Publications@M3Nets

    Year 2025

  1. Jiaxuan Wu, Xiaoqian Sun*, Yifan Xu, Changmin Jiang and Sebastian Wandelt. Hydrogen airport location selection and fleet assignment under policy considerations.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 197, pp. 104078, 2025, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  2. Sebastian Wandelt, Xinyue Chen and Xiaoqian Sun*. Flight delay prediction: A dissecting review of recent studies using machine learning.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems forthcoming, 2025, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  3. Sebastian Wandelt, Anming Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. Global Airport Resilience Index: Towards a comprehensive understanding of air transportation resilience.
    Transportation Research Part D-Transport and Environment 138, pp. 104522, 2025, IF=7.3 (Q1) DOI
  4. Sebastian Wandelt, Xinyue Chen and Xiaoqian Sun*. Networks for Flight Delay Analysis: A Scoping Review and Research Agenda.
    IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering forthcoming, 2025, IF=6.7 (Q1) DOI
  5. Sebastian Wandelt, Shuang Wang and Xiaoqian Sun*. A literature review on hub location-routing models and their solution techniques.
    Computers & Operations Research 173, pp. 106861, 2025, IF=4.1 (Q1) DOI
  6. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Kun Wang and Sebastian Wandelt*. The art of airline cessation: A comprehensive analysis based on airline ceases reported between the years 2010 and 2023.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 124, pp. 102748, 2025, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  7. Sebastian Wandelt, Andrea Signori, Shuming Chang, Shuang Wang, Zhuoming Du, et al. Unleashing the Potential of Operations Research in Air Transport: A review of applications, methods, and challenges.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 124, pp. 102747, 2025, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  8. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Shinya Hanaoka, Anming Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. Sayonara pandemic, Konnichiwa new normalcy: An analysis of Japanese aviation with COVID-19.
    Case Studies on Transport Policy 19, pp. 101371, 2025, IF=2.4 (Q3) DOI
  9. Sebastian Wandelt, Shuang Wang, Xuejun Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. LAERACE: Taking the policy fast-track towards low-altitude economy.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 4, pp. 100058, 2025 DOI
  10. Sebastian Wandelt, Yahua Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. Sustainable aviation fuels: A meta-review of surveys and key challenges.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 4, pp. 100056, 2025 DOI

    11. Year 2024

  11. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Jun Zhang. GraphCast for solving the air transportation nexus among safety, efficiency, and resilience.
    Communications in Transportation Research 4, pp. 100120, 2024, IF=12.5 (Q1) DOI
  12. Sebastian Wandelt* and Changhong Zheng. Toward Smart Skies: Reviewing the State of the Art and Challenges for Intelligent Air Transportation Systems (IATS).
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25(10), pp. 12943-12953, 2024, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  13. Shuang Wang, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Stratified p-hub median and hub location problems: Models and solution algorithms.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25(9), pp. 11452-11470, 2024, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  14. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Jiachang Li, Changmin Jiang, Anming Zhang, et al. A review on research regarding HSR interactions with air transport and outlook for future research challenges.
    Transport Policy 157, pp. 74-85, 2024, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  15. Jiachang Li, Xiaoqian Sun, Wei Cong, Chikage Miyoshi, Lee Chui Ying, et al. On the Air-HSR Mode Substitution in China: From the Carbon Intensity Reduction Perspective.
    Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 180, pp. 103977, 2024, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  16. Yifan Xu, Nicole Adler, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Competitive Integrated Airline Schedule Design and Fleet Assignment.
    European Journal of Operational Research 314, pp. 32-50, 2024, IF=6.0 (Q1) DOI
  17. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Xinyue Chen and Sebastian Wandelt*. Multiple airport regions: A review of concepts, insights and challenges.
    Journal of Transport Geography 120, pp. 103974, 2024, IF=5.7 (Q1) DOI
  18. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Anming Zhang. On the extent, trend, and stability of market concentration in the global aviation system since 2010.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 119, pp. 102652, 2024, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  19. Sebastian Wandelt, Changhong Zheng, Shuang Wang, Yucheng Liu and Xiaoqian Sun*. Large Language Models for Intelligent Transportation: A Review of the State of the Art and Challenges.
    Applied Sciences 14(17), pp. 7455, 2024, IF=2.5 (Q2) DOI
  20. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Airline competition: A comprehensive review of recent research.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 2, pp. 100013, 2024 DOI
  21. Sebastian Wandelt, Constantinos Antoniou, Sebastian Birolini, Daniel Delahaye, Yahua Zhang, et al. Status quo and challenges in air transport management research.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 2, pp. 100014, 2024 DOI
  22. Xiaoqian Sun*, Changhong Zheng and Anming Zhang. COVID-19 and aviation, lessons learned from the trenches: A survey among participants at the 26th ATRS World Conference.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 2, pp. 100005, 2024 DOI
  23. Sebastian Wandelt, Henk Blom, Marius Magnus Kroemer, Daochun Li, Massimiliano Zanin, et al. DESIGN and be SMART: Eleven engineering challenges to achieve sustainable air transportation under safety assurance in the year 2050.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 4, pp. 100045, 2024 DOI
  24. Sebastian Wandelt* and Kuigeng Wang. Towards solving the airport ground workforce dilemma: A literature review on hiring, scheduling, retention, and digitalization in the airport industry.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 2, pp. 100004, 2024 DOI
  25. Shuang Wang, Changhong Zheng and Sebastian Wandelt*. Policy Challenges for Coordinated Delivery of Trucks and Drones.
    Journal of The Air Transport Research Society 2, pp. 100001, 2024 DOI
  26. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. On the relationship between air connectivity and economic development: A comparative analysis of inequality evolution for 2000--2019.
    Transport Economics and Management 2, pp. 10-321, 2024 DOI

    27. Year 2023

  27. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Why are COVID-19 travel bubbles a tightrope walk? An investigation based on the trans-tasmanian case.
    Communications in Transportation Research 3, pp. 100089, 2023, IF=12.5 (Q1) DOI
  28. Sebastian Wandelt, Yifan Xu and Xiaoqian Sun*. Measuring node importance in air transportation systems: On the quality of complex network estimations.
    Reliability Engineering & System Safety 240, pp. 109596, 2023, IF=9.4 (Q1) DOI
  29. Yida Ding, Sebastian Wandelt, Guohua Wu, Yifan Xu and Xiaoqian Sun*. Towards Efficient Airline Disruption Recovery with Reinforcement Learning.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 179, pp. 103295, 2023, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  30. Felipe Olivares, Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun and Massimiliano Zanin*. Measuring landing independence and interactions using statistical physics.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 170, pp. 102998, 2023, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  31. Sebastian Wandelt, Shuang Wang, Changhong Zheng and Xiaoqian Sun*. AERIAL: A meta review and discussion of challenges towards unmanned aerial vehicle operations in logistics, mobility, and monitoring.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 25(7), pp. 6276-6289, 2023, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  32. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. IMMUNER: Integrated Multimodal Mobility Under Network Disruptions.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 24(2), pp. 1480-1494, 2023, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  33. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. A Distributionally Robust Optimization Approach for Airline Integrated Recovery under in-flight Pandemic Transmission Risks.
    Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies 152, pp. 104188, 2023, IF=7.6 (Q1) DOI
  34. Xiaoyong Wang, Jun Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. On the ramifications of airspace bans in aero-political conflicts: Towards a country importance ranking.
    Transport Policy 137, pp. 1-13, 2023, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  35. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Anming Zhang. Towards Analyzing the Robustness of the Integrated Global Transportation Network Abstraction (IGTNA).
    Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 178, pp. 103838, 2023, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  36. Meng Li, Sebastian Wandelt, Kaiquan Cai* and Xiaoqian Sun. Machine learning augmented approaches for hub location problems.
    Computers & Operations Research 154, pp. 106188, 2023, IF=4.1 (Q1) DOI
  37. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Anming Zhang. Is the aircraft leasing industry on the way to a perfect storm? Finding answers through a literature review and a discussion of challenges.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 111, pp. 102426, 2023, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  38. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Anming Zhang. AI-driven assistants for education and research? A case study on ChatGPT for air transport management.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 113, pp. 102483, 2023, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  39. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Anming Zhang. On the contagion leakage via incoming flights during China's aviation policies in the fight against COVID-19.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 108, pp. 102377, 2023, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  40. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. A data-driven analysis of the aviation recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 109, pp. 102401, 2023, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  41. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Price discrimination through hidden city options? A data-driven study on the extent and evolution of skiplaggability in the global aviation system.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 108, pp. 102373, 2023, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  42. Jiuxia Guo, Zongxin Yang, Qingwei Zhong, Xiaoqian Sun and Yinhai Wang . A novel resilience analysis methodology for airport networks system from the perspective of different epidemic prevention and control policy responses.
    PLOS ONE 18(9), pp. e0281950, 2023, IF=2.9 (Q1) DOI
  43. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun*, Yichen Yang, Sureshan Karichery, et al. Machine Learning-assisted Optimization of Aircraft Trajectories under Realistic Constraints.
    Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics 46(9), pp. 1814-1825, 2023, IF=2.3 (Q2) DOI
  44. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Airline Scheduling Optimization: Literature Review and a Discussion of Modeling Methodologies.
    Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure forthcoming, 2023 DOI
  45. Xiaoqian Sun, Changhong Zheng, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Air transportation and COVID-19: A tale with three episodes.
    Transport Economics and Management 1, pp. 13-21, 2023 DOI

    46. Year 2022

  46. Sebastian Wandelt, Wei Lin, Xiaoqian Sun* and Massimiliano Zanin. From Random Failures to Targeted Attacks in Network Dismantling.
    Reliability Engineering & System Safety 218, pp. 108146, 2022, IF=9.4 (Q1) DOI
  47. Weibin Dai, Sebastian Wandelt, Jun Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. Capacitated Air/Rail Hub Location Problem with Uncertainty: A Model, Efficient Solution Algorithm, and Case Study.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 23(7), pp. 8451-8466, 2022, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  48. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Ghostbusters: Hunting abnormal flights in Europe during COVID-19.
    Transport Policy 127, pp. 203-217, 2022, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  49. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. STARTUPS: Founding airlines during COVID-19 - a hopeless endeavor or an ample opportunity for a better aviation system?.
    Transport Policy 118, pp. 10-19, 2022, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  50. Qingnan Rong, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. On the estimation of percolation thresholds for real networks.
    Chaos Solitons & Fractals 158, pp. 111968, 2022, IF=5.3 (Q1) DOI
  51. Sebastian Wandelt, Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. Towards a Reference Experimental Benchmark for Solving Hub Location Problems.
    Transportation Science 56, pp. 543-564, 2022, IF=4.4 (Q2) DOI
  52. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Air transportation as a puzzle piece of COVID-19 in Africa?.
    Research in Transportation Business & Management 43, pp. 100780, 2022, IF=4.1 (Q2) DOI
  53. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Summary of Recent Research, Policy Consideration and Future Research Directions.
    Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 16, pp. 100718, 2022, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  54. Wei Lin, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Efficient Network Dismantling Through Genetic Algorithms.
    Soft Computing 26, pp. 3107–3125, 2022, IF=3.1 (Q2) DOI
  55. Liting Chen, Sebastian Wandelt, Weibin Dai and Xiaoqian Sun*. Scalable Vertiport Hub Location Selection for Air Taxi Operations in a Metropolitan Region.
    INFORMS Journal on Computing 34(2), pp. 834-856, 2022, IF=2.3 (Q2) DOI
  56. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Travel Bubbles in Air Transportation: Myth or Reality?.
    Aerospace 9(1), pp. 38, 2022, IF=2.1 (Q2) DOI
  57. Chunxiao Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun*, Weibin Dai and Sebastian Wandelt. Solving Hub Location Problems with Profits using Variable Neighborhood Search.
    Transportation Research Record 2677(1), pp. 1675–1695, 2022, IF=1.6 (Q3) DOI
  58. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Lufthansa Express Rail in Germany: A critical evaluation of benefits and limitations of the intermodal network based on journey time and fares.
    Multimodal Transportation 1(4), pp. 100048, 2022 DOI
  59. Xiaoqian Sun*, Sebastian Wandelt and Anming Zhang. One year with COVID-19: The impact on air transportation throughout 2020.
    Proceedings of 22th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2022
  60. Shuang Wang, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. An Exact Solution Method for Truck-assisted Drone Routing Problem.
    Proceedings of 22th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2022

    61. Year 2021

  61. Sebastian Wandelt, Xing Shi and Xiaoqian Sun*. Estimation and improvement of transportation network robustness by exploiting communities.
    Reliability Engineering & System Safety 206, pp. 107307, 2021, IF=9.4 (Q1) DOI
  62. Yida Ding, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. TLQP: Early-stage Transportation Lock-down and Quarantine Problem.
    Transportation Research Part C-Emerging Technologies 129, pp. 103218, 2021, IF=7.6 (Q1) DOI
  63. Sebastian Wandelt, Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Qiuhong Zhao and Xiaoqian Sun*. An Efficient and Scalable Approach to Hub Location Problems based on Contraction.
    Computers & Industrial Engineering 151, pp. 106955, 2021, IF=6.7 (Q1) DOI
  64. Qingnan Rong, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun*, Sebastian Wandelt, Massimiliano Zanin, et al. Optimal Cost-based Strengthening of Complex Networks.
    IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering 9(3), pp. 1117-1127, 2021, IF=6.7 (Q1) DOI
  65. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. On the degree of synchronization between air transport connectivity and COVID-19 cases at worldwide level.
    Transport Policy 105, pp. 115-123, 2021, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  66. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Technological and Educational Challenges Towards Pandemic-Resilient Aviation.
    Transport Policy 114, pp. 104-115, 2021, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  67. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Vaccination Passports: Challenges for a Future of Air Transportation.
    Transport Policy 110, pp. 394-401, 2021, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  68. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Delayed reaction towards emerging COVID-19 variants of concern: Does history repeat itself?.
    Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 152, pp. 203-215, 2021, IF=6.3 (Q1) DOI
  69. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Airline Integrated Robust Scheduling with a Variable Neighborhood Search based Heuristic.
    Transportation Research Part B-Methodological 149, pp. 181-203, 2021, IF=5.8 (Q1) DOI
  70. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Comparative Accessibility of Chinese Airports and High-Speed Railway Stations: A high-resolution, yet scalable framework based on Open Data.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 92, pp. 102014, 2021, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  71. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt*, Changhong Zheng and Anming Zhang. COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 94, pp. 102062, 2021, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  72. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Transportation Mode Choice Behaviour with Recommender Systems: A Case Study on Beijing.
    Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives 11, pp. 100408, 2021, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  73. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt*, Hartmut Fricke and Judith Rosenow. The Impact of COVID-19 on Air Transportation Network in the United States, Europe, and China.
    Sustainability 13(17), pp. 9656, 2021, IF=3.3 (Q3) DOI
  74. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Robustness of air transportation as complex networks: Systematic review of 15 years research and outlook into the future.
    Sustainability 13(11), pp. 6446, 2021, IF=3.3 (Q3) DOI
  75. Judith Rosenow, Gong Chen, Hartmut Fricke, Xiaoqian Sun and Yanjun Wang. Impact of Chinese and European Airspace Constraints on Trajectory Optimization.
    Aerospace 8(11), pp. 338, 2021, IF=2.1 (Q2) DOI
  76. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt*, Michael Husemann and Eike Stumpf. Operational Considerations Regarding On-Demand Air Mobility: Literature Review and Research Challenges.
    Journal of Advanced Transportation pp. 3591034, 2021, IF=2.0 (Q3) DOI
  77. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. A worldwide, machine-generated airfield database: better than hand-curated datasets?.
    Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport accepted, pp. 1-22, 2021, IF=1.0 (Q4) DOI
  78. Anming Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt, Yahua Zhang and Shiteng Xu. COVID-19, Air Transportation, and International Trade in the ASEAN+5 Region.
    Eria Discussion Paper Series, No. 401, 2021

    79. Year 2020

  79. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. Resilience of cities towards airport disruptions at global scale.
    Research in Transportation Business & Management pp. 100452, 2020, IF=4.1 (Q2) DOI
  80. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. How did COVID-19 impact air transportation? A first peek through the lens of complex networks.
    Journal of Air Transport Management 89, pp. 101928, 2020, IF=3.9 (Q2) DOI
  81. Sebastian Wandelt, Xing Shi, Xiaoqian Sun* and Massimiliano Zanin. Community detection boosts network dismantling on real-world networks.
    IEEE Access 8, pp. 111954-111965, 2020, IF=3.4 (Q2) DOI
  82. Sebastian Wandelt, Xing Shi and Xiaoqian Sun*. Complex network metrics: Can deep learning keep up with tailor-made reference algorithms?.
    IEEE Access 8, pp. 68114-68123, 2020, IF=3.4 (Q2) DOI
  83. Massimiliano Zanin*, Yanbo Zhu, Ran Yan, Peiji Dong, Xiaoqian Sun, et al. Characterization and Prediction of Air Transport Delays in China.
    Applied Sciences 10(18), pp. 6165, 2020, IF=2.5 (Q2) DOI
  84. Sebastian Wandelt, Xing Shi and Xiaoqian Sun*. Approximation of interactive betweenness centrality in large complex networks.
    Complexity pp. 4046027, 2020, IF=1.7 (Q2) DOI
  85. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Mark Hansen. Airport Road Access at Planet Scale using Population Grid and Openstreetmap.
    Networks & Spatial Economics 20, pp. 273-299, 2020, IF=1.6 (Q3) DOI
  86. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Anming Zhang. On the degree of synchronization between air transport connectivity and COVID-19 cases at worldwide level.
    Arxiv Preprint Arxiv:2007.08412, 2020
  87. Xin Tan, Xiaoqian Sun, Chunxiao Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. Efficient and Effective 4D Trajectory Data Cleansing.
    Transactions of Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 37(2), pp. 288-299, 2020 DOI
  88. Pengfei Yi, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Flightpath 2050 door-to-door travel time goal: A comparative study on Europe and China.
    9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2020
  89. Yifan Xu, Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Robust Integrated Airline Scheduling with Chance Constraints.
    9th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2020

    90. Year 2019

  90. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun*, Ernestina Menasalvas, Alejandro Rodriguez-Gonzalez and Massimiliano Zanin. On the use of random graphs as null model of large connected networks.
    Chaos Solitons & Fractals 119, pp. 318-325, 2019, IF=5.3 (Q1) DOI
  91. Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. HUBBI: Iterative network design for incomplete hub location problems.
    Computers & Operations Research 104, pp. 394-414, 2019, IF=4.1 (Q1) DOI
  92. Sebastian Wandelt, Xing Shi and Xiaoqian Sun*. Scalability of Betweenness Approximation Algorithms: An Experimental Review.
    IEEE Access 7, pp. 104057-104071, 2019, IF=3.4 (Q2) DOI
  93. Yifan Xu, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. Stochastic Tail Assignment Problem under Disruption Recovery Initiative.
    13th Usa/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, 2019
  94. Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Daniel Delahaye and Xiaoqian Sun*. A Heuristic Algorithm for Aircraft 4D Trajectory Optimization Based on Bezier Curve.
    13th Usa/Europe Air Traffic Management Research and Development Seminar, 2019
  95. Qingnan Rong, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. Network Strengthening Against Malicious Attacks.
    8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, 2019 DOI

    96. Year 2018

  96. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Eike Stumpf. Competitiveness of on-demand air taxis regarding door-to-door travel time: A race through Europe.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 119, pp. 1-18, 2018, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  97. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Hartmut Fricke. ADS-BI: Compressed Indexing of ADS-B Data.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 19(12), pp. 3795-3806, 2018, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  98. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun*, Massimiliano Zanin and Shlomo Havlin. QRE: Quick Robustness Estimation for large complex networks.
    Future Generation Computer Systems 83, pp. 413-424, 2018, IF=6.2 (Q1) DOI
  99. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Complementary strengths of airlines under network disruptions.
    Safety Science 103, pp. 76-87, 2018, IF=4.7 (Q1) DOI
  100. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun*, Daozhong Feng, Massimiliano Zanin and Shlomo Havlin. A comparative analysis of approaches to network-dismantling.
    Scientific Reports 8(1), pp. 13513, 2018, IF=3.8 (Q1) DOI
  101. Massimiliano Zanin, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. Studying the topology of transportation systems through complex networks: handle with care.
    Journal of Advanced Transportation Article ID 3156137, 2018, IF=2.0 (Q3) DOI
  102. Massimiliano Zanin, Ernestina Menasalvas, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. From the difference of structures to the structure of the difference.
    Complexity Article ID 4326097, 2018, IF=1.7 (Q2) DOI
  103. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Ulf Leser. Column-wise compression of open relational data.
    Information Sciences 457-458, pp. 48-61, 2018 DOI
  104. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Eike Stumpf. A fine-grained demand model for air taxis over Europe.
    22nd ATRS World Conference, 2018
  105. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Worldwide Subway Systems: Data Extraction, Topology, and Resilience.
    Proceedings of 18th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2018
  106. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Robustness Estimation of Infrastructure Networks: On the Usage of Degree Centrality.
    13th International Workshop on Frontiers in Availability, Reliability and Security, 2018

    107. Year 2017

  107. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt*, Mark Hansen and Ang Li. Multiple airport regions based on inter-airport temporal distances.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 101, pp. 84-98, 2017, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  108. Sebastian Wandelt, Zezhou Wang and Xiaoqian Sun*. Worldwide Railway Skeleton Network: Extraction Methodology and Preliminary Analysis.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 18(8), pp. 2206-2216, 2017, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  109. Xiaoqian Sun, Volker Gollnick and Sebastian Wandelt*. Robustness analysis metrics for worldwide airport network: A comprehensive study.
    Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 30(2), pp. 500-512, 2017, IF=5.3 (Q1) DOI
  110. Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang and Xiaoqian Sun*. On solving multi-commodity flow problems: An experimental evaluation.
    Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 30(4), pp. 1481-1492, 2017, IF=5.3 (Q1) DOI
  111. Tianyu Wang, Jun Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. Exploiting global information in complex network repair processes.
    Chinese Journal of Aeronautics 30(3), pp. 1086-1100, 2017, IF=5.3 (Q1) DOI
  112. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Massimiliano Zanin. Worldwide air transportation networks: a matter of scale and fractality?.
    Transportmetrica A-Transport Science 13(7), pp. 607-630, 2017, IF=3.6 (Q2) DOI
  113. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Jun Zhang. Evolution of domestic airport networks: A review and comparative analysis.
    Transportmetrica B-Transport Dynamics 7(1), pp. 1-17, 2017, IF=3.3 (Q2) DOI
  114. Xiaoqian Sun, Yu Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. Air Transport versus High-Speed Rail: An Overview and Research Agenda.
    Journal of Advanced Transportation Article ID 8426926, 2017, IF=2.0 (Q3) DOI
  115. Xiaoqian Sun, Weibin Dai, Yu Zhang and Sebastian Wandelt*. Finding p-Hub Median Locations: An Empirical Study on Problems and Solution Techniques.
    Journal of Advanced Transportation Article ID 9387302, 2017, IF=2.0 (Q3) DOI
  116. Tianyu Wang, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt. Network repair based on community structure.
    EPL 118(6), pp. 68005, 2017, IF=1.8 (Q2) DOI
  117. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Xianbin Cao. On Node Criticality in Air Transportation Networks.
    Networks & Spatial Economics 17(3), pp. 737-761, 2017, IF=1.6 (Q3) DOI
  118. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt* and Florian Linke. On the topology of air navigation route systems.
    Proceedings of The Institution of Civil Engineers-Transport 170(1), pp. 46-59, 2017, IF=1.0 (Q4) DOI
  119. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt* . Spatial Aggregation of Worldwide Air Transportation Networks.
    Proceedings of 17th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2017 DOI
  120. Yifan Xu, Weibin Dai, Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Improved benders decomposition for capacitated hub location problem with incomplete hub networks.
    2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2017 DOI
  121. Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. General contraction method for uncapacitated single allocation p-hub median problems.
    2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2017 DOI
  122. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Does the Chinese airline network become more robust over time?.
    2nd International Conference on Reliability Systems Engineering (Icrse), 2017 DOI

    123. Year 2016

  123. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun and Yanbo Zhu. Lossless Compression of Public Transit Schedules.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 17(11), pp. 3075-3086, 2016, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  124. Weibin Dai, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. Finding feasible solutions for multi-commodity flow problems.
    35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2016 DOI
  125. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Complex network analysis: The need for speed.
    35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2016 DOI
  126. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt*, Niclas Dzikus and Florian Linke. Air passenger flow communities between countries.
    35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2016 DOI
  127. Tianyu Wang, Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Ranking-free attacks to complex networks.
    35th Chinese Control Conference (CCC), 2016 DOI
  128. Weibin Dai, Jun Zhang, Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt . Node Dependency in Multi-Commodity Flow Problem with Applications to Transportation Networks.
    Proceedings of 16th COTA International Conference of Transportation Professionals, 2016 DOI

    129. Year 2015

  129. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun*. Evolution of the international air transportation country network from 2002 to 2013.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 82, pp. 55-78, 2015, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  130. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun. Efficient Compression of 4D-Trajectory Data in Air Traffic Management.
    IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems 16(2), pp. 844-853, 2015, IF=7.9 (Q1) DOI
  131. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Xianbin Cao. Computationally efficient attack design for robustness analysis of air transportation networks.
    Transportmetrica A-Transport Science 11(10), pp. 939-966, 2015, IF=3.6 (Q2) DOI
  132. Fernando Alves, Vinicius Cogo, Sebastian Wandelt, Ulf Leser and Alysson Bessani. On-Demand Indexing for Referential Compression of DNA Sequences.
    PLOS ONE 10(7), pp. 1-17, 2015, IF=2.9 (Q1) DOI
  133. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. Sequence Factorization with Multiple References.
    PLOS ONE 10(9), pp. 1-28, 2015, IF=2.9 (Q1) DOI
  134. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. MRCSI: Compressing and Searching String Collections with Multiple References.
    Proceedings of The VLDB Endowment (PVLDB) 8(5), pp. 461-472, 2015 DOI
  135. Xiaoqian Sun and Sebastian Wandelt*. Assessment of Node Importance in Air Transportation Networks using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Techniques.
    5th International Air Transport and Operations Symposium, 2015
  136. Oliver Gries, Ralf Möller, Anahita Nafissi, Maurice Rosenfeld, Kamil Sokolski, et al. Dealing efficiently with ontology-enhanced linked data for multimedia.
    1st Workshop on High-Level Declarative Stream Processing, 2015

    137. Year 2014

  137. Xiaoqian Sun* and Sebastian Wandelt. Network similarity analysis of air navigation route systems.
    Transportation Research Part E-Logistics and Transportation Review 70, pp. 416-434, 2014, IF=8.3 (Q1) DOI
  138. Xiaoqian Sun*, Sebastian Wandelt and Florian Linke. Temporal Evolution Analysis of European Air Transportation System: Air Navigation Route Network and Airport Network.
    Transportmetrica B-Transport Dynamics 3(2), pp. 1-16, 2014, IF=3.3 (Q2) DOI
  139. Xiaoqian Sun. Incorporating Multicriteria Decision Analysis Techniques in Aircraft Conceptual Design Process.
    Journal of Aircraft 51(3), pp. 861-869, 2014, IF=1.5 (Q2) DOI
  140. Xiaoqian Sun, Volker Gollnick, Yongchang Li and Eike Stumpf. Intelligent Multicriteria Decision Support System for Systems Design.
    Journal of Aircraft 51(1), pp. 216-225, 2014, IF=1.5 (Q2) DOI
  141. Sebastian Wandelt, Dong Deng, Stefan Gerdjikov, Shashwat Mishra, Jiaying Wang, et al. State-of-the-art in String Similarity Search and Join.
    Sigmod Record 43(1), pp. 64-76, 2014, IF=0.9 (Q4) DOI
  142. Sebastian Wandelt, Xiaoqian Sun* and Volker Gollnick. SO6C: Compressed Trajectories in Air Traffic Management.
    Air Traffic Control Quarterly 22(2), pp. 157-178, 2014 DOI
  143. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. RRCA: Ultra-Fast Multiple In-species Genome Alignments.
    Algorithms for Computational Biology, 2014 DOI
  144. Sebastian Wandelt and Xiaoqian Sun. SO6C: Compressed Trajectories in Air Traffic Management.
    6th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2014
  145. Xiaoqian Sun, Sebastian Wandelt and Florian Linke. Topological Properties of the Air Navigation Route System using Complex Network Theory.
    6th International Conference on Research in Air Transportation, 2014

    146. Year 2013

  146. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. FRESCO: Referential Compression of Highly Similar Sequences.
    IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and Bioinformatics 10(5), pp. 1275-1288, 2013, IF=3.6 (Q1) DOI
  147. Sebastian Wandelt, Johannes Starlinger, Marc Bux and Ulf Leser. RCSI: Scalable Similarity Search in Thousand(s) of Genomes.
    Proceedings of The VLDB Endowment (PVLDB) 6(13), pp. 1534-1545, 2013 DOI
  148. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. QGramProjector: Q-Gram Projection for Indexing Highly-Similar Strings.
    Advances in Databases and Information Systems, 2013 DOI
  149. Anika Malik, Xiaoqian Sun and Florian Linke. Concept Assessment for Remotely Piloted Commercial Aircraft using Multi-Attribute Nonlinear Utility Theory.
    CEAS European Air & Space Conference, 2013
  150. Ralf Möller, Christian Neuenstadt, Ozgur Ozcep and Sebastian Wandelt. Advances in Accessing Big Data with Expressive Ontologies.
    Description Logics, 2013
  151. Ralf Möller, Christian Neuenstadt, Ozgur Ozcep and Sebastian Wandelt. Advances in Accessing Big Data with Expressive Ontologies.
    36th Annual Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2013 DOI

    152. Year 2012

  152. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Towards ABox Modularization of Semi-expressive Description Logics.
    Applied Ontology 7(2), pp. 133-167, 2012, IF=2.5 (Q2) DOI
  153. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. Adaptive efficient compression of genomes.
    Algorithms for Molecular Biology 7(1), pp. 30, 2012, IF=1.5 (Q3) DOI
  154. Sebastian Wandelt, Astrid Rheinländer, Marc Bux, Lisa Thalheim, Berit Haldemann, et al. Data Management Challenges in Next Generation Sequencing.
    Datenbank-Spektrum 12(3), pp. 161-171, 2012 DOI
  155. Xiaoqian Sun, Berndt Liebhardt, Volker Gollnick and Eike Stumpf. Business aircraft evaluation using Multi-criteria decision analysis techniques.
    60th Congress of The Deutsche Gesellschaft Fuer Luft- Und Raumfahrt Sciences, 2012
  156. Marco Weiss, Niclas Dzikus and Xiaoqian Sun. Technology assessment of future aircraft - Socio-eco-efficiency in conceptual aircraft design.
    28th Congress of The International Council of The Aeronautical Sciences, 2012
  157. Xiaoqian Sun, Pengfei Mei, Daniel Boehnke, Stephan Lehner, Volker Gollnick, et al. Multi-criteria decision analysis techniques in aircraft conceptual design process.
    28th Congress of The International Council of The Aeronautical Sciences, 2012
  158. Sebastian Wandelt and Ulf Leser. String Searching in Referentially Compressed Genomes.
    4th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval, 2012
  159. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Towards Semantic Summaries over Ontologies.
    4th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, 2012

    160. Year 2011

  160. Eike Stumpf, Stephan Langhans, Marco Weiss, Xiaoqian Sun and Volker Gollnick. A methodology for holistic air transport system analysis.
    11th Aiaa Aviation Technology, Integration,And Operations, 2011 DOI
  161. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Islands and Query Answering for Alchi-ontologies.
    Knowledge Discovery, Knowlege Engineering and Knowledge Management, 2011 DOI
  162. Xiaoqian Sun, Eike Stumpf and Yongchang Li. Investigation on Ranking Paradox for MCDM Methods.
    21st International Conference on Multi-Criteria Decision Making, 2011
  163. Sebastian Wandelt. Efficient instance retrieval over semi-expressive ontologies.
    Hamburg University of Technology, 2011
  164. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Sound and Complete SHI Instance Retrieval for 1 Billion ABox Assertions.
    7th International Workshop on Scalable Semantic Web Knowledge Base Systems, 2011

    165. Year 2010

  165. Sebastian Wandelt, Ralf Möller and Michael Wessel. Towards scalable instance retrieval over ontologies.
    International Journal Software and Informatics 4(3), pp. 201-218, 2010
  166. Xiaoqian Sun* and Li Yongchang. An Intelligent Multi-Criteria Decision Support System for Systems Design.
    10th Aviation Technology Integration and Operation Conference (ATIO), 2010 DOI
  167. Xiaoqian Sun and Yongchang Li. Evaluation of control system performance using Multiple Criteria Decision Making techniques.
    49th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), 2010 DOI
  168. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Distributed island-based query answering for expressive ontologies.
    23rd International Workshop on Description Logics, 2010
  169. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Distributed island-based query answering for expressive ontologies.
    5th International Conference on Advances in Grid and Pervasive Computing, 2010
  170. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Sound summarizations for ALCHI ontologies: How to speedup instance checking and instance retrieval.
    2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence, 2010
  171. Alissa Kaplunova, Ralf Möller, Sebastian Wandelt and Michael Wessel. Towards scalable instance retrieval over ontologies.
    4th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, 2010
  172. Oliver Gries, Ralf Möller, Anahita Nafissi, Maurice Rosenfeld, Kamil Sokolski, et al. Media interpretation and companion feedback for multimedia annotation.
    5th International Conference on Semantic and Digital Media Technologies, 2010

    173. Year 2009

  173. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Updatable island reasoning for ALHCI-ontologies.
    1st International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development, 2009
  174. Xiaoqian Sun, Volker Gollnick and Eike Stumpf. Extension of Robust Control Theory and its Combination with Multi-Criteria Decision Making.
    20th International Conference on Multi-Criteria Decision Making, 2009

    175. Year 2008

  175. Sebastian Wandelt. Partitioning OWL knowledge bases - Revisited and revise.
    21st International Workshop on Description Logics, 2008
  176. Volker Haarslev, Ralf Möller and Sebastian Wandelt. The revival of structural subsumption in tableau-based description logic reasoners.
    21st International Workshop on Description Logics, 2008

    177. Year 2007

  177. Sebastian Wandelt and Ralf Möller. Scalability of OWL reasoning: Role condensates.
    On The Move To Meaningful Internet Systems 2007, 2007