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Advances in robust and adaptive optimization : algorithms, software, and insights
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Optimization in the presence of uncertainty is at the heart of operations research. There are many approaches to modeling the nature of this uncertainty, but this thesis focuses on developing new algorithms, software, and ...
Optimization and equilibrium in dynamic networks and applications in traffic systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
This thesis discusses optimization problems and equilibrium in networks. There are three major parts of the thesis. In the first part, we discuss optimization in dynamic networks. We focus on two fundamental optimization ...
Pricing for retail, social networks and green technologies
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
What is the right price to charge your customers? Many retailers and researchers are facing this question. In the last three decades, tremendous progress was made, both in the academic and business worlds. In this thesis, ...
Velocity-based storage and stowage decisions in a semi-automated fulfillment system
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The supply chain management for an online retailing business is centered around the operations of its fulfillment centers. A fulfillment center receives and holds inventory from vendors, and then uses this inventory to ...
Improving behavioral decision making in operations and food safety management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
In Chapter 1, we design controlled laboratory experiments to investigate whether and how process-driven discussions may improve information sharing, information integration, and the resulting group performance in collective ...
Analytics in promotional pricing and advertising
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Big data and the internet are shifting the paradigm in promotional pricing and advertising. The amount of readily available data from both point-of-sale systems and web cookies has grown, enabling a shift from qualitative ...
Optimization for online platforms
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
In the last decade, there has been a surge in online platforms for providing a wide variety of services. These platforms face an array of challenges that can be mitigated with appropriate modeling and the use of optimization ...
Algorithmic advancements in the practice of revenue management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
In recent years, firms have been personalizing the customer experience by recommending specific products, and simultaneously these customers have raised their expectations in terms of personalization. To support these ...
New statistical techniques for designing future generation retirement and insurance solutions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
This thesis presents new statistical techniques for designing future generation retirement and insurance solutions. It addresses two major challenges for retirement and insurance products: asset allocation and policyholder ...
The edge of large-scale optimization in transportation and machine learning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis focuses on impactful applications of large-scale optimization in transportation and machine learning. Using both theory and computational experiments, we introduce novel optimization algorithms to overcome the ...