We consider a single-server scheduling problem given a fixed sequence of job arrivals with random no-shows and service durations. The joint probability distribution of the uncertain parameters is assumed to be ambiguous and only the support and first moments are known. We formulate a class of...

Firms offer a variety of products to meet different customer needs. In many horizontally differentiated markets, prices are stable and firms make infrequent adjustment to their product lines. While prior research focuses on product line design, we investigate how firms should allocate their...

When we think of colas, Coca-Cola first comes to mind. Products such as Cola-Cola, Tide laundry detergent, and Chapstick lip balm are the prototypical products in their respective categories. For more than three decades, research in consumer psychology has accumulated evidence on how...