Qian Zhou

Dr. Qian Zhou

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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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15 January 2024 in Knowledge-Based Systems
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QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
YLYang Lian
Yang Lian
JWJiayang Wu
Jiayang Wu
MZMengyue Zhu
Mengyue Zhu
HWHaiyong Wang
Haiyong Wang
JCJinli Cao
Jinli Cao

12 June 2025 in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
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QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
JWJiayang Wu
Jiayang Wu
MZMengyue Zhu
Mengyue Zhu
YZYuhang Zhou
Yuhang Zhou
FXFu Xiao
Fu Xiao
YZYanchun Zhang
Yanchun Zhang
This study addresses the Multiple Flying Sidekicks Traveling Salesman Problem (mFSTSP), where parallel Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or Drones, work alongside truck to enhance delivery efficiency. Existing scheduling approaches face challenges in high computational costs and the risk of converging to local optima due to excessive exploration in unknown environments, especially in large-scale mFSTSP. This study proposed a Large Language Model Enhanced Q-Learning Approach (LLM-QL) to solve mFSTSP, which combines the local exploration advantages of Q-Learning with the global understanding of unknown environments provided by LLMs, thus improving the efficiency of path planning. A novel prompt strategy is also provided, transforming the problem modeling into a format easily understood by LLMs, guiding the algorithm’s exploration and significantly improving convergence. We also provide a proof of the convergence of LLM-QL. Experimental results demonstrate that LLM-QL achieves up to a 1.35 x improvement in key performance metrics such as total completion time, algorithm runtime, and UAV utilization, compared to existing state-of-the-art methods.

20 December 2024 in Health Information Science and Systems
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DPDandan Peng
Dandan Peng
LSLe Sun
Le Sun
QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
YZYanchun Zhang
Yanchun Zhang

14 September 2022 in World Wide Web
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QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
HDHua Dai
Hua Dai
WSWenjie Sheng
Wenjie Sheng
YLYuanlong Liu
Yuanlong Liu
GYGeng Yang
Geng Yang

19 August 2022 in International Journal of Intelligent Systems
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QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
HDHua Dai
Hua Dai
ZHZheng Hu
Zheng Hu
YLYuanlong Liu
Yuanlong Liu
GYGeng Yang
Geng Yang

31 May 2023 in World Wide Web
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QZQian Zhou
Qian Zhou
HDHua Dai
Hua Dai
YLYuanlong Liu
Yuanlong Liu
GYGeng Yang
Geng Yang
XYXun Yi
Xun Yi
ZHZheng Hu
Zheng Hu