Research

^†: co-first author

Working Papers

1. Multi-Armed Bandits with Endogenous Learning Curves: An Application to Split Liver Transplantation. Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Andrew Li, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur. Major revision (2nd round) at Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
   • Finalist - 2022 INFORMS Service Science Best Cluster Paper Award. (Link to talk.)
   • Second place - POMS-HK 2023 Best Student Paper Competition
   • Runner up - POMS College of Service Operations Management (CSOM) Best Student Paper Competition
   • Runner up - 2023 Decision Analysis Society Student Paper Award
   • Presented at MSOM Healthcare SIG 2023
   • Media coverage: Tepper Stories, Ph.D. Health Care Research Showcase
2. Split Liver Transplantation: An Analytical Decision Support Model. Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur, Emily Perito, John Roberts. Major revision at Operations Research.
   • First place - 2022 INFORMS DEI Best Student Paper Award
   • Winner - 2022 INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research Best Paper Award
   • Finalist - 2022 INFORMS IBM Best Student Paper Award Competition. (Link to talk.)
   • Presented at MSOM Healthcare SIG 2022
   • Media coverage: Tepper Stories, Health Care Initiative, DEIC Blog

3. When is it permissible for artificial intelligence to lie? A trust-based approach. Tae Wan Kim, Tong (Joy) Lu, Kyusong Lee, Zhaoqi Cheng, Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, John Hooker. Submitted.

4. Efficiency, Fairness, and Stability in Peer-to-Peer Ridesharing. Hoon Oh^†, Yanhan (Savannah) Tang^†, Zong Zhang, Alexandre Jacquillat, Fei Fang. Technical report for Mobility21.

Work-In-Progress

1. Human-Artificial Intelligence Teaming and Effects of System Load on Child Welfare Screening. Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Zoey Jiang, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Justine Galbraith, Lindsey Lacey. (Link to extended abstract.)
2. A Nested Bayesian Model for Inferring Customer Life-Changing Events Based on Financial Transaction Data, Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Alan Montgomery. (Link to abstract.)
3. The Next Best Offer Algorithm. Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Alan Montgomery.
4. Split Liver Transplantation Reduces Total Patient Deaths and Improves Fairness. Yanhan (Savannah) Tang, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur, Emily R. Perito, John P. Roberts.