Youhua Frank Chen

Youhua (Frank) Chen [陳友華] is currently Dean of College of Business, Chair Professor of Management Science at City University of Hong Kong. Prior to assuming the deanship in July 2020, he had been Head of Deparment of Management Scineces since 2013. Prof Chen holds a bachelor degree in Engineering, master degree in Economics, and doctoral degree in Management from Tsinghua University (Beijing), the University of Waterloo, and the University of Toronto, respectively. After finishing his PhD, he went to Northwestern University as a post-doc fellow (9/1996-6/1997). Prior to joining City University of Hong Kong, Prof. Chen was on the faculty of NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (7/1997-6/2001) and the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (2001-2012), respectively. Courses which Prof. Chen taught in NUS include Operations Management and Supply Chain Management, at both undergraduate and MBA levels. He was also actively involved in executive teaching (EDP and EMBA). At CUHK, he taught Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and served as the deputy director and director for the Executive Master of Science Program (EMSc) in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, a joint program with Tsinghua University (Shenzhen). Prof. Chen has also been involved in consulting projects in the area of supply chain management and logistics. His current research projects span from healthcare and service systems, logistics/supply chains, to machine learning applications in operations

Qualifications

• PhD - Management (University of Toronto)
• MA - Economics (University of Waterloo)
• BE - Mechanical Engg (Tsinghua University)

Research Areas

• Inventory Models
• Machine learning in supply chains
• Emerging Issues in supply chains
• Healthcare management

Publications

Journal Publications and Reviews

ZHU, Han; CHEN, Youhua Frank; Hu, Ming; Yang, Yi / A Simple Heuristic Policy for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems with Fixed Shipment Costs. September 2020; In: Operations Research.

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

Guo, Mengzhuo; Zhang, Qingpeng; Liao, Xiuwu; Chen, Frank Youhua; Zeng, Daniel Dajun / A hybrid machine learning framework for analyzing human decision-making through learning preferences. April 2020; In: Omega (United Kingdom).

Lin, Shaochong; Zhang, Qingpeng; Chen, Frank; Luo, Li; Chen, Lei; Zhang, Wei / Smooth Bayesian network model for the prediction of future high-cost patients with COPD. June 2019; In: International Journal of Medical Informatics. Vol. 126, pp. 147-155

Xue, Yu; Caliskan-Demirag, Ozgun; Chen, Youhua (Frank); Yu, Yugang / Supporting customers to sell used goods: Profitability and environmental implications. December 2018; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 206, pp. 220-232

Yuan, Quan; Chen, Youhua(Frank); Yang , Jian; Zhou, Yun / Joint Control of Emissions Permit Trading and Production Involving Fixed and Variable Transaction Costs. August 2018; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 1420-1454

Zhu, Han; Chen, Youhua (Frank); Leung, Eman; Liu, Xing / Outpatient appointment scheduling with unpunctual patients. March 2018; In: International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 1982-2002

Xue, Weili; Caliskan Demirag , Ozgan ; Chen, Frank Y.; Yang, Yi / Managing Retail Shelf and Backroom Inventories When Demand Depends on the Shelf-Stock Level. September 2017; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 26, No. 9, pp. 1685-1704

Yuan, Quan; Chua, Geoffrey A.; Liu, Xing; Chen, Youhua(Frank) / Unsold Versus Unbought Commitment: Minimum Total Commitment Contracts with Nonzero Setup Costs. November 2015; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 24, No. 11, pp. 1750-1767

Zhu, Han; Liu, Xing; Chen, Youhua (Frank) / Effective inventory control policies with a minimum order quantity and batch ordering. October 2015; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 168, pp. 21-30

Qin, Kaida; Chen, Frank Youhua; Ma, Lijun / Cutting down the travel distance of put systems at Kunming International Flower Auction Market. 2015; In: International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 3573-3585

Lu, Ye; Chen, Youhua; Song, Miao; Yan, Xiaoming / Optimal pricing and inventory control policy with quantity-based price differentiation. May 2014; In: Operations Research. Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 512-523

Yang, Yi; Chen, Youhua; Zhou, Yun / Coordinating inventory control and pricing strategies under batch ordering. January 2014; In: Operations Research. Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 25-37

Chen, Youhua; Xue, Weili; Yang, Jian / Technical note - Optimal inventory policy in the presence of a long-term supplier and a spot market. January 2013; In: Operations Research. Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 88-97

Chen, Youhua Frank; Lu, Ye; Xu, Minghui / Optimal inventory control policy for periodic-review inventory systems with inventory-level-dependent demand. September 2012; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 59, No. 6, pp. 430-440

Gao, Fei; Demirag, Ozgun Caliskan; Chen, Frank Y. / Early sales of seasonal products with weather-conditional rebates. July 2012; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 778-794

Caliskan-Demirag, Ozgun; Chen, Youhua; Yang, Yi / Ordering policies for periodic-review inventory systems with quantity-dependent fixed costs. July 2012; In: Operations Research. Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 785-796

Pang, Zhan; Chen, Frank Y.; Feng, Youyi / Technical note - on the structure of joint inventory-pricing control with leadtimes. May 2012; In: Operations Research. Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 581-587

Caliskan-Demirag, Ozgun; Chen, Youhua; Li, Jianbin / Customer and retailer rebates under risk aversion. October 2011; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 736-750

Xu, Xiaolin; Cai, Xiaoqiang; Chen, Youhua / Unimodality of price-setting newsvendor's objective function with multiplicative demand and its applications. October 2011; In: International Journal of Production Economics. Vol. 133, No. 2, pp. 653-661

Feng, Youyi; Chen, Youhua Frank / A computational approach for optimal joint inventory-pricing control in an infinite-horizon periodic-review system. September 2011; In: Operations Research. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 1297-1303

Chen, Xin; Zhou, Sean X.; Chen, Youhua Frank / Integration of inventory and pricing decisions with costly price adjustments. September 2011; In: Operations Research. Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 1144-1158

Chen, Jian; Chen, Youhua; Parlar, Mahmut; Xiao, Yongbo / Optimal inventory and admission policies for drop-shipping retailers serving in-store and online customers. May 2011; In: IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 332-347

Chen, Liuxin; Chen, Youhua; Pang, Zhan / Dynamic pricing and inventory control in a make-to-stock queue with information on the production status. April 2011; In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 361-373

Gao, Fei; Chen, Frank Y.; Chao, Xiuli / Joint optimal ordering and weather hedging decisions: Mean-CVaR model. March 2011; In: Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 1-25

Xu, Minghui; Chen, Youhua Frank; Xu, Xiaolin / The effect of demand uncertainty in a price-setting newsvendor model. December 2010; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 207, No. 2, pp. 946-957

Yang, Jian; Chen, Youhua Frank / On information quality ranking and its managerial implications. November 2010; In: Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 729-750

Chen, Frank Youhua; Yano, Candace Arai / Improving supply chain performance and managing risk under weather-related demand uncertainty. August 2010; In: Management Science. Vol. 56, No. 8, pp. 1380-1397

Chen, Youhua; Xu, Minghui; Zhang, Zhe George / A risk-averse newsvendor model under the CVaR criterion. July 2009; In: Operations Research. Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 1040-1044

Xiao, Yongbo; Chen, Frank Y.; Chen, Jian / Optimal inventory and dynamic admission policies for a retailer of seasonal products with affiliate programs and drop-shipping. June 2009; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 300-317

Chen, Youhua; Sethi, Suresh P.; Zhang, Hanqin / A production-inventory problem for an energy buy-back program. July 2007; In: IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering. Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 395-406

Chen, Frank Y.; Chen, Jian; Xiao, Yongbo / Optimal control of selling channels for an online retailer with cost-per-click payments and seasonal products. May 2007; In: Production and Operations Management. Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 292-305

Chen, Frank; Parlar, Mahmut / Value of a put option to the risk-averse newsvendor. May 2007; In: IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 481-500

Chen, Frank Y.; Feng, Y. / Optimization and optimality of (s, S) stochastic inventory systems with non-quasiconvex costs. April 2006; In: Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences. Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 287-306

Chen, Youhua; Ray, Saibal; Song, Yuyue / Optimal pricing and inventory control policy in periodic-review systems with fixed ordering cost and lost sales. March 2006; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 117-136

Bish, Ebru K.; Chen, Frank Y.; Leong, Yin Thin; Nelson, Barry L.; Ng, Jonathan Wing Cheong; Simchi-Levi, David / Dispatching vehicles in a mega container terminal. August 2005; In: OR Spectrum. Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 491-506

Wang, Tong; Chen, Youhua; Feng, Youyi / On the time-window fulfillment rate in a single-item min-max inventory control system. July 2005; In: IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 667-680

Chen, Frank Y.; Feng, Youyi; Ou, Jihong / Management of inventory replenishment and available offerings for goods sold with optional value-added packages. May 2005; In: IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers). Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 397-406

Chao, Xiuli; Chen, Frank Y. / An optimal production and shutdown strategy when a supplier offers an incentive program. March 2005; In: Manufacturing and Service Operations Management. Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 130-143

Chen, Youhua Frank / Fractional programming approach to two stochastic inventory problems. January 2005; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 160, No. 1, pp. 63-71

Chen, Frank Y.; Wang, Tong; Xu, Tommy Z. / Integrated inventory replenishment and temporal shipment consolidation: A comparison of quantity-based and time-based models. January 2005; In: Annals of Operations Research. Vol. 135, No. 1, pp. 197-210

Chen, Frank Y.; Yan, Houmin; Yao, Li / A newsvendor pricing game. July 2004; In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.. Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 450-456

Chen, Frank Y.; Feng, Youyi; Simchi-Levi, David / Uniform distribution of inventory positions in two-echelon periodic review systems with batch-ordering policies and interdependent demands. August 2002; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 140, No. 3, pp. 648-654

Chen, Frank Y.; Krass, Dmitry / Inventory models with minimal service level constraints. October 2001; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 134, No. 1, pp. 120-140

Chen, Frank Y.; Hum, S. H.; Sun, J. / Analysis of third-party warehousing contracts with commitments. June 2001; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 131, No. 3, pp. 603-610

Chen, Frank Y.; Krass, Dmitry / Analysis of supply contracts with minimum total order quantity commitments and non-stationary demands. June 2001; In: European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 131, No. 2, pp. 309-323

Chen, Frank Y.; Goh, Mark; Lee, Jacob; Ou, Jihong; Sharafali, Moosa; Teo, Chung-Piaw; Goh, Puay-Guan; Sivanathan, Pragash / ST Logistics: distributing consumer goods in China. March 2001; In: International Transactions in Operational Research. Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 203-219

Chen, Frank; Ryan, Jennifer K.; Simchi-Levi, David / The Impact of Exponential Smoothing Forecasts on the Bullwhip Effect. June 2000; In: Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 269-286

Chen, Frank; Drezner, Zvi; Ryan, Jennifer K.; Simchi-Levi, David / Quantifying the bullwhip effect in a simple supply chain: the impact of forecasting, lead times, and information. March 2000; In: Management Science. Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 436-443

Conference Papers

TAIWO, E. S.; CHEN, F. Y.; CHIN, K. S. / OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING WITH WALK-INS IN FIXED ARRIVAL PERIODS. April 2019; 7th International Research Conference on Systems Engineering and Management Science (IRC-SEMS2019), 18/04/2019 - 20/04/2019, Nanjing, China. pp. 18

Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works

Bish, Ebru K.; Chen, Frank Y.; Leong, Yin Thin; Nelson, Barry L.; Cheong Ng, Jonathan Wing; Simchi-Levi, David / Dispatching vehicles in a mega container terminal. 2007; Container Terminals and Cargo Systems: Design, Operations Management, and Logistics Control Issues. pp. 179-194

Research Grants

PI: "On Demand Estimation and Newsvendor Ordering Decis", GRF-RGC - HK Research Council , Amount: 492000 (2019-2021), Frank Chen, Carl Hedenstierna, Jian Yang

PI: "PI: "On a Random Yield Problem with Nonzero Leadtimes", , Amount: $880,800 (2014-2017), Candi Yano and Quan Yuan

PI: "Distribution Requirement Planning and Inventory Policies for a Distribution Supply Chain with a Minimum Order Quantity", GRF - GRC, (2013-2016), Chen, Zhou and Yang

PI: "Models for Production Operations and Emissions Permits Purchasing Decisions in the Presence of Emissions Trading Market", GRF - RGC, (2012-2015), Chen, Yang

PI: "6 RGC Grants ", RGC Earmark - HK Research Council , Amount: 3.5M (2004-2011), Frank Y Chen