We consider an assortment optimization problem where the retailer needs to choose a set of products to offer to customers from the range of available products. By choosing the assortment, which will affect customers' purchase choice, the retailer aims to obtain a high expected revenue. We study...

We consider an assortment optimization problem where the retailer needs to choose a set of products to offer to customers from the range of available products. By choosing the assortment, which will affect customers' purchase choice, the retailer aims to obtain a high expected revenue. We study...

Pupil segmentation is a first and important topic of iris recognition, identity recognition and eye movement information extraction for mental analysis. However, due to the negative effects of eyelash occlusion, eyelid occlusion and off-gaze deflection, making a precise pupil segmentation is a...

With progress being made in automation control of machine vision, more and more machine vision-based Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS) become applied to production. Nevertheless, the industry is beset by many problems concerning precision, cost, man-machine coordination, and resulting...

Dynamic pricing is often complicated by strategic customer behavior. One tactic utilized by retailers to counter strategic customer behavior is to adjust prices in an unpredictable manner. This phenomenon has been studied in the Markovian pricing literature in single-retailer settings. In this...

Problem definition: Ugly produce refers to cosmetically-unconventional yet taste- and nutrition-wise perfectly edible produce. Advocates claim that selling ugly produce in grocery stores helps reduce food waste. Skeptics, however, argue that ugly produce meets alternative demands such as juice...

Inspired by the electric vehicle (EV) startup NIO which adopts a Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) model with a swappable battery design and experiments with flexible battery up/downgrading, we study a flexible EV battery lease program where customers lease batteries of their chosen capacities with...