My research interest lies in the field of probabilistic modeling of managerial decision problems. Over the course of my career, I have published numerous papers on a wide range of topics, including product warranty analysis, sequential decision models, statistical quality control, product reliability, repetitive inspection plans, project management, and customer response modeling.
I am increasingly fascinated by advanced estimation methods and their applications, including empirical Bayesian method, Gibbs sampling, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods, expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm, kernel density estimation (KDE), and artificial neural network (ANN).
A few years ago, I dedicated my time to learning HTML, CSS, and JavaScript so I could design my own website and online photo albums. It turns out you can teach an old dog a new trick after all!
My journal publications represent a sustained scholarly commitment to advancing knowledge in decision science, analytics, and operations.
These works contribute theoretical insight and methodological rigor to the discipline.
The publication list is limited to single-authored or lead-authored papers that have been published in academically refereed research journals. (Papers co-authored with Ph.D. students are excluded in the list.)
▪ Young H. Chun and Edward F. Watson (forthcoming). Markov chain Monte Carlo approach to the analysis of response patterns in data collection process. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research.
▪ Young H. Chun (2023). Economic design of multiple inspection plans via the expectation-maximization algorithm. Journal of Operational Research Society. Vol. 74 (3), pp. 762~776.
▪ Young H. Chun & Seong-Jong Joo (2021). Repetitive inspection scheme based on the run length of test results: A Markov chain Monte Carlo approach. Quality Engineering. Vol. 33 (1), pp. 113~127.
▪ Young H. Chun (2020). Information economics approach to the performance evaluation of error-prone internal auditors. Journal of Operational Research Society. Vol. 71 (2), pp. 264~279. (Runner-up for the 2021 Goodeve Medal.)
▪ Young H. Chun (2019). Imperfect inspection with directional information: A general failure rate model. Journal of Quality Technology. Vol. 51 (3), pp. 300~313.
▪ Young H. Chun (2019). Generalized run tests for statistical process control. Journal of Applied Statistics. Vol. 46 (12), pp. 2164~2179.
▪ Young H. Chun (2016). Designing repetitive screening procedures with imperfect inspections: An empirical Bayes approach. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 253 (3), pp. 639~647.
▪ Young H. Chun (2016). Improved method of estimating the product quality after multiple inspections. International Journal of Production Research. Vol. 54 (19), pp. 5686~5696.
▪ Young H. Chun (2015). Multi-attribute sequential decision problem with optimizing and satisficing attributes. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 243, pp. 224~232.
▪ Young H. Chun (2012). Monte Carlo analysis of estimation methods for the prediction of customer response patterns in direct marketing. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 217, pp. 673~678.
▪ Young H. Chun (2010). Bayesian inspection model for the production process subject to a random failure. IIE Transactions. Vol. 42, pp. 304~316.
▪ Young H. Chun (2009). Improving product quality by multiple inspections: Prior and posterior planning of serial inspection procedures. IIE Transactions. Vol. 41, pp. 831~842.
▪ Young H. Chun (2008). Economic optimization of off-line inspection procedures with inspection errors. Journal of Operational Research Society. Vol. 59, pp. 863~870.
▪ Young H. Chun (2008). Bayesian analysis of the sequential inspection plan via the Gibbs sampler. Operations Research. Vol. 56, No. 1, pp. 235~246.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast (2007). Bayesian inspection model with the negative binomial prior in the presence of inspection errors. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 182, pp. 1188~1202.
▪ Young H. Chun (2006). Estimating the number of undetected software errors via the correlated capture-recapture model. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 175, pp. 1180~1192.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast (2006). A rank-based approach to the sequential selection and assignment problem. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 174, pp. 1338~1344.
▪ Young H. Chun (2005). Serial inspection plan in the presence of inspection errors: Maximum likelihood and maximum entropy approaches. Quality Engineering. Vol. 17, pp. 627~632.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast (2005). Estimating the market shares of stores based on the shopper’s search and purchase behavior. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 166, pp. 576~592.
▪ Young H. Chun (2004). Generalized best choice problem based on the information economics approach. Journal of Operational Research Society. Vol. 55, pp. 988~999.
▪ Young H. Chun (2003). Optimal pricing and ordering policies for perishable commodities. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 144, pp. 68~82.
▪ Young H. Chun, R. Plante, and H. Schneider (2002). Buying and selling an asset over the finite time horizon: A non-parametric approach. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 136, pp. 106~120.
▪ Young H. Chun (2001). Optimal partitioning of groups in selecting the best Choice. Computers and Operations Research. Vol. 28, pp. 1367~1386.
▪ Young H. Chun (2000). Sequential search and selection problem under uncertainty. Decision Sciences. Vol. 31, pp. 627~648.
▪ Young H. Chun (2000). Optimal trading of an asset in the open market: A dynamic programming approach. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research. Vol. 38, pp. 319~335.
▪ Young H. Chun (2000). A Nonparametric control chart for a symmetric process: A Markovian approach. Quality Engineering. Vol. 12, pp. 447~461.
▪ Young H. Chun (1999). Selecting the best choice in the full information group interview problem. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 119, pp. 635~651.
▪ Young H. Chun (1999). On the information economics approach to the generalized game show problem. The American Statistician. Vol. 53, pp. 43~51.
▪ Young H. Chun and K. Tang (1999). Cost analysis of two-attribute warranty policies based on the product usage rate. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Vol. 46, pp. 201~209.
▪ Young H. Chun and D. Rinks (1998). Three types of the producer's and consumer's risks in the single sampling plan. Journal of Quality Technology. Vol. 30, pp.254~268.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante (1997). Single threshold selection strategy in the group interview problem. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research. Vol 35, pp.157~169.
▪ Young H. Chun (1996). On the rank-based selection strategy for the group interview problem. Decision Sciences. Vol. 27, pp. 801~816.
▪ Young H. Chun (1996). Rank-based selection strategies for the random walk process. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 96, pp. 417~427.
▪ Young H. Chun (1996). Selecting the best choice in the weighted secretary problem. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 92, pp. 135~147.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante (1995). Sequencing a set of alternatives under time constraints. Journal of the Operational Research Society. Vol. 46, pp. 1133~1144.
▪ Young H. Chun and K. Tang (1995). Determining the optimal warranty price based on the producer's and customers' risk preferences. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 85, pp. 97~110.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante (1994). Dynamic programming formulation of the group interview problem with a general utility function. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 78, pp. 81~92.
▪ H. Moskowitz and Young H. Chun (1994). A Poisson regression model for the two-attribute warranty policies. Naval Research Logistics. Vol. 41, pp. 355~376.
▪ Young H. Chun (1994). Sequential decisions under uncertainty in the R&D project selection problem. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Vol. 41, pp. 404~413.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante (1993). Optimal selection strategy for the group interview problem. Decision Sciences. Vol. 24, pp. 295~314.
▪ Young H. Chun and M. Platt (1992). On the sequential selection problem. Decision Sciences. Vol. 23, pp. 1251~1262.
These conference proceedings illustrate my commitment to sharing new theoretical and methodological insights with the broader research community, contributing to ongoing dialogue in decision science and related fields.
I no longer submit a manuscript for publication in conference proceedings due to copy-right issues. (Once published in conference proceedings, a modified or updated version may not be allowed to submit to a research journal.)
▪ Young H. Chun, "Run Tests for Short Production Runs in Statistical Process Control," Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 26-29, 2014.
▪ Young H. Chun and Yoonhyuk Jung, "Customer Response Models with a Delay Factor in Direct Marketing," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 16-19, 2013, pp. 669472-1 ~ 669472-14.
▪ Young H. Chun and E. F. Watson, "Beta-Geometric Model for Estimating the Product Quality in the Repetitive Inspection Procedure," Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 14-16, 2011. (Received the Best Paper Award in Application of Theory)
▪ Young H. Chun, "Estimating the Customer Response Rate Based on the Daily Response Record," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 14-17, 2009, pp. 5331-5336.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Economic Design of On-line Inspection Procedures with Directional Information," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 22-25, 2008, pp. 4271-4276.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Inspection Errors in the Dichotomous Inspection Procedure," Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Brooklyn, NY, March 28-30, 2008, pp. 628-633.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Search and Stopping Rules for the Continuous-type Dichotomous Search," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 18-20, 2007, pp. 2681-2686. (Received the Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award)
▪ Young H. Chun, "Bayesian Analysis of Security Screening Procedures," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 19-21, 2006, pp. 28231-28236.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Analysis of Software Quality via a Goal Programming Approach," Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Annual Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico, August 4-6, 2006.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast, "Prior Probability Distributions of the Number of Defective Items in Bayesian Inspection Plans," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2005.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Goal Programming Approach to the Capture-Recapture Model with Multiple Inspectors," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2005.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast, "Optimal Sequential Assignment Problem: A Non-Parametric Approach," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-23, 2004.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Probability Distribution of the Ranks in the Symmetric Random Walk Process," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., November 22-25, 2003.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Rank-based Approach to the Sequential Selection and Assignment Problem," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 23-26, 2002, pp. 1654-1659.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Search-Theoretic Approach to Determining the Market Shares of Stores," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 17-20, 2001.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Strategy for Trading an Asset in the Open Market: A Non-Parametric Approach," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 18-21, 2000, pp. 929-931.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Pricing and Ordering Policies for Perishable Commodities," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 20-23, 1999, pp. 1057-1059.
▪ Young H. Chun, "The Game Show Problem and Its Extensions," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 21-24, 1998, pp. 1102-1104.
▪ Young H. Chun and D. B. Rinks, "Three Types of the Producer's and Consumer's Risks in the Single Sampling Plan," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 22-25, 1997, pp. 1566-1568.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Selection and Ordering Strategies in the Consumer Search and Purchase Process," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 24-26, 1996, pp. 963-965.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Rank-Based Selection Strategies for the Random Walk Process," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-22, 1995, pp. 1071-1073.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Optimal Partitioning of Groups in Selecting the Best Choice," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-22, 1995, 963-965.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Probability Distribution of the Applicant's Rank in the Group Interview Problem," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Washington D. C., November 21-23, 1993, 1202-1204.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Two Extensions of the Secretary Problem," Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 1-3, 1992, pp. 225-227.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Single Threshold Selection Strategy in the Full Information Group Interview Problem," Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, November 24-26, 1991, pp. 1103-1105.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Dynamic Programming Formulation of the Group Interview Problems," Proceedings of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 10-12, 1991, 173-176.
The following list encompasses additional scholarly contributions, including book chapters that synthesize emerging ideas and editorially reviewed articles that reach broader academic audiences.
This section also includes a working paper that showcases my pioneering research and its innovative application to the automobile industry.
1. Book Chapters
▪ Young H. Chun and Y. Jung (2016). Predictive modeling of customer response behavior in direct marketing. The Best Thinking in Business Analytics (Edited by Merrill Warkentin). Decision Sciences Institute, Upper Saddle River, NJ, pp. 1~16.
▪ Young H. Chun (2008). Multivariate warranty policies. Encyclopedia of Statistics in Quality and Reliability (edited by Fabrizio Ruggeri, Ron Kenett, and Frederick Faltin). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, New York, pp. 1138~1142.
▪ J. Liu, K. Tang, and Young H. Chun (1997). Economic selection of the mean and upper limit for a container-filling process under capacity constraints. Optimization in Quality Control (edited by K. S. Al-Sultan and M. A. Rahim). Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, pp. 215~231.
▪ H. Moskowitz and Young H. Chun (1996). Two-dimensional free-replacement warranties. Product Warranty Handbook (edited by D. N. P. Murthy and W. R. Blischke). Marcel Dekker, pp. 341~363.
2. Editorially Refereed Papers
▪ Young H. Chun (1992). On the optimal sequential selection in capital budgeting. Financial Management. Vol. 21 (4), pp.18~19.
▪ Young H. Chun (June 1991). Game show problem. OR/MS Today. p. 9.
3. Notable Working Paper
As a pioneering work on the multidimensional warranty (e.g., 5-year, 50,000 mile automobile warranty plan), the following working paper has been cited in such premier journals as Management Science, Operations Research, European Journal of Operational Research, SIAM Review, RAIRO, among others. Under the supervisor of a professor, I wrote the paper as a graduate student at Purdue University, coining the term, “two-attribute warranty”.
▪ H. Moskowitz and Young H. Chun (1988). A Bayesian approach to the two-attribute warranty policy. Paper #950, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
The following conference presentations reflect my ongoing engagement with the academic community and my commitment to disseminating research in decision science, analytics, and operations.
These presentations span major international and national conferences and highlight the continued visibility and impact of my scholarly work.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Analysis of Two-stage Screening Procedure at Airport Security Checkpoint” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ. November 23-25, 2024.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Markov Chain Monte Carlo Analysis of Response Patterns in Survey Design.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Conference. Minneapolis, MN. April 24-29, 2024.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Estimating Outgoing Quality and Inspection Errors Under Multiple Screening Procedures.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. November 18-20, 2023.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo. “Data Envelopment Analysis for Ranking the Reliabilities of Aircraft.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference, Paris, France. July 18-20, 2023.
▪ Young H. Chun. “Bayesian inspection plan for defective items in the presence of inspection errors.” Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Santiago, Chile. July 10-14, 2023.
▪ Young H. Chun. “Analysis of two-stage screening procedure at airport security checkpoint.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference. Orlando, FL. May 21-25, 2023.
▪ Young H. Chun and Edward F. Watson. “Improved estimation of response patterns in mail, telephone, and online surveys.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. Houston, TX. November 19-21, 2022.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo. “Discrete-time survival analysis of aircraft maintenance data for planned maintenance.” European Conference on Operational Research (EURO), Espoo, Finland. July 3-6, 2022.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo. “Minimax and fixed-rate search strategies with directional information.” CORS/INFORMS International Meeting. Vancouver, Canada. June 5-8, 2022.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo. “Preventive maintenance of military aircrafts based on the flying hours and the number of sorties.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference. Orlando, FL (Virtual), April 21-25, 2022.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo, “Time-to-event Analysis of Product Reliabilities in the Discrete Two-Dimensional Space.” Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Anaheim, CA (Virtual). October 24-27, 2021.
▪ Young H. Chun and Edward F. Watson, “Analysis of Response Rate and Speed in Mail Survey: Markov Chain Monte Carlo Approach.” International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) Annual Meeting. Seoul, Korea (Virtual). August 23-27, 2021.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Analysis of Customer Response Patterns in Direct Marketing Campaigns: A Gibbs Sampling Approach” European Conference for Operational Research (EURO) International Conference. Athens, Greece (Virtual). July 11-14, 2021.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Absorbing Markov Chain Model for Zero-Defect Inspection Plans.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference. Minneapolis, MN (Virtual). April 30-May 5, 2021.
▪ Young H. Chun and Seong-Jong Joo, “Economic Design of Repetitive Inspection Plans Based on the Maximum Run Length of Test Results.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA (Virtual). November 21-23, 2020.
▪ Seong-Jong Joo and Young H. Chun, “Predicting Failures for Condition-based Maintenance.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA (Virtual). November 21-23, 2020.
▪ Young H. Chun and Edward F. Watson, “Economic Design of Multiple Inspection Plans via the Expectation-Maximization Algorithm.” Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. National Harbor, MD (Virtual). November 7-13, 2020.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Economic Design Of Repetitive Inspection Plans Via The Expectation-maximization Algorithm.” Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. October 20-23, 2019.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Designing a Repetitive Inspection Plan Based on the Run Length of Test Results.” European Conference for Operational Research (EURO) International Conference. Dublin, Ireland. June 23-26, 2019.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Analysis of Two-stage Screening Procedures with Inspection Errors.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. November 17-20, 2018.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Analysis of the Zero-Defect Inspection Policy via the Expectation-Maximization Method.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference. Houston, TX. May 4-7, 2018.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Predicting the Customer Response Rate and Speed in Direct Marketing Campaigns: A Bayesian Approach.” American Marketing Association (AMA) Winter Academic Conference. New Orleans, LA. February 23-25, 2018.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Improving the Product and Service Quality via Multiple Inspections and Audits.” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting. Washington DC. November 18-20, 2017.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Economic Design of Repetitive Inspection Plan with Testing Errors.” Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Houston, TX. October 21-25, 2017.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Information Economics Approach to the Design of Multiple Inspection Plans.” International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) Annual Meeting. Quebec City, Canada. July 16-21, 2017.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Airport Security Screening Procedure with Two-Stage Inspection Plans.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference. Tel Aviv, Israel. June 27-29, 2017.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Predicting the Customer Response Rate in Direct Marketing.” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. May 4-8, 2017.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Response Rate, Delay Rate, and Delivery Time in Customer Response Modeling,” Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 20, 2016.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Empirical Bayes Approach to Designing Screening Procedures with Inspection Error,” European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) Annual Meeting, Poznan, Poland, July 3-6, 2016.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Improving the Quality of a Software System with Sequential Reviews,” Western Decision Sciences Institute (wDSI) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, May 27, 2016.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Nonparametric Approach to the Multi-objective Sequential Decision Problem," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 4, 2015.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Improved Method of Estimating the Product Quality After Repetitive Inspections," Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, May 8, 2015.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Run Tests for a Sequence of Nominal Data with Multi-classes: A Unified Approach Based on Recurrence Relations," Southeast Decision Sciences Institute (sDSI) Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, February 27, 2015.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Predicting the Customer Response Rate and Speed in Direct Marketing: A Bayesian Approach," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, November 23, 2014.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Sequential Vendor Selection Problem with Multiple Criteria," Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS) Annual Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, May 28, 2014.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Run Tests for Short Production Runs in Statistical Process Control," Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (nDSI) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, March 29, 2014.
▪ Young H. Chun and Y. Jung "Customer Response Models with a Delay Factor in Direct Marketing," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. November 16-19, 2013.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Theory and Practice of Sequential Decision Analysis in Industrial Engineering," School of Industrial and Management Engineering, Pohang Institute of Science and Technology (Postech), Pohang, South Korea. July 4, 2013.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Sequential Decision Problems and Their Applications," School of Technology Management Seminar Series, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, South Korea, July 24, 2012.
▪ Young H. Chun and E. F. Watson, "Beta-Geometric Model for Estimating the Product Quality in the Repetitive Inspection Procedure," Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (nDSI) Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 14-16, 2011.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Beta-Geometric Model for Estimating the Product Quality after Multiple Inspections,” European Conference on Operational Research (EURO) Annual Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal, July 11-14, 2010.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Estimating the Customer Response Rate Based on the Daily Response Record," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 14-17, 2009.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Economic Design of On-line Inspection Procedures with Directional Information," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, November 22-25, 2008.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Inspection Errors in the Dichotomous Inspection Procedure," Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (nDSI) Annual Meeting, Brooklyn, NY, March 28-30, 2008.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Search and Stopping Rules for the Continuous-type Dichotomous Search," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 17-20, 2007.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Bayesian Analysis of Security Screening Procedures," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 19-21, 2006.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Analysis of Software Quality via a Goal Programming Approach," Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) Annual Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico, August 4-6, 2006.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast, "Prior Probability Distributions of the Number of Defective Items in Bayesian Inspection Plans," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2005.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Goal Programming Approach to the Capture-Recapture Model with Multiple Inspectors," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 19-22, 2005.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast, "Bayesian Screening Procedures with Inspection Errors," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 13-16, 2005.
▪ Young H. Chun and R. T. Sumichrast, "Optimal Sequential Assignment Problem: A Non-Parametric Approach," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-23, 2004.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Probability Distribution of the Ranks in the Symmetric Random Walk Process," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, November 22-25, 2003.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Rank-based Approach to the Sequential Selection and Assignment Problem," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 23-26, 2002.
▪ Young H. Chun, "A Search-Theoretic Approach to Determining the Market Shares of Stores," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 17-20, 2001.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Strategy for Trading an Asset in the Open Market: A Non-Parametric Approach," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 18-21, 2000.
▪ Young H. Chun, “Selecting the Best Choice Under Uncertainty,” Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. May 8, 2000.
▪ Young H. Chun, “A Rank-based Statistical Control Chart for the Process Mean,” Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 4, 2000
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Pricing and Ordering Policies for Perishable Commodities," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 20-23, 1999.
▪ Young H. Chun, "The Game Show Problem and Its Extensions," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, November 21-24, 1998.
▪ Young H. Chun and Dan Rinks "Three Types of the Producer's and Consumer's Risks in the Single Sampling Plan," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, November 22-25, 1997.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Timing of Buying and Selling an Asset in the Open Market," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, October 26-29, 1997.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Optimal Selection and Ordering Strategies in the Consumer Search and Purchase Process," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 24-26, 1996.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Rank-Based Selection Strategies for the Random Walk Process," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-22, 1995.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Optimal Partitioning of Groups in Selecting the Best Choice," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-22, 1995.
▪ J. Liu, K. Tang, Young H. Chun, and J. Tang, "Container-Filling Problem Under Capacity Constraints," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 20-22, 1995.
▪ Young H. Chun and I. Murthy, "On the Maximin Selection Strategies for the Multi-attribute Secretary Problem," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 1995.
▪ Young H. Chun and D. Rinks, "Beta Representation of the Proportion Defective in the Single Acceptance Sampling Plan," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 29-Nov. 1, 1995.
▪ Young H. Chun and K. Tang "Cost Analysis of Two-Attribute Warranty Policies Based on the Probability Usage Rate," Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 23-26, 1995.
▪ Young H. Chun, "Probability Distribution of the Applicant's Rank in the Group Interview Problem," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. 21-23, 1993.
▪ Young H. Chun and H. K. Lee, "Selecting the Best Choice in the Presence of Autocorrelation," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 1993.
▪ J. Roan, K. Tang, and Young H. Chun, "A Joint Determination of Target Value and Production Lot Size," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 1993.
▪ Young H. Chun and K. Tang, "Detecting a Fault in a Multicomponent Product," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2-4, 1992.
▪ Young H. Chun, "On the Two Extensions of the Secretary Problem," Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (nDSI) Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, April 1-3, 1992.
▪ Young H. Chun, "How to Select the Best Choice in the Marriage Problem," KSEA Northeast Regional Conference in Science and Technology, at M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, March 7, 1992.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Single Threshold Selection Strategy in the Full Information Group Interview Problem," Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, November 24-26, 1991.
▪ Young H. Chun and H. Moskowitz, "Model Specification and Parameter Estimations in the Two-attribute Warranty Models," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 3-6, 1991.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Optimal Partitioning of Groups in Selecting the Best Choice," TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Nashville, TN, May 12-15, 1991.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "Dynamic Programming Formulation of the Group Interview Problems," Northeast Decision Sciences Institute (nDSI) Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, April 10-12, 1991.
▪ Young H. Chun, H. Moskowitz, and R. Plante, "The Secretary Problem with Group Interviews: Optimal Selection Strategy with Sequentially Presented Batch Alternatives," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, New York, NY, October 16-18, 1989.
▪ R. Plante, H. Moskowitz, and Young H. Chun, "A Continuous Process Shift Model for the Economic Design of X-bar Process Control Charts," TIMS / ORSJ / APORS Joint International Meeting, Osaka, Japan, July 23-26, 1989.
▪ R. Plante, H. Moskowitz, and Young H. Chun, "Effect of Quality Cost on the Economic Design of an X-bar Chart," CORS/TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, May 8-10, 1989.
▪ Young H. Chun and H. Moskowitz, "A Bayesian Model for the Two-attribute Warranty Policy," ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Denver, CO, October 23-26, 1988.
▪ Young H. Chun and K. Tang, "The Effects of Consumer's Risk Preference on Designing a Warranty Policy," TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 4-6, 1987.
If you keep doing research long enough, you’ll earn a few feathers in your cap.
The following research awards, honors, and grants reflect external recognition of my scholarly achievements, the competitiveness of my research agenda, and my ongoing commitment to advancing knowledge in decision science and analytics.
▪ Received a summer research grant: Young H. Chun, “Designing the two-stage screening procedure for airport security checkpoints.” E. J. Ourso College of Business, June 21 ~ August 18, 2023, $40,842.
▪ Received a summer research grant: Young H. Chun, “Heuristic algorithms for dichotomous search with directional information.” E. J. Ourso College of Business, May 21 ~ August 20, 2022, $39,270.
▪ Awarded a research grant as the sole principal investigator from the US Air Force: Young H. Chun, Prediction of aircrarft failures using artificial intelligence (Contract number: AM-200-597). US Air Force, $35,700. 11/30/2021 ~ 4/30/2022.
▪ Received a summer research grant: Young H. Chun, “Economic design of multiple inspection plans via the expectation-maximization algorithm.” E. J. Ourso College of Business, June 15 ~ August 14, 2021, $38,127.
▪ Received a research grant as the sole principal investigator from the US Air Force: Young H. Chun, "Testing and evaluating survival models for predicting aircraft failures (Contract number: FA8075-14-D-0025). US Air Force, $40,000. 12/7/2020 ~ 4/30/2021.
▪ Selected as a runner-up for the 2021 Sir Goodeve Medal, which is awarded annually by The Operational Research Society (ORS) in United Kingdom for the best research paper published in Journal of the Operational Research Society.
▪ Appointed as Cherie H. Flores Endowed Chair of MBA Studies in November 15, 2013.
▪ Received the "2011 Best Paper Award in Application of Theory" during the President's gala dinner at the annual meeting of the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute in Montreal, Canada, on April 16, 2011.
▪ Received the "2007 Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award" during the President's Luncheon at the annual meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) in Phoenix, on November 20, 2007.
▪ Won the Distinguished Paper Award in the MS/OR Track during the 38th annual meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), held in Phoenix, November 20-23, 2007.
▪ Appointed as James C. and Cheri H. Flores University Professor of MBA Studies, 8/2005 ~ 11/2013.
▪ Received the Distinguished Paper Award in the MS/OR Track during the 35th annual meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), held in Boston, November 20-23, 2004.
▪ Won the 2003 LSU Distinguished Faculty Award with a commemorative wrist watch on May 13, 2003.
▪ Received the LSU Alumni Association Faculty Excellence Award, which "recognizes faculty members for outstanding teaching, research, and/or service." May 8, 2000.
▪ Secured a research grant as the principal investigator: Young H. Chun. "Probabilistic models for the sequential search and selection problem under uncertainty." Board of Regents Support Fund, Research Competitiveness Subprogram, LEQSF (2000-01)-RD-A-03, $44,908, 6/1/2000 ~ 6/30/2001.
▪ Received a research grant as the principal investigator: Young H. Chun. "Optimal search and sequencing strategies for the sequential decision problems." Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund, LEQSF (1998-00)-RD-A-04, $77,508, 6/1/1998 ~ 6/30/2000.
▪ While serving in the Republic of Korea (ROK) Air Force for 5 years, I received a gold medal from the Air Force Chief of Staff for the highest academic achievement in 1976. I also received another award from the Commander of the 11th Fighter Wing. ("Old soldiers never die. They just fade away!" - Douglas MacArthur)