Dr. Xiaohan Zhu received his PhD degree under the supervision of Dr. Xu Sun at the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida. He received his M.S. in Industrial & Systems Engineering from University of Florida in 2018 and his B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2017. His research focuses on stochastic modeling, stochastic control, and dynamic programming, with applications in queueing systems, optimal contracting problems, dynamic pricing, and revenue management.

Courses:

Smart Manufacturing and Control.     2024 Fall. 2025 Fall.

Selected Awards:

Donald & Joyce Hearn Graduate Research Award. Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, University of Florida. 2022, 2023.

Journal Publications

Xiaohan Zhu* & Xu Sun. (2022). On Dynamic Pricing under Model Uncertainty. Naval Research Logistics, 69(6): 856-868. 

Under Review

Xu Sun & Xiaohan Zhu. Dynamic Control of a Make-to-Order System under Model Uncertainty. Management Science (forthcoming). 

Xu Sun & Xiaohan Zhu. Dynamic Incentives in Service Contracting. Under 2nd round review at Management Science. 

Tan Yu, Tiaojun Xiao, Xiang Zhong & Xiaohan Zhu*. On Deriving the Optimal Contract in a Queueing System with Finite Capacity. Reject and Resubmit at Production and Operations Management.

Xiaohan Zhu* & Xu Sun. Designing Optimal Incentives for Target-Driven Projects: A Continuous-Time Model with Hidden Agent Actions. Under review at Naval Research Logistics.

Selected Working Papers

Yuting Yan, Houcai Shen & Xiaohan Zhu*. Dynamic Contracting in a Make-to-order Queue with Order Cancellation. Working paper.

Yifan Zheng, Houcai Shen & Xiaohan Zhu*. Optimal Admission Control with Bayesian Learning in Finite-Capacity Queues. Working paper.

(* denotes the corresponding author.)

主持项目：

1. 基于模型不确定性的供应链生产运作与动态定价策略,国家自然科学基金,青年科学基金项目,2025.01-2027.12.

2024- 中国运筹学会，行为运筹与管理分会，理事

Invited Presentations:

1. Dynamic Incentives in Service Contracting. PomsHK 2025, ICSSSM 2024.

2. Creating an Incentive Compensation Plan for a Project. Informs annual meeting 2023.

3. Control of a Make-to-order System under Distributional Uncertainty. Informs annual meeting 2020.