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  1. Y. Mo and L. Xing, “An Enhanced Decision Diagram-Based Method for Common-Cause Failure Analysis,” Proc IMechE, Part O, Journal of Risk and Reliability (accepted).
  2. C. Wang*, L. Xing, H. Wang, Y. Dai, and Z. Zhang*, “Performance Analysis of Media Cloud-Based Multimedia Systems with Retrying Fault-Tolerance Technique,” IEEE Systems Journal, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Cloud-based Multimedia Systems (accepted)
  3. G. Levitin, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, " Optimal Allocation of Connecting Element in Phase Mission Linear Consecutively-Connected Systems," IEEE Transactions on Reliability (accepted)
  4. Qingqing Zhai*, Rui Peng, L. Xing, and Jun Yang, " BDD-based Reliability Evaluation of k-out-of-(n+k) Warm Standby Systems Subject to Fault-Level Coverage," Journal of Risk and Reliability (accepted)
  5. G. Levitin, L. Xing, Suprasad V. Amari, and Yuanshun Dai, "Reliability of Non-repairable Phased-Mission Systems with Common-Cause Failures," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (accepted)
  6. Sasan Khoshroo, H. Wang, L. Xing, and D. Kasilingam, "A Joint Resource Allocation-Channel Coding Design Based on Distributed Source Coding," Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing (accepted)
  7. Y. Dai, G. Levitin, and L. Xing, "Structure Optimization of Non-repairable Phased Mission Systems," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (accepted)
  8. G. Levitin, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, "Cold-Standby Sequencing Optimization Considering Mission Cost," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 118, pp. 28-34, October 2013.
  9. G. Levitin, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, "Optimal Sequencing of Warm Standby Elements," Computers & Industrial Engineering , Vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 570-576, August 2013
  10. P. Boddu* and L. Xing, “Reliability Evaluation and Optimization of Series-Parallel Systems with k-out-of-n: G Subsystems and Mixed Redundancy Types,” Proc IMechE,, Part O, Journal of Risk and Reliability , Vol. 227, No. 2, pp. 187-198, April 2013
  11. L. Xing and G. Levitin, "BDD-Based Reliability Evaluation of Phased-Mission Systems with Internal/External Common-Cause Failures," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 112, pp. 145-153, April 2013.
  12. C. Wang*, L. Xing, and G. Levitin, “Reliability Analysis of Multi-Trigger Binary Systems Subject to Competing Failures,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 111, pp. 9–17, March 2013.
  13. L. Xing, G. Levitin, Chaonan Wang*, and Yuanshun Dai "Reliability of Systems Subject to Failures with Dependent Propagation Effect," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 277-290, March 2013.
  14. Navid Tadayon, Honggang Wang, Dayalan Kasilingam and L. Xing, "Analytical Modeling of Service Delay for Cooperative Wireless Networks over Rayleigh Fading Channels," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Vol.62, No.1, pp.349-359, January 2013.
  15. G. Levitin, S. V. Amari, and L. Xing, "Algorithm for Reliability Evaluation of Non-repairable Phased-Mission Systems Consisting of Gradually Deteriorating Multi-state Elements," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, Vol.43, No.1, pp.63-73, January 2013
  16. R. Peng, Q. Zhai, L. Xing, and J. Yang, "Reliability of 1-out-of-(n+1) Warm Standby Systems Subject to Fault Level Coverage,” International Journal of Performability Engineering , Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 117-120, January 2013.
  17. L. Xing, Honggang Wang, Chaonan Wang*, and Yujie Wang*, "BDD-Based Two-Party Trust Sensitivity Analysis for Social Networks," International Journal of Security and Networks, Vol.7, No.4, pp. 242 – 251, 2012.
  18. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, and Gregory Levitin, “Competing Failure Analysis in Phased-Mission Systems with Functional Dependence in One of Phases,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 108, pp. 90-99, December 2012.
  19. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, and Suprasad V. Amari, "A Fast Approximation Method for Reliability Analysis of Cold-Standby Systems," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 106, pp. 119–126, October 2012.
  20. L. Xing, Chaonan Wang*, Gregory Levitin, "Competing Failure Analysis in Non-repairable Binary Systems Subject to Functional Dependence," Proc IMechE, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 226, No. 4, pp. 406-416, August 2012
  21. L. Xing, Suprasad V. Amari, and Chaonan Wang*, "Reliability of k-out-of-n Systems with Phased-Mission Requirements and Imperfect Fault Coverage," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 103, pp. 45-50, July 2012.
  22. Gregory Levitin, L. Xing, and Suprasad V. Amari, "Recursive Algorithm for Reliability Evaluation of Non-repairable Phased Mission Systems with Binary Elements," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 533-542, June 2012.
  23. L. Xing, Ola Tannous*, and Joanne Bechta Dugan, "Reliability Analysis of Non-Repairable Cold-Standby Systems Using Sequential Binary Decision Diagrams," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans , Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 715-726, May 2012.
  24. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, and Gregory Levitin, "Propagated Failure Analysis for Non-Repairable Systems Considering both Global and Selective Effects", Reliability engineering and System Safety, Vol. 99, pp. 96-104, March 2012.
  25. Akhilesh Shrestha*, L. Xing, Yan Sun, and Vinod M. Vokkarane, “Infrastructure Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks Considering Common-Cause Failures,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, special issue on Dependability of Wireless Systems and Networks, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 141-150, March 2012.
  26. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, Vinod Vokkarane, and Yan Sun, "Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks with Tree Topology," International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 213-216, March 2012.
  27. Gregory Levitin, L. Xing, Hanoch Ben-Haim, and Yuanshun Dai, "Multi-state Systems with Selective Propagated Failures and Imperfect Individual and Group Protections," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 96, No. 12, pp. 1657-1666, December 2011.
  28. Ning Huang, Yang Chen, Dong Hou, L. Xing, and Rui Kang, "Application Reliability for Communication Networks and Its Analysis Method," Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, Vol. 22, No. 6, pp.1030-1036, December 2011.
  29. L. Xing and Gregory Levitin, "Combinatorial Algorithm for Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Systems with Propagated Failures and Failure Isolation Effect," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans , Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1156-1165, November 2011.
  30. Suprasad V. Amari and L. Xing, "Reliability Analysis of k-out-of-n Systems with Phased-Mission Requirements," International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 6, pp. 595-600, November 2011.
  31. L. Xing, Akhilesh Shrestha*, and Yuanshun Dai, "Exact Combinatorial Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems with Sequence-Dependent Failures," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 96, No. 10, pp. 1375-1385, October 2011.
  32. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and Y.S. Dai, “Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Phased-Mission Systems with Unordered and Ordered States,” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans , Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 625-636, July 2011.
  33. Tongdan Jin, L. Xing, and Ying Yu, “A Hierarchical Markov Reliability Model for Data Storage Systems with Media Self-Recovery,” International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 25-41, 2011
  34. Prashanthi Boddu* and L. Xing, "Optimal Design of Heterogeneous Series-Parallel Systems with Common-Cause Failures," International Journal of Performability Engineering, special Issue on Performance and Dependability Modeling of Dynamic Systems, Vol. 7, No. 5, pp. 455-466, September 2011.
  35. Ruiping Ma*, L. Xing, Howard E. Michel, and Honggang Wang, "Survivable Data Transmission via Selective Hybrid Cipher in Sensor Networks," International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 303-312, July 2011.
  36. Ning Huang, Dong Hou, Yang Chen, L. Xing, Rui Kang, "A Network Reliability Evaluation Method based on Applications and Topological Structure," Maintenance and Reliability, pp. 77-83, Issue 3/2011.
  37. Y. Dai, Y. Xiang, Y. Li, L. Xing, and G. Zhang,"Consequence Oriented Self-Healing and Autonomous Diagnosis for Highly Reliable Systems and Software," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Special Issue on Computational Intelligence in Reliability Engineering, Vol. 60, No. 2, pp. 369-380, June 2011 ( link)
  38. Zhong Han, Jianmin Gao, L. Xing, and Fumin Chen "Optimal Resource Allocation for Safety in Distributed Complex Electromechanical Systems," Maintenance and Reliability, pp. 4-12, Issue 2/2011.
  39. L. Xing and G. Levitin, "Combinatorial Analysis of Systems with Competing Failures Subject to Failure Isolation and Propagation Effects," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 95, No. 11, pp. 1210-1215, November 2010.
  40. S. V. Amari, L. Xing, A. Shrestha*, J. Akers, and K. S. Trivedi, “Performability Analysis of Multi-State Computing Systems Using Multi-Valued Decision Diagrams,” IEEE Trans. on Computers, Vol. 59, No. 10, pp. 1419-1433, October 2010.
  41. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and D. W. Coit, “An Efficient Multi-State Multi-Valued Decision Diagram-Based Approach for Multi-State System Sensitivity Analysis,” IEEE Trans. on Reliability , Vol. 59, No. 3, pp. 581-592, September 2010.
  42. G. Levitin and L. Xing, "Reliability and Performance of Multi-state Systems with Propagated Failures Having Selective Effect," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 95, No. 6, pp. 655-661, June 2010.
  43. H. Wang, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel, “Reed–Solomon Code based Green & Survivable Communications Using Selective Encryption,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Short Communications, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 297-299, May 2010
  44. L. Xing, P. Boddu*, Y. Sun, and W. Wang, “Reliability Analysis of Static and Dynamic Fault-Tolerant Systems subject to Probabilistic Common-Cause Failures,” Proc IMechE, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 224, No. 1, pp.43-53, 2010 (link).
  45. R. Robidoux*, H. Xu, L. Xing, and M. Zhou, “Automated Verification of Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams Using Colored Petri Nets,” IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol 40, No. 2, pp. 337-351, March 2010.
  46. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, “Decision Diagram-Based Methods, and Complexity Analysis for Multistate Systems,” IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 145-161, March 2010 (link).
  47. L. Xing, J. B. Dugan, and B. A. Morrissette*, “Efficient Reliability Analysis of Systems with Functional Dependence Loops,” Maintenance and Reliability, pp. 65-69, No. 3/2009, ISSN 1507-2711.
  48. L. Xing and Y. Dai, “A New Decision Diagram Based Method for Efficient Analysis on Multi-State Systems,” IEEE Trans. Dependable and Secure Computing, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 161-174, July-Sept. 2009.
  49. R. Ma*, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel, “Achieving Fault-Tolerance and Intrusion Tolerance in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Journal of Autonomic and Trusted Computing, Special Issue on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (accepted in 2007; 7 out of 45 papers were selected for this special issue).
  50. S. V. Amari, K. Mohan, B. Cline, and L. Xing, “Expectation-Maximization Algorithm for Failure Analysis Using Incomplete Warranty Data,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 403-417, October 2009.
  51. L. Xing, H. Li*, and H. E. Michel, “Fault-Tolerance and Reliability Analysis for Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 419-431, October 2009.
  52. H. Xu, L. Xing, and R. Robidoux*, “DRBD: Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams for System Reliability Modeling,” International Journal of Computers and Applications, Vo. 31, No. 2, pp. 132-141, 2009.
  53. A. Parikh*, H. Joshi*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and H. Liu “Optimizing Sensor Count in Layered Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Short Communications, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 296-298, April 2009.
  54. L. Xing, A. Shrestha*, L. Meshkat, and W. Wang, “Incorporating Common-Cause Failures into the Modular Hierarchical Systems Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 10-19, March 2009 (#3 Top Accessed Article in the journal in May 2009).
  55. Y. Dai, X. Li, X. Zou, and L. Xing, “Rebound Wall: A Novel Technology against DoS Attacks,” Special Issue on System Survivability and Defense against External Impacts, International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 55-70, January 2009.
  56. A. Shrestha* and L. Xing, “Improved Modular Reliability Analyses of Hybrid Phased Mission Systems,” Journal of Risk and Reliability, Vol. 222, No. 4, 2008, pp. 507-520
  57. A. Shrestha* and L. Xing, “A Logarithmic Binary Decision Diagrams-Based Method for Multistate Systems Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 595-606, December 2008.
  58. L. Xing, “An Efficient Binary Decision Diagrams Based Approach for Network Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis,” IEEE Trans. Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 105-115, January 2008. (pdf)
  59. A. Shrestha* and L. Xing, “Quantifying Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Special Issue on Reliability and Quality in Design, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 43-56, January 2008.
  60. L. Xing, “Handling Functional Dependence without Using Markov Models,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Short Communications, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 95-97, January 2008.
  61. L. Xing and S. V. Amari, “Effective Component Importance Analysis for the Maintenance of Systems with Common-Cause Failures,” International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 459-478, October 2007.
  62. L. Xing, “Reliability Importance Analysis of Generalized Phased-Mission Systems,” International Journal of Performability Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 303-318, July 2007.
  63. L. Xing, L. Meshkat, and S. K. Donohue, “Reliability Analysis of Hierarchical Computer-Based Systems Subject to Common-Cause Failures,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 92, No. 3, pp. 351-359, March 2007.
  64. L. Xing, “Reliability Evaluation of Phased-Mission Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage and Common-Cause Failures,” IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 58-68, March 2007 ( #1 Top Accessed Article in the journal in November 2007 ; pdf)
  65. L. Xing and A. Shrestha*, “Reliability Evaluation of Distributed Computer Systems Subject to Imperfect Coverage and Dependent Common-Cause Failures”, Journal of Computer Sciences, Special Issue on Reliability and Autonomic Management, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 473-479, 2006.
  66. L. Xing, “Reliability modeling and analysis of complex hierarchical systems”, International Journal of Reliability, Quality and Safety Engineering (IJRQSE), Vol. 12, No. 6, December 2005 (#2 Top Accessed Article in the journal in 2006).
  67. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, "A Separable TDD-Based Analysis of Generalized Phased-Mission Reliability", IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 53, No. 2, June 2004, pp. 174-184. (pdf)
  68. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, "Comments on PMS BDD Generation", IEEE Trans. Reliability, Vol. 53, No. 2, June 2004, pp. 169-173. (pdf)
  69. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, "Analysis of Generalized Phased Mission System Reliability, Performance and Sensitivity" Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 199-211, IEEE Trans. Reliability, June 2002 (pdf)

Book Chapters
  1. R. Peng, O. Tannous*, L. Xing, and M. Xie, "Reliability of Warm Standby Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage", in Applied Reliability Engineering and Risk Analysis. Probabilistic Models and Statistical Inference, Chapter 18, Editors: Ilia Frenkel, Alex Karagrigoriou, Andre Kleyner, and Anatoly Lisnianski, Wiley (accepted).
  2. L. Xing and S. Amari, “Reliability of Phased-Mission Systems,” in Handbook of Performability Engineering, Chapter 23, 20 pages, Editor: Krishna B. Misra, Springer-Verlag, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84800-130-5.
  3. L. Xing and S. Amari, “Fault Tree Analysis,” in Handbook of Performability Engineering, Chapter 38, 26 pages, Editor: Krishna B. Misra, Springer-Verlag, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-84800-130-5.

Published/Accepted Conference Papers
  1. Amir Ehsani Zonouz, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, "Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks Supporting K-coverage," The 7th International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN 2013-Spring), May 20-23, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. (accepted)
  2. Y. Wang*, L. Xing, and H. Wang, “Reliability of Scale-Free Complex Networks,” Proc. of The Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, January 2013
  3. C. Wang*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, “Reliability Modeling of Wireless Sensors,” Proc. of The Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, January 2013
  4. C. Wang*, L. Xing, and G. Levitin, “Reliability of Phased-Mission Systems Subject to Competing Failures,” Proc. of The Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, January 2013
  5. Amir Ehsani Zonouz*, Navid Tadayon, Sonia Aissa, and L. Xing, “Design and Evaluation of Small-World Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks under Rayleigh Fading,” Proc. of IEEE Global Communications Conference (GlobeCom), Anaheim, CA, USA, December 2012
  6. R. Ma*, L. Xing, H. E. Michel, and V. M. Vokkarane, “Linear Cryptanalysis of A Survivable Data Transmission Mechanism for Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The 12th Annual IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Waltham, MA, November 2012.
  7. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, Honggang Wang, Zhaoyang Zhang*, Yuanshun Dai, and Qun Zhang, "Processing Time Analysis of Cloud Services with Retrying Fault-Tolerance Technique", Proc. of The First IEEE International Conference on Communications in China: Advanced Internet and Cloud (AIC), Beijing, China, August 2012.
  8. Ola Tannous*, L. Xing, Rui Peng, and Min Xie, "Combinatorial Reliability Analysis of Warm-Standby Systems with Imperfect Fault Coverage," Proc. of The 18th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Boston, MA, July 2012
  9. Amir Ehsani Zonouz*, Liudong Xing, Vinod M.Vokkarane, and Yan (Lindsay) Sun, “K-coverage Reliability Evaluation for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The 18th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Boston, MA, July 2012
  10. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Yan Sun, "Manycast and Anycast-Based Infrastructure Communication Reliability for Wireless Sensor Networks," Proc. of The 18th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Boston, MA, July 2012
  11. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, Vinod M. Vokkarane, and Yan Sun, "Reliability Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks using Different Network Topology Characteristics," Proc. of International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE2012), Chengdu, China, June 2012.
  12. Chaonan Wang*, L. Xing, Gregory Levitin, "Reliability of Multi-Trigger Multi-State Systems Subject to Competing Failures," Proc. of International Conference on Quality, Reliability, Risk, Maintenance, and Safety Engineering (QR2MSE2012), Chengdu, China, June 2012.
  13. L. Xing, Honggang Wang, Yujie Wang*, and Chaonan Wang*, “Two-Party Trust Sensitivity Analysis for Social Networks,” Proc. of International Workshop on Network Forensics, Security and Privacy (NFSP), in conjunction ICDCS 2012, Macau, China, June 2012.
  14. Sasan Khoshroo*, Honggang Wang, L. Xing, Dayalan Kasilingam, "Selective Channel Coding for Resource-aware DSC Based Applications," Proc. of The 4th International Conference on Communications, Mobility, and Computing, Guilin, China, May 2012.
  15. Rui Peng, Ola Tannous*, L. Xing, and Min Xie, "Reliability of Smart Grid Systems with Warm Standby Spares and Imperfect Coverage," Proc. of The 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems, Porto, Portugal, April 2012
  16. P. Boddu* and L. Xing, “Redundancy Allocation for k-out-of-n: G Systems with Mixed Spare Types,” Proc. of The 58th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Reno, NV, USA, January 2012
  17. O. Tannous* and L. Xing, “Efficient Analysis of Warm Standby Systems using Central Limit Theorem,” Proc. of The 58th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Reno, NV, USA, January 2012
  18. L. Xing and S. V. Amari “Decision Diagrams in System Reliability Analysis,” Tutorial Notes of The 58th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Reno, NV, USA, January 2012
  19. T. Song, X. Bai, Q. Wang, and L. Xing, "Operational Availability Modeling and Simulation Evaluation," Proc. of The 58th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Reno, NV, USA, January 2012
  20. O. Tannous*, L. Xing, R. Peng, M. Xie, and S.H, Ng, "Redundancy Allocation for Series-Parallel Warm-Standby Systems," Proc. of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore, December 2011
  21. H. Wang, H. Fang, L. Xing, M. Chen, "An Integrated Biometric-based Security Framework Using Wavelet-Domain HMM in Wireless Body Area Networks (WBAN)," Proc. of The IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), June 2011, Kyoto, Japan.
  22. P. Boddu*, H. Wang, L. Xing, and X. Yuan, "ARQ-Based Joint Reed Solomon and Network Coding for Reliable and Green Communications," Proc. of The 2nd World Congress on Computer Science and Information Engineering (CSIE 2011), June 2011, Changchun, China.
  23. L. Xing, Gregory Levitin, and Chaonan Wang*, "Multi-state Systems with Independent Local and Propagated failures and Competing Failure Propagation and Isolation Effects", Proc. of The Seventh International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR 2011),Beijing, China, June 2011, pp. 607-613.
  24. Chaonan Wang*, Jingfang Huang*, Zhaoyang Zhang*, L. Xing, and Honggang Wang, "Service Performance Analysis of Cloud Computing Systems," Proc. of The Seventh International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR 2011), Invited Session on Reliability of computer networks and cloud computing, Beijing, China, June 2011, pp. 176-181.
  25. Prashanthi Boddu*, L. Xing and Ola Tannous*, "Optimal Design of Heterogeneous Series-Parallel Systems with Mixed Redundancy Types," Proc. of The Seventh International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability (MMR 2011), Beijing, China, June 2011, pp. 99-105.
  26. O. Tannous*, L. Xing, and J. B. Dugan, “Reliability Analysis of Warm Standby Systems using Sequential BDD,” Proc. of The 57th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, FL, USA, January 2011.
  27. L. Xing and G. Levitin, “Reliability of Multi-State Systems subject to Competing Failures,” Proc. of The 57th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, FL, USA, January 2011.
  28. T. Song and L. Xing, “Mission Need-based System Supportability Objectives Determination,” Proc. of The 57th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, FL, USA, January 2011.
  29. L. Xing, G. Levitin, P. Boddu*, and T. Song, "Reliability Analysis of Systems with Competing Propagated Failures and Failure Isolation Effect," Proc. of The 16th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Washington D.C., August 2010, pp. 343-347.
  30. M. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and H. Xu, "Complete Sequence Generation Algorithm for Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems with Sequence-Dependent Failures," Proc. of The 16th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, Washington D.C., August 2010, pp. 383-386.
  31. T. Song, L. Xing, and Q. Feng, "Supportability System Engineering: A Review and New Perspectives," Proc. of Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Cancun, Mexico, June 5-9, 2010.
  32. L. Xing, B. A. Morrissette*, and J. B. Dugan, "Efficient Analysis of Imperfect Coverage Systems with Functional Dependence," Proc. of The 56th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, San Jose, CA, USA, January 25-28, 2010.
  33. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and S. Amari, “Reliability, Sensitivity Analysis of Imperfect Coverage Multi-State Systems,” Proc. of The 56th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, San Jose, CA, USA, January 25-28, 2010.
  34. R. Ma*, L. Xing, T. Jin, and T. Song, “A Data Transmission Mechanism for Survivable Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage (NAS), pp. 9-15, ISBN: 978-0-7695-3741-2, Zhang Jia Jie, China, July 9-11, 2009 (Best Paper Award, 25% acceptance rate)
  35. L. Xing, J. B. Dugan, and B. A. Morrissette*, "An Efficient Approach to Handling Functional Dependence Loops," The 8th International Conference on Reliability, Maintainability and Safety, pp. 37-40, Chengdu, China, July 2009.
  36. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and D. W. Coit, “Multistate Component Importance Analysis Using Multistate Multivalued Decision Diagrams,” The 8th International Conference on Reliability Maintainability and Safety, pp. 99-103, Chengdu, China, July 21-25, 2009.
  37. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, “Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Phased-Mission Systems,” Proc. of The 55th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, pp. 151-156, Fort Worth, TX, January 2009.
  38. L. Xing, P. Boddu*, and Y. Sun, “System Reliability Analysis Considering Fatal and Non-Fatal Shocks,” Proc. of The 55th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, pp. 436-441, Fort Worth, TX, January 2009.
  39. L. Xing and W. Wang, “Probabilistic Common-Cause Failures Analysis,” Proc. of The 54th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, pp. 354-358, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2008
  40. J. Akers, R. Bergman, S. Amari, L. Xing, “Analysis of Multi-State Systems using Multi-Valued Decision Diagrams,” Proc. of The 54th Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, pp. 347-353, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2008.
  41. H. Xu and L. Xing, “Formal Semantics and Verification of Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams for System Reliability Modeling,” Proc. of The 11th IASTED International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications, pp. 155-162, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 19–21, 2007
  42. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and Y. Dai, “MBDD versus MMDD for Multistate Systems Analysis,” Proc. of The 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, pp. 172-180, Loyola College Graduate Center, Columbia, MD, USA, September 2007
  43. P. Boddu* and L. Xing, “Incorporating Modular Imperfect Coverage into Dynamic Hierarchical Systems Analysis,” The 3rd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing, pp. 21-28, Loyola College Graduate Center, Columbia, MD, USA, September 2007
  44. S. Parikh*, V. M. Vokkarane, L. Xing, and D. Kasilingam, “Node-Replacement Policies to Maintain Threshold-Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of the 16th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, pp. 760-765, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 13-16, 2007. (29% acceptance rate)
  45. H. Liu, A. Shrestha*, and L. Xing, “Internet Architecture Supporting Sensor Networking,” Proc. of The 2007 International Conference on Wireless Networks, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 25-28, 2007, pp. 394-402.
  46. R. Ma*, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel “A New Mechanism for Achieving Secure and Reliable Data Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The 2007 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Woburn, MA, May 16-17, 2007, pp. 274-279.
  47. A. Shrestha* and L. Xing, “A Performance Comparison of Different Topologies for Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The 2007 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, Woburn, MA, May 16-17, 2007, pp. 280-285.
  48. A. Shrestha* and L. Xing, “Common-Cause Failure Analysis for Dynamic Hierarchical Computer Systems,” Proc. of The IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops/Symposia (Frontiers in Networking with Applications), Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007, pp. 166- 171.
  49. L. Xing, “Efficient Analysis of Systems with Multiple States,” Proc. of The IEEE 21st International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, Niagara Falls, Canada, May 21-23, 2007, pp. 666-672 (29% acceptance rate).
  50. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and H. Liu, “Modeling and Evaluating the Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks,” Proc. of The 53rd Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium, Orlando, Florida, January 2007 (RAMS’07) (45.7% acceptance rate)
  51. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and H. Liu, “Infrastructure Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proc. of The 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC’06), Indianapolis, September 29-October 1, 2006 (40% acceptance rate)
  52. R. Ma*, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel, “Fault-Intrusion Tolerant Techniques in Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proc. of The 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC’06), Indianapolis, September 29-October 1, 2006 (40% acceptance rate)
  53. A. Shrestha*, L. Xing, and H. Liu, “Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proc. of The 12th ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design, August 3-5, 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA
  54. L. Xing, L. Meshkat, and S. Donohue, "An efficient approach for the reliability analysis of phased-mission systems with dependent failures", Proc. of The 8th International Conference on Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management (PSAM8), New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, May 14-19, 2006
  55. L. Xing and A. Shrestha*, “QoS Reliability of Hierarchical Clustered Wireless Sensor Networks”, Proc. of The 25th IEEE Intl. Performance Computing and Communications Conference (eSCo-Wi’06), pp. 641-646, Phoenix, Arizona. April 2006 (Invited Paper)
  56. S. Distefano* and L. Xing, “A New Modeling Approach – Dynamic Reliability Block Diagrams”, The 52nd Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS’2006), Newport Beach, CA, January 2006
  57. L. Xing and H. Michel, “Integrated Modeling for Fault-Tolerant Sensor Network Reliability and Security”, The 52nd Annual Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS’2006), Newport Beach, CA, January 2006
  58. L. Xing, Y. Dai, "Reliability Evaluation Using Novel Decision Diagrams", The 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications & Practice, December 4 - 7, 2005 Clearwater Beach, Florida, USA
  59. L. Xing, A. Shrestha*, "DNA: a tool for network reliability and sensitivity analysis", The Fourth International Conference on Quality and Reliability (ICQR4), Beijing, China, August 2005
  60. Haoli Li*, L. Xing, “Fault-Tolerance and Reliability in Networked Sensor Systems”, The Fourth International Conference on Quality and Reliability (ICQR4), Beijing, China, August 2005
  61. L. Xing, S. K. Donohue, "An Approach to the Reliability Analysis of Hierarchical Computer-Based Systems Subject to Common-Cause Failures", The Fourth International Conference on Quality and Reliability (ICQR4), Beijing, China, August 2005
  62. L. Xing, A. Shrestha*, "Distributed Computer Systems Reliability Considering Imperfect Coverage and Common-Cause Failures", Proc. of The 1st IEEE Workshop on Reliability and Autonomic Management in Parallel and Distributed Systems, Japan, July 2005
  63. Q. Zhang, L. Xing, M. Cheng, and I. Hayee, “Achieving Comparable Global Accuracy in the Split-Step Fourier Simulation of Optical Fiber Communication Channel,” 2005 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, pp. 175-176, San Diego, California, July 2005.
  64. R. Suryanarayanan*, H. Liu, L. Xing, “Delay Reliability Analysis of a Diffserv Router”, Proceedings of The IASTED International Conference on Comunication and Computer Networks (CCN 2004), MIT, Cambridge, USA, November 2004
  65. L. Xing, Maintenance-Oriented Fault Tree Analysis of Component Importance, Proceedings of The 50th Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Los Angeles, CA, January 2004
  66. L. Xing, Fault-Tolerant Network Reliability and Importance Analysis Using Binary Decision Diagrams, Proceedings of The 50th Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), Los Angeles, CA, January 2004
  67. L. Xing, Phased-Mission Reliability and Safety in the Presence of Common-Cause Failures, Proceedings of The 21st International System Safety Conference, August 2003, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (ISSC'2003)
  68. L. Meshkat, L. Xing, S. Donohue, Y. Ou, An Overview of the Phase-Modular Fault Tree Approach To Phased-Mission System Analysis, Proceedings of The 1st International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT), Pasadena, CA, July 2003, pp. 393-398; JPL Publication 03-13A, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Calfornia Institute of Technology.
  69. L. Xing, Reliability Analysis of Fault-Tolerant Systems with Common-Cause Failures, Proceedings of The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks, June 2003, San Francisco, CA (DSN'2003) (acceptance rate: 30%)
  70. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, Dependability Analysis Using Multiple-Valued Decision Diagrams, Proceedings of The 6th International Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management, June 2002, Puerto Rico, USA (PSAM6)
  71. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, Generalized Imperfect Coverage Phased-Mission Analysis, Proceedings of The Annual Reliability and Maintainability symposium, ISBN 0-7803-7348-0, IEEE Catalog Number: 02CH37318, pp112-119, Seattle, WA, January 2002 (RAMS'2002)
  72. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, Dependability Analysis of Hierarchical Systems with Modular Imperfect Coverage, Proceedings of The 19th International System Safety Conference, September 2001, Huntsville, Alabama (ISSC'2001)
  73. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, Reliability Analysis of Phased Mission Systems with Combinatorial Phase Requirements, Proceedings of The Annual Reliability and Maintainability Symposium, ISBN 0-7803-6615-8, IEEE Catalog Number: 01CH37179, pp344-351, Philadelphia, PA, January 2001 (RAMS'2001)
  74. Binggang Li and L. Xing, Driver Examination and Management Network Computer System, Proceedings of The Fifth Graduate Academy Symposium of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, pp168-173, July 1998 (in Chinese)
  75. L. Xing, Load Balance Issues in Distributed Computer Systems, Proceedings of The Fifth Graduate Academy Symposium of Computer Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, pp13-17, July 1998 (in Chinese)

Conference Paper Abstracts & Presentations/Posters
  1. C. Wang*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, “Infrastructure Communication Based Importance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks ,” UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2013.
  2. A. E. Zonouz*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, “A Dynamic Link Failure Model for Wireless Sensor Networks ,” UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2013.
  3. C. Wang*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, “Infrastructure Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks with Tree Topology,” UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2012.
  4. A. E. Zonouz*, L. Xing, V. M. Vokkarane, and Y. Sun, “Application Communication Reliability of Wireless Sensor Networks Supporting K-coverage,” UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2012.
  5. R. Ma* and L. Xing, “Security Analysis of A Survivable Data Transmission Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks,” UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2012.
  6. Chaonan Wang and Liudong Xing, "A Fast Approximation Method for Cold-Standby System Analysis," INFORMS Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 2012.
  7. Chaonan Wang, Jingfang Huang, Zhaoyang Zhang, L. Xing, and Honggang Wang, "Cloud Service Performance Analysis," UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2011.
  8. Chaonan Wang and L. Xing, "A Fast Approximate Method for Reliability Analysis of Large Cold-Standby Systems," UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2011.
  9. Prashanthi Boddu and L. Xing, " Optimal Reliability Design for Series-Parallel Systems with Mixed Redundancy Types and Common-Cause Failures," UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2011.
  10. Sandeep Jangra and L. Xing, "Performance Analysis of VMWare ESX Servers," UMassD Sigma Xi Research Exhibition, April 2011.
  11. Z. Han and L. Xing, "Optimal Resource Allocation for Safety in Distributed Complex Electromechanical Systems," UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2010.
  12. O. Tannous and L. Xing, "Combinatorial Reliability Analysis of Warm Standby Systems," UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2010.
  13. M. Shrestha, L. Xing, and H. Xu, "Reliability Analysis of Dynamic Systems with Sequence-Dependent Failures," UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2010.
  14. P. Boddu, H. Wang, and L. Xing, "ARQ-Based Joint Channel and Network Coding for Reliable and Green Data Communications," UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2010.
  15. R. Ma, L. Xing, H. E. Michel, and H. Wang, "Selective Hybrid Cipher-based Secure and Reliable Data Transmission in Wireless Sensor Networks," UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2010.
  16. T. Jin, Y. Yu, and L. Xing, "Reliability Analysis of RAID Systems using Repairable k-out-of-n Modeling Techniques," The International Conference on the Interface between Statistics and Engineering, Beijing, China, July 13-15, 2009
  17. R. Ma and L. Xing, “Queueing Analysis of a Survivable Data Transmission Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2009
  18. B. A. Morrissette and L. Xing, “A Combinatorial Method for Reliability Analysis of Imperfect Coverage Systems Subject to Functional Dependence,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2009
  19. T. Song and L. Xing, “A New Framework of Supportability System Engineering,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2009
  20. A. Kumar, A. Parikh, L. Xing, and V. Vokkarane, “Optimizing Sensor Position and Count in Layered Wireless Sensor Networks,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2008
  21. P. Boddu and L. Xing, “Modeling and Analysis of Fatal and Non-Fatal Shocks in System Reliability Analysis”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2008
  22. A. Shrestha and L. Xing, “Comparison of Decision Diagram Based Methods for Multi-State System Analysis,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2008
  23. A. Shrestha and L. Xing, “Hierarchical Reliability Analysis of Multi-State Phased-Mission Systems,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2008
  24. R. Ma, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel, “MVMP – A New Secure and Reliable Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2007
  25. G. Gupta, A. LNU, and L. Xing, “Reliability Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks with Mobile Sensor Nodes,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2007
  26. A. Shrestha and L. Xing, “Combinatorial Methods for Multistate Systems Analysis,” UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2007
  27. S. Parikh, L. Xing, D. Kasilingam, and V. Vokkarane, “Improving the Coverage Life of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Mobile Nodes”, UMassD Sigma-Xi, April 2006
  28. R. Ma, L. Xing, and H. E. Michel, “Fault-Intrusion Tolerant Routing Mechanism for Wireless Sensor Networks”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2006
  29. H. Li and L. Xing, “Fault-Tolerant Computing for Sensor Networks”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2006
  30. A. Shrestha and L. Xing, “Evaluating the Distributed Program Reliability of Distributed Computer Systems”, UMassD Sigma-Xi, April 2006
  31. A. Shrestha, L. Xing, and H. Liu, “A Quantitative Approach for Reliability Analysis of Distributed Sensor Networks”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2005
  32. L. Xing, R. Ma, and H. Michel, “Fault-Intrusion Tolerance in Sensor Networks”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2005
  33. A. Shrestha, L. Xing, “Fault-Tolerant Network Dependability Analysis using Dependable Network Analyzer”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2005
  34. H. Li and L. Xing, “Different Models for Achieving Fault-Tolerance in Networked Sensor Systems”, UMassD Sigma Xi, April 2005
  35. R. Suryanarayanan, H. Liu, L. Xing, “Reliability Evaluation of Next-Generation Internet”, UMassD Sigma Xi, 2004
  36. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, Reliability Analysis of Static Phased-Mission Systems with Imperfect Coverage, The Second International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Reliability, Bordeaux, France, July 2000 (MMR'2000)

Thesises
  1. Ph.D. Dissertation, "Dependability Modeling and Analysis of Hierarchical Computer-Based Systems", defended successfully on August 31st, 2001
  2. M.S. Thesis, "Reliability and Sensitivity Analysis of Static Phased-Mission Systems with Imperfect Coverage", defended successfully on December 3rd, 1999
  3. B.E. Thesis, "Point-to-Point Real-Time Communication Based on NETBIOS", defended successfully in June 1996

Documentations
  1. L. Xing and other Galileo group members, "Galileo/ASSAP: Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis Tool", User Manual, NAS1-99098, NASA Langley Research Center
  2. L. Xing and J. B. Dugan, "Galileo/ASSAP: Dynamic Fault Tree Analysis Tool", Reference Manual, NAS1-99098, NASA Langley Research Center






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