This dissertation set out to understand the decision processes used by decision makers in adversarial environment by setting up an adversarial decision making microworld, as an experimental platform, using a real time strategy (RTS) game called Rise of Nations (RON). The specific objectives of...

Test-analyze-and-fix (TAAF) is the mostcommonly recognized method of improvingsystem reliability. The work presented hereaddresses the question of when to stop testingduring TAAF programs involving one-shotsystems when the number of systems to beproduced is predetermined and theprobabilities of...

This dissertation is concerned with decision making in retail operations management. Specifically, we focus on pricing, variety, and inventory decisions, which are at the interface of the marketing and operations functions of a retail firm. We consider two problems that relate to two major types...

In todays worlds of industry and academia, teamwork is becoming more and more prevalent and is becoming more and more desirable when addressing certain tasks. Intensified and growing competition in the global marketplace is forcing businesses to produce better products, thereby, requiring the...

We consider a continuous time dynamic pricing model where a seller needs to sell a single item over a finitetime horizon. Customers arrive in accordance with a Poisson process. Upon arrival, a customer either purchasesthe item if the posted price is lower than his/her reservation price, or...