Department of Operations and Business Analytics

Overview

The Department of Operations and Business Analytics (formerly the Department of Decision Sciences) is committed to excellence in teaching and research in the fields of statistics, production and operations management, and information systems.

At the undergraduate level the department oversees the operations and business analytics concentration (OBA), formerly known as ISOM. Our aim is to equip students with the decision-making, managerial, and technological skills necessary to succeed in a competitive business environment.

In the Oregon MBA program, courses in operations management are available through through the sustainable business practices specialization.

For those interested in pursuing a doctorate, the department manages the PhD program's operations management concentration

Department News

Faculty

Recent Research

Michael Pangburn
Jalili, Monire, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Understanding the Value of Delayed Discounts in Retail Rewards Programs." Decision Sciences, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12474.
August 2020
Michael Pangburn
Jalili, Monire, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Pricing Joint Sales and Rentals: When are Purchase Conversion Discounts Optimal?" Production and Operations Management, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13243.
July 2020
Eren Çil
Çil, Eren B. "Managing Service Systems via Disguised Queues: The Role of Retaliating Customers." Decision Sciences, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12444.
May 2020
Michael Pangburn
Yazdani, Alireza, Cil, Eren, and Michael S. Pangburn. "What if Hotelling’s customers can mass customize?" Decision Sciences, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12428.
May 2020
Eren Çil
Yazdani, Alireza, Eren B. Çil, and Michael S. Pangburn. "What if Hotelling's Firms Can Mass Customize?." Decision Sciences 51, no. 2: 395-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12428.
April 2020
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Wu, Wenbo, Jiaqi Chen, Zhibin (Ben) Yang, Michael L. Tindall. "A Cross-Sectional Machine Learning Approach for Hedge Fund Return Prediction and Selection." Management Science, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3238466.
April 2020
Kraig Delana
Delana, Kraig, Nicos Savva, and Tolga Tezcan. "Proactive Customer Service: Operational Benefits and Economic Frictions." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2019.0811.
February 2020
Nagesh Murthy
Hu, Xing, Zhixi Wan, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Dynamic Pricing of Limited Inventory with Product Returns." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 21, no. 3: 501-518. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2017.0702.
August 2019
Nagesh Murthy
Hanson, Sara, Lan Jiang, Jun Ye, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Society or the Environment? Understanding How Consumers Evaluate Brand Messages About Corporate Social Responsibility Activities." Journal of Brand Management 26, no. 1: 21-34. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41262-018-0110-8.
January 2019
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, Xinxin Hu, Haresh Gurnani, and Huiqi Guan. "Multichannel Distribution Strategy: Selling to a Competing Buyer with Limited Supplier Capacity." Management Science 64, no. 5: 2199-2218. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2016.2702.
May 2018
Saeed Piri
Piri, Saeed, Dursun Delen, Tieming Liu, and William Paiva. “Development of a New Metric to Identify Rare Patterns in Association Analysis: The Case of Analyzing Diabetic Comorbidities.” Expert Systems with Applications 94: 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.09.061.
March 2018
Saeed Piri
Piri, Saeed, Dusun Delen, and Tieming Liu. “A Synthetic Informative Minority Over-Sampling (SIMO) Algorithm Embedded into Support Vector Machine to Learn from Imbalanced Datasets.” Decision Support Systems 106: 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2017.11.006.
February 2018
Eren Çil
Allon, Gad, Achal Bassamboo, and Eren B. Çil. “Skill Management in Large-scale Service Marketplaces.” Production and Operations Management 26, no. 11: 2050-2070. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12741.
November 2017
Eren Çil
Çil, Eren B., and Michael S. Pangburn. "Mass Customization and Guardrails: 'You Can't Be All Things to All People.'" Production and Operations Management 26, no. 9: 1728-1745. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12716.
September 2017
Saeed Piri
Piri, Saeed, Dursun Delen, Tieming Liu, and Hamed M. Zolbanin. “A Data Analytics Approach to Building a Clinical Decision Support System for Diabetic Retinopathy: Developing and Deploying a Model Ensemble.” Decision Support Systems 101: 12-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2017.05.012.
September 2017
Michael Pangburn
Cil, Eren, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Mass Customization and Guardrails: 'You Can't Be All Things to All People.'" Production and Operations Management 26, no. 9: 1728-1745. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2634208.
September 2017
Michael Pangburn
Aydinliyim, Tolga, Michael S. Pangburn, and Elliot Rabinovich. "Inventory Disclosure in Online Retailing." European Journal of Operational Research 261, no. 1: 195-204. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.01.029.
August 2017
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, and Volodymyr Babich. "Supply Disruptions and Procurement Contracting." In Handbook of Information Exchange in Supply Chain Management, edited by Albert Ha, and Christopher Tang, 145-170. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32441-8.
October 2016
Nagesh Murthy
Aydinliyim, Tolga, and Nagesh. N. Murthy. "Managing Engineering Design for Competitive Sourcing in Closed-Loop Supply Chains." Decision Sciences 47, no. 2: 257-297. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12164.
April 2016
Nagesh Murthy
Geismar, H. Neil, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Balancing Production and Distribution in Paper Manufacturing." Production and Operations Management 24, no. 7: 1164-1178. https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.12314.
July 2015
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, and Volodymyr Babich. "Does a Procurement Service Provider Generate Value for the Buyer through Information about Supply Risks?" Management Science 61, no. 5: 979-998. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.1963.
May 2015
Yue Fang
Yu, Chao, Yue Fang, Zeng Li, Bo Zhang, and Xujie Zhao. "Non-parametric Estimation of High-frequency Spot Volatility for Brownian Semimartingale with Jumps." Journal of Time Series Analysis 35, no. 6: 572-591. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsa.12082.
November 2014
Michael Pangburn
Pangburn, Michael S., and Euthemia Stavrulaki. "Take Back Costs and Product Durability." European Journal of Operational Research 238, no. 1: 175-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.03.008.
October 2014
Yue Fang
Guo, Peidong, Qihong Chen, Xicai Guo, and Yue Fang. "Path-Dependent Game Options: A Lookback Case." Review of Derivative Research 17, no. 1: 113-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11147-013-9092-6.
April 2014
Eren Çil
Çil, Eren B., and Martin A. Lariviere. "Saving Seats for Strategic Customers." Operations Research 61, no. 6: 1321-1332. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2013.1218.
November 2013
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Yongli Zhang. "Adaptive Order Determination for Constructing Time Series Forecasting Models." Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods 44, no. 22: 4826-4847. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2013.800881.
October 2013
Michael Pangburn
Aydinliyim, Tolga, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Reducing Packaging Waste and Cost via Consumer Price Discounts." Decision Sciences 43, no. 6: 1063-1089. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2012.00385.x.
December 2012
Eren Çil
Allon, Gad, Achal Bassamboo, and Eren B. Çil. "Large Scale Service Marketplaces: The Role of the Moderating Firm." Management Science 58, no. 10: 1854-1872. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1120.1533.
October 2012
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, Goker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich, and Damian R. Beil. "Using a Dual-Sourcing Option in the Presence of Asymmetric Information about Supplier Reliability: Competition vs. Diversification." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14, no. 2: 202-217. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1110.0358.
April 2012
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, Goker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich, and Damian R. Beil. "Decentralized Supply Risk Management." In Handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains, edited by Panos Kouvelis, Lingxiu Dong, Onur Boyabatli, and Rong Li, 387-424. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118115800.
January 2012
Eren Çil
Çil, Eren B., Fikri Karaesmen, and E. Lerzan Örmeci. "Dynamic Pricing and Scheduling in a Multi-Class Single-Server Queueing System." Queueing Systems 67, no. 4: 305-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-011-9214-5.
April 2011
Michael Pangburn
Pangburn, Michael S., and Shankar Sundaresan. "Capacity Decisions for High-tech Products with Obsolescence." European Journal of Operational Research 197, no. 1: 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.05.026.
August 2009
Eren Çil
Çil, Eren B., E. Lerzan Örmeci, and Fikri Karaesmen. "Effects of System Parameters on the Optimal Policy Structure in a Class of Queueing Control Problems." Queueing Systems 61, no. 4: 273-304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11134-009-9109-x.
April 2009
Zhibin (Ben) Yang
Yang, Zhibin, Goker Aydin, Volodymyr Babich, and Damian R. Beil. "Supply Disruptions, Asymmetric Information and a Backup Production Option." Management Science 55, no. 2: 192-209. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1080.0943.
February 2009
Yue Fang
Koreisha, Sergio G., and Yue Fang. "Using Least Squares to Generate Forecasts in Regressions with Serial Correlation." Journal of Time Series Analysis 29, no. 3: 555-580. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9892.2007.00569.x.
September 2008
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Yue Fang. "Using Least Squares to Generate Forecasts in Regressions with Serial Correlation." Journal of Time Series Analysis 29, no. 3: 555-580. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9892.2007.00569.x.
September 2008
Nagesh Murthy
Murthy, Nagesh N., Goutam N. Challagalla, Leslie H. Vinvent, and Tasadduz A. Shervani. "The Impact of Simulation Training on Call Center Agent Performance: A Field-Based Investigation." Management Science 54, no. 2: 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1070.0818.
February 2008
Michael Pangburn
Pangburn, Michael S, and Euthemia Stavrulaki. "Capacity and Price Setting for Dispersed, Time-Sensitive Customer Segments." European Journal of Operational Research 184, no. 3: 1100-1121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.044.
February 2008
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "Semi-Parametric Specification Tests for Mixing Distributions." Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 52. no. 5: 2829-2839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2007.10.015.
January 2008
Michael Pangburn
Balakrishnan, Anantaram, Michael S. Pangburn, and Euthemia Stavrulaki. "Integrating the Promotional and Service Roles of Retail Inventories." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 10, no. 2: 218-235. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1070.0171.
January 2008
Nagesh Murthy
Murthy, Nagesh N., Milind Shrikhande, and Ajay Subramanian. "Switching Costs, Dynamic Uncertainty, and Buyer-Seller Relationships." Naval Research Logistics 54, no. 8: 859-873. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.20260.
December 2007
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue, Michael A. Martin, Terence J. O'neill, and Steven Roberts. "On the Power of Portmanteau Serial Correlation Tests." Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 76, no. 7: 593-604. https://doi.org/10.1080/10629360500108921.
January 2006
Nagesh Murthy
Swafford, Patricia M., Soumen Ghosh, and Nagesh Murthy. "The Antecedents of Supply Chain Agility of a Firm: Scale Development and Model Testing." Journal of Operations Management 24, no. 2: 170-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jom.2005.05.002.
January 2006
Nagesh Murthy
Baker, Tim, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "Viability of Auction-Based Revenue Management in Sequential Markets." Decision Sciences 36, no. 2: 259-286. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5414.2005.00073.x.
May 2005
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "The Effect of the Estimation on Goodness-of-Fit Tests in Time Series Models." Journal of Time Series Analysis 26, no. 4, 527-541. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9892.2005.00418.x.
January 2005
Yue Fang
Koreisha, Sergio G., and Yue Fang. "Forecasting with Serially Correlated Regression Models." Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 74, no. 9: 625-649. https://doi.org/10.1080/00949650310001620112.
September 2004
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Yue Fang. "Forecasting with Serially Correlated Regression Models." Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation 74, no. 9: 625-649. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00949650310001620112.
September 2004
Nagesh Murthy
Murthy, Nagesh N., Samit Soni, and Soumen Ghosh. "A Framework for Facilitating Sourcing and Allocation Decisions for Make-to-Order Items." Decision Sciences 35, no. 4: 609-637. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2004.02408.x.
September 2004
Yue Fang
Koreisha, Sergio G., and Yue Fang. "Updating ARMA Predictions for Temporal Aggregates." Journal of Forecasting 23, no. 4: 275-296. https://doi.org/10.1002/for.913.
July 2004
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Yue Fang. "Updating ARMA Predictions for Temporal Aggregates." Journal of Forecasting 23, no. 4: 275-296. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/for.913.
July 2004
Michael Pangburn
Balakrishnan, Anantaram, Michael S. Pangburn, and Euthemia Stavrulaki. "Stack them High, Let ‘em Fly: Lot-Sizing Policies when Inventories Stimulate Demand. " Management Science 50, no. 5: 630-644. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0228.
May 2004
Michael Pangburn
Balakrishnan, Anantaram, Joseph Geunes, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Coordinating Supply Chains by Controlling Upstream Variability Propagation." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 6, no. 2: 163-183. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.1030.0031.
April 2004
Nagesh Murthy
Murthy, Nagesh N., W.C. Benton, and Paul A. Rubin. "Offsetting Inventory Cycles of Items Sharing Storage." European Journal of Operational Research 150, no. 2: 304-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00518-0.
October 2003
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Tarmo Pukkila. "The Specification of Vector Autoregressive Moving Average Models." Journal of Statistical Computation & Simulation 74, no. 8: 547-565.
August 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue, S. Wada, and J. Moody. "Stock Returns: Momentum, Volatility and Interest Rates. " CIFEr2003 Conference Proceedings: 2003 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1109/CIFER.2003.1196285.
April 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "Semi-Parametric Specification Tests for Discrete Probability Models." Journal of Risk and Insurance 70, no. 1: 75-86. https://doi.org/10.1111/1539-6975.00048.
February 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue, and Daming Xu. "The Predictability of Asset Returns: An Approach Combining Technical Analysis and Time Series Forecasts." International Journal of Forecasting 19, no. 3: 369-385. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-2070(02)00013-4.
January 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "GMM Tests for the Katz Family of Distributions." Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference 110, no. 1: 55-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-3758(01)00284-1.
January 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "Forecasting Combination and Encompassing Tests." International Journal of Forecasting 19, no.1: 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-2070(01)00121-2.
January 2003
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "C-charts, X-charts, and the Katz Family of Distributions." Journal of Quality Technology 35, no. 1: 104-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224065.2003.11980195.
January 2003
Nagesh Murthy
Baker, Tim, and Nagesh N. Murthy. "A Framework for Estimating Benefits of Using Auctions in Revenue Management." Decision Sciences 33, no. 3: 385-407. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2002.tb01649.x.
May 2002
Nagesh Murthy
Baker, Tim, Nagesh N. Murthy, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman. "Service Package Switching in Hotel Revenue Management Systems." Decision Sciences 33, no. 1: 109-132. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.2002.tb01638.x.
February 2002
Yue Fang
Fang, Yue. "The Compass Rose and Random Walk Tests." Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 39, no. 3: 299-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-9473(01)00063-9.
January 2002
Yue Fang
Koreisha, Sergio G., and Yue Fang. "Generalized Least Squares with Misspecified Serial Correlation Structures." Journal of Royal Statistical Society B 63, no. 3: 515-531. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9868.00296.
December 2001
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Yue Fang. "Generalized Least Squares With Misspecified Serial Correlation Structures." Journal of Royal Statistical Society B 63, no. 3: 515-531. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9868.00296.
December 2001
Sergio Koreisha
Koreisha, Sergio, and Tarmo Pukkila. "Using the Residual White Noise Autoregressive Order Determination Criterion to Identify Unit Roots in ARIMA Models." Communications in Statistics: Simulation & Computation 29, no. 1: 259-293. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03610910008813613.
December 2000
Michael Pangburn
Balakrishnan, Anantaram, Harihara Prasad Natarajan, and Michael S. Pangburn. "Optimizing Delivery Fees for a Network of Distributors." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2, no. 3: 297-316. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2.3.297.12347.
July 2000
James Reinmuth
Reinmuth, James, William Mendenhall, and Robert Beaver. Statistics for Management and Economics. Duxbury, MA: Duxbury Press.
December 1992

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