FALL 2005 UMASS Amherst

Operations Research / Management Science Seminar Series


Professor Muriel
September 30, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00 - 12:00

The Impact of Consumer Returns on Supply Chain Coordination

Professor Ana Muriel
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst


Professor Fang
October 14, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Optimal and Adaptive Signal Control of Diamond Interchanges

Professor Clara Fang
Department of Civil, Environmental and Biomedical Engineering
University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT

Professor Reckhow October 28, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Drinking Water Contaminants and the Way in Which They are Regulated

Professor David A. Reckhow
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Professor Nair
November 4, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

A Specialized Inventory Problem in Banks - Optimizing Sweeps

Professor Suresh Nair
School of Business
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
Professor Ganz
November 18, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Resilient Communication Networks for Disaster Management

Professor Aura Ganz
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Professor Gibson
December 2, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

Two Models for Analyzing the Impact of Economic Policies

Professor Bill Gibson                       
John Converse Professor of Economics
Department of Economics

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT
Professor Knodler
December 9, 2005 - Isenberg School of Management
Room 112, 11:00  - 12:00

When Operations meets Human Factors:
A Simulator-Based Driver Comprehension Analysis

Professor Michael Knodler                         
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst

This series is organized by the UMASS Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter. Support for this series is provided by the Isenberg School of Management, the Department of Finance and Operations Management, INFORMS, and the John F. Smith Memorial Fund. The Chapter wishes to thank Professor Anna Nagurney, its Faculty Advisor, for her help and  support of this series.

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For questions, please contact the INFORMS Student Chapter Representative, Ms. Tina Wakolbinger, wakolbinger@som.umass.edu