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作者：Shen, Xiaobei; Yu, Yimin
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS; City University of Hong Kong
摘要：We consider the capacity allocation problem for a retailer with multiple suppliers and multiple demand classes. The retailer offers one seasonal product and reserves capacity from multiple suppliers. Customers in different classes are charged with different selling prices for the same product. We analyze the optimal capacity allocation policies with the following three types of customers: (i) patient customers, (ii) impatient customers, and (iii) customers with limited patience. To empower our...
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作者：Cao, Ping; Wang, Yaolei; Xie, Jingui
作者单位：Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Science & Technology of China, CAS
摘要：This paper studies the priority pricing problem for a single-server queueing system with two priority classes in which customers have different sensitivities to delay. The system makes a fixed-delay announcement to inform arriving customers of the expected delay for each class, whereupon each customer must decide which class to join. Any customer who joins the priority class is charged a fixed priority price. Our examination of customers' joining behavior under any given priority prices reveal...
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作者：Jia, Justin; Zhao, Hui
作者单位：University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：The study Mitigating the U.S. Drug Shortages Through Pareto-Improving Contracts was selected as a runner-up for the Ralph Gomory Best Industry Studies Paper Award by the Industry Studies Association in 2017. The award aims at explicit recognition of the researchers' engagement with industry practitioners and demonstrate the benefits of such interactions for scholarly research. The awarded study addresses the drug shortages problem, a major challenge facing the U.S. pharmaceutical industry and ...
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作者：Song, Yanan; Zhao, Xiaobo; Zhu, Wanshan; Chen, Yefen
作者单位：University of Science & Technology Beijing; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Academy of Mathematics & System Sciences, CAS; Tsinghua University
