Qingan Qiu

Name: Qingan Qiu

Gender: Male

Birth Date: Nov., 1991

Academic Position：Associate Professor

Degree：Ph.D.

e-Mail：qiu_qingan@bit.edu.cn, qiu_qingan@163.com

Address：School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China

Introduction

Qingan Qiu is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor in School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology. He has been engaged in the research of system reliability and operations management. He has published more than 50 SCI/SSCI indexed papers in flagship journals in the field of reliability engineering, and 3 papers are selected as ESI highly cited papers. He has presided over/participated in the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He is also a youth member of the Reliability Branch of the Chinese Society of Operations Research, and a director of the Industrial Engineering Branch of the Chinese Society for the Study of Optimal Methodology and Economic Mathematics. He is the guest editor of several SCI indexed journals.

Education and work experience

2022.07-Now: Associate Professor, School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology.

2020.04-2022.07: Postdoctoral, School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology.

2014.09-2020.03: Ph.D., School of Management & Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology.

2018.09-2019.09: Joint Ph.D., Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh.

2010.09-2014.06: Bachelor Degree of Management, School of Management and Economics, Taiyuan University of Technology.

Publications（* Corresponding author）

In the past five years, he has published more than 50 indexed SCI/SSCI papers in European Journal of Operational Research, Risk Analysis, Naval Research Logistics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, etc. Three papers have been selected as ESI Highly Cited Papers, some of which are listed below

[1] Qiu Q, Cui L, Gao H. Availability and maintenance modelling for systems subject to multiple failure modes. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2017, 108: 192-198.

[2] Qiu Q, Cui L, Shen J, Yang L. Optimal maintenance policy considering maintenance errors for systems operating under performance-based contracts. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2017, 112: 147-155.

[3] Qiu Q, Cui L. Reliability evaluation based on a dependent two-stage failure process with competing failures. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2018, 64: 699-712.

[4] Qiu Q, Cui L, Gao H, Yi H. Optimal allocation of units in sequential probability series systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2018, 169: 351-363.

[5] Qiu Q, Cui L, Yang L. Maintenance policies for energy systems subject to complex failure processes and power purchasing agreement. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018, 119: 193-203.

[6] Qiu Q, Cui L, Shen J. Availability and maintenance modeling for systems subject to dependent hard and soft failures. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2018, 34(4): 513-527.

[7] Qiu Q, Cui L. Optimal mission abort policy for systems subject to random shocks based on virtual age process. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019, 189: 11-20.

[8] Qiu Q, Cui L. Gamma process based optimal mission abort policy. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019, 190: 106496.

[9] Qiu Q, Cui L, Kong D. Availability and maintenance modeling for a two-component system with dependent failures over a finite time horizon. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2019, 233(2): 200-210.

[10] Qiu Q, Cui L, Dong Q. Preventive maintenance policy of single‐unit systems based on shot‐noise process. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 2019, 35(2): 550-560.

[11] Qiu Q, Cui L. Availability analysis for general repairable systems with repair time threshold. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 2019, 48(3): 628-647.

[12] Qiu Q, Cui L, Shen J. Availability analysis and maintenance modelling for inspected Markov systems with down time threshold. Quality Technology & Quantitative Management, 2019, 16(4): 478-495.

[13] Qiu Q, Cui L. Availability analysis for periodically inspected systems subject to multiple failure modes. International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, 2019, 6(3): 258-271.

[14] Qiu Q, Cui L, Kong D. Availability analysis and optimal inspection policy for systems with neglected down time. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 2019, 48(11): 2787-2809.

[15] Qiu Q, Cui L, Wu B. Dynamic mission abort policy for systems operating in a controllable environment with self-healing mechanism. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2020, 203: 107069.

[16] Qiu Q, Kou M, Chen K, Deng Q, Lin C. Optimal stopping problems for mission oriented systems considering time redundancy. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 205: 107226.

[17] Qiu Q, Liu B, Lin C. Availability analysis and maintenance optimization for multiple failure mode systems considering imperfect repair. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2021, 235(6): 982-997.

[18] Qiu Q, Maillart L, Prokopyev O, Cui L. Optimal Condition-Based Mission Abort Decisions. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/TR.2022.3172377.

[19] Qiu Q, Cui L. Reliability modelling based on dependent two-stage virtual age processes. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2021, 32(3): 711-721.

[20]  Zhao X, Fan Y, Qiu Q*, Chen K. Multi-criteria mission abort policy for systems subject to two-stage degradation process. European Journal of Operational Research, 2021, 295:233-245.

[21]  Zhao X, Chai X, Sun J, Qiu Q*. Optimal bivariate mission abort policy for systems operate in random shock environment. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 205: 107244.

[22]  Zhao X, Sun J, Qiu Q*, Chen K. Optimal inspection and mission abort policies for systems subject to degradation. European Journal of Operational Research, 2021, 292(2): 610-621.

[23]  Wang J, Qiu Q*, Wang H, Lin C. Joint optimization of condition-based and age-based replacement policy and inventory policy for a two-unit series system. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 205: 107251.

[24]  Wang J, Qiu Q*, Wang H. Optimal condition-based preventive maintenance policy for balanced systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 211: 107606.

[25]  Zhao X, Chai X, Sun J, Qiu Q*. Joint optimization of mission abort and component switching policies for multistate warm standby systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 212: 107641.

[26]  Zhao X, Li R, Fan Y, Qiu Q*. Reliability and optimal triggering policy for multi-state systems subject to shocks and supported by a protective device. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021, 156: 107232.

[27]  Shang L, Qiu Q*, Wang X. Random periodic replacement models after the expiry of 2D-warranty. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2021: 107885.

[28]  Yang L, Chen Y, Qiu Q*, Wang J. Risk Control of Mission-Critical Systems: Abort Decision-Makings Integrating Health and Age Conditions. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2022.3141416.

[29]  Zhao X, Chai X, Sun J, Qiu Q*. Joint optimization of mission abort and protective device selection policies for multistate systems. Risk Analysis, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13869.

[30]  Zhao X, Li R, Fan Y, Qiu Q*. Reliability modeling for multi-state systems with a protective device considering multiple triggering mechanism. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2022, 236(1): 173-193.

[31]  Zhao X, Dai Y, Wu Y, Qiu Q*. Joint optimization of mission aborts and allocation of standby components considering mission loss. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022, 225C 108612.

[32]  Yang A, Qiu Q*, Zhu M, Cui L, Chen W, Chen J. Condition based maintenance strategy for redundant systems with arbitrary structures using improved reinforcement learning. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2022, 108643.

[33]  Zhao X, He Z, Wu Y, Qiu Q*. Joint Optimization of Condition-based Performance Control and Maintenance for Mission-critical Systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety,2022,108655.

[34]  Wu C, Zhao X, Qiu Q. Optimal mission abort policy for k-out-of-n: F balanced systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2021, 208: 107398.

[35]  Gao H, Cui L, Qiu Q. Reliability modeling for degradation-shock dependence systems with multiple species of shocks. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2019, 185: 133-143.

[36]  Yang L, Zhao Y, Ma X, Qiu Q. An optimal inspection and replacement policy for a two-unit system. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, 2018, 232(6): 766-776.

[37]  Zhang J, Zhao X, Song Y, Qiu Q. Joint optimization of condition-based maintenance and spares inventory for a series-parallel system with two failure modes. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022: 108094.

[38]  Wu B, Cui L, Qiu Q. Two novel critical shock models based on Markov renewal processes. Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 2022, 69(1): 163-176.

[39]  Liu B, Wen Y, Kang S, Qiu Q. A multiple warm standby repairable system under N-policy with multiple vacations following Markovian arrival process. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 2020, 49(15): 3609-3634.

[40]  Zhang J, Zhao X, Song Y, Qiu Q. Joint optimization of maintenance and spares ordering policy for a use‐oriented product‐service system with multiple failure modes. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2021, 37(6): 1123-1142.

[41]  Liu B, Zhang Z, Wen Y, Kang S, Guo Y, Qiu Q. Reliability analysis for complex systems subject to competing failure processes in an uncertain environment. Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2020, 39(3): 4331-4339.

[42]  Wen Y, Liu B, Zhang Z, Kang S, Qiu Q. Reliability analysis for uncertain competing failure degradation system with a change point. Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 2021: 1-21.

Personal and Academic Awards

[1] In 2017, National Scholarship for PhD students.

[2] In 2017, Outstanding Graduate Students.

[3] In 2018, Dean's Scholarship of BIT.

[4] In 2018, Outstanding Academic Achievement Award of BIT.

[5] In 2020, Outstanding Graduates of BIT.

[6] In 2020, Beijing Outstanding Graduates.

Academic and Consultancy Projects

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China (72001026).

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China (72131002).

[3] National Natural Science Foundation of China (71631001).

[4] National Natural Science Foundation of China (71371031).

[5] Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2020M680399).