Ben A. Chaouch Bio

ben chaouch

Ben A. Chaouch, Ph.D.
Professor, Management Science
chaouch@uwindsor.ca
519-253-3000 ext. 3149
Office: OB 414

Education 

  • Ph.D.  University of Waterloo, ON, Canada, Management Sciences, 1987.
  • M.A.  Stanford University, USA, Operations Research, 1978.
  • B.A.  University of Algiers, Algeria, Mathematics and Statistics, 1975.

Research 

  • Inventory Management
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Stochastic Models
  • Inventory Management
  • Operations Research
  • Production and Operations

Selected Publications  

  • Chaouch, A. (. (2022).  Optimal stocking policies for inventory systems with uncertain returns.   International Journal of Production Research, 61 (21), 7453-7466.  [December], http://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2150906.
  • Britt, J.; Baki, F.M., Azab, A., Chaouch, A.B. & Li, X. (2021). A stochastic hierarchical approach for the master surgical scheduling problem.  Computers & Industrial Engineering, 158, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2021.107385. [May]
  • Li, X., Zhu, L., Baki, F., & Chaouch, A. B. (2018).  Tabu search and iterated local search for the cyclic bottleneck assignment problem.   Computers & Operations Research, 96, 120-130, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2018.04.004.
  • Chaouch, A. B. (2018).  Analysis of the stochastic cash balance problem using a level crossing technique.   Annals of Operations Research, 271 (2), 429-444, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-018-2822-2.
  • Kulkarni, A. J., Baki, M. F., & Chaouch, A. B. (2015).  Application of the cohort-intelligence optimization method to three selected combinatorial optimization problems.   European Journal of Operational Research, 250 (2), 427-447, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.008.
  • Li, X., Rafaliya, N., Baki, M. F., & Chaouch, A. B. (2015).  Scheduling elective surgeries: The tradeoff among bed capacity, waiting patients and operating room utilization using goal programming.   Health Care Management Science, 20 (1), 33-54, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10729-015-9334-2.
  • Baki, M., Chaouch, A., & Abdul-Kader, W. (2014).  A heuristic solution procedure for the dynamic lot sizing problem with remanufacturing and product recovery.   Computers & Operations Research, 43, 225-236, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2013.10.001.

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