Research

Machine Learning and Spatial Data

Li, J. and Xiao, N. 2023. Computational cartographic recognition: identifying maps, geographic regions, and projections from images using machine learning methods. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. In press.

Lin, Y. and Xiao, N. Identifying high accuracy regions in traffic camera images to enhance the estimation of road traffic metrics: A quadtree-based method. Transportation Research Record. 2676(12) 522-534.

Census Data 

Lin, Y and Xiao, N. 2023. A computational framework for preserving privacy and maintaining utility of geographically aggregated data: A stochastic spatial optimization approach. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. In press.

Lin, Y. and Xiao, N. 2023. Generating Small Areal Synthetic Microdata from Public Aggregated Data Using an Optimization Method. The Professional Geographer. In press.

Spatial Optimization

Xiao N., Murray A.T. 2019. Spatial optimization for land acquisition problems: A review of models, solution methods, and GIS support. Transactions in GIS, 23(4): 645-671.

Bao, S., Xiao, N., Lai, Z., Zhang, H., and Kim, C. 2015. Optimizing watchtower locations for forest fire monitoring using location models. Fire Safety Journal, 71: 100-109.

Xiao, N. 2008. A unified conceptual framework for geographical optimization using evolutionary algorithms. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(4): 795-817.

Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A., and Armstrong, M.P. 2007. Interactive evolutionary approaches to multiobjective spatial decision making: a synthetic review. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 31: 232-252.

Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A. and Armstrong, M.P. 2003. Using evolutionary algorithms to generate alternatives for multiobjective site search problems. Environment and Planning A, 34(4): 639-656.

Cartography and Visualization

Park, S., Munroe, D., and Xiao, N. 2023. Visualizing economic drivers of virtual land trade: A case study of global cereals trade. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. In press.

Armstrong, M.P and Xiao, N.  2018. Retrospective Deconstruction of Statistical Maps: A Choropleth Case Study.’ Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108(1): 179-203.

Xiao, N., and Armstrong, M.P. 2012. Towards a multiobjective view of cartographic design. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 39(2): 76-87.

Xiao, N., Calder, C., and Armstrong, M.P. 2007. Assessing the effect of attribute uncertainty on the robustness of choropleth map classification. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21(2): 121-144.

Armstrong, M.P., Xiao, N. and Bennett, D.A. 2003. Using genetic algorithms to create multicriteria class intervals for choropleth maps. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(3), 595-623.

Programming and Algorithms

Xiao, N. 2016. GIS Algorithms. SAGE Publications.

Xiao, N. and Armstrong, M.P. 2006. ChoroWare: a software toolkit for choropleth map classification. Geographical Analysis, 38(1): 102-121.

Zhou, C., Chen, Z., Pian, Y., Xiao, N and Li, M. 2016. A parallel scheme for large-scale polygon rasterization on CUDA-enabled GPUs. Transactions in GIS. DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12213. in press.

Xiao, N. 2012. A parallel cooperative hybridization approach to the p-median problem. Environment and Planning B, 39: 755-774.

Xiao, N. and Armstrong, M.P. 2003. A specialized island model and its application in multiobjective optimization.” In E. Cantu-Paz et al. (Eds.) Genetic and Evolutionary Computation — GECCO 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, No. 2724. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. 1527-1537.

Mobility and Infectious Diseases

Kim, H., Xiao, N., Moritz, M., Pomeroy, L.W. and Garabed, R. 2016. Simulating the Transmission of Foot-And-Mouth Disease Among Mobile Herds in the Far North Region, Cameroon. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation. 19(6). DOI:10.18564/jasss.3064.

Xiao, N., Cai, S., Moritz, M., Garabed, R., and Pomeroy, L.W. 2015. Spatial and temporal characteristics of pastoral mobility in the Far North Region, Cameroon: Data analysis and modeling. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131697. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131697.

Kwan, M.-P., Xiao, N., and Ding, G. 2014. Assessing Activity Pattern Similarity with Multidimensional Sequence Alignment based on a Multiobjective Optimization Evolutionary Algorithm. Geographical Analysis, 46(4): 297-320.