A Decision-Support Framework for Food Bank Operations: Overcoming Waste and Uncertainty in Food Distribution

Xianjia Gao
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business, Urbana, Illinois, United States
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Xin Chen
Xin Chen
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Georgia Institute of Technology, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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Xianjia Gao

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Xianjia Gao

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business, Urbana, Illinois, United States

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Xin Chen

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Georgia Institute of Technology, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, United States

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Published Online:21 Oct 2026https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2025.0787

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