Institute of Systems Engineering

【Education and Career】

Time	Institution	Degree/Position
Sep. 1981~Jul. 1985	Operational Research and ControlTheory, Nankai University	B.S
Sep. 1985~Jul. 1988	Operational Research and ControlTheory, Nankai University	M.A
Jun. 1988~Aug. 1990	Institute of Systems Engineering, Tianjin University	Lecturer
Sep. 1990~Mar. 1993	Institute of Systems Engineering, Tianjin University	Ph.D
Nov. 1993~ Nov. 1998	Institute of Systems Engineering, Tianjin University	Associate Professor
Nov. 1998~Present	Institute of Systems Engineering, Tianjin University	Professor

【Published Monographs】

Zhou Chi, Tang Wansheng. A search theory that considers participant behavior and its application. Beijing: Science Press. 2020

【Journal Paper】

[1] Yang R, Tang W, Zhang J. Technology improvement strategy for green products under competition: The role of government subsidy. European Journal of Operational Research, 2021, 289(2): 553-568.

[2] Dong B, Tang W, Zhou C, Ren Y. Should original equipment manufacturer assist noncompetitive contract manufacturer to expand capacity. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 2021, 103:102420.

[3] Yang R, Tang W, Dou M, Zhang J. Pricing and investing in co-creation with customers for a duopoly. International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, 237: 108145.

[4] Song Z, Tang W, Zhao R, Zhang G. Inventory strategy of the risk averse supplier and overconfident manufacturer with uncertain demand. International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, 234: 108066.

[5] Song Z, Tang W, Zhao R. Liner alliances with heterogeneous price level and service competition: Partial vs. full. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 2021, 103:102414.

[6] Dong B, Tang W, Zhou C, Ren Y. Is dual sourcing a better choice: The impact of reliability improvement and contract manufacturer encroachment. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2021, 149: 102275.

[7] Xu M, Tang W, Zhou C. Operation strategy under additional service and refurbishing effort in online second-hand market. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 290: 125608.

[8] Sun X, Tang W, Zhang J, Chen J. The impact of quantity-based cost decline on supplier encroachment. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2021, 147: 102245.

[9] Yang G, Tang W, Zhao R. Impact of outside option on managerial compensation contract and environmental strategies in polluting industries. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2021, 72(1):109-129.

[10] Sun X, Tang W, Zhang J, Chen J. Optimal investment strategy of a free-floating sharing platform. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2020, 138: 101958.

[11] Zhang Q, Tang W, Zaccour G, Zhang J. Should a manufacturer give up pricing power in a vertical information-sharing channel. European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 276(3): 910-928.

[12] Song Z, Tang W, Zhao R. Encroachment and canvassing strategy in a sea-cargo service chain with empty container repositioning. European Journal of Operational Research, 2019, 276(1): 175-186.

[13] Lu F, Tang W, Liu G, Zhang J. Cooperative advertising: A way escaping from the prisoner's dilemma in a supply chain with sticky price. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 2019, 86: 87-106.

[14] Wang Y, Tang W, Zhao R. Supplier's strategy: align with the dominant entrant retailer or the vulnerable incumbent retailer. Soft Computing, 2019, 35(10): 3481-3500.

[15] Xu M, Tang W, Zhou C. Procurement strategies of E-retailers under different logistics distributions with quality- and service-dependent demand. Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, 2019, 35: UNSP 100853.

[16] Zhang Q, Zhang J, Zaccour G, Tang W. Strategic technology licensing in a supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 2018, 267(1): 162-175.

[17] Song Z, Tang W, Zhao R. Cooperation mode for a liner company with heterogeneous ports: Business cooperation vs. port investment. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2018, 118: 513-533.

[18] Zhang J, Dai R, Zhang Q, Tang W. An optimal energy efficiency investment and product pricing strategy in a two-market framework. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2018, 48(4): 608-621.

[19] Dong B, Tang W, Zhou C. Strategic procurement outsourcing with asymmetric cost information under scale economies. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2018, 69(11): 1751-1772.

[20] Feng L, Zhang J, Tang W. Dynamic joint pricing and production policy for perishable products. International Transactions in Operational Research, 2018, 25(6): 2031-2051.

[21] Yang R, Tang W, Dai R, Zhang J. Contract design in reverse recycling supply chain with waste cooking oil under asymmetric cost information. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 201: 61-77.

[22] Wang Y, Tang W, Zhao R. Information sharing and information concealment in the presence of a dominant retailer. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018, 121: 36-50.

[23] Zhang Q, Tang W, Zhang J. Who should determine energy efficiency level in a green cost-sharing supply chain with learning effect. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018, 115: 226-239.

[24] Zhou, Caifeng; Tang, Wansheng; Lan, Yanfei. Supply chain contract design of procurement and risk-sharing under random yield and asymmetric productivity information. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2018, 126: 691-704.

[25] Yang, Guoqing; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. An uncertain furniture production planning problem with cumulative service levels. Soft Computing, 2017, 21(4): 1041-1055.

[26] Zhou, Chi; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. An uncertain search model for recruitment problem with enterprise performance. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2017, 28(3): 695-704.

[27] Yang, Guoqing; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. An uncertain workforce planning problem with job satisfaction. International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2017, 8(5): 1681-1693.

[28] Song, Zhuzhu; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. Ocean carrier canvassing strategies with uncertain demand and limited capacity. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2017, 104: 189-210.

[29] Zhou, Chi; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. Optimal consumption with reference-dependent preferences in on-the-job search and savings. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2017, 13: 505-529.

[30] Guo, Yan; Tang, Wansheng; Zhao, Ruiqing. The impacts of uncertain factors on decisions of NPO and firms. Applied Soft Computing, 2017, 56: 632-645.

[31] Zhang, Qiao; Zhang, Jianxiong; Tang, Wansheng. Coordinating a supply chain with green innovation in a dynamic setting. 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 2017, 15(2): 133-162.

[32] Xue, Musen; Zhang, Jianxiong; Tang, Wansheng; Dai, Rui. Quality improvement and pricing with reference quality effect. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 2017, 26(5): 665-682.

[33] Zhang, Jianxiong; Wei, Qian; Liu, Guowei; Tang, Wansheng. A supplier switching model with the competitive reactions and economies of scale effects. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems, 2017, 47(11): 2831-2843.

[34] Wang, Xiulan; Lan, Yanfei; Tang, Wansheng. An uncertain wage contract model for risk-averse worker under bilateral moral hazard. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2017, 13(4): 1815-1840.

[35] Dai, Rui; Zhang, Jianxiong; Tang, Wansheng. Cartelization or Cost-sharing: Comparison of cooperation modes in a green supply chain. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017, 156: 159-173.

[36] Lu, Lihao; Zhang, Jianxiong; Tang, Wansheng. Coordinating a supply chain with negative effect of retailer’s local promotion on goodwill and reference price. RAIRO: Operations Research, 2017, 51(1): 227-252.

[37] Musen Xue, Wansheng Tang, Jianxiong Zhang. Optimal dynamic pricing for deteriorating items with reference-price effects. International Journal of Systems Science, 2016, 47(9): 2022-2031.

[38] Qiao Zhang, Wansheng Tang, Jianxiong Zhang. Green supply chain performance with cost learning and operational inefficiency effects. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016, 112, 3267-3284.

[39] Musen Xue, Wansheng Tang, Jianxiong Zhang. Supply chain pricing and coordination with mark-down strategy in the presence of conspicuous consumers. International Transactions in Operational Research, 2016, 23(6): 1051-1065.

[40] Jianxiong Zhang, Qian Wei, Qiao Zhang, Wansheng Tang. Pricing, service and preservation technology investments policy for deteriorating items under common resource constraints. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2016, 95: 1-9.

[41] Lin Feng, Jianxiong Zhang, Wansheng Tang. Optimal inventory control and pricing of perishable items without shortages. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 2016, 13(2): 918-931.

[42] Lihao Lu, Jianxiong Zhang, Wansheng Tang. Optimal dynamic pricing and replenishment policy for perishable items with inventory-level-dependent demand. International Journal of Systems Science, 2016, 47(6): 1480-1494.

[43] Lihao Lu, Qinglong Gou, Wansheng Tang, Jianxiong Zhang. Joint pricing and advertising strategy with reference price effect. International Journal of Production Research, 2016, 54(17): 5250-5270.

[44] Fuxiao Lu, Guowei Liu, Jianxiong Zhang, Wansheng Tang. Benefits of partial myopia in a durable product supply chain considering pricing and advertising. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2016, 67(10): 1309-1324.

[45] Y. Lan, R. Zhao, W. Tang, A fuzzy supply chain contract problem with pricing and warranty. Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 2014, 26(3):1527-1538.

[46] J. Zhang, Z. Bai, W. Tang, Optimal pricing policy for deteriorating items with preservation technology investment. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2014, 10(4):1261-1277.

[47] M. Xue, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Optimal temperature control for quality of perishable foods. ISA Transactions, 2014, 53(2):542-546.

[48] J. Zhang, L. Feng, W. Tang, Optimal contract design of supplier-led outsourcing based on Pontryagin maximum principle. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 2014, 161(2):592-607.

[49] J. Zhang, W. Tang, L. Feng, M. Hu, A principal-agent model in a supplier-led supply chain under asymmetric information. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 2014,　　 25(2):185-201.

[50] C. Zhou, W. Tang, R. Zhao, Optimal stopping for dynamic recruitment problem with probabilistic loss of candidates. Sequential Analysis: Design Methods and Applications, 2015, 34(2):187-210.

[51] Y. Wang, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Dynamic pricing for non-instantaneous deteriorating items. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2015, 26(4): 629-640.

[52] J. Zhang, W. Tang, M. Hu. Optimal supplier switching with volume-dependent switching costs. International Journal of Production Economics, 2015, 161: 96-104.

[53] G. Liu, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Strategic transfer pricing in a marketing- operations interface with quality level and advertising dependent goodwill. Omega: International Journal of Management Science, 2015, 56(10): 1-15.

[54] G. Liu, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Joint dynamic pricing and investment strategy for perishable foods with price-quality dependent demand. Annals of Operations Research, 2015, 226(1): 397-416.

[55] S. Li, J. Zhang, W. Tang, Joint dynamic pricing and inventory control policy for a stochastic inventory system with perishable products. International Journal of Production Research, 2015, 53(10): 2937-2950.

[56] Q. Zhang, J. Zhang, W. Tang, A dynamic advertising model with reference price effect. RAIRO: Operations Research, 2015, 49 (4): 669-688.

[57] L. Feng, J. Zhang, W. Tang, A joint dynamic pricing and advertising model of perishable products. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2015, 66(8): 1341-1351.

[58] X. Wu, R. Zhao, W. Tang, Principal-agent problems based on credibility measure. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 2015, 23(4): 909-922.

【Awards】

[1] The Fifth Youth Science and Technology Award of Tianjin

[2] The Third Prize of Natural Science of Tianjin

[3] The Second Prize of Natural Science Award of the 2014 Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions

【Research Projects】

[1] Flexibility contract design and applications in the service management (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71771164).

[2] Research on the theory and methodology of a viable decision making in stochastic systems (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 79700016).

[3] Research on intelligent solving algorithms for viable decision making of stochastic systems (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 70171004).

[4] Fuzzy random renewal process and its applications (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 70471049).

[5] Fuzzy search theory and its applications (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71071106).

[6] The models of job search based on prospect theory and their Applications (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 71371133).

【Academic Part-time jobs】

Senior Member, Systems Engineering Society of China

Senior Member, Chinese Tianjin Association of Automation

Chair, Systems Engineering Committee of Chinese Tianjin Association of Automation

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Systems Engineering

Editorial Board Member, Control and Decision

Editorial Board Member, Automation and Instrumentation