Wang, Hai, S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The Last Mile Problem (LMP) refers to the provision of travel service from the nearest public transportation node to a home or office. We study the supply side of this problem in a stochastic setting, with batch demands ...
Zhong, Yuan, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Operations Research Center(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This thesis addresses the design and analysis of resource allocation policies in largescale stochastic systems, motivated by examples such as the Internet, cloud facilities, wireless networks, etc. A canonical framework ...
Shi, Cong, Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Many if not most of the core problems studied in operations management fall into the category of multi-stage stochastic optimization models, whereby one considers multiple, often correlated decisions to optimize a particular ...
Frankovich, Michael Joseph(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
The cost of air traffic delays is well documented, and furthermore, it is known that the significant proportion of delays is incurred at airports. Much of the air traffic flow management literature focuses on traffic flows ...
Acimovic, Jason Andrew(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
As online retailing - or e-tailing - continues to grow as more and more customers buy physical goods on the internet, finding ways to reduce the cost and environmental impact of outbound shipping in this sector will become ...