Scheduling - transportation - pricing

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Tobias Wiens explores three key issues in scheduling, transportation, and pricing, aiming to enhance decision-making through analytical methods. He introduces the emerging field of team assignment and scheduling, emphasizing team production effects. Contrary to traditional views on job splitting, the processing time for a job is not merely its default time divided by the number of machines. Instead, synergies can create non-linear relationships between the number of machines assigned and processing times. Wiens also examines vehicle repositioning optimization within urban settings. With most global car rental companies offering vehicle delivery and pickup, the use of trailers for this task is often prohibitively expensive and time-consuming. This presents unique challenges for planning departments, as determining effective routes for vehicle repositioning requires addressing specific characteristics of the problem. Lastly, the dissertation contributes to the concept of almost stochastic dominance, demonstrating its application in analyzing price limits. This approach aids in identifying favorable and unfavorable contracts from a selling firm's perspective, enhancing strategic decision-making in pricing.