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

Saeed Piri
Piri, Saeed. "Missing Care: A Framework to Address the Issue of Frequent Missing Values; The Case of a Clinical Decision Support System for Parkinson's Disease." Decision Support Systems 136: 113339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2020.113339.
September 2020
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
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

Department of Operations and Business Analytics

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