Publications

Webster S (1992) New bounds for the identical parallel processor weighted flow time problem. Management Science 38:124-136.

Webster S (1992) Job and tool scheduling for flexible machining cells. New Directions for Operations Research in Manufacturing, G. Fandel, T. Gulledge, and A. Jones (eds.), Springer Verlag, NY, 200-215.

Webster S (1993) A Priority rule for minimizing weighted flow time in a class of parallel machine scheduling problems. European Journal of Operational Research 70:327-334. (Special issue devoted to machine scheduling problems)

Webster S (1993) Bounds and asymptotic results for the uniform parallel processor weighted flow time problem. Operations Research Letters 14:85-90.

Webster S, Jacobs FR (1993) Scheduling a flexible machining system with dynamic tool movement. Production and Operations Management 2:38-54.

Webster S (1994) A note on 'Schedule of n jobs on two identical machines to minimize weighted mean flow time.' Computers and Industrial Engineering 26:795-796.

Gupta A, Webster S (1994) A multi echelon queueing model with dynamic priority scheduling. European Journal of Operational Research 74:86-94.

Webster S, Robinson EP (1994) Analytical results for two echelon distribution network design. Location Science 2:223-239.

Webster S (1995) Weighted flow time bounds for scheduling identical processors. European Journal of Operational Research 80:103-111.

Webster S, Gupta A (1995) The general optimal market area model with uncertain and nonstationary demand. Location Science 3:25-38.

Geoffrion AM, Morris JG, Webster ST (1995) Distribution system design. Facility Location: A Survey of Applications and Methods, Z. Drezner (ed.), Springer-Verlag, NY, 185-202.

Webster S, Baker KR (1995) Scheduling groups of jobs on a single machine. Operations Research 43:692-703.

Webster S (1996) A general lower bound for the makespan problem. European Journal of Operational Research 89:516-524.

Webster S (1997) The complexity of scheduling job families about a common due date. Operations Research Letters 20:65-74.

Azizoglu M, Webster S (1997) Scheduling job families about an unrestricted common due date. International Journal of Production Research 35:1321-1330.

Azizoglu M, Webster S (1997) Scheduling about an unrestricted common due window with arbitrary earliness/tardiness penalty rates. IIE Transactions 29:1001-1006.

Webster S (1998) A note on 'Parallel machine scheduling with batch setup times.' Operations Research 46:423.

Webster S, Jog P, Gupta A (1998) A genetic algorithm for scheduling job families on a single machine with arbitrary earliness/tardiness penalties and an unrestricted common due date. International Journal of Production Research 36:2543-2551.

Daniels R, Hua SY, Webster S (1999) Heuristics for parallel-machine flexible-resource scheduling problems with unspecified job assignment. Computers and Operations Research 26:143-155.

Webster S (1999) Remarks on 'Some extensions of the discrete lotsizing and scheduling problem.' Management Science 45:768-769.

Webster S (2000) Frameworks for adaptable scheduling algorithms. Journal of Scheduling 3:21-49.

Azizoglu M, Webster S (2000) Scheduling a batch processing machine with non-identical job sizes. International Journal of Production Research 38:2173-2184.

Webster S, Weng ZK (2000) A risk-free perishable item returns policy. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2:100-106.

Gupta JND, Ho J, Webster S (2000) Bicriteria optimization of makespan and mean flowtime on two identical parallel machines. Journal of the Operational Research Society 51:1330-1339.

Webster S, Azizoglu M (2001) Dynamic programming algorithms for scheduling parallel machines with family setup times. Computers and Operations Research 28:127-137.

Webster S, Weng ZK (2001) Improving repetitive manufacturing systems: model and insights. Operations Research 49:99-106.

Webster S (2001) A case study of scheduling practice at a machine tool manufacturer. Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling, B.L. MacCarthy and J.R. Wilson (eds.), Taylor and Francis, 67-81.

Webster S (2001) A field test of a prototype scheduling system. Human Performance in Planning and Scheduling, B.L. MacCarthy and J.R. Wilson (eds.), Taylor and Francis, 231-243.

Azizoglu M, Webster S (2001) Scheduling a batch processing machine with incompatible job families. Computers & Industrial Engineering 39:325-335. (Special Issue on Mathematical Models for Production Planning and Scheduling and their Applications)

McKay KN, Pinedo M, Webster S (2002) Practice-focused research issues for scheduling systems. Production and Operations Management 11:249-258.

Yang KK, Webster S, Ruben R (2002) An evaluation of flexible workday policies in job shops. Decision Sciences 33:223-249.

Webster S (2002) Dynamic pricing and lead-time policies for make-to-order systems. Decision Sciences 33:579-599.

Azizoglu M, Webster S (2003) Scheduling parallel machines to minimize weighted flowtime with family set-up times. International Journal of Production Research 41:1199-1215.

Yang KK, Webster S, Ruben R (2003) An exploratory analysis of flexible workday policies in a job shop. International Journal of Production Research 41:1721-1737.

Yang KK, Ruben R, Webster S (2003) Managing vendor inventory in a dual level distribution system. Journal of Business Logistics 24:91-108.

Gupta JND, Ruiz-Torres AJ, Webster S (2003) Minimizing maximum tardiness and number of tardy jobs on parallel machines subject to minimum flow-time. Journal of the Operational Research Society 54:1263-1274.

LaPoint G, Webster S (2004) International supply chain management. The Internet Encyclopedia, H. Bidgoli, (ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 233-243.

Yang KK, Webster S, Ruben R (2007) An evaluation of worker cross-training and flexible workdays in job shops. IIE Transactions 39:735-746. (Summary appeared in the July 2007 issue of Industrial Engineer magazine)

Webster S, Mitra S (2007) Competitive strategy in remanufacturing and the impact of take-back laws. Journal of Operations Management 25:1123-1140.

Wang CX, Webster S (2007) Channel coordination for a supply chain with a risk-neutral manufacturer and a loss-averse retailer. Decision Sciences 38:361-389. (Finalist for 2007 Decision Sciences Best Paper Award)

Webster S (2008) Principles and Tools for Supply Chain Management, McGraw-Hill, Boston.

Mitra S, Webster S (2008) Essays on Competitive Strategy in Remanufacturing, VDM Verlag, Saarbrucken, Germany.

Mitra S, Webster S (2008) Competition in remanufacturing and the effects of government subsidies. International Journal of Production Economics 111:287-298.

Webster S, Weng ZK (2008) Ordering and pricing policies in a manufacturing and distribution supply chain for fashion products. International Journal of Production Economics 114:476-486.

Wang CX, Webster S (2009) The loss-averse newsvendor problem. Omega 37:93-105.

Wang CX, Webster S, Suresh NC (2009) Would a risk-averse newsvendor order less at a higher selling price? European Journal of Operational Research 196:544-553.

Wang CX, Webster S (2009) Markdown money contracts for perishable goods with clearance pricing. European Journal of Operational Research 196:1113-1122.

Webster S (2009) Principles of Supply Chain Management, 2nd edition, Dynamic Ideas, Belmont, MA, 2009.

Ozlen M, Webster S (2010) Minimizing total flowtime on two parallel machines with planned downtimes and resumable jobs. International Journal of Production Research 48:201-226.

Sun X, Gauri D, Webster S (2011) Forecasting for cruise line revenue management. Journal of Revenue & Pricing Management 10:306-324.

Wang CX, Webster S, Zhang S (2011) A comparison of two sourcing tactics for a new component. European Journal of Operational Research 211:310-317.

Kazaz B, Webster S (2011) The impact of yield-dependent trading costs on pricing and production planning under supply uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13:404-417.

Webster S, Ruben R, Yang KK (2012) Impact of storage assignment decisions on a bucket brigade order picking line. Production and Operations Management 21:276-290.

Wu Z, Kazaz B, Webster S, Yang KK (2012) Ordering, pricing, and lead-time quotation under lead-time and demand uncertainty. Production and Operations Management 21:576-589.

Benaroch M, Webster S, Kazaz B (2012) Impact of sourcing flexibility on the outsourcing of services under demand uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 219:272-283.

Wang CX, Webster S, Zhang S (2012) Newsvendor models with alternative risk preferences within expected utility theory and prospect theory frameworks. Handbook of Newsvendor Problems, T. Choi (ed.), Springer-Verlag, NY 177-196.

Wang CX, Webster S, Zhang S (2014) Robust price-setting newsvendor model with interval market size and consumer willingness-to-pay. International Journal of Production Economics 154:100-112.

Bernegger PM, Webster S (2014) Fixed-cycle smoothed production improves lean performance for make-to-stock manufacturing. Interfaces 44:411-427. (Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award, May 2015)

Cole D, Kazaz B, Webster S (2015) Satisfying warranty claims of obsolete product. Trends and Research in the Decision Sciences, M. Warkentin, (ed.), Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 227-247.

Noparumpa T, Kazaz B, Webster S (2015) Wine futures and advance selling under quality uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17:411-426. (Featured in MSOM summary and video; featured in Wine Spectator, May 18, 2015; featured in INFORMS President's Pick, December 2015; featured in MSOM editor blog, December 2015; featured in INFORMS Editor's Cut, September 2017)

Kazaz B, Webster S (2015) Technical Note -- Price-setting newsvendor problems with uncertain supply and risk aversion. Operations Research 63:807-811.

Cole D, Kazaz B, Webster S (2016) Final purchase and trade-in decisions in response to a component phase-out announcement: A deterministic analysis. International Journal of Production Research 54:1257-1272. (Best Analytical Research Paper, Decision Sciences Institute Conference, November 2014)

Park JH, Kazaz B, Webster S (2016) Technical Note -- Pricing below cost under exchange-rate risk. Production and Operations Management 25:153-159,

Kazaz B, Webster S, Yadav P (2016) Interventions for an artemisinin-based malaria medicine supply chain. Production and Operations Management 25:1576-1600. (Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award, May 2017)

Hekimoglu MH, Kazaz B, Webster S (2017) Wine analytics: Fine wine pricing and selection under weather and market uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19:202-215. (Featured in Forbes, April 2017; brief video; featured in INFORMS Editor's Cut, September 2017)

Eftekhar M, Li H, Van Wassenhove LN, Webster S (2017) The role of media exposure on coordination in the humanitarian setting. Production and Operations Management 26:802-816.

Cole D, Mahapatra S, Webster S (2017) A comparison of buyback and trade-in policies to acquire used products for remanufacturing. Journal of Business Logistics 38:217-232.

Park JH, Kazaz B, Webster S (2017) Risk mitigation of production hedging. Production and Operations Management 26:1299-1314.

Li H, Webster S (2017) Optimal pricing of correlated product options under the paired combinatorial logit model. Operations Research 65:1215-1230.

Noparumpa T, Kazaz B, Webster S (2018) Wine futures: pricing and allocation as levers against quality uncertainty. Handbook on Recent Advances in Commodity and Financial Modelling – Quantitative Methods in Banking, Finance, Insurance, Energy and Commodity Markets, G. Consigli, S. Stefani, G. Zambruno (eds), Springer Series, to appear.

Park JH, Kazaz B, Webster S (2018) Surface versus air shipment of humanitarian goods under demand uncertainty. Production and Operations Management 27:928-948. (POMS College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management Best Paper Award, May 2016)

Ayvaz-Cavdaroglu N, Gauri DK, Webster S (2019) Empirical evidence of revenue management in the cruise line industry. Journal of Travel Research 58:104-120.

Li H, Webster S, Mason N, Kempf K (2019) Product-line pricing under discrete mixed multinomial logit demand. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 21:14-28. (First place, MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition, June 2017)

Li H, Webster S, Yu G (2020) Product design under multinomial logit choices: optimization of quality and prices in an evolving product line. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 22:1011-1025.

Mahapatra S, Cole D, Pal R, Webster S (2021) Toward a unified understanding and management of closed loop operations. Pursuing Sustainability OR/MS Applications in Sustainable Design, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Resource Management, C Chen Y Chen V Jayaraman (eds.), Springer Series, 219-238.

Ayvaz-Cavdaroglu N, Kazaz B, Webster S (2021) Incentivizing farmers to invest in quality through quality-based payment. Production and Operations Management 30(10):3812-3830.

Kazaz B, Webster S (2022) The influence of yield-dependent trading costs on pricing and production planning under supply uncertainty. Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research O Boyabatli, B Kazaz, CS Tang (eds.), Springer Series, 87-102.

Noparumpa T, Kazaz B, Webster S (2022) A prescriptive model for selling wine futures to mitigate quality uncertainty. Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research O Boyabatli, B Kazaz, CS Tang (eds.), Springer Series, 123-139.

Hekimoglu MH, Kazaz B, Webster S (2022) Wine analytics: futures or bottles? Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research O Boyabatli, B Kazaz, CS Tang (eds.), Springer Series, 141-156.

Kazaz B, Webster S, Yadav P (2022) Policy interventions for an agriculture-based malaria medicine supply chain. Agricultural Supply Chain Management Research O Boyabatli, B Kazaz, CS Tang (eds.), Springer Series, 229-245.

Eftekhar M, Song JS, Webster S (2022) Prepositioning and local purchasing for emergency operations under budget, demand and supply uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(1):315-332.

Wang Y, Webster S (2022) Product flexibility strategy under supply and demand risk. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(3):1779-1795.

Wang Y, Yin R, Chen X, Webster S (2022) Investment efforts under complementary sourcing: the role of market risk and endogenous pricing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(5):2595-2610.

Gheibi S, Kazaz B, Webster S (2023) Capacity reservation and sourcing under exchange-rate uncertainty. Decision Sciences 54(3):257-276.

Dsouza A, Mishra AK, Webster S (2023) Vertical coordination and post-harvest losses: implications on food loss. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(1):460-486. (2023 Specialty Crop Economics Section of AAEA Outstanding Published Paper Award, July 2023)

Ketzenberg M, Oliva R, Wang Y, Webster S (2023) Retailer inventory data sharing in a fresh product supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research 307(2):680-693.

Webster S (2023) Multiple discrete choice and quantity with order statistic marginal utilities. Journal of Choice Modeling 46:100395.

Lim SFWT, Wang Q, Webster S (2023) Do It right the first time: vehicle routing with home delivery attempt predictors. Production and Operations Management 32(4):1262-1284.

Kazaz B, Webster S, Yadav P (2023) Increasing the supply of health products in underserved regions. Production and Operations Management 32(12):4212-4228. Summary available at INSEAD Knowledge.

Li H, Webster S (2023) Optimizing risk-balancing return under discrete choice models. Operations Research 71(6):2232-2244.

Li H, Webster S (2024) Technical Note--Risk sensitivity and firm power: price competition with mean²-variance profit objective under multinomial logit demand. Operations Research 72(3):957-965.

Sepulveda JMG, Van Houtven G, Reed SD, Webster S, Johnson FR (2024). The impact of violations of expected utility theory on choices in the face of multiple risks. Journal of Choice Modeling 53:100511.

Webster S, Kazaz B, Gheibi S (2024) Direct trade sourcing strategies for specialty coffee. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26(5):1712-1729.

Wang L, Webster S, Rabinovich E (2025) Structural estimation of attrition in a last-mile delivery platform: the role of driver heterogeneity, compensation, and experience. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 27(2):516-534.