Session Code: W2-R1
Wednesday, Room 1, 10:30-12:00
Portfolio Optimization II
Chair: Lamond, Bernard F
Lamond, Bernard F.; Par¨¨, Jean-Pierre
Comparison of the Mean-Variance and Lower Partial Moment Methods for Portfolio Management Under Asymmetry
Yi, Yanqing; Wang, Xikui; Liao, Kaiji
Portfolio selection and Markov decision processes
Meng, Xu; Keppo, Jussi
Equilibrium in electricity forward markets
Session Code: W2-R2
Wednesday, Room 2, 10:30-12:00

Stability

Chair:  Ye, Heng-Qing

Li, Hui; HE, Qi-Ming

Stability Conditions of the MMAP[K]/G[K]/1/LCFS Preemptive Repeat Queue

Kim, Bara; Dai, Jim
Stability of a Load-balanced Network
Ye, Heng-Qing; Ou, Jihong ; Yuan, Xue-Ming
Stability of Data Networks: Stationary and Bursty Models
Session Code: W2-R3
Wednesday, Room 3, 10:30-12:00

Analysis and Control of Stochastic Networks

Organizer and Chair: Dai, Jim and Hasenbein, John J
Ward, Amy; Kumar, Sunil
Asymptotically Optimal Admission Control of a Queue with       Abandonment
Jennings, Otis
Process Analysis of Tandem Polling Stations
Yang, Jiankui ; Dai, Jim; You, Jian-Gong; Zhang, Hanqin
A Simple Proof of Diffusion Approximations for Last-Buffer-First-Served Re-entrant Line
Gamarnik, David 
Large Deviations Principle in Random  Walks and  Queuing Systems
Session Code: W2-R4
Wednesday, Room 4, 10:30-12:00

Supply Chain Management II

Chair: Kim, Sung Chul
Kim, Sung Chul
The Temporal Bull-whip Effect and Control in a Supply Chain
Zhao, Xiaobo; Liu, Jianyong; Ohno, Katsuhisa; Kotani, Shigenori
Modeling and Analysis of a Mixed-Model Assembly Line with Stochastic Operation Times
Sung, Chang Sup; Jung, Su Jin
Probability distributions of lost sale and backorders for a remanufacturable single item in a three-echelon inventory system under supply chain   environment
Wu,Desheng; Liang Liang;

New DEA models For Multistage Serial Chains

Session Code: W2-R5
Wednesday, Room 5, 10:30-12:00

Simulation Applications

Chair:  Liu, Bin
Tang, Chin-Hui; Yan, Shangyao; Shieh, Chong-Lan
A Simulation Framework for Evaluating Airline Recovery Scheduling
Chen, Chia-Hung; Yan, Shangyao; Chi, Chin-Jen
A Simulation-Based Scheduling Model for Inter-City Bus Carriers with   Stochastic Demand

He, Zhengwen; Xu, Yu; Zhu, Shaoying

Analysis of Criticality Indexes of Activities in GERT Networks by Using   Monte- Carlo Simulation Method
Lai, Yongzeng

Simulating Financial Derivative Sensitivities by Malliavin Calculus and      Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods

Session Code: W2-R6
Wednesday, Room 6, 10:30-12:00
Markov Decision Processes
Organizer and Chair: Rieder, Ulrich
Guo, Xianping
A Unified Approach to Markov Decision Problems and Sensitivity Analysis with Discounted and Average Criteria: the Multichain Case
Ding, Yuanyao
Markovian Dynamical Principal Agent Model
Liu, Ke

A model of MDP with probability criterion-- An application on the stock market

Hou, Zhenting
Markovization and Various Types of Ergodicity of Queueing Processes