Faculty Seminars

April 5

Paul Zipkin
Duke University

Analysis and Comparison of Queues with Different Levels of DelayInformation [ PDF 160KB]

Related Paper [ PDF 121KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

April 19

Aleda Roth
Arizona State University

Through the Service Operations LookingGlass: An Empirical Model of B2B e-Marketplace Failures

Abstract [ PDF 56KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

April 26

Ravi Anupindi
University of Michigan

Capacity Investment underPostponement Strategies, MarketCompetition and Demand Uncertainty

Abstract [ PDF 12KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

May 10

Rhonda Righter
UC Berkeley

The Effect of Service Time Variability on Maximum Queue Lengthsin M ^X/G/1 Queues [ PDF 136KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

May 17

MarshallFisher
Wharton School

Rocket Science Retailing

Abstract [ PDF 10.5KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January 11

Ramandeep Randhawa
GSB

Operational Benefits of Subscription Services [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January 13
Friday

John Cavallaro
MS&E

Managing Innovation Risk in Pharmaceutical R&D: Using DiscreteEvent Simulation to Study the Effect of R&D Strategy on FirmValue [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January 18

Tomer Yahalom
GSB

Designing and Pricing Incentive Compatible Grades of Service inQueueing [ PDF 230KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

January 25

Pierce Chuang
GSB

Inventory Control with Setup Cost under Multi-channel Marketing (Abstract) [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

February 1

Qiong Wu
GSB

The Role of Internet File-Sharing onCopyright Protection Policy of Digital Goods

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

February 15

Guillaume Roels
MIT

Regret in the Newsvendor Model with Partial Information [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

February 22

Owen Wu
University of British Columbia

OptimalControl and Competitive Equilibrium of Production-InventorySystems with Application to the Petroleum Refining Industry [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 1

Karan Girotra
Wharton School

How Do Pipeline PropertiesContribute to Financial Value? A Study of Phase III Failures inthe Pharmaceutical Industry [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 8

Yaozhong Wu
INSEAD

The Effect of Social Preferences on Supply Chain Performance [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 15

Sanmay Das
MIT

A Learning Market-Maker in the Glosten-MilgromModel [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

March 22

Haipeng Shen
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill

Call CenterOperational Data Analysis and Forecasting

Analysis of Call CenterArrival Data Using Singular Value Decomposition [ PDF KB]

Forecasting Arrivals toa Telephone Call Center [ PDF KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 107

October 12

Bobby Kleinberg
UC Berkeley

The ValueOf Knowing a Demand Curve: Bounds on Regret forOnline Posted-Price Auctions [ PDF 262KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

October 26

Robert Freund
MIT

RandomizedMethods for
(Continuous) Deterministic Optimization and AssociatedComplexity Analysis [ PDF 320KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

November 1

Costis Maglaras
Columbia

Dynamic Pricing and Leadtime quotation for a multi-classmake-to-order queue [ PDF 313KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 107

November 30

Chris Lee
Ph.d Candidate, Computational & Mathematical
Engineering

Optimizing Dialysis Initiation Strategies (Abstract) [ PDF 22KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

December 2, Friday

Sridhar Seshadri
NYU

Intermediation and Value Creation in an Incomplete Market:Implications for Securitization [ PDF 289KB]

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103

December 7

Terrence August
GSB

Noon-1:00 pm/Littlefield 103