Prof. Bintong Chen

Department of Business Administration

University of Delaware, USA

Qualifications

1990 Ph.D., Decision Sciences Department, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA

1987 M.S., Department of Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, USA

1985 B.S., Department of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

1985 B.S., Electrical Engineering Department, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Publications(Selected)

1. Y. Xia, B. Chen, V. Jarayaman, and C. Munson, “Market Segmentation of Call Centers: The Case for Backsourcing”, forthcoming European Journal of Operational Research, (2015).
2. A. Fleischhacker, B. Chen, H. Kher, and M. Mazal, “Practice summaries: capacity planningin the presence of sequence dependent setups at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals”, forthcoming Interfaces, (2015).
3. S. Yang, C. Munson, B. Chen, and C.M. Shi, “Coordinating Contracts for Supply Chains that Market with Mail-In Rebates and Retailer Promotions”, forthcoming Journal of the Operational Research Society, (2015).
4. S. Li, J. Chen, and B. Chen, “Offering downgraded service to enhance profit?”, forthcoming Journal of the Operational Research Society, (2014).
5. J. Yue, J. Austin, Z. Huang, and B. Chen, “Advertising, pricing, and profit sharing in a manufacture-retailer supply chain”, European Journal of Operational Research 231, (2013), 492-502. J. Zhang, J. Xie, and B. Chen, “Technical Note: Cooperative advertising with bilateral participation”, Decision Sciences 44, (2013), 193-203.
6. H. Xiong, B. Chen, and J. Xie, “On a composite contract based on buy-back and quantity exibility contracts", European Journal of Operational Research 210, (2011), 559-267.
7. S. Yang, C. Munson, and B. Chen, “Using MSRP to enhance the ability of rebates to control distribution channels", European Journal of Operational Research 205, (2010), 127-135.
8. J. Yue, Y. Xia, H. Tran, and B. Chen, “Using frontier portfolio to improve make-to-order operations", Production and Operations Management 18, (2009), 226-240.
9. Y. Xia, B. Chen, and P. Kouvelis, “Market-based supply chain coordination by matching suppliers cost structures with buyers order proles", Management Science 54, (2008), 1861-1875.
10. S.Wang, J. Yue, B. Chen, and J. Tang, “Treatment design of radio frequency heating based on insect control and product quality", Postharvest Biology and Technology 49, (2008), 417-423.
11. C. Shi and B. Chen, “Pareto quantity exibility contracts for a supply chain under multipleobjectives", Journal of the Operational Research Society 59, (2008), 685-692.
12. Y. Xia, B. Chen, and J. Yue, “Due date assignment and sequencing a single machine shop with uncertain procession times", European Journal of Operational Research 184, (2008), 63-75.
13. C. Shi and B. Chen, “Pareto-optimal contracts for a supply chain with satis_cing objectives", Journal of the Operational Research Society 58, (2007), 751-759.
14. J. Yue, M. Wang, and B. Chen, “Mean-range based distribution-free procedures to minimize overage and underage costs", European Journal of Operational Research 176, (2007), 1103-1116.
15. J. Yue, B. Chen, and M. Wang, “Expected value of distribution information for the newsven-dor problem", Operations Research 54, (2006), 1128-1136.
16. J. Yue, B. Chen, and M. Wang, “Generating ranking groups through pairwise comparisons", Journal of the Operational Research Society 57, (2006), 390-396.
17. D. Tracy and B. Chen, “A generalized model for weight restrictions in data envelopment analysis", Journal of the Operational Research Society 56, (2005), 390-396.
18. S. Wang, J. Yue, J. Tang, and B. Chen, “Mathematical modeling of heating uniformity of in-shell walnuts in radio frequency units with intermittent stirrings", Postharvest Biology and Technology 35, (2005), 97-107.
19. B. Chen, K. Madsen, and S. Zhang, “On characterization of quadratic splines", Journal of Optimization and Applications 124, (2005), 93-111.
20. B. Chen and C. Munson, “Resource allocation with lumpy demand: to speed or not to speed?", Naval Research Logistics 51, (2004), 363-385.
21. B. Chen and N. Xiu, “Superlinear noninterior one-step continuation method for monotone LCP in absence of strict complementarity", Journal of Optimization Theory and Application 108, (2001), 317-332.
22. B. Chen, “Error bounds for R0-type and monotone nonlinear complementarity problems", Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 108, (2001), 297-316.
23. B. Chen, X. Chen, and C. Kanzow, “A penalized Fischer-Burmeister NCP-function", Math- ematical Programming 88, (2000), 211-216.
24. B. Chen and X. Chen, “A global linear and local quadratic continuation method for variational inequality with box constraints", Computational Optimization and Applications 17, (2000), 131-158.
25. B. Chen, P.T. Harker, and M. Pinar, “Continuation method for nonlinear complementarity problems via normal mapping", European Journal of Operational Research 116, (1999), 591-606.