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Author IDs
ORCID iD: 0009-0000-3970-1718
Scopus Author ID: 7403395342
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Biography
Professor Houmin Yan is Chair Professor of Management Sciences and Dean of the College of Business at the City University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CityU he served as Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and as Associate Director and Science Advisor for the Hong Kong R&D Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies. He has also worked as a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas.
Professor Yan's main research areas are stochastic models, simulations, and supply chain management. He has published in journals such as Operations Research, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Optimization: Theory and Applications, and IEEE Transactions. Professor Yan's work has won widespread recognition. In 2004, his paper (co-authored with Gan and Sethi) "Coordination of Supply Chains with Risk-Averse Agents" (POM, Vol. 13, 2004, 135 -149) received the Wickhan-Skinner Best paper Award from the 2nd World Conference on Production and Operations Management and the Society of Production and Operations Management (POMs). In 2005, his paper (co-authored with Lee and Tan) "Designing An Assembly Process with Stochastic Material Arrivals" (IIE Transactions, Vol. 35, 2003, 803-815) has been awarded the Best Paper Award for "the focus issues on Operations Engineering for 2003-2004" from the Institute of Industrial Engineers(IIE). In 2012, his paper (co-authored with Buzacott and Zhang) "Risk Analysis of Commitment-Option Contracts with Forecast Updates" (IIE Transactions, Vol. 43, 2011, 415-431) has been awarded the Best Paper Prize in in Scheduling and Logistics from the Institute of Industrial Engineers(IIE). He received his B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto.
Research Interests/Areas
- Behavior Models
- Contracts and Risks Analysis
- Supply Chain Management
Teaching
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Operations Management
MA, Electronic Engineering
BSc, Electronic Engineering
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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SDG 13 Climate Action
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Collaborations from the last five years
Research output
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Sequential Sponsored-Products and Off-Amazon Advertising Optimization for Etailers
Ning, Y., Xie, Y. & Yan, H., 6 Jan 2026, (Online published) In: Production and Operations Management. 20 p.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Conditional Generative Modeling for Enhanced Credit Risk Management in Supply Chain Finance
Zhang, Q., Hong, L. J. & Yan, H., 20 Dec 2025, (Online published) In: Naval Research Logistics. 24 p.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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MMInfluencer: A Multimodal AI Framework for Influencer Marketing Tasks Using Large Language Models
Yang, J., Wang, D., Zhu, L., Yan, H. & Zhang, Q., 4 Sept 2025, (Online published) In: IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 12 p.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Cross-platform product matching based on entity alignment of knowledge graph with raea model
Liu, W., Pan, J., Zhang, X., Gong, X., Ye, Y., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Wu, K., Xiang, H., Yan, H. & Zhang, Q., Jul 2023, In: World Wide Web. 26, 4, p. 2215-2235Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Data-driven Wasserstein distributionally robust mitigation and recovery against random supply chain disruption
Cao, Y., Zhu, X. & Yan, H., Jul 2022, In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 163, 102751.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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TBRS-ExtU-Lead: Enhancing Hong Kong's Role in Sustainable Supply Chain Finance via Technology Transformation
ZHANG, J. (Main Project Coordinator [External]) & YAN, H. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/01/25 → …
Project: Research
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DON_RMG: Click-through and Purchasing Rates Optimization for E-tailer Plate-form: Leaning, Optimal Control and Long-Run Average Objectives - RMGS
YAN, H. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/09/20 → …
Project: Research
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DON: OBOR R&D Development
YAN, H. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
1/06/18 → …
Project: Research
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SZGov-SRI: 基于顾客选择行为的团购商业运作模式与库存优化研究(深圳市配套)
YAN, H. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator)
17/03/14 → …
Project: Research
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ResCtrs: College of Business Research Centre for Fintech and Business Analytics (FBAC)
FENG, G. G. (Principal Investigator / Project Coordinator), CHEN, Y. F. (Co-Investigator), HAO, G. (Co-Investigator), HE, J. (Co-Investigator), LEUNG, C. M. A. (Co-Investigator), LI, X. (Co-Investigator), LIU, J. (Co-Investigator), LIU, G. (Co-Investigator), QI, Y. (Co-Investigator), TSO, K. F. G. (Co-Investigator), WONG, C. S. M. (Co-Investigator), YAN, H. (Co-Investigator), ZHAO, H. (Co-Investigator) & ZUO, Z. (Co-Investigator)
15/06/12 → …
Project: Research
Prizes
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The Best Paper Award for 2010-2011, the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). ”Risk analysis of commitment-option contract with forecast updates,”
YAN, H. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: RGC 64B - Prizes and awards
Press/Media
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CityU-led collaborative research worth of HK$19m rewarded for Covid-19 projects
SUN, D., YAN, H., WAN, W. Y., LIN, S. K. C. & WANG, Z.
15/03/21
4 items of Media coverage
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The Laboratory for AI-Powered Financial Technologies Limited and Bank of China (Hong Kong) sign agreement for joint promotion of supply chain financial innovation and digital inclusive financial services
10/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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InnoHK centres in health engineering, data analysis and AI demonstrate CityU’s world-class research capacity
10/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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CityU's world-class research capacity leads InnoHK centres in health engineering, data analysis and AI
10/12/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Activities
- 1 RGC 61 - Journal editor
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Production and Operations Management (Journal)
YAN, H. (Editorial Board Member)
Jul 2008 → Jul 2014Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work (RGC: 61) › RGC 61 - Journal editor
Supervised Students
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Mr. Chang LIU, 劉暢
- Department of Decision Analytics and Operations - Research Assistant
Person: Doctor of Philosophy (Student), Research Assistant
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