We develop a framework to model the shopping and consumption decisions of forward-looking consumers. Assuming that the consumer’s future utility for each product alternative can be characterized by a standard random utility model, we use dynamic programming to determine the optimal consumption...

We develop an appointment scheduling model for a healthcare clinic that includes an upper bound on expected patient wait times. We refer to the schedule it produces as an equitable schedule. The operating environment of our focal clinic included three complicating features, all of which are...