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MATERIALS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Short Bio
- 1987 PhD in System Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 1987-89 Lecturer and Associate Professor (1988) in System Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- 1989-90 British Council Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in System Sciences, UMIST
- 1991-95 Research Associate and Senior Research Associate (1993)in Decision Support Systems, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1995-97 Lecturerin Operational Research, University of Birmingham
- 1998-04 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (2000) and Professor (2003) of Decision and System Sciences, UMIST
- 2004- Professor of Decision and System Sciences, The University of Manchester
Research Interests
- Evidential Reasoning under Uncertainty and Decision Theory
- Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis and Multiple Objective Optimisation
- Knowledge-based Systems and Decision Support Systems
- System Modelling, Simulation, Optimisation and Control
- Risk, Safety and Security Analysis in Engineering and Social Systems
- Design Decision Support for Engineering Products and Systems
- Performance Analysis and Improvement for Public and Private Sectors
- Evaluation of Sustainability, Innovation, Quality, Policy, etc
Email: jian-bo.yang@mbs.ac.uk
Web-Page: www.personal.mbs.ac.uk/jbyang