Xu Yifan

Professor

Management Scie

Add: Guoshun Road Siyuan Building Room 518, Siyuan Building

Tel: 25011167(TEL)

E-mail: yfxu@fudan.edu.cn

Research Field: Service Management, Revenue Management, Supply Chain Management, Stochastic Model, Optimization And Application

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Teacher information

Achievements in scientific research

Academic activities and community service

Academic Posts

2021.09—,Regional Editor,International Journal of Revenue Management

2021.01—,Member of Editorial Board,Journal of Operations and Management Research

2017.08—,Member of Editorial Board,Systems Engineering——Theory & Practice

2017.06—,Member of Editorial Board,Journal of Systems Science and Information

2013.04—,Member,Logistics Management and Engineering Education Directing Commission, China Ministry of Education

2012.10—,Vice Secretary-General, Executive Director, Director,The Operations Research Society of China

2012.04—,Member of Editorial Board,Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science)

2010.05—,Executive Director,The Mathematical Programming Branch of Operation Research Society of China

2010.01—,Editor,OR Transactions

2010.01—,Editor,Operations Research and Management Science

2008.11—,Vice Council Chairman,Shanghai Operation Research Society

2007.01—,Regional Editor China,International Journal of Revenue Management

2006.08—,Vice Secretary-General, Executive Director, Director,The Operations Research Society of China

Journal Papers

1.	Baojun Jiang, Jiahua Zhang, and Yifan Xu. 2025. Impact of unreliable supplier on a supply chain with demand-generating marketing. Production and Operations Management 34(7) 1616–1631.

2.	Wen Diao, Lin Tian, and Yifan Xu. 2024. Effects of shared farms on the agricultural supply chain. International Journal of Production Research 62(20) 7525-7539.

3.	Huanyu Yue and Yifan Xu. 2023. Production quality and pricing strategy for substitutable products under comparison effects. Journal of Management Science and Engineering 8(4) 529-557.

4.	Ji Chen, Yifan Xu, Peiwen Yu, and Jun Zhang. 2023. A reinforcement learning approach for hotel revenue management with evidence from field experiments. Journal of Operations Management 69(7) 1176-1201.

5.	Jiahui Tang, Yifan Xu, and Wei Wang. 2023. A filled penalty function method for solving constrained optimization problems. Journal of Applied Analysis & Computation 13(2) 1-17.

6.	Yu Xiong, Hui Lu, Gen-Dao Li, Sen-Mao Xia, Zhao-Xing Wang, and Yi-Fan Xu. 2022. Game changer or threat: The impact of 3D printing on the logistics supplier circular supply chain. Industrial Marketing Management 106 461-475.

7.	Jiahui Tang, Wei Wang, and Yifan Xu. 2022. Lower-order smoothed objective penalty functions based on filling properties for constrained optimization problems. Optimization 71(6) 1579-1601.

8.	Lin Tian, Baojun Jiang, and Yifan Xu. 2021. Manufacturer's entry in the product-sharing market. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 23(3) 553-568.

9.	Youqiong Ai and Yifan Xu. 2021. Strategic sourcing in forward and spot markets with reliable and unreliable suppliers. International Journal of Production Research 59(3) 926-941.

10.	Ziteng Wang, Yue Dai, Shu-Cherng Fang, Zhong-Zhong Jiang, and Yifan Xu. 2020. Inventory transshipment game with limited supply: Trap or treat. Naval Research Logistics 67(6) 383-403.

11.	Jiahui Tang, Wei Wang, and Yifan Xu. 2019. Two classes of smooth objective penalty functions for constrained problems. Numerical Functional Analysis and Optimization 40(3) 341-364.

12.	Lin Tian, Yanming Ge, and Yifan Xu. 2018. A stochastic multi-channel revenue management model with time-dependent demand. Computers & Industrial Engineering 126 465-471.

13.	Xinhan Xu, Xiangfeng Chen, Fu Jia, Steve Brown, Yu Gong, and Yifan Xu. 2018. Supply chain finance: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis. International Journal of Production Economics 204 160-173.

14.	Jiahua Zhang, Shu-Cherng Fang, and Yifan Xu. 2018. Inventory centralization with risk-averse newsvendors. Annals of Operations Research 268(1-2) 215-237.

15.	Lin Tian, Asoo J. Vakharia, Yinliang Ricky Tan, and Yifan Xu. 2018. Marketplace, reseller, or hybrid: Strategic analysis of an emerging e-commerce model. Production and Operations Management 27(8) 1595-1610.

16.	Jiahua Zhang, Shu Cherng Fang, and Yifan Xu. 2018. Core of the reinsurance market with dependent risks. Journal of the Operations Research Society of China 6(1) 49-57.

17.	Chenghu Ma, Jianqiang Hu, and Yifan Xu. 2018. Margins on short sales and equilibrium price indeterminacy. Journal of Mathematical Economics 74 79-92.

18.	Ming-ge Yang and Yifan Xu. 2017. Stability of random implicit multifunctions in separable Asplund spaces. Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Applications 10(4) 2241-2256.

19.	Mingge Yang and Yifan XU. 2014. Openness results for parametric set-valued mappings in Asplund spaces. Optimization Letters 8(8) 2227-2243.

20.	Baimei Yang, Yiqian Huang, and Yifan Xu. 2014. Optimal control of a finite-capacity inventory system with setup cost and lost sales. Journal of Applied Analysis and Computation 4(2) 197-220.

21.	Tianjun Feng, L. Robin Keller, Ping Wu, and Yifan Xu. 2014. An empirical study of the toxic capsule crisis in China: Risk perceptions and behavioral responses. Risk Analysis 34(4) 698-710.

22.	Mingge Yang and Yifan Xu. 2014. Implicit multifunction theorems in banach spaces. Journal of Applied Mathematics 2014 1-7.

23.	Yiqian Huang, Yanming Ge, Xiandong Zhang, and Yifan Xu. 2013. Overbooking for parallel flights with transference. International Journal of Production Economics 144(2) 582-589.

24.	Baimei Yang and Yifan Xu. 2013. Optimal (s,d,S) policy for a production-inventory system with pricing and setup cost. Operations Research Transactions 17(1) 69-85.

25.	X. J. Zheng, X. L. Sun, D. Li, and Y.F. Xu. 2012. On reduction of duality gap in quadratic knapsack problems. Journal of Global Optimization 54(2) 325-339.

26.	Xiuli Chao, Yifan Xu, and Baimei Yang. 2012. Optimal policy for a production-inventory system with setup cost and average cost criterion. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences 26(4) 457-481.

27.	Chao, Xiuli, Baimei Yang, and Yifan Xu. 2012. Dynamic inventory and pricing policy in a capacitated stochastic inventory system with fixed ordering cost. Operations Research Letters 40(2) 99-107.

28.	Zheng, X.J., X.L. Sun, D. Li, Y.F. Xu. 2012. On zero duality gap in nonconvex quadratic programming problems. Journal of Global Optimization 52(2) 229-242.

29.	Zhu, Chenbo, J.Q. Hu, Fengchun Wang, Yifan Xu, and Rongzeng Cao. 2012. On the tour planning problem. Annals of Operations Research 192(1) 67-86.

30.	Yue Dai, Sean X. Zhou, and Yifan Xu. 2012. Competitive and collaborative quality and warranty management in supply chains. Production and Operations Management 21(1) 129-144.

31.	Cao, Xiren, Dexin Wang, Tao Lu, and Yifan Xu. 2011. Stochastic control via direct comparison. Discrete Event Dynamic Systems-Theory and Applications 21(1) 11-38.

32.	Yanming Ge, Yifan Xu, and Yue Dai. 2010. Overbooking with bilateral transference in parallel flights. International Journal of Production Economics 128(2) 577-585.

33.	Wei Wang, Yifan Xu. 2010. Transformed Functions for Global Optimization with Linear Constraints. Pacific Journal of Optimization vol.6(3) 641-651.

34.	Luo HZ, Sun XL, Xu YF. 2010. Convergence Properties of Modified and Partially-Augmented Lagrangian Methods for Mathematical Programs with Complementarity Constraints. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications Vol.145(3) 489-506.

35.	Luo HZ, Sun XL, Xu YF, Wu HX. 2010. On the Convergence Properties of Modified Augmented Lagrangian Methods for Mathematical Programming with Complementarity Constraints. Journal of Global Optimization 46(2) 217-232.

36.	Yifan Xu, Xiuli Chao. 2009. Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Control for a Production System with Average Profit Criterion. Probability in the Engineering and Information Sciences 23(3) 489-513.

37.	Xiaomin Wang, Yifan Xu. 2009. Multi-period Multi-product Inventory Control with Substitution and an Exponential Criterion. International Journal of Revenue Management Vol.3(4) 333-353.

38.	Wang Wei, Y. F. Xu. 2008. Eliminating duality gap in integer programming via objective cuts. PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPTIMIZATION Vol.4(1) 75-86.

39.	Y. F. Xu, Hongyu Li. 2008. Maximisation of long-run average profit through dynamic control of production and pricing in a manufacturing system. International Journal of Revenue Management Vol.2(3) 272-286.

40.	H. Y. Xu, Y. F. Xu. 2007. Study on the revenue management of hotel with group demand. Operations Research Transactions vol.11 289-294.

41.	Y. F. Xu, S. C. Fang , Y.Y Feng,. 2007. Analysis of network revenue management under uncertainty. Nonlinear dynamics and systems theory Vol. 7(1) 85-96.

42.	Y. F. Xu,. 2006. China southern airlines limited improves operation efficiency by revenue management. ABEST21-REVIEW Vol.(1) 11-25.

43.	Y. F. Xu, C.L.Liu and D. Li. 2005. Generalized nonlinear Lagrangian Formulation for Bounded Integer Programming. Journal of Global Optimization 33(2) 257-272.

44.	W. Wang, L. S. Zhang , Y. F. Xu,. 2005. A revised conjugate projection gradient projection algorithm for inequality constrained optimization. Journal of Computational Mathematics Vol. 23(2) 217-224.

45.	Y. F. Xu, J. Dong , C. L. Liu,. 2004. A rank-one fitting algorithm for unconstrained optimization problems. Applied Mathematics Letters 17(9) 1061-1067.

46.	Y. F. Xu,. 2003. A layer-decomposition with degree method for subgraphs recognition problem. Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics Vol. 7(1) 165-171.

47.	Y. F. Xu,. 2003. A mixed and superlinearly convergent algorithm for constrained optimization. Optimization Methods and Software, Vol. 18(5) 567-581.

48.	Y. F. Xu,. 2003. Asymptotic strong determination in integer programming: quasi-dual method, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research,. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research Vol. 57(2) 207-216.

49.	Y. F. Xu, Duan Li. 2002. A nonlinear Lagrangian dual for integer programming. Operations research letters Vol.30(6) 401-407.

50.	Y. F. Xu, Fang Wu. 2001. A Decomposition method for convex minimization problems and Its Application. ACTA Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica Vol.17(1) 20-28.

51.	Y. F. Xu, Wei Wang. 2001. A Qp-free and superlinearly convergent algorithm for inequality constrained optimizations. ACTA Mathematica Scientia Vol.21B(1) 121-130.

52.	Y. F. Xu, W.Wang, Ziyou Gao. 2001. The Algorithm of sequential KKT equations by nonmonotone search for arbitrary initial point. Computational Optimization and Applications Vol.18(3) 237-248.

53.	Xu Yifan and Wang Wei. 2000. A MIXED SUPERLINEARLY CONVERGENT ALGORITHMWITH NONMONOTONE SEARCH FOR CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATIONS. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (English Series) 15(2) 211-219.

54.	Xu Yifan and Wang Wei. 2000. A FEASIBLE AND SUPERLINEAR ALGORITHM FOR INEQUALITY CONSTRAINED MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica (English Series) 16(1) 36-41.

55.	Ying-zhao He, Yi-fan Xu, and Kai Wang. 2020. Do store image and location matter in O2O context?. Chinese Journal of Management Science 28(6) 171-181. (in Chinese)

56.	Yong Chen, Wei Wang, and Yifan Xu. 2020. An stochastic algorithm for global optimization with linear constraints based on intermittent diffusion. Operations Research Transactions 24(1) 88-100. (in Chinese)

57.	Ji Chen, Lin Tian, and Yifan Xu. 2020. Data-driven revenue management strategy based on local-slope update. Journal of Systems Engineering 35(1) 33-47. (in Chinese)

58.	Hui-wen Zhang, Wei Wang, Min Li, and Yi-fan Xu. 2019. A Generalized Filter Filled Function Method Based on Gradient Projection. Journal of Mathematics 39(1) 29-41. (in Chinese)

59.	Lin Tian and Yifan Xu. 2015. Dynamic channel selection and pricing strategies under strategic consumer behavior selection. Journal of Management Sciences in China 18(8) 39-51. (in Chinese)

60.	Wang Xiaomin, Y. F. Xu. 2008. Study on Hotel Overbooking with Substitution under an Exponential Criterion. OR transaction (1) 35-42. (in Chinese)

61.	Y. F. Xu, Y. P. Zheng. 2001. A feasible SQP algorithm for degenerated problems. Journal of Systems Sciences and Mathematical Sciences Vol.21(3) 257-263. (in Chinese)

62.	Y. F. Xu, W. Wang. 2001. A feasible algorithm for inequality constrained optimizations by means of non-monotone line search. OR Transactions Vol.5(1) 1-11. (in Chinese)

Conference Proceedings

1.	Hu, Yingjie, Jianqiang Hu, Yifan Xu, Fengchun Wang, and Rongzeng Cao. 2010. Contamination control in food supply chain. Baltimore 2678-2681.

Chapters in Books

Yifan Xu, 2020. The Impact of the Coronavirus on Logistics Industry. In: Shiyi Chen (Eds), Fighting Coronavirus: Impact on the Economy. Fudan University Press, pp. 119-133

Research Projects

2021.01—2024.12, Principal Investigator, Study of the Operations Decision on Social E-commerce, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2018.07—2018.12, Principal Investigator, Case Study of Shanghai Shipping Center Development, Shanghai Decision Advisory Committee

2018.07—2018.10, Principal Investigator, A Feasibility Study of the Logistical Service Platform of Jiangsu Taixing Chemical Industrial Park, Shanghai BVP Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd.

2018.03—2019.03, Principal Investigator, The Analysis and Implementation of Operation Monitoring and Statistic Accounting of Logistics Industry in Shanghai (2018), Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission

2017.11—2018.02, Principal Investigator, The Development of “Data Center” by Shanghai Logistics Association, Shanghai Logistics Association

2017.09—2017.12, Principal Investigator, The Design and Optimization of China’s Coastline Ports , National Development and Reform Commission

2017.03—2018.03, Principal Investigator, The Analysis and Implementation of Operation Monitoring and Statistic Accounting of Logistics Industry in Shanghai (2017), Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission

2017.01—2017.06, Principal Investigator, Research on the Performance Evaluation System of The Productivity of ShanDong Power Grid Under Demand and Supply Constraint, Shenzhen Hirisun Technology Inc

2016.12—2017.02, Principal Investigator, The Marketing and Strategic Analysis of Dongjiang Logistics Cluster in Tianjin (I), Tianjin Port (Group) Co.,Ltd

2016.01—2016.12, Principal Investigator, China Eastern Airline Operating Risk Management---Risk Computation Modeling Part, China Eastern Air Holding Company

2016.01—2020.12, Principal Investigator, The Study of Promotion, Pricing and Inventory Management of Enterprise Products in Social Network, Major Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China

2015.09—2015.12, Principal Investigator, Cross-border E-commerce Industrial Park Plan for YTO Express (Logistics) Co., Ltd., YTO Express (Logistics) Co., Ltd.

2015.01—2016.12, Member, The Research and Applications of the Key Common Technologies of interregionall Services In Modern Service Industry, Ministry of Science and Technology

2014.07—2014.08, Principal Investigator, Research on the Feasibility of Ganzhou Huigu Financial E-Commerce Industrial Park, Jiangxi Ronghui Investment Crop, AKCOME Group

2014.03—2016.03, Principal Investigator, The Revenue Management Decision Support System of Huazhu Hotels Group Ltd, Hanting Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.

2014.01—2017.12, Principal Investigator, Study of Revenue Management Based on Customer Behavior and Channel Competition, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2013.09—2013.12, Principal Investigator, The Study of Planning and Development of Modern Logistic Park in Jiexiu, Shanxi Province, Jiexiu Lida Merchanical Equipment Manufacture Co.,LTD.

2013.09—2014.04, Principal Investigator, The Support System of Program Arrangement Strategy for Orient CJ, Shanghai Xijie Merchant Service Co., LTD.

2013.05—2013.07, Principal Investigator, The System Research on Operation Monitoring and Statistic Accounting of Logistics Industry in Shanghai, Shanghai Municipal Development & Reform Commission

2012.09—2012.11, Principal Investigator, Further Feasible Assessment on Asia Operation Center of METTLER TOLEDO, METTLER TOLEDO(Shanghai)

2012.08—2012.11, Principal Investigator, The Analysis on Enterprise Present Situation of METTLER TOLEDO(China), METTLER TOLEDO(Shanghai)

2012.07—2014.12, Principal Investigator, The Research on Supply Chain Management of Shanghai Construction Waste Disposal, Shanghai Wanji Mechanical Engineering Co., LTD

2012.02—2012.08, Principal Investigator, The Production Optimization System of Paint Workshop in the North Factory, Shanghai General Motors Co., LTD.

2011.12—2012.03, Principal Investigator, Research on the Strategic Development of Lifeng Logistics Co., Ltd., Research on the Strategic Development of Lifeng Logistics Co., Ltd.

2010.09—2011.02, Principal Investigator, Research on Marketing Planning of Airline Company, East China Cares Systems Co., Ltd.

2010.01—2015.01, Principal Investigator, Strategic Cooperation Agreement, Shanghai Grand Wisdom Co., Ltd.

2009.01—2012.12, Principal Investigator, Study of the Theory of Service Operations Management and its Application, The Key Project of National Science Foundation of China

2008.01—2010.12, Principal Investigator, A Study on Revenue Management in Stochastic Service Network, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2007.07—2008.11, Principal Investigator, The Research on Structure of the Group of Production Service Industry in Yangtze River Area, Project Supported by Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Office

2005.01—2007.12, Principal Investigator, Revenue Management with Group Demand and its Application in Hotel Industry, General Project Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China