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Personal profile
Research Interests
Dr Zhen Tan's research is about designing practical solutions to operations management problems in mobility, logistics and service systems in general, with the goal of efficiency and sustainability. His current research interests include supply chain planning and scheduling, simulation optimisation algorithms, modeling and control of transportation and environmental systems.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Introduction to Modeling and Simulation
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management
- Engineering Management 2
Graduate
- Operations and Supply Chain Strategy and Practice
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Cornell University
Bachelor, Tongji University
Master, Zhejiang University
Person Types
- Staff
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Multisource Data-based Capacity Control and Collaborative Scheduling of Shared Manufacturing Platform
Tang, L. (PI), Li, C.-L. (PI), Tan, Z. (PI) & Shi, P. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-National Government Funded Projects
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Research on Bi-objective and Multi-scenario Collaborative Scheduling Methods Considering Carbon Emissions
Tan, Z. (PI)
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Government Funded Projects › Vertical-Provincial/Ministerial Government(省部级) Funded Projects
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Designing Hybrid Flow Shop Scheduling Algorithms for Energy Efficient and Dependable Cloud Manufacturing
Tan, Z. (PI)
1/09/23 → 31/08/24
Project: University Funded Projects › (Expired) Internal-Seed Funding for Small RKE/Large Research Project
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Model-based variable speed limit control on wireless charging lanes: Formulation and algorithm
Liu, F., Tan, Z., Chan, H. K. & Zheng, L., 1 Jan 2026, In: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. 205, 104493.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Design of Coordinated EV Traffic Control Strategies for Expressway System with Wireless Charging Lanes
Zhang, Y., Hong, Y. & Tan, Z., 1 Sept 2025, In: World Electric Vehicle Journal. 16, 9, 496.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Dynamic Pricing for Wireless Charging Lane Management Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning
Liu, F., Tan, Z. & Chan, H. K., 4 Nov 2025, In: Sustainability. 17, 21, 9831.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Financial contract invisibility in a competing supply chain
Huang, H., Yi, Z., Tan, Z. & Chan, H. K., 2025, In: International Journal of Production Research. p. 1-21Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
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Robust simulation-based optimization for multiobjective problems with constraints
Zheng, L., Bao, J. & Tan, Z., Mar 2025, In: Annals of Operations Research. 346, 2, p. 1897-1927 31 p., 104124.Research output: Journal Publication › Article › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus)