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Prof. YAN Houmin (嚴厚民)

PhD - Operations Management
MA - Electronic Engineering
BSc - Electronic Engineering

Dean (CB)
Chair Professor of Management Sciences

Prof. YAN Houmin (嚴厚民)

Contact Information

Address: G7528, Academic 1
City University of Hong Kong
Phone: +852 34422881
Fax: +852 34420151
E-mail:
cbhyan@cityu.edu.hk
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Research Areas

  • Behavior Models
  • Contracts and Risks Analysis
  • Supply Chain Management

Professor Houmin Yan is Chair Professor of Management Sciences and Dean of the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CityU he served as Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and as Associate Director and Science Advisor for the Hong Kong R&D Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies. He has also worked as a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas.

Professor Yan's main research areas are stochastic models, simulations, and supply chain management. He has published in journals such as Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Optimization: Theory and Applications, and IEEE Transactions. Professor Yan's work has won widespread recognition. In 2004, his paper (co-authored with Gan and Sethi) "Coordination of Supply Chains with Risk-Averse Agents" (POM, Vol. 13, 2004, 135 -149) received the Wickhan-Skinner Best paper Award from the 2nd World Conference on Production and Operations Management and the Society of Production and Operations Management (POMs). In 2005, his paper (co-authored with Lee and Tan) "Designing An Assembly Process with Stochastic Material Arrivals" (IIE Transactions, Vol. 35, 2003, 803-815) has been awarded the Best Paper Award for "the focus issues on Operations Engineering for 2003-2004" from the Institute of Industrial Engineers(IIE). In 2012, his paper (co-authored with Buzacott and Zhang) "Risk Analysis of Commitment-Option Contracts with Forecast Updates" (IIE Transactions, Vol. 43, 2011, 415-431) has been awarded the Best Paper Prize in in Scheduling and Logistics from the Institute of Industrial Engineers(IIE). He received his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.

Publications

Journal Articles
Accepted Journal Articles (forthcoming)
  • Chen, Z.Y., Liang, X.Y., Wang H.F., and Yan. H., (2012), "Inventory rationing with multiple demand classes: the case group buying", accepted by Operations Research Letters, forthcoming.
Books and Book Chapters
  • Wei, Y., Chen, F.Y., Lee, K., and Yan, H., (2010), "Divide and conquer: from MTO to ATO/MTO; a case of an electronic manufacturer", Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, International Handbooks on Information Systems, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, T.C. Edwin Cheng and T.M. Choi (eds.), pp. 331-354.
  • Yan, H., Yin, G. and Zhang, Q., (July 2006), "Stochastic Processes, Optimization and Control Theory: Applications in Financial, Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems", Springer, New York.
  • Wang, H.F., and Yan, H., (2006), "Supply portfolio selection and execution with demand information updates", Stochastic Processes, Optimization and Control Theory: Applications in Financial, Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems, Springer, New York, H. Yan, G. Yin and Q. Zhang Eds., pp. 223-248.
  • Sethi, S.P., Yan, H. and Zhang, H. (May 2005), "Inventory and Supply Chain Management with Forecast Updates", Springer, New York.
  • Yan, H., and Zhang, H., (2003), "Information Revision and Decision Making in Supply Chain Management", Stochatic Modling and Optimization: with Applications in Queues, Finance and Supply Chains, Springer, New York, D.D.Yao, H.Q. Zhang and X.Y. Zhou Eds, pp. 429-457.
  • Sethi, S.P., Yan, H., Zhang, H., and Zhang, Q., (2001), "Turnpike Set Analysis in Stochastic Manufacturing Systems with Long-Run Average Cost", Optimal Control and Partial Differential Equations in Honour of Professor Alain BGensoussan's 60th Birthday, IOS Press, Amsterdam, J.L. Menaldi, E. Rofman, and A. Sulem (Eds.), pp. 414-423.
  • Yan, H., Zhou, X.Y., and Yin, G., (1994), "Finding optimal number of Kanbans in a manufacturing system via stochastic approximation and perturbation analysis", Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, G. Cohen and J. Quadrat Eds., pp. 572-578.
  • Yin, G., Yan,H., and Lou, S., (1993), "On a class of stochastic optimization algorithms with application to manufacturing models", Model-Oriented Data Analysis, Physica-Verlag, W.G. Muller, H.P. Wynn and A.A. Zhigljavsky (Eds.), pp. 213-226.