RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Kiran Panchamgam is currently working with Prof. Itir Z. Karaesmen and Prof. Bruce Golden. His research interests are:
  • Retail Operations, Dynamic Pricing, Supply Chain Management, Revenue Management
  • OR/OM in Humanitarian Logistics/Health Care Operations.
  • Empirical or Data-driven Operations Management.
  • Integer Programming Applications.
The policy for drafts on this webpage is as follows: (PDF): Draft is available online.  (PDF): Draft is available only on request.  (PDF): Draft is under preparation.

WORKING PAPERS:
Retail Operations/Pricing/Supply Chain Management
  • Kiran Panchamgam and Itir Karaesmen. When to Start Selling in a Secondary Market. 2010. (PDF)
  • Kiran Panchamgam and Itir Karaesmen. Secondary Market for Products with Limited Shelf-Life: Effect of Supplier-Retailer Contracts. 2010. (PDF)
Humanitarian Logistics
  • Kiran Panchamgam, Bruce Golden, and Ed Wasil. Humanitarian Vehicle Routing Problem: Uncapacitated Case. 2010. (PDF)
  • Kiran Panchamgam, Bruce Golden, and Ed Wasil, E. Humanitarian Vehicle Routing Problem: Capacitated Case. 2010. (PDF)

WORK IN PROGRESS:
Empirical or Data-driven Optimization:
  • Demand Learning and Pricing Optimization. (PDF)
  • Technology Leadership Index in the Context of Digital Camera Industry.

PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS/CONFERENCES:

  • Routing Models for Humanitarian Logistics (with B. Golden and E. Wasil). INFORMS Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA. October 10-14 2009.

  • When to Start Selling in a Secondary Market (with I. Karaesmen). MSOM Conference. Boston. June 28-30 2009.

  • Secondary Market for Products with Limited Shelf-Life: Effect of Supplier-Retailer Contracts (with I. Karaesmen). DSI Annual Meeting. Baltimore. November 22-25 2008. (Sunday, Nov 23 2008, 1:00-2:30 PM, Track: MS-14)

  • Contracts and Discounting Decisions (with I. Karaesmen). INFORMS Annual Meeting. Washington D.C. October 12-15 2008.

  • An Analysis of Retailer-Supplier Contracts and Retailer's Pricing Decisions (with I. Karaesmen). MSOM Conference. College Park. June 5-8 2008.

  • Retail Operations: Contracts and Markdown Pricing Policies (with I. Karaesmen). E- Markets Lab Research Series, Center for Electronic Markets & Enterprises (CEME). Robert H. Smith School of Business. August 9, 2007.

  • A Simulation Model for Two-lane Urban Work Zones (with A. Haghani). 6th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. July 2002.

PROJECTS:
  • Guaranteed Profit Margin Model. (PDF)
  • Robust Optimization and Dynamic Pricing with Strategic Customers. (PDF)
  • Technology Leadership Index for Digital Camera Industry. (PDF)
  • Spatial Price Equilibrium with Non-separable Functions. (PDF)
  • Radio Frequency Identification-Vehicle Routing Problem. (PDF)
  • Analysis of University Rankings-U. S. News and World Rankings. (PDF)
  • Web-based Chat Applet. (URL)