Dear Colleagues,
We are delighted to announce the Workshop on Choice-based Optimisation and Demand Modelling, hosted by STOR-i and the Department of Management Science at Lancaster University Management School. The workshop aims to unite researchers who integrate agents' (customers, passengers, drivers, etc.) choice behaviours into an optimisation framework. This two-day event will feature keynote presentations, seminar sessions, and interactive discussions, providing a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with cutting-edge research and network with experts in the field.
Keynote Speakers
We are honoured to welcome three distinguished keynote speakers who are pioneers in the field:
Professor Kalyan Talluri
Affiliation: Professor of Operations Management, Department of Analytics, Marketing and Operations, Imperial College London
Topic of Keynote: Choice-parameters estimation in revenue management - exploiting marginal competitor data and tackling endogeneity
Professor Christine Currie
Affiliation: Professor of Operational Research, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton.
Topic of Keynote: Integrating the results of a stated preference choice model to optimise prices for demand-responsive transport
Professor Pelin Pekgun
Affiliation: Thomas H. Davis Professor in Business and Professor of Analytics at Wake Forest University School of Business
Topic of Keynote: Choice-based demand modelling and censored demand estimation for personalised offers
Call for Abstracts
We invite submissions of abstracts related to choice-based optimisation, demand modelling, and their applications in various domains, including transportation, hospitality, marketing, energy, healthcare, supply chain management, and more. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Revenue management and pricing
• Assortment optimisation
• Discrete choice modelling
• Machine learning in choice modelling
• Simulation-optimisation
• Public transportation; Micro mobility
• Ride-hailing and sharing
• Last-mile logistics/Online shopping/On-demand delivery
• Recommendation systems/Advertising/Marketing
• Retail Analytics
• Location Analytics
• Demand Management in Supply Chains
Important Dates
Submission Deadline: April 30th, 2025
Notification of Acceptance: From submission to May 7th, 2025
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Please submit your abstracts here.
For more details, visit the workshop's website: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/research/events/workshop-on-choice-based-optimisation-and-demand-modelling/. Feel free to contact our organising committee at codem@lancaster.ac.uk with any questions. We look forward to seeing you soon in Lancaster!
Alp Arslan, on behalf of the organising committee Burak Boyaci, Dong Li, Thu Dang, Yu Jiang
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Alp Arslan
Lecturer
Lancaster University
Lancaster
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