Yan Jiang
PhD Candidate
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Northwestern University

2145 Sheridan Road, Room C217
Evanston, IL 60208
Tel: 847-4672042
Email: YanJiang2008@u.northwestern.edu
Research Statements JOURNAL PAPERS
  • Yan Jiang, and Diego Klabjan 2010. Business-to-consumer Single Period Fulfillment strategies. (Working paper)
  • Yan Jiang, Peng Feng, and Lieping Ye. Experimental Study on Flexural CFRP-Strengthened Aluminum Elements with Vacuum Bagging Assisted Bonding. Industrial Construction (36), 2006. (In Chinese)
CONFERENCE PAPERS
  • Peng Feng, Yan Jiang, and Lieping Ye. Experimental Study on Fiber Reinforced Polymer Strengthened Aluminum Tubes under Bending. In: Proc.2nd Advanced Composites in Construction (ACIC 2007), Bath UK, 2007, pp.482-486
BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Loren Williams, Yan Jiang, and Diego Klabjan 2010. Analytics in Retail. To appear in Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
WORK IN PROGRESS
  • 2008.09 – present A column generation algorithm for cluster-wise linear regression with application in retailing
  • 2009.12 – present Order Policy with Purchase Order Error and Rework
    • Study how retailers should adjust their order policy with purchase order error and rework
    • Perform empirical study on the properties of purchase order errors and related rework time
  • 2007.9 – present Joint production and investment decisions under carbon emission regulations
    • Compares the CO2 emission of energy-intensive manufacturers, and their money investment to reduce emission under different carbon regulations
    • Provide insights on how different carbon regulations would influence the production and profit of regulated firms
PRESENTATIONS
  • Column Generation for Cluster-wise linear regression
    • Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 2009
    • 20th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Chicago, August 2009
  • Joint production and investment decisions under carbon emission regulations
    INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, November 2010
  • Inventory management with purchase order errors and rework
    INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, November 2010