Operations Research

Papers
(The median citation count of Operations Research is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Technical Note—There’s No Free Lunch: On the Hardness of Choosing a Correct Big-M in Bilevel Optimization58
Fast Best Subset Selection: Coordinate Descent and Local Combinatorial Optimization Algorithms53
Simple Bayesian Algorithms for Best-Arm Identification47
Ambulance Emergency Response Optimization in Developing Countries46
Algorithms for Online Matching, Assortment, and Pricing with Tight Weight-Dependent Competitive Ratios42
The Distributionally Robust Chance-Constrained Vehicle Routing Problem41
Managing Supply in the On-Demand Economy: Flexible Workers, Full-Time Employees, or Both?41
Optimization of Tree Ensembles40
Technical Note—Data-Based Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Control with Censored Demand and Limited Price Changes37
Real-Time Dynamic Pricing for Revenue Management with Reusable Resources, Advance Reservation, and Deterministic Service Time Requirements36
Parallel Bayesian Global Optimization of Expensive Functions36
Robust Satisficing35
Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations34
Robust Data-Driven Vehicle Routing with Time Windows33
Technical Note—Data-Driven Chance Constrained Programs over Wasserstein Balls33
Customer Choice Models vs. Machine Learning: Finding Optimal Product Displays on Alibaba31
Technical Note—Constant-Order Policies for Lost-Sales Inventory Models with Random Supply Functions: Asymptotics and Heuristic28
Assortment Optimization and Pricing Under the Multinomial Logit Model with Impatient Customers: Sequential Recommendation and Selection28
Information Disclosure and Pricing Policies for Sales of Network Goods27
Placement Optimization in Refugee Resettlement27
Technical Note—Capacitated Assortment Optimization: Hardness and Approximation27
Dynamic Assortment Personalization in High Dimensions27
Pricing and Optimization in Shared Vehicle Systems: An Approximation Framework25
Production Scheduling for Strategic Open Pit Mine Planning: A Mixed-Integer Programming Approach25
Pooling Queues with Strategic Servers: The Effects of Customer Ownership25
Spatio-Temporal Pricing for Ridesharing Platforms24
The Benders Dual Decomposition Method24
Competitive Investment with Bayesian Learning: Choice of Business Size and Timing24
Technical Note—Two-Stage Sample Robust Optimization23
Value of Information in Bayesian Routing Games23
Spatial Capacity Planning23
A Stochastic Integer Programming Approach to Air Traffic Scheduling and Operations23
Imposing Contiguity Constraints in Political Districting Models23
Dynamic Incentive-Aware Learning: Robust Pricing in Contextual Auctions22
Duopoly Competition with Network Effects in Discrete Choice Models22
Always Valid Inference: Continuous Monitoring of A/B Tests22
Becoming Strategic: Endogenous Consumer Time Preferences and Multiperiod Pricing22
Data-Driven Optimization: A Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Approach22
Dynamic Scheduling of Multiclass Many-Server Queues with Abandonment: The Generalized /h Rule21
Nonparametric Pricing Analytics with Customer Covariates21
Vessel Service Planning in Seaports20
Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization and Variation Regularization20
Timing It Right: Balancing Inpatient Congestion vs. Readmission Risk at Discharge20
Assortment Optimization Under the Paired Combinatorial Logit Model19
Learning Unknown Service Rates in Queues: A Multiarmed Bandit Approach19
Technical Note—Understanding the Performance of Capped Base-Stock Policies in Lost-Sales Inventory Models19
Optimal Monitoring Schedule in Dynamic Contracts18
Why Is Maximum Clique Often Easy in Practice?18
Robust Contract Designs: Linear Contracts and Moral Hazard18
Fast Global Convergence of Natural Policy Gradient Methods with Entropy Regularization17
Diffusion in Random Networks: Impact of Degree Distribution17
Forecasting COVID-19 and Analyzing the Effect of Government Interventions17
A Finite Time Analysis of Temporal Difference Learning with Linear Function Approximation17
Matching While Learning17
Technical Note—Consumer Choice and Market Expansion: Modeling, Optimization, and Estimation17
Interior-Point-Based Online Stochastic Bin Packing16
An Efficient Frontier Approach to Scoring and Ranking Hospital Performance16
Multilevel Approaches for the Critical Node Problem15
Optimal Portfolio Diversification via Independent Component Analysis15
Fleet Coordination in Decentralized Humanitarian Operations Funded by Earmarked Donations15
Nonstationary Bandits with Habituation and Recovery Dynamics15
Technical Note—Static Pricing: Universal Guarantees for Reusable Resources15
Bayesian Decision Making in Groups is Hard15
Knockout-Tournament Procedures for Large-Scale Ranking and Selection in Parallel Computing Environments15
Dynamic Inventory and Price Controls Involving Unknown Demand on Discrete Nonperishable Items15
Nonconvex Low-Rank Tensor Completion from Noisy Data15
On the Heavy-Tail Behavior of the Distributionally Robust Newsvendor15
Branch-Cut-and-Price for the Robust Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem with Knapsack Uncertainty14
Asymptotically Optimal Lagrangian Policies for Multi-Warehouse, Multi-Store Systems with Lost Sales14
On the Optimal Design of a Bipartite Matching Queueing System14
Robust Multiperiod Vehicle Routing Under Customer Order Uncertainty14
Large-Scale Bundle-Size Pricing: A Theoretical Analysis14
Dynamic Server Assignment in Multiclass Queues with Shifts, with Applications to Nurse Staffing in Emergency Departments14
Calibration of Distributionally Robust Empirical Optimization Models14
On a Deterministic Approximation of Inventory Systems with Sequential Service-Level Constraints14
The Best of Many Worlds: Dual Mirror Descent for Online Allocation Problems14
Data-Driven Pricing for a New Product13
Online Allocation and Pricing: Constant Regret via Bellman Inequalities13
Social and Monopoly Optimization in Observable Queues13
Need for Speed: The Impact of In-Process Delays on Customer Behavior in Online Retail13
The Value of Coordination in Multimarket Bidding of Grid Energy Storage13
Dynamic Stochastic Matching Under Limited Time13
An Approximation Algorithm for Network Revenue Management Under Nonstationary Arrivals13
Maximum Likelihood Estimation by Monte Carlo Simulation: Toward Data-Driven Stochastic Modeling13
Star-Shaped Risk Measures13
Distributionally Robust Inverse Covariance Estimation: The Wasserstein Shrinkage Estimator13
Dark Matter in (Volatility and) Equity Option Risk Premiums13
Technical Note—Dynamic Pricing with Heterogeneous Patience Levels13
When Risk Perception Gets in the Way: Probability Weighting and Underprevention12
Efficiently Breaking the Curse of Horizon in Off-Policy Evaluation with Double Reinforcement Learning12
Measuring Beliefs Under Ambiguity12
Technical Note—Time Inconsistency of Optimal Policies of Distributionally Robust Inventory Models12
M-Convexity and Its Applications in Operations12
Disruption and Rerouting in Supply Chain Networks12
Budget-Management Strategies in Repeated Auctions12
Optimization-Based Scenario Reduction for Data-Driven Two-Stage Stochastic Optimization12
Deadlines, Offer Timing, and the Search for Alternatives11
Optimizing Opinions with Stubborn Agents11
Compressing Over-the-Counter Markets11
Detecting Bots and Assessing Their Impact in Social Networks11
Pricing with Samples11
A Repeated Route-then-Schedule Approach to Coordinated Vehicle Platooning: Algorithms, Valid Inequalities and Computation11
Optimal Nonlinear Pricing in Social Networks Under Asymmetric Network Information11
Robust Power Management via Learning and Game Design11
Systemic Risk-Driven Portfolio Selection11
Bayesian Incentive-Compatible Bandit Exploration11
Offline Multi-Action Policy Learning: Generalization and Optimization11
Distributionally Robust Linear and Discrete Optimization with Marginals10
Preservation of Supermodularity in Parametric Optimization: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions on Constraint Structures10
The Shortest Path Interdiction Problem with Randomized Interdiction Strategies: Complexity and Algorithms10
Technical Note—Joint Learning and Optimization of Multi-Product Pricing with Finite Resource Capacity and Unknown Demand Parameters10
How Service Quality Variability Hurts Revenue When Customers Learn: Implications for Dynamic Personalized Pricing10
Fair Resource Allocation in a Volatile Marketplace10
Efficient Solution of Maximum-Entropy Sampling Problems10
Adjustable Robust Optimization Reformulations of Two-Stage Worst-Case Regret Minimization Problems10
Optimal Contract for Machine Repair and Maintenance10
Risk Management for Sustainable Sovereign Debt Financing10
On the Stability of Redundancy Models10
Game of Variable Contributions to the Common Good Under Uncertainty10
Operational Risk Management: A Stochastic Control Framework with Preventive and Corrective Controls10
The Discrete Moment Problem with Nonconvex Shape Constraints10
Technical Note—The Multinomial Logit Model with Sequential Offerings: Algorithmic Frameworks for Product Recommendation Displays9
Demand Shaping Through Bundling and Product Configuration: A Dynamic Multiproduct Inventory-Pricing Model9
Competitive Equilibrium and Trading Networks: A Network Flow Approach9
How Endogenization of the Reference Point Affects Loss Aversion: A Study of Portfolio Selection9
Nonsparse Learning with Latent Variables9
Shortfall Risk Models When Information on Loss Function Is Incomplete9
Robustness in the Optimization of Risk Measures9
Optimal Price/Advertising Menus for Two-Sided Media Platforms9
A Classifier to Decide on the Linearization of Mixed-Integer Quadratic Problems in CPLEX9
Branch-Price-and-Cut Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic and Correlated Travel Times9
Online Linear Programming: Dual Convergence, New Algorithms, and Regret Bounds9
Multiplicative Pacing Equilibria in Auction Markets9
Subsampling to Enhance Efficiency in Input Uncertainty Quantification9
Quantile Inverse Optimization: Improving Stability in Inverse Linear Programming9
A New Approach for Vehicle Routing with Stochastic Demand: Combining Route Assignment with Process Flexibility9
Nonadditive Multiattribute Utility Functions for Portfolio Decision Analysis9
Asymmetric Multidepot Vehicle Routing Problems: Valid Inequalities and a Branch-and-Cut Algorithm9
Operations Research: Topics, Impact, and Trends from 1952–20199
ALSO-X and ALSO-X+: Better Convex Approximations for Chance Constrained Programs9
Sustainability Planning for Healthcare Information Exchanges with Supplier Rebate Program9
Joint Assortment Optimization and Customization Under a Mixture of Multinomial Logit Models: On the Value of Personalized Assortments9
Soft OR and Practice: The Contribution of the Founders of Operations Research9
Dynamic Learning and Market Making in Spread Betting Markets with Informed Bettors9
Asynchronous Schemes for Stochastic and Misspecified Potential Games and Nonconvex Optimization9
Subset Selection with Shrinkage: Sparse Linear Modeling When the SNR Is Low9
1.79-Approximation Algorithms for Continuous Review Single-Sourcing Lost-Sales and Dual-Sourcing Inventory Models8
Improved Revenue Bounds for Posted-Price and Second-Price Mechanisms8
Strategic Workforce Planning Under Uncertainty8
Technical Note—Bifurcating Constraints to Improve Approximation Ratios for Network Revenue Management with Reusable Resources8
Decision Making When Things Are Only a Matter of Time8
Technical Note—Data-Driven Newsvendor Problem: Performance of the Sample Average Approximation8
Personalized Retail Promotions Through a Directed Acyclic Graph–Based Representation of Customer Preferences8
Risk Arbitrage Opportunities for Stock Index Options8
Exact Penalization of Generalized Nash Equilibrium Problems8
Near-Optimal Disjoint-Path Facility Location Through Set Cover by Pairs8
Multiobjective Optimization for Politically Fair Districting: A Scalable Multilevel Approach8
Nonconvex Piecewise Linear Functions: Advanced Formulations and Simple Modeling Tools8
Adaptive Matching for Expert Systems with Uncertain Task Types8
Learning in Combinatorial Optimization: What and How to Explore8
Mallows-Smoothed Distribution over Rankings Approach for Modeling Choice8
Order Now, Pickup in 30 Minutes: Managing Queues with Static Delivery Guarantees8
Scheduling to Differentiate Service in a Multiclass Service System8
Learning in Structured MDPs with Convex Cost Functions: Improved Regret Bounds for Inventory Management8
Global Convergence of Stochastic Gradient Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for Nonconvex Stochastic Optimization: Nonasymptotic Performance Bounds and Momentum-Based Acceleration8
Mixed-Projection Conic Optimization: A New Paradigm for Modeling Rank Constraints7
Achieving High Individual Service Levels Without Safety Stock? Optimal Rationing Policy of Pooled Resources7
Selfishness Need Not Be Bad7
Incentive-Compatible Learning of Reserve Prices for Repeated Auctions7
The Inventory Routing Problem Under Uncertainty7
Dynamic Pricing and Matching for Two-Sided Queues7
Voxel-Based Solution Approaches to the Three-Dimensional Irregular Packing Problem7
Inventory Integration with Rational Consumers7
The Strategic Benefit of Request for Proposal/Quotation7
Variable and Constant Returns-to-Scale Production Technologies with Component Processes7
Transmission Capacity Allocation in Zonal Electricity Markets7
Stochastic Knapsack Revisited: The Service Level Perspective7
Information Inundation on Platforms and Implications7
Objective Selection for Cancer Treatment: An Inverse Optimization Approach7
Finite-Sample Guarantees for Wasserstein Distributionally Robust Optimization: Breaking the Curse of Dimensionality7
Parallel Adaptive Survivor Selection7
The Analytics of Bed Shortages: Coherent Metric, Prediction, and Optimization7
Patient-Type Bayes-Adaptive Treatment Plans7
Design of Incentive Programs for Optimal Medication Adherence in the Presence of Observable Consumption7
Network Inspection for Detecting Strategic Attacks6
Dynamic Risked Equilibrium6
Optimal Learning Under Robustness and Time-Consistency6
Heteroscedastic Exponomial Choice6
Constant Regret Resolving Heuristics for Price-Based Revenue Management6
On the Profitability of Selfish Blockchain Mining Under Consideration of Ruin6
Risk-Averse Stochastic Programming: Time Consistency and Optimal Stopping6
Performance of the Smallest-Variance-First Rule in Appointment Sequencing6
Time Consistency of the Mean-Risk Problem6
Statistical Inference for Aggregation of Malmquist Productivity Indices6
Deals or No Deals: Contract Design for Online Advertising6
On the Consistent Path Problem6
Procurement Mechanisms for Assortments of Differentiated Products6
Parallel Innovation Contests6
Separation of Perishable Inventories in Offline Retailing Through Transshipment6
Information and Memory in Dynamic Resource Allocation6
A Restless Bandit Model for Resource Allocation, Competition, and Reservation6
Intertemporal Price Discrimination with Time-Varying Valuations6
Mean Field Equilibrium: Uniqueness, Existence, and Comparative Statics6
Regularized Aggregation of One-Off Probability Predictions6
Scalable Reinforcement Learning for Multiagent Networked Systems6
Time-Varying Risk Aversion and Dynamic Portfolio Allocation6
Technical Note—Bootstrap-based Budget Allocation for Nested Simulation6
Pricing of Debt and Equity in a Financial Network with Comonotonic Endowments5
Pooling Agents for Customer-Intensive Services5
On Policies for Single-Leg Revenue Management with Limited Demand Information5
Majority Judgment vs. Approval Voting5
Computation of Exact Bootstrap Confidence Intervals: Complexity and Deterministic Algorithms5
A Token-Based Central Queue with Order-Independent Service Rates5
Cross-Sectional Variation of Intraday Liquidity, Cross-Impact, and Their Effect on Portfolio Execution5
Technical Note—Assortment Planning for Two-Sided Sequential Matching Markets5
Effects of Reactive Capacity on Product Quality and Firm Profitability in an Uncertain Market5
Robust Learning of Consumer Preferences5
Long-Term Behavior of Dynamic Equilibria in Fluid Queuing Networks5
Data Aggregation and Demand Prediction5
OR Practice–Data Analytics for Optimal Detection of Metastatic Prostate Cancer5
Technical Note—Dynamic Data-Driven Estimation of Nonparametric Choice Models5
To Pool or Not to Pool: Queueing Design for Large-Scale Service Systems5
Optimal Market-Integration Decisions by Policymakers: Modeling and Analysis of Agriculture Market Data5
The Effect of Social Preferences on Sales and Operations Planning5
Dynamic Programs with Shared Resources and Signals: Dynamic Fluid Policies and Asymptotic Optimality5
Technical Note—Pricing and Prioritization in a Duopoly with Self-Selecting, Heterogeneous, Time-Sensitive Customers Under Low Utilization5
Stall Economy: The Value of Mobility in Retail on Wheels5
Reducing Delay in Retrial Queues by Simultaneously Differentiating Service and Retrial Rates5
Integrated Online Learning and Adaptive Control in Queueing Systems with Uncertain Payoffs5
Technical Note—Worst-Case Benefit of Restocking for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands5
Menu Costs and the Bullwhip Effect: Supply Chain Implications of Dynamic Pricing5
Data-Driven Transit Network Design at Scale5
Sample Out-of-Sample Inference Based on Wasserstein Distance5
Technical Note—A Note on the Equivalence of Upper Confidence Bounds and Gittins Indices for Patient Agents4
Network Revenue Management Under a Spiked Multinomial Logit Choice Model4
A Convex Reformulation and an Outer Approximation for a Large Class of Binary Quadratic Programs4
Search Under Accumulated Pressure4
Dynamic Resource Allocation in the Cloud with Near-Optimal Efficiency4
Integrated Ad Delivery Planning for Targeted Display Advertising4
Market Efficient Portfolios in a Systemic Economy4
Efficient Learning for Clustering and Optimizing Context-Dependent Designs4
Dynamic Inventory Control with Fixed Setup Costs and Unknown Discrete Demand Distribution4
Nash Social Welfare Approximation for Strategic Agents4
Procurement with Cost and Noncost Attributes: Cost-Sharing Mechanisms4
Minimizing Multimodular Functions and Allocating Capacity in Bike-Sharing Systems4
Nonasymptotic Analysis of Monte Carlo Tree Search4
Dynamic Nonlinear Pricing of Inventories over Finite Sales Horizons4
Online Resource Allocation with Personalized Learning4
Dual Moments and Risk Attitudes4
Dynamic Double Auctions: Toward First Best4
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