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Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Nan K. Li , Angela Chang , David Sherman

Within the domain of e-commerce retail, an important objective is the reduction of parcel loss during the last-mile delivery phase. The ever-increasing availability of data, including product, customer, and order information, has made it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-26 Jan de Leeuw , Zaharah Bukhsh , Yingqian Zhang

Most existing literature on supply chain and inventory management consider stochastic demand processes with zero or constant lead times. While it is true that in certain niche scenarios, uncertainty in lead times can be ignored, most…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Hardik Meisheri , Somjit Nath , Mayank Baranwal , Harshad Khadilkar

Disasters and disruptions such as the COVID-19 pandemic can significantly interrupt supply chains and industries. To control these disruptions, decision-makers must focus on supply chain resiliency. This paper proposes a multi-stage,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-06 Hossein Mirzaee , Hamed Samarghandi , Keith Willoughby

Based on economic theories and integrated with machine learning technology, this study explores a collaborative Supply Chain Management and Financial Supply Chain Management (SCM - FSCM) model to solve issues like efficiency loss, financing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-05 Hang Wang , Huijie Tang , Ningai Leng , Zhoufan Yu

Demand forecasting in power sector has become an important part of modern demand management and response systems with the rise of smart metering enabled grids. Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) shows promising results in predicting time series…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Koushik Roy , Abtahi Ishmam , Kazi Abu Taher

To reduce passenger waiting time and driver search friction, ride-hailing companies need to accurately forecast spatio-temporal demand and supply-demand gap. However, due to spatio-temporal dependencies pertaining to demand and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-12-01 M. H. Rahman , S. M. Rifaat

This paper investigates dual sourcing problems with supply mode dependent failure rates, particularly relevant in managing spare parts for downtime-critical assets. To enhance resilience, businesses increasingly adopt dual sourcing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Fabian Akkerman , Nils Knofius , Matthieu van der Heijden , Martijn Mes

Short-term passenger demand forecasting is of great importance to the on-demand ride service platform, which can incentivize vacant cars moving from over-supply regions to over-demand regions. The spatial dependences, temporal dependences,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Jintao Ke , Hongyu Zheng , Hai Yang , Xiqun , Chen

We study a general problem of allocating limited resources to heterogeneous customers over time under model uncertainty. Each type of customer can be serviced using different actions, each of which stochastically consumes some combination…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Wang Chi Cheung , Will Ma , David Simchi-Levi , Xinshang Wang

The beer game is a widely used in-class game that is played in supply chain management classes to demonstrate the bullwhip effect. The game is a decentralized, multi-agent, cooperative problem that can be modeled as a serial supply chain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-15 Afshin Oroojlooyjadid , MohammadReza Nazari , Lawrence Snyder , Martin Takáč

Today, many public or private institutions provide professional food service for personnels working in their own organizations. Regarding the planning of the said service, there are some obstacles due to the fact that the number of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-02-13 M. Hanefi Calp

The COVID 19 pandemic and ongoing political and regional conflicts have a highly detrimental impact on the global supply chain, causing significant delays in logistics operations and international shipments. One of the most pressing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-01 Mustafa Can Camur , Sandipp Krishnan Ravi , Shadi Saleh

The rapid proliferation of omnichannel retail strategies has fundamentally transformed store replenishment operations in uncertain supply chain environments. With retail stores increasingly acting as hybrid fulfillment centers, pooled…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Abdüssamet Sökel

We study an online generalization of the classic Joint Replenishment Problem (JRP) that models the trade-off between ordering costs, holding costs, and backlog costs in supply chain planning systems. A retailer places orders to a supplier…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-25 Benjamin Moseley , Aidin Niaparast , R. Ravi

Fruits and vegetables form a vital component of the global economy; however, their distribution poses complex logistical challenges due to high perishability, supply fluctuations, strict quality and safety standards, and environmental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Chirag Seth , Mehrdad Pirnia , James H Bookbinder

Accurate delivery delay prediction is critical for maintaining operational efficiency and customer satisfaction across modern supply chains. Yet the increasing complexity of logistics networks, spanning multimodal transportation,…

The increasing scale and complexity of global supply chains have led to new challenges spanning various fields, such as supply chain disruptions due to long waiting lines at the ports, material shortages, and inflation. Coupled with the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Haibo Wang , Lutfu S. Sua , Bahram Alidaee

Sparse and intermittent demand forecasting in supply chains presents a critical challenge, as frequent zero-demand periods hinder traditional model accuracy and impact inventory management. We propose and evaluate a Model-Router framework…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Qiwen Zhang

The Internet of Multimedia Things (IoMT) represents a significant advancement in the evolution of IoT technologies, focusing on the transmission and management of multimedia streams. As the volume of data continues to surge and the number…

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