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We study the assortment optimization problem under the Sequential Multinomial Logit (SML), a discrete choice model that generalizes the multinomial logit (MNL). Under the SML model, products are partitioned into two levels, to capture…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-08-31 Alvaro Flores , Gerardo Berbeglia , Pascal van Hentenryck

Amazon Locker is a self-service delivery or pickup location where customers can pick up packages and drop off returns. A basic first-come-first-served policy for accepting package delivery requests to lockers results in lockers becoming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-05-31 Samyukta Sethuraman , Ankur Bansal , Setareh Mardan , Mauricio G. C. Resende , Timothy L. Jacobs

We consider a natural extension to the metric uncapacitated Facility Location Problem (FLP) in which requests ask for different commodities out of a finite set $S$ of commodities. Ravi and Sinha (SODA'04) introduced the model as the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Jannik Castenow , Björn Feldkord , Till Knollmann , Manuel Malatyali , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide

We study an online joint assortment-inventory optimization problem, in which we assume that the choice behavior of each customer follows the Multinomial Logit (MNL) choice model, and the attraction parameters are unknown a priori. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Yong Liang , Xiaojie Mao , Shiyuan Wang

Park-and-ride facilities are car parks where users can transfer to public transportation. Commuters can use P&R facilities or choose to travel by car to their destinations, and individual choice behavior is assumed to follow a logit model.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-23 Sang Hyun Kim , Sangho Shim

Retailers have significant potential to improve recommendations through strategic bundling and pricing. By taking into account different types of customers and their purchasing decisions, retailers can better accommodate customer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-06 Maxime Bouscary , Mazen Danaf , Saurabh Amin

Strategic product placement can have a strong influence on customer purchase behavior in physical stores as well as online platforms. Motivated by this, we consider the problem of optimizing the placement of substitutable products in…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Omar El Housni , Rajan Udwani

Motivated by scheduling in Geo-distributed data analysis, we propose a target location problem for multi-commodity flow (LoMuF for short). Given commodities to be sent from their resources, LoMuF aims at locating their targets so that the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-05-25 Xingwu Liu , Zhida Pan , Yuyi Wang

We study a stylized dynamic assortment planning problem during a selling season of finite length $T$. At each time period, the seller offers an arriving customer an assortment of substitutable products and the customer makes the purchase…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-02-22 Xi Chen , Chao Shi , Yining Wang , Yuan Zhou

We consider the facility location problem in the one-dimensional setting where each facility can serve a limited number of agents from the algorithmic and mechanism design perspectives. From the algorithmic perspective, we prove that the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Haris Aziz , Hau Chan , Barton E. Lee , Bo Li , Toby Walsh

We study the assortment optimization problem under general linear constraints, where the customer choice behavior is captured by the Cross-Nested Logit model. In this problem, there is a set of products organized into multiple subsets (or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-19 Cuong Le , Tien Mai

In this paper, we investigate a supply chain network with a supplier and multiple retailers. The supplier can either take orders from retailers directly, or choose to build a warehouse somewhere in the network to centralize the ordering…

General Economics · Economics 2025-07-15 Jianing Zhi , Xinghua Li , Zidong Chen

We study dynamic joint assortment and pricing where a seller updates decisions at regular accounting/operating intervals to maximize the cumulative per-period revenue over a horizon $T$. In many settings, assortment and prices affect not…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-02-20 Junhui Cai , Ran Chen , Qitao Huang , Linda Zhao , Wu Zhu

We consider the problem of static assortment optimization, where the goal is to find the assortment of size at most $C$ that maximizes revenues. This is a fundamental decision problem in the area of Operations Management. It has been shown…

Methodology · Statistics 2011-08-19 Vivek Farias , Srikanth Jagabathula , Devavrat Shah

The Storage Location Assignment Problem (SLAP) and the Picker Routing Problem (PRP) have received significant attention in the literature due to their pivotal role in the performance of the Order Picking (OP) activity, the most…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Thibault Prunet , Nabil Absi , Diego Cattaruzza

The facility location problem is a well-known challenge in logistics that is proven to be NP-hard. In this paper we specifically simulate the geographical placement of facilities to provide adequate service to customers. Determining…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-06-03 Peter Hillmann , Tobias Uhlig , Gabi Dreo Rodosek , Oliver Rose

We consider the {\em lower-bounded facility location} (\lbfl) problem (also sometimes called {\em load-balanced facility location}), which is a generalization of {\em uncapacitated facility location} (\ufl), where each open facility is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-08-31 Sara Ahmadian , Chaitanya Swamy

In the paper, we consider the competitive facility location problem with limited choice rule (CFLPLCR), which attempts to open a subset of facilities to maximize the net profit of a newcomer company, requiring customers to patronize only a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-11 Wei-Kun Chen , Wei-Yang Zhang , Yan-Ru Wang , Shahin Gelareh , Yu-Hong Dai

Dynamic facility location problems predominantly suppose a monopoly over the service or product provided. Nonetheless, this premise can be a severe oversimplification in the presence of market competitors, as customers may prefer facilities…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-20 Warley Almeida Silva , Margarida Carvalho , Sanjay Dominik Jena

We revisit the problem of large-scale assortment optimization under the multinomial logit choice model without any assumptions on the structure of the feasible assortments. Scalable real-time assortment optimization has become essential in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-02 Deeksha Sinha , Theja Tulabandhula