Contributors
2011; Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences; Volume: 41; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1287/inte.1110.0592
ISSN1526-551X
ResumoElena Bechberger (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) works in government performance audit as head of methods and innovation at the UK's National Audit Office. Previously she worked for the German Ministry of Economics and as a consultant for the European Commission. Her main research interests are comparative public administration and public policy, social and fiscal policy, and performance evaluation. She holds a PhD in government from the London School of Economics. Terry Bresnick (“ Blue Horizons Study Assesses Future Capabilities and Technologies for the United States Air Force ”) is the CEO of Innovative Decisions, Inc. He has more than 35 years experience applying decision analysis and OR techniques to opportunities in both government and industry. He holds a BS in engineering from the US Military Academy, an MBA in decision science from George Mason University, an MS in statistics, and the degree of Engineer in engineering-economic systems, both from Stanford University. He served 28 years as an army officer (active and reserve) with specialties in air defense and OR/systems analysis. He has served as an assistant professor of systems and decision analysis at the US Military Academy and is a registered Professional Engineer. Brenda Cheang (“ Evaluating OR/MS Journals via PageRank ”) is a CEO and a principal business consultant of Red Jasper Limited, a business analytics consultancy firm headquartered in Hong Kong. She is also currently a senior researcher at the School of Management, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Susan Cholette (“ UCSF Increases Consumer Value Through Optimal Vendor Show Scheduling ”) is an associate professor of decision sciences in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. Prior to her university appointment, she served as a project manager at Nonstop Solutions (now Manhattan Associates) and as a supply chain consultant for Aspen Technologies. She earned her PhD in OR at Stanford University and her BSE in electrical engineering at Princeton University. Her research focuses on supply chain efficiency and sustainability, especially for the food and beverage sectors. She has published widely. Andrew G. Clark (“ UCSF Increases Consumer Value Through Optimal Vendor Show Scheduling ”) is a senior strategic sourcing analyst at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned his MS in business administration from San Francisco State University and his BA in business economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to working for the University of California, San Francisco, he worked as a project leader and as the manager of retiree insurance for the University of California. John P. Geis II (“ Blue Horizons Study Assesses Future Capabilities and Technologies for the United States Air Force ”) directs the Center for Strategy and Technology, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. A retired US Air Force colonel, his air force career has spanned training and combat operations flying T-37, AT-38B, T-43, two variants of the F-111, and the AC-130H special operations gunship. He also served as the director of long-range planning for all US Air Force Special Forces. He holds a bachelor's degree in meteorology and a master's degree in political science from the University of Wisconsin, a master's degree in political science from Auburn University, a master's degree in strategic studies from Air University, and a PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin. David C. Lane (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) is a reader in MS at the London School of Economics. He has a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Oxford and worked in Shell International and Shell UK. His research centers on system dynamics mapping and simulation modeling approaches to strategic problems, both in the commercial sector and in public policy. He has written on the social theoretical assumptions of system dynamics and the history and methodology of system dynamics, OR/MS, and systems science. His application-related work includes the dynamics of project management, marketing strategies for movies, and management in the health-care and social-care sectors. His current research concerns the child protection system, and he recently acted as an advisor to a governmental report on the sector. He received two awards for teaching excellence, is a Fellow of the Operational Research Society and in 2007 received the Jay Wright Forrester Award. He is president of the System Dynamics Society. Andrew Lim (“ Evaluating OR/MS Journals via PageRank ”) is a professor and head of the Department of Management Sciences at the College of Business of the City University of Hong Kong. His research work aims to help companies compete effectively. This includes deriving customized business value models, identifying key performance indicators, and developing optimized processes that improve these indicators. His work has been published in key journals in OR and MS and disseminated via international conferences and professional seminars. These works have contributed to substantial impacts to many renowned multinational companies leading to international awards and company-wide innovative prizes. Tom McBride (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) joined the National Audit Office in 2005 and has primarily worked on Value for Money studies on health and corporate finance issues. He currently works for the central methodology team and leads the Decision Analytical Modelling Group. Previously he worked for the Office for National Statistics. He holds a BSc in genetics and an MA in biotechnological law and ethics. Alec Morton (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) is a lecturer in MS at the London School of Economics (LSE). He is interested in the application of OR in the public sector, in health economics, game theory, and multicriteria decision analysis and multiobjective optimization. Before joining LSE, he worked in Singapore, first at Singapore Airlines and then at the National University of Singapore. Prior to that, he completed an MSc in operational research and a PhD in MS at the University of Strathclyde. He completed his BSc in mathematics and philosophy at the University of Manchester. Harry Newton (“ Blue Horizons Study Assesses Future Capabilities and Technologies for the United States Air Force ”) is a retired air force officer who taught OR at the Air Force Academy. He is a contractor for the Intelligence Community CIO providing systems engineering and technical assistance. Ozgur Ozluk (“ UCSF Increases Consumer Value Through Optimal Vendor Show Scheduling ”) earned a PhD in OR from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in 1999. He worked for an airline consulting company and a revenue management company. Since 2002, he has been a faculty member in the Department of Decision Sciences in the College of Business at San Francisco State University. His teaching and research interests encompass business analytics, spreadsheet engineering, revenue management, and practical applications of MS. Gregory S. Parnell (“ Blue Horizons Study Assesses Future Capabilities and Technologies for the United States Air Force ”) is a professor of systems engineering at the US Military Academy at West Point and teaches systems engineering, decision analysis, and OR. His research focuses on decision analysis, risk analysis, and resource allocation for defense, intelligence, homeland security, and environmental applications. He is chairman of the board and a senior principal of Innovative Decisions, Inc., a decision and risk analysis firm. He has served as president of the Decision Analysis Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Military Operations Research Society (MORS). He is a fellow of INCOSE, INFORMS, and MORS. He earned his PhD at Stanford University. Diogo Quintas (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) received his undergraduate degree in applied mathematics from the Universidade do Porto in 2006. He then joined a software house working as an analyst. In 2008, he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with an MSc in operational research. He has been with the Centre for Telecommunications Research, King's College London since 2009 as a PhD research student working on the energy consumption of cellular networks. Leroy B. Schwarz (“ The Unexpected Impact of Information Sharing on US Pharmaceutical Supply Chains ”) is the Lewis A. Weil, Jr., Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. He has several dozen papers in supply chain management, including health-care–product supply chain management, published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Management Science, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. He was the founding editor-in-chief of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and served in that capacity for six years. Qi Wen (“ Evaluating OR/MS Journals via PageRank ”) obtained her PhD from the Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is a senior researcher in the Department of Management Sciences at the College of Business of the City University of Hong Kong. Chin Hei Wong (“ The National Audit Office Uses OR to Assess the Value for Money of Public Services ”) graduated from the University of Southampton with an MEng in electronic engineering in 2007 and received an MSc degree in operational research from the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008. He is currently working for PCCW, Hong Kong, on outsourcing strategy and contract management of the company's engineering department. Zhou Xu (“ Evaluating OR/MS Journals via PageRank ”) is an assistant professor in the Department of Logistics at the Faculty of Business of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He obtained his PhD from the Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management Department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include logistics and supply chain management, information systems, and optimization. Hui Zhao (“ The Unexpected Impact of Information Sharing on US Pharmaceutical Supply Chains ”) is an assistant professor at Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. She teaches business analytics and MS at the undergraduate and MBA levels as well as supply chain management and health care supply chains at the PhD level. Her research interests are in the areas of competition and collaboration in supply chains, pharmaceutical distribution and supply chains, and health-care operations. Her work has appeared in journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, and Naval Research Logistics.
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