3044永利集团副院長，教授，博士生導師，教育部新世紀人才，湖南省傑出青年，77779193永利嶽麓學者特聘教授A崗，科研标兵。 院學術委員會委員，中國運籌學會随機服務與運作管理分會常務理事、行為運作管理分會理事。國内外20餘個重要期刊的審稿人，兼任國家自然科學基金委員會管理科學部項目通訊評審專家、浙江省自然科學基金通訊評審專家。長期從事國際物流與運輸經濟、供應鍊金融、數字經濟等方面的研究，主持國家自然科學基金3項，以第一作者或通訊作者在農業經濟頂級期刊《Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics》《Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics》等發表論文50餘篇，其中SSCI/SCI收錄30餘篇。

1999年9月-2003年6月， 懷化學院數學系，獲理學學士

2003年9月-2005年3月，77779193永利數學與計量經濟學院，攻讀碩士學位(直博)

2005年3月-2008年3月，77779193永利工商管理學院博士研究生畢業，獲管理學博士學位；

2008年6月-2010年6月，77779193永利應用經濟學博士後；

2010年12月-2011年3月，香港理工大學，Research Associate

2013年8月-2014年8月，美國伊利諾伊大學香槟分校(UIUC)，訪問學者

2010年8月-2016年12月，3044永利集团，副教授、碩士生導師，博士生導師、院長助理

2017年6月-2017年9月，香港城市大學商學院訪問學者, Senior Research Associate

2017年1月至今  3044永利集团教授、博士生導師、副院長

本科生： 經濟博弈論、 跨國公司經營與管理、應用統計學、經濟學導論等

碩士研究生：博弈論與信息經濟學、物流管理、供應鍊管理

博士研究生：動态最優化理論

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物流與供應鍊管理、數字經濟

1、不對稱信息下基于社會化學習的實物衆籌機制優化研究(72071074), 國家自然科學基金面上項目，主持、在研

2、基于魯棒優化的不确定性開放式車輛路徑問題研究(71001035)，國家自然科學基金青年項目(主持，已結題，獲優秀)

3、不同需求信息分享模式下供應鍊貿易信貸融資決策及協調研究(71671061)，國家自然科學基金面上項目，主持、已結題

4、基于行為經濟學的雙渠道供應鍊契約研究(NCET-13-0181),教育部新世紀人才支持計劃，主持、已結題

5、基于社會學習的供應鍊管理(2018JJ1003)，湖南省傑出青年基金，主持、已結題

[1]Zhanwen Shi, Erbao Cao*. Risk Pooling Cooperative Games in Contract Farming, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie,2021,69(1):117-139.( SCI/SSCI收錄)

[2]Zhanwen Shi, Erbao Cao*. Contract Farming Problems and Games under Yield Uncertainty. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,2020,64,1210-1238.( SCI/SSCI收錄)

[3]Cao Erbao, Chen Guangzhi. Production Cost Reduction and Information Sharing in a Supply Chain with Competing Retailers, Naval Research Logistic，2021，2 (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[4]Li He, Cao Erbao. Competitive crowdfunding under asymmetric quality information, Annals of Operations Research.( SCI/SSCI收錄)

[5]Cao Erbao*, Yu Man. The Impacts of Emission Constraints on Supply Chain Financing and Performance. Omega, 2019,88, 24-39.(SCI/SSCI收錄)

[6]Cao Erbao, Li He. Group Buying and Consumer Referral on a Social Network. Electronic Commerce Research. 2020, 20, 21-52.( SCI/SSCI收錄)

[7]Yu Man, Cao Erbao. Strategic information sharing and competition under cap-and-trade regulation. INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT & DATA SYSTEMS,2019, 119 (3): 639-655.( SCI/SSCI收錄)

[8]Yu Man, Cao Erbao*. Information sharing format and carbon emission abatement in a supply chain with competition. International Journal of Production Research,(SCI/SSCI收錄)

[9]Guo Feiyu，Cao Erbao*. Can reference points explain vaccine hesitancy? A new perspective on their formation and updating. Omega,2020, (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[10]Feiyu Guo and Erbao Cao*. Does Reference Dependence Impact Intervention Mechanisms in Vaccine Markets? Sustainability 2020, 12, 6371; doi:10.3390/su12166371(SCI/SSCI收錄)

[11]Hongming Yang, Songping Yang, Yan Xu, Erbao Cao, Mingyong Lai, Zhao Yang Dong:
Electric Vehicle Route Optimization Considering Time-of-Use Electricity Price by Learnable Partheno-Genetic Algorithm.  IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid，2015, 6(2): 657-666 . (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[12]Dong Chen, Erbao Cao*. A Differential Evolution Algorithm for Pickups and Deliveries Problem with Fuzzy Time Windows, Journal of Intelligent & Fuzzy Systems, 2016，(30):267-277. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[13]Mengqi Liu, Erbao Cao*, Coulibaly Kigbajah Salifou. Pricing competition of a dual channel supply chain with risk averse under information asymmetry, Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2016,90:108–120.(SCI/SSCI收錄)

[14]Hongru Xu, Erbao Cao*. "Closed-loop supply chain network equilibrium model and its Newton method", Kybernetes, 2016, Vol. 45 Iss: 3, pp.393 – 410. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[15]Lai, Mingyong; Yang, Hongzhao; Cao, Erbao*; Qiu, Duo; Qiu, Jing. OPTIMAL DECISIONS FOR A DUAL-CHANNEL SUPPLY CHAIN UNDER INFORMATION ASYMMETRY, Journal of industrial and management optimization, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 2018, 14(3): 1023-1040. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[16]Cao Erbao*, Kevin Lu. Optimal contract design for dual-channel supply chains under information asymmetry, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing. 2017,Vol. 32 Issue: 8, pp.1087-1097. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[17]Erbao Cao*, Ruotian Gao, Mingyong Lai. Research on the vehicle routing problem with interval demands, Applied Mathematical Modelling.2018,54,332-346. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[18]Salifou, Erbao Cao. Economic globalization, entrepreneurship and development. Technological forecasting & social change.2018,127,271-280 (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[19]通訊作者.Equilibrium analysis of dual-channel supply chains under different market powers, Australian Economic Papers, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2018.1466989 (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[20]通訊作者. Channel competition and coordination of a dual-channel supply chain with demand and cost disruptions. Applied Economics. 2018,50(46): 4999-5016. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[21]Cao Erbao*, Yu Man. Trade Credit Financing and Coordination for a Emission-dependent Supply Chain, Computers & Industrial Engineering,2018,119:50-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2018.03.024 (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[22]Cao Erbao, Du Lingxia, Junhu Ruan*. Financing Preferences and Performance for the   Emission-dependent Supply Chain: Supplier vs Bank. IJPE, 2019,208:383-399. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[23]Cao Erbao*, Lai Mingyong. A Hybrid Differential Evolution Algorithm to Vehicle Routing Problem with Fuzzy Demands. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics,2009,231(1):302-310. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[24]Cao Erbao*，Lai Mingyong. The open vehicle routing problem with fuzzy demands, Expert Systems with Applications, 2010, 37(3), pp2405-2411, (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[25]Cao Erbao*，Lai Mingyong, Wan Can. Coordination of a supply chain with one manufacturer and multiple competing retailers under simultaneous demand and cost disruptions. International Journal of Production Economics,2013,141(1),pp425-433.(SCI/SSCI收錄)

[26]Cao Erbao*, Ma Yujie, Wan Can, Lai Mingyong. Contracting with Asymmetric Cost Information in a Dual-channel Supply Chain. Operations Research Letters, 2013,41(4),pp. 410-414. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[27]Lai Mingyong, Cao Erbao*. An improved differential evolution algorithm for vehicle routing problem with simultaneous pickups and deliveries and time windows. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2010，23(2),pp188-195. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[28]Cao Erbao*，Lai Mingyong，Yang Hongming. Open Vehicle Routing Problem with Demand Uncertainty and its Robust Strategies, Expert Systems With Applications,2014, 41 (7) 3569-3575. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[29]Wanyou Cheng, Cao Erbao. An adaptive gradient algorithm for large-scale nonlinear bound constrained optimization, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 2013, 30(3):1340005-1-12. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[30]Cao Erbao*. Coordination of dual-channel supply chains under demand disruptions management decisions, International Journal of Production Research,
2014,Vol. 52, No. 23, 7114–7131. (SCI/SSCI收錄)

[31]Cao Erbao Kevin Lv, Coordinating a supply chain under demand and cost disruptions. International Journal of Production Research. Volume 53, Issue 12, June 2015, pages 3735-3752 . (SCI/SSCI收錄)

 
       


“煙草物流系統信息協同智能處理關鍵技術及應用”獲2010年國家科學技術進步二等獎；

“煙草物流信息集成與協同管理關鍵技術研究及應用”獲湖南省科技進步一等獎；

湖南省優秀博士後、77779193永利首屆财經教育獎勵基金青年教師獎；

77779193永利優秀共産黨員、科研标兵；

77779193永利優秀本科、碩士研究生指導教師；

指導的博士研究生、碩士研究生有多人先後獲得國家獎學金、77779193永利優秀研究生、77779193永利優秀碩士畢業生、湖南省優秀碩士畢業生、77779193永利優秀碩士學位論文、湖南省優秀碩士學位論文等榮譽稱号。