Selected Publications
Our cutting-edge research
2022
- Chen, D., Tang, C. S., Wang, H., Wang, R. & Yu, Y. (2022), “Offering Free Upgrades Even before Stocks Run out: The Value of Proactive Upgrade”, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, forthcoming.
- Chen, M., Hu, M. & Wang, J. (2022), “Food Delivery Service and Restaurant: Friend or Foe?”, Management Science, forthcoming.
- Chen, Z., Kuhn, D. & Wiesemann, W. (2022), “Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls”, Operations Research, forthcoming.
- Feng, G., & He, J. (2022), “Factor Investing: A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach”, Journal of Econometrics 230(1), 183-200.
- Gong , X., Chen, Y. & Yuan, Q. (2022), “Coordinating Inventory and Pricing Decisions under Total Minimum Commitment Contracts”, Production and Operations Management 31(2), 511-528.
- Guo, P., Haviv, M, Luo, Z. & Wang, Y. (2022), “Optimal Queue Length Information Disclosure when Service Quality Is Uncertain”, Production and Operations Management 31(5), 1912-1927.
- Hu, B. & Sun, Z. (2022), “Managing Self-Replicating Innovative Goods”, Management Science 68(1), 399-419.
- He, J. & Hahn, P. R. (2022), “Stochastic Tree Ensembles for Regularized Nonlinear Regression” Journal of the American Statistical Association, forthcoming.
- Huang, F., Guo, P. & Wang, Y. (2022), “Modeling Patients' Illness Perception and Equilibrium Analysis of Their Doctor Shopping Behavior”, Production and Operations Management 31(3), 1216-1234.
- Li, J., Lv, J., Wan, A. T. K. & Liao, J. (2022), “AdaBoost Semiparametric Model Averaging Prediction for Multiple Categories”, Journal of the American Statistical Association 117(537), 495-509.
- Li, X., Li, Y. & Chen, Y. (2022), “Strategic Inventories under Supply Chain Competition”, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 24(1), 77-90.
- Lin, S., Chen, Y., Li, Y. & Shen, Z. M. (2022), "Data-driven Newsvendor Problems Regularized by a Profit Risk Constraint", Production and Operations Management 31(4), 1630-1644.
- Liu, H., Yu, Y. (2022), "Incentives for Shared Services: Multiserver Queueing Systems with Priorities", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(3), 1751-1759.
- Liu, H., Yu, Y., Benjaafar, S. & Wang, H. (2022), "Price-Directed Cost Sharing and Demand Allocation among Service Providers with Multiple Demand Sources and Multiple Facilities", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(1), 647-663.
- Li, W., Sun, Z. & Hong, L. J. (2022), “Who Is Next: Patient Prioritization under Emergency Department Blocking”, Operations Research, forthcoming.
- Lo, V., & Topaloglu, H. (2022), "Omnichannel Assortment Optimization under the Multinomial Logit Model with a Features Tree", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(2), 1220-1240.
- Lu, L., Zhu, Z., Guo, P. & He, Q. (2022), “Service Operations for Mixed Autonomous Paradigm: Lane Design and Subsidy”, Production and Operations Management 31(4), 1595-1612.
- Shen, X., Yu, Y. & Huh, W. T. (2022), “Technical Note—A Permutation-Dependent Separability Approach for Capacitated Two-Echelon Inventory Systems”, Operations Research, forthcoming.
- Shen, X., Yu, Y. & Song, J. (2022), “Optimal Policies for a Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem with Service Time Target and Expediting”, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, forthcoming.
- Sun, Z., Argon, N. T. & Ziya, S. (2022), “When to Triage in Service Systems with Hidden Customer Class Identities?”, Production and Operations Management 31(1), 172-193.
- Wang, M., Zhang, X., Wan, A. T. K., You, K. & Zou, G. (2022), "Jackknife Model Averaging for High-Dimensional Quantile Regression." Biometrics, forthcoming.
- Xing, G., Chen, Z., Zhong, Y. & Zhou, Y., (2022) "Mitigating Supply Risk with Limited Information: Emergency Supply and Responsive Pricing" Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.
- Zaerpour, F., Bivank, M., Ouyang, H. & Sun, Z. (2022), “Scheduling of Physicians with Time-Varying Productivity Levels in Emergency Departments”, Production and Operations Management 31(2), 645-667.
- Zhang, K., Liu, G. & Wang, S. (2022), “Bootstrap-Based Budget Allocation for Nested Simulation”, Operations Research 70(2), 1128-1142.
- Zhao, Y., Chen, Z., Lim, A. & Zhang, Z. (2022), “Vessel Deployment with Limited Information: Distributionally Robust Chance Constrained Models.” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 161, 197-217.
- Zhu, R., Zhang, X., Wan, A. T. K. & Zou, G. (2022), “Kernel Averaging Estimators” Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, forthcoming.
2021
- Chen, S., Li, Y., Yang, Y, & Zhou, W. (2021), “Managing Perishable Inventory Systems with Age-Differentiated Demand”, Production and Operations Management 30(10), 3784-3799.
- Chen, X. & Li, M. (2021), “Discrete Convex Analysis and Its Applications in Operations: A Survey”, Production and Operations Management 30(6), 1904-1926.
- Chen, X. & Li, M. (2021), “M♮-Convexity and Its Applications in Operations”, Operations Research 69(5), 1396-1408.
- Chen, Z. & Xie, W. (2021) “Regret in the Newsvendor Model with Demand and Yield Randomness”, Production and Operations Management 30(11), 4176-4197.
- Chu, C. W., Sit, T. & Xu, G. (2021) “Transformed Dynamic Quantile Regression on Censored Data”, Journal of the American Statistical Association 116(534), 874-886.
- Gallien, J., Leung, N. H. Z. & Yadav, P. (2021), “Inventory Policies for Pharmaceutical Distribution in Zambia: Improving Availability and Access Equity”, Production and Operations Management 30(12), 4501-4521.
- He, R.; Lu, Y. (2021), “A Robust Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem”, Production and Operations Management 30(1), 276-292.
- Huang, W., Li, Y. & Chen, Y. (2021), “Overage Disutility, User Trading and Tariff Design”, Production and Operations Management 30(10), 3758-3783.
- Li, Y., Zhu, R., Qu, A., Ye, H. & Sun, Z. (2021), “Topic Modeling on Triage Notes with Semiorthogonal Nonnegative Matrix Factorization”, Journal of the American Statistical Association 116(536), 1609-1624.
- Ma, Q., Shou, B., Huang, J. & Basar, T. (2021), “Monopoly Pricing with Participation-Dependent Social Learning about Quality of Service”, Production and Operations Management 30(11), 4004-4022.
- Nelson, B. L., Wan, A. T. K., Zou, G., Zhang, X. & Jiang, X. (2021), “Reducing Simulation Input-Model Risk via Input Model Averaging”, INFORMS Journal on Computing 33(2), 672-684.
- Shen, H., Li, Y., Chen, Y. & Pan, K. (2021), “Integrated Ad Delivery Planning for Targeted Display Advertising”, Operations Research 69(5), 1409-1429.
- Shen, H., Li, Y., Guan, J. & Tso, G. K. F. (2021), “A Planning Approach to Revenue Management for Non-Guaranteed Targeted Display Advertising”, Production and Operations Management 30(6), 1583-1602.
- Tang, Y., Guo, P., Tang, C. S., & Wang, Y. (2021), “Gender-Related Operational Issues Arising from On-Demand Ride-Hailing Platforms: Safety Concerns and System Configuration”, Production and Operations Management 30(10), 3481-3496.
- Wang, Y., Niu, B., Guo, P. & Song, J. (2021), “Direct Sourcing or Agent Sourcing? Contract Negotiation in Procurement Outsourcing”, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 23(2), 294-310.
- Xie, Y., Xie, L., Lu, M. & Yan, H. (2021), “Performance-Price-Ratio Utility: Market Equilibrium Analysis and Empirical Calibration Studies”, Production and Operations Management 30(5), 1442-1456.
- Zhong, Y., Hong, L. J. & Liu, G. (2021), “ Earning and Learning with Varying Cost”, Production and Operations Management 30(8), 2379-2394.
- Zhou, W., Wang, D., Huang, W. & Guo, P. (2021), “To Pool or Not to Pool? The Effect of Loss Aversion on Queue Configurations”, Production and Operations Management 30(11), 4258-4272.
- Zhu, H., Chen, Y., Hu, M. & Yang, Y. (2021), “Technical Note–A Simple Heuristic Policy for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems with Fixed Shipment Costs”, Operations Research 69(6), 1651-1659.
- Zhu, H., Yu, Y. & Ray, S. (2021), “Quality Disclosure Strategy under Customer Learning Opportunities”, Production and Operations Management 30(4), 1136-1153.
2020
- Chen, Z., Sim, M. & Xiong, P. (2020), “Robust Stochastic Optimization Made Easy with RSOME”, Management Science 66(8), 3329-3339.
- Feng, G., Giglio, S. & Xiu, D. (2020), “Taming the Factor Zoo: A Test of New Factors”, Journal of Finance 75(3), 1327-1370.
- Wang, J., & Hu, M. (2020). “Efficient Inaccuracy: User-Generated Information Sharing in a Queue”. Management Science 66(10), 4648-4666.
- Yu, Y. & Kong, X. (2020), “Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard”, Operations Research 68(5), 1457-1473.
- Zhang, T., Li, G., Cheng, T. C. E. & Shum, S. (2020), “Consumer Inter-Product Showrooming and Information Service Provision in an Omni-Channel Supply Chain”, Decision Sciences 51(5), 51.
2019
- Bensoussan, A., Xie, Y. & Yan, H. (2019), “Joint Inventory-Pricing Optimization with General Demands: An Alternative Approach for Concavity Preservation”, Production and Operations Management 28(9), 2390-2404.
- Chen, S., Li, Y. & Zhou, W. (2019), “Joint Decisions for Blood Collection and Platelet Inventory Control”, Production and Operations Management 28(7), 1674-1691.
- Chen, Z., Yu, P. & Haskell, W. B. (2019), “Distributionally Robust Optimization with Infinitely Constrained Ambiguity Sets”, Operations Research 67(5), 1328-1344.
- Li, X., Li, Y. & Shi, M. (2019), “Managing Consumer Deliberations in a Decentralized Distribution Channel”, Marketing Science 38(1), 170-190.
- Lu, M., Sethi, S., Xie, Y. & Yan, H. (2019), “Profit Allocation, Decision Sequence and Compliance Aspects of Coordinating Contracts: A Retrospect”, Production and Operations Management 28(5),1222-1237.
- Shen, X., Bao, L., Yu, Y. & Hua, Z. (2019), “Managing Supply Chains with Expediting and Multiple Demand Classes”, Production and Operations Management 28(5), 1129-1148.
- Shen, X. & Yu, Y. (2019), “Capacity Allocation with Multiple Suppliers and Multiple Demand Classes”, Production and Operations Management 28(11), 2792-2807.
- Yan, H., Yano, C. A. & Zhang, H. (2019), “Inventory Management under Periodic Profit Targets”, Production and Operations Management 28(6), 1387-1406.
- Zhu, R., Wan, A. T. K., Zhang, X. & Zou, G. (2019), "A Mallows-Type Model Averaging Estimator for the Varying-Coefficient Partially Linear Model", Journal of the American Statistical Association 114(526), 882-891.
2018
- Lu, Y., Song, M. & Yang, Y. (2018), “Approximation approaches for inventory systems with general production/ordering cost structures”, Production and Operations Management 27(3), 417-432.
- Shen, X., Bao, L. & Yu, Y. (2018), “Coordinating inventory and pricing decisions with general price-dependent demands”, Production and Operations Management 27(7), 1355-1367.
- Sun, Z., Argon, N. T. & Ziya, S. (2018), “Patient triage and prioritization under austere conditions”, Management Science 64(10), 4471–4489.
- Yuan, Q., Chen, Y., Yang, J. & Zhou, Y. (2018), “Joint control of emissions permit trading and production involving fixed and variable transaction costs”, Production and Operations Management 27(8), 1420-1454.
2017
- Cohen, M. C., Leung, Z. N. H., Panchamgam, K., Perakis, G. & Smith, A. (2017), “The impact of linear optimization on promotion planning” Operations Research 65(2), 446-468.
- Hong, L. J., Juneja, S., & Liu, G. (2017), “Kernel smoothing for nested estimation with application to portfolio risk measurement”, Operations Research 65(3), 657-673.
- Shum, S., Tong, S. & Xiao, W. (2017), “On the impact of uncertain cost reduction when selling to strategic customers” Management Science 63(3), 843-860.
- Xue, W., Caliskan-Demirag, O., Chen, Y. & Yang, Y. (2017), “Managing retail shelf and backroom inventories when demand depends on the shelf-stock level”, Production and Operations Management 26(9), 1685-1704.
- Yan, X., Chao, X., Lu, Y. & Zhou, S. X. (2017), “Optimal policies for selling new and remanufactured products”, Production and Operations Management 26(9), 1746-1759.
- Yang, Y., Yu, Y. & Huang, T. (2017), “Myopic analysis for multi-echelon inventory systems with batch ordering and nonstationary/time-correlated demands”, Production and Operations Management 26(1), 31-46.
2016
- Chen, X., Hu, P., Shum, S. & Zhang, Y. (2016), “Dynamic stochastic inventory management with reference price effects”, Operations Research 64(6), 1529-1536.
- Duan, L., Shou, B. & Huang, J. (2016), “Capacity allocation and pricing strategies for new wireless services”, Production and Operations Research 25(5), 866-882.
- Gao, L., Shou, B. , Huang, J. & Chen, Y. (2016), “Combining spot and futures markets: A hybrid market approach to dynamic spectrum access”, Operations Research 64(4), 794-821.
- Hu, P., Shum, S. & Yu, M. (2016), “Joint inventory and markdown management for perishable goods with strategic consumer behavior”, Operations Research 64(1), 118-134.
- Lu, Y., Song, M. & Yang, Y. (2016), “Joint inventory and pricing coordination with incomplete demand information”, Production and Operations Management 25(4), 701-718.
- Tong, S. & Liu, G. (2016), “Importance sampling for option Greeks with discontinuous payoffs”, INFORMS Journal on Computing 28(2), 223-235.
2015
- Chen, X., Wan, A. T. K. & Zhou, Y. (2015), “Efficient quantile regression analysis with missing observations”, Journal of the American Statistical Association 110(510), 723-741.
- Dong, M.C., Liu, Z., Yu, Y., & Zheng, J-H. (2015), "Opportunism in distribution networks: the role of network embeddedness and dependence", Production and Operations Management 24(10), 1657-1670.
- Liu, G. (2015), "Simulation risk contributions of credit portfolios", Operations Research 63(1), 104-121.
- Yu, Y., Benjaafar, S. & Gerchak, Y. (2015), "Capacity sharing and cost allocation among independent firms with congestion", Production and Operations Management 24(8), 1285-1310.
- Yuan, N., Chua, G.A., Liu, X., & Chen, Y. (2015), "Unsold versus unbought commitment: minimum total commitment contracts with nonzero setup costs", Production and Operations Management 24(11), 1750-1767.
2014
- Chen, X., Shum, S., & Simchi-Levi, D. (2014), "Stable and coordinating contracts for a supply chain with multiple risk-averse suppliers", Production and Operations Management 23(3), 379-392.
- Gao, L., Li, Z., & Shou, B. (2014), "Information acquisition and voluntary disclosure in an export-processing system", Production and Operations Management 23(5), 802-816.
- Huang, T., & Yu, Y. (2014), "Sell probabilistic goods? A behavioral explanation for opaque selling", Marketing Science 33(5), 743-759.
- Lu, Y., Chen, Y., Song. M., & Yuan. X. (2014), "Optimal pricing and inventory control policy with quantity-based price differentiation", Operations Research 62(3), 512-523.
- Lu, Y., & Song, M. (2014), "Inventory control with a fixed cost and a piece-wise linear convex cost", Production and Operations Management 23(11), 1966-1984
- Wang, H.F., Liang X.Y., Sethi, S., & Yan, H. (2014), "Inventory commitment and prioritized backlogging clearance with alternative delivery lead times", Production and Operations Management 23(7), 1227-1242.
- Xie, S., Wan, A. T. K., & Zhou, Y. (2014), “A varying-coefficient expectile model for estimating Value-at-Risk”, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 32(4), 576-592.
- Yang, Y., Chen, Y., & Zhou, Y. (2014), "Coordinating inventory control and pricing strategies under batch ordering", Operations Research 62(1), 25-34.
2013
- Chen, Y., Xue, W., & Yang, J. (2013), "Optimal inventory policy in the presence of a long-term supplier and a spot market - a note", Operations Research 61(1), 88–97.
- Lan, Y., Yu, Y., & Hua, Z. (2013), "On 'equilibrium returns policies in the presence of supplier competition'", Marketing Science 32(5), 821-823.
- Lu, Y. & Simchi-Levi, D. (2013), "On the unimodality of the profit function of the pricing newsvendor", Production and Operations Management 22(3), 615-625.
- Zhang, X., Wan, A. T. K. & Zou, G. (2013), “Model averaging by jackknife criterion in models with dependent data”, Journal of Econometrics 174(2), 82-94.
2012
- Caliskan-Demirag, O., Chen, Y. & Yang, Y. (2012), "Ordering policies for periodic-review inventory systems with quantity-dependent fixed costs", Operations Research 60(4), 785-796.
- Chiang, W. K. (2012), "Supply chain dynamics and channel efficiency in durable product pricing and distribution", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14(2), 327-343.
- Yu, Y., Cheang, B. & Lim, A. (2012), "Grocery perishables management ", Production and Operations Management 21(3), 504-517.
- Pang, Z., Chen, Y. & Feng, Y. (2012), "A note on the optimal structure of joint inventory-pricing control with leadtimes", Operations. Research 60(3), 581-587.
- Zhang, X., Wan, A. T. K. & Zhou, S. (2012), “Focused information criteria, model selection and model averaging in a Tobit model with a non-zero threshold”, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 30(1), 132-142.
2011
- Feng, Y. & Chen, Y. (2011), "A computational approach for optimal joint inventory-pricing control in an infinite-horizon periodic-review system", Operations. Research 59 (5), 1297-1303.
- Liang H., Zou G. H., Wan, A. T. K. & Zhang, X. (2011), "Optimal weight choice for frequentist model average estimators", Journal of the American Statistical Association 106(495), 1053-1066.
- Liu, G. & Hong, L.J. (2011), "Kernel estimation of the Greeks of financial options", Operations Research 59(1), 96-108.
2010
- Hong, L.J. & Liu, G. (2010), "Pathwise estimation of probability sensitivities through terminating and steady-state simulations", Operations Research 58(2), 357-370.
- Chung, W. & Fuller, J.D. (2010), "Subproblem approximation in Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition of variational inequality models with an application to a multicommodity economic equilibrium model ", Operations Research 58(5), 1318 - 1327.
- Wan, A. T. K. , Zhang, X. & Zou, G. H. (2010), “Least squares model averaging by Mallow’s criterion”, Journal of Econometrics 156(2), 277-283.
- Zhou, Y., Wan, A. T. K. & Xie, S. (2010), “Wavelet analysis of change-points in a nonparametric regression with heteroscedastic variance”, Journal of Econometrics 159(1), 183-201.