2011 TutORials in Operations Research ONLINE

2011 Tutorials in Operations Research
©2011 INFORMS
ISBN 978-0-9843378-2-8
   

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Transforming Research into Action

Joseph Geunes, Tutorials Chair and Volume Editor
Paul Gray, Series Editor
Harvey J. Greenberg, Series Founder
Presented at the INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 13–16, 2011

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments

Frontmatter, pages i–viii

Chapter 1

History of Operations Research
Saul I. Gass, Arjang A. Assad
pages 1–14

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Chapter 2

Laboratory Experiments in Operations Management
Elena Katok
pages 15–35

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Chapter 3

Queues in Service Systems: Customer Abandonment and Diffusion Approximations
J. G. Dai and Shuangchi He
pages 36–59

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Chapter 4

Dynamic Optimization in Radiotherapy
Archis Ghate
pages 60–74

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Chapter 5

Optimizing Cancer Screening Using Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
Oguzhan Alagoz
pages 75–89

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Chapter 6

Mixed-Integer Optimization Approaches for Deterministic and Stochastic Inventory Management
Simge Küçükyavuz
pages 90–105

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Chapter 7

Simple Heuristics for Optimal Inventory Policies in Supply Chains
Kevin H. Shang
pages 106–125

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Chapter 8

Contract Complexity and Performance
Feryal Erhun
pages 126–147

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Contributing Authors
pages 148–149

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