Yong Chen

Joined the College of Engineering: 2003

Education: Ph.D., Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, 2003
M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan, 2003
B.E., Computer Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1998

Special Fields of Knowledge:  Statistics; operations research; manufacturing.

Present Research Interests: Monte Carlo methods and randomized algorithms; sensor fault detection in sensor networks; network reliability; variable/model selection.

Selected Publications: 

• Chen, Y. “Application of Matroid Theory for Diagnosability Study of Coordinate Sensing Systems in Discrete-Part Manufacturing Processes”. Technometrics, in-press, 2006.
• Chen, Y. and Yang, Q. “Reliability of Two-Stage Weighted-k-out-of-n Systems with Components in Common”, IEEE Transactions on Reliability, vol. 54, 2005, pp. 431-440.
• Liu, Q., Ding, Y., and Chen, Y. “Optimal Coordinate Sensor Placements for Estimating Mean and Variance Components of Variation Sources”, IIE Transactions, vol. 37, 2005, pp. 877-889.
• Zhou, S., Ding, Y., Chen, Y., and Shi, J. “Diagnosability Study of Multistage Manufacturing Processes Based on Linear Mixed-Effects Models” Technometrics, vol. 45, 2003, pp. 312-325.
• Chen, Y. and Jin, J. “Cost-Variability-Sensitive Preventive Maintenance Considering Management Risk”, IIE Transactions, vol. 35, 2003, pp. 1091-1101. (Awarded the Best Paper Award for IIE Transactions on Quality and Reliability Engineering)
  
  

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS); American Society for Quality (ASQ); Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).