2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting Program

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair

Chanaka Edirisinghe

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Program Chair

Bogdan Bichescu

University of Tennessee

Invited Sessions Chair

Shabbir Ahmed

Georgia Institute of Technology

Sponsored Sessions Chair

James Ostrowski

University of Tennessee

Tutorials Chairs

Aparna Gupta

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Agostino Capponi

Columbia University

Contributed Sessions Chairs

Scott Mason

Clemson University

Justin Yates

Francis Marion University

Practice Program Co-Chairs

Mingzhou Jin

University of Tennessee

Sean Willems

University of Tennessee

Plenary/Keynote Chair

James Primbs

California State University

Poster Sessions Co-Chairs

Melissa Bowers

University of Tennessee

Oleg Shylo

University of Tennessee

Arrangements Co-Chairs

Christine Vossler

University of Tennessee

Anahita Khojandi

University of Tennessee

Copies of papers abstracted in the meeting program are available only from the

authors. Requests for papers should be sent to the authors at the addresses shown in

the program. Published annually prior to the meeting by INFORMS. Individual issues

of the program are available upon request. Please contact the INFORMS office for

additional information, 800.446.3676. Orders must be prepaid.

CONTENT

Sponsors 2 Welcome from the General Chair 3 Program & Special Event Schedule 4 Business, Receptions, & Networking 6 Exhibit Listings & Technology Tutorials 7 Career Fair Employers 15 INFORMS Center 16

TECHNICAL SESSIONS

Sunday 17 Monday 121 Tuesday 232 Wednesday 363

Poster Sessions

175 & 293 Session Chair Index 512 Author Index 518 Session Index 549

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS

Upcoming INFORMS Meetings

Inside Front Cover

The University of Chicago Press Journals Inside Back Cover

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