We propose a minimax concave penalized multi-armed bandit algorithm under generalized linear model (G-MCP-Bandit) for a decision-maker facing high-dimensional data in an online learning and decision-making process. We demonstrate that the G-MCP-Bandit algorithm asymptotically achieves the...

Motivated by emerging industry practices, this paper studies the effectiveness of a new advance selling strategy in counteracting strategic consumer behavior: the Preorder Contingent Production (PCP) strategy, where the seller's production decision is contingent on an advance selling target. We...

Motivated by widespread outsourcing practices, this paper studies how a pre-outsourcing client facing uncertain operating costs selects an outsourcing contract between two contract types (the fixed-price contract and the cost-plus contract) proposed by two vendors, who offer contracts only if...

Consider a retailer announces both the regular price and the post-season clearance price at the beginning of the selling season. Throughout the season, customers arrive in accord with a Poisson process. In this paper we analyze the impact of two types of customer purchasing behavior and two...