Dr Wen Zhang
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Email
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Location
Southend Campus
Profile
Biography
Wen Zhang is a Lecturer in Business Analytics. She has a PhD in Operations Research and Management Science from Warwick Business School, under the supervision of Professor Juergen Branke and Dr Wenjuan Zhang. She has an MSc in Engineering Management (with distinction) from the University of York, UK and a BEng in Automation from the University of Jinan, China. Before joining EBS, she worked as a Research Officer in the London School of Economics and Political Science, under the supervision of Professor Henry Wynn. Her current research interests focus on simulation optimisation, decision-making under uncertainty and practical machine learning for business. She is a recipient of the 2014 Warwick Business School Scholarship for PhD and 2016 Winter simulation conference diversity award.
Qualifications
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PhD Warwick Business School, (2019)
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MSc University of York, (2013)
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BEng University of Jinan, (2012)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer in Bunisness Analytics, Essex Business School (1/7/2020 - present)
Other academic
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Research Officer, London School of Economics and Political Science (1/7/2018 - 30/6/2020)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Multiobjective ranking and selection
Select the Pareto-optimal set from a finite set of systems evaluated on multiple stochastic objectives. By determining how to allocate a simulation budget among the systems, we can reach the desired goal with the least number of simulation budgets.
Data science in insurance
Conferences and presentations
Decision-support in litigation
Invited presentation, Decision-support in litigation, Royal Statistical Society, 6/12/2019
Multiobjective ranking and selection based on hypervolume
Invited presentation, Winter Simulation Conference 2016, Winter Simulation Conference 2016, 5/12/2016
A new myopic sequential sampling algorithm for multi-objective problems
Invited presentation, Winter simulation conference 2015, Winter simulation conference, 5/12/2015
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Business Analytics for Managers and Entrepreneurs (BE277)
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Business Research Methods (BE218)
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Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (BE301)
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Professional and Academic Development (BE905)
Publications
Journal articles (2)
Zhang, W., Dunkley, A., Kanabar, U., Elliott, D. and Wynn, HP., (2021). A decision support system for liability in civil litigation: a case study from an insurance company. Annals of Operations Research
Branke, J. and Zhang, W., (2019). Identifying efficient solutions via simulation: myopic multi-objective budget allocation for the bi-objective case. OR Spectrum. 41 (3), 831-865
Conferences (2)
Branke, J., Zhang, W. and Yang Tao, (2016). Multio-bjective ranking and selection based on hypervolume
Branke, J. and Wen Zhang, (2015). A new myopic sequential sampling algorithm for multi-objective problems