2 papers
math.OC2025
On the Power of Delayed Flexibility: Balls, Bins, and a Few Opaque Promotions
Daniel Freund, Chamsi Hssaine, Jiayu Kamessi Zhao
Effective load balancing lies at the heart of many applications in operations. Frequently tackled via the balls-into-bins paradigm, seminal results established the power of two cho…
cs.LG2025
The Transient Cost of Learning in Queueing Systems
Daniel Freund, Thodoris Lykouris, Wentao Weng
Queueing systems are widely applicable stochastic models with use cases in communication networks, healthcare, service systems, etc. Although their optimal control has been extensi…