Yunan Liu

Industrial and Systems Engineering

  • Phone: 919.513.7208
  • Office: 4343 Fitts-Woolard Hall

 
Yunan Liu joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 2011. His research is focused on queuing theory, applied probability and stochastic modeling, with applications to service systems, especially call centers, healthcare systems, and manufacturing systems.
 

Research Interests

Yunan Liu’s research interests include methodology area: applied probability, stochastic modeling, queueing theory, fluid approximations
 

Education

DegreeProgramSchoolYear
Ph.D.Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial EngineeringColumbia University2011
MSMaster of ScienceColumbia University2008
BEBachelor of EngineeringTsinghua University2002
 

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Publications

Mail back or in-store dropoff? Optimal design of product-exchange policies in omnichannel retailing systems
Sun, K., Liu, Y., & Li, X. (2024), OMEGA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2023.103024
An Online Learning Approach to Dynamic Pricing and Capacity Sizing in Service Systems
Chen, X., Liu, Y., & Hong, G. (2023, June 12), OPERATIONS RESEARCH. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2020.612
An Online Learning Approach to Dynamic Pricing and Capacity Sizing in Service Systems
Chen, X., Liu, Y., & Hong, G. (2023, June 12), OPERATIONS RESEARCH. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2020.0612
Improving Workers' Musculoskeletal Health During Human-Robot Collaboration Through Reinforcement Learning
Xie, Z., Lu, L., Wang, H., Su, B., Liu, Y., & Xu, X. (2023, May 22), HUMAN FACTORS, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208231177574
Optimal interventions of infectious disease
Sun, X., & Liu, Y. (2023, April 19), NAVAL RESEARCH LOGISTICS. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.22114
Energy harvesting cognitive radio networks with strategic users: A two-class queueing model with retrials
Sun, K., Liu, Y., & Li, K. (2023), COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS, 199, 98–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.12.017
Make waiting not to seem like waiting: Capacity management of waiting-area entertainment
Sun, K., Liu, Y., & Li, X. (2022), OPERATIONS RESEARCH LETTERS, 50(6), 745–752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orl.2022.10.015
Pay to activate service in vacation queues
Wang, Z., Liu, Y., & Fang, L. (2022, March 31), PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13705
Routing and staffing in emergency departments: A multiclass queueing model with workload dependent service times
Nambiar, S., Mayorga, M. E., & Liu, Y. (2023), IISE TRANSACTIONS ON HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, 13(1), 46–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/24725579.2022.2100522
A discrete-event simulation model for the Bitcoin blockchain network with strategic miners and mining pool managers
Li, K., Liu, Y., Wan, H., & Huang, Y. (2021), COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH, 134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2021.105365

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Yunan Liu