Exact, Approximate, and Online Algorithms for Optimization Problems Arising in DVD Assignment

Zip.ca is an online DVD rental company that faces two major operational problems: calculation of the assignment of DVDs to customers every thirty minutes throughout the day and purchasing of new inventory in regular intervals. In this thesis, we model these two problems and develop algorithms to so...

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Main Author: Pearson, James Ross
Language:en
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4666