Operations Research

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Volume 69, issue 6, 2021

Technical Note–A Simple Heuristic Policy for Stochastic Distribution Inventory Systems with Fixed Shipment Costs pp. 1651-1659

Han Zhu, Youhua (Frank) Chen, Ming Hu and Yi Yang

Compressing Over-the-Counter Markets pp. 1660-1679

Marco D’Errico and Tarik Roukny

Atomic Dynamic Flow Games: Adaptive vs. Nonadaptive Agents pp. 1680-1695

Zhigang Cao, Bo Chen, Xujin Chen and Changjun Wang

A Mathematical Model of Humanitarian Aid Agencies in Attritional Conflict Environments pp. 1696-1714

Timothy A. McLennan-Smith, Alexander C. Kalloniatis, Zlatko Jovanoski, Harvinder S. Sidhu, Dale O. Roberts, Simon Watt and Isaac N. Towers

“Now or Later?” When to Deploy Qualification Screening in Open-Bid Auction for Re-Sourcing pp. 1715-1733

Wen Zhang, Qi (George) Chen and Elena Katok

Optimal Auction Duration: A Price Formation Viewpoint pp. 1734-1745

Jusselin Paul, Mastrolia Thibaut and Rosenbaum Mathieu

Dynamic Learning and Market Making in Spread Betting Markets with Informed Bettors pp. 1746-1766

John Birge, Yifan Feng, N. Bora Keskin and Adam Schultz

On the Futility of Dynamics in Robust Mechanism Design pp. 1767-1783

Santiago R. Balseiro, Anthony Kim and Daniel Russo

Information Inundation on Platforms and Implications pp. 1784-1804

Gad Allon, Kimon Drakopoulos and Vahideh Manshadi

Improved Revenue Bounds for Posted-Price and Second-Price Mechanisms pp. 1805-1822

Hedyeh Beyhaghi, Negin Golrezaei, Renato Paes Leme, Martin Pál and Balasubramanian Sivan

An Analysis of “Buy X, Get One Free” Reward Programs pp. 1823-1841

Yan Liu, Yacheng Sun and Dan Zhang

Timing It Right: Balancing Inpatient Congestion vs. Readmission Risk at Discharge pp. 1842-1865

Pengyi Shi, Jonathan E. Helm, Jivan Deglise-Hawkinson and Julian Pan

To Pool or Not to Pool: Queueing Design for Large-Scale Service Systems pp. 1866-1885

Ping Cao, Shuangchi He, Junfei Huang and Yunan Liu

Nonadditive Multiattribute Utility Functions for Portfolio Decision Analysis pp. 1886-1908

Juuso Liesiö and Eeva Vilkkumaa

Performance of the Smallest-Variance-First Rule in Appointment Sequencing pp. 1909-1935

Madelon A. de Kemp, Michel Mandjes and Neil Olver

Dynamic Server Assignment in Multiclass Queues with Shifts, with Applications to Nurse Staffing in Emergency Departments pp. 1936-1959

Carri W. Chan, Michael Huang and Vahid Sarhangian

Volume 69, issue 5, 2021

Procurement with Cost and Noncost Attributes: Cost-Sharing Mechanisms pp. 1349-1367

Shivam Gupta, Shouqiang Wang, Milind Dawande and Ganesh Janakiraman

The Effect of Social Preferences on Sales and Operations Planning pp. 1368-1395

Felix Papier and Ulrich W. Thonemann

M ♮ -Convexity and Its Applications in Operations pp. 1396-1408

Xin Chen and Menglong Li

Integrated Ad Delivery Planning for Targeted Display Advertising pp. 1409-1429

Huaxiao Shen, Yanzhi Li, Youhua (Frank) Chen and Kai Pan

Competitive Investment with Bayesian Learning: Choice of Business Size and Timing pp. 1430-1449

Nur Sunar, Siyun Yu and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni

Deals or No Deals: Contract Design for Online Advertising pp. 1450-1467

Anthony Kim, Vahab Mirrokni and Hamid Nazerzadeh

Placement Optimization in Refugee Resettlement pp. 1468-1486

Narges Ahani, Tommy Andersson, Alessandro Martinello, Alexander Teytelboym and Andrew C. Trapp

Operations Research: Topics, Impact, and Trends from 1952–2019 pp. 1487-1508

Angelito Calma, William Ho, Lusheng Shao and Huashan Li

Assortment Optimization and Pricing Under the Multinomial Logit Model with Impatient Customers: Sequential Recommendation and Selection pp. 1509-1532

Pin Gao, Yuhang Ma, Ningyuan Chen, Guillermo Gallego, Anran Li, Paat Rusmevichientong and Huseyin Topaloglu

Technical Note—On Nested Partitions Method for Global Optimization pp. 1533-1539

Tao Wu

On the Stability of Redundancy Models pp. 1540-1565

Elene Anton, Urtzi Ayesta, Matthieu Jonckheere and Ina Maria Verloop

Technical Note—Approximating Systems Fed by Poisson Processes with Rapidly Changing Arrival Rates pp. 1566-1574

Zeyu Zheng, Harsha Honnappa and Peter W. Glynn

Private Sequential Learning pp. 1575-1590

John N. Tsitsiklis, Kuang Xu and Zhi Xu

Dynamic Programming Deconstructed: Transformations of the Bellman Equation and Computational Efficiency pp. 1591-1607

Qingyin Ma and John Stachurski

Envelope Theorems for Multistage Linear Stochastic Optimization pp. 1608-1629

Gonçalo Terça and David Wozabal

Calibration of Distributionally Robust Empirical Optimization Models pp. 1630-1650

Jun‐ya Gotoh, Michael Jong Kim and Andrew E. B. Lim

Volume 69, issue 4, 2021

Technical Note—Preservation of Additive Convexity and Its Applications in Stochastic Optimization Problems pp. 1015-1024

Xiting Gong and Tong Wang

Inventory Integration with Rational Consumers pp. 1025-1043

Arian Aflaki and Robert Swinney

Technical Note—Consumer Choice and Market Expansion: Modeling, Optimization, and Estimation pp. 1044-1056

Ruxian Wang

On a Deterministic Approximation of Inventory Systems with Sequential Service-Level Constraints pp. 1057-1076

Lai Wei, Stefanus Jasin and Linwei Xin

On the Heavy-Tail Behavior of the Distributionally Robust Newsvendor pp. 1077-1099

Bikramjit Das, Anulekha Dhara and Karthik Natarajan

Time Consistency of the Mean-Risk Problem pp. 1100-1117

Gabriela Kováčová and Birgit Rudloff

Data-Driven Transit Network Design at Scale pp. 1118-1133

Dimitris Bertsimas, Yee Sian Ng and Julia Yan

A Large-Scale Optimization Model for Replicating Portfolios in the Life Insurance Industry pp. 1134-1157

Maximilian Adelmann, Lucio Fernandez-Arjona, Janos Mayer and Karl Schmedders

Large-Scale Bundle-Size Pricing: A Theoretical Analysis pp. 1158-1185

Tarek Abdallah, Arash Asadpour and Josh Reed

Improving the Chilean College Admissions System pp. 1186-1205

Ignacio Rios, Tomas Larroucau, Giorgiogiulio Parra and Roberto Cominetti

Mallows-Smoothed Distribution over Rankings Approach for Modeling Choice pp. 1206-1227

Antoine Désir, Vineet Goyal, Srikanth Jagabathula and Danny Segev

Technical Note—Dynamic Data-Driven Estimation of Nonparametric Choice Models pp. 1228-1239

Nam Ho-Nguyen and Fatma Kılınç-Karzan

Transmission Capacity Allocation in Zonal Electricity Markets pp. 1240-1255

Ignacio Aravena, Quentin Lété, Anthony Papavasiliou and Yves Smeers

A Fluid Model for One-Sided Bipartite Matching Queues with Match-Dependent Rewards pp. 1256-1281

Yichuan Ding, S. Thomas McCormick and Mahesh Nagarajan

Optimal Control of Partially Observable Semi-Markovian Failing Systems: An Analysis Using a Phase Methodology pp. 1282-1304

Akram Khaleghei and Michael Jong Kim

Asset Selling Under Debt Obligations pp. 1305-1323

Hyun-Soo Ahn, Derek D. Wang and Owen Wu

Queueing Dynamics and State Space Collapse in Fragmented Limit Order Book Markets pp. 1324-1348

Costis Maglaras, Ciamac C. Moallemi and Hua Zheng

Volume 69, issue 3, 2021

How Service Quality Variability Hurts Revenue When Customers Learn: Implications for Dynamic Personalized Pricing pp. 683-708

Gregory DeCroix, Xiaoyang Long and Jordan Tong

The Constrained Reliable Shortest Path Problem in Stochastic Time-Dependent Networks pp. 709-726

Matthias Ruß, Gunther Gust and Dirk Neumann

Soft OR and Practice: The Contribution of the Founders of Operations Research pp. 727-738

Robert G. Dyson, Frances A. O’Brien and Devan B. Shah

Branch-Cut-and-Price for the Robust Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Knapsack Uncertainty pp. 739-754

Artur Alves Pessoa, Michael Poss, Ruslan Sadykov and François Vanderbeck

Risk Management for Sustainable Sovereign Debt Financing pp. 755-773

Stavros Zenios, Andrea Consiglio, Marialena Athanasopoulou, Edmund Moshammer, Angel Gavilan and Aitor Erce

OR Practice–Data Analytics for Optimal Detection of Metastatic Prostate Cancer pp. 774-794

Selin Merdan, Christine L. Barnett, Brian T. Denton, James E. Montie and David C. Miller

Procurement Mechanisms for Assortments of Differentiated Products pp. 795-820

Daniela Saban and Gabriel Y. Weintraub

Online Allocation and Pricing: Constant Regret via Bellman Inequalities pp. 821-840

Alberto Vera, Siddhartha Banerjee and Itai Gurvich

Heteroscedastic Exponomial Choice pp. 841-858

Aydın Alptekinoğlu and John H. Semple

Budget-Management Strategies in Repeated Auctions pp. 859-876

Santiago Balseiro, Anthony Kim, Mohammad Mahdian and Vahab Mirrokni

Points Gained in Football: Using Markov Process-Based Value Functions to Assess Team Performance pp. 877-894

Timothy C. Y. Chan, Craig Fernandes and Martin L. Puterman

Online Resource Allocation Under Partially Predictable Demand pp. 895-915

Dawsen Hwang, Patrick Jaillet and Vahideh Manshadi

Optimal Contract for Machine Repair and Maintenance pp. 916-949

Feng Tian, Peng Sun and Izak Duenyas

A Finite Time Analysis of Temporal Difference Learning with Linear Function Approximation pp. 950-973

Jalaj Bhandari, Daniel Russo and Raghav Singal

Nonparametric Pricing Analytics with Customer Covariates pp. 974-984

Ningyuan Chen and Guillermo Gallego

Sample Out-of-Sample Inference Based on Wasserstein Distance pp. 985-1013

Jose Blanchet and Yang Kang

Volume 69, issue 2, 2021

Credit Risk: Simple Closed-Form Approximate Maximum Likelihood Estimator pp. 361-379

Anand Deo and Sandeep Juneja

Asymmetric Multidepot Vehicle Routing Problems: Valid Inequalities and a Branch-and-Cut Algorithm pp. 380-409

Michiel A. J. uit het Broek, Albert H. Schrotenboer, Bolor Jargalsaikhan, Kees Jan Roodbergen and Leandro C. Coelho

Selfishness Need Not Be Bad pp. 410-435

Zijun Wu, Rolf H. Möhring, Yanyan Chen and Dachuan Xu

Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic and Correlated Travel Times pp. 436-455

Borzou Rostami, Guy Desaulniers, Fausto Errico and Andrea Lodi

Deferred Acceptance with Compensation Chains pp. 456-468

Piotr Dworczak

Robust Data-Driven Vehicle Routing with Time Windows pp. 469-485

Yu Zhang, Zhenzhen Zhang, Andrew Lim and Melvyn Sim

Multilevel Approaches for the Critical Node Problem pp. 486-508

Andrea Baggio, Margarida Carvalho, Andrea Lodi and Andrea Tramontani

Incentive-Compatible Learning of Reserve Prices for Repeated Auctions pp. 509-524

Yash Kanoria and Hamid Nazerzadeh

Demand Shaping Through Bundling and Product Configuration: A Dynamic Multiproduct Inventory-Pricing Model pp. 525-544

Jing-Sheng Song and Zhengliang Xue

Duopoly Competition with Network Effects in Discrete Choice Models pp. 545-559

Ningyuan Chen and Ying-Ju Chen

Technical Note—Joint Learning and Optimization of Multi-Product Pricing with Finite Resource Capacity and Unknown Demand Parameters pp. 560-573

Qi (George) Chen, Stefanus Jasin and Izak Duenyas

Patient-Type Bayes-Adaptive Treatment Plans pp. 574-598

M. Reza Skandari and Steven M. Shechter

Measuring Beliefs Under Ambiguity pp. 599-612

Mohammed Abdellaoui, Han Bleichrodt, Emmanuel Kemel and Olivier l’Haridon

Fast Algorithms for Rank-1 Bimatrix Games pp. 613-631

Bharat Adsul, Jugal Garg, Ruta Mehta, Milind Sohoni and Bernhard von Stengel

Bayesian Decision Making in Groups is Hard pp. 632-654

Jan Hązła, Ali Jadbabaie, Elchanan Mossel and M. Amin Rahimian

Matching While Learning pp. 655-681

Ramesh Johari, Vijay Kamble and Yash Kanoria

Volume 69, issue 1, 2021

Preservation of Supermodularity in Parametric Optimization: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions on Constraint Structures pp. 1-12

Xin Chen, Daniel Zhuoyu Long and Jin Qi

Pooling Queues with Strategic Servers: The Effects of Customer Ownership pp. 13-29

Mor Armony, Guillaume Roels and Hummy Song

Robust Multiperiod Vehicle Routing Under Customer Order Uncertainty pp. 30-60

Anirudh Subramanyam, Frank Mufalli, José M. Lí?nez-Aguirre, Jose M. Pinto and Chrysanthos E. Gounaris

Technical Note—Understanding the Performance of Capped Base-Stock Policies in Lost-Sales Inventory Models pp. 61-70

Linwei Xin

Targeting, Deployment, and Loss-Tolerance in Lanchester Engagements pp. 71-81

Michael P. Atkinson, Moshe Kress and Niall J. MacKay

Risk Arbitrage Opportunities for Stock Index Options pp. 100-113

Thierry Post and Iňaki Rodríguez Longarela

Competitive Equilibrium and Trading Networks: A Network Flow Approach pp. 114-147

Ozan Candogan, Markos Epitropou and Rakesh V. Vohra

Value of Information in Bayesian Routing Games pp. 148-163

Manxi Wu, Saurabh Amin and Asuman E. Ozdaglar

Technical Note—Global Robust Stability in a General Price and Assortment Competition Model pp. 164-174

Awi Federgruen and Ming Hu

Technical Note—On Revenue Management with Strategic Customers Choosing When and What to Buy pp. 175-187

Yiwei Chen and Nikolaos Trichakis

A Simple and Approximately Optimal Mechanism for a Buyer with Complements pp. 188-206

Alon Eden, Michal Feldman, Ophir Friedler, Inbal Talgam-Cohen and S. Matthew Weinberg

On Policies for Single-Leg Revenue Management with Limited Demand Information pp. 207-226

Will Ma, David Simchi-Levi and Chung-Piaw Teo

Tractable Equilibria in Sponsored Search with Endogenous Budgets pp. 227-244

Dragos Florin Ciocan and Krishnamurthy Iyer

Intertemporal Price Discrimination with Time-Varying Valuations pp. 245-265

Victor F. Araman and Bassam Fayad

Technical Note—A Stochastic Assignment Problem with Unknown Eligibility Probabilities pp. 266-272

Sheldon M. Ross, Gideon Weiss and Zhengyu Zhang

Technical Note—A Note on the Equivalence of Upper Confidence Bounds and Gittins Indices for Patient Agents pp. 273-278

Daniel Russo

The Discrete Moment Problem with Nonconvex Shape Constraints pp. 279-296

Xi Chen, Simai He, Bo Jiang, Christopher Thomas Ryan and Teng Zhang

Dynamic Incentive-Aware Learning: Robust Pricing in Contextual Auctions pp. 297-314

Negin Golrezaei, Adel Javanmard and Vahab Mirrokni

Learning Unknown Service Rates in Queues: A Multiarmed Bandit Approach pp. 315-330

Subhashini Krishnasamy, Rajat Sen, Ramesh Johari and Sanjay Shakkottai

Robust Power Management via Learning and Game Design pp. 331-345

Zhengyuan Zhou, Panayotis Mertikopoulos, Aris L. Moustakas, Nicholas Bambos and Peter Glynn

Nonsparse Learning with Latent Variables pp. 346-359

Zemin Zheng, Jinchi Lv and Wei Lin