Publications

Journal Papers 

(*=corresponding author)

• 1. Adimonyemma, J., & Sun, Y. (2025). Optimization model for large-scale long-term aircraft maintenance scheduling and station assignment. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 202, 104302.

  2. Sun, Y., Kirtonia, S., & Chen, Z. L. (2025). Integrated Learning and Optimization for Joint Routing and Loading Decisions in Preowned Automobile Shipping. Transportation Science, 59(5), 1076-1100.

  3. Rahman, M. H., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Younus Siddiqui, M. I., Mohebbi, M., & Marković, N. (2025). Enhancing Underutilized Bus Routes with Advance Reservations and Semiflexible Routing. Transportation Science, 59(5), 689-882.

  4. Kirtonia, S. K., Sun, Y., & Chen, Z. L. (2025). Selection of auto-carrier loading policy in automobile shipping. IISE Transactions, 57(3), 288-307. 

  5. Chen, S., Rahman, M. H., Marković, N., Siddiqui, M. I. Y., Mohebbi, M., & Sun, Y. (2025). Empowering MetroAccess Service with Nested Decomposition and Service Type Integration. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, 55(3), 238-253.

  6. Chen, S., Rahman, M. H., Marković, N., Siddiqui, M. I. Y., Mohebbi, M., & Sun, Y.* (2024). Schedule negotiation with ADA paratransit riders under value of time uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 184, 102962.

  7. Chen, S., Park, C., Guo, Q., & Sun, Y.* (2024). Advancing a major US airline’s practice in flight-level checked baggage prediction. Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure, 3, liae001.

  8. Chen, S., Sun, Y., Zhao, T., Jia, M., & Tang, T. (2024). Data-Driven Modeling of Hurricane Evacuee’s Individual Decision-Making for Enhanced Hurricane Evacuation Planning: Florida Case Study in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Natural Hazards Review, 25(4), 04024032. 

  9. Guo, Q., Chen, S., Sun, Y.*, and Schonfeld, P. (2023). Investment Timing and Length Choice for a Rail Transit Line under Demand Uncertainty. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 175, 102800

  10. Rahman, M. H., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Siddiqui, M. I. Y., Mohebbi, M., & Marković, N. (2023). Integrating dial-a-ride with transportation network companies for cost efficiency: A Maryland case study. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 175, 103140.

  11. Zhao, T. *, Jia, M., Tang, T., and Sun, Y. (2023) Perception of Hurricane and COVID-19 Risks for Household Evacuation and Shelter Intentions. The Professional Geographer, 75(3), 396-414.

  12. Adedeji, I., Ahmadisharaf, E.*, Sun, Y. (2022) Predicting in-stream water quality constituents at the watershed scale using machine learning, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 251, 104078.

  13. Sun, Y., Chen, S., and Guo, Q. * (2022) Evaluating the Environmental Benefits of Personalized Travel Incentives in Dynamic Carpooling, KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 26, 3082–3093.

  14. Kirtonia, S., and Sun, Y.* (2022) Evaluating Rail Transit’s Comparative Advantages in Travel Cost and Time over Taxi with Open Data in Two U.S. Cities. Transport Policy, 115, 75-87.

  15. Guo, Q., Sun, Y.*, Schonfeld, P., and Li, Z. (2021) "Time-dependent Transit Fare Optimization with Elastic and Spatially Distributed Demand". Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 148, 353-378.

  16. Sun, Y.*, Kirtonia, S., and Chen, Z.-L. (2021) "A survey of finished vehicle distribution and related problems from an optimization perspective", Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 149, 102302

  17. Sun, Y.*, Choi, J.,  Nickdoost, N., Kirtonia, S., and VanDenBogaert, J. (2021) Evaluating Correlations of External Factors and Performance Measures of the Multimodal Transportation System in Florida, Transportation Research Record, 2675(9), 1089-1105.

  18. Jiang, Z., Wang, H.*, and Sun, Y. (2021) “Improved co-scheduling of multi-layer printing path scanning for collaborative additive manufacturing”. IISE Transactions, 53(9), 960-973.

  19. Gu, J., Jiang, Z.*, Sun, Y., Zhou, M., Liao, S., and  Chen, J. (2021) "Space-Time Trajectory Estimation Using Incomplete Wi-Fi Probe Data in Urban Rail Transit Network", Knowledge-Based Systems, 211, 106528 

  20. Sun, Y.*, Chen, Z.-L., and Zhang, L. (2020) “Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing Optimization”, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 142, 102053.

  21. Sun, Y., Gong, H., Guo, Q. *, Schonfeld, P., and Li, Z. (2020) “Regulating a Public Transit Monopoly under Asymmetric Cost Information”, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 139, 496-522

  22. Sun, Y.*, and Kirtonia, S.  (2020) "Identifying Regional Characteristics of Transportation Research with Transport Research International Documentation (TRID) Data".  Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 137, 111-130.

  23. Sun, Y., Jiang, Z.*, Gu, J., Zhou, M., Li, Y., and Zhang, L. (2018) Analyzing High Speed Rail passengers’ train choices based on new online booking data in China. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 97, 96-113.

  24. Sun, Y., and Zhang, L.* (2018) Microeconomic model for designing public transit incentive programs. Transportation Research Record.  Vol. 2672(4), 77–89  

  25. Sun, Y., and Zhang, L.* (2018) Potential of taxi-pooling to reduce vehicle miles traveled in Washington, D.C. Transportation Research Record.   Vol. 2672(8), 775–784

  26. Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P. and Guo, Q.* (2018) Optimal extension of rail transit lines. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 12:10, 753-769

  27. Shi, J., Sun, Y.*, Schonfeld, P., and Qi, J. (2017). Joint optimization of tram timetables and signal timing adjustments at intersections. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 83, 104-119.

  28. Sun, Y., Guo, Q.*, Schonfeld, P., and Li, Z. (2017). Evolution of public transit modes in a commuter corridor. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. 75, 84-102.

  29. Sun, Y.*, and Schonfeld, P. (2017) Coordinated airport facility development under uncertainty. 2016. Transportation Research Record. No. 2603, 78-88

  30. Guo, Q., Sun, Y., Li, Z. C., & Li, Z*. (2017). An integrated model for road capacity choice and cordon toll pricing. Research in Transportation Economics. 63, 68-79

  31. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P*. (2016) Capacity investment model for airport facilities under demand uncertainty. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 50(8), 1896-1911

  32. Sun, Y.*, Shi, J., and Schonfeld, P. (2016). Identifying passenger trip characteristics and evaluating travel time reliability by visualizing AFC data: A case study of Shanghai Metro. Public Transport. 8(3), 341-363

  33. Sun, Y., Guo, Q.*, Schonfeld, P., and 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.

  34. Fan, W., Jiang, X., Erdogan, S., and Sun, Y. (2016). Modeling and evaluating FAIR highway performance and policy options. Transport Policy, 48, 156-168.

  35. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. * (2016). Holding decisions for correlated vehicle arrivals at intermodal freight transfer terminals. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 90, 218-240.

  36. Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P. *, Lu, Y., and Zhou, M. (2016). Redesigning rail transit short-turn operations. Transportation Research Record, 2540, 46-55.

  37. Sun, Y., Fan, W.*, and Schonfeld, P. (2016). Static parking choice model with consideration of parking duration. Transportation Research Record. No. 2543, 134-142.

  38. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2015). Schedule-based rail transit path-choice estimation using automatic fare collection data. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 142(1), 04015037.

  39. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2015). Optimization models for public transit operations under subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Record, No. 2530, 44-54.

  40. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2015). Stochastic capacity expansion models for airport facilities. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 80, 1-18.

  41. Sun, Y., and Xu, R. (2012). Rail transit travel time reliability and estimation of passenger route choice behavior: Analysis using automatic fare collection data. Transportation Research Record, No. 2275, 58-67.

Conference Papers

• 1. Adimonyemma, J. and Sun, Y. (2025) Optimization Model for Large-Scale Long-Term Aircraft Maintenance Scheduling and Station Assignment, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  2. Adimonyemma, J. and Sun, Y. (2025) Strategic Capacity Planning for a Network of Aircraft Maintenance Facilities, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  3. Okorie, C., Chen, S., and Sun, Y. (2025) Optimization Models for the ADA Paratransit Districting Problem, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  4. Chen, S., Rahman, H., Markovic, N., and Sun, Y. (2025) Joint Optimization of Driver Shift Assignment and Vehicle Routing in ADA Paratransit, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  5. Okorie, C. and Sun, Y. (2025) Route Optimization for Electric Trucks in Solid Waste Collection: Impacts of Network Representations and New Solution Algorithms, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  6. Thapa, M. M., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Ryzhov, I., and Markovic, N. (2025) Probabilistic Models for Maximizing Service Area in Route Deviation Bus Transit Systems, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  7. Rahman, M. H., Chen, Y., Chen, S., Sun, Y., Siddiqui, M., Mohebbi, M., and Markovic, N. (2025) Enhancing Underutilized Bus Routes with Semiflexible Routing, INFORMS 2025 Annual Meeting, October 2025, Atlanta, GA.

  8. Adimonyemma, J., and Sun, Y. Optimizing Aircraft Maintenance Plans for a Major Airline in the U.S., Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, August 2025. Presentation type: virtual.

  9. Okorie, C., and Sun, Y. Route Optimization for Electric Trucks in Solid Waste Collection: Impacts of Network Representations & New Solution Algorithms, Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, August 2025. Presentation type: virtual.

  10. Adimonyemma, J., Wang, H., and Sun, Y. Inference of Causal Relations between External Factors and Transportation System Performance Measures from Low-Frequency Time Series Data, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  11. Mneney, E., Sun, Y., Kirtonia, S., Guo, Z., and Alam, M.  Estimating Bus Occupancy in Real-time from Wi-Fi Frames with Randomized MAC Addresses, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  12. Chen, S., Sun, Y., and Guo, Q. What Research Topics Do Federal and State Departments of Transportation Fund - An Empirical Study Based on Topic Modeling, Transportation Research Board 103rd Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  13. Kirtonia, S. and Sun, Y. (2023) Integrated Optimization of Auto-Carrier Loading and Routing Decisions in Automobile Shipping, INFORMS 2023 Annual Meeting, October 2023, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation type: podium.

  14. Chen, S., and Sun, Y. An Optimization Model for Schedule Negotiations with Riders in ADA Paratransit, Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, August 2023. Presentation type: virtual.

  15. Chen, S., Park, C., and Sun, Y., Predicting Flight-level Checked Baggage for a Major U.S. Airline, Transportation Research Board 102nd Annual Meeting.  Presentation type: poster.

  16. Chen, S., and Sun, Y. Negotiating Travel Schedule and Mode in Mobility Services for Transportation-disadvantaged Individuals, INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, October 2022, Indianapolis, IN. Presentation type: podium.

  17. Sun, Y., and Kirtonia, S. Characterizing Transportation Network Company Vehicle Supply with Time-evolving Bipartite Graph, INFORMS 2022 Annual Meeting, October 2022, Indianapolis, IN. Presentation type: podium.

  18. Kirtonia, S., and Sun, Y.  Auto-Carrier Loading Optimization in Automobile Shipping: A Space-State Network Formulation, Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, August 2022. Presentation type: virtual.

  19. Chen, S., Sun, Y., and Guo, Q. Characterizing Transportation Research Funding Portfolios of Federal and State Departments of Transportation with Topic Modeling, Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Conference, August 2022. Presentation type: virtual.

  20. Sun, Y. Measuring Emerging Mobility Services in Florida using Publicly Available Data, Bridging Resilience Divides: Technology, Transportation & Communications (2022), Presentation type: podium.

  21. Chen, S., and Sun, Y., Analyzing Research Funding Portfolio of  TRB's Cooperative Research Programs and State Departments of Transportation, Transportation Research Board 101st Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  22. Kirtonia, S., and Sun, Y.  Selection of Auto-carrier Loading Policy In Automobile Distribution, INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA. Presentation type: podium.

  23. Chen, S., Sun, Y., Zhao, T., Jia, M., Tang, T. Data-Driven Learning of Hurricane Evacuee’s Individual Decision Making in a Pandemic, INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, October 2021, Anaheim, CA. Presentation type: podium.

  24. Sun, Y.  et al., Exploring Statistical Effects of External Factors on Performance Measures of the Multimodal Transportation System in Florida, Transportation Research Board 100thAnnual Meeting. Presentation type: poster. 

  25. Kirtonia, S., and Sun, Y. Quantification of Rail Transit’s Comparative Advantages in Travel Cost and Time over Taxi: An Empirical Study in Washington, D.C. and Chicago, IL. Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster. 

  26. Ning, Y., and Sun, Y. Time-dependent Public Transit Pricing with Consideration of Elastic and Spatially Distributed Demand. Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster. 

  27. Jiang, Z., Zhou, M., Liao, S., Chen, J., and Sun, Y. Space-Time Trajectory Estimation Using Incomplete Wi-Fi Probe Data in Urban Rail Transit Network, Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster. 

  28. Kirtonia, S. and Sun, Y. Exploring Correlations between Transportation Research Topics and Geographical Regions: Evidence from 2010-2017 TRB Publications, Transportation Research Board 98th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: lectern. 

  29. Sun, Y. (2018) Designing Dynamic and Personalized Incentives in Sustainable Ridesharing Systems, INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation type: podium.

  30. Sun, Y., and Zhang, L. (2018) Nudging Commuters' Travel Choices with Dynamic and Personalized Incentives for Transportation Network Efficiency, INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation type: podium.

  31. Sun, Y., and Guo, Q. (2018) Regulation of Public Transit Monopoly Under Asymmetric Information， INFORMS 2018 Annual Meeting, November 2018, Phoenix, AZ. Presentation type: podium.

  32. Sun, Y., and Zhang, L. (2018) “Microeconomic Model for Designing Public Transit Incentive Programs” Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: lectern.

  33. Sun, Y., and Zhang, L. (2018) “Potential of Taxi-pooling in Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled in Washington, D.C.” Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting.  Presentation type: lectern.

  34. Sun, Y., Chen, Z., and Zhang. L (2017). Energy-efficient peer-to-peer ridesharing optimization. 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Invited. Presentation type: podium.

  35. Weichang Y., Sun, Y., and Frey, C.H. (2017) Transit train activity data for use in energy consumption estimation. Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA)’s 110th Annual Conference & Exhibition. Presentation type: podium.

  36. Sun, Y., Guo, Q., and Schonfeld, P. (2017) Effects of costly public funds on public transit subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  37. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2017) Coordinated Airport Facility Development under Uncertainty. Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  38. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2016). Developing interrelated airport facilities under uncertainty: a network flow formulation. 2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting. Presentation type: podium.

  39. Sun, Y., Guo, Q., Schonfeld, P., and Li, Z. (2016). Subsidizing and regulating public transit firms considering costly public funds. 14th World Conference on Transport Research. Presentation type: podium.

  40. Sun, Y., Schonfeld, P., Lu, Y., and Zhou, M. (2016) Redesigning rail transit short turn operations. Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: podium.

  41. Sun, Y., Fan, W., and Schonfeld, P. (2016) Static parking choice model considering parking duration. Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  42. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2015) Optimization models for public transit operations under subsidization and regulation. Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  43. TariVerdi, M., Miller-Hooks, E., Sun, Y., and Kastrouni, E. (2014) Assessing the responsiveness of a healthcare network to sudden surge demand. INFORMS Annual Meeting. Presentation type: podium.

  44. Sun, Y., and Schonfeld, P. (2014) Schedule-based route choice estimation with automatic fare collection data for rail transit passengers. Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting. Presentation type: poster.

  45. Sun, Y., and Xu, R. (2012) Rail transit travel time reliability and estimation of passenger route choice behavior: Analysis using automatic fare collection data. Transportation Research Board 91stAnnual Meeting. Presentation type: podium.