D. Bertsimas, A. Delarue, W. Eger, J. Hanlon, Sébastien Martin
{"title":"Bus Routing Optimization Helps Boston Public Schools Design Better Policies","authors":"D. Bertsimas, A. Delarue, W. Eger, J. Hanlon, Sébastien Martin","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1015","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss how Boston Public Schools (BPS) and a team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology addressed the BPS bus routing problem. They developed an algorithm that decomposes and sepa...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"201 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127027467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Martina Fischetti, J. Kristoffersen, T. Hjort, M. Monaci, David Pisinger
{"title":"Vattenfall Optimizes Offshore Wind Farm Design","authors":"Martina Fischetti, J. Kristoffersen, T. Hjort, M. Monaci, David Pisinger","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1019","url":null,"abstract":"Key aspects of the wind farm design process include determining the placement of turbines and optimizing the cables used to interconnect them. The authors discuss their development of mixed-integer...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131604428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ehsan Khodabandeh, L. Snyder, John Dennis, Joshua Hammond, Cody Wanless
{"title":"C. H. Robinson Uses Heuristics to Solve Rich Vehicle Routing Problems","authors":"Ehsan Khodabandeh, L. Snyder, John Dennis, Joshua Hammond, Cody Wanless","doi":"10.1287/inte.2021.1090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2021.1090","url":null,"abstract":"We consider a broad family of vehicle routing problem variants with many complex and practical constraints, known as rich vehicle routing problems, which are faced on a daily basis by C.H. Robinson (CHR). Because CHR has many customers, each with distinct requirements, various routing problems with different objectives and constraints must be solved. We propose a novel framework for solving rich vehicle routing problems, which we demonstrate is effective in solving a variety of different problems. This framework, along with a simple user interface, has been wrapped into a new module and integrated into the company’s transportation planning and execution technology platform. Since its implementation, this new module has outperformed the previously used third-party technologies at CHR, significantly reduced setup times, and improved users’ productivity as well as customer outcomes.","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123814585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revamping NetApp's Service Parts Operations by Process Optimization","authors":"D. Mo, Stephen C. H. Ng, David Tai","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1008","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss the use of Six Sigma by NetApp, a data storage system provider, to solve the service parts inventory problem in the company’s multiechelon logistics network.","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123398274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Gouglas, Kendall Hoyt, E. Peacocke, A. Kaloudis, Trygve Ottersen, J. Røttingen
{"title":"Setting Strategic Objectives for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: An Exploratory Decision Analysis Process","authors":"D. Gouglas, Kendall Hoyt, E. Peacocke, A. Kaloudis, Trygve Ottersen, J. Røttingen","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1011","url":null,"abstract":"The authors demonstrate how decision analysis can support a rational and transparent approach to strategy formulation that considers and ranks the preferences of multiple stakeholders in an interna...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117003231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"JalTantra: A System for the Design and Optimization of Rural Piped Water Networks","authors":"N. Hooda, O. Damani","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1014","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1014","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss their development of JalTantra, a web system that aids government engineers in India in designing piped water systems that provide an adequate quality of service to meet citizen...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114580073","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimizing the Multistage University Admission Decision Process","authors":"Donghyun Kim, Namyong Kim, Junoh Cho, Hayong Shin","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1009","url":null,"abstract":"The authors discuss their use of a multistage process to determine admissions to Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. They use logistic regression with past data to estimate the enro...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116618294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing Environmental Markets for Trading Catch Shares","authors":"M. Bichler, D. Ferrell, Vladimir Fux, J. Goeree","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1003","url":null,"abstract":"The authors describe their implementation of a market-based approach to reallocating fishing shares in New South Wales, Australia. Their solution addressed several nonstandard requirements, includi...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"109 34","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120826272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John M. Andrews, V. Farias, A. I. Khojandi, Chad M. Yan
{"title":"Primal-Dual Algorithms for Order Fulfillment at Urban Outfitters, Inc","authors":"John M. Andrews, V. Farias, A. I. Khojandi, Chad M. Yan","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1013","url":null,"abstract":"The authors formulated the omni-channel fulfillment problem as an online optimization problem and proposed a novel algorithm for this problem based on the primal–dual schema. They describe a large-...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126098476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction: 2018 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research","authors":"P. Neri, R. Labe","doi":"10.1287/inte.2019.1012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2019.1012","url":null,"abstract":"Competition for the 2018 Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research provided the six finalist papers featured in this special issue of the I...","PeriodicalId":430990,"journal":{"name":"INFORMS J. Appl. Anal.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130229549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}