Articles must be approved by January 21.
See handout #2 for more information.
January 26: Ernie Bocchino, Benefits of skill chaining in serial production lines with cross-trained workers
February 2: Colleen Hinton, Improving Crew Scheduling by Incorporating Key Maintenance Routing Decisions
February 4: Patrick Korth, Jump Bidding Strategies in Internet Auctions
February 7: Jaime Caldwell, Evaluating Consumer Sentiments as Predictors of UK Household Consumption Behavior
February 9: Sarah Davis, The Digitization of Word of Mouth: Promise and Challenges of Online Feedback Mechanisms
February 11:
February 18: Brandon Horne, Job Rotation as a Learning Mechanism
February 21:
February 23: Amy Riddick, Dynamic Allocation of Kidneys to Candidates on the Transplant Waiting List
February 25:
February 28:
March 2: Sarah Clarke, Up to standard: How should management science faculty respond to the new accreditation guidelines?
March 4: Ross Jackson, Improving Resource Efficiency Through Management Science
March 14: Alex Pena, Restaurant revenue management
March 16: Jennifer Dale, Affirmative Action - Its Got a Bad Reputation
March 18:
March 21:
March 28: Deanna Shamel, Safe at Home? An Experiment in Domestic Airline Security (in OR Practice)
March 30: Kristen Long, O.R. Models for Homeland Security
April 1: (no class)
April 4: (Assignment #6 presentations)
April 6: Guy Cooper, Disturbing' Defects in Strategy to Detect Terrorists Entering U.S.
April 8: Zachary Black, Analysis of Distribution Strategies in the Industrial Paper and Plastics Industry
April 11: Joy Fishman, War in Iraq: Math Geeks with Guns
April 15: Brooke Collins, L. A. County/USC Hospital "engineers" solutions to delays and overcrowding
April 18: Tereasa Hudson, Cutting Corners and Working Overtime: Quality Erosion In the Service Industry