Process Flexibility: A Distribution-Free Bound on the Performance of k-Chain

Bio: Jiawei Zhang is an Associate Professor of Operations Management and Harold MacDowell Faculty Fellow at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He received a B.S. degree in Applied Mathematics and an M.S. degree in Operations Research from Tsinghua University, and a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Stanford University. His research interests include mathematical programming and its applications in operations management. He was a recipient of the INFORMS Optimization Prize for Young Researchers in 2004. He currently serves as an Associate Editor for Operations Research and Mathematics of Operations Research.