Publications

* Authors are listed in alphabetical order.

Papers Under Revision

  1. AI as Flesh, OM as Bone: Semiparametric Regression with Deep Neural Networks
    Ming Hu*, Xiaotian Liu* and Guohan Shen*
    Under review at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (UTD24), 2026 HTML
  2. Learning Meets OM Structure: Offline Optimization for Inventory Control
    Xiaotian Liu, Christos Alexopoulos and Edwin Romeijn
    Under review at Production and Operations Management (UTD24), 2026

Published Papers

  1. Production Planning with Generalized Production Relationships
    Xiaotian Liu, Christos Alexopoulos, Yijie Peng and Cheng Zhang
    Production and Operations Management (UTD24), 2026 DOI
  2. Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Echelon Inventory Management
    Xiaotian Liu, Ming Hu, Yijie Peng and Yaodong Yang
    Production and Operations Management (UTD24), 2025 DOI
    Production and Operations Management Top-20 Most Cited (2023-2026) and Top-10 Most Downloaded (2025).
  3. An Efficient Node Selection Policy for Monte Carlo Tree Search with Neural Networks
    Xiaotian Liu, Yijie Peng, Gongbo Zhang and Ruihan Zhou
    INFORMS Journal on Computing (UTD24), 2024 DOI
    INFORMS Journal on Computing Meritorious Paper (the only awardee in 2024).
  4. A Simulation-Driven Machine Learning Framework for Large-Scale Inventory Management
    Xiaotian Liu, Christos Alexopoulos and Yijie Peng
    Annals of Operations Research (ABS3), 2025 DOI
  5. A Unified Framework for Multi-Stage Decision Optimization with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Foundation Models
    Qinghao Wang, Jinyang Jiang, Xiaotian Liu, Tao Ren, Yi Zheng, Cheng Zhang, Yaodong Yang and Yijie Peng
    In 2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, 2025 HTML
  6. A Simulation Optimization Method for Scheduling Automated Guided Vehicles in a Stochastic Warehouse Management System
    Gongbo Zhang, Xiaotian Liu and Yijie Peng
    In 2023 Winter Simulation Conference, 2023 HTML
    Second Place Winning Method in the 2022 Winter Simulation Conference Case Study Competition.
  7. MA-ResNet50: A General Encoder Network for Video Segmentation
    Xiaotian Liu, Lei Yang, Xiaoyu Zhang and Xiaohui Duan
    In VISAPP, 2022 PDF

Working Papers