Smart “Predict, then Optimize”

Adam N. Elmachtoub
Adam N. Elmachtoub
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Data Science Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027;
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Paul Grigas
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Paul Grigas
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Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720
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Adam N. Elmachtoub

Adam N. Elmachtoub

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-4999

Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and Data Science Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027;

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Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720

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Published Online:12 Mar 2021https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3922

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Received:December 14, 2017
Accepted:November 03, 2020
Published Online:March 12, 2021

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Adam N. Elmachtoub, Paul Grigas (2021) Smart “Predict, then Optimize”. Management Science 68(1):9-26.

https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2020.3922

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