Chun-Hung Chen

Professor of Systems Engineering & Operations Research

Department of Systems Engineering & Operations Research
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MS 4A6
Fairfax, VA 22030
USA

Email: cchen9@gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-3572
Fax: 703-993-1521
Office Location: Engineering Building (Academic VI), Room 2213, in the Fairfax Campus.
Directions: Please click here for the direction to Fairfax campus and the location of Engineering Building (Academic VI). The nearby Sandy Creek Parking Deck has parking space for visitors.
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Teaching

OR 335/SYST 335 Discrete Systems Simulation Modeling-- Undergraduate-level simulation class
OR 442/MATH 442 Stochastic Operations Research -- Introduction to stochastic operations research methods
OR 635 Discrete System Simulation -- Master-level simulation class
OR 645/STAT 645 Stochastic Processes -- Graduate class about stochastic processes modeling and analysis
OR 647 Queueing Theory -- Graduate class about queueing systems analysis and theory
OR 735/SYST 735/IT 735 Advanced Stochastic Simulation -- Ph.D.-level simulation class (also suitable for Master students with OR 635 background)

Journal Editorial Boards / Conference Organizing Committees:

Dr. Chen is serving on the editorial boards and organizing/program committees for the following journals/conferences:

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, a top IEEE journal, (Associate Editor).
IIE Transactions, flagship journal for the Institute of Industrial Engineers, (Departmental Editor for Simulation).
Journal of Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory, International Journal of the Federation of European Simulation Societies - EUROSIM, (Area Editor).
International Journal of Simulation and Process Modeling, (Editorial Board).
The Open Automation and Control Systems Journal, (Editorial Board).
Book Series on System Engineering and Operations Research, World Scientific Publishing Co. (Associate Editor).
The 20th IASTED International Conference on Modeling and Simulation, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 2009 (Program Committee).
2009 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation, and Identification, Beijing, China, 2009 (Program Committee).
2008 Informs Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2008 (Chair of Contributed Sessions Committee).

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Research

Dr. Chen's interests cover a wide range of areas in discrete event systems modeling and simulation, Monte Carlo simulation, optimization, network management, risk analysis, and decision making under uncertainty. Recently, he has been engaged in the development of very efficient approaches for stochastic simulation and decision problems, and in their applications to air traffic systems, semiconductor systems, supply chain management, network design, logistics, missile defense system, and robust design problems. Dr. Chen is the inventor of the novel simulation idea, called Optimal Computing Budget Allocation (OCBA), which can dramatically improve simulation efficiency by orders of magnitude. Sponsored by NAF, NASA and FAA, Dr. Chen has worked on several critical research issues in the analysis and management of US air traffic network with the Center for Air Transportation Systems Research. For a list of recent funded projects, please click here.

Major Research Subjects:

Optimal Computing Budget Allocation (OCBA)
Stochastic Simulation Optimization
Very Efficient Simulation-based Decision Making under Uncertainty
Air Traffic Systems Simulation and Management
Airport Runway Slot Auction
Verification and Validation for Simulation Modeling
Bayesian Networks
Web-Based Distributed Simulation

Selected Recent Journal Publications:

(For more recent and complete list of publications, please click the Full CV.)

Chen, C. H., E. Yücesan, L. Dai, and H. C. Chen, "Efficient Computation of Optimal Budget Allocation for Discrete Event Simulation Experiment," to appear in IIE Transactions.
He, D., L. H. Lee, C. H. Chen, M. Fu, and S. Wasserkrug, “Simulation Optimization Using the Cross-Entropy Method with Optimal Computing Budget Allocation,” to appear in ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation.
Chen, C. H., D. He, M. Fu, and L. H. Lee, "Efficient Simulation Budget Allocation for Selecting an Optimal Subset," Informs Journal on Computing, Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 579-595, 2008.
Chen, C. H., M. Fu, and L. Shi, “Simulation and Optimization,” Tutorials in Operations Research, pp. 247-260, Informs, Hanover, MD, 2008.
Le, L., G. L. Donohue, K. Hoffman, and C. H. Chen, "Optimum Airport Capacity Utilization under Congestion Management at NY LaGuardia Airport," Transportation Planning and Technology Journal, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 93-112, 2007.
Hsieh, B. W., C. H. Chen, S. C. Chang, "Efficient Simulation-based Composition of Scheduling Policies by Integrating Ordinal Optimization with Design of Experiment," IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 553-568, October 2007.
He, D., S. E. Chick, C. H. Chen, "The Opportunity Cost and OCBA Selection Procedures in Ordinal Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics--Part C, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 951-961, September 2007.
Romero, V. J., and C. H. Chen, "Refinements in a New Adaptive Ordinal Approach to Continuous-Variable Probabilistic Optimization," AIAA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 7, pp. 1630-1641, July 2007.
Fu, M. C., J. Q. Hu, C. H. Chen, and X. Xiong, "Simulation Allocation for Determining the Best Design in the Presence of Correlated Sampling," Informs Journal on Computing, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 101–111, 2007.
Chen, C. H., D. He, and M. Fu, "Efficient Dynamic Simulation Allocation in Ordinal Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 12, pp. 2005-2009, December 2006.
Romero, V. J., D. V. Ayon, C. H. Chen, "Demonstration of Probabilistic Ordinal Optimization Concepts to Continuous-Variable Optimization Under Uncertainty," Optimization and Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 343-365, September 2006.