We consider a discrete time network inventory management problem on a hub-and-spoke network. Each period begins with an initial inventory at each of the nodes in the network, after which the customers (demand) materialize at the nodes. Each customer picks up a unit at the origin node and drops...

The dissertation mainly focuses on the spatial imbalance of resources observed in the sharing economy. It consists of two main chapters, with the first chapter focusing on designing policies to solve this imbalance and the second chapter focusing on evaluating the performance of...