Hongyu Chen - Research

Publications

[1] Assortment Display, Price Competition and Fairness in Online Marketplaces
with Hanwei Li, David Simchi-Levi, Michelle Wu, and Weiming Zhu, Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming

[2] Switchback Experiments with Surrogate Variables: Estimation and Experimental Design
with David Simchi-Levi, Management Science, 2025

[3] Optimal Control for Parallel Queues with a Single Batch Server
with Zizhuo Wang, Operations Research Letters, 2022

[4] Enhance Curvature Information by Structured Stochastic Quasi-Newton Methods
with Minghan Yang, Dong Xu, Zaiwen Wen, and Mengyun Chen, CVPR, 2021

Working Papers

[1] AI-generated Measurements for Identification and Inference with Missing Data: A Weak Shadow Variable Approach (Job Market Paper)
with David Simchi-Levi and Ruoxuan Xiong, Under review at Operations Research.
- 2nd Place, CMU YinzOR Conference Flash Talk Competition (2026)

[3] Online Resource Allocation with Average Budget Constraints
with Ruicheng Ao, David Simchi-Levi, and Feng Zhu, Major Revision at Operations Research
- Finalist for INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing 2025 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award.

[4] Retailer-Initiated Inventory-Based Financing
with Weiming Zhu, Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
- Accepted for presentation at MSOM iFORM SIG 2022

Publications

[1] Assortment Display, Price Competition and Fairness in Online Marketplaceswith Hanwei Li, David Simchi-Levi, Michelle Wu, and Weiming Zhu, Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming

[2] Switchback Experiments with Surrogate Variables: Estimation and Experimental Designwith David Simchi-Levi, Management Science, 2025

[3] Optimal Control for Parallel Queues with a Single Batch Serverwith Zizhuo Wang, Operations Research Letters, 2022

[4] Enhance Curvature Information by Structured Stochastic Quasi-Newton Methodswith Minghan Yang, Dong Xu, Zaiwen Wen, and Mengyun Chen, CVPR, 2021

Working Papers

[1] AI-generated Measurements for Identification and Inference with Missing Data: A Weak Shadow Variable Approach (Job Market Paper) with David Simchi-Levi and Ruoxuan Xiong, Under review at Operations Research. - 2nd Place, CMU YinzOR Conference Flash Talk Competition (2026)

[2] Utilizing External Predictions for Data Collection: Joint Optimization of Sampling and Measurementwith Ruicheng Ao and David Simchi-Levi, Minor Revision at Management Science

[3] Online Resource Allocation with Average Budget Constraintswith Ruicheng Ao, David Simchi-Levi, and Feng Zhu, Major Revision at Operations Research - Finalist for INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing 2025 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award.

[4] Retailer-Initiated Inventory-Based Financingwith Weiming Zhu, Major Revision at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management - Accepted for presentation at MSOM iFORM SIG 2022