The most recent issue of Naval Research Logistics (NRL), Vol. 65(8) 2018, is a special issue (volume 1) in memory of Arthur (Pete) Veinott, Jr.(1934–2012). It is edited by Professor Michael Katehakis at Rutgers University and contains contributions from many of the participants of the Veinott Memorial Rutgers Applied Probability Conference that was held on October 3, 2013. The volume 2 of the Veinott special issue will be coming in 2019.
Professor Veinott's scientific contributions include pioneering work in Markov Decision Processes, inventory control, the general theory of minimizing a subadditive (or submodular) function on a lattice, and the multi-armed bandit problem. For the impact of his research, he was named to the National Academy of Engineering in 1986, and he was made an inaugural INFORMS Fellow in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize. In addition, he was a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and a Guggenheim Fellow.
EDITORIAL
Introduction
Michael Katehakis Pages: 579
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Finite‐horizon Markov population decision chains with constant risk posture
Amanda M. White,
Pelin G. Canbolat Pages: 580-593
Two‐echelon distribution systems with random demands and storage constraints
Awi Federgruen,
Daniel Guetta,
Garud Iyengar Pages: 594-618
On the convergence of optimal actions for Markov decision processes and the optimality of (s, S) inventory policies
Eugene A. Feinberg,
Mark E. Lewis Pages: 619-637
<g class="gr_ gr_56 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="56" data-gr-id="56">A novel</g> use of value iteration for deriving bounds for threshold and switching curve optimal policies
Dwi Ertiningsih,
Sandjai Bhulai,
Flora Spieksma Pages: 638-659
Dynamic pricing policies for an inventory model with random windows of opportunities
Arnoud den Boer,
Ohad Perry,
Bert Zwart Pages: 660-675
Inventory policies for two products under Poisson demand: Interaction between demand substitution, limited storage capacity and replenishment time uncertainty
Apostolos Burnetas,
Odysseas Kanavetas Pages: 676-698
Structural properties of a class of robust inventory and queueing control problems
Zeynep Turgay,
Fikri Karaesmen,
Egemen Lerzan Örmeci Pages: 699-716
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Ming Hu
Professor
Rotman School of Management
University of Toronto
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