2016 INFORMS Annual Meeting Program

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chair Chanaka Edirisinghe

CONTENT Sponsors

2

Welcome from the General Chair

3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Program & Special Event Schedule

4

Program Chair Bogdan Bichescu University of Tennessee

Business, Receptions, & Networking

6

Exhibit Listings & Technology Tutorials

7

Invited Sessions Chair Shabbir Ahmed Georgia Institute of Technology Sponsored Sessions Chair James Ostrowski University of Tennessee Tutorials Chairs Aparna Gupta Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Career Fair Employers

15

INFORMS Center

16

Table of Contents

TECHNICAL SESSIONS Sunday

17

Monday

121

Tuesday

232

Agostino Capponi Columbia University

Wednesday

363

Poster Sessions

175 & 293

Contributed Sessions Chairs Scott Mason Clemson University

Session Chair Index

512

Author Index

518

Justin Yates Francis Marion University

Session Index

549

Practice Program Co-Chairs Mingzhou Jin University of Tennessee

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS Upcoming INFORMS Meetings

Inside Front Cover

Sean Willems University of Tennessee

The University of Chicago Press Journals Inside Back Cover

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.