dr. L. Xie (Lin)

Assitant Professor AI/OR Smart & Sustainable Industry
BMS-HBE-IEBIS
Ravelijn 4410
lin.xie@utwente.nl
+31534899143
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Lin Xie is an assistant professor of AI/OR Smart & Sustainable Industry within the High Tech Business and Entrepreneurship (HBE) department at the University of Twente and a visiting professor at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree (2008 and 2010) in Information Systems and did her Ph.D. at the University of Paderborn (2014). After finishing her Ph.D., Lin did her postdoc at the same university. From 2015 to 2022, she was an assistant professor of Information Systems and Operations Research at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. 

Lin's research includes both industry and sustainability focuses. The industry focus includes digital logistics (robotics in warehouses, last-mile logistics) and intelligent transportation, while the sustainability focus includes robust planning in public transit (e-buses, personnel planning), and robotics services in data center maintenance, in Agri-PV systems and in sports. 

The decision support methods she applies to solve the important and practice-oriented problems in the areas mentioned above are operations research/artificial intelligence methods (discrete-event simulation, mathematical modeling, metaheuristics, queueing theory, column generation, data mining and machine learning) and emerging technologies (digital twinning, virtual reality).

Lin has participated in various research and implementation projects funded by the German Research Foundation, the European Social Fund, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and industrial partners. 

In teaching, Lin received the best teaching award in 2018 from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg.

Expertise

  • Computer Science

    • Models
    • Mobile Robotics
    • Public Bus
    • Real World
    • Robot

  • Social Sciences

    • Problem
    • Public Transport
    • Scheduling

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Publications

2024
RL4CO: an Extensive Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization Benchmark. ArXiv.org. Berto, F., Hua, C., Park, J., Luttmann, L., Ma, Y., Bu, F., Wang, J., Ye, H., Kim, M., Choi, S., Zepeda, N. G., Hottung, A., Zhou, J., Bi, J., Hu, Y., Liu, F., Kim, H., Son, J., Kim, H., … Park, J.https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2306.17100Security and Safety in Urban Environments: Evaluating Threats and Risks of Autonomous Last-Mile Delivery RobotsIn SAFECOMP 2024: 43rd International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (Accepted/In press). Kolb, C. & Xie, L.Introducing Combi-Stations in Robotic Mobile Fulfilment Systems: A Queueing-Theory-Based Efficiency Analysis. ArXiv.org. Xie, L. & Otten, S.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2403.12798Neural Combinatorial Optimization on Heterogeneous Graphs: An Application to the Picker Routing Problem in Mixed-Shelves WarehousesIn The 34th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling. AAAI. Luttmann, L. & Xie, L.Vehicle SchedulingIn Encyclopedia of Optimization (Accepted/In press). Daduna, J. R. & Xie, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54621-2_704-1Security and Human-Safety by Applying Last-Mile Robots in Urban EnvironmentsIn SENSEI 2024: International Workshop on Safety-Security Interaction (Accepted/In press). Kolb, C. & Xie, L.
2023
An overview of optimization approaches for scheduling and rostering resources in public transportation. Mertens, L., Wolbeck, L.-A., Rößler, D., Xie, L. & Kliewer, N.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.13425Formulating and solving integrated order batching and routing in multi-depot AGV-assisted mixed-shelves warehouses, 713-730. Xie, L., Li, H. & Luttmann, L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.047
2022
Robustness and disturbances in public transport, 191-261. Ge, L., Voß, S. & Xie, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-022-00301-8Mobile Lagersysteme – intelligent und lernfähigIn Technologie-Informationen. Xie, L.Revisiting the richness of integrated vehicle and crew scheduling (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Ge, L., Kliewer, N., Nourmohammadzadeh, A., Voß, S. & Xie, L.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12469-022-00292-6How to Integrate Digital Twin and Virtual Reality in Robotics Systems? -- Design and Implementation for Providing Robotics Maintenance Services in Data Centers. Xie, L. & Li, H.Robust Optimization for Integrated Vehicle and Crew Scheduling Based on Uncertainty in the Main InputsIn The Fifth Data Science Meets Optimisation Workshop at IJCAI-22. Ge, L., Nourmohammadzadeh, A., Voß, S. & Xie, L.Comparing two hybrid neural network models to predict real-world bus travel time, 393-400. Nimpanomprasert, Xie, L. & Kliewer, N.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2022.02.049
2021
Analysis of semi-open queueing networks using lost customers approximation with an application to robotic mobile fulfilment systems, 603-648. Otten, S., Krenzler, R., Xie, L., Daduna, H. & Kruse, K.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00291-021-00662-9Review of Transit Data Sources: Potentials, Challenges and Complementarity, Article 11450. Ge, L., Sarhani, M., Voß, S. & Xie, L.https://doi.org/10.3390/su132011450Introducing split orders and optimizing operational policies in robotic mobile fulfillment systems, 80-97. Xie, L., Thieme, N., Krenzler, R. & Li, H.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.032

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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Courses academic year 2022/2023

Current projects

Usage Scenarios for Innovation Networks in 5G

Finished projects

Robonatives Initiative Roll Out Nordostniedersachsen (RoboNord)

Robust integrated vehicle, crew scheduling and rostering in public transport

Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems

Optimization and Simulation for Robotic Mobile Fulfillment Systems

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