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MANSCI
2010
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Capacity Sizing Under Parameter Uncertainty: Safety Staffing Principles Revisited
We study a capacity sizing problem in a service system that is modeled as a single-class queue with multiple servers and where customers may renege while waiting for service. A sa...
Achal Bassamboo, Ramandeep S. Randhawa, Assaf J. Z...
MANSCI
2010
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Using Scheduled Ordering to Improve the Performance of Distribution Supply Chains
We study a supply chain with one supplier and many retailers that face exogenous endcustomer demands. The supplier and the retailers all try to minimize their own inventory-relate...
Lucy Gongtao Chen, Srinagesh Gavirneni
MANSCI
2010
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Revenue Management with Strategic Customers: Last-Minute Selling and Opaque Selling
Companies in a variety of industries (e.g., airlines, hotels, theaters) often use last-minute sales to dispose of unsold capacity. Although this may generate incremental revenues ...
Kinshuk Jerath, Serguei Netessine, Senthil K. Veer...
MANSCI
2010
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Ordering Behavior in Retail Stores and Implications for Automated Replenishment
Retail store managers may not follow order advices generated by an automated inventory replenishment system if their incentives differ from the cost minimization objective of the...
Karel H. van Donselaar, Vishal Gaur, Tom Van Woens...
MANSCI
2010
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Contracting for Infrequent Restoration and Recovery of Mission-Critical Systems
Firms that rely on functioning mission-critical equipment for their businesses cannot a¤ord signi…cant operational downtime due to system disruptions. To minimize the impact of...
Sang-Hyun Kim, Morris A. Cohen, Serguei Netessine,...