3 papers
math.OC2026
The relief distribution problem with trucks and drones under incomplete demand information
Aaron Neugebauer, Alena Otto, Marie Schmidt
Disaster relief operations often take place under uncertainty regarding the extent of damage across locations. In this paper, we study the delivery of relief aid in the aftermath o…
math.OC2024
On picking operations in e-commerce warehouses: Insights from the complete-information counterpart
Catherine Lorenz, Alena Otto, Michel Gendreau
Major players in e-commerce process dynamically incoming orders in real-time and already use advanced anticipation techniques, like AI, to predict characteristics of future orders.…
math.OC2024
Picking Operations in Warehouses with Dynamically Arriving Orders: How Good is Reoptimization?
Catherine Lorenz, Alena Otto, Michel Gendreau
E-commerce operations are essentially online, with customer orders arriving dynamically. However, very little is known about the performance of online policies for warehousing with…