Houmin Yan

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management

Shatin, New Territories

Hong Kong

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1.

Channel Coordination with a Risk-Neutral Supplier and a Downside-Risk-Averse Retailer

Production & Operations Management, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 80-89, 2005
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 28 Apr 2008
Xianghua Gan, Suresh Sethi and Houmin Yan
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) - School of Business Administration, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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supply chain management, coordination, risk sharing, downside risk, value at risk,operations management, risk management

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Inventory Management for Customers with Alternative Lead Times

Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 14 Dec 2008
Haifeng Wang and Houmin Yan
Tsinghua University - Department of Automation and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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capacitated inventory models, lead-time flexibility, demand induction and demand cannibalization

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Coordination of Supply Chains with Risk-Averse Agents

Production & Operations Management, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 135-149, 2004
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 11 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2008
Xianghua Gan, Suresh Sethi and Houmin Yan
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) - School of Business Administration, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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supply chain management, Pareto-optimality, coordination, risk aversion, Nash Bargaining solution, operations management

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Analysis of a Duopoly Supply Chain and its Application in Electricity Spot Markets

Annals of Operation Research, Vol. 135, No. 1, 2005
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 01 May 2014
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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demand allocation, game theory, information updates, dynamic programming, deregulated energy market

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Are Base-Stock Policies Optimal in Inventory Problems with Multiple Delivery Modes?

OPERATIONS RESEARCH, Vol. 54, No. 4, pp. 801-807, July-August 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 05 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2009
Qi Feng, Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang and Suresh Sethi
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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inventory models, inventory/production, uncertainty, multiple delivery modes, base-stock policies,dynamic programming

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Inventory Models with Alternative Delivery Lead Times, Demand Backlogging, and Priority Rules

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 23 May 2012
Haifeng Wang, Houmin Yan and Suresh Sethi
Tsinghua University - Department of Automation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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Inventory Models, Lead times, backloggging, priority rules, customer classes, FCFS, make-to stock, make-to-order, two critical number policies

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Optimality and Nonoptimality of the Base-Stock Policy in Inventory Problems with Multiple Delivery Modes

Journal of Industrial And Management Optimization, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 19-42, February 2006
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 27 Feb 2008
Qi Feng, Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang and Suresh Sethi
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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inventory models, inventory/production, uncertainty, multiple delivery modes, base-stock policies,dynamic programming

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Information Updated Supply Chain with Service-Level Constraints

Journal of Industrial And Management Optimization, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 513-531, November 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 27 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 22 Mar 2008
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang and Jing Zhou
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte
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supply chain, information update, customer service level,dynamic programming, forecasting, signalling,

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A Supply Chain with a Service Requirement for Each Market Signal

Production and Operations Management, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 322-342, May-June 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 12 Feb 2008
Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang, Suresh Sethi and Jing Zhou
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte
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supply chain, information update, customer service level, dynamic programming, forecasting, signalling, coordiantion

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An Analysis of Staged Purchases in Deregulated Time-Sequential Electricity Markets

Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 443-463, November 2005
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 30 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 13 May 2009
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan, J. Houzhong Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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Energy markets, Elecricity Markets, Deregulation, demand allocation, auction, time-sequential electricity markets

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Robustness of Supply Chain Coordination Contracts: Taxonomy, Examples, and Structural Results

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 15 Jun 2011 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2015
Meng Lu, Suresh Sethi and Houmin Yan
A.C. Nielsen, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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supply chain contracts, coordination, consistency, robustness

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Optimal Inventory Decisions in a Multi-period News Vendor Problem with Partially Observed Markovian Supply Capacities

European Journal of Operational Research, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jun 2008 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2009
Haifeng Wang and Houmin Yan
Tsinghua University - Department of Automation and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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Partial information, Markovian process, inventory planning and control

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Periodic-Review Inventory Model with Three Consecutive Delivery Modes and Forecast Updates

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 124, No. 1, pp. 137-155, January 2005
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 09 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2014
Qi Feng, Guillermo Gallego, Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management, Columbia University, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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Inventory management, multiple delivery modes, forecast updates, base-stock policy, dynamic programming

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Inventory Models with Delivery Upgrade

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Feb 2010
Xiaoying Liang and Houmin Yan
City University of Hong Kong - Department of Management Sciences and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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Inventory Management, Delivery Lead Time, Upgrade

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Robustness of Various Production Control Policies in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Productions and Operations Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 171-183, Summer 2000
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Feb 2008
Houmin Yan, Sheldon Lou and Suresh Sethi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Independent and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management
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Simulation, Kanban, Two-Boundary Control, Push and Pull Production Policies, Re-Entrant Shop, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Robust Policies, Two-Boundry Control Policies, WIP, Wafer Fabrication

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Inventory Models with Fixed Costs, Forecast Updates, and Two Delivery Modes

Operations Research, Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 321-328, March-April 2003
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 24 Mar 2011
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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dynamic inventory model,(s, S) policy, optimization, dynamic programming, Markovian demand, production scheduling, overhrad costs, multiple delivery modes, fixed cost, forecast updates

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Optimal and Hierarchical Controls in Dynamic Stochastic Manufacturing Systems: A Survey

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 133-170, Spring 2002, ITORMS (Interactive Transactions of OR/MS), Vol. 3, No. 2, 2000
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 05 Nov 2008
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan, Hanqin Zhang and Qing Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences and University of Georgia - Department of Mathematics
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manufacturing, hierarchical systems, dynamic programming, dynamic jobshops, optimal control, stochastic optimal control, operations and marketing, hierarchical decomposition, asymptotic optimality, averaging principle, multi time scale systems

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Peeling Layers of an Onion: Inventory Model with Multiple Delivery Modes and Forecast Updates

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 108, No. 2, pp. 253-281, February 2001
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Feb 2008 Last Revised: 01 May 2014
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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forecast revisions, multiple delivery modes, stochastic optimization, base-stock policy, inventory models, Peeling Layers of an Onion, Forecast Updates, dynamic programming

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Supply Portfolio Selection and Execution with Demand Information Updates

STOCHASTIC PROCESSES, OPTIMIZATION, AND CONTROL THEORY: APPLICATIONS IN FINANCIAL ENGINEERING, QUEUING NETWORKS, AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, H. Yan, G. Yin and Q. Zhang, eds., pp. 249-279, New York, NY: Springer, 2006
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 29 May 2008
Haifeng Wang and Houmin Yan
Tsinghua University - Department of Automation and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management
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Portfolio selection, option contract, base-stock policy, supply chain management

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Quantity Flexibility Contracts: Optimal Decisions with Information Updates

Decision Sciences, Vol., 35, No. 4, pp. 691-712, Fall 2004
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Apr 2008 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2018
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences
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Dynamic Programming, Forecast Updates, Stochastic Ordering, Supply Chain Management, and Supply Contracts.

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Testing the Robustness of Two-Boundary Control Policies in Semiconductor Manufacturing

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 285-288, 1996
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 22 Jun 2009 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2019
Houmin Yan, Sheldon Lou, Suresh Sethi, Anne Gardel and Prabhat Deosthali
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, Independent, University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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wafer fabrication, production control, robust policy, unreliable machines, cycle time reduction, WIP reduction, semiconductor manufacuring, two-boundary policy, inventory problem

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Sell E-Readers or E-Books? A Competitive Perspective

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 21 May 2015
Xiaoying Liang, Lijun Ma and Houmin Yan
City University of Hong Kong - Department of Management Sciences, Shenzhen University - Department of Management Science and The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management

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network effects, complements, customer characteristics, pricing, accessing

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Inventory and Supply Chain Management with Forecast Updates

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 81, Spring 2005
Posted: 15 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2010
Suresh Sethi, Houmin Yan and Hanqin Zhang
University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) - Academy of Mathematics and Systems Sciences

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Inventory model, stochastic dynamic programming, Markovian demand, forecast updates, contracts, multiple delivery modes

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Optimal Production Planning in Pull Flow Lines with Multiple Products

European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 119, No. 3, pp. 582-604, December 1999
Posted: 08 Apr 2008
Houmin Yan and Suresh Sethi
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management and University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management

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Production planning, HJB equation, Pull systems, Optimal Control