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作者：Karaer, Ozgen; Kraft, Tim; Khawam, John
作者单位：Middle East Technical University; University of Virginia; Alphabet Inc.; Google Incorporated
摘要：Material IQ (MiQ) is a new decision tool designed by GreenBlue to help suppliers safely share sensitive chemical-toxicity data with their customers. As GreenBlue takes MiQ to market, it must determine under what market conditions to promote the use of MiQ and when to recommend that a buyer uses its implementation as an opportunity to work with an existing supplier. We study GreenBlue's problem in two parts. First, we investigate when a buyer can use a wholesale price premium and/or buyer-suppl...
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作者：Lorca, Alvaro; Celik, Melih; Ergun, Ozlem; Keskinocak, Pinar
作者单位：Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Ministry of Energy & Natural Resources - Turkey; Middle East Technical University; Northeastern University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
摘要：Debris generated by disasters can hinder relief efforts and result in devastating economic, environmental, and health problems. In this study, we present a decision-support tool employing analytical models to assist disaster and waste management officials with decisions regarding collection, transportation, reduction, recycling, and disposal of debris. The tool enables optimizing and balancing the financial and environmental costs, duration of the collection and disposal operations, landfill u...
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作者：Natarajan, Karthik V.; Swaminathan, Jayashankar M.
作者单位：University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities; University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; University of North Carolina School of Medicine
摘要：In humanitarian operations, the amount of funding received and the timing and predictability of funding strongly influence program performance. In this paper, we study the problem of allocating inventory procured using donor funding to patients in different health states over a finite horizon with the objective of minimizing the number of disease-adjusted life periods lost. The funding received and the number of new patients of different health states entering the program in every period could...
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作者：Geismar, H. Neil; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah; Zhu, Yunxia
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Mays Business School; Rider University
摘要：Even though more and more transactions and payments are conducted electronically, physical currency (banknotes and coins) still plays an essential role in commerce and trade, and it is expected to maintain its dominance in the near future. Over the past decade, several studies have analyzed various currency supply chains across the world. This study provides an overview of this research. The structure of a general banknote supply chain is given before the discussion of the problems from three ...
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作者：Berenguer, Gemma; Feng, Qi; Shanthikumar, Jeyaveerasingam George; Xu, Lei
作者单位：Purdue University System; Purdue University; Shanghai Jiao Tong University
摘要：Subsidy programs are widely offered in both developing and developed countries to encourage consumption of products that generate positive social, health, and environmental externalities. We study the effect of subsidies on product consumption under uncertain market demand. To reach a target consumer population, the program sponsor may subsidize a for-profit or a not-for-profit firm on each unit of the product purchased by the firm or on each unit of the sale generated by the firm. We show tha...
