Garrett Van Ryzin
Paul M. Montrone Professor Emeritus of Private Enterprise in the Faculty of Business at Columbia Business School
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Garrett van Ryzin is the Paul M. Montrone Professor Emeritus of Decision, Risk, and Operations at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business. In 2015, he joined Uber Technologies as Head of Marketplace Optimization Advanced Development. In 2017, he became Professor of Operations, Information and Technology Management at Cornell Tech.
Professor van Ryzin's research interests include analytical pricing, stochastic modeling, and operations management. He is coauthor of the book The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management, which won the 2005 Lanchester prize for best published work in operations research. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation and major corporations, and he has served as a consultant to many leading companies. Hehas been Editor in Chief of M&SOM, Area Editor for Operations Research, and an INFORMS and an MSOM Fellow. He received the B.S.E.E. degree from Columbia University and the degrees of S.M. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT.
Teaching
Spring 2017
Summer 2015
Spring 2015
Business Analytics (EMBA)
Immersion Seminar: Big Data (MBA)
Spring 2014
Fall 2013
Summer 2013
Spring 2013
Fall 2012
(PhD) Foundations and Origins of OM Scheduling (PHD)
Operations Consulting (Master Class) (MBA)
Spring 2012
Columbia Caseworks cases
H&K (2014)
Coauthor(s): Omar Besbes, Mark Broadie, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Tahoe Healthcare Systems (2014)
Coauthor(s): Omar Besbes, Mark Broadie, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Pandora Internet Radio (2013)
Coauthor(s): Omar Besbes, Mark Broadie, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Frogtek Tecnología Móvil para la Microempresa Minorista (2011)
Coauthor(s): Garrett J. van Ryzin, Margaret Pierson
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Intermountain Healthcare Case Study (2013)
Coauthor(s): Nelson M. Fraiman, Garrett J. van Ryzin, Carri Chan, Kimberly Williamson
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Retailer: A Retail Pricing Simulation Exercise (2011)
Coauthor(s): Garrett J. van Ryzin, Mark Broadie
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How Big a Burden? Valuing General Motors’ Retirement Benefits Liability (2013)
Coauthor(s): Carri Chan, Awi Federgruen, Robert Phillips, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Queueing Management and Models (2011)
Coauthor(s): Linda Green, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Modell's DEA (2011)
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Economic Order Quantity (EOQ): Supply Chain Cost and Service (2011)
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Markdown Management at Sports Unlimited (A and B) (2011)
Coauthor(s): Masoud Talebian, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Analyzing Inventory Cost and Service in Supply Chains (2010)
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Frogtek: Mobile Technology for Micro-Retailing (2010)
Coauthor(s): Margaret Pierson, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Bottleneck Analysis (2008)
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Production Processes (2008)
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XTM Bike Corporation: An Exercise in Process Analysis (2008)
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The Ritz Carlton Hotel Company: The Quest for Service Excellence (2008)
Coauthor(s): Nelson M. Fraiman, Linda Green, Garrett J. van Ryzin, Aliza Heching
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Markdown Pricing Optimization at Bloomingdale's (A and B) (2008)
Coauthor(s): Wei Ke, Costis Maglaras, Garrett J. van Ryzin
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Transportation National Group (2008)
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Research
Journal articles
Product Quality Selection: Contractual Agreements and Supplier Competition in an Assemble-to-Order Environment In International Journal of Production Economics (2013)
Coauthor(s): Mehmet Altug, Garrett van Ryzin
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Small Modular Infrastructure In The Engineering Economist (2013)
Coauthor(s): Eric Dahlgren, Caner Gocmen, Garrett van Ryzin
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Estimating Primary Demand for Substitutable Products from Sales Transaction Data In Operations Research (2012)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Gustavo Vulcano, Richard Ratliff
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Strategic Capacity Rationing When Customers Learn In Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2011)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Qian Liu
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Choice-Based Revenue Management: An Empirical Study of Estimation and Optimization In Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2010)
Coauthor(s): Gustavo Vulcano, Garrett van Ryzin, Wassim Chaar
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Preface to the Special Issue on Computational Economics In Operations Research (2010)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Kenneth Judd
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Strategic capacity rationing to induce early purchases In Management Science (2008)
Coauthor(s): Qian Liu, Garrett van Ryzin
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Computing virtual nesting controls for network revenue management under customer choice behavior In Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2008)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Gustavo Vulcano
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On the choice-based linear programming model for network revenue management In Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2008)
Coauthor(s): Qian Liu, Garrett van Ryzin
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Future of Revenue Management: Models of Demand In Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management (2005)
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Revenue Management Under a General Discrete Choice Model of Consumer Behavior In Management Science (2004)
Coauthor(s): Kalyan Talluri, Garrett van Ryzin
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Optimal Auctioning and Ordering in an Infinite Horizon Inventory-Pricing System In Operations Research (2004)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Gustavo Vulcano
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Overbooking with substitutable inventory classes In Operations Research (2004)
Coauthor(s): I. Karaesman, Garrett van Ryzin
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Mark-down pricing: An Empirical analysis of policies and revenue potential at one apparel retailer In Journal of Pricing and Revenue Management (2002)
Coauthor(s): Aliza Heching, Garrett van Ryzin
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Optimal dynamic auctions for revenue management In Management Science (2002)
Coauthor(s): Gustavo Vulcano, Garrett van Ryzin, Costis Maglaras
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Inventory competition under dynamic consumer choice In Operations Research (2001)
Coauthor(s): Siddharth Mahajan, Garrett van Ryzin
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Stocking retail assortments under dynamic consumer substitution In Operations Research (2001)
Coauthor(s): Siddharth Mahajan, Garrett van Ryzin
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Revenue Management Without Forecasting or Optimization: An Adaptive Algorithm for Determining Airline Seat Protection Levels In Management Science (2000)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Jeffrey McGill
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A randomized linear programming method for computing network bid prices In Transportation Science (1999)
Coauthor(s): Kalyan Talluri, Garrett van Ryzin
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Revenue management: Research overview and prospects In Transportation Science (1999)
Coauthor(s): Jeffrey McGill, Garrett van Ryzin
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Dynamic Vehicle Dispatching: Optimal Heavy Traffic Performance and Practical Insights In Operations Research (1999)
Coauthor(s): Noah Gans, Garrett van Ryzin
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On the relationship between inventory costs and variety benefits in retail assortments In Management Science (1999)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Siddharth Mahajan
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Optimal Dynamic Scheduling of a General Class of Parallel-Processing Queueing Systems In Advances in Applied Probability (1998)
Coauthor(s): Noah Gans, Garrett van Ryzin
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Creating Customer Value through Industrialized Intimacy In strategy + business (1998)
Coauthor(s): Peter Kolesar, Garrett van Ryzin, Wayne Cutler
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An analysis of bid-price controls for network revenue management In Management Science (1998)
Coauthor(s): Kalyan Talluri, Garrett van Ryzin
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A Multiproduct Dynamic Pricing Problem and Its Applications to Network Yield Management In Operations Research (1997)
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Optimal Control of a Multiclass, Flexible Service System In Operation Research (1997)
Coauthor(s): Noah Gans, Garrett van Ryzin
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Probabilistic Analysis of a Combined Aggregation and Math Programming Heuristic for a General Class of Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems In Management Science (1997)
Coauthor(s): Awi Federgruen, Garrett van Ryzin
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Probabilistic analysis of a generalized bin packing problem and applications In Operations Research (1997)
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Optimal dynamic pricing of inventories with stochastic demand over finite horizons In Management Science (1994)
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Production control for a tandem two-machine system In IIE Transactions (1993)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Sheldon Lou, Stanley Gershwin
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Stochastic and dynamic vehicle routing in the Euclidean plane with multiple capacitated vehicles In Operations Research (1993)
Coauthor(s): D. J. Bertsimas, Garrett van Ryzin
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Stochastic and dynamic vehicle routing with general interarrival and service time distributions In Advances in Applied Probability (1993)
Coauthor(s): D. J. Bertsimas, Garrett van Ryzin
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Scheduling job shops with delays In International Journal of Production Research (1991)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Sheldon Lou, Stanley Gershwin
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A stochastic and dynamic vehicle routing problem in the Euclidean plane In Operations Research (1991)
Coauthor(s): D. J. Bertsimas, Garrett van Ryzin
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An asymptotic determination of the minimum spanning tree and minimum matching constants in geometrical probability In Operations Research Letters (1990)
Coauthor(s): D. J. Bertsimas, Garrett van Ryzin
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Optimal control rules for scheduling job shops In Annals of Operations Research (1989)
Coauthor(s): Sheldon Lou, Garrett van Ryzin
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Books
The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management (2004)
Coauthor(s): Kalyan Talluri, Garrett van Ryzin
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Chapters
An introduction to revenue management In Tutorials in Operations Research (2005)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Kalyan Talluri
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Revenue Management In Handbook of Transportation Science, 2nd ed. (2003)
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Retail inventories and consumer choice In Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management (1999)
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Working papers
Does Field Price Discretion Improve Profits? Evidence from Auto Lending (2014)
Coauthor(s): Serdar Simsek, Garrett van Ryzin
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Optimal Pricing of Services with Switching Costs (2011)
Coauthor(s): Qian Liu, Garrett van Ryzin
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Coordinating Vertical Partnerships for Horizontally Differentiated Products (2011)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Wei Ke
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Creating Sales with Stock-outs (2009)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Laurens Debo
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Efficient Channel Contracting for Vertically Differentiated Products (2008)
Coauthor(s): Garrett van Ryzin, Mehmet Altug
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Product Line Positioning Without Market Information In Decision, Risk, and Operations Working Paper Series (2006)
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