Jonathan Bard

About

Jonathan Bard is a professor of Operations Research & Industrial Engineering in the Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Texas. He holds the Industrial Properties Corporation Endowed Faculty Fellowship and serves as the Associate Director for the Center for the Management of Operations Logistics, as well as the Assistant Graduate Advisor for the Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program. His academic background includes a D.Sc. in Operations Research from George Washington University, an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University, and a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. At the University of Texas, Dr. Bard teaches courses in mathematical modeling, production planning and control, optimization theory, and project management. His research centers on developing efficient algorithms for problems related to airline operations, vehicle routing, and machine scheduling; designing and analyzing manufacturing systems; utilizing decomposition techniques to solve large-scale hierarchical planning problems; and applying multicriteria decision making to socio-economic systems. He is an internationally recognized expert on bilevel programming and postal operations, and actively consults for government agencies and U.S. corporations. Dr. Bard is also the founding editor of IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering and serves on the editorial boards of several prominent journals. He is a fellow of INFORMS…

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Mathematical optimization
• Mathematics
• Operations research
• Engineering
• Algorithm
• Statistics
• Operations management
• Economics

Selected publications

• A column generation-based algorithm for midterm nurse scheduling with specialized constraints, preference considerations, and overtime

  Computers & Operations Research · 2021 · 29 citations

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• The flexible break assignment problem for large tour scheduling problems with an application to airport ground handlers

  Journal of Scheduling · 2020 · 18 citations

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  Abstract The paper examines the complexity of assigning multiple breaks to shifts in the context of large-scale tour scheduling. A mixed-integer programming (MIP) model is presented that includes shift and days-off scheduling along with break assignments for a multi-skilled workforce. To achieve tractability, a two-stage decomposition procedure is proposed that separates the tour scheduling problem (TShP) from the break assignment problem (BAP). The former MIP is first solved to determine the sh…

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• Appointment scheduling at a multidisciplinary outpatient clinic using stochastic programming

  Naval Research Logistics (NRL) · 2020 · 16 citations

  Abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of constructing an appointment template for scheduling patients at a specific type of multidisciplinary outpatient clinic called an integrated practice unit (IPU). The focus is on developing and solving a stochastic optimization model for a back pain IPU in the face of random arrivals, an uncertain patient mix, and variable service times. The deterministic version of the problem is modeled as a mixed integer program with the object…

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• A two-stage approach to aircraft recovery under uncertainty

  Journal of Air Transport Management · 2023 · 12 citations

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• Solving the waste bin location problem with uncertain waste generation rate: A bi-objective robust optimization approach

  Waste Management & Research The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy · 2024-05-09 · 9 citations

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  An efficient municipal solid waste (MSW) system is critical to modern cities in order to enhance sustainability and liveability of urban life. With this aim, the planning phase of the MSW system should be carefully addressed by decision makers. However, planning success is dependent on many sources of uncertainty that can affect key parameters of the system, for example, the waste generation rate in an urban area. With this in mind, this article contributes with a robust optimization model to de…

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Frequent coauthors

• Douglas J. Morrice

  The University of Texas at Austin

  23 shared

• Luci K. Leykum

  South Texas Veterans Health Care System

  19 shared

• Maria Tsompana

  18 shared

• Ashley Orillion

  Janssen (United States)

  18 shared

• Ahmad I. Jarrah

  George Washington University

  18 shared

• Kiersten Marie Miles

  18 shared

• Georg A. Bjarnason

  Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

  18 shared

• Paula Sotomayor

  Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

  18 shared

Labs

• Advanced Power Systems and Control Laboratory (APSCL)PI

Education

• Other, Operations Research

  George Washington University

• M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics

  Stanford University

• B.S., Aeronautical Engineering

  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Awards & honors

• Industrial Properties Corporation Endowed Faculty Fellowship

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