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David Simchi-Levi

David Simchi-Levi

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
79
Citations
32576
World Ranking
400
National Ranking
190

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
77
Citations
32175
World Ranking
633
National Ranking
222

Overview

David Simchi-Levi is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research spans several fields including Decision Sciences, Computer Science, and Business, Management and Accounting. They have extensively contributed to subfields such as Management Science and Operations Research, Management Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, and Marketing.

The scientist's work focuses on multiple topics, including Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research, Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing, Optimization and Search Problems, Auction Theory and Applications, Smart Grid Energy Management, and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics.

David Simchi-Levi has published papers in various academic journals and venues. Frequent outlets for their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (41 publications)
  • Management Science (36 publications)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (29 publications)
  • Operations Research (6 publications)
  • Mathematics of Operations Research (2 publications)

Some recent notable publications include:

  • "A Statistical Learning Approach to Personalization in Revenue Management," 2021, Management Science
  • "Algorithms for Online Matching, Assortment, and Pricing with Tight Weight-Dependent Competitive Ratios," 2020, Operations Research
  • "Privacy-Preserving Dynamic Personalized Pricing with Demand Learning," 2021, Management Science
  • "Meta Dynamic Pricing: Transfer Learning Across Experiments," 2021, Management Science
  • "Online Assortment Optimization with Reusable Resources," 2021, Management Science

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Xi Chen
  • Yining Wang
  • Ruihao Zhu
  • Michelle Xiao Wu
  • Chonghuan Wang

Best Publications

  • Designing and managing the supply chain : concepts, strategies, and case studies

    David Simchi-Levi;Philip Kaminsky;Edith Simchi-Levi

  • Designing and Managing the Supply Chain

    David Simchi-Levi

  • Quantifying the Bullwhip Effect in a Simple Supply Chain: The Impact of Forecasting, Lead Times, and Information

    Frank Chen;Zvi Drezner;Jennifer K. Ryan;David Simchi-Levi

  • The impact of exponential smoothing forecasts on the bullwhip effect

    Frank Chen;Jennifer K. Ryan;David Simchi-Levi

  • Analytics for an Online Retailer: Demand Forecasting and Price Optimization

    Kris Johnson Ferreira;Bin Hong Alex Lee;David Simchi-Levi

  • The logic of logistics

    Julien Bramel;David Simchi-Levi

  • Coordinating Inventory Control and Pricing Strategies with Random Demand and Fixed Ordering Cost: The Finite Horizon Case

    Xin Chen;David Simchi-Levi

  • Risk Aversion in Inventory Management

    Xin Chen;Melvyn Sim;David Simchi-Levi;Peng Sun

  • A Location Based Heuristic for General Routing Problems

    Julien Bramel;David Simchi-Levi

  • A New Generation of Vehicle Routing Research: Robust Algorithms, Addressing Uncertainty

    Dimitris J. Bertsimas;David Simchi-Levi

  • Coordination of Pricing and Inventory Decisions: A Survey and Classification

    L. M. A. Chan;Z. J. Max Shen;David Simchi-Levi;Julie L. Swann

  • Managing the Supply Chain: The Definitive Guide for the Business Professional

    David Simchi-Levi;Philip Kaminsky;Edith Simchi-Levi

  • Identifying Risks and Mitigating Disruptions in the Automotive Supply Chain

    David Simchi-Levi;William Schmidt;Yehua Wei;Peter Yun Zhang

  • A note on the prize collecting traveling salesman problem

    Daniel Bienstock;Michel X. Goemans;David Simchi-Levi;David Williamson

  • Coordinating Inventory Control and Pricing Strategies with Random Demand and Fixed Ordering Cost: The Infinite Horizon Case

    Xin Chen;David Simchi-Levi

  • Handbook of quantitative supply chain analysis : modeling in the e-business era

    David Simchi-Levi;S. David Wu;Zuo-Jun Shen

  • A Portfolio Approach to Procurement Contracts

    Victor Martínez-de-Albéniz;David Simchi-Levi

  • Online Network Revenue Management Using Thompson Sampling

    Kris Johnson Ferreira;David Simchi-Levi;He Wang

  • Supply Chain Coordination and Influenza Vaccination

    Stephen E. Chick;Hamed Mamani;David Simchi-Levi

  • New worst‐case results for the bin‐packing problem

    David Simchi-Levi;David Simchi-Levi

Frequent Co-Authors

Diego Klabjan
Diego Klabjan Northwestern University
Chung-Lun Li
Chung-Lun Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Oded Berman
Oded Berman University of Toronto
Maurice Queyranne
Maurice Queyranne University of British Columbia
Guillermo Gallego
Guillermo Gallego Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Chung-Piaw Teo
Chung-Piaw Teo National University of Singapore
Zvi Drezner
Zvi Drezner California State University, Fullerton
Zuo-Jun Max Shen
Zuo-Jun Max Shen University of Hong Kong
Zeyuan Allen-Zhu
Zeyuan Allen-Zhu Meta Platforms, Inc.

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