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Download my CVPublications [n = 32; FT-50/UTD-24, or ABDC-A/A* = 27]
FT-50 = Top 50 Journals used in Financial Times Research Rankings
UTD-24 = Top 24 journals for UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
ABDC-A/A* = Classified as A/A* in the ABDC Journal Quality List
Aligning Development Aid toward Sustainable Development Goals: When and Where is Aid Effective on the Health Workforce?, with Yong Wang, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Linna Han, and Malin Song, Production and Operations Management, forthcoming, 2023.
Behavior-Based Pricing for Multi-Version Information Goods, with Jingyan Li and Xiang Ji, International Journal of Production Research, forthcoming, 2023.
Supplier versus Platform Bundling: Optimal Strategies under Agency Selling, with Yuanzhao Tang, Qingning Cao, and Xiang Ji, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 179, 103325, 2023.
Nexus between Water-Energy Carbon Footprint Network: Multiregional Input-Output and Coupling Coordination Degree Analysis, with Xiuli Liu, Duc Vu, Guofeng Wang, and Rui Xiong., Journal of Cleaner Production, 430, 139639, 2023.
Collaborative Management of Energy-Water-Carbon Footprint: Analyzing the Spatial Network Characteristics, with Xiuli Liu, Xiong Rui, and Guo Pibin, International Journal of Production Research, forthcoming, 2023.
Adopting a Hierarchical Diagnosis and Treatment System to Optimize Elective Surgery Scheduling, with Zongli Dai and Jian-Jun Wang, Computers & Operations Research, 159, 106342, 2023.
A Survey of Stochastic Inventory Models with Fixed Costs: Optimality of (s, S) and (s, S)-Type Policies—Discrete-Time Case, with Suresh Sethi, Production and Operations Management, 32(1), 131-153, 2023.
A Survey of Stochastic Inventory Models with Fixed Costs: Optimality of (s, S) and (s, S)-Type Policies—Continuous-Time Case, with Suresh Sethi, Production and Operations Management, 32(1), 154-169, 2023.
Does the Physicians' Medical Team Joining Behavior Affect Their Performance on an Online Healthcare Platform? Evidence from Two Quasi- Experiments, with Huiyuan Liu, and Jian-Jun Wang, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 171, 103040, 2023.
Physician Engagement in Online Medical Teams: A Multilevel Investigation, with Huiyuan Liu, Jian-Jun Wang, and James M. Leonhardt., Journal of Business Research, 157, 113588, 2023.
Elective Surgery Scheduling under Uncertainty in Demand for Intensive Care Unit and Inpatient Beds during Epidemic Outbreaks, with Zongli Dai, Jian-Jun Wang, Sachin Kumar Mangla, and Guo Li, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 176, 108893, 2023.
Coordination of a Supply Chain with Nash Bargaining Fairness Concerns, with Zhong-Ping Li, Jian-Jun Wang, and Jim (Junmin) Shi, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 159, 102627, 2022.
Game Theoretical Analysis of Service Effort Timing Scheme Strategies in Dual-Channel Supply Chains, with Mengqi Liu, Ke Liang, Rui Huang, and Sanjoy Ghose, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 158, 102620, 2022.
Enhancing the Online Buyer Perception of Consumer Experience Products in a Dual-Channel Supply Chain: A New Role of Free-Riding, with Zhenyang Pi, Weiguo Fang, and Baofeng Zhang, International Journal of Production Economics, 253, 108600, 2022.
Manufacturer- versus Retailer-initiated Bundling: Implications for the Supply Chain, with Qingning Cao, Yuanzhao Tang, and Jianqiang Zhang, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 157, 102552, 2022.
Vertical Value-Added Cost Information Sharing in a Supply Chain, with Mengqi Liu, Yueli Zhao, and Rui Huang, Annals of Operations Research, accepted, 2021.
Managing Surges in Online Demand using Bandwidth Throttling: An Optimal Strategy amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, with Varun Gupta, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 151, 102339, 2021.
Retail Deliveries by Drones: How Will Logistics Networks Change?, with Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman and Vijay Mookerjee, Production and Operations Management, 29(9), 2019-2034, 2020.
Ranked #2 among 530 outputs published in Production and Operations Management based on the Altmetric Attention Score.
m-Double Poisson Levy Markets, with Winston Buckley and Hongwei Long, Quantitative Finance, 20(10), 1663-1679, 2020.
Case Management Service Quality and Patient-Centered Care, with Beverly Dabney, Journal of Health Organization and Management, 34(5), 551-568, 2020.
Management of Online Server Congestion using Optimal Demand Throttling, with Winston Buckley and Varun Gupta, European Journal of Operational Research, 285(1), 324-342, 2020.
Optimal Demand in a Mispriced Asymmetric Carr-Geman-Madan-Yor (CGMY) Economy, with Winston Buckley, Annals of Finance, 15(3), 337-368, 2019.
Optimality of (s, S) Inventory Policies under Renewal Demand and General Cost Structures, with Ganesh Janakiraman and Shun-Chen Niu, Production and Operations Management, 27(2), 368-383, 2018.
A Resilient Donor Arrival Policy for Blood, with Sima Fortsch, Operations Research for Health Care, 19(1), 165-174, 2018.
Market-Reaction-Adjusted Optimal Central Bank Intervention Policy in a Forex Market with Jumps, with Winston Buckley and Hongwei Long, Annals of Operations Research, 262(1), 213-238, 2018.
An Approximation Scheme for Impulse Control with Random Reaction Periods, with Hongwei Long, Operations Research Letters, 45(6), 585-591, 2017.
On the Existence and Uniqueness of the Optimal Central Bank Intervention Policy in a Forex Market with Jumps, with Winston Buckley, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 68(8), 877-885, 2017.
Optimality of (s, S) Policies in EOQ Models with General Cost Structures, with Ganesh Janakiraman and Shun-Chen Niu, International Journal of Production Economics, 187(1), 216-228, 2017.
The Link between Asymmetric and Symmetric Optimal Portfolios in Asset Mispricing Models, with Winston Buckley and Hongwei Long, Mathematical Finance Letters, Article ID 6, 2015.
A Jump Model for Fads in Asset Prices under Asymmetric Information, with Winston Buckley and Hongwei Long, European Journal of Operational Research, 236(1), 200-208, 2014.
On the Sensitivity of the Black Capital Asset Pricing Model to the Market Portfolio, with Winston Buckley and Oneil Harris, Risk and Decision Analysis, 4(3), 177-189, 2013.
Impulse Control with Random Reaction Periods: A Central Bank Intervention Problem, with Alain Bensoussan, Hongwei Long and Suresh Sethi, Operations Research Letters, 40(6), 425-430, 2012.
Media: Doctoral Student Earns Top Prize for Financial Policy Model
Media: NEVADA-Today: Business & Entrepreneurship.
Note: An earlier version of this paper, titled "Market-Reaction-Adjusted Optimal Central Bank Intervention Policy in a Foreign Exchange Market", was awarded the second place in the INFORMS Financial Services Section Best Student Research Paper Competition, 2012.
Submitted/Completed Working Papers
Dynamic Pricing and Product Up-Gradation Decisions: How Can Firms Utilize Online Reviews?, with Yiwen Bian, Xin Yan, and Xu Guan.
Strategic Role of Upstream Bundling: Agency or Wholesale Contract?, with Yuanzhao Tang, Qingning Cao, Xiang Ji, and Xianjun Geng.
Bundling Conspicuous Goods in a Distribution Channel, with Mingjun Li and Xiang Ji.
Voice or Text? The Role of Physician Media Preference on Patient Experience in Online Consultations, with Anfei Xia and Jian-Jun Wang.
Sustainable Healthcare Supply Chains with Telemedicine: Price and Service Rate Decisions, with Xinmou Zhang, Jian-Jun Wang, and Tao Cai.
Approximating Non-Convex Production Possibility Set: A Free Disposal Hull-Radial Basis Function Approach to Land-Use Efficiency Evaluation, with Malin Song, Sachin Kumar Mangla, Ali Emrouznejad, and Jianlin Wang.
How Can Physicians of Online Healthcare Platforms Improve Their Social Returns? An AI-Driven Empirical Investigation, with Anfei Xia, Jian-Jun Wang, and Jiayi Leng.
How Do Intelligent Supply Chains Alleviate the Bullwhip Effect? An Analytical Framework and Empirical Evidence, with Xiongfeng Pan, Jiahong Yuan, Sachin Kumar Mangla, and Malin Song.
Improving Algorithmic Fairness Through Centralized and Decentralized Audit Strategies, with Chunguang April Bai and Yaru Shang.
How Does Digital Technology Reshape the Boundaries of Intercity Innovation Collaboration? Evidence from China, with Shufen Guo, Ludi Wen, and Yanrui Wu.
Selected Work in Progress
Data-Driven Condition-Based Maintenance for Perpetual Systems, with Varun Gupta, Hongwei Long, and Amir Alwan.
Retail Competition using Drones, with Xuying Zhao, Milind Dawande, and Vijay Mookerjee.