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PRAKASH L. ABAD
Operations Management
Professor
Area of Expertise
Dr. Abad research interests include inventory management, statistical data analysis, and non-linear and stochastic optimization. He teaches courses in operations research/management science, logistics, production/operations management and statistics both at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Dr. Abad research interests include inventory management, statistical data analysis, and non-linear and stochastic optimization. He teaches courses in operations research/management science, logistics, production/operations management and statistics both at the graduate and undergraduate level.
Professional Activities
Professor Abad’s research has appeared in Management Science, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operations Research, Optimal Control and Applications, International Journal of Systems Science, Computers and Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and IIE Transactions. He has consulted on issues involved in repeat buying theory. He is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), American Institute for Decision Sciences, Canadian Operational Research Society (OCRS), and Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
Professor Abad’s research has appeared in Management Science, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operations Research, Optimal Control and Applications, International Journal of Systems Science, Computers and Operations Research, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and IIE Transactions. He has consulted on issues involved in repeat buying theory. He is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), American Institute for Decision Sciences, Canadian Operational Research Society (OCRS), and Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
Education
Ph.D., Management Science, University of Cincinnati
M.B.A., M.S., University of Cincinnati
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Management Science, University of Cincinnati
M.B.A., M.S., University of Cincinnati
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology
DeGroote School of Business
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, ON, Canada
L8S4M4