经济与贸易学院副院长，教授，博士生导师，教育部新世纪人才，湖南省杰出青年，湖南大学岳麓学者特聘教授A岗，科研标兵。 院学术委员会委员，中国运筹学会随机服务与运作管理分会常务理事、行为运作管理分会理事。国内外20余个重要期刊的审稿人，兼任国家自然科学基金委员会管理科学部项目通讯评审专家、浙江省自然科学基金通讯评审专家。长期从事国际物流与运输经济、供应链金融、数字经济等方面的研究，主持国家自然科学基金3项，以第一作者或通讯作者在农业经济顶级期刊《Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics》《Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics》等发表论文50余篇，其中SSCI/SCI收录30余篇。

1999年9月-2003年6月， 怀化学院数学系，获理学学士

2003年9月-2005年3月，湖南大学数学与计量经济学院，攻读硕士学位(直博)

2005年3月-2008年3月，湖南大学工商管理学院博士研究生毕业，获管理学博士学位；

2008年6月-2010年6月，湖南大学应用经济学博士后；

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

2013年8月-2014年8月，美国伊利诺伊大学香槟分校(UIUC)，访问学者

2010年8月-2016年12月，湖南大学经济与贸易学院，副教授、硕士生导师，博士生导师、院长助理

2017年6月-2017年9月，香港城市大学商学院访问学者, Senior Research Associate

2017年1月至今  湖南大学经济与贸易学院教授、博士生导师、副院长

本科生： 经济博弈论、 跨国公司经营与管理、应用统计学、经济学导论等

硕士研究生：博弈论与信息经济学、物流管理、供应链管理

博士研究生：动态最优化理论

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物流与供应链管理、数字经济

1、不对称信息下基于社会化学习的实物众筹机制优化研究(72071074), 国家自然科学基金面上项目，主持、在研

2、基于鲁棒优化的不确定性开放式车辆路径问题研究(71001035)，国家自然科学基金青年项目(主持，已结题，获优秀)

3、不同需求信息分享模式下供应链贸易信贷融资决策及协调研究(71671061)，国家自然科学基金面上项目，主持、已结题

4、基于行为经济学的双渠道供应链契约研究(NCET-13-0181),教育部新世纪人才支持计划，主持、已结题

5、基于社会学习的供应链管理(2018JJ1003)，湖南省杰出青年基金，主持、已结题

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

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

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

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

[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收录)

[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收录)

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

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

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

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

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

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

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

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

[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收录)

 
       


“烟草物流系统信息协同智能处理关键技术及应用”获2010年国家科学技术进步二等奖；

“烟草物流信息集成与协同管理关键技术研究及应用”获湖南省科技进步一等奖；

湖南省优秀博士后、湖南大学首届财经教育奖励基金青年教师奖；

湖南大学优秀共产党员、科研标兵；

湖南大学优秀本科、硕士研究生指导教师；

指导的博士研究生、硕士研究生有多人先后获得国家奖学金、湖南大学优秀研究生、湖南大学优秀硕士毕业生、湖南省优秀硕士毕业生、湖南大学优秀硕士学位论文、湖南省优秀硕士学位论文等荣誉称号。