We investigate a facility location problem with modular capacity under demand uncertainty arising at Hydro-Québec, the largest public utility in Canada. We propose a mathematical model to locate the facilities, determine the capacity levels, and compute the number of service teams needed in...

Intermittent demand patterns are commonly present in business aircraft spare-parts supply chains. Due to the infrequent arrivals and large variations in demand, aircraft aftermarket demand is difficult to forecast, which often leads to shortages or overstocking of spare parts. To improve the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a panic-buying behavior around the globe. As a result, many essential supplies were consistently out-of-stock at common point-of-sale locations. Unfortunately, such a hoarding behavior disproportionately puts vulnerable groups of people at risk as they cannot...

While the body of literature on arbitrage opportunity identification is well established in the financial, energy, and real-estate markets, research on arbitrage in the retail marketplace is relatively limited. As arbitrage opportunities in this context differ inherently from other markets, we...