The high cost of operating large computing installations has motivated a broad interest in reducing the need for human intervention by making systems self-managing. This paper explores the extent to which control theory can provide an architectural and analytic foundation for building...

An aggregate integrated assessment model is used to investigate the relative merits of hedging over the near term against the chance that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide will be limited as a matter of global policy. Hedging strategies are evaluated given near term uncertainty about...

This paper analyzes the relationship between private investment incentives and the speed at which information regarding investment becomes public. In a developed country context, public information plays a limited role in creating investment incentives. However, in an environment of rapid...

In many markets, firms are able to conduct discriminatory strategies based on whether a customer prefers a competitors' product or their own. This article considers the impact of such discrimination in duopoly models in which firms set prices and conduct precontract-customization efforts for...

Department: Graduate School of Business.

We develop a novel empirical approach to analyze workforce productivity in service systems via timing studies – detailed time-stamped data recording relevant activities performed by the employees processing service requests. Our econometric approach, which is based on models from survival...

Digital currencies are under serious consideration but there are many concerns: reliable payment delivery, crime prevention, and safety. This paper develops a Trust Anchor architecture that addresses these concerns through the use of digital signature and blockchain database technologies

In this paper, we describe a study of the consequences of capacity allocation mechanisms at a large semiconductor manufacturer. We use a panel data set with 300,000 observations spanning five years of forecasting and order transactions between a supplier and customers at the supplier's...