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Teaching

• EAS 305: Applied Probability & Statistics Inference (Fall 2008, 2009)

• IE 576: Applied Stochastic Processes (Spring 2009)

• IE 675: Game Theory (Fall 2009)

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Research Interests

Dr. Zhuang's long-run research goal is to integrate operations research and game theory to better prepare for, mitigate, and manage both natural and man-made hazards. Other areas of interests include health care, transportation, logistics and supply chain management, and sustainability.

Funded Research

• Zhuang, J (PI) "Homeland-Security Games with Non-strategic Players," supported by United States Department of Homeland Security through the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) and Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis (CHPRA) under grant number 2007-ST-061-000001. October 2008 -- September 2009. $25,000.

Refereed Journal Articles

• Zhuang, J., V.M. Bier, and O. Alagoz. "Modeling Secrecy and Deception in a Multiple-period Attacker-Defender Signaling Game," European Journal of Operational Research, 203(2): 409-418, 2010. PDF.
• Zhuang, J. and V.M. Bier. "Secrecy and Deception at Equilibrium, with Applications to Anti-Terrorism Resource Allocation," Defence and Peace Economics, accepted, July 2009. PDF.
• Dighe, N., J. Zhuang, and V.M. Bier. "Secrecy in Defensive Allocations as a Strategy for Achieving more Cost-effective Attacker Deterrence,'' International Journal of Performability Engineering, special issue on System Survivability and Defense against External Impacts, 5(1): 31-43, 2009. PDF.
• Zhuang, J. and V.M. Bier. "Balancing Terrorism and Natural Disasters---Defensive Strategy with Endogenous Attack Effort," Operations Research 55(5): 976-991, 2007. PDF.
• Zhuang, J., V.M. Bier and A. Gupta. "Subsidies in Interdependent Security with Heterogeneous Discount Rates," The Engineering Economist 52(1):1-19, 2007. PDF.
• Zhuang, J., M.A. Marchant, S. Nokes and H. Strobel. "Economic Analysis of Cellulase Production Methods for Bio-ethanol," Applied Engineering in Agriculture 23(5): 679-687, 2007. PDF.
• Zhuang, J., M.A. Marchant, C.L. Schardl and C.M. Butler. "Economic Analysis of Replacing Endophyte-Infected with Endophyte-Free Tall Fescue Pastures," Agronomy Journal 97(3):711-716, 2005. PDF.
• Peng, X, M.A. Marchant, X.D. Qin, and J. Zhuang. "Chinese Consumers' Preferences for Livestock Products," The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 8(4):62-76, 2005. PDF.

Papers under Review or Revision

• Zhuang, J. and V.M. Bier. "Reasons for Secrecy and Deception in Homeland-Security Resource Allocation"
• GolAlikhani, M., M.M. Ali, and J. Zhuang. "A Numerical Study on Various Penalty Functions for Solving Constrained Optimization Problems with the Electromagnetism-like Method''
• Shan, X. and J. Zhuang. "Subsidizing to Disrupt Terrorism Supply Chain---A Four Player Sequential Game"
• Hausken, K. and J. Zhuang. "The Timing and Deterrence of Terrorist Attacks'' (Author names were listed alphabatically by last names.)
• Hausken, K. and J. Zhuang. "Balancing Defending and Attacking---Both Governments' and Terrorists' Problem'' (Author names were listed alphabatically by last names.)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

• Hao, M., S. Jin and J. Zhuang "Robustness of Optimal Defensive Resource Allocations in the Face of Less than Fully Rational Attackers,'' Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, p.p. 886-891. PDF.

Book Chapters

• Hausken, K., V.M. Bier, and J. Zhuang. "Defending against Terrorism, Natural Disaster, and All Hazards," Chapter 4 in Combining Reliability and Game Theory, Springer Series on Reliability Engineering, Bier, V.M. and Azaiez, N. (eds.), pp. 65-97, 2008. PDF.
• Zhuang, J., and V.M. Bier. "Katrina vs 9/11: How Should We Optimally Protect Against Both?," Chapter 4 in Natural Disaster Analysis After Hurricane Katrina: Risk Assessment, Economic Impacts and Social Implications, H.W. Richardson, P. Gordon, and J.E. Moore, II (eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing: Cheltenham, pp. 71-83, 2008.