Feng Xie

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

70

Co-Authors

The Use of Road Infrastructure Data for Urban Transportation Planning: Issues and Opportunities (2009)

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Abstract: In order to maintain and improve road infrastructure in their respective jurisdictions, the state (the Minnesota DOT), region (the Metropolitan Council), and seven counties in the Twin...

A Double Layer Electromagnetic Cloak And GL EM Modeling (2009)

Xie, Ganquan, Li, Jianhua, Xie, Feng, Xie, Lee

In this paper, we propose a novel electromagnetic (EM) cloaking structure that consists of two annular layers between three spherical shells and model its performance numerically and theoretically by...

An Electromagnetic GL Double Layered Cloak (2009)

Xie, Ganquan, Li, Jianhua, Xie, Feng, Xie, Lee

In this paper, we propose a new electromagnetic (EM) GL double layered cloak. The GL double layered cloak is consist of two sphere annular layers, $R_1 \le r \le R_2$ and $R_2 \le r \le R_3$. Two...

No Maxwell Electromagnetic Wave Field Excited In Cloaked Concealment (2009)

Xie, Ganquan, Li, Jianhua, Xie, Feng, Xie, Lee

The GL electromagnetic (EM) modeling is used to simulate the 3D EM full wave field propagation through cloaks. The 3D GL simulation of the EM wave field excited by a point source outside of the...

TITLE: Hyperplane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter (2009)

Feng Xie, Supervisor Dr. Antoine Deza

ii This thesis deals with combinatorial properties of hyperplane arrange-ments. In particular, we address a conjecture of Deza, Terlaky and Zinchenko stating that the largest possible average...

Line and Plane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter (2008)

Antoine Deza, Feng Xie

Abstract: Let ∆A(n, d) denote the largest possible average diameter of a bounded cell of a simple arrangement defined by n hyperplanes in dimension d. We have ∆A(n, 2) ≤ 2 + 2 n−1 in the...

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (2007) Jan Kautz and Sumanta Pattanaik (Editors) Soft Shadows by Ray Tracing Multilayer Transparent Shadow Maps (2008)

Feng Xie, Eric Tabellion, Andrew Pearce

We present a method for high quality soft shadows for area lights in cinematic lighting. The method is an extension of traditional shadow maps, so it has the advantage of image based shadow methods;...

Biodiesel generation from oleaginous yeast Rhodotorula glutinis   with xylose assimilating capacity (2008)

Dai, Chuan-chao, Tao, Jie, Xie, Feng, Dai, Yi-jun, Zhao, Mo

This study explored a strategy to convert agricultural and forestry residues into microbial lipid, which could be further transformed into biodiesel. Among the 250 yeast strains screened for xylose...

A New Ranidae Species from China - Limnonectes bannaensis   (Ranidae: Anura) (2008)

YE, Chang-yuan, FEI, Liang, XIE, Feng, JIANG, Jian-ping

A new, fanged frog Limnonectes bannaensis sp. nov. (Holotype: CIB 570798, adult male, SVL 87.5 mm) has been recognized based on the collections from Jinghong City and Mengla County, Yunnan Province...

A New Ranidae Frog Species from Sichuan, China - Odorrana (Odorrana) nanjiangensis   (Ranidae : Anura) (2008)

FEI, Liang, YE, Chang-yuan, XIE, Feng, JIANG, Jian-ping

A new odor frog Odorrana (Odorrana) nanjiangensis sp. nov. (Holotype: CIB610623, adult male, SVL 59.6 mm) has been recognized based on the collections from Nanjiang County, Sichuan Province in China,...

Real-time dobutamine stress myocardial perfusion echocardiography predicts outcome in the elderly (2008)

Tsutsui, Jeane M., Xie, Feng, Cloutier, David, Kalvaitis, Saul, Elhendy, Abdou, Porter, Thomas R.

Aims Although there is an increasing number of studies showing the value of perfusion imaging with real-time contrast echocardiography (RTCE) for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), no data...

OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA BY (2008)

Feng Xie

This dissertation explores transportation development and models the evolutionary growth of transportation networks including its determining factors. In particular, it examines the organization of...

Evaluating the Effects of I-35W Bridge Collapse on Road-Users in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region (2008)

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This study evaluates the effects of I-35W bridge collapse on road-users in the Twin-Cities metropolitan area. We adopted the Twin-Cities (Metropolitan Minneapolis and St. Paul) Seven-County travel...

Hyperplane Arrangements with Large Average Diameter (2007)

Deza, Antoine, Xie, Feng

The largest possible average diameter of a bounded cell of a simple hyperplane arrangement is conjectured to be not greater than the dimension. We prove that this conjecture holds in dimension 2, and...

The complexity of the envelope of line and plane arrangements (2007)

Bremner, David, Deza, Antoine, Xie, Feng

A facet of an hyperplane arrangement is called external if it belongs to exactly one bounded cell. The set of all external facets forms the envelope of the arrangement. The number of external facets...

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE Cs$_2$ TRIPLET STATES BY PERTURBATION FACILITATED INFRARED-INFRARED DOUBLE RESONANCE AND TWO-PHOTON EXCITATION SPECTROSCOPY (2007)

Xie, Feng, Li, Dan, Li, Li, Sovkov, Vladimir B., Ivanov, Valery S., Magnier, S.

Author Institution: Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Nanosciences, Tsinghua University,Beijing 100084, China; V. A. Fock Institute of Physics, St. Petersburg State...

Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter, AdvOLReport 2007/01 (2007)

Antoine Deza, Feng Xie, Antoine Deza, Feng Xie

Abstract: Let ∆A(n, d) denote the largest possible average diameter of a bounded cell of a simple arrangement defined by n hyperplanes in dimension d. We have ∆A(n, 2) ≤ 2 + 2 n−1 in the...

Hyperplane arrangements with large average diameter, AdvOLReport 2007/01 (2007)

Antoine Deza, Feng Xie, Antoine Deza, Feng Xie

Abstract: The largest possible average diameter of a bounded cell of a simple hyperplane arrangement is conjectured to be not greater than the dimension. We prove that this conjecture holds in...

The role of complement in the adherence of microbubbles to dysfunctional arterial endothelium and atherosclerotic plaque (2007)

Anderson, Daniel R., Tsutsui, Jeane M., Xie, Feng, Radio, Stanley J., Porter, Thomas R.

Objective: To determine whether serum complement C3 mediates adherence of albumin-encapsulated microbubbles to vascular endothelium in the development of atherosclerotic plaques. Methods: Adherence...

Carcinoid crisis and reversible right ventricular dysfunction after embolization in untreated carcinoid syndrome (2007)

Majeed, Farhan, Porter, Thomas R., Tarantolo, Stefano, Duhachek-Stapelman, Amy, Xie, Feng, Elhendy, Abdou

A 59-year-old white male with carcinoid tumor and hepatic metastases underwent hepatic artery embolization. The patient developed carcinoid crisis and a subsequent transthoracic echocardiogram showed...

Does First Last? The existence and extent of first mover advantages on spatial networks (2007)

David Levinson, Feng Xie

This paper examines the nature of first mover advantages on spatiallydifferentiated surface transportation networks. The literature on first mover advantages identifies a number of sources that...

Enhancing Transportation Education through On-line Simulation Using an Agent-based Demand and Assignment Model (07-0533) presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in (2007)

Shanjiang Zhu, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This research explores the effectiveness of using simulation as a tool for enhancing classroom learning in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. The authors...

Forecasting and Evaluating Network Growth (2007)

David Levinson, Feng Xie

This research assesses the implications of existing trends on future network investment, comparing alternative scenarios concerning budgets and investment rules. The main scenarios compare stated...

Are Asians comfortable with discussing death in health valuation studies? A study in multi-ethnic Singapore (2006)

Wee, Hwee-Lin, Li, Shu-Chuen, Xie, Feng, Zhang, Xu-Hao, Luo, Nan, Cheung, Yin-Bun, ...

Abstract Background To characterize ease in discussing death (EID) and its influence on health valuation in a multi-ethnic Asian population and to determine the acceptability of various descriptors...

Xie Feng and D. Levinson (2006) Measuring the Structure of Road Networks. Geographical Analysis (accepted) MEASURING THE STRUCTURE OF ROAD NETWORKS (2006)

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Spatial networks display both topologic and geometric variations in their structure. This study investigates the measurement of road network structure. Existing measures of heterogeneity,...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (2005)

Feng Xie, David M. Levinson, Feng Xie

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The use of microbubbles to target drug delivery (2004)

Tsutsui, Jeane M, Xie, Feng, Porter, Richard

Abstract Ultrasound-mediated microbubbles destruction has been proposed as an innovative method for noninvasive delivering of drugs and genes to different tissues. Microbubbles are used to carry a...

Application of model predictive control to a geothermally heated bridge deck (2004)

Xie, Feng

The purpose of this study was to design and implement a Model Predictive Control based control system for the Oklahoma State University Geothermal Smart Bridge Project. The control algorithm...

Variation of the Subjective Value of Travel Time on Freeways and Ramp Meters (2004)

Lei Zhang, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper explores drivers ’ subjective value of time under moving and stopped freeway travel conditions using a stated preference survey. Unlike previous studies that assume a constant value of...

Steady-state analysis of a split-connection scheme for Internet access through a wireless terminal (2004)

Feng Xie, Joseph L. Hammond, Life Member, Daniel L. Noneaker, Senior Member

Abstract—TCP does not perform well in a connection that includes a lossy wireless link. Techniques intended to improve the performance of TCP for such connections can be grouped into three...

Automatic Detection of Epileptiform Discharges in EEG Using a Back-Propagation Network (2003)

Xie, Feng, Yan, Zhuangzhi, Liu, Shupeng

Abstract: This paper presents an automatic approach to detect epileptiform discharges (ED) in electroencephalogram (EEG). On the algorithm we utilized back-propagation artificial neural network (BPN)...

Path choice model and its applications in an internet-based intelligent traveller information system / (2003)

Xie, Feng.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Nanyang Technological University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003.

Chronological Age-Grading of House Flies by Using Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (2002)

Joel Perez-Mendoza, Floyd E. Dowell, Alberto B. Broce, James E. Throne, Robert A. Wirtz, Feng Xie, ...

The sensitivity and accuracy of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) was compared with that of the pteridine fluorescence technique for estimating the chronological age of house flies, Musca domestica...

The use of microbubbles to target drug delivery

Tsutsui, Jeane M, Xie, Feng, Porter, Richard Thomas

Ultrasound-mediated microbubbles destruction has been proposed as an innovative method for noninvasive delivering of drugs and genes to different tissues. Microbubbles are used to carry a drug or...

The use of microbubbles to target drug delivery

Tsutsui, Jeane M, Xie, Feng, Porter, Richard Thomas

Ultrasound-mediated microbubbles destruction has been proposed as an innovative method for noninvasive delivering of drugs and genes to different tissues. Microbubbles are used to carry a drug or...

The Weakest Link: A Model of the Decline of Surface Transportation Networks

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This study explores the economic mechanisms behind the decline of a surface transportation network, based on the assumption that the decline phase is a spontaneous process driven by decentralized...

Measuring the Structure of Road Networks

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Spatial networks display both topologic and geometric variations in their structure. This study investigates the measurement of road network structure. Existing measures of heterogeneity,...

The Topological Evolution of Surface Transportation Networks

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This study explores the topological evolution of surface transportation networks, using empirical evidence and a simulation model validated on that data. Evolution is an iterative process of...

Enhancing Transportation Education through On-line Simulation using an Agent-Based Demand and Assignment Model

Shanjiang Zhu, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This research explores the effectiveness of using simulation as a tool for enhancing classroom learning in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. The authors...

Forecasting and Evaluating Network Growth

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This research assesses the implications of existing trends on future network investment, comparing alternative scenarios concerning budgets and investment rules across a variety of performance...

Variation of Subjective Value of Travel Time on Freeways and Ramp Meters

Lei Zhang, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper explores drivers' subjective value of time under moving and stopped freeway travel conditions using a stated preference survey. Unlike previous studies that assume a constant value of...

The Use of Road Infrastructure Data for Urban Transportation Planning: Issues and Opportunities

David Levinson, Feng Xie

In order to maintain and improve road infrastructure in their respective jurisdictions, the state (the Minnesota DOT), region (the Metropolitan Council), and seven counties in the Twin Cities...

Jurisdictional Control and Network Growth

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Transport infrastructure evolves over time in a complex process as part of a dynamic and open system including travel demand, land use, as well as economic and political initiatives. As transport...

Evolution of the Second-Story City: The Minneapolis Skyway System

Michael Corbett, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper describes and explains the growth of the Minneapolis Skyway network. Accessibility is used as a major factor in understanding that growth (i.e. does the network connect to the location(s)...

Modeling the Growth of Transportation Networks: A comprehensive review

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper reviews the progress that has been made over the last

Does First Last: The Existence and Extent of First Mover Advantages on Spatial Networks

David Levinson, Feng Xie

This paper examines the nature of first mover advantages on spatially-differentiated surface transportation networks. The literature on first mover advantages identifies a number of sources that...

How Streetcars Shaped Suburbanization: A Granger-Casality Analysis of Land Use and Transit in The Twin Cities

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper presents a causality analysis of the coupled development of population and streetcars in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Historic residence and network data were assembled for...

Evaluating the Effects of I-35W Bridge Collapse on Road-Users in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Region

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This study evaluates the e?ects of I-35W bridge collapse on road-users in the Twin- Cities metropolitan area. We adopted the Twin-Cities (Metropolitan Minneapolis and St. Paul) Seven-County travel...

Governance Choice on a Serial Network

Feng Xie, David Levinson

This paper analyzes governance choice in a two-level federation in the provision of road infrastructure across jurisdictions. It is demonstrated, on a serial road network shared by two districts,...

Cost effectiveness analysis of population-based serology screening and 13C-Urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori to prevent gastric cancer: A markov model

Xie, Feng, Luo, Nan, Lee, Hin-Peng

AIM: To compare the costs and effectiveness of no screening and no eradication therapy, the population-based Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) serology screening with eradication therapy and 13C-Urea...

Evolution of the second-story city: the Minneapolis Skyway System

Michael J Corbett, Feng Xie, David Levinson

This research describes the growth of the Minneapolis Skyway network and aims to determine if the growth of the system has followed a predictable path. We hypothesize that the system expanded to the...

Jurisdictional Control and Network Growth

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Network growth, Transport economics, Incremental connection, Jurisdictional control,

Governance choice on a serial network

Feng Xie, David Levinson

Governance choice, Transportation, Infrastructure, Fiscal federalism,