At the University of Washington since 2000
“Impact of Queue Configuration on Service Time: Evidence from a Supermarket”
Wang, J., and Zhou, Y.-P., (in press). Management Science.
“To Preannounce or Not: New Product Development in a Competitive Duopoly Market”
Klastorin, K., Mamani, H., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2016). Production and Operations Management, Vol. 25(12), pp. 2051–2064.
“Parametric Forecasting and Stochastic Programming Models for Call-Center Workforce Scheduling”
Gans, N., Korolev, N., McCord, A., Ristock, H., Shen, H., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2015). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 17(4), pp. 571–588.
“How Does Customer Self-Construal Moderate CRM Value Creation Chain?”
Qi, J., Qu, Q., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2014). Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Vol. 13(5), pp. 295–304.
“Are Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty Drivers of Customer Lifetime Value in Mobile Data Services: A Comparative Cross-Country Study”
Chen, W., Qi, J., Qu, Q., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2012). Information Technology and Management, Vol. 13(4), pp. 281–296.
“A Single-Supplier, Multiple-Retailer Model with Single-Season, Multiple-Ordering Opportunities and Fixed Ordering Cost”
Jain, A., Moinzadeh, K., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2012). Operations Research, Vol. 60(5), pp. 1098–1110.
“Routing to Manage Resolution and Waiting Time in Call Centers with Heterogeneous Servers”
Mehrotra, V., Ross, K., Ryder, G., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2012). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 14(1).
“Consumer-Driven Demand and Operations Management Models: A Systematic Study of Information-Technology-Enabled Sales Mechanisms”
Netessine, S., and Tang, C.S., (2009). Strategic Consumer Response to Dynamic Pricing of Perishable Products. Springer.
“Call Center Outsourcing: Coordinating Staffing Level and Service Quality”
Ren, J., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2008). Management Science, Vol. 54(2).
“Incorporating Delay Mechanism in Ordering Policies in Multi-Echelon Distribution Systems”
Moinzadeh, K., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2008). IIE Transactions, Vol. 40(4).
“On the Sizing and Grouping of Peer-to-Peer Networks”
Li, Y.-M., Tan, Y., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2008). IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, Vol. 54(2).
“Coordinated Replenishment and Shipping Strategies in Inventory/Distribution Systems”
Gurbuz, M., Moinzadeh, K., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2007). Management Science, Vol. 52(2).
“Call Routing Schemes for Call-Center Outsourcing”
Gans, N., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2007). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 9(1).
“On the Incomplete Results for the Heterogeneous Server Problem”
Véricourt, F., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2006). Queueing Systems, Vol. 52(3), pp. 189–191.
“Incorporating Satisfaction into Customer Value Analysis: Optimal Investment in Life-Time Value”
Ho, T., Park, Y., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2006). Marketing Science, Vol. 25(3), pp. 260–277.
“A Routing Problem for Call Centers with Customer Callbacks after Service Failure”
Véricourt, F., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2005). Operations Research, Vol. 53(6), pp. 968–981.
“A Call-Routing Problem with Service-Level Constraints”
Gans, N., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2003). Operations Research, Vol. 51(2), pp. 255–271.
“Managing Learning and Turnover in Employee Staffing”
Gans, N., and Zhou, Y.-P., (2002). Operations Research, Vol. 50(6), pp. 991–1006.
NSF Early Career Award - CAREER, 2007-2012
Dean's Faculty Research Award, 2007
Second place, INFORMS JFIG (Junior Faculty Interest Group) Paper Competition, 2006
Junior Faculty Research Award, 2006
Finalist in INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, 1999
Sloan Research Fellow at University of Pennsylvania, 1997-2000
Service Operations Management (call centers, quality-related issues, etc.)
Supply Chain Management (supply chain design, cross-docking, etc.)
Operations/Marketing interface issues (inventory, pricing, etc.)
Operations/IT interface issues (capacity, incentive, etc.)
Stochastic Models, Queueing Applications, Markov Decision Processes
Human Resource Issues in Operations (turnover, learning)