JEFFREY D. CAMM
Joseph S. Stern Professor of Business Analytics
University of Cincinnati
Department of Operations, Business Analytics, and Information Systems
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0130
(859) 781-3330 (Home)
(513) 556-7146 (Office)
[email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Cincinnati, Lindner College of Business (1984 - present)
Department of Operations, Business Analytics and Information Systems
(2014-present)
Department Head, (1994 - 2014)
Fellow of the Graduate School (2006-present)
Professor of Quantitative Analysis (1996-present)
Associate Professor of Quantitative Analysis (1989 - 1996)
Assistant Professor of Quantitative Analysis (1984 - 1989)
Founding Director, Center for Business Analytics, (2011-present)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (2004-2005, fall 2005, fall 2006)
Tuck School of Business
Visiting Professor of Business Administration
Stanford University, Stanford, California (Winter Quarter, 1992)
Department of Operations Research
Visiting Scholar
EDUCATION
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, Ph.D. in Management Science,
August, 1984. Dissertation Topic: "An Assembly Line Model of the Made-toOrder Production Situation," (Major Advisor: N.K. Womer).
Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, B.S. in Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude,
May, 1980.
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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Mathematical programming applications in resource allocation, location, supply
chain analytics and distribution system design. Modeling techniques and
algorithms for discrete optimization.
HONORS AND AWARDS
INFORMS Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice, 2006
Rainmaker Award - DC Velocity Magazine, July, 2006
Fellow – University of Cincinnati Graduate School 2006- present
UC College of Business Research Fellow (2001- )
Ronald J. Dornoff Fellow of Teaching Excellence (1999-2001)
Edelman Award Finalist (1996)
UC/MBA Association Award for Teaching Excellence (1995)
UC/MBA Association QAOM Teacher of the Year (1994, 1995)
Harold Grilliot Award for outstanding faculty/student relations (1987)
Pi Mu Epsilon - National Mathematics Honor Fraternity
Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
Beta Gamma Sigma - International Honor Society of Business Administration
Omega Rho - Operations Research Honor Society
Sigma Xi - Research Honorary
REFEREED PUBLICATIONS
“A Survey of Academic Use of Interfaces,” Interfaces, accepted/forthcoming.
“A (very) Short Course on Suboptimization,” Interfaces, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 428431, July-August, 2014.
“Bayesian Coverage Optimization Models,” with J. Cochran and Martin Levy,
The Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 158-173,
February, 2010.
“A Branch-and-Price Approach to the Share-of-Choice Product Line Design
Problem,” with X. Wang and D. Curry, Management Science, Vol. 55, No. 10,
pp. 1718-1728, October, 2009.
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“Where to put things? Spatial land management to sustain biodiversity and
economic returns,” with S. Polasky et al, Biological Conservation, 141, pp. 15051524, 2008.
“Scheduling Parallel Assembly Lines to Minimize a Shared Pool of Labor,” (with
M. Magazine, G. Polak and G. Zaric), IIE Transactions, Vol. 40, Issue 8, pp. 749758, August, 2008.
“Conjoint Optimization: An Exact Algorithm for the Share-of-Choice Problem”
(with D. Curry, J. Cochran and S. Kannan), Management Science, Vol. 52, No. 3,
pp. 435-447, March, 2006.
“On the Use of Integer Programming versus Evolutionary Solver in Spreadsheet
Optimization,” (with Ken Baker), INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 5,
No. 3, May, 2005
“Two-stage Greedy Hub Location-Allocation for Fixed-wireless Broadbandaccess,” (with Bollapragada, R., Rao, U. and J. Wu) Operations Research Letters,
Vol. 33, pp. 134-142, 2005.
“Weighing Conservation Objectives: Maximum Expected Coverage Versus
Endangered Species Protection,” (with J. Arthur et al), Ecological Applications,
14(6), pp. 1936-1945, 2004.
“Nature Reserve Site Selection to Maximize Expected Species Covered,” (with S.
Norman et al), Operations Research, Vol. 50, No. 6, pp. 946-955, 2002.
“Selecting Biological Reserves Cost Effectively: An Application to Terrestrial
Vertebrate in Oregon,” (with S. Polasky et al), Land Economics, Vol. 77, No.1,
pp.68-78, 2001.
“Choosing Reserve Networks with Incomplete Species Information,” (with S.
Polasky, A. Solow, B. Csuti, D. White and R. Ding), Biological Conservation,
Vol. 94, pp. 1-10, 2000.
"Species Distributions, Land Values and Efficient Conservation," (with A. Ando, S.
Polasky and A. Solow), Science, 279, pp. 2126-28, 1998.
"Blending OR/MS, Judgment and GIS: Restructuring P&G's Supply Chain," (with
T. Chorman et al.), Interfaces, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 128-142, 1997, (Edelman Award
Finalist).
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“A Comparison of Reserve Selection Algorithms Using Data on Terrestrial
Vertebrates in Oregon,” (with S. Polasky, et al), Biological Conservation, Vol. 80,
pp. 83-97, 1997.
“An Exact Algorithm for the Maximal Set Covering Problem,” (with B. Downs),
Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 43, pp.435-461, 1996.
"A Note on Optimization Models for Reserve Site Selection," (with S. Polasky, A.
Solow, and B. Csuti), Biological Conservation, Vol. 78, pp. 353-358, 1996.
"Capacitated Lot Sizing Under Setup Learning," (with E. Pratsini and A. Raturi),
European Journal of Operational Research, 72, pp. 545-557, 1994.
"Cost Analysis in the Time Domain," (with T.R. Gulledge and N.K. Womer),
European Journal of Operational Research, 68, pp. 334-343, 1993.
"Effect of Process Learning on Manufacturing Schedules," (with E. Pratsini and A.
Raturi), Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 15-24, 1993.
"The Relationship between Age and Optimal Performance of Elite Athletes in
Endurance Running Events," (with T. Grogan and B. Wilson), Research Quarterly
for Exercise and Sport, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 333-339, 1991.
"Sensitivity Analysis in Linear Programming Models with Common Inputs," (with
T. Burwell), Decision Sciences, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 512-518, 1991.
"Coping with the Build-to-Forecast Environment," (with A. Raturi, et. al.), Journal
of Operations Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 230-249, 1990.
"Cutting Big M Down to Size," (with A. Raturi and S. Tsubakitani), Interfaces, Vol.
20, No. 5, pp. 61-66, 1990.
"Using Pictorial Representations in Teaching Linear Programming Modeling,"
(with J. Evans), IIE Transactions, (teaching note), Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 191-195, 1990.
"Modeling Synergy and Learning under Multiple Advanced Manufacturing
Technologies," (with J. Meredith), Decision Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 258-271,
1989.
"An Application of Frontier Analysis: Handicapping Running Races," (with T.
Grogan), Interfaces, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 52-60, 1988.
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"Selecting a Mix of Magazines for Delivering Targeted Sales Promotion: A
Microcomputer-Based Decision Support Tool," (with N. Bruvold et al.), Journal of
Direct Marketing, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 51-62, Autumn, 1987.
"The Unit Learning Curve Approximation of Total Cost," (with J.R. Evans and N.K.
Womer), Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 205-213, 1987.
"Learning and Production Costs: An Application of a Cost Prediction Model to a
Fighter Airframe Program," (with T.R. Gulledge and N.K. Womer), Engineering
Costs and Production Economics, Vol. 12, pp. 389-400, 1987.
"Production Rate and Contractor Behavior," (with T.R. Gulledge and N.K. Womer),
The Journal of Cost Analysis, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 27-37, Summer 1987.
"The Cost of Production Breaks," (with N.K. Womer), Naval Research Logistics
Quarterly, Vol. 34, pp. 199-205, 1987.
"The Calhoun Textile Mill Case, an Exercise on the Significance of Linear
Programming Model Formulation," (with P.M. Dearing and S. Tadisina), IIE
Transactions, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 23-28, 1987
"Resource Allocation in the Crew Assembly Process," (with N.K. Womer),
International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 17-30, 1987.
"A Note on Learning Curve Parameters," Decision Sciences, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp.
325-327, 1985.
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
"Reaction to Inefficiency in Data Envelopment Analysis," (with Brian Downs),
Proceedings of the 1992 National DSI Meeting, San Francisco California,
November, 1992.
"Some Production Scheduling Problems in the Build-to-Forecast Environment,"
(with A. Raturi, et al.), Proceedings of the 1989 National DSI Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, November, 1989, pp. 1018-1020.
"A Mathematical Programming Formulation of the Capacity Constrained
Production Scheduling Problem with Learning," (with E. Pratsini and A. Raturi),
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Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences
Institute, Cincinnati, OH, April, 1989, pp. 171-173.
"A Study of the Effectiveness of the Contingent Critical Ratio Rule for Assigning
Job Priorities in an Open Job Shop," (with J. Evans, A. Litteral and E. Pratsini),
Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of S.E. TIMS, Myrtle Beach, SC, October,
1988, pp. 171-173.
"Structuring the Modeling Process for Linear Programming," (with J.R. Evans),
Proceedings of the 1987 DSI National Meeting, Boston, MA, November, 1987, pp.
957-959 - finalist in the Decision Sciences Institute Distinguished Paper Award
"Measuring Production Rate in Aircraft Repricing Models," (with T.R. Gulledge
and N.K. Womer), Proceedings of the IXth International Conference on
Production Research, Cincinnati, OH, August, 1987, pp. 1005-1011.
"Improvement Curves, Production Rate and Optimal Contractor Behavior," (with
T.R. Gulledge and N.K. Womer), Proceedings of the Southeast AIDS Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, February, 1985 - selected as one of four best papers of the conference.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS/UNDER REVIEW
“The Demand Weighted Vehicle Routing Problem,” (with S. Kuppusamy, M.
Magazine and K. Martin) – under review INFORMS Journal on Computing
“A Survey of the Use of Interfaces in Academia,” (with J. Cochran and M. Gorman)
– under revision for Interfaces.
“Made-to-Order Production Planning Using Bayesian Updating,” (with H. Li, R.
Radhikrishnan and K. Womer) - - in progress
"On Sub-optimization and Its Usefulness” - in progress.
“Practice of the Alternative: Exploratory Optimization”- in progress
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INVITED TALKS
“Big Data, Academia and the Job Market: How Universities Are Minding the Gap,
SAS Analytics 2013 Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 2013 (invited panelist).
“The Analytics Curriculum: Is it Reengineering or Merely Rebranding of Existing
Offerings?” National Decision Sciences Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November,
2012 (invited panelist).
“The Practice of the Alternative,” plenary talk, INFORMS Practice Meeting,
Chicago, IL April, 2011.
“The Practice of the Alternative,” plenary talk, INFORMS Deep South Region
Meeting, Huntsville, Alabama, April, 2010. Also an invited presentation at the
INFORMS Practice Meeting, Orlando, Florida, April, 2010.
“Robust Optimization: A Practical Discussion with Examples,” University of
Alabama, Culverhouse College of Business, October, 2009.
“Real-World Optimization,” College of Business, Bowling Green State University,
November, 2008.
“Conjoint Optimization,” School of Business, University of Mississippi, February,
2006.
“Optimization Models for Nature Reserve Site Selection,” Argonne National Labs,
January, 2006.
“Conjoint Optimization,” Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, February
2004.
“Making an Impact through Optimization: Restructuring Procter & Gamble’s
Supply Chain,” Institute of Operations Research, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, December, 2002.
“Optimization with Spreadsheets,” Workshop on Teaching Management Science,
Indiana University, College of Business, June, 2000.
“Conjoint Optimization,” University of Chicago Graduate School of Business,
October, 2000.
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“Core Carrier Selection,” University of Mississippi School of Business, October,
1999.
“LP and IP in Spreadsheets,” Workshop on Teaching Management Science,
Dartmouth College, June, 1998.
“What’s Happening to What-If?” Farmer School of Business, Miami University,
September, 1997.
“Core Carrier Selection,” Southern Methodist University, Cox School of Business,
October, 1997.
BOOKS
Essentials of Business Analytics, (with J. Cochran, M. Fry, J. Ohlmann, D.
Anderson, D. Sweeney, and T. Williams), Cengage Learning, Cincinnati, Ohio,
published, December, 2013, copyright 2015.
Essentials of Statistics for Business and Economics, 7e (with D. Anderson, D.
Sweeney, T. Williams and J Cochran), Cengage Learning, Cincinnati, Ohio,
published, December, 2013, copyright 2015.
Statistics for Business and Economics, 13e (with D. Anderson, D. Sweeney, T.
Williams, and James Cochran), South-Western Cengage, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2014.
Quantitative Methods for Business, 12e (with D. Anderson, D. Sweeney, T.
Williams, J. Cochran, M. Fry and J. Ohlmann), South-Western Cengage, Cincinnati,
Ohio, 2013.
An Introduction to Management Science, 13e (with D. Anderson, D. Sweeney, T.
Williams and K. Martin), South-Western Cengage, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2011.
Management Science and Decision Technology, (with J. Evans), South-Western
Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 2000.
Management Science, Modeling, Analysis, and Interpretation, (with J. Evans),
South-Western Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1996.
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GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
"Optimization Support for Selecting Energy Corridors in the West," funded by
Argonne National labs, (2006), ($53,000).
“Estimating Models of Program Management,” funded by the Office of Naval
Research (with N.K. Womer), (2002-2003) – (UC portion, $92,420).
"Optimization of site selection problems for validation of irreplaceability predictors,"
funded by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia, (199899) - ($32,400)
“Decision-Making under Uncertainty in the Conservation of Biological Diversity," (with
Andrew Solow et al.), grant funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, (19961998) - (UC portion, $111,445)
“Programming to adapt branch & bound optimization to reservation goals in New
South Wales”, funded by New South Wales Fish & Wildlife Service, Australia
(1995) - ($7,500)
“Planning and Scheduling of Waste Treatment Facilities for Small Batch
Processes,” (with J. Arantes, A. Ciric and A. Raturi), funded internally by the joint
CBA/CE initiative (1995) - ($10,000)
University of Cincinnati CBA Summer Research Grant (1987, 1990, 1992, 1994,
2000) - ($7500 to $10,000)
Eminent Scholar in Operations Management and Quantitative Analysis, grant
funded by the State of Ohio, (with J. Evans and J. Meredith) (1990) - ($500,000)
USAF Office of Scientific Research Fellowship (1986) - ($10,000)
R.C. Edwards Graduate Research Fellowship (1983-84) - ($6,000)
PH.D. DISSERTATIONS CHAIRED
Jocelyn Wang, (Georgia Southern University) “A Branch-and-Price Algorithm for
the Product Line Share-of-Choice Problem," August, 2007.
Sriram Kannan, (Sabre Operations Research Group) “An Exact Algorithm for
Product Design,” May, 2006.
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James Cochran (Louisiana Tech), "Maximizing Reach Based on Sample Data,"
September, 1998.
Christine Noble (Miami University), "Strategies for Identifying and Utilizing
Special Ordered Sets of Variables in Integer Programming," August, 1995.
Scott Welz, (Mead Corporation), "Optimal Solutions to the Capacitated Arc
Routing Problem Using Integer Programming," March, 1994.
Brian Downs, (IBM), "A Robust Dual Based Algorithm for the Maximal Set
Covering Problem," August, 1991.
Eleni Pratsini, (IBM, Zurich), "The Capacity Constrained Lot Sizing Problem with
Process and Setup Learning," April, 1990.
COURSES TAUGHT
Introduction to Quantitative Analysis (undergraduate core)
Linear Programming in Business
Stochastic Models in Operations Research I
Case Studies in Management Science
Optimization Modeling
Decision Models and Optimization (MBA core)
Quantitative Models in Production Planning
Advanced Linear Programming
Nonlinear Optimization
Large Scale Optimization
Seminar in Advanced Mathematical Programming
Current Topics in Integer Programming
Decision Science (core course at the Tuck School of Business)
Art of Modeling (elective at the Tuck School of Business)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1. Editorial Boards:
Editor-in-Chief, Interfaces, 2005-2010
Contributing Editor, Interfaces, 2011-present
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Functional Editor, Operations Management, Interfaces, 1999-2004
Editorial Oversight Board, Operations Management Research, 2008-present
Associate Editor, INFORMS Transactions on Education, 1999- 2013
Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics, 2000-2003
Journal of Operations Management Editorial Review Board, 1996-2001
APICS Production and Inventory Management Journal Editorial Review Board,
1992-2001
MAS Phalanx Editorial Board, 1990-2006
Production and Operations Management Society Editorial Review Board, 19901996
2. Meetings
INFORMS Meetings Committee - 1999 - 2009
Program Chair - Informs National Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, May, 1999.
Co-Chair Tutorials - TIMS/ORSA National Meeting, Nashville, TN, May, 1991.
Program Chair - Military Applications Section, ORSA/TIMS National Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, October, 1992.
Associate Program Chair - Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting,
Washington, D.C., November, 1993.
Cluster Chair - Integer Programming, INFORMS National Meeting, Washington
D.C., April, 1996.
Chaired numerous sessions at INFORMS national meetings.
3. Other Professional
INFORMS Edelman Gala Master of Ceremony, 2013
INFORMS Committee on Analytics Certification, 2012
INFORMS Committee on Masters Programs in Analytics, 2013
Chair, INFORMS Industry Subgroup on Master Programs, 2013
NSF Review Panel, 2009, 2011
INFORMS Plagiarism Committee, 2011
Edelman Gala Committee, 2010
INFORMS Prize Committee Chair, 2009
INFORMS Prize Committee member, 2007, 2008, 2010
Edelman Judge, 2006, 2007
Edelman Coach 2005
INFORMS Committee on Workshops - 1997
Koopman Prize Committee - (Military OR Prize), 1994-2007
President - Cincinnati/Dayton Chapter of INFORMS, 1997
Vice President - Cincinnati/Dayton Chapter of INFORMS, 1996
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Secretary - Cincinnati/Dayton Chapter of INFORMS, 1995
ORSA Geographical Section Committee, 1986-87.
4. Referee
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research
Decision Sciences
European Journal of Operational Research
Forest Science
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management
Interfaces
IIE Transactions
Journal of Operations Management
Management Science
Operations Research
National Science Foundation – Operations Research (Panel)
National Science Foundation – Small Business Innovation Research - OR (Panel)
Naval Research Logistics
Production & Inventory Management
Production and Operations Management
The International Journal of Production Research
The Journal of Cost Analysis
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE SERVICE
UC Athletic Advisory Council, 2009-present
UC Task Force on IT and Computing, 2012-2013
UC Committee on Metrics, 2011
CoB Dean Search Committee, 2010
CoB Dean Review Committee Co-Chair, 2009
Director, Center for Productivity Improvement (2001- 2012)
Chair, CBA Strategic Task Force on Faculty and Research (2001)
University Research Council Doctoral Investment Review (2000)
CBA Executive Committee (1994 - present)
CBA Strategy Task Force (1999)
Information Systems Search Committee - (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001)
UC Interdisciplinary PhD Program Screening Committee (1997, 1998)
CBA Honors Program Committee (1995-97)
UC University Research Council (1994-95)
CBA Ph.D. Program Committee (1993-97)
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CBA Ph.D. Program Review Committee (1995)
CBA Committee on Workload (1993- 1994)
QAOM Ph.D. Program Coordinator (1993- 97)
QA Masters Program Coordinator (1987-1991, 2002- )
Advisor for ORSA/TIMS Student Chapter (1990-1991)
UC University Summer Research Grant Committee (1991)
MBA Director Search Committee (1989)
CBA Undergraduate Programs Committee (1988-89, Chair 1989-90)
Advisor for College of Business Administration Tribunal (1985-91)
CBA Advisory Committee on Masters Programs (1985-86)
CONSULTANT
Procter & Gamble
General Electric
Starbucks
Boar’s Head
Louisville Gas & Electric
Senco
Zumiez
Dental Services Group
Dade Behring
Big Rock Sports
Ernst & Young
Ace Hardware
Brooks Running Shoes
Michelman Chemical
Hain Cellestial Group
Tyco
Owens Corning
Kroger
Perfetti van Melle
Duke Energy
NIBCO
Klipsch
Manington Mills
Medrad
Road Runner Sports
New South Wales Parks & Wildlife Service
Integral Analytics
Peco Pallet
Tate & Lyle
PERSONAL DATA
Date of Birth: September 20, 1958
Married to Karen Gambrel Camm, 3 daughters, Jennifer, Stephanie and Allison
Other Interests: running, hiking, and blues and bluegrass music