Research
Enhancing Urban Emergency Evacuation Through Optimization of Autonomous Vehicle Ridesharing Services under Uncertainty
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Sponsor: Council on Research and Creativity, Office of Research, Florida State University, 04/2024 - 04/2025
Amount: $20,000
Planning: Building a Digital Twin-Based Virtual Engineering Laboratory for Students with Disabilities; Award # 2332699
Role: Principal Investigator (PI)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, 05/2024 - 04/2025
Amount: $100,000
Equitable Restoration Strategies for Bridge and Road Infrastructure Networks after Hurricanes in Coastal Communities
Role: Principal Investigator (Single PI)
Sponsor: U.S.Department of Transportation ABC-UTC-2016-C6-FIU04 , 05/2024 - 04/2025
Amount: $105,000
Evaluating and Validating Technology Options for Estimating Transit Vehicle Occupancy in Real Time
Role: Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Florida Department of Transportation, 05/2022 - 04/2023
Amount: $225,208
Journal Papers
Guo, Q. W., Shumin Chen, Paul Schonfeld, (2023). Investment Timing and Length Choice for a Rail Transit Line under Demand Uncertainty. Transportation research part B: Methodological, 175, 102800.
Chen, S., & Guo, Q. (2022). Evaluating the Environmental Benefits of Personalized Travel Incentives in Dynamic Carpooling. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 26(7), 3082-3093.
Guo, Q., Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2021). Time-dependent transit fare optimization with elastic and spatially distributed demand. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 148, 353-378.
Gong, H., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2020). Regulating a public transit monopoly under asymmetric cost information. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 139, 496-522.
Guo, Q., & Li, Z. (2021). Public Transport Fare and Subsidy Optimization. Encyclopedia of Transportation. Book chapter.
Guo, Q. W., Chen, S., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2018). How time-inconsistent preferences affect investment timing for rail transit. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 118, 172-192.
Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., & Guo, Q. (2018). Optimal extension of rail transit lines. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 12(10), 753-769.
Guo, Q. W., Chow, J. Y., & Schonfeld, P. (2017). Stochastic dynamic switching in fixed and flexible transit services as market entry-exit real options. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 94, 288-306.
Guo, Q., Li, Z. C., & Li, Z. (2017). An integrated model for road capacity choice and cordon toll pricing. Research in Transportation Economics, 62, 68-79.
Li, Z. C., & Guo, Q. W. (2017). Optimal time for implementing cordon toll pricing scheme in a monocentric city. Papers in Regional Science, 96(1), 163-190.
Sun, Y., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2017). Evolution of public transit modes in a commuter corridor. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 75, 84-102.
Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., & Li, Z. (2016). Implications of the cost of public funds in public transit subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 91, 236-250.
Li, Z. C., Guo, Q. W., Lam, W. H., & Wong, S. C. (2015). Transit technology investment and selection under urban population volatility: A real option perspective. Transportation research part B: methodological, 78, 318-340.
Conference Papers
Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld. Microeconomic model for designing public transit incentive programs. INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA. Presentation type: podium.
Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld. Stochastic model for dynamic lane reversal with autonomous vehicles. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, Oct 20-23, 2019. Presentation type: podium.
Qianwen Guo, Joseph Y.J. Chow*, Paul Schonfeld. Stochastic dynamic switching in fixed and flexible transit services as market entry-exit real options. International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory (ISTTT22), Northwestern University, Chicago, US. 24-26 July 2017. Lectern Presentation.
Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld, Zhongfei Li. Subsidizing and regulating public transit firms considering costly public funds. World Conference on Transport Research - WCTR 2016 Shanghai. 10-15 July 2016. Oral Presentation.
Qianwen Guo, Paul Schonfeld, Zhongfei Li. Public transit regulation and subsidization under asymmetric information. INFORMS 2016 Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN USA. 13-16 Nov. 2016. Oral Presentation.
Qianwen Guo, Yanshuo Sun, Paul Schonfeld, Zhongfei Li. Effects of costly public funds on public transit subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Board 2017 Annual Meeting, Washington DC USA. 8-12 Jan. 2017. Poster.