Yanzhi Li David

Qualifications

• PhD - Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
• BEng - Computer Science (Tsinghua University)

Biography

Yanzhi Li (David) is a Professor of Marketing and Management Sciences at the College of Business, City University of Hong Kong. He received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include (1) Decision analytics for marketing, logistics, and supply chain; and 2) Interface research between Operations and Marketing, such as pricing, assortment planning, channel management, and advertising. His papers have appeared in journals such as Marketing Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. Prof Li has provided consulting services to firms in Hong Kong and mainland China and is currently working on data-driven projects spanning marketing, logistics, retailing, and health care operations. He runs the Decision Analytics Group that is dedicated to research, education, and application of decision analytics.

Awards

• Dean’s Research Excellence Award, 2020 City University of Hong Kong
• 1st Prize for Best Student Paper as Supervisor 2019 POMS International Conference in China
• College Excellent PhD Supervisor Award 2016 City University of Hong Kong
• JFIG Paper Competition Finalist, 2011 INFORMS
• College Research Award 2009 City University of Hong Kong
• Excellent Graduate Scholarship, 2006 IIE (HK)
• Excellent Graduate, 2002 Tsinghua University

Consultancy Experience and Executive Training

• 1/2020 - 12/2020 Alibaba PI, "Structuring mining and pattern discovering for e-commerce orders"
• 8/2018 - 7/2019 Hospital Authority PI, "Review of patient transport service for Hospital Authority"
• 2/2018 - 7/2019 Alibaba PI, "Dynamic assortment planning and pricing for e-commerce"
• 2016 - 2017 Golden Resources PI, "A logistics monitoring and scheduling system"
• 2016 HNA Logistics Developed and delivered a one-day workshop on Logistics Management
• 2015 VF (a S&P 500 company) Developed and delivered a two-day workshop on Strategic Sourcing

Professional Activities

• 4/2016 - Now POMS Hong Kong Chapter China (Hong Kong) Treasurer
• 1/2019 The 10th POMS-Hong Kong International Conference China (Hong Kong) General Chair
• 3/2013 - 2/2015 Hong Kong Transport Logistics Training Board China Member

External Academic Activities

• 12/2017 - Now Zhongnan University of Economics and Law China Adjunct Professor
• 6/2008 - 5/2010 IIE China (Hong Kong) Executive Member

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

Lan, Yongquan; He, Simai; Li, Yanzhi / Equilibrium return policies under manufacturer competition. December 2020; In: Naval Research Logistics.

Yuan, Meng; Lin, Haotian; Chen, Wenben; Wang, Ting; Song, Yiyan; Zhu, Yi; Chen, Chuan; Yang, Yahan; Liu, Yizhi; Li, Yanzhi / Exploring the growth patterns of medical demand for eye care: a longitudinal hospital-level study over 10 years in China. November 2020; In: Annals of Translational Medicine. Vol. 8, No. 21

SHEN, Huaxiao; LI, Yanzhi David; GUAN, Jingjing; TSO, Kwok Fai Geoffrey / A Planning Approach to Revenue Management for Non-guaranteed Targeted Display Advertising. September 2020; In: Production and Operations Management.

LI, Xi; LI, Yanzhi David; Ying-Ju, Chen / Strategic Inventories under Supply Chain Competition. September 2020; In: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.

SHEN, Huaxiao; LI, Yanzhi David; CHEN, Youhua Frank; Pan, Kai / Integrated Ad Delivery Planning for Targeted Display Advertising. June 2020; In: Operations Research.

Zhang, Zizhen; Qin, Hu; Li, Yanzhi / Multi-Objective Optimization for the Vehicle Routing Problem With Outsourcing and Profit Balancing. May 2020; In: IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 1987-2001

Chen, Shouchang; Li, Yanzhi; Zhou, Weihua / Joint Decisions for Blood Collection and Platelet Inventory Control. July 2019; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 28, No. 7, pp. 1674-1691

Li, Xi; Li, Yanzhi; Shi, Mengze / Managing Consumer Deliberations in a Decentralized Distribution Channel. January 2019; In: Marketing Science. Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 170-190

Lan, Yongquan; Li, Yanzhi; Papier, Felix / Competition and coordination in a three-tier supply chain with differentiated channels. September 2018; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 269, No. 3, pp. 870-882

Feng, Bo; Li, Yanzhi; Shen, Huaxiao / Tying mechanism for airlines' air cargo capacity allocation. July 2015; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 244, No. 1, pp. 322-330

Feng, Bo; Li, Yanzhi; Shen, Zuo-Jun Max / Air cargo operations: Literature review and comparison with practices. July 2015; In: Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Vol. 56, pp. 263-280

Lan, Yongquan; Li, Yanzhi; Hua, Zhongsheng / Commentary On “Equilibrium Returns Policies in the Presence of Supplier Competition”. September 2013; In: Marketing Science. Vol. 32, No. 5, pp. 821-823

Benjaafar, Saif; Li, Yanzhi; Daskin, Mark / Carbon footprint and the management of supply chains: Insights from simple models. January 2013; In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 99-116

Li, Yanzhi; Tao, Yi; Wang, Fan / An effective approach to multi-item capacitated dynamic lot-sizing problems. October 2012; In: International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 50, No. 19, pp. 5348-5362

Li, Yanzhi; Cheang, Brenda; Lim, Andrew / Grocery perishables management. May 2012; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 504-517

Feng, Bo; Fan, Zhi-Ping; Li, Yanzhi / A decision method for supplier selection in multi-service outsourcing. August 2011; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 132, No. 2, pp. 240-250

Liang, Zhirong; Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Guo, Songshan / Load balancing in project assignment. December 2010; In: Computers and Operations Research. Vol. 37, No. 12, pp. 2248-2256

Li, Yanzhi; Tao, Yi; Wang, Fan / A compromised large-scale neighborhood search heuristic for capacitated air cargo loading planning. December 2009; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 199, No. 2, pp. 553-560

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Rodrigues, Brian / Pricing and inventory control for a perishable product. June 2009; In: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 538-542

Benjaafar, Saif; Li, Yanzhi; Xu, Dongsheng; Elhedhli, Samir / Demand allocation in systems with multiple inventory locations and multiple demand sources. December 2008; In: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 43-60

Guo, Yunsong; Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Rodrigues, Brian / Tariff concessions in production sourcing. June 2008; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 187, No. 2, pp. 543-555

Fu, Z.; Li, Y.; Lim, A.; Rodrigues, B. / Port space allocation with a time dimension. June 2007; In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 58, No. 6, pp. 797-807

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Rodrigues, Brian / Global sourcing using local content tariff rules. May 2007; In: IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 425-437

Li, Yanzhi; Chen, Lijuan; Goonetilleke, Ravindra S. / A heuristic-based approach to optimize keyboard design for single-finger keying applications. August 2006; In: International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. Vol. 36, No. 8, pp. 695-704

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Rodrigues, Brian / Manpower allocation with time windows and job-teaming constraints. June 2005; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 302-311

Li, Y.; Lim, A.; Rodrigues, B. / Crossdocking - JIT scheduling with time windows. December 2004; In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 55, No. 12, pp. 1342-1351

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew / MetaIP - A new approach to Combinatorial Optimization: Case studies. 2004; In: Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI. pp. 56-62

Conference Papers

Li, Yanzhi / Joint Pricing and Inventory Control for Perishable Products. June 2008; 2nd Meeting of EURO Working Group on Stochastic Modelling, StochMod 2008, 23/06/2008 - 25/06/2008, Istanbul, Turkey.

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Li, Yanzhi / Supply chain distribution strategy. August 2020; The Oxford Handbook of Supply Chain Management.

Mao, Huiqiang; Li, Yanzhi; Li, Chenliang; Chen, Di; Wang, Xiaoqing; Deng, Yuming / PARS: Peers-aware Recommender System. April 2020; The Web Conference 2020: Proceedings of The World Wide Web Conference WWW 2020. pp. 2606-2612

Wu, Tongwen; Zhang, Zizhen; Li, Yanzhi; Wang, Jiahai / Collective Mobile Sequential Recommendation: A Recommender System for Multiple Taxicabs. November 2019; Proceedings - IEEE 31st International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence. pp. 1260-1264

Wu, Tongwen; Mao, Huiqiang; Li, Yanzhi; Chen, Di / ASSORTMENT SELECTION FOR A FRONTEND WAREHOUSE: A ROBUST DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH. October 2019; 49th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering (CIE49). pp. 56-64

Li, Yanzhi; Tao, Yi; Wang, Fan / A general approach to multi-item capacitated dynamic lot-sizing problems. 2009; 2009 International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, CIE 2009. pp. 797-802

Liang, Zhirong; Guo, Songshan; Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew / Balancing workload in project assignment. 2009; AI 2009: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 22nd Australasian Joint Conference, Proceedings. Vol. 5866 LNAI, pp. 91-100

Li, Yanzhi; Tao, Yi; Wang, Fan / A compromised large-scale neighborhood search heuristic for cargo loading planning. 2007; AI 2007: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 20th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings. Vol. 4830 LNAI, pp. 721-726

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Ma, Hong / A hybrid genetic algorithm for solving the length-balanced two arc-disjoint shortest paths problem. 2006; Advances in Applied Artificial Intelligence: 19th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2006, Proceedings. Vol. 4031 LNAI, pp. 272-281

Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Ma, Hong / A lagrangian relaxation based heuristic for solving the length-balanced two arc-disjoint shortest paths problem. 2005; AI 2005: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 18th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings. Vol. 3809 LNAI, pp. 1323-1326

Guo, Yunsong; Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew; Rodrigues, Brian / A multi-exchange heuristic for a production location problem. 2005; AI 2005: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 18th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings. Vol. 3809 LNAI, pp. 871-874

Geng, Yue; Li, Yanzhi; Lim, Andrew / A very large-scale neighborhood search approach to capacitated warehouse routing problem. 2005; Proceedings - International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, ICTAI. Vol. 2005, pp. 58-65

Li, X.; Li, Y. Z.; Lim, A.; Rodrigues, B. / Manpower allocation with time windows and job teaming constraints. 2003; Proceedings - Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute. pp. 1717-1722

Li, Yanzhi; Wang, Fan; Lim, Andrew / Resource constraints machine scheduling: A genetic algorithm approach. 2003; 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2003 - Proceedings. Vol. 2, pp. 1080-1085