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Mathematics

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31
Citations
4096
World Ranking
3337
National Ranking
1310

Engineering and Technology

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31
Citations
4213
World Ranking
9679
National Ranking
2762

Overview

J. MacGregor Smith is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering as well as Management Information Systems and Strategy and Management.

Themes central to Smith's work include advanced manufacturing and logistics optimization, scheduling and optimization algorithms, and assembly line balancing optimization. Other notable topics include advanced queuing theory analysis, quality and supply management, sustainable supply chain management, and management and optimization techniques.

Smith has contributed to a range of peer-reviewed publications. Some recent works include:

  • Simultaneous machine selection and buffer allocation in large unbalanced series-parallel production lines, 2021, International Journal of Production Research
  • Performance analysis of a flexible flow shop with random and state-dependent batch transport, 2020, International Journal of Production Research
  • Fleet sizing of trucks for an inter-facility material handling system using closed queueing networks, 2022, Operations Research Perspectives
  • Optimisation of Buffer Allocations in Manufacturing Systems: A Study on Intra and Outbound Logistics Systems Using Finite Queueing Networks, 2023, Applied Sciences
  • Queueing network models for the analysis and optimisation of material handling systems: a systematic literature review, 2023, Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal

Smith frequently publishes in journals such as the International Journal of Production Research and the Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal. Other venues include Applied Sciences, Operations Research Perspectives, and Computers & Operations Research.

Frequent collaborators include Mohamed Amjath, Laoucine Kerbache, Shao-Hui Xi, Qingxin Chen, and Ning Mao.

In addition to journal articles, Smith has published books, including a volume titled Combinatorial, Linear, Integer and Nonlinear Optimization Apps released in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Topological network design of pedestrian networks

    David H. Mitchell;J. MacGregor Smith

  • The generalized expansion method for open finite queueing networks

    Laoucine Kerbachea;J. MacGregor Smith

  • The buffer allocation problem for general finite buffer queueing networks

    J. Macgregor Smith;F. R. B. Cruz

  • Generalized M/G/C/C state dependent queueing models and pedestrian traffic flows

    Jen Yeng Cheah;Jen Yeng Cheah;J. MacGregor Smith

  • Buffer space allocation in automated assembly lines

    J. MacGregor Smith;Sophia Daskalaki

  • Modeling circulation systems in buildings using state dependent queueing models

    Steven J. Yuhaski;J. Macgregor Smith

  • Path-distance heuristics for the Steiner problem in undirected networks

    Pawel Winter;J. MacGregor Smith

  • Advances in Steiner trees

    Dingzhu Du;J. M. Smith;J. H. Rubinstein

  • Multi-objective routing within large scale facilities using open finite queueing networks

    Laoucine Kerbache;J.MacGregor Smith

  • State-dependent queueing models in emergency evacuation networks

    J. MacGregor Smith

  • Asymptotic behavior of the expansion method for open finite queueing networks

    Laoucine Kerbache;MacGregor J. Smith

  • Large production line optimization using simulated annealing

    D. Spinellis;C. Papadopoulos;J. MaCgregor Smith

  • M/G/c/K blocking probability models and system performance

    J. MacGregor Smith

  • An O(n log n) Heuristic for Steiner Minimal Tree Problems on the Euclidean Metric

    J. Macgregor Smith;D. T. Lee;Judith S. Liebman

  • RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN STATE-DEPENDENT EMERGENCY EVACUATION NETWORKS

    David L. Bakuli;J. MacGregor Smith

  • Approximate analysis of M/G/c/c state-dependent queueing networks

    F. R. B. Cruz;J. MacGregor Smith

  • An M/G/C/C state-dependent network simulation model

    F. R. B. Cruz;J. MacGregor Smith;R. O. Medeiros

  • An algorithm for the generalized quadratic assignment problem

    Peter M. Hahn;Bum-Jin Kim;Monique Guignard;J. Macgregor Smith

  • Service and capacity allocation in M/G/c/c state-dependent queueing networks

    F. R. B. Cruz;J. MacGregor Smith;D. C. Queiroz

  • Introduction to Queueing Networks: Theory ∩ Practice

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  • The generalized expansion method for open finite queueing networks

    Laoucine Kerbache;J.Macgregor Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Youngnam Han
Youngnam Han Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Monique Guignard
Monique Guignard University of Pennsylvania
William B. Rouse
William B. Rouse Georgetown University
John A. Buzacott
John A. Buzacott York University
Diomidis Spinellis
Diomidis Spinellis Athens University of Economics and Business
Der-Tsai Lee
Der-Tsai Lee Academia Sinica

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