Publications

2026

  1. TS
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    Aligning LLM with human travel choices: a persona-based embedding learning approach
    Tianming Liu, Manzi Li, and Yafeng Yin
    Transportation Science, 2026
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  2. TRC
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    Aligning LLM agents with human learning and adjustment behavior: a dual agent approach
    Tianming Liu, Jirong Yang, Yafeng Yin, and 3 more authors
    Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2026
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  3. Under Review
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    Fenchel-Young Estimators of Perturbed Utility Models
    Xi Lin, Yafeng Yin, and Tianming Liu
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.21376, 2026
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  4. Under Review
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    Soft Hierarchical Diffusion for Conditional Tabular Data Generation: Application to Travel Survey Entries
    Peisen Li, Tianming Liu, and Yafeng Yin
    Available at SSRN 6795000, 2026
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  5. TRE Under Revision
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    Regulating Crowdsourced Delivery under Urban Congestion: The Role of Order Consolidation
    Manzi Li, Xi Lin, Tianming Liu, and 2 more authors
    Accepted to ISTTT 26, 2026
  6. TRE Under Revision
    Optimal Design of Flexible Bus Service Integrating with Trunk Transit under Demand Uncertainty
    Enoch Lee, Tianming Liu, Manzi Li, and 1 more author
    Accepted to ISTTT 26, 2026
  7. TBS
    Valuing time in silicon: Can large language models replicate human value of travel time
    Yingnan Yan, Tianming Liu, and Yafeng Yin
    Travel Behaviour and Society, 2026
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2025

  1. TS Under Revision
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    Managing ride-sourcing drivers at transportation terminals: a lottery-based queueing approach
    Tianming Liu, Yafeng Yin, and Vijay Subramanian
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.25071, Accepted by the 105th TRB Annual Meeting, 2025
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  2. iScience
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    Comparing AI and human decision-making mechanisms in daily collaborative experiments
    Linghao Wang, Zheyuan Jiang, Chenke Hu, and 8 more authors
    iScience, 2025
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  3. AAAI workshop
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    Llm-abm for transportation: Assessing the potential of llm agents in system analysis
    Tianming Liu, Jirong Yang, and Yafeng Yin
    Accepted to AAAI workshop "AI for Urban Planning", 2025
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  4. AI4T
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    Toward llm-agent-based modeling of transportation systems: A conceptual framework
    Tianming Liu, Jirong Yang, and Yafeng Yin
    Artificial Intelligence for Transportation, 2025
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2024

  1. TRB
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    Bounded Rationality in Ride-Sourcing Drivers’ Dwelling at Transportation Terminals: A Behavioral Queueing Analysis
    Tianming Liu, Zhengtian Xu, Jussi Keppo, and 2 more authors
    Available at SSRN 5050040, Accepted by the 104th TRB Annual Meeting, 2024
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  2. TRB
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    Can large language models capture human travel behavior? evidence and insights on mode choice
    Tianming Liu, Manzi Li, and Yafeng Yin
    Available at SSRN 4937575, Accepted by the 104th TRB Annual Meeting, 2024
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2023

  1. TRC
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    Threshold-based incentives for ride-sourcing drivers: Implications on supply management and welfare effects
    Tianming Liu, Zhengtian Xu, Daniel Vignon, and 3 more authors
    Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2023
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  2. TRC
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    Effects of threshold-based incentives on drivers’ labor supply behavior
    Tianming Liu, Zhengtian Xu, Daniel Vignon, and 3 more authors
    Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 2023
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