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Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni

University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

102 Ridge Road

Chapel Hill, NC NC 27514

United States

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SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (7)

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1.

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
Nur Sunar, Siyun Yu and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
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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Optimal Allocation of Limited Inventory among Multi-class Customers with Finite Populations

Number of pages: 78 Posted: 14 Mar 2024
Puyao Ge, Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni and Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
Rice University, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area
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Inventory allocation, finite population, time discounting, optimal control, Markov Decision Process

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Feature-based Data-Driven Estimation and Optimization of Airline Delay Propagation

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 18 May 2021 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2026
Wei Liu, Vinayak Deshpande and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - Operations Area and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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data-driven research, aircraft assignment, delay propagation, stochastic optimization

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Data Driven Machine Maintenance: A Renewal Reward Bandit Framework

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 27 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2025
Puyao Ge and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
Rice University and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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Joint Admission and Aggregate Service Rate Control of an Unobservable Queue

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 04 May 2022 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2026
Wei Liu and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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admission control, unobservable queue, aggregate service rate control, operational hours

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Admission Control in Multi-server Systems Under Binary Reward Structure

Production and Operations Management, volume 33, issue 7, 2024[10.1177/10591478241254855]
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 17 Nov 2022 Last Revised: 26 Nov 2025
Wei Liu and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
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Admission control, guaranteed delivery time, binary reward structure, square-root admission policy

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A Rational Decision Model for On-Demand Food Delivery Drivers

Posted: 01 Dec 2025 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2026
Wei Liu and Vidyadhar G. Kulkarni
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China and University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill

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