Research Interests 

Methodologies

  • Applied Probability

  • Causal AI

  • Euclidean Combinatorial Optimization

  • Stochastic Optimal Control

Expertise

  • AI

  • Mobility&Transportation

  • Logistics

  • Service

Current Work

Food-Delivery Platforms: A Near-Optimal Policy for Capacity Sizing, Order Batching, and Spatial Routing

Yang Bo, Milind Dawande, and Ganesh Janakiraman   

Under review after minor revision at Operations Research.

Spatial Staffing

Yang Bo and Ming Hu

Under review.

Nearly Optimal Spatial-Temporal Balancing in Ride-Hailing: Theory and Policy Design

Yang Bo and Guangwen Kong

Near submission. Abstract

Spatial Staffing with AI Delegates

Yang Bo and Ming Hu

Working in progress.

Vehicle Sharing Fleet and Infrastructure Planning

Yang Bo and Ming Hu

Manuscript in preparation.

Prompt then Verify: the impact of AI on Process Bottleneck

Yang Bo and Ming Hu

Working in progress.

Spatial-Temporal Matching and Pricing with Carpooling

Yang Bo and Sean Zhou

Working in progress.

On an Open Question of Kucukgul, Ozer, and Wang (2022)

Yang Bo, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Shouqiang Wang

Working Paper.

Published Papers

Determining Process Capacity: Intractability and Efficient Special Cases

Yang Bo, Milind Dawande, Tim Huh, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Mahesh Nagarajan

‍ ‍Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21(1):139-153. 2019

Analysis of Scrip Systems: On an Open Question in Johnson et al. (2014)

Yang Bo, Milind Dawande, and Ganesh Janakiraman

‍ ‍Operations Research, 66(3):611-619. 2018

On Integral Policies in Deterministic and Stochastic Distribution Systems

Yang Bo, Milind Dawande, Ganesh Janakiraman, and S. Thomas McCormick

‍ ‍Operations Research, 65(3):703-711. 2017

Case Article -- The SafeBirth Clinic

Milind Dawande, Tim Huh, Ganesh Janakiraman, Mahesh Nagarajan, and Yang Bo

‍ ‍INFORMS Transactions on Education, 21(3):145-147. 2021