4 papers
Online Rack Placement in Large-Scale Data Centers: Online Sampling Optimization and Deployment
Saumil Baxi, Kayla Cummings, Alexandre Jacquillat +5
This paper optimizes the configuration of large-scale data centers toward cost-effective, reliable and sustainable cloud supply chains. The problem involves placing incoming racks…
OptiMind: Teaching LLMs to Think Like Optimization Experts
Xinzhi Zhang, Zeyi Chen, Humishka Zope +6
Mathematical programming -- the task of expressing operations and decision-making problems in precise mathematical language -- is fundamental across domains, yet remains a skill-in…
Large Language Models for Supply Chain Decisions
David Simchi-Levi, Konstantina Mellou, Ishai Menache +1
Supply Chain Management requires addressing a variety of complex decision-making challenges, from sourcing strategies to planning and execution. Over the last few decades, advances…
The Power of Migrations in Dynamic Bin Packing
Konstantina Mellou, Marco Molinaro, Rudy Zhou
In the Dynamic Bin Packing problem, items arrive and depart the system in an online manner, and the goal is to maintain a good packing throughout. We consider the objective of…