Hong Wan

Hong Wan Assistant Professor School of Industrial Engineering Purdue University 315 N. Grant Street, GRIS 256 West Lafayette, IN 47907-2023 Phone: 765-494-7523 Fax: 765-494-1299 E-Mail: hwan [at] purdue [dot] edu

Table of Contents (CV in PDF format)

• Research Interest
• Education
• Teaching
• Publication
• Conference Presentation and Posters
• Current Students

Research Interest

• Design and Analysis of Large-scale Computer Simulation Experiments
• Applied Statistics
• Quality Management of Supply Chain
• Quality Control and Reliability Growth
• Healthcare Engineering

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Education

• Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Dec 2004
• M.S. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University, Jun 2002
• M.S. in Materials Science, Northwestern University, Jun 2001
• B.S. in Chemistry, with a minor in Economic, Peking University, Jul 1998

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Teaching

• IE 330 Probability and Statistics in Engineering II (current!)
• IE 530 Quality Control
• IE 533 Industrial Application of Statistics
• IE 580 Systems Simulation
• IE 680 Advanced Simulation Experiment Design and Analysis Spring 2007

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Current Students

• Kuo-Hao Chang (Ph.D.)
• Wen-Hsin Feng (Ph.D.)
• Anne McLaren (Part-time Ph.D.)
• Abhijith Mukunda (M.S., graduated on Dec 2007, currently working at Capgemini US LLC)
• Hua Shen (Ph.D., graduated on Dec 2006, currently working at Wachovia Corporation)

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Publication

Accepted/Published

• Hong Wan, and Bruce E. Ankenman. "Two-Stage Controlled Fractional Factorial Screening for Simulation Experiments". Journal of Quality Technology, 39(2): 126-139.
• Renata Kopach, Po-Ching DeLaurentis, Mark Lawley, Kumar Muthuraman, Leyla Ozsen, Ronald L. Rardin, Hong Wan, and Deanna R. Willis. "Effects of Clinical Characteristics on Successful Open Access Scheduling". Health Care Management Science, 10(2): 111-124.
• Hong Wan, Bruce E. Ankenman, and Barry L. Nelson. "Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: A New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation". Operations Research, 54(4): 743-755.
• Hong Wan, and Xiaowei Xu. "Technical Note: Reexamination of All-or-None Inspection Policies in a Supply Chain with Endogenous Product Quality". To appear in Naval Research Logistics.

Under Revision

• Hong Wan, Bruce E. Ankenman, and Barry L. Nelson. "Simulation Factor Screening with Controlled Sequential Bifurcation in the Presence of Interactions", under revision for INFORMS Journal on Computing.
• Hua Shen, and Hong Wan. "Controlled Sequential Factorial Design for Simulation Factor Screening", under revision for European Journal of Operational Research.
• Susan M. Sanchez, Hong Wan, and Thomas W. Lucas. "A Two-Phase Screening Procedure for Simulation Experiments", under revision for ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation.
• Santanu Chakraborty, Nagi Gebraeel, Mark Lawley, and Hong Wan. "Robustness Study of the Residual life Estimation in Degradation Model", under revision for IIE Transactions.

Working Papers

• Hong Wan, Hua Shen, Susan M. Sanchez, and Thomas W. Lucas. "The Hybrid Approach for Simulation Factor Screening", expected submission in Jan 2008.
• Hong Wan, Michael Y. Zhu, and Tonglin Zhang. "Grouped Screening Design for Main Effects and Two-Factor Interactions", expected submission in Jan 2008.
• Kuo-Hao Chang, Jeff L. Hong, and Hong Wan. "Stochastic Trust Region Gradient-Free Method (STRONG)-A New Response-Surface-Based algorithm in Simulation Optimization", expected submission in Dec 2007.
• Xiaowei Xu, and Hong Wan. "Bayesian Single Sampling Acceptance Plans in a Supply Chain with Endogeneous Product Quality", expected submission in Feb 2008.
• Jun Xu, Feng Yang, and Hong Wan. "Factor Screening for Binomial Response", expected submission in Mar 2008.
• Tonglin Zhang, Michael Y. Zhu, and Hong Wan. "Nuclear Source Detection with Spatial Models", expected submission in Jan 2008.

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Conference Presentation and Posters

• Kuo-Hao Chang, Jeff L. Hong, and Hong Wan. "STRONG: a DOE-based simulation optimization method", Proceeding of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, December 9-12, 2007.
• Jun Xu, Feng Yang, and Hong Wan. "Controlled Sequential Bifurcation for Software Reliability Study", Proceeding of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference, December 9-12, 2007.
• Hua Shen, and Hong Wan. "Hybrid Factor Screening Method for Simulation Experiments", Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference, December 3-6, 2006.
• Adam Forsyth, Susan M. Sanchez, and Hong Wan. "Exploring Edge Organization Models for Network-Centric Operations", Proceedings of the 2006 Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, June 20-22, 2006.
• Po-Ching DeLaurentis, Renata Kopach, Ronald L. Rardin, Mark Lawley, Kumar Muthuraman, Hong Wan, Leyla Ozsen, and Paul Intrevado. "Open Access Appointment Scheduling—An Experience At A Community Clinic", Proceedings of the 2006 IIE Research Conference, May 20-24, 2006.
• Xiuli Qu, Ronald L. Rardin, Lisa Tieman, Hong Wan, Julie Ann Stuart Williams, Deanna R. Willis, and Marc B. Rosenman. "A statistical model for the prediction of patient non-attendance in a primary care clinic", Proceedings of the 2006 IIE Research Conference, May 20-24, 2006.
• Hua Shen, and Hong Wan. "Controlled Sequential Factorial Design for Simulation Factor Screening", Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, December 4-7, 2005.
• Susan M. Sanchez, Hong Wan, and Thomas W. Lucas. "A Two-Phase Screening Procedure for Simulation Experiments", Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, December 4-7, 2005.
• Hong Wan, Bruce E. Ankenman, and Barry L. Nelson. "Controlled Sequential Bifurcation: a New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation", Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, December 7-10, 2003.
• Joseph L. Schofer, Barry L. Nelson, Hong Wan, Ying Yang, and Ronald Eash. "Estimating Vehicle Resource Requirements for Demand-Responsive Transportations Operations", Proceedings of the Metropolitan Conference on Public Transportation Research (Transport Chicago 2003), June 6, 2003.

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