Ya-Tang Chuang

My name is Ya-Tang Chuang. I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Information Management, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. I received my PhD from the University of Toronto.

I am currently on sabbatical at the Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary.

Research Interests

Methodology: Applied probability, Dynamic programming, Bayesian learning, Robust optimization

Application: Inventory control, Supply chain management, Healthcare management

Email: chuangyatang@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Publications:

(*= corresponding author; ^= current/former student)

Ya-Tang Chuang, (2025), “Sequential Bayesian Replacement with Unknown Transition Probabilities”, Naval Research Logistics (NRL), 72(6), 868-878.
Ya-Tang Chuang*, Michael Jong Kim, (2023), “Bayesian Inventory Control: Accelerated Demand Learning via Exploration Boosts”, Operations Research, 71(5), 1515-1529.
Ya-Tang Chuang, Manaf Zargoush, Somayeh Ghazalbash, Saied Samiedaluie, Kerry Kuluski, Sara Guilcher, (2023), “From prediction to decision: Optimizing long-term care placements among older delayed discharge patients”, Production and Operations Management, 32(4), 1041–1058.
Cheng-Hung Wu, Wen-Chi Chien, Ya-Tang Chuang, Yu-Ching Cheng, (2016), “Multiple Product Admission Control in Queueing Systems with Process Queue Time (PQT) Constraints”, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 99, 347–363.
Cheng-Hung Wu, Ya-Tang Chuang, (2012), “An Efficient Algorithm for Stochastic Capacity Portfolio Planning Problems”, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 23(6), 2161–2170.
Cheng-Hung Wu, Ya-Tang Chuang, (2010), “An Innovative Approach for Strategic Capacity Portfolio Planning under Uncertainties”, European Journal of Operational Research, 207(2), 1002–1013.

Working Papers:

Yang Yang, Ya-Tang Chuang, Cheng-Hung Wu, Ying-Ju Chen, (2025), “Is Switching Cost Always a First-Mover Advantage for the Technology Leader?" Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=5143033
Yang Yang, Ya-Tang Chuang, Cheng-Hung Wu, Ying-Ju Chen, (2025), "Managing Consumer Retention via Pricing and Switching Costs under Discrete Mixed Multinomial Logit Demand."
Hossein Abouee-Mehrizi, Ya-Tang Chuang, Michael Jong Kim, and XinYuan Zhang, (2024), "Dynamic Service Allocation with Returns: The Case of Admission and Discharge Control with Readmission in Hospital." Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4950175