While methods for optimization under uncertainty have been studied intensely over the past
decades, the explicit consideration of the interplay between uncertainty and time has gained …

The electric power industry is undergoing dramatic change driven by rapid technological
transformation, concern over climate change, and evolving market structures. As a result …

Supply disruption has become a critical concern for businesses around the world. The extant
literature has dealt mainly with the sourcing decision for a price-taking retailer. In this paper …

In this paper we consider the impact of 3D printing, or additive manufacturing, on a simple
supply chain, consisting of a manufacturer and retailer, that serves stochastic customer …

A rolling-horizon algorithm is proposed for optimizing the operating schedule of a given
cogeneration energy system while taking into account time-variable loads, tariffs and …

This paper studies a fresh produce supply chain that consists of a supplier and a retailer in a
newsvendor framework. The supplier is the Stackelberg leader and the retailer is the …

This paper reviews the literature on inventory models with multiple sourcing options and
presents a typology for classification. By means of the classification, the progression of the …

Procurement of aid material such as vaccines by a humanitarian agency (HA) is often
fraught with uncertainties. For example, an epidemic outbreak can increase the demand for …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to improve the relief procurement process as one of
the most important elements of humanitarian logistics. For doing so, a novel two-round …

We assume that a newsvendor has a particular time period before the commencement of the
selling season to make a one-time “time-flexible” purchase (Li and Kouvelis [19]) from one of …