Xiuli Chao

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering

1205 Beal Avenue

Ann Arbor, MI 48109

United States

  • University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering

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1.

Nonparametric Learning Algorithms for Joint Pricing and Inventory Control with Lost-Sales and Censored Demand

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 10 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2020
Boxiao Chen, Xiuli Chao and Cong Shi
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Management Science, Herbert Business School, University of Miami
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algorithm, joint pricing and inventory control, lost-sales, censored demand, nonparametric

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Dynamic Joint Assortment and Pricing Optimization With Demand Learning

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 16 May 2018 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2019
Sentao Miao and Xiuli Chao
University of Colorado Boulder and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
Downloads 586 (80,576)
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Assortment Optimization, Pricing, Demand Learning, Multinomial Logit Choice Model, Maximum Likelihood Estimate, Regret

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Coordinating Pricing and Inventory Replenishment with Nonparametric Demand Learning

Ross School of Business Paper No. 1294
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 25 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2019
Boxiao Chen, Xiuli Chao and Hyun-Soo Ahn
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
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dynamic pricing, inventory control, demand learning, nonparametric estimation, nonperishable products, asymptotic optimality

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Closing the Gap: A Learning Algorithm for the Lost-Sales Inventory System with Lead Times

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2018
Huanan Zhang, Xiuli Chao and Cong Shi
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Management Science, Herbert Business School, University of Miami
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inventory, lost-sales, lead time, base-stock policy, censored demand, nonparametric, learning algorithms, regret analysis

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Asymptotically Optimal Lagrangian Policies for Multi-Warehouse Multi-Store Systems with Lost Sales

Operations Research
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2021
Sentao Miao, Stefanus Jasin and Xiuli Chao
University of Colorado Boulder, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Online Personalized Assortment Optimization with High-Dimensional Customer Contextual Data

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 13 Jun 2022
Sentao Miao and Xiuli Chao
University of Colorado Boulder and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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assortment optimization, personalized data, online learning, online convex optimization, random projection, regret

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Asymptotic Optimality of Base-Stock Policies for Perishable Inventory Systems

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 09 Jan 2021 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2022
Jinzhi Bu, Xiting Gong and Xiuli Chao
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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perishable inventory, base-stock policy, asymptotic analysis, inventory issuance, lead time

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Dynamic Inventory Control with Stockout Substitution and Demand Learning

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 11 May 2018 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2019
Boxiao Chen and Xiuli Chao
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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inventory control, stockout substitution, demand learning, asymptotic optimality

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Adaptive Lagrangian Policies for Multi-Warehouse Multi-Store Inventory System with Lost Sales

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 19 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2023
Xiuli Chao, Stefanus Jasin and Sentao Miao
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Colorado Boulder
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Inventory Control, Lagrangian Relaxation, Re-Optimization, Asymptotic Analysis

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Data Based Dynamic Pricing and Inventory Control with Censored Demand and Limited Price Changes

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 09 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2020
Boxiao Chen, Xiuli Chao and Yining Wang
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and University of Texas at Dallas
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dynamic pricing, inventory replenishment, limited price changes, data-driven algorithm, censored demand, asymptotic analyses

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Joint Optimal Ordering and Weather Hedging Decisions: A Newsvendor Model

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Dec 2008
Frank (Youhua) Chen, Fei Gao and Xiuli Chao
City Univ. of Hong Kong - College of Business, Dept of Management Sciences, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Newsvendor model, weather risk hedging, risk hedging, inventory model, concave utility

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Perishable Inventory Problems: Convexity Results for Base-Stock Policies and Learning Algorithms Under Censored Demand

Forthcoming in Operations Research
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Dec 2017
Huanan Zhang, Xiuli Chao and Cong Shi
University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Management Science, Herbert Business School, University of Miami
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inventory, perishable products, base-stock policy, censored demand, learning algorithms

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Joint pricing and delayed empty relocation policies for ride-sourcing systems

Number of pages: 113 Posted: 09 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2023
Mojtaba Abdolmaleki, Xiuli Chao, Tara Radvand and Yafeng Yin
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Ride-sourcing, dynamic joint pricing-empty relocation, capacity sizing, queueing, fluid approximation, network of double-ended queues, exponentially fast convergence, exponentially small loss.

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An Online Reinforcement Learning Approach to Charging and Order-Dispatching Optimization for An E-hailing Electric Vehicle Fleet

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 30 Jun 2022
Pengyu Yan, Kaize Yu, Xiuli Chao and Zhibin Chen
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Division of Engineering and Computer Science, NYU Shanghai
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Transportation, Electric vehicle, Charging and dispatching decision, Reinforcement learning, Markov decision process

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Understanding How Generation Flexibility and Renewable Energy Affect Power Market Competition

Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 15-77
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 23 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 04 May 2016
Majid Al-Gwaiz, Xiuli Chao and Owen Q. Wu
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
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Electricity market; supply function equilibrium; flexible/inflexible generators; intermittent (variable) generation; economic curtailment; production-based subsidies

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A Generalized Fluid Model of Ride-Hailing Systems

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 12 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Zhengtian Xu, Yafeng Yin, Xiuli Chao, Hongtu Zhu and Jieping Ye
George Washington University - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Texas at Houston - MD Anderson Cancer Center and DiDi Labs - DiDi Research Institute
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Ride-hailing, fluid model, spatiotemporal characteristics, optimal pricing

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The Impact of Operational Decisions on the Design of Salesforce Incentives

Naval Research Logistics
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 25 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 28 Mar 2014
Soroush Saghafian and Xiuli Chao
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Dynamic Incentive Design, Principal-Agent, Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection, Inventory Control

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A Periodic Review Inventory System with S-Shaped Utility Function

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jul 2016
Xiaobo Zhao, Wei Geng, Xiuli Chao and Deng Gao
Tsinghua University - Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Tsinghua University - Department of Industrial Engineering
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inventory; S-shaped utility function; periodical review; order-up-to policy

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Assortment and Inventory Planning under Dynamic (Stockout-based) Substitution in the Presence of Customer Returns: A Fluid Analysis

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Jun 2023
Alys Jiaxin Liang, Stefanus Jasin and Xiuli Chao
University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Parametric Demand Learning with Limited Price Explorations in a Backlog Stochastic Inventory System

Chen, B. and Chao, X., 2019. Parametric demand learning with limited price explorations in a backlog stochastic inventory system. IISE Transactions, 51(6), pp.605-613.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Apr 2018 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2020
Boxiao Chen and Xiuli Chao
University of Illinois at Chicago - College of Business Administration and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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backlog inventory control, parametric demand learning, limited price exploration, asymptotic optimality

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Optimal Reserve Prices in Name-Your-Own-Price Auctions with Bidding and Channel Options

Production and Operations Management, 18 (6), 653-671, 2009
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 29 Jul 2012
Gangshu (George) Cai, Xiuli Chao and Jianbin Li
Santa Clara University, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering and Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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Reserve Price, Name-Your-Own-Price (NYOP), Single-Bid, Double-Bid, Dual-Channel

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Asymptotic Scaling of Optimal Cost and Asymptotic Optimality of Base-Stock Policy in Several Multi-Dimensional Inventory Systems

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Nov 2023
Jinzhi Bu, Xiting Gong and Xiuli Chao
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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optimal cost, asymptotic scaling, large unit penalty cost, asymptotic optimality

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A Lagrangian Policy for a Multi-Warehouse Multi-Store Inventory System with Lost Sales and Fixed Cost

Number of pages: 34
Sentao Miao, Stefanus Jasin and Xiuli Chao
University of Colorado Boulder, University of Michigan, Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
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Inventory control, Lagrangian relaxation, (s, S) policy, mixed policy