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作者：Chod, J; Rudi, N
作者单位：Boston College; University of Rochester
摘要：This article studies two types of flexibility used by firms to better respond to uncertain market conditions: resource flexibility and responsive pricing. We consider a situation in which a single flexible resource can be used to satisfy two distinct demand classes. While the resource capacity must be decided based on uncertain demand functions, the resource allocation as well as the pricing decision are made based on the realized demand functions. We characterize the effects of two key driver...
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作者：Biller, B; Nelson, BL
作者单位：Carnegie Mellon University; Northwestern University
摘要：Providing accurate and automated input-modeling support is one of the challenging problems in the application of computer simulation of stochastic systems. The models incorporated in current input-modeling software packages often fall short because they assume independent and identically distributed processes, even though dependent time-series input processes occur naturally in the simulation of many real-life systems. Therefore, this paper introduces a statistical methodology for fitting stoc...
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作者：Epelman, MA; Pollock, S; Netter, B; Low, BS
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Yale University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
摘要：No good formal arguments exist for a central question in biology: Why, in species that have sexual reproduction, are there usually only males and females? We present a nonlinear optimization model that supports the conclusion that having only two sexes maximizes long-run viability.
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作者：Fridgeirsdottir, K; Chiu, S
作者单位：University of London; London Business School; Stanford University
摘要：In this note, we show that the expected delay cost for a G/G/1 queue is not necessarily convex in the arrival rate as sometimes claimed in the literature. We can prove, however, that the total expected delay cost rate is convex in the arrival rate. This cost rate is often of interest when designing queueing systems.
