Selected Publications  

Articles in Geographic Information Science (GIScience)

  1. Zhan, FB; Buttenfield, BP.  1995.  Object-Oriented Rule-Based Symbol Selection for Visualizing Statistical Information.  International Journal of Geographical Information Systems 9(3): 293-315.   [full paper in PDF]
  2. Fotheringham, AS; Zhan, FB.  1996.  A Comparison of Three Exploratory Methods for Cluster Detection in Spatial Point Patterns.  Geographical Analysis 28(3): 200-218.   [full paper in PDF]
  3. Zhan, FB; Buttenfield, BP.  1996.  Multi-Scale Representation of a Digital Line.  Cartography and Geographic Information Systems 23(4): 206-228. 
  4. Zhan, FB.  1998.  Approximate Analysis of Topological Relations Between Geographic Regions with Indeterminate Boundaries.  Soft Computing 2(2): 28-34.  [full paper in PDF]
  5. Zhan, FB; Lin, H. 2003. Overlay of Two Simple Polygons with Indeterminate Boundaries.  Transactions in GIS 7(1): 67-81.   [full paper in PDF]
  6. Huang, B; Wu, Q; Zhan, FB. 2007. A Shortest Path Algorithm with Novel Heuristics for Dynamic Transportation Networks. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 21(6): 625-644. [full paper in PDF] 
  7. Silvan, JL; Wang, L; Zhan, FB. 2008. Representing Geographical Objects with Scale-Induced Indeterminate Boundaries: A Neural Network-Based Data Model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 23(3):295-318.  [full paper in PDF] 
  8. Zou, B; Wilson, JG; Zhan, FB; Zeng, YN. 2009. An Emission-Weighted Proximity Model for Air Pollution Exposure Assessment. Science of the Total Environment 407(17):4939–4945. [full paper in PDF] 
  9. Zou, B; Wilson, JG; Zhan, FB; Zeng, Y; 2009. Spatially Differentiated and Source Specific Population Exposure to Ambient Urban Air Pollution. Atmospheric Environment 43(26):3981–3988.  [full paper in PDF] 
  10. Zhan, FB; Tapia-Silva, FO; Santillana, M. 2010. Estimating Small Area Population Growth Using Geographic Knowledge Guided Cellular Automata. International Journal of Remote Sensing (accepted)  [full paper in PDF] 

 

Articles in Health and the Environment

  1. Brender, JD; Zhan, FB; Suarez, L; Langlois, P; Gilani, Z; DeLima, I; Moody, K. 2006. Linking Environmental Hazards and Birth Defects Data. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health 12(2): 126-133.  [full paper in PDF]
  2. Brender, JD; Zhan, FB; Suarez, L; Langlois, P; Moody, K. 2006. Maternal Residential Proximity to Waste Sites and Industrial Facilities and Oral Clefts in Offspring. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 48(6): 565-572. [full paper in PDF]
  3. Zhan, FB; Brender, JD; Han, Y; Suarez, L; Langlois, PH.   2006.  GIS-EpiLink: A Spatial Search Tool for Linking Environmental and Health Data.  Journal of Medical Systems 30(5): 405-412. [full paper in PDF]
  4. Zhan, FB; Brender, JD; DeLima, I; Suarez, L; Langlois, PH. 2006. Match Rate and Positional Accuracy of Two Geocoding Methods for Epidemiological Research. Annals of Epidemiology 16(11): 842-849. [full paper in PDF]
  5. Hanford, EJ; Zhan, FB; Lu, Y; Giordano, A. 2007. Chagas Disease in Texas: Realizing the Significance and Implications of Evidence in the Literature. Social Science & Medicine 65: 60-79.  [full paper in PDF]
  6. Suarez, L; Brender, JD; Langlois, PH; Zhan, FB; Moody, K. 2007. Maternal exposures to hazardous waste sites and industrial facilities and risk of neural tube defects in offspring. Annals of Epidemiology 17(10): 772-777.  [full paper in PDF]
  7. Brender, JD; Zhan, FB; Langlois, PH; Suarez, L; Scheuerle, A. 2008. Residential Proximity to Waste Sites and Industrial Facilities and Chromosomal Anomalies in Offspring. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 211(1-2): 50-58. [full paper in PDF]
  8. Zou, B; Wilson, JG; Zhan, FB; Zeng, YN.  2009.  Air pollution exposure assessment methods utilized in epidemiological studies. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11: 475-490.  [full paper in PDF]
  9. Langlois, PH; Brender, JD; Suarez, L; Zhan, FB; Mistry, JH; Jimenez, S; Moody, K. 2009. Conotruncal Heart Defects and Proximity to Environmental Hazards. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 23:321-331. [full paper in PDF]
  10. Tian, J; Wilson, JG; Zhan, FB. 2009. Female Breast Cancer Mortality Clusters within Racial Groups in the United States. Health & Place (in press) [full paper in PDF]

     

Articles in Transportation and Network Science

  1. Zhan, FB.  1997.  Three Fastest Shortest Path Algorithms on Real Road Networks: Data Structures and Procedures.  Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis 1(1): 69-82.   [full paper in PDF]
  2. Zhan, FB; Noon, CE.  1998.  Shortest Path Algorithms: An Evaluation Using Real Road Networks.  Transportation Science 32(1): 65-73.  [full paper in PDF]
  3. Zhan, FB.  1998.  A Family of Spatio-Temporal Location Analysis Problems in Mobile Trading.  Papers in Regional Science 77(1): 1-18.   [full paper in PDF]
  4. Zhan, FB; Noon, CE.  2000.  A Comparison Between Label-Setting and Label-Correcting Algorithms for Computing One-to-One Shortest Paths. Journal of Geographic Information and Decision Analysis 4(2): 1-11.  [full paper in PDF]
  5. Noon, CE; Zhan, FB; Graham, RL.  2002.  GIS-Based Analysis of Marginal Price Variation with an Application in Ethanol Plant Location.  Networks and Spatial Economics 2: 79-93.  [full paper in PDF]
  6. Chen, X; Meaker, JW;  Zhan, FB.  2005.  Agent-Based Modeling and Analysis of Hurricane Evacuation Procedures for the Florida Keys.  Natural Hazards 38(3): 321-338. [full paper in PDF]
  7. Zhan, FB; Noon, CE; Chen, X; Wu, G.  2005.  A GIS-Enabled Comparison of Fixed and Discriminatory Pricing Strategies for Potential Switchgrass-to-Ethanol Conversion Facilities in Alabama.  Biomass & Bioenergy 28(3): 295-306. [full paper in PDF]
  8. Chen, X; Zhan, FB. 2008. Agent-based modeling and simulation of urban evacuation: Relative effectiveness of simultaneous and staged evacuation strategies. Journal of the Operational Research Society 59(1): 25-33. [full paper in PDF]

 

Last update: September 2009