Session Code: W4-R1
Wednesday, Room 1, 4:30-6:00
Risk and Insurance
Chair: Liu, Guoxin
Harmantzis, Fotios C.; Marinelli, Carlo; Rachev, Svetlozar T.
Comparative Study of some Univariate Models for Value-at-risk
Wang, Mingji;
Aggregate Life Insurance Model with Force of Interest Function
Geng, Xianmin
The Ruin Probability of the Classical Risk Model with Risk Investment
Liu, Guoxin
Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes and their Application to Risk Theory
Session Code: W4-R2
Wednesday, Room 2, 4:30-6:00

Matrix Analytic Methods II

Organizer and Chair:  Squillante, Mark S.

Nigel G. Bean, Malgorzata M. O'Reilly, Peter G. Taylor

Hitting Probabilities and Hitting Times for Stochastic Fluid Flows

Nigel G. Bean
Markovian Binary Trees
Jungong Xue, Attahiru Alfa
Tail Probability of Queue Length in a Non-preemptive MAP/PH/1 Queue
David Gamarnik, Mark Squillante
Stability and Performance of Stochastic Online Bin Packing
Session Code: W4-R3
Wednesday, Room 3, 4:30-6:00

Call Center

Chair: Wang, Jinting

Wang, Jinting; Srinivasan, Raj
Performance Analysis of Call Centers with Interactive Voice Response Units and Abandonment
Shen, Haipeng; Brown, Lawrence D.; Zhao, Linda H.
Statistical Analysis of A Telephone Call Center: A Queueing-Science  Perspective
Kawanishi, Ken'ichi
Numerical Investigation of the Influence of Deadline on the Performance of a Queueing System with Impatient Customers
Pot, Auke; Franx, Geert Jan; Koole, Ger
 Approximating the performance of call centers using hyper-exponential distributions
Session Code: W4-R4
Wednesday, Room 4, 4:30-6:00

Supply Chain Management IV

Chair: Zipkin, Paul

Huang, Wei; Kulkarni, Vidyadhar; Swaminathan, Jayshankar

Warranty Outsourcing Among Competing Vendors

Ning, Weiyi; Ou, Jihong; Ye, Hengqing
Optimal Control of Make-To-Stock Queues with Common Demand Arrival
Liu, Xiaoming Rose; Liu, Liming
Dynamic Leadtime Quotation for Assemble-to-Order Supplier
Song, Jing-Sheng; Zipkin, Paul
Supply Streams
Session Code: W4-R5
Wednesday, Room 5, 4:30-6:00

Improving Simulation Efficiency

Chair: G¨ırkan, G¨ıl

Hung, Ying-Chao; Michailidis, George

 Developing Efficient Simulation Methodology for Complex Queueing Networks

Shen, Limin; Niu, Jingchun; Tian, Naishuo
The Research on Flexible Queuing Simulation System
Birbil,S. Ilker, G¨ırkan, G¨ıl, Listes, Ovidiu
Solving Stochastic Mathematical Programs with Equilibrium Constraints Using Simulation
Session Code: W4-R6
Wednesday, Room 6, 4:30-6:00
Queuing models
Chair: Nakagawa, Kenji
Nakagawa, Kenji
On the Series Expansion for the Stationary Probabilities of a Queue
Hwang, Gang UK; Sohraby, Khosrow
Queue Response for Multiple Discrete Autoregressive Sources of Order 1
Bhulai, Sandjai

On the Value Function of the M/Cox(r)/1 Queue

Avi-Itzhak, Benjamin; Levy, Hanoch; Raz, David .

Quantifying Fairness in Queueing Systems