Research

Publications

1. Quan Zhou, Mehmet Gümüş, Sentao Miao (2025) E-Commerce Order Fulfillment Problem with Limited Time Window. Operations Research 73(6):2914-2932. [DOI]

Selected Working Papers

1. Alys Jiaxin Liang, Sentao Miao, Yuqian Xu, Quan Zhou (2026) Right Stage, Right Time: Dynamic Seed-Fund Allocation with State-Dependent Donor Response in Healthcare Crowdfunding. [DOI]

2. Quan Zhou, Qianran (Jenny) Jin, Mehmet Gümüş, Animesh Animesh (2026) How to (and How Not to) Increase Free-Shipping Thresholds: Evidence from Online Retail. Major revision at MSOM [DOI]

• Accepted for presentation at MSOM 2025, SCECR 2025, CORS 2025, RMP 2025, ISR author development workshop 2025, WISE 2025, POMSHK 2026, CORS 2026
• Previously titled 'Threshold Economics: Unintended Revenue Consequences of Free-Shipping Policy Adjustments'

3. Quan Zhou, Mehmet Gümüş, Sentao Miao (2025) Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: Personalized Delivery and Fulfillment Optimization. Major revision at Operations Research. [DOI]

4. Trip Radar: a Controlled Decentralized System to Enhance Matchmaking in Ride-Hailing

• With Hongfan (Kevin) Chen, Anran Li, Zhe Liu
• Accepted for presentation at MSOM 2025, RMP 2025