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Edward Baker

Edward Baker

Department Chair, Management Science

(305) 284-6599
Kosar Epstein 412
ebaker@miami.edu


Research Interests

  • Optimization, applied statistics, and simulation
  • Transportation scheduling: airline and ship crews; vehicles and vessels
  • Decision modeling for the management of natural resources

Selected Publications

Baker, E., Joseph, A., Mehrotra, A., and Trick, M., editors, Extending the Horizons: Recent Advances in Computing, Optimization, and Decision Technologies, Springer Operations Research/Computer Interface Series, 2007.

Joseph, A. and Baker, E.,“Parametric Cardinality Probing in Set Partitioning Problems." in Perspectives in Operations Research: Papers in Honor of Saul Gass's 80th Birthday, (Alt, F., Fu, M., and Golden, B., editors) Springer Operations Research/Computer Science Interface Series, 2006.

Meester, G., Mehrotra, A., Ault, J., and Baker, E., “Designing Marine Reserves for Fishery Management," Management Science, Vol. 50, No. 8, August 2004, 31-1043.

Baker, E. “The Evolution of Microcomputer-based Vehicle Routing Software: Case Studies in the United States,” Vehicle Routing Methods and Studies, Toth, P. and Vigo, D., editors. SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and its Applications. North Holland Publishing, 2002, pp. 353-361.


Teaching and Professional Experience

  • Graduate and undergraduate courses in applied statistics, operations research, mathematical programming, and simulation modeling
  • Principal investigator on grants from the US Department of Transportation, the Urban Mass Transit Administration, the Florida Department of Natural Resources, Ryder Dedicated Logistics, and the Dade County Planning Department
  • Consultant to Federal Express Corporation, Ryder Systems, Tropigas, Norwegian Cruise Lines, the Airline Pilots Association, and the Environmental Protection Agency

Degrees

  • D.B.A., Management Science and Statistics, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, 1979
  • M.S., Management Science, Johns Hopkins University, 1972
  • BESc., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Johns Hopkins University, 1969

Specialties

  • Operations research
  • Simulation, mathematical modeling
  • Applied statistics
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