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2010
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Mechanism Design for Decentralized Online Machine Scheduling
We study the online version of the classical parallel machine scheduling problem to minimize the total weighted completion time from the perspective of algorithmic mechanism desig...
Birgit Heydenreich, Rudolf Müller, Marc Uetz
IOR
2010
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Confronting Entrenched Insurgents
During counterinsurgency operations, government forces with superior …repower confront weaker lowsignature insurgents. Under what conditions should government (Blue) forces atta...
Edward H. Kaplan, Moshe Kress, Roberto Szechtman
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2010
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Inventory Management of a Fast-Fashion Retail Network
Working in collaboration with Spain-based retailer Zara, we address the problem of distributing over time a limited amount of inventory across all the stores in a fast-fashion ret...
Felipe Caro, Jérémie Gallien
IOR
2010
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From CVaR to Uncertainty Set: Implications in Joint Chance-Constrained Optimization
Wenqing Chen, Melvyn Sim, Jie Sun, Chung-Piaw Teo
IOR
2010
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Equilibrium Capacity Expansion Under Stochastic Demand Growth
In critical energy infrastructure sectors (e.g. electric power generation, natural gas transportation, oil refining capacity) maintaining certain level of excess capacity is soci...
Alfredo Garcia, Zhijiang Shen
IOR
2010
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Dynamic Pricing with a Prior on Market Response
We study a problem of dynamic pricing faced by a vendor with limited inventory, uncertain about demand, aiming to maximize expected discounted revenue over an infinite time horiz...
Vivek F. Farias, Benjamin Van Roy
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2010
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Integrated Production and Outbound Distribution Scheduling: Review and Extensions
In many applications involving make-to-order or time-sensitive (e.g., perishable, seasonal) products, finished orders are often delivered to customers immediately or shortly after...
Zhi-Long Chen