Dr. Jian Liu

Assistant Research Professor

 

Jian Liu is currently an Assistant Research Professor at the Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Missouri S&T. He was a distinguished full professor at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology. He has been a Ph.D. student, visiting scholar, and postdoctoral fellow at Penn State University, the University of Washington, Tsinghua University, Missouri S&T, and the University of Houston. His research has been published in leading journals such as Applied Energy, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Service Science, and Production and Operations Management.

Selected Publications

  • Jian Liu, Jianwen Zhang, Zaiwu Gong, Donald C. Wunsch II, Rui Bo . Analytical Dispatch Strategies for PSH: A Conditional Dynamic Programming Approach to Discontinuous Multi-Period Optimization Problems, Applied Energy, 2025
  • Jian Liu, Yongpin Zhou, Jian Chen, Peng Li. Reference Dependence in Queue Design and Pricing Strategies, Service Science, 2024, 16(4): 272-296
  • Jian Liu, Yongpin Zhou, Jian Chen. Customer Segmentation and Ex-ante Fairness: A Queueing Perspective, Production and Operations Management, 2023, 32(10): 3246-3265.
  •  Jian Liu, Jian Chen, Rui Bo, Fanlin Meng, Yong Xu, Peng Li. Increase or Discount: Pricing Strategies based on Customers’ Patience times, European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 305(2): 722-737.
  • Jian Liu, Meng Ou, Xinyue Sun, Jian Chen, Chuanmin Mi, Rui Bo. Implication of product tax credit on economic dispatch for electricity merchants with storage and wind farms, Applied Energy, 2022, 308, 118318.

 

Research Interests:

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Explainable AI, Reinforcement Learning and Deep Learning, Classification and Clustering, Real-time Object Detection); Energy Economics and Sustainable Operations (Electricity Market Optimization, EV Smart Charging, Energy Storage Optimization, Distributed Energy Resources Management); Operations Research and Operations Management (Uncertain Decision Making, Behavioral Queueing, Supply Chain Optimization, Complex Product Manufacturing Operation)

Publications:

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Education:
  • Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology.
  • PhD in Management Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics