We study a sequential resource allocation problem balancing fairness and efficiency for
nonprofit operations.(Un) fairness is measured by the expected maximum demand shortfall …

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commerce features live social interactions that enable real-time, face-to-text communications …

Although multiple-purchase behavior is typical in retail practice, the choice model to portray
such behavior is limited in existing research. This paper presents a new multiple-purchase …

Assessing the efficacy of algorithms plays a pivotal role in advancing various fields, both in
theory and practice. Unlike the predictive models, due to the intricate relationship between …

Although lenient return policies can drive sales and customer loyalty, they have also
resulted in enormous returns volumes and reverse logistics costs. Online retailers often feel …

This research investigates the impacts of the manufacturer's fairness concerns on the supply
chain performance when the power retailer implements a price squeeze and market service …

A key challenge in the resource allocation problem is to find near-optimal policies to serve
different customers with random demands/revenues, using a fixed pool of capacity (properly …

As the retail industry is evolving toward an omnichannel paradigm, we study a product
selection and shelf space planning problem faced by omnichannel retailers. We aim to …

We consider a periodic review inventory control problem of perishable goods with a fixed
lifetime. Instead of considering either FIFO or LIFO issuance policy, we incorporate …

Problem definition: The job of any marketplace is to facilitate the matching of supply with
demand in real time. Success is often measured using various metrics. The challenge is to …