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Prof. Chung Piaw Teo

Prof. Chung Piaw TeoNational University of SingaporeTalk:Scheduling Arrivals to a Stochastic Service Delivery System using Copositive ConesAbstract:We develop a convex programming approach to the appointment system design problem in a single server facility, using a (stochastic) network flow model to capture the waiting time performance measure of each patient in the system. We solve a robust m...

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Prof. Jinxing Xie

Prof. Jinxing XieTsinghua UniversityTalk:Manipulating a retailer with private information on loss aversion  Abstract:We consider a supply chain consisting of a risk neutral manufacturer and a loss averse retailer who possesses private information on its degree of loss aversion. In such a supply chain, the retailer has incentive to exaggerate its degree of loss aversion under traditional contrac...

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Prof. Assaf Zeevi

Prof. Assaf ZeeviColumbia UniversityTalk: Dynamic Pricing and the 'Learning and Earning' ProblemAbstract:This talk will survey some recent work in the area of dynamic pricing, with particular emphasis on the following problem. A seller (monopolist) offers prices sequentially to a stream of potential customers, observing either success or failure in each sales attempt. Unlike most antecedent lit...

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Prof. Hanqin Zhang

Prof. Hanqin ZhangNational University of Singapore/Chinese Academy of ScienceTalk:Optimal Policies for Assemble-to-Order N-systemAbstract:In this talk we consider component replenishment policy and common component allocation rule in N-system with positive leadtimes. By the sample-path decomposition and the linear program lower-bound techniques, and with the symmetric cost assumption, we show: ...

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Prof. Shaohui Zheng

Prof. Shaohui ZhengHong Kong University of Science and TechnologyTalk:Managing Inventory Replenishment and Product Substitution for Systems under a Flexible Substitution SchemeAbstract:We study a multi-product inventory system that allows substitution. Products can be used to supply demand over a selling season of N periods, with a one-time replenishment opportunity at the beginning of the seas...

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Prof. Sean Zhou

Prof. Sean ZhouChinese University of Hong KongTalk: Optimal Production Planning with Emissions TradingAbstract:Emissions trading is a market-based mechanism to curb emissions. To study its impact on production planning as production is often a major source of emissions, we develop a dynamic production system in which a manufacturer produces a single product to satisfy random customer demand. Ea...

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