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Retsef Levi

Retsef Levi is the J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Operations Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Levi is affiliated with the MIT Operations Research Center and is the MIT Sloan Co-Director of the Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) Program.

Retsef Levi, J. Spencer Standish (1945) Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management

Areas of Interest

  • Food Supply Chain Analytics and Sensing Initiative (FSAS)
  • Supply Chain, Logistics and Revenue Management Optimization
  • Health Systems
  • Approximation Algorithm to Multistage Stochastic Optimization Models
  • Data-driven Algorithms
  • Stochastic Optimization
  • Combinatorial Optimization
  • Risk Management

Featured Research

Theses
 
"Computing Provably Near-Optimal Policies for Stochastic Inventory Control Models," under the supervision of Robin Roundy and David Shmoys (PhD Thesis)
 
Refereed Journals

"Leveraging machine learning to assess market-level food safety and zoonotic disease risks in China" Qihua Gao, Retsef Levi & Nicholas Renegar. Scientific Reports, Vol 12 (2022): 1650.

"Scheduling with Testing of Heterogeneous Jobs." Levi, Retsef, Yaron Shaposhnik, and Thomas Magnanti (To Appear in Management Science), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6213-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2022.

Care Coordination for Healthcare Referrals under a Shared-savings Program.” Fernanda Bravo, Retsef Levi, Georgia Perakis, and Gonzalo Romero. Journal of Production and Operations Management. (2022): 1-33.

"Increased Emergency Cardiovascular Events Among Under-40 Population in Israel During Vaccine Rollout and Third COVID-19 Wave." Sun, Christopher, Eli Jaffe, and Retsef Levi. Scientific Reports, Vol. 12 (2022): 6978.

"Machine Learning for the Discovery of Molecular Recognition Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Corona-Phases."
Gong, Xun, Nicholas Renegar, Retsef Levi, and Michael Strano. npj Computational Materials, Vol. 8, No. 135 (2022): 1-13.

"Low Volume Bowel Preparation is Associated with Reduced Time to Colonoscopy in Hospitalized Patients: A Propensity Matched Analysis." Sun, Christopher, Darrick Li, Ana Cecilia Zenteno, Marjory Bravard, Peter Carolan, Bethany Daily, Sami Elamin, Jasmine Ha, Amber Moore, Kyan Safavi, Brian Yun, Peter Dunn, Retsef Levi, and James Richter. Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology, Vol. 13, No. 7 (2022):e00482.

"Evaluation of Individual and Ensemble Probabilistic Forecasts of COVID-19 Mortality in the US."
Cramer, Estee Y., Evan L Ray, Retsef Levi et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 119, No. 15 (2022): e211356111.

“Public health risks arising from food supply chains: Challenges and opportunities”, Lu Chen, Donovan Guttieres, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, Georgia   Perakis, Nicholas Renegar and Stacy Springs (Naval Research Logistics, Volume 68, Issue8, Special Issue: OR Models for Developmental
Studies, December 2021, Pages 1098‐1112).

"Understanding Primary Care Physicians' Work via Text Analytics on EHR Inbox Messages." Escribe, Célia, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Walter J. O’Donnell, and Retsef Levi. American Journal of Managed Care, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2022): e24-e30.

"Understanding Physician Work and Well-Being Through Social Network Modelling Using Electronic Health Record Data: A Cohort Study." Escribe, Célia, Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Kerri Palamara, Walter J. O’Donnell, Jason H. Wasfy, Marcela G. Del Carmen, Sara R. Lehrhoff, Marjory A. Bravard, and Retsef Levi. Journal of General Internal Medicine (2022).

"Worse Cardiac Arrest Outcomes During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Boston Can Be Attributed to Patient Reluctance to Seek Care."
Sun, Christopher L.F., Sophia Dyer, James Salvia, Laura Segal, and Retsef Levi. Health Affairs, Vol. 40, No. 6 (2021).

"Artificial Shortage in Agricultural Supply Chains."
Levi, Retsef, Somya Singhvi, Y. Karen Zheng. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 24, No. 2 (2021): 746-765. Supplemental Material. Download Paper.

"Food Safety Inspection and the Adoption of Traceability in Aquatic Wholesale Markets: A Game-theoretic Model and Empirical Evidence."
Jin, Cangyu, Retsef Levi, Qiao Liang, Nicholas Renegar, and Jiehong Zhou. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Vol. 20, No. 10 (2021): 2807-2819.

"Testing at the Source: Analytics-Enabled Risk-Based Sampling of Food Supply Chains in China."
Jin, Cangyu, Retsef Levi, Qiao Liang, Nicholas Renegar, Stacy Springs, Jiehong Zhou, and Weihua Zhou. Management Science, Vol. 67, No. 5 (2021): 2985-2996. Supplemental Material. Download Paper.

"Assortment Optimization under Consider-then-Choose Choice Models."
Aouad, Ali, Vivek F. Farias, and Retsef Levi. Management Science, Vol. 67, No. 6 (2021): 3368-3386. Download Paper.

"Predicting COVID-19 Infection Risk and Related Risk Drivers in Nursing Homes: A Machine Learning Approach."
Sun, Christopher L.F., Eugenio Zuccarelli, El Ghali A. Zerhouni, Jason Lee, James Muller, Karen M. Scott, Alida M. Lujan, and Retsef Levi. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 21, No. 11 (2020): 1533-1538.

"The Impact of Unifying Agricultural Wholesale Markets on Prices and Farmers’ Profitability."
Levi, Retsef, Manoj Rajan, Somya Singhvi, and Y. Karen Zheng. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 117, No. 5 (2020): 2366-2371. (MSOM, *winner of the MSOM 2020 Responsible Research Award, recipient of People’s Choice Award, 2020 Early-career Sustainable Operations Workshop (Singhvi), winner of 2020 POMS College of Sustainable Operations Student Paper Competition (Singhvi)).

"Development and Validation of a Machine Learning Model to Aid Discharge Processes for Inpatient Surgical Care."
Safavi, Kyan, Taghi Khaniyev, Martin Copenhaver, Mark Seelen, Ana Zenteno Langle, Jonathan Zanger, Bethany Daily, Retsef Levi, and Peter Dunn. Jama Network Open, Vol. 2, No. 12 (2019): e1917221.

"Strategic Capacity Planning Problems in Revenue Sharing Joint Ventures."
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, Cong Shi, and Wei Sun. Production and Operations Management, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2020): 664-687. Download Paper.

"Health Systems Innovation: Analytics in Action."
Copenhaver, Martin S., Michael Hu, Retsef Levi, Kyan Safavi, and Ana Cecelia Zenteno Langle.  In Operations Research & Management Science in the Age of Analytics, edited by Serguei Netessine, 238-266. Seattle, WA: INFORMS, 2019.

"Non-Clinical Delays in Transfer out of the Surgical ICU are Associated with Increased Hospital Length of Stay and Delayed Progress of Care."
Safavi, Kyan Cyrus, Jazmin Furtado, Ana Cecilia Zenteno Langle, David Scheinker, Ulrich Schmidt, Bethany Daily, Retsef Levi, and Peter Francis Dunn. Journal of Critical Care Vol. 50, (2019): 126-131.

"Near-Optimality of Uniform Co-payments for Subsidies and Taxes Allocation Problems.
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, and Gonzalo Romero. Operations Research Vol. 62, No. 2 (2019): 548-561. Download Paper.

Scheduling with Testing.”
Levi, Retsef, Thomas Magnanti, and Yaron Shaposhnik. Management Science Vol. 65, No. 2 (2019): 776-793.

Approximation Algorithms for Dynamic Assortment Optimization Models.
Aouad, Ali, Retsef Levi, and Danny Segev. Mathematics of Operations Research. Vol. 44, No. 2 (2019): 487-511. Download Paper.

Changing the Patient Safety Paradigm.
Stevens, Jennifer, Retsef Levi, and Kenneth Sands. Journal of Patient Safety. Vol. 15, No. 4 (2019): 288-289.

Greedy-Like Algorithms for Dynamic Assortment Planning Under Multinomial Logit Preferences.
Aouad, Ali, Retsef Levi, and Danny Segev. Operations Research. Vol. 66, No. 5 (2018): 1321-1345. Download Paper.

The Approximability of Assortment Optimization under Ranking Preferences.
Aouad, Ali, Vivek Farias, Retsef Levi, and Danny Segev. Operations Research. Vol. 66, No. 6 (2018): 1661-1669. Download Paper.

"Translating a Biologic Revolution into an Organizational Overhaul."
Ghobadi, Kimia, Cecilia Zenteno, Adam Marshall, Peter Dunn, Retsef Levi, and John Stone. New England Medical Journal Catalyst, February 5, 2017.

"Revenue Management of Reusable Resources with Advanced Reservations."
Chen, Yiwei, Retsef Levi, and Cong Shi. Production and Operations Management Vol. 26, No. 5 (2017): 836-859.

"Provably Near-Optimal Balancing Policies for Stochastic Multi-Echelon Inventory Control Models."
Levi, Retsef, Robin Roundy, Van Anh Truong, and Xinshang Wang. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 42, No. 1 (2017): 256-276.

On the Effectiveness of Uniform Subsidies in Increasing Market Consumption.
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, and Gonzalo Romero. Management Science Vol. 63, No. 1 (2017): 40-57. Download Paper.

The Submodular Joint Replenishment Problem.
Cheung, Maurice, Adam N. Elmachtoub, Retsef Levi, and David Shmoys. Mathematical Programming Vol. 158, No. 1 (2016): 207-233.

Systematic OR Block Allocation in Large Academic Medical Centers.
Zenteno, Ana C., Tim Carnes, Retsef Levi, Bethany Daily, and Peter Dunn. Annals of Surgery Vol. 264, No. 6 (2016): 973-981.

"Supply Chain Management and Logistics Models with Online Demand Selection."
Elmachtoub, Adam, and Retsef Levi. Operations Research Vol. 64, No. 2 (2016): 458-473.

"Near-Optimal Algorithms for Assortment Planning Planning Under Dynamic Substitution and Stochastic Demand."
Goyal, Vineet, Retsef Levi, and Danny Segev. Operations Research Vol. 64, No. 1 (2016): 219-235.

"The Data Driven Newsvendor Problem – New Bounds and Insights."
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, and Joline Uichanco. Operations Research Vol. 63, No. 6 (2015): 1294-1306. Appendix.

From Cost Sharing Mechanisms to Online Selection Problems.
Elmachtoub, Adam N., and Retsef Levi. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 40, No. 3 (2015): 542-557.

The Nature and Sources of Variability in Pediatric Surgical Case Duration.
Bravo, Fernanda, Retsef Levi, Lynne R. Ferrari, and Michael L. McManus. Pediatric Anesthesia Vol. 25, No. 10 (2015): 999-1006.

Pooled Open Blocks Shorten Wait Times for Non-Elective Surgical Cases.
Zenteno, Ana C., Tim Carnes, Retsef Levi, Bethany Daily, Devon Price, Sue Moss and Peter Dunn. Annals of Surgery Vol. 262, No. 1 (2015): 60-67.

Maintenance and Flight Scheduling of Low Observable Aircraft.
Cho, Phillip, Vivek F. Farias, John Kessler, Retsef Levi, Thomas Magnanti and Eric Zarybnisky. Naval Research Logistics Vol. 62, No. 3 (2015): 60-80.

A Continuous Knapsack Problem with Separable Convex Utilities: Approximation Algorithms and Applications.
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis and Gonzalo Romero. Operations Research Letters Vol. 42, No. 5 (2014): 367-373.

Matching Supply and Demand: Delayed Two-Phase Distribution at Yedioth Group– Models, Algorithms and Information Technology.
Avrahami, Assaf, Yale Herer, and Retsef Levi. Interfaces Vol. 44, No. 5 (2014): 445-460.

"Maintenance Scheduling for Modular Systems– New Models and Algorithms."
Levi, Retsef, Thomas Magnanti, Jack Muckstadt, Danny Segev and Eric Zarybnisky. Naval Research Logistics Vol. 61, No. 6 (2014): 472-488; The paper was awarded the 2016 Harold W. Kuhn Award, an annual prize which recognizes an exceptional paper published in Naval Research Logistics.
 
Approximation Algorithms for Capacitated Stochastic Inventory Systems with Setup Cost.
Chao, Xiuli, Retsef Levi, Cong Shi and Huanan Zhang. Naval Research Logistics Vol. 61, No. 4 (2014): 304-319.

"Efficient Formulations for Pricing under Attraction Demand Models. "
Keller, Philipp W., Retsef Levi, and Georgia Perakis. Mathematical Programming Vol. 145, No. 1-2 (2014): 223-261.

Delay of Transfer from the Intensive Care Unit: A Prospective Observational Study of Incidence, Causes and Financial Impact.
Johnson, Daniel W., Ulrich Schmidt, Edward A. Bittner, Benjamin Christensen, Retsef Levi, and Richard M. Pino. Critical Care Vol. 17, No. 4 (2013): R128.

"Online Make-to-Order Joint Replenishment Model: Primal-Dual Competitive Algorithms."
Buchbinder, Niv, Tracy Kimbrel, Retsef Levi, Konstantin Makarychev, and Maxim Sviridenko. Operations Research Vol. 61, No. 4 (2013): 1014-1029.

"Approximation Algorithms for the Stochastic Lot-Sizing Problem with Order Lead Times."
Levi, Retsef and Cong Shi. Operations Research Vol. 61, No. 3 (2013): 593-602. Appendix; The paper won the 2009 Nicholson Student Paper Competition

NP-Hardness Proof for the Assembly Problem with Stationary Setup and Additive Holding Costs.
Levi, Retsef, and Liron Yedidsion. Operations Research Letters Vol. 41, No. 2 (2013): 134-137.

"Commentaries to 'The Vital Role of Operations Analysis in Improving Healthcare Delivery.'"
Levi, Retsef and Ann L. Prestipino. Manufacturing & Services Operations Management (MSOM) Vol. 14, No. 4 (2012): 499-504. Invited paper to a special issue on healthcare operations management.

Modeling the Impact of Changing Patient Transportation System on Perioperative Process Performance in a Large Hospital: Insights from a Computer Simulation Study. "
Segev, Danny, Retsef Levi, Peter F. Dunn, and Warren S. Sandberg. Health Care Management ScienceVol. 15, No. 2 (2012): 155-169.

"Technical Note- A Sampling-based Approach to Appointment Scheduling."
Begen, Mehmet, Retsef Levi, and Maurice Queyranne. Operations Research Vol. 60, No. 3 (2012): 675-681. Appendix.

"LP-based Approximation Algorithms for Capacitated Facility Location."
Levi, Retsef, David Shmoys, and Chaitanya Swamy. Mathematical Programming Vol. 131, No. 1 (2012): 365-379. (Extended abstract appeared in IPCO 2004)

"Approximation Algorithms for Supply Chain Planning and Logistics Problems with Market Choice."
Geunes, Joseph, Retsef Levi, Edwin Romeijn and David Shmoys. Mathematical Programming Vol. 130, No. 1 (2011): 85-106. (Extended abstract appeared in IPCO 2005)

"Adaptive Data-Driven Inventory Control Policies Based on Kaplan-Meier Estimator."
Huh, Tim, Retsef Levi, Paat Rusmevichientong and James B. Orlin. Operations Research Vol. 59, No. 4 (2011): 929-941. Appendix.

"Provably Near-Optimal Approximation Algorithms for Operations Management Models,"
Retsef Levi, In INFORMS Tutorials in Operations Research, Chapter 8, pages 179-192, 2014; Invited paper

"Provably Near-Optimal LP-Based Policies for Revenue Management in Systems with Reusable Resources."
Levi, Retsef, and Ana Radovanovic. Operations Research Vol. 58, No. 2 (2010): 503-507. Appendix.

"A Model for Understanding the Impacts of Demand & Capacity on Waitlists in a Congested Recovery Room."
Schoenmeyr, Tor I., Peter F. Dunn, David Gamarnik, Retsef Levi, David L. Berger, Bethany J. Daily, Wilton C. Levine, and Warren S. Sandberg. Anesthesiology Vol. 110, No. 6 (2009): 1293-1304.

"Algorithms for Capacitated Rectangle Stabbing and Lot-Sizing with Joint Set-Up Costs."
Even, Guy, Retsef Levi, Dror Rawitz, Baruch Schieber, Shimon Shahar, and Maxim Sviridenko. ACM Transactions on Algorithms Vol. 4, No. 34 (2008): 1-17.

"Approximation Algorithms for Capacitated Stochastic Inventory Control Models."
Levi, Retsef, Robin Roundy, David Shmoys, and Van Anh Truong. Operations Research Vol. 56, No. 5 (2008): 1184-1199. Appendix.

"Approximation Algorithms for the Capacitated Multi-Item Lot-Sizing Problem Via Flow-Cover Inequalities."
Levi, Retsef, Andrea Lodi, and Maxim Sviridenko. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 33, No. 2 (2008): 461-474.

"A 2-Approximation Algorithm for Stochastic Inventory Control Models with Lost Sales."
Levi, Retsef, Ganesh Janakiraman, and Mahesh Nagarajan. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 33, No. 2 (2008): 351-374; This paper was awarded the “2008 Optimization Prize for Young Researchers” by the Optimization Society, INFORMS.

"A Constant Approximation Algorithm for the One-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Problem."
Levi, Retsef, Robin Roundy, David Shmoys, and Maxim Sviridenko. Management Science Vol. 54, No. 4 (2008): 763-776.

"Provably Near-Optimal Sampling-Based Policies for Stochastic Inventory Control Models."
Levi, Retsef, Robin Roundy, and David Shmoys. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 32, No. 4 (2007): 821-839.

"Approximation Algorithms for Stochastic Inventory Control Models."
Levi, Retsef, Robin Roundy, David Shmoys, and Van Anh Truong. Operations Research Vol. 56, No. 5 (2008): 1184-1199. Appendix. This paper was awarded first prize in the 2004 MSOM Student Paper Competition.

"Primal-Dual Algorithms for Deterministic Inventory Problems."
Levi, Retsef, Robin O. Roundy, and David Shmoys. Mathematics of Operations Research Vol. 31, No. 2 (2006): 267-284.
 
Submitted Papers

"Evaluation and Implementation of a Just-In-Time Bed-Assignment Strategy to Reduce Wait Times for Surgical Inpatients", Aleida Braaksma; Martin S. Copenhaver; Ana C. Zenteno; Elizabeth Ugarph; Retsef Levi; Bethany J. Daily; Benjamin Orcutt; Kathryn M. Turcotte; Peter F. Dunn(Under revision in Healthcare Management Science), 2022.

"The Limits to Learning a Diffusion Model", Retsef Levi (Second Review in Management Science), 2022.

"Improving Farmers' Income on Online Agri-platforms: Evidence from the Field", Retsef Levi (Submitted to Manufacturing and Service Operations Management), 2022.

"Optimal interventions for increasing healthy food consumption among low-income populations," Retsef Levi (Under second revision in Management Science), 2022.

"How Primary Care Teams and Patients E-Communicate: Identifying Work Themes via Advanced Text Analytics."
Escribe, Célia, Stephanie Eisenstat, Walter O’Donnell, and Retsef Levi (Submitted to JAMA Internal Medicine), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6419-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2021.

"Competitive Algorithms for the Online Minimum Peak Appointment Scheduling."
Escribe, Célia, Michael Hu, and Retsef Levi (Submitted to Operations Research), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6258-21. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2021.

"The Link Between Food Safety and Zoonotic Disease Risks at Wholesale and Wet Markets in China."
Gao, Qihua, Retsef Levi, and Nicholas Renegar (Submitted to Nature Food), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6372-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, October 2020.

"Risk-Based Testing of Aquatic Products by Individual Species in China: A Field Study."
Bai, Bing, Lu Chen, Retsef Levi, Xiaobei Li, Nicholas Renegar, Wenshuai Si, Stacy Springs, and Changyan Zhou (Submitted to Environmental Health Perspectives), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6249-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2020.

"Reverse Information Sharing: Reducing Costs in Supply Chains with Yield Uncertainty."
Harsha, Pavithra, Ashish Jagmohan, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, and Georgia Perakis (Resubmitted to Management Science), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6172-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2020.

"Optimal Interventions for Increasing Healthy Food Consumption Among Low Income Households."
Levi, Retsef, Elisabeth Paulson, and Georgia Perakis (Submitted to Management Science, revision requested), MIT Sloan Working Paper, 2020.

"Designing Sparse Minimum Knapsack Policies: an Application to Supply Chain Procurement."
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, and Gonzalo Romero, (Rejected and resubmitted to Operations Research), MIT Sloan Working Paper 6151-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2020.

"Base Stock Policies for Lost-Sales Models, State Space Aggregation and Limiting Transition Probabilities."
Arts, Joachim, Retsef Levi, and Geert-Jan van Houtum (Submitted to Naval Research Logistics), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5911-20. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2020.

"Improving Farmers' Income on Online Agri-platforms: Theory and Field Implementation of a Two-stage Auction."
Levi, Retsef, Manoj Rajan, Somya Singhvi, and Y. Karen Zheng, (Under second revision in Management Science), February 2022. (First place winner of the 4th POMS Applied Research Challenge, Winner of Best Paper Award: INFORMS 2020 Public Sector Operations Research, College of Supply Chain Management, Winner of 2020 MSOM Responsible Research Award, Winner of 2020 INFORMS Public Sector Operations Research Section Best Paper Award, First Prize, 2020 POMS College of Supply Chain Management Best Student Paper Competition (Singhvi), First Place, 2020 POMS College of Behavioral Operations Management Junior Scholar Paper Competition (Singhvi), Finalist, 2020 POMS Applied Research Challenge, Winner of 2019 INFORMS Doing Good with Good OR Competition (Singhvi).

"Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Consumption: The Impact of Access and Value."
Levi, Retsef, Georgia Perakis, and Elisabeth Paulson. (Submitted to Production and Operations Management), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5389-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2020.

"Supply Chain Network Analytics Guiding Food Regulatory Policy."
Levi, Retsef, Nicholas Renegar, Stacy Springs, and Tauhid Zaman. (Submitted and under second revision, Operations Research), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5758-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, December 2020.

"An Adaptive SPT Rule for Scheduling and Testing Heterogeneous Jobs."
Levi, Retsef, Thomas L. Magnanti, and Yaron Shaposhnik (Submitted to Production and Operations Management), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5586-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, August 2019.

"Measuring Work After Work Using Electronic Health Records.”
Stephanie A. Eisenstat, Michael Hu, Retsef Levi, Walter J. O’Donnell, 2018 (Submitted to JAMA)

"Submodular Batch Scheduling for Warehouse Picking."
Chen, Daniel, Retsef Levi, and Georgia Perakis (Submitted to Operations Research), Working Paper. 2018.

"Robustly Minimizing a Piecewise-linear Cost Function with Respect to Uncertainty in Mixed Demand."
Chen, Daniel, Retsef Levi, and Georgia Perakis (Submitted to Production and Operations Management), MIT Sloan Working Paper 5762-18. Cambridge, MA: MIT Sloan School of Management, 2021.

Stochastic Selection Problems with Testing,”
Chen Attias, Robert Krauthgamer, Retsef Levi, and Yaron Shaposhnik, 2018 (Submitted to Management Science).

“Optimizing Purchasing and Handling Costs for Supply Chain Procurement”
Bradley Genser,  Retsef Levi, Georgia Perakis and Gonzalo Romero, 2016 (Submitted to MSOM).

“Real-Time Outpatient Scheduling with Patient Choice.”
Kimia Ghobadi, Inga Lennes, Retsef Levi, Adam Marshall, Wendi Reib, and Cecilia Zenteno, 2016 (Submitted to MSOM- Revision requested)

"Mathematical Programming Analysis of a Graph Visiting Problem."
Retsef Levi, Tom Magnanti, Danny Segev, and Eric Zarybnisky, 2011 (Submitted to Mathematical Programming – Revision requested)

"Regret Optimization for Stochastic Inventory Models with Spread Information."
Retsef Levi, Georgia Perakis, and Joline Uichanco, 2011 (Submitted to Operations Research – Revision requested)

Retsef’s Affiliations

Operations Management Group

Operations management has become increasingly important in an era in which resources can often be in short supply and customer expectations have skyrocketed.

Leaders for Global Operations

LGO partners with elite companies to provide research fellowships and places graduates in high-tech roles.

Operations Research Center

MIT’s Operations Research Center (ORC) is the world’s premier graduate program in operations research (OR).

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