Optimization Issues in Web and Mobile Advertising ― Past and Future Trends

This book provides a comprehensive overview of optimization issues and models in web advertising. It begins by discussing the evolution of web advertising over time. This is followed by the discussion of prominent pricing models. The reader is provided with a basic overview of different optimization issues involved in web advertising. The earlier models mainly considered the problem of scheduling ads competing to be placed on a web page. Here, the ads were specified by geometry and display frequency, and both of these factors were considered in developing a solution to the advertisement scheduling problem. These models were similar in nature to the problem of scheduling ads on newspaper or television, but the pricing structure in these models were different from those in newspaper or television ads. The book also presents models to help solve these problems. Additionally this book looks to key future trends in web advertising (such asFading Ads) and the associated challenges that come with it. For instance, the future trends in pricing models are more towards action-based pricing rather than impression-based pricing.

Subodha Kumar (Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas, 2001) is the Carol and G. David Van Houten, Jr. '71 Professor at the Mays Business School, Texas A&M University. He has previously served at the Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He is also a regular Visiting Scholar at the Indian School of Business. Professor Kumar s research and teaching interests include Quantitative Methods, Supply Chain Management and Information Technology. He has published 21 papers in reputed journals and 50 papers in refereed conferences. In addition, he has co-authored Harvard Business School Cases and Ivey Cases. Professor Kumar also has a patent. The list of journals where his papers have appeared include Management Science, Operations Research, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Decision Sciences, Journal of Management Information Systems, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, European Journal of Operational Research, Interfaces, Journal of Scheduling and Computers and Industrial Engineering. Professor Kumar is currently the Deputy Editor and a Department Editor of Production and Operations Management, a Senior Editor of Decision Sciences, an Associate Editor of Information Systems Research and serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Database Management and International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in IT. He has also organized several conferences. He has featured on the University of Washington Television and the Industrial Engineer Magazine. Prof. Kumar has taught different Ph.D., MBA, and Undergraduate level courses. He has also taught different courses for Executive MBA and Executive Programs. He has received numerous faculty-determined and student-initiated teaching awards at both Texas A&M University and University of Washington.