Oded Berman
Bio
Oded Berman is a Professor Emeritus, and the Sidney C. Cooper Emeritus Chair in Business and Technology. He is a former Associate Dean of Programs at the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto. He received his PhD (1978) in Operations Research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Oded has published over 250 refereed articles and has contributed to several books in his field. His main research interests include operations management in the service industry, location theory, network models, and stochastic inventory control. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Operations Research, a winner of the 2012 Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS) Award of Merit and a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the INFORMS's Section on Location Analysis.
Academic Positions
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Jan 2003-Jan 2019
Sydney C. Cooper Chair in Business and Technology, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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July 2000-present
Full Professor, Joseph L. Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
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July 1993-July 1994
Associate Chair, Division of Management and Economics, University of Toronto at Scarborough
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July 1992-July 1995
Area Coordinator, Operations Management Area, Faculty of Management, University of Toronto
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Sept 1989-Aug 1991
Full Professor, University of Massachusetts, College of Management
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Sept 1986-Aug 1991
Chair, Management Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts at Boston
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Sept 1984-Aug 1985
Visiting Professor, Faculty of Industrial and Management Engineering, The Technion, Haifa, Israel and Faculty of Management, Tel- Aviv University
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July 1981-July 1983
Chair, Management Science and Information Systems, Faculty of Management, University of Calgary
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July 1980-July 1986
Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Faculty of Management
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July 1978-July 1980
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, Faculty of Management
Selected Publications - Papers
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Strategic Mew Product Media Planning under Emergent Channel Substitution and Synergy
V. S. Abedi, O. Berman, D. Krass and M. Fienberg
Production and Operations Management
Issue:31(5)
2022
Pages: 2143-2166
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Introducing Autonomous Vehicles Adoption Patterns and Impact on Social Welfare
O. Baron, O. Berman, M. Nourinjad
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Issue:24(1)
2022
Pages: 352-363
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Abouee-Mehrizi, H., Baron, O., Berman, O., Chen, D.
Production and Operations Management
Issue:30(1)
2022
Pages: 190-209
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M. Nourinejad, O. Berman and R.C. Larson
PLoS ONE
Issue:16(4)
2021
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Sampling manholes to home in on SARS – COV -2-Infections
R. C. Larson, O. Berman and M. Nourinejad
PLOS ONE
Issue:15(10)
2021
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Managing Perishable Inventory Systems with Multiple Demand Classes
H. Abouee Mehrizi, O. Baron, O. Berman, O. and D. Chen
Production and Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 28
2019
Pages: 2153-2161
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Threshold-Based Allocation Policies for Inventory Management of Red Blood Cell
V. Sarhangian , H. Abouee Mehrizi, O. Baron and O. Berman
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Issue:Vol 20, No. 2
2018
Pages: 347-362
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A Game between a Terrorist and a Passive Defender
O. Baron, O. Berman and A. Gavious
Production and Operations Management
Issue:3, Vol. 27
2018
Pages: 433-457
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Strategic Idleness and Dynamic Scheduling in an Open-shop Service Network: Case Study and Analysis
O. Baron, O. Berman, D. Krass and J. Wang
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 19, Issue 1
2016
Pages: 52-71
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Structural Properties of Voronoi Diagrams in Facility Location Problems with Continuous Demand
I. Averbakh, O. Berman, J. Kalcsics and D. Krass
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 63, No. 2
2015
Pages: 394-411
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Up and Down: Bid-Price Trends in Revenue Management
Z. Pang, O. Berman and M. Hu
Production and Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 24, No. 7
2015
Pages: 1135-1147
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Transhipment Policies in a Multi-Period Inventory System with Lost Sales
H. Abouee-Mehrizi, O. Berman and S. Sharma
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 63, No. 2
2015
Pages: 342-350
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Supporting New Product or Service Introductions: Location, Marketing, and Word of Mouth
V. S. Abedi, O. Berman and D. Krass
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 62, No. 5
2015
Pages: 994-1013
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Exact Analysis of Capacitated Two Echelon Inventory Systems with Priorities
H. Abouee Mehrizi, O. Baron and O. Berman
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 16, No. 4
2014
Pages: 561–577
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Using Strategic Idleness to Improve Customer Service Experience in Service Networks
O. Baron, O. Berman, D. Krass and J. Wang
Operations Research
Issue:62(1)
2014
Pages: 123-140
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On the Benefits of Risk Pooling in Inventory Management
O. Berman, D. Krass and M. Mahdi Tajbakhsh
Production and Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 20, No. 1
2011
Pages: 57-71
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Facility Location with Stochastic Demand and Constraints on Waiting Time
O. Baron, O. Berman and D. Krass
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Issue:Vol. 10, No. 3
2008
Pages: 484-505
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Facility Reliability Issues in Network p-Median Problems: Strategic Centralization and Co-location Effects
O. Berman, D. Krass and M. Menezes
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 55, No.2
2007
Pages: 332-350
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Heuristic for m-Machine Flow-Shop and its Applications in Routing-Scheduling Problems
I. Averbakh and O. Berman
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 47, No. 1
1999
Pages: 165-170
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Scheduling Workforce and Workflow in a Service Factory
O. Berman, R.C. Larson and E. Pinker
Management Science
Issue:Vol. 43, No. 2
1997
Pages: 158-172
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Locating Discretionary Service Facilities, II: Maximizing Market Size, Minimizing Inconvenience
O. Berman, D. Bertsimas and R.C. Larson
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 43, No.4
1995
Pages: 623-632
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The Constrained Bottleneck Problem in Networks
O. Berman, E. Einav and G. Handler
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 38, No. 1
1990
Pages: 178-181
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A Heuristic Algorithm for the Travelling Salesman Location Problem on Networks
D. Simchi-Levi, O. Berman
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 36, No. 3
1988
Pages: 478-484
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Locating a Mobile Server Queuing Facility on a Tree Network
S. Chiu, O. Berman and R.C. Larson
Management Science
Issue:Vol. 31, No. 6, June
1985
Pages: 764-772
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Optimal Server Location on a Network Operating as an M/G/1 Queue
O. Berman, R.C. Larson and S. Chiu
Operations Research
Issue:Vol. 33, No. 4
1985
Pages: 746-771
Selected Publications - Books and Chapters
Research and Teaching Interests
Teaches courses in Operations Management, Logistics, Operations Management in the Service Industry, Management Science Models and Statistics.
Research includes Logistics, Operations Management in the Service Industry, Workforce Management, and Software Reliability.
Honors and Awards
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2014
Distinguished Scholarly Contribution Award, Rotman School of Management
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2014
Best Application Paper - Scheduling and Logistics award for the paper The Maximum Covering Problem with Travel Time Uncertainty co-authored by D. Krass with I. Hajizadeh, IIE Transactions
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2014
For the paper - H. Abouee Mehrizi, O. Baron, O. Berman and Vahid Sarhangian, Allocation policies in blood transfusion, Vahid Sarhangian was selected as the runner up for the CORS Student Paper Competition (Open Category), CORS
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2014
For the paper - O. Baron, O. Berman, D. Krass and J. Wang, Using strategic idleness to improve customer service experience in service networks, Jeff Wang won the CORS Queuing Special Interest Group student competition, CORS
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2012
Canadian Operations Research Award of Merit,
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2012-2017
Research Grant for Combined Location Problems, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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2012
Co-Winner, Lifetime Achievement in Location Analysis Award, SOLA
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2011
Fellow, Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
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2007
Honorable mention of the paper Inventory-Location Models for Remote and Direct Retailing with Time-Sensitive Demand, by O. Berman, D. Krass and M. Menezes, 2007 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management
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2007-2012
Research Grant for Strategical Tactical Issues in the Service Industry, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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2002- 2007
Research Grant for Strategic and Tactical Issues in the Service Industry, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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2003-present
Sydney Cooper Chair in Business and Technology, Rotman School of Management
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1998- 2002
Research Grant for Strategic and Tactical Issues in the Service Industry, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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2000
Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Award for Excellence in Research, Rotman School of Management
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1994- 1998
Research Grant for Strategic and Tactical Issues in the Service Industry , Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1997
Equipment Grant for Laboratory for Manufacturing Research (with S. Sethi and D. Krass), Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1997
Principal's Research Award , University of Toronto at Scarborough
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1994-1995
Equipment Grant for Laboratory for Manufacturing Research (with S. Sethi and D. Krass), Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1991-1994
Research Grant for Strategic Issues in the Service Industry, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1985
Levin Award, for the best paper (co-author D. Simchi-Levi) , The Israeli Society of Operations Research
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1984-1985
International Collaborative Research Grant, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1982-1985
Research Grant for Planning for and Management of Service Networks, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1981-1982
Research Grant for Planning for and Management of Service Networks, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1980-1981
Research Grant for Information System for Service Network Planning and Management, Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, Canada
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1979-1980
Grant awarded to Analysis of Transfer Lines, University of Calgary
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1979-1980
Grant awarded to Proposal for the Development of a Fire Research Centre in Alberta, Government of Alberta
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1972
The Lapid Award for the best student in the Department of Statistics, Tel-Aviv University
Academic / Professional Service
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2011 - present
Associate Editor, Socio Economic Planning
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1987 - 2014
Associate Editor, Transportation Science
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1980 - 2010
Member, Editorial Advisory Board, Computers and Operations Research
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1995-2009
Associate Editor, Management Science
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1999-2006
Associate Editor, Operations Research
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2001-2005
Area Editor of Operational and Decision Sciences, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences
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2001-2004
Member of the Grant Selection Committee for Industrial Engineering , NSERC
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1999-2003
Editorial Advisory Review Board, Journal of Service Research
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1995-1999
Area Editor of Services, Operations Research