Ancha Xu

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ancha Xu is a scholar working on Statistics and Probability, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. According to data from OpenAlex, Ancha Xu has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Statistics and Probability, 35 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 30 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Recurrent topics in Ancha Xu's work include Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (50 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (35 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (25 papers). Ancha Xu is often cited by papers focused on Statistical Distribution Estimation and Applications (50 papers), Reliability and Maintenance Optimization (35 papers) and Probabilistic and Robust Engineering Design (25 papers). Ancha Xu collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and Australia. Ancha Xu's co-authors include Yincai Tang, Shirong Zhou, Lijuan Shen, Qiang Guan, Xiaolin Wang, Chunling Luo, Jiawen Hu, Suk Joo Bae, Sanjib Basu and Wenchen Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, European Journal of Operational Research and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics.

In The Last Decade

Ancha Xu

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A prognostic driven predictive maintenance framework based on Bayesian deep learning

2023 108 citations Ancha Xu, Xiaolin Wang et al. Reliability Engineering & System Safety profile →
Remaining useful life prediction for two-phase degradation model based on reparameterized inverse Gaussian process

2024 56 citations Ancha Xu, Yijun Wang et al. European Journal of Operational Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ancha Xu China	22	875	723	636	127	126	65	1.4k
Yincai Tang China	20	752 0.9×	591 0.8×	516 0.8×	75 0.6×	95 0.8×	79	1.2k
Bing Xing Wang China	20	627 0.7×	453 0.6×	603 0.9×	82 0.6×	66 0.5×	63	1.1k
Gianpaolo Pulcini Italy	21	954 1.1×	928 1.3×	757 1.2×	110 0.9×	301 2.4×	74	1.6k
Tzong‐Ru Tsai Taiwan	22	979 1.1×	534 0.7×	976 1.5×	114 0.9×	70 0.6×	106	1.4k
Zhiguo Zeng France	21	182 0.2×	646 0.9×	701 1.1×	343 2.7×	208 1.7×	63	1.4k
W. J. Zimmer United States	15	626 0.7×	345 0.5×	612 1.0×	91 0.7×	81 0.6×	45	1.2k
Vasiliy Krivtsov United States	14	188 0.2×	345 0.5×	322 0.5×	74 0.6×	98 0.8×	36	695
Georgia-Ann Klutke United States	15	182 0.2×	450 0.6×	261 0.4×	47 0.4×	189 1.5×	33	878
G. Srinivasa Rao Tanzania	20	1.2k 1.4×	403 0.6×	1.1k 1.8×	99 0.8×	24 0.2×	131	1.5k
Mitra Fouladirad France	25	415 0.5×	1.2k 1.7×	481 0.8×	415 3.3×	438 3.5×	83	1.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ancha Xu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2025). A Robust Bayesian Framework for Degradation State Identification in the Presence of Outliers. Naval Research Logistics (NRL). 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2025). Strategic integration of adaptive sampling and ensemble techniques in federated learning for aircraft engine remaining useful life prediction. Applied Soft Computing. 175. 113067–113067. 15 indexed citations

Zhou, Shirong, et al.. (2025). Efficient Bayesian reliability assessment for step-stress accelerated Wiener degradation model. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 265. 111461–111461. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2025). Recursive Bayesian prediction of remaining useful life for gamma degradation process under conjugate priors. Scandinavian Journal of Statistics. 53(1). 175–206. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2024). Bayesian Reliability Assessment of Permanent Magnet Brake Under Small Sample Size. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 74(1). 2107–2117. 25 indexed citations

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2024). Remaining useful life prediction for two-phase degradation model based on reparameterized inverse Gaussian process. European Journal of Operational Research. 319(3). 877–890. 56 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2023). A prognostic driven predictive maintenance framework based on Bayesian deep learning. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 234. 109181–109181. 108 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2021). Product reliability analysis based on heavily censored interval data with batch effects. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 212. 107622–107622. 12 indexed citations

Zhou, Shirong, et al.. (2020). Variational Bayesian analysis for Wiener degradation model with random effects. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 50(16). 3769–3789. 5 indexed citations

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Guan, Qiang, Yincai Tang, & Ancha Xu. (2019). Objective Bayesian analysis for competing risks model with Wiener degradation phenomena and catastrophic failures. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 74. 422–440. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2019). Bias reduction in the two-stage method for degradation data analysis. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 77. 1413–1424. 6 indexed citations

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Guan, Qiang, Yincai Tang, & Ancha Xu. (2019). Reference Bayesian analysis of inverse Gaussian degradation process. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 74. 496–511. 7 indexed citations

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Tang, Yincai, Wenchen Liu, & Ancha Xu. (2017). Statistical inference for zero-and-one-inflated poisson models. 1(2). 216–226. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Yincai, et al.. (2017). Bayesian analysis of repairable systems with modulated power law process. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 44. 357–373. 11 indexed citations

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Tang, Yincai, Wenchen Liu, & Ancha Xu. (2017). Statistical inference for zero-and-one-inflated poisson models. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 216–226. 17 indexed citations

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Guan, Qiang, Yincai Tang, & Ancha Xu. (2015). Objective Bayesian analysis accelerated degradation test based on Wiener process models. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 40(4). 2743–2755. 70 indexed citations

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Xu, Ancha, et al.. (2015). Bayesian analysis of constant-stress accelerated life test for the Weibull distribution using noninformative priors. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 39(20). 6183–6195. 21 indexed citations

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Xu, Ancha & Yincai Tang. (2015). A Bayesian Method for Planning Accelerated Life Testing. IEEE Transactions on Reliability. 64(4). 1383–1392. 10 indexed citations

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Xu, Ancha, Yincai Tang, & Qiang Guan. (2013). Bayesian Analysis of Masked Data in Step-stress Accelerated Life Testing. Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation. 43(8). 2016–2030. 20 indexed citations

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Xu, Ancha & Yincai Tang. (2011). Nonparametric Bayesian Analysis of Competing Risks Problem with Masked Data. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 40(13). 2326–2336. 21 indexed citations

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