We consider a surgery sequencing and scheduling problem with uncertain surgical durations in the context of an operating theatre. From real data collected from a hospital, we observe the common practice, namely 'to follow', in which surgeries are conducted sequentially and immediately, one after...

Using the 2011 China Household Finance Survey (CHFS) database, we explore the heterogeneous impacts of social networks on informal financial inclusion for urban and rural households in the PRC. We find that social networks significantly increase the probability of households' participation in...