Helicopter–UAVs search and rescue task allocation considering UAVs operating environment and performance

M Zhang, W Li, M Wang, S Li, B Li - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
The task allocation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is important in UAV search and
rescue to guarantee an effective and orderly search and rescue activity. However, few …

Connecting digital channels to consumers' purchase decision-making process in online stores

PB Pires, JD Santos, PQ Brito, DN Marques - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This research establishes the relationship between the digital channels that organizations
use to communicate with their audience and the stages of the consumer buying decision …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven multi-location inventory placement in digital commerce

Y Wang, S Minner - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Digital commerce has become an indispensable part of global retail. Digital commerce
retailers usually build large logistics networks with multiple distribution centers (DCs) to …

A reward shaping approach for reserve price optimization using deep reinforcement learning

RR Afshar, J Rhuggenaath, Y Zhang… - … Joint Conference on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Real Time Bidding is the process of selling and buying online advertisements in real time
auctions. Real time auctions are performed in header bidding partners or ad exchanges to …

Dynamic allocation of display advertising impressions in dual sales channels

Y Zhao, X Li, L Luo - Omega, 2025 - Elsevier
We study a multi-period ad allocation problem faced by an online publisher who sells ad
impressions on websites through two sales channels. In the guaranteed sales channel …

[PDF][PDF] A reinforcement learning method to select ad networks in waterfall strategy

RRA Afshar, Y Zhang, M Firat… - 31st Benelux Conference …, 2019 - research.tue.nl
In [1], we develop a decision support system for ad publishers to select the most promising
ad network for each impression. A high percentage of online advertising is currently …

A decision support method to increase the revenue of ad publishers in waterfall strategy

RR Afshar, Y Zhang, M Firat… - 2019 IEEE Conference …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online advertising is one of the most important sources of income for many online
publishers. The process is as easy as placing slots in the website and selling those slots in …

Content provision strategy selection for a media platform in the presence of traffic revenue

L Jiang - Electronic Commerce Research, 2024 - Springer
Inspired by the diversity of content provision and the importance of traffic revenue in media
market, this paper investigates the pricing and advertising decisions for a media platform …

Hierarchical multiagent reinforcement learning for allocating guaranteed display ads

L Wang, L Han, X Chen, C Li, J Huang… - … on Neural Networks …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we study the problem of guaranteed display ads (GDAs) allocation, which
requires proactively allocate display ads to different impressions to fulfill their impression …

Dynamic pricing using thompson sampling with fuzzy events

J Rhuggenaath, PR de Oliveira da Costa… - … and Management of …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper we study a repeated posted-price auction between a single seller and a single
buyer that interact for a finite number of periods or rounds. In each round, the seller offers the …