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Finding the optimal policy for multi-period perishable inventory systems requires solving computationally-expensive stochastic dynamic programs (DP). To avoid the difficulty of solving DP models, we propose a framework that uses an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-28 Katsunobu Sasanuma , Mohammad Delasay , Christine Pitocco , Alan Scheller-Wolf , Thomas Sexton

The most common approaches for solving multistage stochastic programming problems in the research literature have been to either use value functions ("dynamic programming") or scenario trees ("stochastic programming") to approximate the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Warren B Powell , Saeed Ghadimi

The literature about tradable credit schemes (TCS) as a demand management system alleviating congestion flourished in the past decade. Most proposed formulations are based on static models and thus do not account for the congestion…

General Economics · Economics 2022-04-13 Louis Balzer , Ludovic Leclercq

Computing shortest paths is one of the most researched topics in algorithm engineering. Currently available algorithms compute shortest paths in mere fractions of a second on continental sized road networks. In the presence of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-08-01 Moritz Kobitzsch , Samitha Samaranayake , Dennis Schieferdecker

Generating accurate and reliable sales forecasts is crucial in the E-commerce business. The current state-of-the-art techniques are typically univariate methods, which produce forecasts considering only the historical sales data of a single…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Kasun Bandara , Peibei Shi , Christoph Bergmeir , Hansika Hewamalage , Quoc Tran , Brian Seaman

The time-critical industrial applications pose intense demands for enabling long-distance deterministic networks. However, previous priority-based and weight-based scheduling methods focus on probabilistically reducing average delay, which…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Yudong Huang , Shuo Wang , Shiyin Zhu , Guoyu Peng , Xinyuan Zhang , Tao Huang , Xinmin Liu

We study the cyclic inventory routing problem that involves joint decisions on vehicle routing and inventory replenishment on an infinite, cyclic horizon. It considers a single warehouse and a set of geographically dispersed retailers. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-07 Menglei Jia , Albert H. Schrotenboer , Ahmadreza Marandi , Feng Chen

This paper deals with a problem of production planning, which is a version of the capacitated single-item lot sizing problem with backordering under demand uncertainty, modeled by uncertain cumulative demands. The well-known interval…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Romain Guillaume , Adam Kasperski , Pawel Zielinski

We consider a natural dynamic staffing problem in which a decision-maker sequentially hires workers over a finite horizon to meet an unknown demand revealed at the end. Predictions about demand arrive over time and become increasingly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Yiding Feng , Vahideh Manshadi , Rad Niazadeh , Saba Neyshabouri

Demand forecasting is a crucial component of demand management. While shortening the forecasting horizon allows for more recent data and less uncertainty, this frequently means lower data aggregation levels and a more significant data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-26 Jože M. Rožanec , Dunja Mladenić

A line plan is an important aspect of the quality of the service provided to railway passengers. Although it is well-known that railway demand is varying throughout the day in volume and structure, the line plan is often still fixed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Renate J. H. van der Knaap , Niels van Oort , Menno de Bruyn , Rob M. P. Goverde

In contemporary power systems, energy consumption prediction plays a crucial role in maintaining grid stability and resource allocation enabling power companies to minimize energy waste and avoid overloading the grid. While there are…

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Formulating the intended behavior of a dynamic system can be challenging. Signal temporal logic (STL) is frequently used for this purpose due to its suitability in formalizing comprehensible, modular, and versatile spatiotemporal…

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Well-designed queuing systems form the backbone of modern communications, distributed computing, and content delivery architectures. Designs balancing infrastructure costs and user experience indices require tools from teletraffic theory…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Srujan Teja Thomdapu , Ketan Rajawat

In most cities, transit consists solely of fixed-route transportation, whence the inherent limited Quality of Service for travellers in suburban areas and during off-peak periods. On the other hand, completely replacing fixed-route (FR)…

General Economics · Economics 2023-02-01 Giovanni Calabro' , Andrea Araldo , Simon Oh , Ravi Seshadri , Giuseppe Inturri , Moshe Ben-Akiva

We consider a network inventory system motivated by one-way, on-demand vehicle sharing services. Under uncertain and correlated network demand, the service operator periodically repositions vehicles to match a fixed supply with spatial…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-10-20 Hansheng Jiang , Chunlin Sun , Zuo-Jun Max Shen

Control planes for global carrier networks should be programmable (so that new functionality can be easily introduced) and scalable (so they can handle the numerical scale and geographic scope of these networks). Neither traditional control…

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Traffic problems have seriously affected people's life quality and urban development, and forecasting the short-term traffic congestion is of great importance to both individuals and governments. However, understanding and modeling the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-17 Meng Chen , Xiaohui Yu , Yang Liu

Platforms matching spatially distributed supply to demand face a fundamental design choice: given a fixed total budget of service range, how should it be allocated across supply nodes ex ante, i.e. before supply and demand locations are…

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