Zhou, Xiang, Sean (周翔)

	Assistant Professor B.S. (Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University) MS,PhD (Operations Research, North Carolina State University)
	Office:	Rm 506 , William M.W. Mong Engineering Building
	Phone:	(852) 3943-8336
	Fax:	(852) 2603-5505
	E-mail:	zhoux@se.cuhk.edu.hk

Professor Sean X. Zhou received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Zhejiang University, China in 2001 and his Master and Ph.D. in Operations Research from North Carolina State University in 2002 and 2006. He joined the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, the Chinese University of Hong Kong in July 2006. His main research area is supply chain management, more specifically, inventory theory, production planning, pricing and game theoretic applications.

Research Interests

   Game theory applications
   Inventory theory
   Supply chain management

Publications (Published or Accepted Papers):

X. Chao, S. X. Zhou. 2006. Joint inventory and pricing strategy for a stochastic continuous-review system. IIE Transactions, 38(5) 401-408

X. Chao, S. X. Zhou. 2007. Probabilistic solution and bounds for serial inventory system with discounted and average cost. Naval Research Logistics, 54 623-631

X. Chao, S. X. Zhou. 2009. Optimal policy for a multi-echelon inventory system with batch ordering and fixed replenishment intervals. Operations Research, 57 377-390

S. X. Zhou, X. Chao, C.-Y. Lee. 2009. Optimal transportation policies for production/inventory systems with an unreliable and a reliable carrier. Journal of Global Optimization, 44(2), 251-271.

K. H. Shang, S. X. Zhou. 2010. Optimal and heuristic echelon (r, nQ, T) policies in serial inventory systems with fixed costs. Operations Research, 58(2) 414-427.

K. H. Shang, S. X. Zhou, G. J. Van Houtum. 2010. Improving supply chain performance: real-time demand information and flexible deliveries. M&SOM, 12(3), 430-448

K. H. Shang, S. X. Zhou, 2009. A Simple heuristic for echelon (r,nQ,T) policies in serial supply chains. Operations Research Letters, 37 433-437

S. X. Zhou, X. Chao. 2010. Newsvendor bounds and heuristics for serial supply chains with regular and expedited shipping. Naval Research Logistics,57 71-87

X. Chen, Y. Zhang, S. X. Zhou, 2009. Preservation of quasi-K-concavity and its application to joint Inventory-pricing models with concave ordering costs. Operations Research,58(4), 1012-1016

S. X. Zhou, Y. Yu, 2008. Optimal product acquisition, pricing and inventory management for systems with remanufacturing. Accepted by Operations Research

S. X. Zhou, Z. Tao, X. Chao. 2007. Optimal control of inventory systems with multiple types of remanufacturable products. Accepted by M&SOM

Y. Dai, S. X. Zhou, Y. Xu, 2008. Competitive and collaborative quality and warranty management in supply chains. Accepted by Productions and Operations Management

Refereed Conference Proceedings and Book Chapters:

S. X. Zhou, X. Chao. 2006. Newsvendor bounds and heuristics for optimal policy of serial supply chains with and without expedited shippings. Operations Research and Its Applications, X-S. Zhou, D-G. Liu and L-Y.Wu (Eds.), pp 1-21. World Publishing Corporation.

Submitted Papers:

Q. Fu, S. X. Zhou, X. Chao, C.-Y. Lee. 2007. Joint optimization of pricing and portfolio options procurement. Revised (3rd round) for POM

X. Chen, S. X. Zhou, F. Chen. 2008. Integration of inventory and pricing decisions with costly price adjustment Revised (3rd round) for Operations Research

S. X. Zhou, Z. Tao, N. B. Zhang, G. Cai. 2008. Reverse auction procurement with flexible noncompetitive contracts. Submitted.

G. Cai, Y. Dai, S. X. Zhou. 2008. Exclusive channels: The iPhone introduction. Revised (3rd round) for Marketing Science

X. Gong, S. X. Zhou, 2010. Optimal production planning with emissions trading. Submitted

Z. Tao, S. X. Zhou, C. Tang, 2010. Managing a remanufacturing system with random yield: properties, observations and heuristic. Submitted