Research

Publications and working papers by Yuanyuan Li.

My research lies at the intersection of operations research, operations management, and machine learning. I develop methods for sequential decision-making under uncertainty, with applications in last-mile delivery, entrepreneurial operations, and service systems.

Working paper

  1. Sprint or Walk? Managing Start-up Growth Before Facility Investments
    Yuanyuan Li, Riccardo Mogre, and Felix Papier
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Work in progress

  1. Same-day Delivery with Pickup Stations
    Geoffrey Chua, Yuanyuan Li, and Claudia Archetti
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2025

  1. Emerging Optimization Problems for Distribution in Same-day Delivery
    Yuanyuan Li, Claudia Archetti, and Ivana Ljubić
    Computers & Operations Research, 2025

2024

  1. Reinforcement Learning Approaches for the Orienteering Problem with Stochastic and Dynamic Release Dates
    Yuanyuan Li, Claudia Archetti, and Ivana Ljubić
    Transportation Science, 2024

2020

  1. Machine Learning and Optimization for Production Rescheduling in Industry 4.0
    Yuanyuan Li, Stefano Carabelli, Edoardo Fadda, and 3 more authors
    The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2020
  2. Reinforcement Learning Algorithms for Online Single-Machine Scheduling
    Yuanyuan Li, Edoardo Fadda, Daniele Manerba, and 2 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 2020 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, 2020

2019

  1. Sustainable and De-Stressed International Supply-Chains Through the SYNCHRO-NET Approach
    Riccardo Giusti, Chiara Iorfida, Yuanyuan Li, and 5 more authors
    Sustainability, 2019