AI framework predicts invoice dilution in supply chain finance.
problem Invoice dilution risk in supply chain finance.
method AI, machine learning, dynamic credit limits, real-time projections.
result Supplemental AI model improves prediction accuracy.
This research introduces a control system for managing DeFi money supply.
problem Maintaining the value of issued currency in decentralized finance.
method Introduces a time-weighted Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) control system.
result Protects the value of issued currency by adapting to market activities.
Modeling shared mobility demand considering supply limitations.
problem Inaccurate demand predictions due to limited supply.
method Censored Gaussian Processes for demand modeling.
result Taking supply limitations into account improves demand predictions.
TransCORALNet uses transformer and CORAL for supply chain credit assessment with cold start.
problem Supply chain credit assessment for new borrowers with limited data.
method Two-stream transformer CORAL networks with domain adaptation and LIME.
result TransCORALNet outperforms state-of-the-art models in accuracy.
Modeling house prices in Australia reveals supply limitations as the primary driver of extreme trends.
problem Understanding the resilience of Australia's housing prices despite changes in mortgage rates.
method Developed a differential equation model and used modern extreme value techniques on real-world data.
result Without supply increases, a 11% mortgage rate hike is needed to moderate extreme housing costs.
GNNs improve supply chain analytics with real-world benchmarks.
problem Limited research on applying GNNs to supply chain management.
method Conceptual discussions, detailed formulations, examples, mathematical definitions, and task guidelines.
result GNN-based models outperform other methods by 10-40% in various supply chain tasks.
This paper develops a stochastic learning-optimization model for resilient automotive supply chains.
problem Supply chain disruptions and volatile demand pose challenges to the UK automotive industry.
method Integrates Bayesian inference with inventory optimization for a two-echelon system subject to stochastic demand and disruptions.
result The integrated approach achieves significant cost reductions and improved resilience during disruptions.
The paper analyzes how open-end fund sales affect prices and returns.
problem How open-end fund sales impact prices and returns.
method Continuous-time market-clearing model to derive expected-return restrictions.
result Forced-sale pressure predicts actual fund selling and positive returns.
Bitcoin option prices reflect both market maker supply and trader demand, especially from those with insider information.
problem Understanding how market prices of bitcoin options are influenced by both market makers and informed traders.
method Analysis of Deribit options tick-level data to identify supply and demand effects.
result At-the-money option prices are driven by volatility traders, while out-of-the-money options are influenced by both volatility traders and those with insider information.
We consider the problem faced by a service platform that needs to match limited supply with demand but also to learn the attributes of new users in order to match them better in the future. We introduce a benchmark model with heterogeneous "workers" (demand) and a limited supply of "jobs" that arrive over time. Job typ…
Proposes ContSup to boost local learning by supplying context between isolated modules.
problem Local learning's performance degrades with more isolated modules.
method Theoretical analysis and ContSup scheme to supply context between modules.
result Significant performance improvement with minimal overhead.
How does supply uncertainty affect the structure of supply chain networks? To answer this question we consider a setting where retailers and suppliers must establish a costly relationship with each other prior to engaging in trade. Suppliers, with uncertain yield, announce wholesale prices, while retailers must decide …
Implementing a set of microeconomic criteria, we develop price dynamics equations using a function of demand/supply with key symmetry properties. The function of demand/supply can be linear or nonlinear. The type of function determines the nature of the tail of the distribution based on the randomness in the supply and…
Paper tackles pandemic resource allocation challenges.
problem Shortages of medical resources during pandemics.
method Risk management approach, focusing on spatio-temporal competitions.
result New strategies for optimal stockpiling and allocation balancing resource competition.
Supply chains are the backbone of the global economy. Disruptions to them can be costly. Centrally managed supply chains invest in ensuring their resilience. Decentralized supply chains, however, must rely upon the self-interest of their individual components to maintain the resilience of the entire chain. We examine t…
New framework forecasts both supply and demand in rental markets.
problem Booking models ignore supply, leading to regime-specific ceilings.
method Three-part coupling framework (behavioral, informational, intervention).
result Booking models learn a regime-specific ceiling and become fragile.
We analyze a tractable model of a limit order book on short time scales, where the dynamics are driven by stochastic fluctuations between supply and demand. We establish the existence of a limiting distribution for the highest bid, and for the lowest ask, where the limiting distributions are confined between two thresh…
Study uses generative models to assess credit risk and determine loan sizes in e-commerce supply chain finance.
problem Credit risk assessment and loan size determination for small- and medium-sized sellers in e-commerce supply chain finance.
method Proposes a unified framework using Quantile-Regression-based Generative Metamodeling (QRGMM) integrated with Deep Factorization Machines (DeepFM) to capture complex covariate interactions in e-commerce sales data.
result Validates the model's efficacy for credit risk assessment and loan size determination on synthetic and real-world data.
Neural system optimizes glucose levels in diabetics.
problem Limited research on continuous glucose maintenance devices.
method Differential predictive control with neural policy and differentiable modeling.
result Improves glucose level optimization in real-time.
This paper applies reactor theory to supply chain management.
problem Maintaining optimal item delivery and collection ratios in supply chains.
method Translating neutron transport and diffusion theory to supply chain management, introducing analogy factors and interactors.
result A deterministic model for supply chain optimization.
Mobile crowdsourcing has become easier thanks to the widespread of smartphones capable of seamlessly collecting and pushing the desired data to cloud services. However, the success of mobile crowdsourcing relies on balancing the supply and demand by first accurately forecasting spatially and temporally the supply-deman…
Elastic Cash adjusts money supply to stabilize interest rates.
problem Stabilizing interest rates in a decentralized system.
method Modifies supply to keep interest rate fixed by public market.
result Improves elasticity of US Dollar and new cryptocurrencies.
The paper approximates supply curves using a one-step basis method.
problem Computing supply curves accurately and efficiently.
method Derives L2 approximation expression and proposes node selection procedure.
result Illustrates the approach with European electricity market bid curves.
Study reveals supply chain correlations in firm growth rates.
problem Understanding correlations in firm growth rates and their supply chain relationships.
method Investigated correlation structure of firm growth rates and used Gaussian Markov Models to reconstruct supply chain networks.
result Supply chain-linked firms exhibit stronger correlation in growth rates than non-linked firms.
MPNN improves on UniFL approximation with provable guarantees.
problem Uniform Facility Location (UniFL) optimization problem.
method Graph Neural Network (MPNN) incorporating approximation-algorithmic principles.
result Empirically outperforms standard approximation algorithms.
Deep neural networks optimize inventory decisions in complex supply chains.
problem Optimizing inventory decisions in stochastic multi-echelon supply chains.
method Pairwise modeling and DNN agents for order-up-to levels.
result The method performs better than alternate methods in general supply chain networks.
Study examines how COVID-19 intensified demand variability in U.S. supply chains.
problem The amplification of demand variability (Bullwhip Effect) in supply chains during the pandemic.
method Extensive industry-level data analysis using traditional and advanced empirical techniques.
result COVID-19 significantly amplified the Bullwhip Effect across different U.S. industries.
Study examines how arbitrage between ETF and futures affects market liquidity during crashes.
problem Impact of arbitrage between leveraged ETF and futures on market liquidity during market crashes.
method Artificial market simulations to investigate liquidity changes in L-ETF and futures markets.
result Arbitrage trading affects liquidity supply from one market to another during market crashes.
The paper proposes a new model to better estimate demand from censored data.
problem Challenges in inferring true demand from aggregate, censored data.
method Combines Tobit likelihood with graph diffusion process in Gaussian Processes.
result The new model produces more accurate out-of-sample predictions.
Develops a new solver for optimizing with stochastic dominance constraints.
problem Optimizing with stochastic dominance constraints is computationally expensive and impractical.
method Introduces Light Stochastic Dominance Solver (light-SD) that uses Lagrangian properties and surrogate approximation.
result The light-SD solver demonstrates superior performance on various problems.
Study analyzes impacts of COVID-19 on French forestry sector, finds mixed results in supply chain.
problem Impact of COVID-19 on forestry sector supply chain and future opportunities.
method Integrated methodology combining Material Flow Analysis and Wood Product Model.
result Significant disruptions and shifts in wood production, highlighting resilience and vulnerabilities.
Recently, along with the emergence of food scandals, food supply chains have to face with ever-increasing pressure from compliance with food quality and safety regulations and standards. This paper aims to explore critical factors of compliance risk in food supply chain with an illustrated case in Vietnamese seafood in…
Study shows how firms adapt to systemic risk during crises, revealing key players and trade volume predictors.
problem Understanding systemic risk in local production networks during crises.
method Analyzing Hungarian production network dynamics from 2015 to 2022 using a null model and empirical data.
result Firms' adaptive behavior during crises leads to more resilient economies, with trade volume being a significant predictor.
Supply chains lend themselves to blockchain technology, but certain challenges remain, especially around invoice financing. For example, the further a supplier is removed from the final consumer product, the more difficult it is to get their invoices financed. Moreover, for competitive reasons, retailers and manufactur…
Unified theory explains market impact using a simplified supply-demand parameter.
problem Understanding the market impact of metaorders and excess volatility.
method Coarse-grained approach with a single parameter ρ to model supply-demand equilibrium and market impact.
result Establishes a connection between excess volatility and order-driven markets through the square-root law.
We have studied here the self-organising features of the dynamics of a model market, where the agents `trade' for a single commodity with their money. The model market consists of fixed numbers of economic agents, money supply and commodity. We demonstrate that the model, apart from showing a self-organising behaviour,…
The paper shows supply chain features improve cyber risk prediction.
problem Predicting cyber risk from supply chain attributes.
method Machine learning, external supply chain features, AUC improvement.
result Supply chain network features improve AUC by 2.3%.
Study quantifies financial contagion risks in supply chains.
problem Supply chain shocks contribute to financial losses.
method Multi-layer network framework, micro-dataset of Hungarian firms.
result Supply chain shocks amplify financial losses by 4-3x.
Sornette et al. claimed that the optimal supply does not agree with the average demand, by analyzing a bakery model where a daily demand fluctuates with a uniform distribution. In this note, we extend the model to general probability distributions, and obtain the formula of the optimal supply for Gaussian distribution,…
We present a new microscopic stochastic model for an ensemble of interacting investors that buy and sell stocks in discrete time steps via limit orders based on individual forecasts about the price of the stock. These orders determine the supply and demand fixing after each round (time step) the new price of the stock …
The relationship between price volatilty and a market extremum is examined using a fundamental economics model of supply and demand. By examining randomness through a microeconomic setting, we obtain the implications of randomness in the supply and demand, rather than assuming that price has randomness on an empirical …
Paper applies RL to optimize inventory management across multiple products and nodes.
problem Optimizing inventory management for a large number of products with shared capacity in a multi-node supply chain.
method Novel multi-agent hierarchical reinforcement learning framework with A2C algorithm and quantised action spaces.
result The approach optimizes for maximizing product sales and minimizing wastage of perishable products.
Investigates the relationship between US money supply and asset indices over 2001-2019.
problem Determining the relationship between US money supply and asset indices growth.
method Information entropy methodology applied to US asset indices (Property, Russell 2000, S&P 500, NASDAQ) over 2001-2019.
result Growth in US broad money supply is the main determinant of US asset indices growth, especially the NASDAQ and Russell 2000.
This paper uses robust optimization to analyze supply chain resilience.
problem Supply chain resilience analysis of multi-modal logistics networks.
method Robust optimization with budget-of-uncertainty.
result Interactive effects of network size, disruption scale, and degree on resilience.
The disbalance of Supply and Demand is typically considered as the driving force of the markets. However, the measurement or estimation of Supply and Demand at price different from the execution price is not possible even after the transaction. An approach in which Supply and Demand are always matched, but the rate $I=…
We study a large economy in which firms cannot compute exact solutions to the non-linear equations that characterize the equilibrium price at which they can sell future output. Instead, firms use polynomial expansions to approximate prices. The precision with which they can compute prices is endogenous and depends on t…
Two neural network models analyze bus system efficiency and demand.
problem Identify service gaps and quantify demand in public transportation.
method Two neural network models considering demographic data and metrics.
result Models can generalize to other cities' bus systems.
Study on price formation in a market with a major player and minor firms.
problem Equilibrium price formation in a market with a major financial firm and many minor firms.
method Analyzes the equilibrium price process in both finite and mean field models, considering idiosyncratic and common noises.
result Derives the functional form of price impact for the major firm in both market sizes.