Applications: Supply chain and inventory management, not-for-profit operations management, revenue management
Methodologies: Stochastic dynamic programming, approximation algorithms, data-driven decision-making
Cheng Hua, Tong Wang, Jingwei Zhang, Ziyan Zhou*. (2026) Near-Optimal Dispatch Policies for Emergency Medical Service. Ahead of Print, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, [SSRN]
-- First Place, Best Paper Award, 2023 POMS International Conference in China
-- Second Place, Best Paper Award, ISCOM 2023
-- Finalist, INFORMS Service Science Section 2023 Best Cluster Paper Award [Video]
Tong Wang, Li Xiao, Fen Xu*. (2026) Preservation of Multimodularity: New Results and Insights. Article in Advance, Operations Research, [SSRN]
Ziyan Zhou*, Tong Wang, Jingwei Zhang. (2026) Optimal inventory allocation for indifferent goods under dynamic substitution. Article in Advance, Operations Research, [SSRN].
Nani Zhou*, Tong Wang, Guohua Wan. (2025) Reconsidering Volume-based Drug Procurement Policy: The Consequences of Manufacturers’ Optimal Production Planning and Breach Strategies, Forthcoming, Naval Research Logistics
--Winner (Awardee: Nani Zhou), The Nagesh Murthy EEDSA for Asia-Pacific region, Production and Operations Management Society, 2024
Yuanzheng Ma*, Tong Wang, Huan Zheng. (2023) On Fairness and Efficiency in Nonprofit Operations: Dynamic Resource Allocations, Production and Operations Management, 32(6): 1778–1792. [5min Video invited to upload on POMS YouTube channel]
Xiting Gong, Tong Wang. (2021) Preservation of Additive Convexity and Its Applications in Stochastic Optimization Problems, Operations Research, 69(4):1015-1024.
Tong Wang, Xiaoyue Yan*, Chaolin Yang. (2021) Managing a Hybrid RDC-DC Inventory System, Production and Operations Management, 30(10): 3679–3697.
Tong Wang, Xiting Gong, Sean X. Zhou. (2017) Dynamic Inventory Management with Total Minimum Order Commitments and Two Supply Options, Operations Research, 65(5):1285-1302.
-- Honorable Mention, Best Student Paper Award, 2015 POMS International Conference in Hong Kong
Xin Chen, Tong Wang, Li Xiao, Fen Xu. (2026) Preservation of Multimodularity with Exchangeable Increments in Stochastic Operations, under review.