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  • 2014 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Overview

J. George Shanthikumar is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Business, Management, and Accounting, with a focus on several subfields including Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, Strategy and Management, Marketing, and Statistics and Probability.

Their body of work covers a range of topics, with notable attention to Supply Chain and Inventory Management, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing, Forecasting Techniques and Applications, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Shanthikumar has contributed frequently to several academic publication venues. These include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (11 publications)
  • Production and Operations Management (9 publications)
  • Management Science (8 publications)
  • Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review (1 publication)
  • Operations Research (1 publication)

Recent papers authored by Shanthikumar, often in collaboration with co-authors, include:

  • Consumer Choice Models and Estimation: A Review and Extension, 2021, published in Production and Operations Management
  • Implementing Environmental and Social Responsibility Programs in Supply Networks Through Multiunit Bilateral Negotiation, 2021, published in Management Science
  • Special Issue Editorial: Smart Supply Chains and Intelligent Logistics Services, 2021, published in Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Output-Oriented Agricultural Subsidy Design, 2023, published in Management Science
  • Developing Operations Management Data Analytics, 2022, published in Production and Operations Management

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Shanthikumar include Qi Feng, Yuanchen Li, Feng Qi, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, and Leon Yang Chu. Qi Feng appears to be the most frequent collaborator, reflecting an extensive joint research effort.

In recognition of their contributions, Shanthikumar was named a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Stochastic orders and their applications

    Moshe Shaked;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Stochastic models of manufacturing systems

    John A. Buzacott;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Convex separable optimization is not much harder than linear optimization

    D. S. Hochbaum;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Open queueing network models of dynamic job shops

    J. G. Shanthikumar;J. A. Buzacott

  • Safety stock versus safety time in MRP controlled production systems

    J. A. Buzacott;J. G. Shanthikumar

  • A practical inventory control policy using operational statistics

    Liwan H. Liyanage;J.George Shanthikumar

  • How Research in Production and Operations Management May Evolve in the Era of Big Data

    Qi Feng;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Relative Entropy, Exponential Utility, and Robust Dynamic Pricing

    Andrew E. B. Lim;J. George Shanthikumar

  • STOCHASTIC CONVEXITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS

    Moshe Shaked;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Multiclass queueing systems: polymatroidal structure and optimal scheduling control

    J. George Shanthikumar;David D. Yao

  • A Psychological Perspective on Service Segmentation Models: The Significance of Accounting for Consumers' Perceptions of Waiting and Service

    Ziv Carmon;J. George Shanthikumar;Tali F. Carmon

  • On stochastic decomposition in M / G /1 type queues with generalized server vacations

    J. George Shanthikumar

  • Optimal server allocation in a system of multi-server stations

    J. George Shanthikumar;David D. Yao

  • Recursive Algorithm to Evaluate the Reliability of a Consecutive-k-out-of-n:F System

    J. George Shanthikumar

  • BIVARIATE CHARACTERIZATION OF SOME STOCHASTIC ORDER RELATIONS

    J. George Shanthikumar;David D. Yao

  • Conditional value-at-risk in portfolio optimization: Coherent but fragile

    Andrew E. B. Lim;J. George Shanthikumar;Gah-Yi Vahn

  • On Approximate Queueing Models of Dynamic Job Shops

    J. A. Buzacott;J. G. Shanthikumar

  • A GENERAL APPROACH FOR COORDINATING PRODUCTION IN MULTIPLE-CELL MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS

    John A. Buzacott;J. George Shanthikumar

  • Two Variability Orders

    Moshe Shaked;J. George Shanthikumar

  • COMBINED PRODUCTION AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING FOR A MULTIPLE‐PRODUCT, SINGLE‐ MACHINE PRODUCTION SYSTEM

    Thomas W. Sloan;J. George Shanthikumar

Frequent Co-Authors

Moshe Shaked
Moshe Shaked University of Arizona
David D. Yao
David D. Yao Columbia University
John A. Buzacott
John A. Buzacott York University
Zuo-Jun Max Shen
Zuo-Jun Max Shen University of Hong Kong
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sheldon M. Ross
Sheldon M. Ross University of Southern California
Dorit S. Hochbaum
Dorit S. Hochbaum University of California, Berkeley
Mohsen A. Jafari
Mohsen A. Jafari Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ron Shamir
Ron Shamir Tel Aviv University

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