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Overview

David L. Olson is affiliated with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within business, management, and computer science, focusing particularly on management information systems, artificial intelligence, and operations research.

Their recent scholarly contributions include papers such as Data Analytics for Operational Risk Management (2020) published in Decision Sciences, Role of Analytics for Operational Risk Management in the Era of Big Data (2020) also in Decision Sciences, Technologies and applications of Industry 4.0: insights from network analytics (2021) in the International Journal of Production Research, Financing with preferential credit to coordinate the capital-constraint supply chain (2021) in the International Journal of Production Research, and Who should finance the supply chain? Impact of accounts receivable mortgage on supply chain decision (2023) in the International Journal of Production Economics.

These works underline a consistent engagement with operational risk management, supply chain finance, Industry 4.0 technologies, and big data analytics.

Olson frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of the most common coauthors include:

  • Desheng Wu
  • Enrique Herrera-Viedma
  • Karen Panetta
  • Giancarlo Fortino
  • David Mendonça

The scientist's publications appear primarily in these venues:

  • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Systems
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Decision Sciences
  • International Journal of Production Research
  • Information Sciences

David L. Olson has contributed to the field through various book publications, primarily with Springer International Publishing. Notable titles include TOPSIS and its Extensions: A Distance-Based MCDM Approach (2022), Enterprise Risk Management Models (2020 and 2023 editions). They have also published with Springer Nature, authoring Pandemic Risk Management in Operations and Finance (2020), and with Springer Science+Business Media, producing Data Mining and Analytics in Healthcare Management (2023).

Their research covers major topics such as:

  • Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques
  • Data Mining Algorithms and Applications
  • Risk and Safety Analysis
  • Quality and Supply Management
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

This diverse portfolio demonstrates a focus on both theoretical and applied aspects of risk, supply chains, artificial intelligence, and data analytics within business and management contexts. Their work integrates methodologies from artificial intelligence and information systems to address complex challenges in operational and financial management.

Best Publications

  • Advanced Data Mining Techniques

    David L. Olson;Dursun Delen

  • Co‐innovation: convergenomics, collaboration, and co‐creation for organizational values

    Sang M. Lee;David L. Olson;Silvana Trimi

  • Comparison of weights in TOPSIS models

    D. L. Olson

  • Introduction to Simulation and Risk Analysis

    James R. Evans;David Louis Olson

  • Decision Aids for Selection Problems

    David L. Olson

  • Introduction to Business Data Mining

    David L. Olson

  • Supply Chain Risk, Simulation, and Vendor Selection

    Desheng Wu;David L. Olson

  • Comparative analysis of data mining methods for bankruptcy prediction

    David L. Olson;Dursun Delen;Yanyan Meng

  • The method of grey related analysis to multiple attribute decision making problems with interval numbers

    Jijun Zhang;Desheng Wu;D. L. Olson

  • Similarity measures between intuitionistic fuzzy (vague) sets: A comparative analysis

    Yanhong Li;David L. Olson;Zheng Qin

  • Fuzzy multi-objective programming for supplier selection and risk modeling: A possibility approach

    Desheng Dash Wu;Desheng Dash Wu;Yidong Zhang;Dexiang Wu;David L. Olson

  • Management of multicriteria inventory classification

    Benito E. Flores;David L. Olson;V. K. Dorai

  • A review of enterprise risk management in supply chain

    David L. Olson;Desheng Dash Wu

  • The impact of supply chain analytics on operational performance: a resource-based view

    Bongsug K. Chae;David Olson;Chwen Sheu

  • The impact of advanced analytics and data accuracy on operational performance: A contingent resource based theory (RBT) perspective

    Bongsug (Kevin) Chae;Chenlung Yang;David Olson;Chwen Sheu

  • Business intelligence in risk management: Some recent progresses

    Desheng Dash Wu;Shu-Heng Chen;David L. Olson

  • The effect of organizational support on ERP implementation

    DonHee Lee;Sang M. Lee;David L. Olson;Soong Hwan Chung

  • Enterprise risk management: a DEA VaR approach in vendor selection

    Desheng Dash Wu;David Olson

  • A parametric approach to solving bicriterion shortest path problems

    John Mote;Ishwar Murthy;David L. Olson

  • Data Analytics for Operational Risk Management

    Ozgur Merih Araz;Tsan Ming Choi;David L. Olson;F. Sibel Salman

  • The Analytic Hierarchy Process

    David L. Olson

Frequent Co-Authors

Desheng Dash Wu
Desheng Dash Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sang M. Lee
Sang M. Lee University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Dursun Delen
Dursun Delen Oklahoma State University
Silvana Trimi
Silvana Trimi University of Nebraska–Lincoln
John R. Birge
John R. Birge University of Chicago
Chwen Sheu
Chwen Sheu Kansas State University
Shouyang Wang
Shouyang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tsan-Ming Choi
Tsan-Ming Choi University of Liverpool
Alexandre Dolgui
Alexandre Dolgui IMT Atlantique
Jonathan D. Linton
Jonathan D. Linton University of Sheffield

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