Neng Fan

Interests

Research

Optimization under uncertainty and large-scale optimization, and applications in power systems, renewable energy integration, sustainable agriculture, and healthcare

Teaching

Optimization, Operations Research, Probability and Statistics

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

• Chen, X., Liu, Y., Fan, N., & Wu, L. (2025).

  An operating profit-oriented medium-term planning method for renewable-integrated cascaded hydropower

  . Energy, 338, 138686. doi:10.1016/j.energy.2025.138686
• Chen, X., Liu, Y., Zhong, Z., Fan, N., Zhao, Z., & Wu, L. (2025).

  A carryover storage quantification framework for medium-term cascaded hydropower planning: a Portland General Electric system study

  . IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 16(3), 1903--1918. doi:10.1109/TSTE.2025.3540923
• Mahdavimanshadi, M., & Fan, N. (2025).

  Multistage stochastic optimization for semi-arid farm crop rotation and water irrigation scheduling under drought scenarios

  . Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics, 30(2), 310--333. doi:10.1007/s13253-024-00651-9
• Tang, G., & Fan, N. (2025).

  Solution path algorithm for double margin support vector machines

  . Information Systems Frontiers. doi:10.1007/s10796-025-10612-3
• Washburn, A., Fan, N., & Zhang, H. (2025).

  Novel SVM-based classification approaches for evaluating pancreatic carcinoma

  . Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 16(3), 1903--1918. doi:10.1007/s10472-023-09888-5
• Mahdavimanshadi, M., Yao, S., & Fan, N. (2024).

  Optimal guayule harvest planning and machinery scheduling under drought scenarios in semi-arid farms

  . Smart Agricultural Technology, 7, 100420. doi:10.1016/j.atech.2024.100420
• Tang, G., & Fan, N. (2024).

  Solution path algorithm for distributionally robust regression

  . Optimization, 73, 3275--3296. doi:10.1080/02331934.2024.2341938
• Yao, S., Fan, N., & Krokhmal, P. (2024).

  Minimizing the influence spread over a network through node interception

  . Optimization Letters, 18, 1361--1382. doi:10.1007/s11590-024-02117-w
• Zhong, Z., Fan, N., & Wu, L. (2024). Multistage robust optimization for the day-ahead scheduling of hybrid thermal-hydro-wind-solar systems. Journal of Global Optimization, 88, 999--1034. doi:10.1007/s10898-023-01328-2
• Zhong, Z., Fan, N., & Wu, L. (2024). Multistage stochastic optimization for mid-term integrated generation and maintenance scheduling of cascaded hydroelectric system with renewable energy uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 318(1), 179--199. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2024.05.011
• Ruiz Duarte, J., & Fan, N. (2023). Operations of data centers with onsite renewables considering greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, 40, 100903. doi:10.1016/j.suscom.2023.100903
• Zhong, Z., Fan, N., & Wu, L. (2023). A hybrid robust-stochastic optimization approach for day-ahead scheduling of cascaded hydroelectric systems in restructured electricity market. European Journal of Operational Research, 306(2), 909--926. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.06.061
• Zuniga Vazquez, D., Qiu, F., Fan, N., & Sharp, K. (2022). Wildfire mitigation plans in power systems: a literature review. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 37(5), 3540--3551. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2022.3142086
• Gu, W., Fan, N., & Liao, H. (2021). Fitting aggregated phase-type distributions to the length-of-stay in intra-hospital patient transfers. Operations Research for Health Care, 29, 100291. doi:10.1016/j.orhc.2021.100291
• Gu, W., Fan, N., & Liao, H. (2021). Modeling the length-of-stay of patients with geriatric diseases or alcohol use disorder using phase-type distributions with covariates. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 11, 181--191. doi:10.1080/24725579.2020.1866715
• Karimi, S., Liao, H., & Fan, N. (2021). Flexible methods for reliability estimation using aggregate failure-time data. IISE Transactions, 53(1), 101-115. doi:10.1080/24725854.2020.1746869
• Zuniga Vazquez, D., Fan, N., Teegerstrom, T., Seavert, C., Summers, H., Sproul, E., & Quinn, J. (2021). Optimal production planning and machinery scheduling for semi-arid farms. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 187, 106288. doi:10.1016/j.compag.2021.106288
• Zuniga Vazquez, D., Sun, O., Fan, N., Sproul, E., Summers, H., Quinn, J., Khanal, S., Gutierrez, P., Mealing, V., Landies, A., Seavert, C., Teegerstrom, T., & Evancho, B. (2021). Integrating environmental and social impacts into optimal design of guayule and guar supply chains. Computers & Chemical Engineering, 146, 107223. doi:10.1016/j.compchemeng.2021.107223
• Ruiz Duarte, J., Fan, N., & Jin, T. (2020). Multi-process production scheduling with variable renewable integration and demand response. European Journal of Operational Research, 281(1), 186-200. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2019.08.017
• Gu, W., Fan, N., & Liao, H. (2019). Evaluating readmission rates and discharge planning by analyzing the length-of-stay of patients. Annals of Operations Research, 276(1-2), 89-108. doi:10.1007/s10479-018-2957-1
• Sun, O., & Fan, N. (2019). Solving multistage PMU placement problem by integer programming and equivalent network design model. Journal of Global Optimization, 74(3), 477--493. doi:10.1007/s10898-018-0672-8
• Chen, R. L., Fan, N., Pinar, A., & Watson, J. (2017). Contingency-constrained unit commitment with post-contingency corrective recourse. Annals of Operations Research, 249(1), 381-407. doi:10.1007/s10479-014-1760-x
• Golari, M., Fan, N., & Jin, T. (2017). Multistage stochastic optimization for production-inventory planning with intermittent renewable energy. Production and Operations Management, 26(3), 409-425. doi:10.1111/poms.12657
• Guo, Z., Chen, R., Fan, N., & Watson, J. (2017). Contingency-constrained unit commitment with intervening time for system adjustments. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 32(4), 3049-3059. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2016.2612680
• Wang, X., Fan, N., & Pardalos, P. M. (2017). Stochastic subgradient descent method for large-scale robust chance-constrained support vector machines. Optimization Letters, 11(5), 1013–1024. doi:10.1007/s11590-016-1026-4
• Zhang, P., & Fan, N. (2017). Analysis of budget for interdiction on multicommodity network flows. Journal of Global Optimization, 67(3), 495-525. doi:10.1007/s10898-016-0422-8
• Zhang, P., Fan, N., & Liu, W. (2017). Mixed integer programming with dose-volume constraints in intensity-modulated proton therapy. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 18(5), 29–35. doi:10.1002/acm2.12130
• Dabkowski, M., Fan, N., & Breiger, R. (2016). Exploratory blockmodeling for one-mode, unsigned, deterministic networks using integer programming and structural equivalence. Social Networks, 47, 93--106.
• Sadeghi, E., & Fan, N. (2016). On the minimum-cost lambda-edge-connected k-subgraph problem. Computational Management Science, 13(4), 571–596. doi:10.1007/s10287-016-0260-7
• Fan, N., & Watson, J. (2015). On integer programming models for the multi-channel PMU placement problem and their solution. Energy Systems, 6(1), 1--19.
• Chen, R. L., Cohn, A., Fan, N., & Pinar, A. (2014). Contingency-risk informed power system design. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 29(5), 2087--2096.
• Golari, M., Fan, N., & Wang, J. (2014). Two-stage stochastic optimal islanding operations under severe multiple contingencies in power grids. Electric Power Systems Research, 114, 68--77.
• Huang, Y., Zheng, Q. P., Fan, N., & Aminian, K. (2014). Optimal scheduling for enhanced coal bed methane production through CO 2 injection. Applied Energy, 113, 1475--1483.
• Fan, N., & Pardalos, P. M. (2012). Multi-way clustering and biclustering by the Ratio cut and Normalized cut in graphs. Journal of combinatorial optimization, 23(2), 224--251.
• Fan, N., Izraelevitz, D., Pan, F., Pardalos, P. M., & Wang, J. (2012). A mixed integer programming approach for optimal power grid intentional islanding. Energy Systems, 3(1), 77--93.
• Fan, N., Zheng, Q. P., & Pardalos, P. M. (2012). Robust optimization of graph partitioning involving interval uncertainty. Theoretical Computer Science, 447, 53--61.
• Liu, H., Fan, N., & Pardalos, P. M. (2012). Generalized lagrange function and generalized weak saddle points for a class of multiobjective fractional optimal control problems. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 154(2), 370--381.
• Fan, N., & Pardalos, P. M. (2011). A rearrangement of adjacency matrix based approach for solving the crossing minimization problem. Journal of combinatorial optimization, 22(4), 747--762.
• Fan, N., Xu, H., Pan, F., & Pardalos, P. M. (2011). Economic analysis of the N- k power grid contingency selection and evaluation by graph algorithms and interdiction methods. Energy Systems, 2(3-4), 313--324.
• Fan, N., & Pardalos, P. M. (2010). Linear and quadratic programming approaches for the general graph partitioning problem. Journal of Global Optimization, 48(1), 57--71.