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Portfolio strategies in supply contracts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Traditionally, industrial buyers have focused on long-term contracts for many of their purchasing needs. Recently, however, some high-tech manufacturers have started looking at more flexible contracts for non-strategic ...
Governing the human capitalists : ownership and authority in the advertising and airline industries
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Theorists suggest the rising value of human capital will mean greater participation by employees in the ownership and governance of firms. This thesis explores aspects of these claims by analyzing the competitive effects ...
Robust optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
We propose new methodologies in robust optimization that promise greater tractability, both theoretically and practically than the classical robust framework. We cover a broad range of mathematical optimization problems, ...
Essays on variational inequalities and competitive supply chain models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
In the first part of the thesis we combine ideas from cutting plane and interior point methods to solve variational inequality problems efficiently. In particular, we introduce "smarter" cuts into two general methods for ...
Multi-mission optimized re-planning in air mobility command's channel route execution
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
The United States Air Force's Air Mobility Command is responsible for creating a schedule and executing that schedule for a large-scale air mobility network that encompasses different mission areas. One of the mission areas ...
Approximation algorithms for packing and scheduling problems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
In this thesis we consider three combinatorial optimization problems. Specifically, we study packing and scheduling questions of relevance in several areas of operations research, including interconnection networks and ...
Inventory deployment and market area segmentation in a two-echelon distribution network design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Most of the logistics systems involve a multi-level distribution system structure due to value added by a multi-level configuration. Interactions of these levels, i.e. echelons, should be considered while making strategic ...
Competitive multi-period pricing for perishable products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Pricing of a perishable product over a multi-period time horizon is a challenging problem under an oligopolistic market framework. We propose and study a model for multi-period pricing in an oligopolistic market for a ...
Local energy management through mathematical modeling and optimization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
(cont.) Extensions to the core TOTEM model include a demand charge model, used for making daily optimal control decisions when the electric bill includes a charge based on the monthly maximum power draw. The problem of ...
Support vector machine and parametric wavelet-based texture classification of stem cell images
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004)
Stem (cell research is one of the most promising and cutting-edge fields i the miedical sciences. It is believed that this innovative research will lead to life-saving treatments in the coming years. As part of their work, ...