We investigate the U.S. Coin Supply Chain (USCSC) from the perspectives of the Depository Institutions (DIs) within the context of improving efficiency of coin circulation in the economy. The USCSC consists of the supply side members (Mint, Federal Reserve System) and the demand side members...

Healthcare providers commonly use overbooking strategies for scheduling to overcome patient no-shows, which can result in multiple patients waiting for service in clinics. The operations literature offers scheduling models that commonly assume patients have a uniform and linear response to wait...