{"id":5,"date":"2017-12-06T14:11:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/professor-example\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2026-02-12T11:01:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:01:36","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Combinatorial Optimization; Production Planning; Logistics; Stochastic Modeling; Inventory Control; Revenue Management;\u00a0\u00a0 Game Theory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Working Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cheng, W., J. Li, and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5337032\">Acquisition Management under Volatile Prices and Random Demands<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Qu, Y. and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5208450\">Dynamic Inventory-price Control during Opaque Selling of Horizontally-differentiated Products<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5189281\">An Infinitesimal-interval Approach to Markovian Coherent Risk Measures in Continuous Time<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tang, S. and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4965349\">Road to the Best (s,S,<strong>p<\/strong>) Policy in Joint Inventory-price Control Involving Demand Ambiguity<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Cheng, W., J. Li, and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4741873\">Optimal Timing of Raw-material Acquisition under Fluctuating Prices<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Qu, Y. and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4190400\">Opaque Selling to Strategic Buyers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zheng, Y., F. Chen, C.P.T. Hedenstierna, and J. Yang. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4008913\">Offline Learning and Optimization for Multi-Product Inventory Management with Stockout-Based Substitution.<\/a> <em>Production and Operations Management<\/em>, forthcoming<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4235769\">The Weak Core, Partition-based Universal Stability, and their Risk Associations through a Partial Order.<\/a> <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, forthcoming; <a href=\"\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2024\/08\/partitionStability2024ShortPresentation.pdf\">slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4051888\">A Nonatomic Game Involving Incomplete Information and General Ambiguity Attitudes.<\/a>\u00a0<em>Mathematical Social Sciences, <\/em><strong>138<\/strong>, 102435<\/li>\n<li>Teymourian, E. and J. Yang. 2025. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4247049\">Simple Fixes that Accommodate Switching Costs in Multi-armed Bandit<\/a>.\u00a0<em>European Journal of Operational Research<\/em>, <strong>320<\/strong>, pp. 616-627<\/li>\n<li>Katehakis, M.N., E. Teymourian, and J. Yang. 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3734594\">Data-driven Inventory Control involving Fixed Setup Costs and Discrete Censored Demand<\/a>. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>71<\/strong>, pp. 1220-1236<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2023. Nonatomic Game with General Preferences on Returns. <em>International Journal of Game Theory<\/em>, <strong>52<\/strong>, pp. 861-889;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2022\/01\/nonatomicPreference2022ShortPresentation.pdf\">slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and J. Shi. 2023. Discrete-item Inventory Control involving Unknown Censored Demand and Convex Inventory Costs. <em>Production and Operations Management<\/em>, <strong>32<\/strong>, pp. 45-64<\/li>\n<li>Katehakis, M.N., Y. Liu, and J. Yang. 2022. A Revisit to the Markup Practice of Irreversible Dynamic Pricing. <em>Annals of Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>317<\/strong>, pp. 77-105<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2022. A Bayesian Nonatomic Game and Its Applicability to Finite-player Situations. <em>Journal of Mathematical Economics<\/em>, <strong>102, <\/strong>102746; <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2021\/09\/commonPriorNG2021ShortPresentation.pdf\">slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Davoodi, M., M.N. Katehakis, and J. Yang. 2022. Dynamic Inventory Control with Fixed Setup Costs and Unknown Discrete Demand Distribution. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>70<\/strong>, pp. 1560-1576<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2021. Analysis of Markovian Competitive Situations using Nonatomic Games. <em> Dynamic Games and Applications<\/em>, <strong>11<\/strong>, pp. 184-216; <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2020\/01\/shockNGpricingExample2019.pdf\">Supplementary Materials<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and J. Li. 2020. Cooperative Game with Nondeterministic Returns. <em> Journal of Mathematical Economics<\/em>, <strong>88<\/strong>, pp. 123-140<\/li>\n<li>Katehakis, M.N., J. Yang, and T. Zhou. 2020. Dynamic Inventory and Price Controls Involving Unknown Demand on Discrete Nonperishable Items. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>68<\/strong>, pp. 1335-1355<\/li>\n<li>Xia, Y., J. Yang, and T. Zhou. 2019. Revenue Management under Randomly Evolving Economic Conditions. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>66<\/strong>, pp. 73-89<\/li>\n<li>Yuan, Q., F.Y. Chen, J. Yang, and Y. Zhou. 2018. Joint Control of Emissions Permit Trading and Production Involving Fixed and Variable Transaction Costs. <em>Production and Operations Management<\/em>, <strong>27<\/strong>, pp. 1420-1454<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2018. Game-theoretic Modeling of Players\u2019 Ambiguities on External Factors. <em>Journal of Mathematical Economics<\/em>, <strong>75<\/strong>, pp. 31-56; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/IncGA2016Presentation.pdf\">slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wang, Y., J. Yang, and L. Qi. 2017. A Game-theoretic Model for the Role of Reputation Feedback Systems in Peer-to-peer Commerce. <em>International Journal of Production Economics<\/em>, <strong>191<\/strong>, pp. 178-193<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2017. Monotone Trends in Inventory-price Control under Time-consistent Coherent Risk Measure. <em>Operations Research Letters<\/em>, <strong>45<\/strong>, pp. 293-299; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/avInv2012Unabridged.pdf\">Unabridged Version<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2017. A Link between Semi-anonymous Sequential Games and Their Large Finite Counterparts. <em>International Journal of Game Theory<\/em>, <strong>46<\/strong>, pp. 383-433<\/li>\n<li>Liu, Y. and J. Yang. 2015. Joint Pricing-procurement Control under Fluctuating Raw Material Costs. <em>International Journal of Production Economics<\/em>, <strong>168<\/strong>, pp. 91-104<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., Y. Xia, X. Qi, and Y. Liu. 2014. A Nonatomic-game Model for Timing Clearance Sales under Competition, <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>61<\/strong>, pp. 365-385<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and X. Qi. 2013. The Nonatomic Supermodular Game. <em>Games and Economic Behavior<\/em>, <strong>82<\/strong>, pp. 609-620<\/li>\n<li>Katehakis, M.N., Olkin, S.M. Ross, and J. Yang. 2013. On the Life and Work of Cyrus Derman. <em>Annals of Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>208<\/strong>, pp. 5-26<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and X. Qi. 2013. An Order-centric Treatment of the Bayesian Supermodular Games. <em>Annals of Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>208<\/strong>, pp. 371-381<\/li>\n<li>Chen, Y.F., W. Xue, and J. Yang. 2013. Note: Optimal Inventory Policy in the Presence of a Long-term Supplier and a Spot Market. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>61<\/strong>, pp. 88-97<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and Y. Xia. 2013. A Nonatomic-game Approach to Dynamic Pricing under Competition. <em>Production and Operations Management<\/em>, <strong>22<\/strong>, pp. 88-103<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2011. Asymptotic Interpretations for Equilibria of Nonatomic Games. <em>Journal of Mathematical Economics<\/em>, <strong>47<\/strong>, pp. 491-499<\/li>\n<li>Yang, L., J. Yang, G. Yu, and H. Zhang. 2011. Near-optimal (<em>r,Q<\/em>) Policies for a Two-Stage Serial Inventory System with Poisson Demand. <em>International Journal of Production Economics<\/em>, <strong>133<\/strong>, pp. 728-735<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and Y.F. Chen. 2010. On Information Quality Ranking and Its Managerial Implications. <em>Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization,<\/em> <strong>6<\/strong>, pp. 729-750<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and X. Qi. 2010. Managing Partially Controllable Raw Material Acquisition and Outsourcing in Production Planning. <em>IIE Transactions<\/em>, <strong>42<\/strong>, pp. 188-202<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and X. Qi. 2009. On the Design of Coordinating Contracts. <em>International Journal of Production Economics, <\/em><strong>122<\/strong>, pp. 581-594<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and X. Zhang. 2009. Coordinated Dynamic Control of Marketing and Production. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>56<\/strong>, pp. 348-365<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and Y. Xia. 2009. Acquisition Management under Fluctuating Raw Material Prices. <em>Production and Operations Management,<\/em> <strong>18<\/strong>, pp. 212-225<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and Z. Qin. 2007. Capacitated Production Control with Virtual Lateral Transshipments. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>55<\/strong>, pp. 1104-1119<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., X. Hu, and H. Zhang. 2007. Effects of a Reputation Feedback System on an Online C2C Auction Market. <em>Decision Support Systems<\/em>, <strong>44<\/strong>, pp. 93-105<\/li>\n<li>Yang, S., J. Yang, and L. Abdel-Malek. 2007. Sourcing with Random Yields and Stochastic Demand: A Newsvendor Approach. <em>Computers and Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>34<\/strong>, pp. 3682-3690<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and S. Yang. 2007. The Use of a Premium-payment Scheme in a Supply Chain Involving Capacity Acquisition. <em>European Journal of Operational Research<\/em>, <strong>181<\/strong>, pp. 207-223<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., X. Qi, Y. Xia, and G. Yu. 2006. Inventory Control with Markovian Capacity and the Option of Order Rejection. <em>European Journal of Operational Research,<\/em> <strong>174<\/strong>, pp. 622-645<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., B. Golany, and G. Yu. 2005. A Concave-cost Production Planning Problem with Remanufacturing Options. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>52<\/strong>, pp. 443-458<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., X. Qi, and G. Yu. 2005. Disruption Management in Production Planning. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>52<\/strong>, pp. 420-442<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., X. Qi, and Y. Xia. 2005. A Production-inventory System with Markovian Capacity and Outsourcing Options. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>53<\/strong>, pp. 328-349<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and J. Y-T. Leung. 2005. A Generalization of the Weighted Set Covering Problem. <em>Naval Research Logistics<\/em>, <strong>52<\/strong>, pp. 142-149<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., P. Jaillet, and H. Mahmassani. 2004. Real-time Multivehicle Truckload Pick-up and Delivery Problems. <em>Transportation Science, <\/em><strong>38, <\/strong>pp. 135-148<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2004. Production Control in the Face of Random Supply, Storable Raw Material, and an Outside Market. <em>Operations Research<\/em>, <strong>52<\/strong>, pp. 293-311<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and J. Y-T. Leung. 2003. The Ordered Open-end Bin-packing Problem. <em>Operations Research, <\/em><strong>51<\/strong>, pp. 759-770<\/li>\n<li>Golany, B., Y. Xia, J. Yang, and G. Yu. 2002. An Interactive Goal Programming Procedure for Operational Recovery Problems. <em>Optimization and Engineering,<\/em> <strong>3<\/strong>, pp. 109-127<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and G. Yu. 2002. Some New Dynamic Economic Lot Sizing Models. <em>Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems, Series B: Applications &amp; Algorithms, <\/em><strong>9<\/strong>, pp. 403-419<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. and G. Yu. 2002. On the Robust Single Machine Scheduling Problem. <em>Journal of Combinatorial Optimization,<\/em> <strong>6, <\/strong>pp. 18-33<\/li>\n<li>Golany, B., J. Yang, and G. Yu. 2001. Economic Lot-sizing with Remanufacturing Options. <em>IIE Transactions, <\/em><strong>33<\/strong>, pp. 995-1003<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J., P. Jaillet, and H. Mahmassani. 1999. On-line Algorithms for Truck Fleet Assignment and Scheduling under Real-time Information. <em>Transportation Research Record,<\/em> <strong>1667<\/strong>, pp. 107-113<\/li>\n<li>Yu, G. and J. Yang. 1998. On the Robust Shortest Path Problem. <em>Computers and Operations Research,<\/em> <strong>25<\/strong>, pp. 457-468<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unpublished Manuscripts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yang, J. and J. Shi. 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3554042\">Learning the Best Price and Ordering Policy under Fixed Costs and Ambiguous Demand<\/a>. Rutgers University<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3950479\">A Conjecture Related to the Traveling Salesman Problem<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2304.10661\">arxiv link<\/a>. Rutgers University<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/GPquestions2018.pdf\">Questions on the Book\u201c<em>Godel\u2019s<\/em><em> Proof<\/em>\u201d<\/a>. Rutgers University<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2010. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/gameRational2010.pdf\">Connections between Finite- and Infinite-player Games: Normal- and Extended-form Analyses<\/a>. New Jersey Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<li>Yang, J. 2006. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/computation.pdf\">Using Integer Programming to Identify Languages in NP\/P<\/a>. New Jersey Institute of Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conference Proceedings<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yang, J., L. Lei, and C. Fan. 2005. Effects of Errors in Production-Inventory Systems\u2014The Advantage of RFID. Annual Meeting of the Northeast Region of the Decision Sciences Institute. Philadelphia, PA<\/li>\n<li>Yang, S., J. Yang, and L. Abdel-Malek. 2004. Multi-supplier Sourcing with Random Yields: A Newsvendor Approach. The 13<sup>th<\/sup> International Working Seminar on Production Economics. Igls\/Innsbruck, Austria<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Yang, J., Y. Xia, and J. Shi. 2015. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/investGame2015.pdf\">A Game of Competitive Investment: Over-capacity and Under-learning<\/a>. In <em>Supply Chain Management and Logistics<\/em>:<em> Innovative Strategies and Practical Solutions<\/em>, Liang, Z., W.A. Chaovalitwongse, and L. Shi (Eds.), Taylor &amp; Francis, New York, pp. 197-230.<\/li>\n<li>Qi, X., J. Yang, and G. Yu. 2004. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/chapter50.pdf\">Scheduling Problems in the Airline Industry<\/a>. In <em>Handbook of Scheduling: Algorithms, Models, and Performance Analysis<\/em>, Joseph Y-T. Leung (Ed.), Chapman &amp; Hall\/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 50:1-50:21<\/li>\n<li>Yu, G. and J. Yang. 1998. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/jian-yang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/191\/2019\/06\/handbook.pdf\">Optimization Applications in the Airline Industry<\/a>. In <em>Handbook of Combinatorial Optimization<\/em>, D.-Z. Du and P.M. Pardalos (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell , MA, pp. 635-726<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>. <a href=\"https:\/\/ryanqu.com\">Yuan Qu<\/a>: Understanding Opaque Selling from an Inventory-management Perspective, graduated in May 2023<\/h6>\n<h6>. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=O5_KN_gAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Mehdi Davoodi<\/a> (co-advising with Michael N. Katehakis): Dynamic Inventory Control with Fixed Setup Costs and Unknown Demand Distribution, graduated in August 2022<\/h6>\n<h6>. <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gDkkMegAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Ehsan Teymourian<\/a> (co-advised with Michael N. Katehakis): Inventory Control involving Fixed Setup Costs, Demand Censoring, and Unknown Distribution, graduated in May 2022<\/h6>\n<h6>. Tingting Zhou (co-advised with Michael N. Katehakis): Inventory and Revenue Management when Demand Distribution is Unknown, graduated in May 2018<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yifeng Liu: Joint Pricing-production Control under Fluctuating Raw Material Prices, graduated in May 2014<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mojisola Otegbeye: Addressing the Procurement and Inventory Decision in a Volatile Commodity Price Environment, graduated in May 2010<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Godson Tetteh: Optimal Allocation of Blood Products, graduated in May 2008<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Yongqiang Yang (co-advised with Janice Daniel): Optimal Speed Limit for Shared Traffic, graduated in August 2005<\/h6>\n<h6>. Zhaoqiong Qin: Topics on Supply Chain Management, graduated in May 2005<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Interests: Combinatorial Optimization; Production Planning; Logistics; Stochastic Modeling; Inventory Control; Revenue Management;\u00a0\u00a0 Game Theory Working Papers Cheng, W., J. Li, and J. Yang. 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