Zhiwei(Tommy) Xu, PhD
Associate Professor
Computer and Information Science
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI 48128
Email: zwxu@umich.edu
Office: 204 CIS
Winter 2024 Office Hrs: M 4:00-6:00PM, T 1:00-2:00
Courses
CIS553 Software EngineeringCIS375 Software Engineering
CIS285 Software Engineering Tools
CIS476/566 Design Patterns
Some Areas of Interest
- Computational Intelligence in Software Engineering
- Large Scale Data Analysis in Time Series
- Optimization
Some Publications
Journal Publications and Book Chapter
- David Degras, Zhiwei Xu, Ting Zhang, and Wei Biao Wu, Testing for
Parallelism Among Trends in Multiple Time Series, IEEE Transactions on
Signal Processing, 60(3), 1087-1097, 2012.
- Zhiwei Xu, Yi Liu, and Yongning Tang, Adopting the Information
Contained by Outliers in the Modeling Process, The International Journal of
Computers and Their Applications, 18(2), 100-110, 2011.
- Zhiwei Xu, Kehan Gao, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, and Naeem Seliya, System
Regression Test Planning with a Fuzzy Expert System, Information Sciences,
in press,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2010.09.012.
- Yongning Tang, Ye Wu, Zhiwei Xu,and Ehab Al-Shaer, Probabilistic and
Reactive Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Overlay Networks, Peer-to-Peer
Networking and Applications, 4(4), 439-452, 2010.
- Zhen-Jun Shi, Shengquan Wang, and Zhiwei Xu, The Convergence of
Conjugate Gradient Method with Nonmonotone Line Search, Applied Mathematics
and Computation, 217(5), 1921-1932, 2010.
- Zhou Zhou, Zhiwei Xu, Wei Biao Wu Long-term Prediction Intervals of Time Series, IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 56, No. 3, March 2010, 1436-1446
- Zhen-Jun Shi and Zhiwei Xu, The convergence of subspace trust region methods, The Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics. 231 (2009), No. 1, 365377
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar: Identification of Fuzzy Models of
Software Cost Estimation. Fuzzy Sets and Systems 145(1): 141-163 (2004)
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Edward B. Allen: Application of fuzzy
expert systems in assessing operational risk of software. Information &
Software Technology 45(7): 373-388 (2003)
- Zhiwei Xu, and Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar: Application of Fuzzy Rule
Extraction to Minimize the Cost of Misclassification on Software Quality
Modeling. Book Chapter submitted for Software Engineering with Fuzzy Theory,
published by Physica Verlag.
- Zhiwei Xu, and Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar: Software Quality Prediction for
High Assurance Network Telecommunications Systems, The Computer
Journal--Special Issue on High Assurance System, British Computer Society
45(6): 557-587, 2001
Conference Proceedings
- Thangaraj Karol Stuart, and Zhiwei Xu, Advanced Pattern Match
techniques for identifying Similar Transactions in a Database System, The
16th International Conference on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Oak Brook,
Illinois, Oct 2010.
- Yongning Tang, Guang Cheng, Zhiwei Xu, Ehab Al-Shaer Community-base Fault Diagnosis Using Incremental Belief Revision. 2009 IEEE International Conference on Networking, Architecture, and Storage: P121-128
- Zhiwei Xu, Zhou Zhou, Weibiao Wu Long-term Prediction of Wireless Network Traffic The 21th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Boston, July 2009
- Naeem Seliya, Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar "Addressing Class Imbalance in Non-Binary Classification Problems" 20th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Dayton, Ohio, November 2008
- Zhiwei Xu, Naeem Seliya An Adaptive Neural Network with Dynamic Structure for Software Defect Prediction The 20th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, San Francisco, CA, July 2008
- Weibiao Wu, Zhiwei Xu Robust prediction of network traffic Using
Quantile Regression Models In Proceedings of IEEE International Conference
on Information Reuse and Integration, Waikoloa, HI, September 2006. IEEE
Computer Society.
- Zhiwei Xu Defect Driven Regression Test Case Selection Using Expert
System 2006 Motorola Software System Simulation Symposium, Itasca, IL,
September 2006
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Kehan Gao Application of Fuzzy Expert
System In Test Case Selection For System Regression Test In Proceedings of
IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, Las
Vegas, NV, August 2005. IEEE Computer Society.
- Yan Liu, Bojan Cukic, Zhiwei Xu Predicting with Confidence - An
Improved Dynamic Cell Structure in Proceedings of International Conference
on Natural Computation, pages 750-759, Changsha, China, August 2005. IEEE
Computer Society.
- Zhiwei Xu Application of Fuzzy Expert System In System Test 2005
Motorola Software System Simulation Symposium, Itasca IL, July 2004
- Zhiwei Xu, A Rule-Based Fuzzy Classification for Software Quality
Models In Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Software Quality,
Westin, Ottawa, October 28-30, 2002.
- Zhiwei Xu and Noel Samaan A Novel Adaptive Neural Network Based
Technique to Enhance Software System Assurance for Regression Testing In
proceedings of Sixth IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems
Engineering, Boca Raton, FL, October 22-24, 2001. IEEE Computer Society.
- Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Edward B. Allen, and Zhiwei Xu Predicting
testability of program modules using a neural network In Proceedings of
Symposium on Application-Specific Systems and Software Engineering
Technology, Richardson, Texas, March 2000. IEEE Computer Society.
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, and Edward B. Allen Application of
Fuzzy Linear Regression Model for Predicting Program Faults. In Proceedings
of Sixth ISSAT International Conference on Reliability and Quality in
Design, Orlando, Florida USA, August 2000. International Society of Science
and Applied Technologies. Pages 96-101
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, and Edward B. Allen Prediction of
Software Faults Using Fuzzy Nonlinear Regression Modeling In Proceedings:
Fifth IEEE International Symposium on High-Assurance Systems Engineering,
Pages: 281-290, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2000.
- Zhiwei Xu, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar Quality Predication For A Very Large
Legacy Telecommunication Systems using Fuzzy Nonlinear Regression Modeling
The Eleventh International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering,
San Jose, CA October 2000
- Zhiwei Xu Application of Neural Network in Software Reliability
Engineering, The Tenth International Symposium on Software Reliability
Engineering, Boca Raton, FL, November 1999.