization under Stochastic Disruptions". Working Paper.

Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports

1. H. Yang, H. Nagarajan. "Robust Renewable Energy Resource Planning and Operations in Electric Transmission Grids". Submitted.

2. H-B. Yang, N. Rhodes, H. Yang, L. Roald, L. Ntaimo. "Multistage Stochastic Program for Mitigating Power System Risks under Wildfire Disruptions". Accpted by Electric Power Systems Research: Proceedings of the 23rd Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2024). [ArXiv]

3. H. Yang, H. Nagarajan. (2022) "Optimal Power Flow under Stochastic N-1 Disruptions in Electric Transmission Grids". In Electric Power Systems Research: Proceedings of the 22nd Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2022), Vol. 212, page 108290. [Link]

4. N. Arslan, Ö. Sürer, D. P. Morton, H. Yang, M. Lachmann, S. Woody, S. J. Fox, and L. A. Meyers. COVID-19 alert stages, healthcare projections and mortality patterns in Austin Texas. Technical Report. [Link]

5. H. Yang, M. Lachmann, Ö. Sürer, S. J. Fox, D. P. Morton, L. A. Meyers. Projecting Need for a COVID-19 Alternate Care Site (ACS) in Austin. Technical Report. [Link]

6. H. Yang, D. Duque, Ö. Sürer, D. P. Morton, R. Pasco, K. Pierce, S. J. Fox, L. A. Meyers. Staged Strategy to Avoid Hospital Surge and Preventable Mortality, while Reducing the Economic Burden of Social Distancing Measures. Technical Report. [Link]

7. D. Duque, M. Tec, D. P. Morton, J. Scott, H. Yang, R. Pasco, K. Pierce, S. J. Fox, M. Pignone, P. Hudson, and L. A. Meyers. Staged Strategy to Avoid Hospital Surge and Preventable Mortality, while Reducing the Economic Burden of Social Distancing Measures. Technical Report. [Link]

8. H. Yang, H. Nagarajan. (2020) "Distribution Network Optimization under Stochastic N-1 Disruptions". In Electric Power Systems Research: Proceedings of the 21st Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC 2020), Vol. 189, page 106689. [Link]

Conference Presentations

• H. Yang, "Distributionally Robust Optimization in Distribution Network under Stochastic Disruptions":

  • Zhejiang University,  December 3,  2021.

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting,  Online,  October 25-27,  2021.

  • LANL Grid  Science Winter School  2021: January 11-15, 2021.

• H. Yang, "Design of COVID-19 Staged Alert Systems to Ensure Healthcare Capacity with Minimal Closures":

  • Xi'an Jiaotong University, July 9, 2021.

• H. Yang, H. Nagarajan,  "Distribution Network Optimization under Stochastic N-1 Disruptions":

  • Power Systems Computation Conference (PSCC) 2020, Online, July 1, 2020. [Video]

  • Poster Presentation, Los Alamos - Arizona Days, Online, May 18-19, 2020.

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 20-23, 2019.

• H. Yang, D. Morton, ”Optimizing Crashing Decisions in a Project Management Problem with Disruptions”:

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, October 20-23, 2019.

  • ICSP XV, Trondheim, Norway, July 29-August 2, 2019.

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 1-4, 2018.

  • The 23rd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Bordeaux, France, July 1-6, 2018.

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, TX, October 22-25, 2017.

• H. Yang, D. Morton, K. Dvijotham, C. Bandi, ”Robust Optimization of a Convex Relaxation for Alternative Current Optimal Power Flow (ACOPF) Problems”:

  • IISE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, May 19-21, 2019.

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 1-4, 2018.

  • Poster Presentation, IISE Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 18 - 21, 2018.

  • INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, Denver, CO, March 23 - 25, 2018.

  • Poster Presentation, Georgia Tech Workshop on Energy Systems and Optimization, Atlanta, GA, November 9 - 10, 2017.

• H. Yang, D. Morton, "A Class Of Sequential Discrete Decision Problems With Stochastic Disruptions":

  • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 13-16, 2016.

  • The XIV International Conference on Stochastic Programming, Buzios, Brazil, June 25 - July 1, 2016.

• H. Yang, D. Morton, A. Gutfraind, Y. Hu, ”Behavioral Analysis of Participants in Community Outreach Intervention Projects”. Poster Presentation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 2015.

• H. Yang, J. Sokol, ”A Logistic Regression/Bayesian Adaptive Psychometric Method for NCAA Basketball Prediction”. Poster Presentation, 9th Annual ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, April 3-5, 2014.

• S. Geigerman, H. Yang, ”Effects of Perceptual Grouping Variables on Contra-lateral Delay Activity (CDA) during Visual Working Memory (VWM) Task Performance”. Poster Presentation, 20th Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 13-16, 2013.