J.Q. Hu

BOOK
1. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., Conditional Monte Carlo: Gradient Estimation and Optimization Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. (order from here.) And here are the Corrections of this book.
OPTICAL NETWORKS
1. Hu, J.Q. and Modiano, E., "Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks," manuscript, 2003.
2. Tao, Ye and Hu, J.Q., "Amplifier Placement for Optical Networks," manuscript, 2003.
3. Zhao, Chenming and Hu, J.Q., "Traffic Grooming for WDM Rings with Dynamic Traffic," manuscript, 2003.
4. Hu, J.Q. and Leida, B., "Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment in Optical WDM Mesh Networks," manuscript, 2002.
5. Hu, J.Q., "Diverse Routing In Mesh Optical Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 489-494, 2003.
6. Hu, J.Q., "Traffic Grooming in WDM Ring Networks: A Linear Programming Solution," Journal of Optical Networks, Vol. 1, pp. 397-408, 2002. (http://www.osa-jon.org/abstract.cfm?URI=JON-1-11-397.)
7. Hu, J.Q., "Optimal Traffic Grooming for Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Rings with All-to-All Uniform Traffic," Journal of Optical Networks, Vol. 1, pp. 32-42, 2002. (http://www.osa-jon.org/abstract.cfm?URI=JON-1-1-32.)
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND QoS
1. Girish, M., Zhou, B., and Hu, J.Q., "Formulation of the Traffic Engineering Problems in MPLS based IP Networks," Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 200), pp. 214-219, Antibes, France, July 4-6, 2000.
2. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Modeling of Correlated Arrival Processes in the Internet," Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Vol. 5, pp. 4454-4459, December 7-10, 1999, Phoenix, AZ.
3. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Modeling and Analysis of Internet Differentiate Services Traffic," Proceedings of SPIE ––– The International Society for Optical Engineering, pp. 183-2159, Orlando, FL, 1999.
QUEUEING NETWORKS
1. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Approximations for the departure process of the G/G/1 queue with Markov-modulated arrivals," European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 3, pp. 540-556, 2001.
2. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "High Order Approximations for the Single Server Queue with Splitting, Merging, and Feedback," European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 2, pp. 447-467, 2000.
3. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "An Interpolation Approximation for the GI/G/1 Queue Based on Multi-Point Pade Approximation," Queueing Systems, Vol. 26, pp. 269-284, 1997.
4. Hu, J.Q., "The Departure Process of The GI/G/1 Queue and Its MacLaurin Series," Operations Research, Vol. 44, No.5, pp. 810-815, 1996.
5. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "High Order Approximations for Tandem Queueing Networks," Queueing Systems, Vol. 22, pp. 249-276, 1996.
6. Hu, J.Q., "Analyticity of Single–Server Queues in Light Traffic," Queueing Systems, Vol. 19, pp. 63-80, 1995.
7. Hu, J.Q. and M. Zazanis, "A Sample Path Analysis of M/GI/1 Queues with Workload Restrictions," Queueing Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 203-213, 1993.
8. Gong, W.B. and Hu, J.Q., "The MacLaurin Series for the GI/G/1 Queue," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 29, pp. 176-184, 1992.
FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY SYSTEMS
1. Hu, J.Q., Vakili, P., and Huang, L., "Capacity and Production Management in a Single Product Manufacturing Systems," Annual of Operations Research, 125, pp. 191-204, 2004.
2. L. Huang, J.Q. Hu, and P. Vakili, "Optimal Control of a Failure Prone Manufacturing System with the Possibility of Temporary Increase in Production Capacity," in Recent Advances in Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, pp. 31-60, George Yin and Qing Zhang (Eds), Springer-Verlag, 1996.
3. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Monotonicity of Optimal Flow Controls for Failure Prone Production Systems," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 57-71, July 1995.
4. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Optimal Control for Systems with Deterministic Production Cycles," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 40, No.4, pp. 782-786, 1995.
5. Hu, J.Q., "Production Rate Control for Failure Prone Production Systems with No Backlog Permitted," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 291-295, 1995.
6. Liberopoulos, G. and Hu, J.Q., "On the Ordering of Hedging Points in a Class of Manufacturing Flow Control Models," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 282-286, 1995.
7. Hu, J.Q., Vakili, P., and Yu, G.X., "Optimality of Hedging Point Policy for Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 39, No.9, pp. 1875-1880, September, 1994.
8. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "(s, S) Inventory Systems with Random Lead Times: Harris Recurrence and Its Implication in Sensiticity Analysis," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 355-376, 1994.
9. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Structural Properties of Optimal Controllors for Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 39, No.3, pp. 640-642, 1994.
10. Hu, J.Q., Nananuku, S., and Gong, W.B., "A New Approach to (s,S) Inventory Problems," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 30, pp. 898-912, 1994.
11. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "A Queueing Equivalence to a Manufacturing System with Failures," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 499–502, 1993.
DISCRETE EVENT DYANMIC SYSTEMS AND PERTURBATION ANALYSIS
1. Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Chen, C.H., "Simulation Allocation for Determining the Best Design in the Presence of Correlated Sampling," manuscript, 2002.
2. Fu, M., and Hu, J.Q., "Efficient Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Control Charts Using Monte Carlo Simulation," Management Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 395-413, 1999.
3. Cao, X.R., Fu, M.C., and Hu, J.Q., "On Performance Potentials and Conditional Monte Carlo for Gradient Estimation for Markov Chains," Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 87, pp. 263-272, 1999.
4. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On Unbounded Hazard Rate for Smoothed Perturbation Analysis," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 32, pp. 659-667, 1995.
5. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On the Relationship of Capacitated Production/Inventory Models to Manufacturing Flow Control Models," Operations Research Letters, vol. 18, pp. 15-24, 1995.
6. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Addendum to 'Extensions and Generalizations of Smoothed Perturbation Analysis in a Generalized Semi-Markov Process Framework'," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.7, pp. 1286-1287, 1995.
7. Hu, J.Q., "Parallel Simulation of DEDS Via Event Synchronization," Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, Vol. 5, pp. 167-186, 1995.
8. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Sensitivity Analysis for Monte Carlo Simulation of Option Pricing," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 417-446, 1995.
9. Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Nagi, R., "Comparison of Gradient Estimation Techniques for Queues with Non-idential Servers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol 22, No.7, pp. 715-729, 1995.
10. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Smoothed Perturbation Analysis Derivative Estimation for Markov Chains," Operations Research Letters, Vol.15, pp. 241-251, 1994.
11. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Smoothed Perturbation Analysis for Queues with Finite Buffers," Queueing Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 57-78, 1993.
12. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Second Derivative Sample Path Estimators for the GI/G/m Queue," Management Science, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 359-383, March, 1993.
13. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Sample Path Properties of the G/D/m Queue," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 270-273, March, 1993.
14. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Extensions and Generalizations of Smoothed Perturbation Analysis in a Generalized Semi-Markov Process Framework," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 1483–1500, October, 1992.
15. Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Nagi, R., "Bias Properties of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for Systems with Parallel Servers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 409-423, 1992.
16. Hu, J.Q., "Variance Properties of Sample Path Derivatives of Parametric Random Variables," Operations Research Letters, Vol. 11, pp. 47-54, February 1992.
17. Hu, J.Q., "Convexity of Sample Path Performances and Strong Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Estimates," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 258-262, February, 1992.
18. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On Choosing the Characterization for Smoothed Perturbation Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1331-1336, November, 1991.
19. Glasserman, P., Hu, J.Q., and Strickland, S.G., "Strong Consistency of Steady State Derivative Estimations," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol. 5, pp. 391–413, 1991.
20. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for the GI/G/m Queue," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 54, No.1, pp. 121–139, 1991.
21. Wardi, W. and Hu, J.Q., "Strong Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for Tandem Queueing Networks," Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 37-59, 1991.
22. Hu, J.Q., "Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Estimators with Rates," Queueing Systems, 8, pp. 265-278, 1991.
23. Ho, Y.C. and Hu, J.Q., "An Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Algorithm for a Multiclass G/G/1 Queue," Operations Research Letters, 9, pp.35-44, 1990.
24. Hu, J.Q., "On Steady-State Sample Path Derivative Estimates," Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 57-60, 1990.
25. Hu, J.Q. and Strickland, S.G., "Strong Consistency of Sample Path Derivative Estimates," Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 55-58, 1990.
26. Hu, J.Q., "A Note on the Perturbation Equations of General Classical Networks,” Control Theory and Applications, March 1987, Vol.4, No.1, pp.125-129.
OTHERS


	Jian-Qiang (J.Q.) Hu, Associate Professor Courses \| Research Interests \| Publications \| Curriculum Vitae Manufacturing Engineering Boston University 15 St. Mary’s Street Brookline, MA 02446 Tel: (617) 353-9696 Fax: (617) 353-5548 Email: hqiang@bu.edu

Research Interests Optical Communication Networks: interested in various issues in the design of optical networks, such as traffic routing and grooming, wavelength assignment, lightpath setup, optical amplifier placement, ring vs. mesh, circuit protection and diverse routing. Traffic Enginnering and QoS in Communication Networks Discrete Event Dynamic Systems Queueing Networks Flexible Manufacturing and Production Systems

Selected Publications BOOK Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., Conditional Monte Carlo: Gradient Estimation and Optimization Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997. (order from here.) And here are the Corrections of this book. OPTICAL NETWORKS Hu, J.Q. and Modiano, E., "Traffic Grooming in WDM Networks," manuscript, 2003. Tao, Ye and Hu, J.Q., "Amplifier Placement for Optical Networks," manuscript, 2003. Zhao, Chenming and Hu, J.Q., "Traffic Grooming for WDM Rings with Dynamic Traffic," manuscript, 2003. Hu, J.Q. and Leida, B., "Traffic Grooming, Routing, and Wavelength Assignment in Optical WDM Mesh Networks," manuscript, 2002. Hu, J.Q., "Diverse Routing In Mesh Optical Networks," IEEE Transactions on Communications, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 489-494, 2003. Hu, J.Q., "Traffic Grooming in WDM Ring Networks: A Linear Programming Solution," Journal of Optical Networks, Vol. 1, pp. 397-408, 2002. (http://www.osa-jon.org/abstract.cfm?URI=JON-1-11-397.) Hu, J.Q., "Optimal Traffic Grooming for Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Rings with All-to-All Uniform Traffic," Journal of Optical Networks, Vol. 1, pp. 32-42, 2002. (http://www.osa-jon.org/abstract.cfm?URI=JON-1-1-32.) TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND QoS Girish, M., Zhou, B., and Hu, J.Q., "Formulation of the Traffic Engineering Problems in MPLS based IP Networks," Proceedings of the Fifth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC 200), pp. 214-219, Antibes, France, July 4-6, 2000. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Modeling of Correlated Arrival Processes in the Internet," Proceedings of the 38th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Vol. 5, pp. 4454-4459, December 7-10, 1999, Phoenix, AZ. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Modeling and Analysis of Internet Differentiate Services Traffic," Proceedings of SPIE ––– The International Society for Optical Engineering, pp. 183-2159, Orlando, FL, 1999. QUEUEING NETWORKS Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "Approximations for the departure process of the G/G/1 queue with Markov-modulated arrivals," European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 3, pp. 540-556, 2001. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "High Order Approximations for the Single Server Queue with Splitting, Merging, and Feedback," European Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 2, pp. 447-467, 2000. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "An Interpolation Approximation for the GI/G/1 Queue Based on Multi-Point Pade Approximation," Queueing Systems, Vol. 26, pp. 269-284, 1997. Hu, J.Q., "The Departure Process of The GI/G/1 Queue and Its MacLaurin Series," Operations Research, Vol. 44, No.5, pp. 810-815, 1996. Girish, M. and Hu, J.Q., "High Order Approximations for Tandem Queueing Networks," Queueing Systems, Vol. 22, pp. 249-276, 1996. Hu, J.Q., "Analyticity of Single–Server Queues in Light Traffic," Queueing Systems, Vol. 19, pp. 63-80, 1995. Hu, J.Q. and M. Zazanis, "A Sample Path Analysis of M/GI/1 Queues with Workload Restrictions," Queueing Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 203-213, 1993. Gong, W.B. and Hu, J.Q., "The MacLaurin Series for the GI/G/1 Queue," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 29, pp. 176-184, 1992. FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING, PRODUCTION, AND INVENTORY SYSTEMS Hu, J.Q., Vakili, P., and Huang, L., "Capacity and Production Management in a Single Product Manufacturing Systems," Annual of Operations Research, 125, pp. 191-204, 2004. L. Huang, J.Q. Hu, and P. Vakili, "Optimal Control of a Failure Prone Manufacturing System with the Possibility of Temporary Increase in Production Capacity," in Recent Advances in Control and Optimization of Manufacturing Systems, pp. 31-60, George Yin and Qing Zhang (Eds), Springer-Verlag, 1996. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Monotonicity of Optimal Flow Controls for Failure Prone Production Systems," Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 86, No. 1, pp. 57-71, July 1995. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Optimal Control for Systems with Deterministic Production Cycles," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 40, No.4, pp. 782-786, 1995. Hu, J.Q., "Production Rate Control for Failure Prone Production Systems with No Backlog Permitted," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 291-295, 1995. Liberopoulos, G. and Hu, J.Q., "On the Ordering of Hedging Points in a Class of Manufacturing Flow Control Models," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.2, pp. 282-286, 1995. Hu, J.Q., Vakili, P., and Yu, G.X., "Optimality of Hedging Point Policy for Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 39, No.9, pp. 1875-1880, September, 1994. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "(s, S) Inventory Systems with Random Lead Times: Harris Recurrence and Its Implication in Sensiticity Analysis," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol.8, No.3, pp. 355-376, 1994. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "Structural Properties of Optimal Controllors for Failure Prone Manufacturing Systems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 39, No.3, pp. 640-642, 1994. Hu, J.Q., Nananuku, S., and Gong, W.B., "A New Approach to (s,S) Inventory Problems," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 30, pp. 898-912, 1994. Hu, J.Q. and Xiang, D., "A Queueing Equivalence to a Manufacturing System with Failures," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 499–502, 1993. DISCRETE EVENT DYANMIC SYSTEMS AND PERTURBATION ANALYSIS Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Chen, C.H., "Simulation Allocation for Determining the Best Design in the Presence of Correlated Sampling," manuscript, 2002. Fu, M., and Hu, J.Q., "Efficient Design and Sensitivity Analysis of Control Charts Using Monte Carlo Simulation," Management Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 395-413, 1999. Cao, X.R., Fu, M.C., and Hu, J.Q., "On Performance Potentials and Conditional Monte Carlo for Gradient Estimation for Markov Chains," Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 87, pp. 263-272, 1999. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On Unbounded Hazard Rate for Smoothed Perturbation Analysis," Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 32, pp. 659-667, 1995. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On the Relationship of Capacitated Production/Inventory Models to Manufacturing Flow Control Models," Operations Research Letters, vol. 18, pp. 15-24, 1995. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Addendum to 'Extensions and Generalizations of Smoothed Perturbation Analysis in a Generalized Semi-Markov Process Framework'," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol.40, No.7, pp. 1286-1287, 1995. Hu, J.Q., "Parallel Simulation of DEDS Via Event Synchronization," Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, Vol. 5, pp. 167-186, 1995. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Sensitivity Analysis for Monte Carlo Simulation of Option Pricing," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol.9, No.3, pp. 417-446, 1995. Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Nagi, R., "Comparison of Gradient Estimation Techniques for Queues with Non-idential Servers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol 22, No.7, pp. 715-729, 1995. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Smoothed Perturbation Analysis Derivative Estimation for Markov Chains," Operations Research Letters, Vol.15, pp. 241-251, 1994. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Smoothed Perturbation Analysis for Queues with Finite Buffers," Queueing Systems, Vol. 14, pp. 57-78, 1993. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Second Derivative Sample Path Estimators for the GI/G/m Queue," Management Science, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 359-383, March, 1993. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Sample Path Properties of the G/D/m Queue," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 270-273, March, 1993. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Extensions and Generalizations of Smoothed Perturbation Analysis in a Generalized Semi-Markov Process Framework," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 37, No. 10, pp. 1483–1500, October, 1992. Fu, M.C., Hu, J.Q., and Nagi, R., "Bias Properties of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for Systems with Parallel Servers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 409-423, 1992. Hu, J.Q., "Variance Properties of Sample Path Derivatives of Parametric Random Variables," Operations Research Letters, Vol. 11, pp. 47-54, February 1992. Hu, J.Q., "Convexity of Sample Path Performances and Strong Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Estimates," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 258-262, February, 1992. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "On Choosing the Characterization for Smoothed Perturbation Analysis," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1331-1336, November, 1991. Glasserman, P., Hu, J.Q., and Strickland, S.G., "Strong Consistency of Steady State Derivative Estimations," Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences, Vol. 5, pp. 391–413, 1991. Fu, M.C. and Hu, J.Q., "Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for the GI/G/m Queue," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 54, No.1, pp. 121–139, 1991. Wardi, W. and Hu, J.Q., "Strong Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis for Tandem Queueing Networks," Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 37-59, 1991. Hu, J.Q., "Consistency of Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Estimators with Rates," Queueing Systems, 8, pp. 265-278, 1991. Ho, Y.C. and Hu, J.Q., "An Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis Algorithm for a Multiclass G/G/1 Queue," Operations Research Letters, 9, pp.35-44, 1990. Hu, J.Q., "On Steady-State Sample Path Derivative Estimates," Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 57-60, 1990. Hu, J.Q. and Strickland, S.G., "Strong Consistency of Sample Path Derivative Estimates," Applied Mathematics Letters, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 55-58, 1990. Hu, J.Q., "A Note on the Perturbation Equations of General Classical Networks,” Control Theory and Applications, March 1987, Vol.4, No.1, pp.125-129. OTHERS

Curriculum Vitae Education Harvard University, Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, 1990. Harvard University, S.M., Applied Mathematics, 1987. Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R.China, S.B., Applied Mathematics, 1985. Honors and Awards 1998 Outstanding Simulation Publication Award, INFORMS College on Simulation, Conditional Monte Carlo: Gradient Estimation and Optimization Applications (co-authored with M.C. Fu). Resume