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Dr. Hua Zhong

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Papers and Publications

  • The Effect of Order Incentives in a Multi-Product Dynamic Inventory Model, To appear in International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems. With B. Zhou

  • On the Integrated Production and Distribution Problem with Bi-directional Flows, Informs Journal on Computing, 21(4), 585-598. (2009). With L. Lei and A. Chaovalitwongse

  • Scheduling Vessels and Container-Yard Operations with Conflicting Objectives, Annals of Operations Research, 161(1), 149-170. (2008). With E. Boros, L. Lei and Y. Zhao

  • Container Vessel Scheduling with Bi-directional Flows, Operations Research Letter, 35(2), 186-194. (2007). With L. Lei and Z. Chen.

  • Optimizing Production, Inventory and Distribution for General Chemical Group, Interface, 32(4), 67-68. (2002). With L. Lei, A. Ruszczynski and S. Liu

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Conference Presentations

  • Zhong, H., Zhou, B., NEDSI Annual Meeting, "On a Small Optimization Problem for a Distribution Center," Northeast Decision Science Institution, Alexandria, VA. (March, 2010).

  • Zhou, B., Zhong, H., NEDSI Annual Meeting, "Optimal Production Control and Dynamic Pricing Strategies: a Joint Approach," Northeast Decision Science Institution, Alexandria, VA. (March, 2010).

  • Zhou, B., Zhong, H., INFORMS annual meeting, "Benefits and Challenges of GIS/GPS Application in Emerging Markets," INFORMS, San Diego. (October 2009).

  • Zhong, H., Lejeune, M., POMS 2009 Annual Meeting, "Integrated Replenishment Plan for Supply Chains with Transshipment Distribution Policy," Production and Operations Management Society, Orlando, FL. (May 4, 2009).

  • Zhou, B., Katehakis, M., Zhong, H., DSI Annual Meeting, "The Analysis of Multi-item Systems with Order Incentives," Decision Science Institution, Baltimore, MD. (November 22, 2008).

  • Zhong, H., DSI Annual Meeting, "On the Inventory-Distribution problem with Heterogeneous Vessels and Product-Release Times," Decision Science Institution, Phoenix, AZ. (November 2007).

  • Zhong, H., DSI Annual Meeting, "Algorithms for minimizing the packing cost of industry distribution centers," Decision Science Institution, San Antonio, TX. (November 2006).

  • Lei, L., Chen, Z., Zhong, H., INFORMS international, "Container vessel scheduling with bi-directional flows," INFORMS, Hongkong, China. (June 2006).

  • Lei, L., Zhong, H., Zhao, Y., INFORMS annual meeting, "On the Integrated port-vessel scheduling problem," INFORMS, San Francisco. (November 2005).

  • Lei, L., Zhong, H., INFORMS annual meeting, "On the integrated production, inventory and distribution problem involving reverse flows," INFORMS, Denver. (November 2004).

  • Lei, L., Liu, S., Zhong, H., INFORMS annual meeting, "Designing a supply network with many practical constraints," INFORMS, Miami. (November 2001).

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Research Interests

  • Supply chain management and optimization

  • Integrated Production, distribution and inventory management

  • Reverse logistics and scheduling

  • Logistics network design 

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