On Optimal Scheduling
研究决策者如何在每期收益受已选和未选方案共同影响时进行最优排序，提出指数策略并推广了Weitzman的潘多拉盒子问题，适用于消失选项、重复谈判等场景。
We consider a decision-maker sequentially choosing among alternatives when periodic payoffs depend on both chosen and unchosen alternatives in that period. We show that when flow payoffs are the sum or product of payoffs from chosen and unchosen alternatives, the optimal policy is an index policy. We characterize key properties of the optimal dynamics and present an algorithm for computing the indices explicitly. Furthermore, we use the results to generalize Weitzman’s (1979) classic “Pandora’s boxes” problem to allow for complementarities. We illustrate the framework’s usefulness through applications, including decision problems with disappearing alternatives, repeated bargaining, dynamic supervision, and dynamic occupational choice.