Overview
Yehua Wei is a professor of business administration in Decision Sciences at Fuqua School of Business. Professor Wei received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT in 2013. He taught Decision Models, Spreadsheet Modeling, and Probability & Statistics across different graduate programs. His research interest lies in the broad area of decisions under uncertainty. Specifically, he studies problems in flexibility design, dynamic resource allocation, vehicle routing, queueing networks, strategic routing, and e-commerce fulfillment. His research has been recognized by several awards, including the George Nicholson Paper Competition, Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, MSOM Service Management SIG Best Paper Prize, and MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition.
Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Recent News Items
Published January 18, 2023
Fuqua Insights
Published June 25, 2020
Chicago Booth Review
Published June 9, 2015
Harvard Business Review
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Recent Scholarly Works
Journal article
Operations Research
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May 1, 2026
We study a joint inventory placement and online fulfillment model. In the beginning, the inventory is distributed to different warehouses. At each subsequent period, an order arrives from one of the demand regions, and the decision maker makes an irrevocab ...
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steel research international
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March 2026
Ultrahigh strength steels (UHSSs) are crucial for heavy load‐bearing components in aerospace and automotive applications, such as aircraft landing gears, crankshafts, and fasteners. This review presents recent advancements in various categories of ...
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Chinese Management Studies
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February 17, 2026
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of deepening digital trade rules on the host country’s position in global value chains (GVCs) of partner countrie ...
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Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ·
2013
Ph.D.
University of Waterloo (Canada) ·
2008
B.S.