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September 2024, Volume 25, Issue 1
- 1-22 Spreadsheet Simulation of Priority Queues
by Thin-Yin Leong & Nang-Laik Ma - 23-34 That’s Incorrect and Let Me Tell You Why: A Scalable Assessment to Evaluate Higher Order Thinking Skills
by Kyle D. S. Maclean & Tiffany Bayley - 35-40 An Update to Converting Zip Code Data into Distances Using Microsoft Excel Geography Data Type, Maps, and Including Driving Distances
by Eric Huggins & Ivan Guardiola - 41-54 Operations Management Curriculum Development Under Uncertain Situations: Lessons Learned From the Pandemic
by Foteini Stavropoulou & Hamidreza Panjehfouladgaran & Misha Teimouri - 55-80 An Interactive Spreadsheet Model for Teaching Classification Using Logistic Regression
by Vahid Roshanaei & Bahman Naderi & Opher Baron & Dmitry Krass - 81-84 Case Article—Digitizing Spare Parts Supply Chain via 3D Printing: An Operational Cost Analysis
by Yue Zhang & William McCall & Jing-Sheng Song - 85-88 Case—Digitizing Spare Parts Supply Chain via 3D Printing: An Operational Cost Analysis
by Yue Zhang & William McCall & Jing-Sheng Song
May 2024, Volume 24, Issue 3
- 201-219 Managing the Hyflex Scheduling Activity Using Excel Dynamic Arrays
by Larry J. LeBlanc & Thomas A. Grossman & Michael R. Bartolacci - 220-237 Which Data Sets Are Preferred by University Students in Learning Analytics Dashboards? A Situated Learning Theory Perspective
by Paul Joseph-Richard & James Uhomoibhi - 238-258 An Operations Research–Based Teaching Unit for Grade 11: The ROAR Experience, Part II
by Gabriella Colajanni & Alessandro Gobbi & Marinella Picchi & Alice Raffaele & Eugenia Taranto - 259-270 Immersive Learning with Virtual Field Visits: Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality of Factory Environments
by Torbjørn Netland & Rafael Lorenz & Daniel Kwasnitschka & Julian Senoner & Clemens Gróf - 271-277 Case Article—Creating a Brick Empire Through Data Visualization and Analytics
by Matthew J. Drake - 278-280 Case—Creating a Brick Empire Through Data Visualization and Analytics (A)
by Matthew J. Drake - 281-281 Case—Creating a Brick Empire Through Data Visualization and Analytics (B)
by Matthew J. Drake - 282-284 Among Us as an Operations Research Problem
by Alejandro Arenas-Vasco & Eduwin J. Aguirre-González & Camila Camacho & Juan G. Villegas
September 2023, Volume 24, Issue 1
- 1-5 Case Article—Using Moneyball to Introduce Students to Data Analytics: Illustrating the Data Analytics Life Cycle
by Wendy Swenson Roth & Brett P. Matherne - 6-7 Case—Using Moneyball to Introduce Students to Data Analytics: Illustrating the Data Analytics Life Cycle
by Wendy Swenson Roth & Brett P. Matherne - 8-12 Case Article—ReCellular Inc: Managing Demand Uncertainty in Closed-Loop Remanufacturing
by Akshay Mutha & Saurabh Bansal & V. Daniel R. Guide - 13-16 Case—ReCellular Inc: Managing Demand Uncertainty in Closed-Loop Remanufacturing
by Akshay Mutha & Saurabh Bansal & V. Daniel R. Guide - 17-21 Case Article—The RealPro Customer Benefits Program: Rekindling Shopper Loyalty Through a Subscription Service
by Arnd Huchzermeier & Jannik Wolters & Marcel Uphues - 22-32 Case—The RealPro Customer Benefits Program: Rekindling Shopper Loyalty Through a Subscription Service
by Arnd Huchzermeier & Jannik Wolters & Marcel Uphues - 33-34 Case—The RealPro Customer Benefits Program (B): Implementing Covariate Balancing and Difference-in-Differences Analysis
by Arnd Huchzermeier & Jannik Wolters & Marcel Uphues - 35-39 Case Article—Pediatrician Scheduling at British Columbia Women’s Hospital
by Steven Shechter - 40-42 Case—Pediatrician Scheduling at British Columbia Women’s Hospital
by Steven Shechter - 43-46 Case Article—Analysis of Call Center Data at Patelco Credit Union
by Narendra Agrawal - 47-50 Case—Analysis of Call Center Data at Patelco Credit Union
by Narendra Agrawal - 51-69 Practical Guidance for Writing Multiple-Choice Test Questions in Introductory Analytics Courses
by Scott P. Stevens & Susan W. Palocsay & Luis J. Novoa - 70-75 Case Article—GAP: A Humanitarian Initiative of Ramakrishna Mission for Underprivileged Children
by Vinay Ramani & Jyotirmoy Dalal & Swami Dayakarananda - 76-84 Case—GAP: A Humanitarian Initiative of Ramakrishna Mission for Underprivileged Children
by Vinay Ramani & Jyotirmoy Dalal & Swami Dayakarananda - 85-94 Engaging Students in Optimization Modeling: Gaining Business Disruption Insights
by Julie Ann Stuart Williams & Randall Reid & Philip E. Billings & Natalie C. Belford - 95-99 Case Article—School Timetabling Problem: A Scheduling Problem for High-School Institutions
by Ramiro Saltos & Sebastián Maldonado - 100-102 Case—School Timetabling Problem: A Scheduling Problem for High-School Institutions
by Ramiro Saltos & Sebastián Maldonado - 103-104 Puzzle—An OR Approach for WORdle
by Simran Lakhani & Mustafa Vora & Ashutosh Mahajan - 105-117 Game—FloraPark (the Flower Game): A Supply Chain Contract and Collaboration Simulation
by Yao Zhao & Arim Park & Olena Rudna & Ju Myung Song
May 2023, Volume 23, Issue 3
- 139-143 Case Article—Louisiana Branch Lines
by Michael F. Gorman - 149-151 Case Article—Swirltubs After-Market Product Inventory and Service Case
by Michael F. Gorman - 154-158 Case Article—Bayer New Drug Development Decision Making
by Jeffrey S. Stonebraker - 164-172 Teaching Integer Programming by Scheduling the Belgian Soccer League
by Dries Goossens & Jeroen Beliën - 173-176 Case Article—Blending Statistics, Optimization, and Simulation in a Multiphase Case
by Michael Francis Gorman - 179-195 Multiobjective Line Balancing Game: Collaboration and Peer Evaluation
by Taher Ahmadi & Bo van der Rhee - 196-209 Designing and Assessing a Multidisciplinary Service-Learning Course in Supply Chain Management
by Malini Natarajarathinam & Shaoping Qiu & Wei Lu - 210-217 The Snake Eggs Puzzle: Preparing Students for Benders Decomposition
by Mitchell Harris & Michael Forbes
January 2023, Volume 23, Issue 2
- 57-63 Game—How to Share the Gains of Collaboration?
by Sergio Barbarino & Robert N. Boute - 64-83 Introducing and Integrating Machine Learning in an Operations Research Curriculum: An Application-Driven Course
by Justin J. Boutilier & Timothy C. Y. Chan - 84-94 Who’s Cheating? Mining Patterns of Collusion from Text and Events in Online Exams
by Catherine Cleophas & Christoph Hönnige & Frank Meisel & Philipp Meyer - 95-103 How Are Students Learning in a Business Statistics Course? Evidence from Both Direct and Indirect Assessment
by Sinjini Mitra - 104-120 An Operations Research–Based Teaching Unit for Grade 10: The ROAR Experience, Part I
by Gabriella Colajanni & Alessandro Gobbi & Marinella Picchi & Alice Raffaele & Eugenia Taranto - 121-135 Advising Student-Driven Analytics Projects: A Summary of Experiences and Lessons Learned
by Aaron Babier & Craig Fernandes & Ian Yihang Zhu
September 2022, Volume 23, Issue 1
- 1-11 Logistic Regression via Excel Spreadsheets: Mechanics, Model Selection, and Relative Predictor Importance
by Michael Brusco - 12-26 An Exercise for Teaching Transportation Problem Using Spatial Data
by Jyotirmoy Dalal - 27-31 Case Article—Suncrest AgriBusiness Company: Exploiting the Flexibility of Backup Capacity
by Saurabh Bansal & Timothy J. Lowe & Philip C. Jones - 35-40 Case Article—Route Planning at an Animal Husbandry Department
by Sanjay Choudhari & Saurabh Chandra - 46-55 Game—Gimme a Better Price! A Negotiation Role Play on B2B Pricing in Hotel Revenue Management
by Henri Kuokkanen & Jean-Pierre Van der Rest
May 2022, Volume 22, Issue 3
- 147-159 Monte Carlo Enhancement via Simulation Decomposition: A “Must-Have” Inclusion for Many Disciplines
by Mariia Kozlova & Julian Scott Yeomans - 160-171 Solving Classic Discrete Facility Location Problems Using Excel Spreadsheets
by Michael J. Brusco - 172-175 Case Article—Integrating Network Design Models for a Global Supply Network
by Yong Wu - 178-187 Case Article—Machine Learning, Ethics, and Change Management: A Data-Driven Approach to Improving Hospital Observation Unit Operations
by Dessislava Pachamanova & Vera Tilson & Keely Dwyer-Matzky - 195-215 Game—Playing Goldratt’s Dice Game in Large Classes
by Lan Luo & Charles L. Munson
January 2022, Volume 22, Issue 2
- 66-102 Teaching Systems Thinking in Higher Education
by Sondoss Elsawah & Allen Tim Luen Ho & Michael J. Ryan - 103-120 Writing to Learn: A Framework for Structuring Writing Assignments to Support Analytics Course Learning Goals
by Kristen M. Getchell & Dessislava A. Pachamanova - 121-129 Academic Motivation in Introductory Business Analytics Courses: A Bayesian Approach
by Stacey Vaziri & Baback Vaziri & Luis J. Novoa & Elham Torabi - 130-145 Interactive Computing for Accelerated Learning in Computation and Data Science
by David L. Alderson
January 2021, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 65-66 20 Years of INFORMS Transactions on Education
by Jeroen Belien - 67-81 The Dark Side of Narrow Gamification: Negative Impact of Assessment Gamification on Student Perceptions and Content Knowledge
by Hee Yoon Kwon & Koray Özpolat - 82-95 A Tale of Two Linear Programming Formulations for Crashing Project Networks
by Collin Huse & Michael J. Brusco - 96-100 Stickley Adhesives
by John Maleyeff & Canan G. Corlu - 101-107 Stickley Adhesives
by John Maleyeff & Canan G. Corlu - 108-114 Knights Exchange Puzzle—Teaching the Efficiency of Modeling
by Mehdi Iranpoor
September 2021, Volume 22, Issue 1
- 1-8 Empowering Optimization Skills Through an Orienteering Competition
by Marianna Fornasiero & Federico Malucelli & Rodolfo Pazzi & Tommaso Schettini - 9-27 Getting Beyond the First Result of Solving a Vehicle Routing Problem
by John F. Wellington & Stephen A. Lewis - 28-34 Case Article—Coastal Shipping for Automobile Distribution
by Saurabh Chandra & Amit Kumar Vatsa - 42-47 Case Article—GreatDeal and NewChicken Merger: Designing an Omni-Channel Supply Chain
by Burcu B. Keskin & Emily C. Barbee - 48-54 Case—GreatDeal and NewChicken Merger: Designing an Omni-Channel Supply Chain
by Burcu B. Keskin & Emily C. Barbee - 55-64 Game—Constructivist Exercises to Enhance Teaching of Probability and Statistics for Engineers
by Kingsley A. Reeves & Victor Hernandez-Gantes & Grisselle Centeno & Carolina Gushi Nurnberg
May 2021, Volume 21, Issue 3
- 130-144 Predictors of Choosing Business Analytics Concentration and Consequent Academic Performance
by Sinjini Mitra & Zvi Goldstein & Bhushan L. Kapoor - 152-159 Game— Logistics to the Rescue : An Elementary Introduction to Planning in Disaster Response Decision Environments
by Erin Mullin & Ashlea Bennett Milburn
September 2021, Volume 21, Issue 3
- 115-129 Kaizen Events at the University of St. Thomas: Experiential Learning for Students
by Janine Sanders Jones & John R. Olson & Peter Southard
September 2020, Volume 21, Issue 1
- 1-12 Game—The Transportation Game
by Foroogh Abasian & Mikael Rönnqvist & Philippe Marier & Dag Fjeld - 13-29 An Educational Game with Dragons’ Den Experiences for Supply Chain Management Training
by Yan Feng & Jean-François Audy & Mikael Rönnqvist & Sophie D’Amours - 30-34 Case Article—Forward-Reserve Storage Design: A Case of Carriage Repair Workshop, Indian Railways
by Vishwesh Singbal & Gajendra K. Adil & Rakesh Venkitasubramony - 35-40 Case—Forward-Reserve Storage Design: A Case of Carriage Repair Workshop, Indian Railways
by Vishwesh Singbal & Gajendra K. Adil & Rakesh Venkitasubramony - 41-56 STRATA: A Spreadsheet Tool for Multidimensional Analysis of Operations Research/Management Science Assessment Test Data
by Susan W. Palocsay & Scott P. Stevens & Luis J. Novoa - 57-60 Case Article—Converting NFL Point Spreads into Probabilities: A Case Study for Teaching Business Analytics
by Eric Huggins & Matt Bailey & Ivan Guardiola - 61-63 Case—Converting Point Spreads into Probabilities: A Case Study for Teaching Business Analytics
by Eric Huggins & Matt Bailey & Ivan Guardiola
May 2020, Volume 20, Issue 3
- 125-133 Using the Learning Assistant Model in an Undergraduate Business Analytics Course
by Matthew D. Dean - 134-140 The Fendt VarioTakt: Revolutionizing Mixed-Model Assembly Line Production
by Arnd Huchzermeier & Tobias Mönch & Peter Bebersdorf - 141-153 The Fendt VarioTakt: Revolutionizing Mixed-Model Assembly Line Production
by Arnd Huchzermeier & Tobias Mönch & Peter Bebersdorf - 154-164 Introduction to Probability: Bison Hold’em Poker Game
by Chun-Miin (Jimmy) Chen - 165-176 Rolling the Dice on Global Supply Chain Sustainability: A Total Cost of Ownership Simulation
by Rosanna Cole & Brent Snider
January 2020, Volume 20, Issue 2
- 57-72 Data Analytics Research-Informed Teaching in a Digital Technologies Curriculum
by Jing Lu - 73-84 Innovating How to Learn Design Thinking, Making, and Innovation: Incorporating Multiple Modes in Teaching the Innovation Process
by Victor P. Seidel & Tucker J. Marion & Sebastian K. Fixson - 85-89 Workforce Scheduling for Airport Immigration on the Island of Tropical Paradise
by Thomas C. Sharkey & Steve Bublak & Lisa Disselkamp & Brittney Shkil - 90-92 Workforce Scheduling for Airport Immigration on the Island of Tropical Paradise
by Thomas C. Sharkey & Steve Bublak & Lisa Disselkamp & Brittney Shkil - 93-98 Case Article—DeLand Crayon Company: An Application of the Traveling Salesman Problem to Production Scheduling with Sequence-Dependent Setup Times
by B. Madhu Rao & Petros Xanthopoulos & Qipeng Phil Zheng - 99-101 Production Scheduling at DeLand Crayon Company
by B. Madhu Rao & Petros Xanthopoulos & Qipeng Phil Zheng - 102-112 The Beer Transportation Game: How to Decarbonize Logistics by Moving Freight to Sustainable Transport Modes
by Chuanwen Dong & Robert Boute - 113-123 Game—An Experiential Approach to Teaching Structural Decision Areas in Operations Strategy—The TANGOS Exercise
by Shellyanne Wilson
September 2019, Volume 20, Issue 1
- 1-15 A Comparative Study of Learning Styles and Motivational Factors in Traditional and Online Sections of a Business Course
by Sinjini Mitra & Gerard Beenen - 16-25 Active Game‐Based Learning of Dynamics Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems Engineering
by Nan Kong - 26-27 The Rise and Fall of Taxi Club Management in New York
by Thompson S. H. Teo & Sheryl E. Kimes & Zhiyi Yong - 28-32 Case—The Rise and Fall of Taxi Club Management in New York
by Thompson S. H. Teo & Sheryl E. Kimes & Zhiyi Yong - 33-36 Case Article—You Can’t Take It with You
by Coleen Wilder & Sailu Li - 37-40 Case—You Can’t Take It with You
by Coleen Wilder & Sailu Li - 41-43 Case Article—Agile Auto Sub Assemblies: Challenges in Managing Growth, Resource Productivity, and Demand Variability
by Balaraman Rajan & N. Ravichandran - 44-48 Case—Agile Auto Sub Assemblies: Challenges in Managing Growth, Resource Productivity, and Demand Variability
by Balaraman Rajan & N. Ravichandran - 49-55 Puzzle—More Logic Puzzle Apps Solved by Mathematical Programming
by Sönke Hartmann
May 2019, Volume 19, Issue 3
- 111-120 Using a Monte Carlo Simulation Exercise to Teach Principles of Distribution: An Enhanced Version of the Classic Transportation Problem
by David Weltman & Travis Tokar - 121-142 Dynamic Interactive Visualizations: Implications of Seeing, Doing, and Playing for Quantitative Analysis Pedagogy
by Shailesh S. Kulkarni & Bin Mai & S. Yasaman Amirkiaee & S. Yasaman Amirkiaee - 143-145 Case Article—Baseball Analytics: Advancing to Prescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office
by Sean L. Barnes & Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir - 146-151 Case—Baseball Analytics: Advancing to Prescriptive Analytics in the Major League Baseball Front Office
by Sean L. Barnes & Margrét V. Bjarnadóttir - 152-154 Case Article—Production and Distribution Optimization of Beach Equipment for the Marinero Company
by Andrea Manno & Laura Palagi & Simone Sagratella - 155-159 Case—Production and Distribution Optimization of Beach Equipment for the Marinero Company
by Andrea Manno & Laura Palagi & Simone Sagratella
January 2019, Volume 19, Issue 2
- 57-66 Teaching OR/MS with Cases: A Review and New Suggestions
by Matthew J. Drake - 67-80 A Case-Based Undergraduate Operations Research Course
by Daniel M. Frances & Daria Terekhov - 81-88 Using Homemade, Short, Fictional Cases for Teaching the Theory of Constraints
by Ryan K. Orchard - 89-104 Online Teaching in a Large, Required, Undergraduate Management Science Course
by John Miltenburg - 105-107 Case Article—Converting Zip Code Data into Distances: A Case Study for Teaching Business Analytics
by Eric Huggins - 108-109 Case—Converting Zip Code Data into Distances: A Case Study for Teaching Business Analytics
by Eric Huggins
September 2018, Volume 19, Issue 1
- 1-11 Motivation and Analytics: Comparing Business and Engineering Students
by Natalie M. Scala & Stella Tomasi & Andrea Goncher & Karen M. Bursic - 12-22 SCOTS: The Searchable Collection of Time Series
by Constance H. McLaren & Bruce J. McLaren - 23-35 Interactive Excel-Based Procedure for Line Balancing
by John F. Wellington & Stephen A. Lewis - 36-42 Case Article—Business Value in Integrating Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics Models
by David Kopcso & Dessislava Pachamanova - 43-47 Case Article—Managing Staffing Inefficiencies Using Analytics (B): Business Value in Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics Models
by David Kopcso & Dessislava Pachamanova - 48-55 Puzzle—Solving the n -Fractions Puzzle as a Constraint Programming Problem
by Arnaud Malapert & Julien Provillard
May 2018, Volume 18, Issue 3
- 143-144 An Introduction to the Special Issue on Field-Based Education
by Michael F. Gorman - 145-161 A Survey of Research in Field-Based Education: A Summary of Process, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned
by Michael F. Gorman - 162-173 Leveraging Experiential Field Projects—Discovery Learning in a Masters in Analytics Program
by Cheri Speier-Pero - 174-182 Effectively Engaging Industry Partners Within the Classroom
by Renata A. Konrad - 183-193 Are Our Students Prepared? The Impact of Capstone Design Pedagogical Approaches on Student Skill Development During Industry-Sponsored Fieldwork
by Renata Konrad & Adrienne Hall-Phillips & Anita R. Vila-Parrish
January 2018, Volume 18, Issue 2
- 89-101 Impact of Supplemental Instruction on Business Courses: A Statistical Study
by Sinjini Mitra & Zvi Goldstein - 102-115 Introducing Troubleshooting for Model Formulation, Spreadsheet Development, and Memo Communication with Feedforward
by Julie Ann Stuart Williams & Randall Reid & Kristine Gallamore & Maxwell Rankin - 116-126 Game—Introduction to Reverse Auctions: The BucknellAuto Game
by Chun-Miin (Jimmy) Chen & Matthew D. Bailey - 127-141 Puzzle—Solving Smartphone Puzzle Apps by Mathematical Programming
by SönkeHartmann
September 2017, Volume 18, Issue 1
- 1-13 Identifying Patterns of Learner Behaviour: What Business Statistics Students Do with Learning Resources
by Paula Carroll & Arthur White - 14-27 Creating Online Quizzes with Multiple Attempts with Microsoft Excel and Word
by Dong-gook “DK” Kim & Jihye Kim - 28-36 Teaching Use of Binary Variables in Integer Linear Programs: Formulating Logical Conditions
by Scott P. Stevens & Susan W. Palocsay - 37-40 Case Article—Optimal Movement Plan of Rice in the State of Andhra Pradesh
by Sundaravalli Narayanaswami & Ravichandran Narasimhan - 41-47 Case—Optimal Movement Plan of Rice in the State of Andhra Pradesh in India
by Sundaravalli Narayanaswami & Ravichandran Narasimhan - 48-51 Case Article—Tactical Decisions at Vastrapur Car Rental Services
by Balaraman Rajan & N. Ravichandran - 52-55 Case—Tactical Decisions at Vastrapur Car Rental Services
by Balaraman Rajan & N. Ravichandran - 56-70 Game—A Carbon Emissions Game
by Ian D. Frommer & Robert W. Day - 71-87 Game—The Online Wood Supply Game
by Sophie D’Amours & Philippe Marier & Mikael Rönnqvist & Riadh Azouzi & Dag Fjeld
May 2017, Volume 17, Issue 3
- 91-92 Introduction to the Special Issue: Teaching Healthcare Operations Research, Part 2
by John Blake - 93-98 How Big Should My Dot Be? Using Spreadsheet Simulation to Evaluate Process Improvement Data Collection Strategies
by Keith A. Willoughby & Gary F. Teare - 99-106 Teaching the Use of Systems Dynamics for Strategic Decision Making in Healthcare
by Daniel B. McLaughlin & John R. Olson - 107-109 Case Article—A Prescription for Budget Woes at Gracious University Hospital
by Karen Hicklin & Julie S. Ivy & Anita R. Vila-Parrish - 110-115 Case—A Prescription for Budget Woes at Gracious University Hospital
by Karen Hicklin & Julie S. Ivy & Anita R. Vila-Parrish - 116-120 Case Article—Miller Pain Treatment Center—Eastern Hospital Outpatient Center
by Chester Chambers & Kayode Williams - 121-127 Case—Miller Pain Treatment Center
by Chester Chambers & Kayode Williams - 128-133 Game—The BedGame—A Classroom Game Based on Real Healthcare Challenges
by I. M. H. Vliegen & M. E. Zonderland
January 2017, Volume 17, Issue 2
- 43-48 Student Peer Evaluated Line Balancing Competition
by Brent Snider & Nancy Southin & Sherry Weaver - 49-57 Interactive Excel-Based Gantt Chart Schedule Builder
by Sarah G. Nurre & Jeffery D. Weir - 58-62 Case Article—Canyon Bicycles: Judgmental Demand Forecasting in Direct Sales
by Christoph Diermann & Arnd Huchzermeier - 63-74 Case—Canyon Bicycles: Judgmental Demand Forecasting in Direct Sales
by Christoph Diermann & Arnd Huchzermeier - 75-80 Case Article—Growing Pains: A Case Study for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing
by Ashlea Bennett Milburn & Emre Kirac & Mina Hadianniasar - 81-84 Case Article—Growing Pains: A Case Study for Large-Scale Vehicle Routing
by Ashlea Bennett Milburn & Emre Kirac & Mina Hadianniasar - 85-89 Puzzle—The Fillomino Puzzle
by Robin H. Pearce & Michael A. Forbes