2023

Sun, Ankang, Chen, Bo and Doan, Xuan Vinh (2023) Fairness criteria for allocating indivisible chores : connections and efficiencies. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 37 . 39. doi:10.1007/s10458-023-09618-5 ISSN 1387-2532.

Chen, Bo and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (2023) An FPTAS for scheduling with resource constraints. Operations Research Letters, 51 (4). pp. 421-424. doi:10.1016/j.orl.2023.06.001 ISSN 0167-6377.

Wu, Fangfang, Zhang, Xiandong and Chen, Bo (2023) An improved approximation algorithm for scheduling monotonic moldable tasks. European Journal of Operational Research, 306 (2). pp. 567-578. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.08.034 ISSN 0377-2217.

(2023) Operational research : methods and applications. Journal of the Operational Research Society . ISSN 0160-5682. (In Press)

2022

Sun, Ankang, Chen, Bo and Doan, Xuan Vinh (2022) Equitability and welfare maximization for allocating indivisible items. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 37 . 8. doi:10.1007/s10458-022-09587-1 ISSN 1387-2532.

Cao, Zhigang, Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin and Wang, Changjun (2022) Bounding residence times for atomic dynamic routings. Mathematics of Operations Research, 47 (4). pp. 3261-3281. doi:10.1287/moor.2021.1242 ISSN 0364-765X.

Wang, Chenlan, Doan, Xuan Vinh and Chen, Bo (2022) Atomic congestion games with random players : network equilibrium and the price of anarchy. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 44 . pp. 2123-2142. doi:10.1007/s10878-020-00583-3 ISSN 1382-6905.

Alpern, Steve and Chen, Bo (2022) Optimizing voting order on sequential juries : a median voter theorem and beyond. Social Choice and Welfare, 58 . pp. 527-565. doi:10.1007/s00355-021-01370-7 ISSN 0176-1714.

Anderson, Edward, Chen, Bo and Shao, Lusheng (2022) Capacity games with supply function competition. Operations Research, 70 (4). pp. 1969-1983. doi:10.1287/opre.2021.2221 ISSN 0030-364X.

2021

Cao, Zhigang, Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin and Wang, Changjun (2021) Atomic dynamic flow games : adaptive versus nonadaptive agents. Operations Research, 69 (6). pp. 1680-1695. doi:10.1287/opre.2021.2105 ISSN 0030-364X.

She, Bingling, Chen, Bo and Hall, Nicholas G. (2021) Buffer sizing in critical chain project management by network decomposition. Omega - International Journal of Management Science, 102 . 102382. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2020.102382 ISSN 0305-0483.

Jiang, Yanmin, Wu, Xiaole, Chen, Bo and Hu, Qiying (2021) Rawlsian fairness in push and pull supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 291 (1). pp. 194-205. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2020.09.016 ISSN 0377-2217.

Sun, Ankang, Chen, Bo and Doan, Xuan Vinh (2021) Connections between fairness criteria and efficiency for allocating indivisible chores. In: AAMAS 2021 : The 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2021), Virtual conference, 3-7 May 2021. Published in: Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2021) pp. 1281-1289. ISBN 9781450383073. doi:10.5555/3463952.3464100 ISSN 2523-5699.

Alpern, Steve, Chen, Bo and Ostaszewski, Adam J. (2021) A functional equation of tail-balance for continuous signals in the Condorcet Jury Theorem. Aequationes Mathematicae, 95 . pp. 67-74. doi:10.1007/s00010-020-00750-1 ISSN 0001-9054.

Chen, Bo and Hall, Nicholas (2021) Incentive schemes for resolving Parkinson's Law in project management. European Journal of Operational Research, 288 (2). pp. 666-681. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2020.06.006 ISSN 0377-2217.

2020

Chen, Bo and Zhang, Xiandong (2020) Scheduling of coupled tasks with exact delays for minimum total job completion time. Journal of Scheduling, 24 . pp. 209-221. doi:10.1007/s10951-020-00668-1 ISSN 1094-6136.

Lusheng, Shao, Edward, Anderson and Chen, Bo (2020) Achieving efficiency in capacity procurement. Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information, and Operations Management, 14 (1-2). pp. 138-154. doi:10.1561/0200000096-8 ISSN 1571-9545.

Cao, Zhigang, Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin and Wang, Changjun (2020) Atomic dynamic flow games : adaptive versus nonadaptive agents [pre-print]. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: University of Warwick; Warwick Business School. (Unpublished)

2019

Agnetis, Alessandro, Chen, Bo, Nicosia, Gaia and Pacifici, Andrea (2019) Price of fairness in two-agent single-machine scheduling problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 276 (1). pp. 79-87. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.12.048 ISSN 0377-2217.

Chen, Bo and Zhang, Xiandong (2019) Scheduling with time-of-use costs. European Journal of Operational Research, 274 (3). pp. 900-908. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.11.002 ISSN 0377-2217.

2018

Noorizadegan, Mahdi and Chen, Bo (2018) Vehicle routing with probabilistic capacity constraints. European Journal of Operational Research, 270 (2). pp. 544-555. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.04.010 ISSN 1872-6860.

2017

Anderson, Edward, Chen, Bo and Shao, Lusheng (2017) Supplier competition with option contracts for discrete blocks of capacity. Operations Research, 65 (4). pp. 952-967. doi:10.1287/opre.2017.1593 ISSN 0030-364X.

Cao, Zhigang, Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin and Wang, Changjun (2017) A network game of dynamic traffic. In: 18th ACM conference on Economics and Computation (ACM EC’17) , Cambridge, MA, 26-30 Jun 2017. Published in: EC '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Economics and Computation pp. 695-696. ISBN 9781450345279. doi:10.1145/3033274.308510 ISSN 2167-8375.

Alpern, Steve and Chen, Bo (2017) The importance of voting order for decisions by sequential majority voting. European Journal of Operational Research, 258 (3). pp. 1072-1081. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2016.09.053 ISSN 0377-2217.

Alpern, Steve and Chen, Bo (2017) Who should cast the casting vote? Using sequential voting to amalgamate information. Theory and Decision, 83 (2). pp. 259-282. doi:10.1007/s11238-017-9593-0 ISSN 0040-5833.

2016

Chen, Bo, Coffman, Ed , Dereniowski, Dariusz and Kubiak, Wiesław (2016) Normal-form preemption sequences for an open problem in scheduling theory. Journal of Scheduling, 19 (6). pp. 701-728. doi:10.1007/s10951-015-0446-9 ISSN 1094-6136.

Liu, Fei, Giulietti, Monica and Chen, Bo (2016) Joint optimization of generation and storage in the presence of wind. IET Renewable Power Generation, 10 (10). pp. 1477-1487. doi:10.1049/iet-rpg.2015.0547 ISSN 1752-1424.

2015

Xia, De, Chen, Bo and Zheng, Zhaoxia (2015) Relationships among circumstance pressure, green technology selection and firm performance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 106 . pp. 487-496. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.081 ISSN 0959-6526.

2014

Wang, Chenlan, Doan, Xuan Vinh and Chen, Bo (2014) Price of anarchy for non-atomic congestion games with stochastic demands. Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological, Volume 70 . pp. 90-111. doi:10.1016/j.trb.2014.08.009 ISSN 1879-2367.

Zhou, Shuyu, Zhang, Xiandong, Chen, Bo and Velde, Steef van de (2014) Tactical fixed job scheduling with spread-time constraints. Computers And Operations Research , Volume 47 . pp. 53-60. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2014.02.001 ISSN 0305-0548 .

Alpern, Steve and Chen, Bo (2014) Who should vote first on a small heterogeneous sequential jury? (Submitted)

2013

Du, Donglei, Chen, Bo and Xu, Dachuan (2013) Quantifying the efficiency of price-only contracts in push supply chains over demand distributions of known supports. Omega-International Journal of Management Science, 42 (1). pp. 98-108. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2013.03.004 ISSN 0305-0483.

2012

Chen, Bo and Gürel, Sinan (2012) Efficiency analysis of load balancing games with and without activation costs. Journal of Scheduling, Vol.15 (No.2). pp. 157-164. doi:10.1007/s10951-011-0247-8 ISSN 1094-6136.

Noorizadegan, Mahdi, Galli, Laura and Chen, Bo (2012) On the heterogeneous vehicle routing problem under demand uncertainty. In: 21st International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Berllin, Germany, 19-24 Aug 2012 pp. 1-25. (Unpublished)

Chen, Bo, Li, Song-Song and Zhang, Yu-Zhong (2012) Strong stability of Nash equilibria in load balancing games. In: International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization 2012, Oxford, UK, 17-19 Sep 2012 pp. 1-14. (Unpublished)

2011

Xia, De and Chen, Bo (2011) A comprehensive decision-making model for risk management of supply chain. Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 38 (Number 5). pp. 4957-4966. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2010.09.156 ISSN 09574174.

2010

Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin and Hu, Xiaodong (2010) The price of atomic selfish ring routing. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Vol.19 (No.3). pp. 258-278. doi:10.1007/s10878-008-9171-z ISSN 1382-6905.

Chen, Bo, Chen, Xujin, Hu, J. and Hu, Xiaodong (2010) Stability vs. optimality in selfish ring routing. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics .

2009

Chen, Bo (2009) Equilibria in load balancing games. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, Vol.25 (No.4). pp. 723-736. doi:10.1007/s10255-009-8832-8 ISSN 0168-9673.

Chen, Bo and Gürel, Sinan (2009) Resource allocation games of various social objectives. Journal of Scheduling .

Chen, Xujin and Chen, Bo (2009) Cost-effective designs of fault-tolerant access networks in communication systems. Networks, Vol.53 (No.4). pp. 382-391. doi:10.1002/net.20306 ISSN 0028-3045.

Chen, Xujin and Chen, Bo (2009) Approximation algorithms for soft-capacitated facility location in capacitated network design. Algorithmica, Vol.53 (No.3). pp. 263-297. doi:10.1007/s00453-007-9032-7 ISSN 0178-4617.

Wang, Zhenbo, Xing, Wenxun and Chen, Bo (2009) On-line service scheduling. Journal of Scheduling, Vol.12 (No.1). pp. 31-43. doi:10.1007/s10951-008-0075-7 ISSN 1094-6136.

2008

Chen, Bo and Lee, Chung-Yee (2008) Logistics scheduling with batching and transportation. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.189 (No.3). pp. 871-876. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.047 ISSN 0377-2217.

2007

Huang, Wei and Chen, Bo (2007) Scheduling of batch plants: constraint-based approach and performance investigation. International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.105 (No.2). pp. 425-444. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.05.028 ISSN 0925-5273.

2006

Chen, Bo, Ye, Yinyu and Zhang, Jiawei (2006) Lot-sizing scheduling with batch setup times. Journal of Scheduling, Vol.9 (No.3). pp. 299-310. doi:10.1007/s10951-006-8265-7 ISSN 1094-6136.

1998

Chen, Bo, Arjen, P. A., Vestjens, Arjen P. A. and Woeginger, Gerhard J. (1998) On-line scheduling of two-machine open shops where jobs arrive over time. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 1 (4). pp. 355-365. ISSN 1382-6905.

1997

Chen, Bo and Vestjens, Arjen P. A. (1997) Scheduling on identical machines : how good is LPT in an on-line setting? Operations Research Letters, 21 (4). pp. 165-169. doi:10.1016/S0167-6377(97)00040-0 ISSN 0167-6377.

Du, Donglei , Han, Jiye and Chen, Bo (1997) An improved heuristic for one-machine scheduling with delays constraints. Science In China Series A , 40 (7). pp. 680-686. doi:10.1007/BF02878690 ISSN 1006-9283.

Chandrasekaran, R., Chen, Bo, Galambos, Gábor , Narayanan, P. R., Van Vliet, André and Woeginger, Gerhard J. (1997) A note on ''an on-line scheduling heuristic with better worst case ratio than Graham's list scheduling''. SIAM Journal on Computing, 26 (3). pp. 870-872. doi:10.1137/S0097539793258775 ISSN 0097-5397.

1996

Chen, Bo, Glass, Celia A., Potts, Chris N. and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (1996) A new heuristic for three-machine flow shop scheduling. Operations Research, 44 (6). pp. 891-898. doi:10.1287/opre.44.6.891 ISSN 0030-364X.

1995

Chen, Bo, van Vliet, André and Woeginger, Gerhard J. (1995) An optimal algorithm for preemptive on-line scheduling. Operations Research Letters, 18 (3). pp. 127-131. doi:10.1016/0167-6377(95)00039-9 ISSN 0167-6377.

Chen, Bo (1995) Analysis of Classes of Heuristics for Scheduling a Two-Stage Flow Shop with Parallel Machines at One Stage. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 46 (2). pp. 234-244. doi:10.2307/2583992 ISSN 0160-5682.

1994

Chen, Bo, van Vliet, André and Woeginger, Gerhard J. (1994) New lower and upper bounds for on-line scheduling. Operations Research Letters, 16 (4). pp. 221-230. doi:10.1016/0167-6377(94)90071-X ISSN 0167-6377.

Chen, Bo, van Vliet, André and Woeginger, Gerhard J. (1994) A lower bound for randomized on-line scheduling algorithms. Information Processing Letters, 51 (5). pp. 219-222. doi:10.1016/0020-0190(94)00110-3 ISSN 0020-0190.

1993

Chen, Bo and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (1993) Approximation Algorithms for Three-Machine Open Shop Scheduling. ORSA Journal on Computing, 5 (3). pp. 321-326. doi:10.1287/ijoc.5.3.321 ISSN 0899-1499.

Chen, Bo (1993) A Better Heuristic for Preemptive Parallel Machine Scheduling with Batch Setup Times. SIAM Journal on Computing, 22 (6). pp. 1303-1318. doi:10.1137/0222078 ISSN 0097-5397.

Chen, Bo and Strusevich, Vitaly A. (1993) Worst-case analysis of heuristics for open shops with parallel machines. European Journal of Operational Research, 70 (3). pp. 379-390. doi:10.1016/0377-2217(93)90249-M ISSN 0377-2217.

Chen, Bo (1993) A note on LPT scheduling. Operations Research Letters, 14 (3). pp. 139-142. doi:10.1016/0167-6377(93)90024-B ISSN 0167-6377.

1992

Liu, Zi-Cheng, Hu, Xiao-Dong, Du, Dinc-Zhu and Chen, Bo (1992) A note on Rosens algorithm. Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 12 (1). pp. 94-96. ISSN 1000-0577.

1991

Chen, Bo (1991) Parametric bounds for LPT scheduling on uniform processors. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, 7 (1). pp. 67-73. doi:10.1007/BF02080204 ISSN 0168-9673.

Chen, Bo (1991) Tighter bound for MULTIFIT scheduling on uniform processors. Discrete Applied Mathematics, 31 (3). pp. 227-260. doi:10.1016/0166-218X(91)90053-Y ISSN 0166-218X.

1990

Chen, Bo, Hu, X. D. and Hwang, F. K. (1990) Optimal Binomial Group Testing with a Test History. Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 4 (4). p. 523. doi:10.1017/S0269964800001807 ISSN 0269-9648.

1989

Chen, Bo (1989) Intermatroid : A generalization of the intersection of two matroids. Applied Mathematics--A Journal of Chinese Universities, 4 . pp. 319-326.