Session Code: W1-R1
Wednesday, Room 1, 8:30-10:00
Portfolio Optimization I
Chair: Xu, Liqun
Wang, Xikui; Wang, Yan; Yi, Yanqing
Optimal Portfolio Selection and Dynamic Allocation Index
Liu, Ming-Long
A Tracking Model for Index Fund Portfolio Optimization
Xu, Frank Liqun; Ai, Xiaojun; Yang, Yang
An Intertemporal Multistate Model About Equity Return Styles and State Transitions
Session Code: W1-R2
Wednesday, Room 2, 8:30-10:00

Optimal Control of Queues

Chair:  Weiss, Gideon

Shwartz, Adam
Control of Queueing Networks in the large deviations domain
Weiss, Gideon
Multi-Class Queueing Networks with Infinite Virtual Buffers
Mizuno,Shinya
A Queueing Model for Local Traffics to Join a Main Stream under a Leading Space Condition
Iyengar, Garud;  Sigman, Karl
Penalty control of multi-facility queues
Session Code: W1-R3
Wednesday, Room 3, 8:30-10:00

Tails and Other Asymptotics

Chair: Alfa, Attahiru S.
Draief, Moez; Mairesse, Jean
Services witin a Busy Period of an M/M/1 Queue and Dyck Paths
Margolius, Barbara;
Transient solution to the time-dependent multi-server Poisson queue
Liu, Jian-Min
A Heavy Traffic Approximation For Preemptive-Resume Priority Queueing System with Heavy Tailed Inputs
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Session Code: W1-R4
Wednesday, Room 4, 8:30-10:00

Supply Chain Management I

Chair: Shen, Houcai
Zeng, Amy Z.; Berger, Paul D.
Determining the Optimal Size of Supply Base in the Presence of Risks: Processes and Examples of Decision-Making Modeling
Shen, Houcai; Pang, Zhan
The Component Procurement for the Loss-Averse Manufacturer Facing   Both Demand Quantity and Supply Price Uncertainty
Huang, Wanzhen; Li, Shanling; Murat, E. Alper
Selection of Contract Suppliers Under Price and Demand Uncertainty in a Dynamic Market
Li, Susan X.; Huang, Zhimin

Vertical Cooperative Advertising in Manufacturer-Retailer Supply Chains

Session Code: W1-R5
Wednesday, Room 5, 8:30-10:00

Stochastic Models in Reliability Theory

Organizer and chair:  Li, Haijun
Cui, Lirong; Li, Haijun
A Study for a New Maintenance Model
Li, Haijun; Shaked, Moshe
Imperfect Repair Models with Preventive Maintenance

Li, Jinlin; Cui, Lirong

An Availability Model for Strong Products Under Periodical Inspections
Gunawan, Indra

Redundant Paths and Reliability Bounds in Gamma Network

Session Code: W1-R6
Wednesday, Room 6, 8:30-10:00
Markov Processes and Biomedical Applications
Chair: Xianping Guo
Yu, Haibo
Convexity of the mean of Markov chains governd by the transition     matrices with special types and its applications
Guo, Xianping; Cao, Xiren
A Simple Algebra Approach to Multichain Markov Decision Problems  and sensitivity Analysis
Maillart, Lisa M.; Schaefer, Andrew J.

Organ Transplant Acceptance Decisions

Toyoizumi, Hiroshi
Queueing Theory Applied to Bioinformatics