Ravi Anupindi's Research Page

Ravi Anupindi's Reseach Page

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Publications: Journal

  1. with D. C. Barnes and Y. Bassok, "Coordination and Flexibility in Supply Contracts with Options'', March 2002. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
  2. with Y. Bassok and E. Zemel, "A General Framework for the Study of Decentralized Distribution Systems''Journal of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Volume 3, No. 4, Fall 2001. [This paper is based on an earlier working paper titled "Study of Decentralized Distribution Systems: Part I - A General Framework", July 1999]
  3. with Y. Bassok, "Centralization of Stocks : Retailers vs. Manufacturer'', Management Science, Volume 45, No. 2, 1999.
  4. with Y. Bassok and R. Akella, ``Single Period Multi-Product Inventory Models with Substitution'', Operations Research, Volume 47 (4) (forthcoming).
  5. with M. Dada and S. Gupta, ``Estimation of Consumer Demand with Stock-out Based Substitution: An Application to Vending Machine Products'', Marketing Science, Volume 17, Number 4, 1998.
  6. with Y. Bassok, ``Approximations for Multiproduct Contracts with Stochastic Demands and Business Volume Discounts: Single Supplier Case'', IIE Transactions, Volume 30, Number 8, 1998.
  7. with S. Tayur, ``Managing Stochastic Multi-Product Systems: Model, Measures, and Analysis'', Operations Research, Vol. 46 (Supplement) Number 5, 1998.
  8. with Y. Bassok, ``Analysis of Supply Contracts with Total Minimum Commitments'', IIE Transactions, Volume 29, No. 5, May 1997.
  9. with T.E. Morton and D. Pentico, ``The Non-Stationary Stochastic Lead-Time Inventory Problem: Near-Myopic Bounds, Heuristics, and Testing'', Management Science, Vol. 42, No. 1, 1996.
  10. with R. Akella, ``Diversification Under Supply Uncertainty'', Management Science, Vol 39, No. 8, 1993.
  11. with H. Gurnani and R. Akella, `` Control of Batch Processing Systems in Semiconductor Manufacturing Systems'', IEEE Transactions in Semiconductor Manufacturing, November, 1992.

Publications: Refereed Conferences

  1. with K. Anand and Y. Bassok, "Inventories versus Incentives in a Supplier-Retailer Contract", MSOM Conference Proceedings, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, June 2000.
  2. with Y. Bassok, ``Distribution Channels, Information Systems, and Virtual Centralization'', In Proceedings of the 1996 MSOM Conference , June 24--25, 1996, The Amos Tuck School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
  3. with Y. Bassok, ``Analysis of Supply Contracts with Total Minimum Commitments and Flexibility'', In Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Logistics 11-12th July 1995, University of Nottingham, UK.

Submissions/Under Revision

  1. with D. C. Barnes and Y. Bassok, ``Optimized Deliver Leadtime / Inventory Placement in a Two-Stage Production/Distribution System'', May 2000. Latest revision March 2002. Under 2nd round review in European Journal of Operations Research [An earlier version of this manuscript was titled ``Negotiating Delivery Lead Time in a Decentralized Serial Inventory System'' October 1995.]
  2. with K. Anand and Y. Bassok, ``The Strategic Use of Inventories in Procurement Contracts'', Manuscript under revision.
  3. with Y. Bassok and E. Zemel, ``Study of Decentralized Distribution Systems: Part II - Applications'', August 1999. Submitted.
  4. with Y. Bassok, ``Analysis of Supply Contracts with Commitments and Flexibility'', Latest version August 1998. Under Review.
  5. with S. Gupta and N. Venkataraman, ``Managing Variety on the Retail Shelf : Using Scanner Data to Optimize Space Utilization''. November 1996. Under Revision.
  6. with R. Akella, ``An Inventory Model with Commitments'', August 1993. Under Revision.

Reports / Working Papers

  1. with Y. Bassok, ``Supply Contracts with Quantity Commitments and Stochastic Demand'', a book chapter for Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management, edited by S. Tayur, M. Magazine, and R. Ganeshan, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998.
  2. ``Issues in Planning and Scheduling of Semiconductor Wafer Fabs'', Computer Science Center, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, 1988.
  3. with E. Toomre, ``Tour Report - TI Sherman: Silicon Materials Division, Flexible Assembly Module, and SC Group Planning Systems'', Computer Science Center, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, 1988.

Manuscripts in Preparation / Work in Process

  1. with R. Akella, ``Investment and Pricing for Variance Reduction'', Work in Process.


Ravi Anupindi / April 2002 / anupindi@stern.nyu.edu.