Associate Professor
Academic Affairs

Hong Yang

1117 ENGR & COMP SCI BLDG
NORFOLK, 23529

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Rutgers University, (2012)

M.Sc. in Applied and Mathematical Statistics, Rutgers University, (2010)

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Yang, H. "Portable and integrated multi-sensor system for data-driven performance" $7,750. Higher Education. September 1, 2016 - December 31, 2017

Articles

Hasan, M., Perez, D., Shen, Y. and Yang, H. (2021). Distributed Microscopic Traffic Simulation with Human -in -the -Loop Enabled by Virtual Reality Technologies. ADVANCES IN ENGINEERING SOFTWARE 154.
Ma, Q., Yang, H., Mayhue, A., Sun, Y., Huang, Z. and Ma, Y. (2021). E-Scooter Safety: The Riding Risk Analysis based on Mobile Sensing Data. 151 , pp. 105954.
Ma, Q., Yang, H., Ma, Y., Yang, D., Hu, X. and Xie, K. (2021). Examining municipal guidelines for users of shared E-Scooters in the United States. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT 92.
Yang, D., Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2021). Fusing crash data and surrogate safety measures for safety assessment: Development of a structural equation model with conditional autoregressive spatial effect and random parameters. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 152.
Zhu, Y., Ozbay, K., Yang, H., Zuo, F. and Sha, D. (2021). Modeling and Simulation of Cascading Failures in Transportation Systems during Hurricane Evacuations. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION 2021.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, D., Xu, C. and Yang, H. (2021). Modeling bicycle crash costs using big data: A grid -cell -based Tobit model with random parameters. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY 91.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, D., Yang, H. and Zhu, Y. (2021). Modeling Lane-specific Breakdown Risks at Freeway Diverge Sections. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 561 , pp. 125231.
Ma, Y., Wang, Z., Yang, H. and Yang, L. (2020). Artificial intelligence applications in the development of autonomous vehicles: a survey. IEEE-CAA JOURNAL OF AUTOMATICA SINICA 7 (2) , pp. 315-329.
Zuo, F., Ozbay, K., Kurkcu, A., Gao, J., Yang, H. and Xie, K. (2020). Microscopic Simulation based study of Pedestrian Safety Applications at Signalized Urban Crossings in a Connected-Autonomous Vehicle Environment and Reinforcement Learning based Optimization of Vehicle Decisions. Advanced Transportation Studies 2 , pp. 113-126.
Ma, Q., Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K. and Yang, D. (2020). Modeling crash risk of horizontal curves using large-scale auto-extracted roadway geometry data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 144.
Cheng, Y., Hu, X., Tang, Q., Qi, H. and Yang, H. (2020). Monte Carlo Tree Search-Based Mixed Traffic Flow Control Algorithm for Arterial Intersections. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2674 (8) , pp. 167-178.
Yang, H., Ma, Q., Wang, Z., Cai, Q., Xie, K. and Yang, D. (2020). Safety of micro-mobility: Analysis of E-Scooter crashes by mining news reports. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 143.
Xiao, W., Xu, C., Liu, H., Yang, H. and Liu, X. (2020). Short-Term Truckload Spot Rates' Prediction in Consideration of Temporal and Between-Route Correlations. IEEE ACCESS 8 , pp. 81173-81189.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2019). A multivariate spatial approach to model crash counts by injury severity. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 122 , pp. 189-198.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, H. and Yang, D. (2019). A New Methodology for Before-After Safety Assessment Using Survival Analysis and Longitudinal Data. RISK ANALYSIS 39 (6) , pp. 1342-1357.
Perez, D., Hasan, M., Shen, Y. and Yang, H. (2019). AR-PED: A framework of augmented reality enabled pedestrian-in-the-loop simulation. SIMULATION MODELLING PRACTICE AND THEORY 94 , pp. 237-249.
Hu, X., Yuan, Y., Zhu, X., Yang, H. and Xie, K. (2019). Behavioral responses to pre-planned road capacity reduction based on smartphone GPS trajectory data: A functional data analysis approach. JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS 23 (2) , pp. 133-143.
Xu, C., Wang, X., Yang, H., Xie, K. and Chen, X. (2019). Exploring the impacts of speed variances on safety performance of urban elevated expressways using GPS data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 123 , pp. 29-38.
Ma, Q., Yang, H., Zhang, H., Xie, K. and Wang, Z. (2019). Modeling and Analysis of Daily Driving Patterns of Taxis in Reshuffled Ride-Hailing Service Market. JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING PART A-SYSTEMS 145 (10).
Yang, D., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Yang, H. and Budnick, N. (2019). Modeling of time-dependent safety performance using anonymized and aggregated smartphone-based dangerous driving event data. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 132.
Ma, Q., Yang, H., Xie, K., Wang, Z. and Hu, X. (2019). Taxicab crashes modeling with informative spatial autocorrelation. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 131 , pp. 297-307.
Xie, K., Yang, D., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2019). Use of real-world connected vehicle data in identifying high-risk locations based on a new surrogate safety measure. ACCIDENT ANALYSIS AND PREVENTION 125 , pp. 311-319.
Ye, J., Wang, D., Zhang, H. and Yang, H. (2019). What Kind of People Use Carsharing for Commuting? Case Study in Shanghai. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2673 (5) , pp. 770-778.
Bartin, B., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2018). Evaluation framework for mobile ticketing applications in public transit: a case study. IET INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS 12 (9) , pp. 1166-1173.
Yang, H., Shen, Y., Hasan, M., Perez, D. and Shull, J. (2018). Framework for Interactive M-3 Visualization of Microscopic Traffic Simulation. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2672 (44) , pp. 62-71.
Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Imprialou, M. (2018). Methodological evolution and frontiers of identifying, modeling and preventing secondary crashes on highways. Accident Analysis and Prevention 117 , pp. 40-54.
Yang, H., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Ma, Y. and Wang, Z. (2018). Use of Deep Learning to Predict Daily Usage of Bike Sharing Systems. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2672 (36) , pp. 92-102.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Kurkcu, A. and Yang, H. (2017). Analysis of Traffic Crashes Involving Pedestrians Using Big Data: Investigation of Contributing Factors and Identification of Hotspots. Risk Analysis 37 (8) , pp. 1459--1476.
Zhu, Y., Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zuo, F. and Yang, H. (2017). Data-driven spatial modeling for quantifying networkwide resilience in the aftermath of hurricanes Irene and Sandy. Transportation Research Record (2604) , pp. 9-18.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zhu, Y. and Yang, H. (2017). Evacuation Zone Modeling under Climate Change: A Data-Driven Method. Journal of Infrastructure Systems 23 (4) , pp. 04017013.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K., Zhu, Y., Demiroluk, S., Yang, H. and Nassif, H. (2017). Modeling Salt Usage During Snowstorms Application of Hierarchical Linear Models with Varying Dispersion. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD 2643 (1) , pp. 54-64.
Xie, K., Ozbay, K. and Yang, H. (2017). Secondary collisions and injury severity: A joint analysis using structural equation models. Traffic Injury Prevention , pp. 1-6.
Yang, H., Wang, Z., Xie, K. and Dai, D. (2017). Use of ubiquitous probe vehicle data for identifying secondary crashes. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 82 , pp. 138 - 160.
Yang, H., Morgul, E. Faruk., Ozbay, K. and Xie, K. (2016). Modeling Evacuation Behavior Under Hurricane Conditions. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD (2599) , pp. 63-69.
Zhu, Y., Ozbay, K., Xie, K. and Yang, H. (2016). Using Big Data to Study Resilience of Taxi and Subway Trips for Hurricanes Sandy and Irene. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD (2599) , pp. 70-80.