Melvyn Sim

National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School

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1.

The Analytics of Robust Satisficing: Predict, Optimize, Satisfice, then Fortify

Forthcoming at Operations Research. 
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2024
Melvyn Sim, Qinshen Tang, Minglong Zhou and Taozeng Zhu
National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Fudan University - School of Management and Dongbei University of Finance and Economics
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Robust optimization, robust satisficing, predictive analytics, prescriptive analytics

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Robust Satisficing

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 12 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 11 May 2022
Daniel Zhuoyu Long, Melvyn Sim and Minglong Zhou
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) - Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and Fudan University - School of Management
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robust optimization, robustness optimization, data-driven optimization, fragility measure

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Aspirational Preferences and Their Representation by Risk Measures

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Aspirational Preferences and Their Representation by Risk Measures

Swiss Finance Institute Research Paper No. 09-19, U. of St. Gallen Law & Economics Working Paper No. 2009-07
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 22 May 2009 Last Revised: 23 Feb 2012
David B. Brown, Enrico G. De Giorgi and Melvyn Sim
Duke University - Decision Sciences, University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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Representation of choice, risk measures, aspiration levels, decision theory paradoxes

Aspirational Preferences and Their Representation by Risk Measures (Online Appendix)

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 15 Feb 2012
David B. Brown, Enrico G. De Giorgi and Melvyn Sim
Duke University - Decision Sciences, University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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Representation of choice, risk measures, aspiration levels, decision theory paradoxes

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Robust Pricing and Production with Information Partitioning and Adaptation

Accepted by Management Science
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 04 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2023
Georgia Perakis, Melvyn Sim, Qinshen Tang and Peng Xiong
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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multi-item, pricing, inventory control, K-means clustering, regression tree, distributionally robust optimization

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Robust Actionable Prescriptive Analytics

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 11 May 2022 Last Revised: 12 Sep 2024
Li Chen, Melvyn Sim, Xun Zhang, Long Zhao and Minglong Zhou
University of Sydney Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), NUS Business School - Department of Analytics and Operations and Fudan University - School of Management
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robust optimization, robust satisficing, robust analytics, prescriptive analytics, side information

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Robust Optimization with Moment-Dispersion Ambiguity

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 Aug 2023 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2024
Li Chen, Chenyi Fu, Fan Si, Melvyn Sim and Peng Xiong
University of Sydney Business School, School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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robust optimization, ambiguity set, exponential conic optimization History : May 29, 2024

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A New Perspective on Supervised Learning via Robust Satisficing

Number of pages: 56 Posted: 14 Dec 2021 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
Melvyn Sim, Long Zhao and Minglong Zhou
National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, NUS Business School - Department of Analytics and Operations and Fudan University - School of Management
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Regression, classification, regularization, robust optimization, robust satisficing

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Analytics with Robust Epidemiological Compartmental Optimization Models

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 23 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2023
Chenyi Fu, Minglong Zhou, Zhiyuan Lou, Jingui Xie, Melvyn Sim and Kelvin Bryan Tan
School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Fudan University - School of Management, School of Management, Technical University of Munich, Technische Universität München (TUM) - TUM School of Management, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and Ministry of Health, Singapore
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COVID-19, epidemiological model, riskiness index, robust optimization, vaccine allocation

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Robust CARA Optimization

Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2024
Li Chen and Melvyn Sim
University of Sydney Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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robust optimization, constant absolute risk aversion, exponential cone programming

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Portfolio Value-at-Risk Optimization for Asymmetrically Distributed Asset Returns

European Journal of Operational Research, 2012, Vol 221, 397-406
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2017
Joel Goh, Kian-Guan Lim, Melvyn Sim and Weina Zhang
National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Sustainable & Green Finance Institute (SGFIN)
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Asymmetric Distributions, Markowitz Mean-Variance Optimization, Partitioned Value-at-Risk, Portfolio Optimization, Robust Risk Measures

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Robust Workforce Management with Crowdsourced Delivery

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2024
Chun Cheng, Melvyn Sim and Yue Zhao
Dalian University of Technology, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management
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workforce management, crowdsourced delivery, uncertain ad-hoc couriers, data-driven robust satisficing

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Estimation and Prediction Procedures for Unified Robust Decision Models

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Jul 2024
Zhiyuan Lou, Zhi Chen, Melvyn Sim, Jingui Xie and Peng Xiong
TUM School of Management,Technical University of Munich, Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology, CUHK Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School, Technische Universität München (TUM) - TUM School of Management and National University of Singapore (NUS)
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Outcome uncertainty, estimation uncertainty, predictive and prescriptive analytics, robust satisficing, side information

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Advance Admission Scheduling via Resource Satisficing

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 12 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2020
Minglong Zhou, Melvyn Sim and Sean Lam Shao Wei
Fudan University - School of Management, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Programme in Health Services and Systems Research
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optimization, scheduling

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Service Oriented Considerate Routing: Data, Predictions and Robust Decisions

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 15 Apr 2024
Yue Zhao, Zhixing Luo, Stanley Frederick W. T. Lim, Caihua Chen and Melvyn Sim
University of Toronto - Rotman School of Management, Nanjing University, Michigan State University – The Eli Broad College of Business, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School
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Service Oriented Routing, Courier Assigned Location Mismatch Metric, Courier Behavior, Robust Satisficing, Data-driven Optimization

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The Occam's Razor of Robustness

Posted: 10 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2024
Zhi Chen, Jerry Chua, Melvyn Sim and Peng Xiong
Department of Decisions, Operations and Technology, CUHK Business School, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University of Singapore (NUS) - Institute of Operations Research and Analytics, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS)

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Robust optimization, robust satisficing, stochastic optimization, dynamic optimization

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Joint Estimation and Robustness Optimization

Posted: 07 Mar 2019
Taozeng Zhu, Jingui Xie and Melvyn Sim
Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School

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robustness optimization, robust optimization, parameter estimation, data-driven optimization

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Strategic Workforce Planning under Uncertainty

Posted: 10 May 2018 Last Revised: 02 Aug 2021
Patrick Jaillet, Gar Goei Loke and Melvyn Sim
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Durham University Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School

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workforce planning, robust optimization, multi-period optimization, public sector, riskiness index

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The Analytics of Bed Shortages: Coherent Metric, Prediction and Optimization

Posted: 26 Sep 2017 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2021
Jingui Xie, Gar Goei Loke, Melvyn Sim and Sean Lam Shao Wei
School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Durham University Business School, National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School and National University of Singapore (NUS) - Programme in Health Services and Systems Research

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Analytics, Bed Shortages, Coherent Metric, Riskiness Index, Data-Driven Optimization, Simulation

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Managing Operational and Financing Decisions to Meet Consumption Targets

Posted: 08 Oct 2012
Lucy Gongtao Chen, Zhuoyu Long and Melvyn Sim
NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, affiliation not provided to SSRN and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School

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dynamic programming, targets, riskiness index, inventory control

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Satisficing Measures for Analysis of Risky Positions

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2008
David B. Brown and Melvyn Sim
Duke University - Decision Sciences and National University of Singapore (NUS) - NUS Business School

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satisficing, aspiration levels, risk measures, coherent risk measures, convex risk measures, targets, portfolio optimization