Houyi Qi

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4ranked-venue papers
4as first author
4since 2021 · last 2026
0009-0000-7884-0657ORCID · corroborated

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Computer networks · 3 · 3 first-author · 3 since 2021Software engineering, systems software and programming languages · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021

Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.

Computer networks
4 papers
Network optimization and economics · 35% Edge and fog computing · 29% Internet of things and sensor networks · 20%
Theoretical computer science
2 papers
Algorithmic game theory and mechanism design · 100%

Topics — the 11 heaviest of 14, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Internet of things and sensor networks
mobile crowdsensing
1.822026
Accelerating Stable Matching Between Workers and Spatial-Temporal Tasks for Dynamic MCS: A Stagewise Service Trading Approach · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Matching-Based Hybrid Service Trading for Task Assignment Over Dynamic Mobile Crowdsensing Networks · IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput. 2024
Network optimization and economics › mechanism design
incentive mechanism
1.012026
Accelerating Stable Matching Between Workers and Spatial-Temporal Tasks for Dynamic MCS: A Stagewise Service Trading Approach · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Cellular and mobile networks
integrated sensing and communication
1.012026
Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026
Network optimization and economics
resource allocation
1.012026
Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026
Edge and fog computing
resource trading
1.012026
Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026
Algorithmic game theory and mechanism design › matching
stable matching
1.012026
Accelerating Stable Matching Between Workers and Spatial-Temporal Tasks for Dynamic MCS: A Stagewise Service Trading Approach · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Network optimization and economics
stable matching
0.812024
Matching-Based Hybrid Service Trading for Task Assignment Over Dynamic Mobile Crowdsensing Networks · IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput. 2024
Edge and fog computing
task allocation
0.812024
Matching-Based Hybrid Service Trading for Task Assignment Over Dynamic Mobile Crowdsensing Networks · IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput. 2024
Algorithmic game theory and mechanism design
matching game
0.812024
Bridge the Present and Future: A Cross-Layer Matching Game in Dynamic Cloud-Aided Mobile Edge Networks · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2024
Machine learning › Reinforcement learning › deep reinforcement learning
deep q-network
0.312026
Accelerating Stable Matching Between Workers and Spatial-Temporal Tasks for Dynamic MCS: A Stagewise Service Trading Approach · IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput. 2026
Cellular and mobile networks › mobile networks › mobile network architecture › cellular network architecture
base station
0.312026
Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions · IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun. 2026

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

path planning · 3.0futures and spot trading · 3.0deep q-network · 3.0convex optimization · 2.5overbooking · 2.3matching theory · 1.0game theory · 1.0many-to-one matching · 0.8many-to-many matching · 0.8
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2026 Future Resource Bank for ISAC: Achieving Fast and Stable Win-Win Matching for Both Individuals and Coalitions
abstract
Future wireless networks must support emerging applications where environmental awareness is as critical as data transmission. Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) enables this vision by allowing base stations (BSs) to allocate bandwidth and power to mobile users (MUs) for communications and cooperative sensing. However, this resource allocation is highly challenging due to:(i)dynamic resource demands from MUs and resource supply from BSs, and(ii)the selfishness of MUs and BSs. To address these challenges, existing solutions rely on either real-time (online) resource trading, which incurs high overhead and failures, or static long-term (offline) resource contracts, which lack flexibility. To overcome these limitations, we propose theFuture Resource Bank for ISAC, a hybrid trading framework that integrates offline and online resource allocation through a level-wise client model, where MUs and their coalitions negotiate with BSs. We introduce two mechanisms:(i)Offline Role-Friendly Win-Win Matching (offRFW2M), leveraging overbooking to establish risk-aware, stable contracts, and(ii)Online Effective Backup Win-Win Matching (onEBW2M), which dynamically reallocates unmet demand and surplus supply. We theoretically prove stability, individual rationality, and weak Pareto optimality of these mechanisms. Through comprehensive experiments, we show that our framework improves social welfare, latency, and energy efficiency compared to existing methods.
Houyi Qi, Minghui LiWang, Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Liqun Fu 0001, Sai Zou, Wei Ni 0001
IEEE J. Sel. Areas Commun.1
2026 Accelerating Stable Matching Between Workers and Spatial-Temporal Tasks for Dynamic MCS: A Stagewise Service Trading Approach
abstract
Designing effective incentive mechanisms in mobile crowdsensing (MCS) networks is crucial for engaging distributed mobile users (workers) to contribute heterogeneous data for various applications (tasks). In this paper, we propose a novel stagewise trading framework to achieve efficient and stable task-worker matching, explicitly accounting for task diversity (e.g., spatio-temporal limitations) and network dynamics inherent in MCS environments. This framework integrates both futures and spot trading stages. In the former, we introduce the futures trading-driven stable matching and pre-path-planning mechanism (FT-SMP3), which enables long-term taskworker assignment and pre-planning of workers' trajectories based on historical statistics and risk-aware analysis. In the latter, we develop the spot trading-driven DQN-based path planning and onsite worker recruitment mechanism (ST-DP2WR), which dynamically improves the practical utilities of tasks and workers by supporting real-time recruitment and path adjustment. We rigorously prove that the proposed mechanisms satisfy key economic and algorithmic properties, including stability, individual rationality, competitive equilibrium, and weak Pareto optimality. Extensive experiements further validate the effectiveness of our framework in realistic network settings, demonstrating superior performance in terms of service quality, computational efficiency, and decision-making overhead.
Houyi Qi, Minghui LiWang, Xianbin Wang 0001, Liqun Fu 0001, Yiguang Hong, Li Li 0008, Zhipeng Cheng
IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput.1
2024 Bridge the Present and Future: A Cross-Layer Matching Game in Dynamic Cloud-Aided Mobile Edge Networks
abstract
Cloud-aidedmobileedgenetworks (CAMENs) allow edge servers (ESs) to purchase resources from remote cloud servers (CSs), while overcoming resource shortage when handling computation-intensive tasks of mobile users (MUs). Conventional trading mechanisms (e.g., onsite trading) confront many challenges, including decision-making overhead (e.g., latency) and potential trading failures. This paper investigates a series of cross-layer matching mechanisms to achieve stable and cost-effective resource provisioning across different layers (i.e., MUs, ESs, CSs), seamlessly integrated into a novel hybrid paradigm that incorporates futures and spot trading. In futures trading, we explore anoverbooking-drivenaforehandcross-layermatching (OA-CLM) mechanism, facilitating two future contract types: contract between MUs and ESs, and contract between ESs and CSs, while assessing potential risks under historical statistical analysis. In spot trading, we design two backup plans respond to current network/market conditions: determination on contractual MUs that should switch to local processing from edge/cloud services; and anonsitecross-layermatching (OS-CLM) mechanism that engages participants in real-time practical transactions. We next show that our matching mechanisms theoretically satisfy stability, individual rationality, competitive equilibrium, and weak Pareto optimality. Comprehensive simulations in real-world and numerical network settings confirm the corresponding efficacy, while revealing remarkable improvements in time/energy efficiency and social welfare.
Houyi Qi, Minghui LiWang, Xianbin Wang 0001, Li Li 0008, Wei Gong 0003, Zhenzhen Jiao
IEEE Trans. Mob. Comput.1
2024 Matching-Based Hybrid Service Trading for Task Assignment Over Dynamic Mobile Crowdsensing Networks
abstract
By opportunistically engaging mobile users (workers), mobile crowdsensing (MCS) networks have emerged as important approach to facilitate sharing of sensed/gathered data of heterogeneous mobile devices. To assign tasks among workers and ensure low overheads, we introduce a series of stable matching mechanisms, which are integrated into a novel hybrid service trading paradigm consisting offutures tradingandspot tradingmodes, to ensure seamless MCS service provisioning. In futures trading, we determine a set of long-term workers for each task through anoverbooking-enabledin-advancemany-to-manymatching (OIA3M) mechanism, while characterizing the associated risks under statistical analysis. In spot trading, we investigate the impact of fluctuations in long-term workers' resources on the violation of service quality requirements of tasks, and formalize a spot trading mode for tasks with violated service quality requirements under practical budget constraints, where the task-worker mapping is carried out viaonsitemany-to-manymatching (O3M) andonsitemany-to-onematching (OMOM). We theoretically show that our proposed matching mechanisms satisfy stability, individual rationality, fairness, and computational efficiency. Comprehensive evaluations confirm the satisfaction of these properties in practical network settings and demonstrate our commendable performance in terms of service quality, running time, and decision-making overheads, e.g., delay and energy consumption.
Houyi Qi, Minghui LiWang, Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Xiaoyu Xia 0001, Zhipeng Cheng, Xianbin Wang 0001, Zhenzhen Jiao
IEEE Trans. Serv. Comput.1