Nur Sunar

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School

Associate Professor, Sarah Graham Scholar

McColl Building

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3490

United States

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Scholarly Papers (14)

1.

Data-driven Clustering and Feature-based Retail Electricity Pricing with Smart Meters

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 22 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2023
N. Bora Keskin, Yuexing Li and Nur Sunar
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Citation 6

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spectral clustering, feature-based dynamic pricing, data-driven analysis, retail electricity, smart meter, lasso regularization, exploration-exploitation

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Pooled vs. Dedicated Queues When Customers Are Delay-Sensitive

Sunar, N., Tu, Y. and Ziya, S., 2021. Pooled vs. Dedicated Queues when Customers Are Delay-Sensitive. Management Science. 67(6), pp.3785-3802
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 26 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 05 Aug 2021
Nur Sunar, Yichen Tu and Serhan Ziya
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and Department of Statistics and Operations Research
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Citation 9

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pooled queue, dedicated queues, customer balking, rational customers, delay-sensitive customers, observable queues

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Strategic Commitment to a Production Schedule with Uncertain Supply and Demand: Renewable Energy in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets

Forthcoming, Management Science
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 20 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 29 May 2024
Nur Sunar and John R. Birge
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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supply function equilibrium, renewable energy, supply uncertainty, day-ahead electricity market, reliability, demand uncertainty, production schedule, production quantity, penalty, subsidy

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Net-Metered Distributed Renewable Energy: A Peril for Utilities?

Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 18-24
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 18 Sep 2019
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area
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rooftop solar panel, distributed renewable energy, net metering, wholesale electricity market, utility, social welfare

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Do Noisy Customer Reviews Discourage Platform Sellers? Empirical Analysis of an Online Solar Marketplace

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 04 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 09 Aug 2022
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area and UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
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online marketplace, solar PV installation, green technology, supply dynamics, clustering, customer reviews, natural language processing, deep learning

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Optimal Dynamic Product Development and Launch for a Network of Customers

Forthcoming in Operations Research
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 16 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 17 Oct 2018
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of Chicago - Booth School of Business and Ericsson Inc.
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optimal control, optimal stopping, dynamic product development, launch, product diffusion, graph

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Designing Renewable Power Purchase Agreements: Impact on Green Energy Investment

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
Zuguang Gao, Nur Sunar and John R. Birge
University of California, Irvine - Paul Merage School of Business, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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renewable energy investment, power purchase agreement, capacity investment, long-term contract, optimal stopping

8.

Competitive Investment with Bayesian Learning: Choice of Business Size and Timing

Forthcoming in Operations Research.
Number of pages: 81 Posted: 26 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2020
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, Cox Automotive, Inc. and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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optimal stopping, Bayesian learning, competition, investment size, investment timing

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Telemedicine for Inclusive Care: Remedy for Socioeconomic Health Disparities?

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 20 May 2022
Nur Sunar and Bradley R. Staats
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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telemedicine, inclusive healthcare, health disparities, health equity, digital healthcare, innovative healthcare delivery

10.

Impact of Market Thickness and Heterogeneity on Matches in Online Marketplaces with Active Providers

Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Research Paper No. 4723150
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 19 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2024
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area
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online service marketplace, market thickness, market heterogeneity, matching, solar PV installation, green technology

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Investment Timing with Incomplete Information and Multiple Means of Learning

Operations Research, 2015, 63:2, 442-457
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2017
J. Michael Harrison and Nur Sunar
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Citation 8

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optimal control, optimal stopping, subset selection, Bayesian sequential hypothesis testing, costly learning

12.

Green Ride-Hailing: Impact on Environment and Consumers

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 12 Aug 2024
N. Bora Keskin, Yuexing Li and Nur Sunar
Duke University - Fuqua School of Business, Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School
Downloads 133 (441,238)

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ride-hailing, green vehicles, green transportation, emissions, consumer surplus, sustainable operations

13.

Optimal Multi-armed Bandit with Dependent Arms

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 30 May 2024
Nur Sunar and Zhengli Wang
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School and HKU Business School, The University of Hong Kong
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multi-armed bandit, dependent arms, optimal policy, Bayesian

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Electricity Pricing Rules with Residential Solar-plus-Storage: Economic and Environmental Impacts

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 24 Jul 2024
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Department of Statistics and Operation Research
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solar PV, battery storage, residential electricity prices, time-of-use rates, flat rate, electric utility, environment, green technology, distributed renewable energy