Ningchuan Xiao

Department of Geography
1036 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Tel: +1-614-292-4072
Fax: +1-614-292-6213
E-mail: xiao.37@osu.edu

Current Position

    Assistant Professor

Education

    Ph.D., 2003, The University of Iowa
    M.S., 1999, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
    M.S., 1995, Beijing University, Beijing, China
    B.S., 1990, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China

Teaching

    GEOG 200 - World Regional Geography (Spring 2006)
    GEOG 580 - Elements of Cartography (Winter 2007)
    GEOG 607 - Fundamentals of GIS (Autumn 2007; Team taught)
    GEOG 680 - Numerical Cartography (Winter 2005)
    GEOG 685 - Intermediate GIS (Winter 2008)
    GEOG 687 - Design and Implementation of GIS (Autumn 2007)
    GEOG 983 - Special Topics in Quantitative Geography: Complexity in Spatial Analysis (Winter 2007)

Research Interests

    Geographical information science
    Location analysis
    Spatial decision support systems
    Ecological and environmental modeling
    Computational geography
    Genetic and evolutionary algorithms
    China and East Asia

Publications

    2008 Kim, K, Murray, A.T. and Xiao, N. ``A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for surveillance sensor placement.'' Environment and Planning, in press.
    Lee, G. and Xiao, N. ``Examining the tradeoff between residential broadband service coverage and network connectivity using a bi-objective facility location model.'' Papers in Regional Science, accepted.
    Munroe, D.K., Wolfinbarger, S.R., Calder, C.A., Shi, T., Xiao, N., Lam, C.Q., and Li, D. ``The relationships between biomass burning, land-cover/use change, and the distribution of carbonaceous aerosols in mainland Southeast Asia: A review and synthesis.'' Journal of Land Use Science, accepted.
    Xiao, N. ``A unified conceptual framework for geographical optimization using evolutionary algorithms.'' Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 98(4): forthcoming.
    Xiao, N., Shi, T., Calder, C.A., Munroe, D.K., Berrett, C., Wolfinbarger, S.R., and Li, D. ``Spatial characteristics of the difference between MISR and MODIS aerosol optical depth retrievals over mainland Southeast Asia.'' Remote Sensing of Environment, accepted.
    2007 Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A., and Armstrong, M.P. ``Interactive evolutionary approaches to multiobjective spatial decision making: a synthetic review.'' Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 31: 232-252.
    Xiao, N., Calder, C., and Armstrong, M.P. ``Assessing the effect of attribute uncertainty on the robustness of choropleth map classification.'' International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 21(2): 121-144.
    2006 Wei, H., Murray, A.T. and Xiao, N. ``Solving the continuous space p-center problem: planning application issues.'' IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 17: 413-425.
    Xiao, N. ``An evolutionary algorithm for site search problems.'' Geographical Analysis, 38(3): 227-247.
    Xiao, N. and Armstrong, M.P. ``ChoroWare: a software toolkit for choropleth map classification.'' Geographical Analysis, 38(1): 102-121.
    2005 Xiao, N. and Armstrong, M.P. ``Supporting the comparison of choropleth maps using an evolutionary algorithm.'' Cartography and Geographical Information Science, 32(4): 347-358.
    2004 Bennett, D.A., Xiao, N. and Armstrong, M.P. ``Exploring the geographic consequences of public policies using evolutionary algorithms.'' Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94(4), 827-847.
    2003 Armstrong, M.P., Xiao, N. and Bennett, D.A. ``Using genetic algorithms to create multicriteria class intervals for choropleth maps.'' Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93(3), 595-623.
    Walsh, S.J., Butler, D.R., Malanson, G.P., Crews-Meyer, K.A., Messina, J.P. and Xiao, N. ``Mapping, modeling, and visualization of the influences of geomorphic processes on the alpine treeline ecotone, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA.'' Geomorphology, 53: 125-149.
    2002 Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A. and Armstrong, M.P. ``Using evolutionary algorithms to generate alternatives for multiobjective site search problems.'' Environment and Planning A, 34(4): 639-656.
    Xiao, N., Bennett, D.A., Middleton, B. and Fessel, K. ``SISM: a multi-scale model for cypress swamp regeneration.'' Geographical & Environmental Modelling, 6(1), 99-116.
    2001 Malanson, G.P., Xiao, N. and Alftine, K.J. ``A simulation test of the resource-averaging hypothesis.'' Journal of Vegetation Science, 12, 743-748.
    1993 Cheng, W., Xie, B. and Xiao, N. ``Methodology for paleogeographical studies and specific case studies: a case study of loess profile in Luochuan, China.'' Acta Geographica Sinica, 48(2): 131-142 (in Chinese with an English abstract).

Memberships

    AAG - Association of American Geographers
    ACSM - American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
    IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers: Computer Society and Computational Intelligence Society
    ISGEC - International Society for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
    IAHS - International Association of Hydrological Sciences

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