The MSOM Society Student Paper Competition: Extended Abstracts of 2003 Winners

As is our tradition at the journal, we are pleased to publish the extended abstracts from the winners of the 2003 MSOM Society Student Paper Competition. We do this to celebrate the achievements of these young scholars and provide you with the opportunity to learn about their work in more detail. The 2003 prize committee was chaired by Professor Gerard Cachon from the University of Pennsylvania. The other committee members were: Dan Adelman (University of Chicago), Narendra Agrawal (Santa Clara University), Yossi Aviv (Washington University), Rene Caldentey (New York University), Wedad Elmaghraby (Georgia Institute of Technology), Noah Gans (University of Pennsylvania), Roman Kapuscinski (University of Michigan), Pinar Keskinocak (Georgia Institute of Technology), Constantinos Maglaras (Columbia University), Joe Mazzola (Georgetown University), Serguei Netessine (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Pinedo (New York University), Erica Plambeck (Stanford University), Nils Rudi (University of Rochester), Sergei Savin (Columbia University), Kevin Shang (Duke University), Terry Taylor (Columbia University), Christian Terwiesch (University of Pennsylvania), Brian Tomlin (University of North Carolina), Tunay Tunca (Stanford University).