Fan (Frank) Xue

Automatic Generation of Semantically Rich As‐Built Building Information Models Using 2D Images: A Derivative‐Free Optimization Approach. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering.

Linking radio-frequency identification to Building Information Modeling: Status quo, development trajectory and guidelines for practitioners. Automation in Construction.

Automatic building information model reconstruction in high-density urban areas: Augmenting multi-source data with architectural knowledge. Automation in Construction.

An Internet of Things-enabled BIM platform for on-site assembly services in prefabricated construction. Automation in Construction.

Real options model of toll-adjustment mechanism in concession contracts of toll road projects. Journal of Management in Engineering.

Searching for an optimal level of prefabrication in construction: An analytical framework. Journal of Cleaner Production.

Cross-boundary collaboration in waste management research: A network analysis. Environmental Impact Assessment Review.

A cost-benefit analysis of green buildings with respect to construction waste minimization using big data in Hong Kong. Journal of Green Building.

A physical internet-enabled building information modelling system for prefabricated construction. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

The Heterogeneity of BIM Objects in Different Construction Contexts. In Construction Research Congress 2018.

Architectural symmetry detection from 3D urban point clouds: A derivative-free optimization (DFO) approach. In Advances in Informatics and Computing in Civil and Construction Engineering.

3D point cloud data enabled facility management: A critical review. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. in press, Springer.

Design of an efficient hyper-heuristic algorithm CMA-VNS for combinatorial black-box optimization problems. In Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion.

Integrating RFID and BIM technologies for mitigating risks and improving schedule performance of prefabricated house construction. Journal of cleaner production.

Developing an Open Access BIM Objects Library: A Hong Kong Study. In Lean and Computing in Construction Congress-Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction.

Schedule risk modeling in prefabrication housing production. Journal of cleaner production.

An Overview of the driving forces behind energy demand in China's construction industry: Evidence from 1990 to 2012. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Prefabricated construction enabled by the Internet-of-Things. Automation in Construction.

The Fusion of GIS and Building Information Modeling for Big Data Analytics in Managing Development Sites. Comprehensive Geographic Information Systems.

'Local content' of corporate social responsibility in international construction business. ARCOM 2017.

Development of 3D building models using multi-source data: a study of high-density urban area in Hong Kong. In Lean and Computing in Construction Congress-Volume 1: Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Computing in Construction.

A Smart Construction Object (SCO)-Enabled Proactive Data Management System for Construction Equipment Management. In Computing in Civil Engineering 2017.

The Experiences for Post-disaster Reconstruction in Rural China: The Implications from Data Mining. In Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate.

An optimization-based semantic building model generation method with a pilot case of a demolished construction. In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate. Best Paper Award.

CMA-VNS2: An efficient hyper-heuristic algorithm for combinatorial black-box optimization. Technical report, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

SWOT analysis and Internet of Things-enabled platform for prefabrication housing production in Hong Kong. Habitat International.

A multi-regional structural path analysis of the energy supply chain in China's construction industry. Energy Policy.

Schedule risks in prefabrication housing production in Hong Kong: a social network analysis. Journal of cleaner production.

Energy use embodied in China's construction industry: A multi-regional input–output analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

Bridging the Cyber and Physical Systems for Better Construction: A Case Study of Construction Machinery Monitoring and Utilization. In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate.

Smart gateway for bridging BIM and building. In Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate.

PhD Thesis: A suboptimum- and proportion-based heuristic generation method for combinatorial optimization problems. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Advisors: Dr. C.Y. Chan, Dr. Andrew W.H. Ip, Prof. Benny C.F. Cheung. theses.lib.polyu.edu.hk/handle/200/7203

Project-based as-needed information retrieval from unstructured AEC documents. Journal of management in engineering.

Cma–vns: A short description. Technical report. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Embodied energy of service trading in Hong Kong. Smart and sustainable built environment.

IoT-enabled on-site assembly service in prefabricated public housing construction. Second International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2015).

Towards Physical Internet-enabled prefabricated housing construction in Hong Kong. IFAC-PapersOnLine.

Building information technologies and challenges in precast housing construction in Hong Kong. In The 7th International Conference of Sustainable Development in Building and Environment

Using division to classify Low-level Heuristics for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. (Preprint)

A hyper-heuristic inspired by pearl hunting. In Learning and intelligent optimization (Proceedings of LION 6).

A learning-based variable assignment weighting scheme for heuristic and exact searching in Euclidean traveling salesman problems. NETNOMICS: Economic research and electronic networking.

Pearl hunter: A hyper-heuristic that compiles iterated local search algorithms. CHeSC competition.

MSc Thesis: Coordinating Multi-agent with Organization in Distributed Scheduling System. Civil Aviation University of China. Advisor: Prof. W. Fan.

A Learning-based Variables Assignment Weighting Scheme for Heuristic and Exact Searching. 1st International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL 2010).

Towards a learning-based heuristic searching reform scheme. 24th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO XXIV).

Multi-agent optimization design for multi-resource job shop scheduling problems. In International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2007).

Optimize cooperative agents with organization in distributed scheduling system. In International Conference on Intelligent Computing (ICIC2006).

A Derivative-free Optimization Approach for Automated As-built 3D Modelling. CIB Student Chapter Workshop Series 2017. Aug 18, 2017, HK PolyU.

An optimization approach for automated as-built 3D modeling. REC Departmetal Seminars, Apr 6, 2017, HKU.

Derivative-free optimization: Theory and applications in construction management. Tongji University. 19 October 2018, Shanghai, China.

Demystifying BIM & Innovation. Zhejiang University of Finance & Economics. 18 October 2018, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

Urban Semantics in BIM & GIS: From source to sea. Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. 15 October 2018, Suzhou, Zhejiang, China.

An efficient approach for symmetry detection in point clouds of constructions. Visual Computing Research Center, Shenzhen University. 22 June 2018, Beijing, China.

Semantic enrichment for BIM and GIS: A computational perspective. Frontiers in Construction Management, Shenzhen University. 22 May 2018, Shenzhen, China.

Enriching urban semantics to fuse BIM and CIM for smart city: examples, prospects, and challenges. Technology Collaboration: The first BIM and GIS Conference, Cyberport. 4 May 2018, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Linking RFID to BIM: A demystification of research methods. Research Methodology, Renmin University of China. 21~22 March 2018, Beijing, China.

Automated facilitation techniques in Value Management workshops based on domain-specific semantic metrics. Apr 24, 2015, Nanjing University, China.

Towards an automated semantic analysis for ideas in construction workshops. Dec, 2013, Chongqing University, China.