M&SOM - Manufacturing AND Service Operations Management

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• Artificial Shortage in Agricultural Supply Chains AI翻译
  作者：Levi, Retsef; Singhvi, Somya; Zheng, Yanchong
  作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Southern California
  摘要：Problem definition: Price surge of essential commodities despite inventory availability, due to artificial shortage, presents a serious threat to food security in many countries. To protect consumers' welfare, governments intervene reactively with either (i) cash subsidy, to increase consumers' purchasing power by directly transferring cash; or (ii) supply allocation, to increase product availability by importing the commodity from foreign markets and selling it at subsidized rates. Academic/p...
• Prescriptive Analytics in Urban Policing Operations AI翻译
  作者：Brandt, Tobias; Dlugosch, Oliver; Abdelwahed, Ayman; van den Berg, Pieter L.; Neumann, Dirk
  作者单位：University of Munster; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; Erasmus University Rotterdam; University of Freiburg
  摘要：Problem definition: We consider the case of prescriptive policing, that is, the data-driven assignment of police cars to different areas of a city. We analyze key problems with respect to prediction, optimization, and evaluation as well as trade-offs between different quality measures and crime types. Academic/practical relevance: Data-driven prescriptive analytics is gaining substantial attention in operations management research, and effective policing is at the core of the operations of alm...
• Course Scheduling Under Sudden Scarcity: Applications to Pandemic Planning AI翻译
  作者：Barnhart, Cynthia; Bertsimas, Dimitris; Delarue, Arthur; Yan, Julia
  作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  摘要：Problem definition: Physical distancing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically reduced the effective capacity of university campuses. Under these conditions, we examine how to make the most of newly scarce resources in the related problems of curriculum planning and course timetabling. Academic/practical relevance: We propose a unified model for university course scheduling problems under a two-stage framework and draw parallels between component problems while showing how...
• Intertemporal Product Management with Strategic Consumers: The Value of Defective Product Returns AI翻译
  作者：Singh, Narendra; Ramachandran, Karthik; Subramanian, Ravi
  作者单位：Nazarbayev University; University System of Georgia; Georgia Institute of Technology
  摘要：Problem definition: An increased incidence of quality issues, resulting in defective product returns (DPRs), is a concern for firms bringing innovative products to market. Although a firm can recover value from DPRs through refurbishing, consumers are known to act strategically in anticipation of the future availability of refurbished units. We study a firm's strategy for offering a new product and refurbished DPRs to strategic consumers across time. Academic/practical relevance: Aided by emer...
• Implications of Price Matching in Supply Chain Negotiation AI翻译
  作者：Shang, Weixin; Cai, Gangshu (George)
  作者单位：Lingnan University; Santa Clara University
  摘要：Problem definition: Few papers have explored the impact of price matching negotiation (PM), in which a channel matches its price with the resulting wholesale price bargained by another channel, on firms' performances, consumer welfare, and social welfare, with and without supply chain coordination. Academic/practical relevance: Negotiation has been widely seen in determining both uniform and discriminatory wholesale prices, which affect outcomes of competitive supply chain practices. Methodolo...
• Resource Allocation with Sigmoidal Demands: Mobile Healthcare Units and Service Adoption AI翻译
  作者：Alban, Andres; Blaettchen, Philippe; de Vries, Harwin; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.
  作者单位：INSEAD Business School; Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC
  摘要：Problem definition: Achieving broad access to health services (a target within the sustainable development goals) requires reaching rural populations. Mobile healthcare units (MHUs) visit remote sites to offer health services to these populations. However, limited exposure, health literacy, and trust can lead to sigmoidal (S-shaped) adoption dynamics, presenting a difficult obstacle in allocating limited MHU resources. It is tempting to allocate resources in line with current demand, as seen i...
• Urban Bike Lane Planning with Bike Trajectories: Models, Algorithms, and a Real-World Case Study AI翻译
  作者：Liu, Sheng; Shen, Zuo-Jun Max; Ji, Xiang
  作者单位：University of Toronto; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; University of Hong Kong; Princeton University
  摘要：Problem definition: We study an urban bike lane planning problem based on the fine-grained bike trajectory data, which are made available by smart city infrastructure, such as bike-sharing systems. The key decision is where to build bike lanes in the existing road network. Academic/practical relevance: As bike-sharing systems become widespread in the metropolitan areas over the world, bike lanes are being planned and constructed by many municipal governments to promote cycling and protect cycl...
• Online Learning and Optimization of (Some) Cyclic Pricing Policies in the Presence of Patient Customers AI翻译
  作者：Zhang, Huanan; Jasin, Stefanus
  作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan
  摘要：Problem definition: We consider the problem of joint learning and optimization of cyclic pricing policies in the presence of patient customers. In our problem, some customers are patient, and they are willing to wait in the system for several periods to make a purchase until the price is lower than their valuation. The seller does not know the joint distribution of customers' valuation and patience level a priori and can only learn this from the realized total sales in every period. Academic/p...
• The Value of Health Information Technology Interoperability: Evidence from Interhospital Transfer of Heart Attack Patients AI翻译
  作者：Li, Yao; Lu, Lauren Xiaoyuan; Lu, Susan Feng; Chen, Jian
  作者单位：Southern University of Science & Technology; Tsinghua University; Dartmouth College; Purdue University System; Purdue University
  摘要：Problem definition: Health information technology (HIT) interoperability refers to the ability of different electronic health record systems and software applications to communicate, exchange data, and use the information that has been exchanged. The U.S. Government has invested heavily to promote HIT interoperability in recent years in an attempt to improve patient outcomes and control healthcare expenditure. This study empirically assesses the value of HIT interoperability in the interhospit...
• Budgeting in International Humanitarian Organizations AI翻译
  作者：Fard, Milad Keshvari; Ljubic, Ivana; Papier, Felix
  作者单位：Newcastle University - UK; ESSEC Business School; ESSEC Business School
  摘要：Problem definition: International humanitarian organizations (IHOs) prepare a detailed annual allocation plan for operations that are conducted in the countries they serve. The annual plan is strongly affected by the available financial budget. The budget of IHOs is derived from donations, which are typically limited, uncertain, and to a large extent earmarked for specific countries or programs. These factors, together with the specific utility function of IHOs, render budgeting for IHOs a cha...