Academic Degrees

 Ph.D. degree in System Engineering, Department of Automation, University of Science and Technology of China

Professional Experience
 At USTC since 1986

Research Areas

  Traffic Management and Traffic Control

  Queueing System Performance Analysis and Optimization

Selected Publications

1.  Zhou Yaping, Zhuang Hongbin.  The optimization of lane assignment and signal timing at the tandem intersection with pre-signal, Journal of Advanced Transportation, DOI:10.1002/atr.1222, in Press.

2.  Zhou Yaping, Zhuang Hongbin and Cao Xiansheng.  Multi-phase Signalized Intersection Optimization Based on Lane Sharing.  Journal of System Simulation，2013, 25(6):1425-1428.

3.  Zhou Yaping, Zhuang Hongbin.  Traffic Performance in Signalized Intersection with Shared Lane and Left-Turn Waiting Area Established.  Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2012, 138(7):852-862.

4.  Zhuang Hongbin, Zhou Yaping and Cao Xiansheng.  Area Traffic Signal Timing Optimization Based on Genetic Algorithm. Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information, 2012, 12(4):57-63.

5.  Liu Li，Zhou Yaping. System Dynamics Analysis of Urban Rail Transit’s Effect on Private Vehicle Ownership: A Case Study of Beijing City.  Advances in Information and Systems Sciences, 2009, 601-611.

6.  Yin Baoqun, Li Yanjie, Zhou Yaping and Xi Hongsheng.  Performance optimization of semi-Markov decision processes with discounted-cost criteria.  European Journal of Control,  2008, 14(3):213-222.

7.  Zhou, Yaping, Liu, Fei, and Chen, Bo.  The Sufficient condition of the existence of Nash Equilibrium in an economic countermeasure model.  Systems Engineering,  2007, 25(3):121-124.

8.  Zhou Yaping, Liu Jianyu, Yin Baoqun, and Xi Hongsheng. The Estimation of the Semi-Markov processes performance potentials based on parallel simulation.  Systems Engineering, 2005, 23(12):103-108.

9.  Zhou Yaping, Yin Baoqun, Xi Hongsheng and Tang Hao. An optimality algorithm for a class of closed queuing network by using oblivion factor.  Journal of System Simulation, 2003, 15(3):386-388,392.

10. Zhou Yaping, Xi Hongsheng, Yin Baoqun, and Sun Demin. Optimality strategy of average cost based performance potentials for Markov control process.  ACTA Automatica Sinica, 2002, 28(6):904-910.

Research Monographs

    Yin Baoqun, Xi Hongsheng and Zhou Yaping. Queuing system performance analysis and Markov control  processes. 2004.  Press of UniversityofScienceand Technology ofChina.