Yue Hu

Working Papers

1.   Y. Hu, C. W. Chan, J. Dong. Prediction-Driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department. Submitted.

  • Finalist, 2022 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Student Paper Competition

    • 2.   Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry. Asymptotic Optimality of Base-Stock Policies with Idle Times for Stochastic Economic Lot Scheduling Problems. Submitted.

    3.   Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry. Existence and Approximations of Moments for Polling Systems under the Binomial-Exhaustive Policy. Submitted.

    Published Papers

    4.   Y. Hu, K. D. Cato, C. W. Chan, J. Dong, N. Gavin, S. C. Rossetti, B. P. Chang. Use of Real-Time Information to Predict Future Arrivals in the Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine, forthcoming.

    5.   Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry. Asymptotic Optimality of the Binomial-Exhaustive Policy for Polling Systems with Large Switchover Times. Annals of Applied Probability, forthcoming.

  • Winner, 2020 INFORMS APS Best Student Paper Award

    • 6.   Y. Hu, C. W. Chan, J. Dong. Optimal Scheduling of Proactive Service with Customer Deterioration and Improvement. Management Science, 68(4), 2022. pp. 2533-2578.

  • Finalist, 2019 INFORMS IBM Best Student Paper Award

    • 7.   Y. Hu, J. Dong, O. Perry, R. M. Cyrus, S. Gravenor, M. J. Schmidt. Use of a Novel Patient-Flow Model to Optimize Hospital Bed Capacity for Medical Patients. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 47(6), 2021. pp. 354-363.

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    8.   H. B. Gershengorn, Y. Hu, J-T. Chen, S. J. Hsieh, J. Dong, M. N. Gong, C. W. Chan. The Impact of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Use on Patient Mortality and the Availability of Mechanical Ventilators in COVID-19. Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 47(6), 2021. pp. 354-363.

    9.   H. Yang, Y. Hu, D. P. Morton. Analyzing Client Behavior in a Syringe Exchange Program. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 10(2), 2020. pp. 142-157.

    Conference Talks


    "Prediction-Driven Surge Planning with Application in the Emergency Department"

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA

      • Oct. 2021   

    • Cornell ORIE Young Researcher Workshop, Ithaca, NY

      • Oct. 2021   

    • INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Online

      • July 2021   

    • MSOM Annual Conference, Online

      • June 2021   

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Online

      • Nov. 2020   


    "Optimal Scheduling of Proactive Service with Customer Deterioration and Improvement"

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA

      • Oct. 2021   

    • MSOM Annual Conference, Online

      • June 2021   

    • POMS Annual Conference, Online

      • May 2021   

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA

      • Oct. 2019   

    • INFORMS Heahlthcare Conference, MIT, Cambridge, MA

      • July 2019   

    • MSOM Annual Conference, NUS, Singapore

      • July 2019   

    • POMS Annual Conference, Washington, DC

      • May 2019   

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ

      • Nov. 2018   


    "Asymptotic Optimality of the Binomial-Exhaustive Policy for Polling Systems with Large Switchover Times"

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Online

      • Nov. 2020   

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ

      • Nov. 2018   

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Undergraduate Operations Research Prize, Houston, TX

      • Oct. 2017   

    • Harold B. Gotaas Research Award, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

      • May 2017   

    • Undergraduate Research Expo, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

      • May 2017   


    "Asymptotic Optimality of Base-Stock Policies for Stochastic Economic Lot Scheduling Problems"

    • INFORMS Annual Meeting, Online

      • Nov. 2020