Jay B. Ghosh was a prolific Operations Management researcher and teacher. This site aims to highlight and advance his academic work. Our goal is to catalogue his career and contributions, and to list his collegues. In time, we will grant awards to graduate students advancing his areas of research.
Jay B. Ghosh was born in Calcutta, India in September 1955. He was the second son born to two modest school teachers. The youngest of a large group of cousins, he developed a reputation for being a good student without trying hard.
After High School, in 1971, he placed into the Kharagpur campus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology. By 1976, he finished his B.Tech with Honors in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering. He took an executive position at Sonodyne Electronics Company, where he worked until 1979, when an opportunity to study in the United States presented itself.
In the United States, Jay joined the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a full scholarship. By 1980, he finished his M.Sc. in Operations Research. By the summer of 1983, he completed his Ph.D in Industrial Engineering (Operations Research, Computing & Statistics). He earned both degrees with a 4.0 GPA.
From August 1983 to August 1995, a lot changed in his life. He moved to Ohio to work at the University of Dayton's School of Business Administration. This was the most prolific research period of his life. He published a lot and quickly advanced from assistant to tenured professor. He got married, had two sons, and was a large part of the flourishing Bengali community in Ohio.
With tenure and a body of research under his belt, Jay took a more adventurous path next, accepting roles at prestigious universities around the world. In 1995, he moved to Tokyo as visiting professor at International University of Japan's School of International Management. He took a similar role at the CentER for Economic Research at Tilburg University in the Netherlands soon thereafter.
Until August 1997, he taught at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey, where he met with one of his closest colleagues, Erdel Erel. He went on to accept the Professor & Head of Operations Management & Business Statistics role at the Sultan Qaboos University in Muscat, Oman. He stayed in Oman from September 1997 to August 2001.
With sons preparing for college, he moved back to the United States. He taught at University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business from 2002 to 2005 and at Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business and Management in 2006.
From 2007 onwards, he was Professor of Logistics, Service and Operations Management at Korea University Business School in Seoul. While in Korea, he was diagnosed with liver cancer.
He spent the next few years with his sons in California, battling cancer, continuing his work, and keeping up with old colleagues. He took breif assignments in Europe and the Middle East based on his interests and health. In October 2011, he decided to move back to Calcutta to be close to his brother, cousins, and childhood friends. He passed away in December 2011.
Approximation Scheme for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem. POMS meeting, La Jolla, 2008.
Linear Facility Layout with Input/Output Stations. Annual DSI Meeting, Phoenix, 2007.
A Dynamic Assortment Problem (with Nagarajan), INFORMS Fall Meeting, Denver, 2004.
Resource Allocation in Academia (with Dharmapala and Saber). INFORMS Fall Meeting, San Antonio, 2000.
New Heuristics for the Dynamic Layout Problem (with Simon). INFORMS Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, 1999.
The Major Assignment Problem (with Saber). INFORMS Fall Meeting, Seattle, 1998.
Scheduling a CNC Machine with Tool Changes (with Akturk). INFORMS Spring Meeting, Montreal, 1998.
Maximum Dispersion Location Models (with Agca and Eksioglu). INFORMS Fall Meeting, Dallas, 1997.
Scheduling a Batch Processing Machine to Minimize Total Completion Time. INFORMS Spring Meeting, San Diego, 1997.
Group Technology Cell Formation with GRASP (with Adil). INFORMS Fall Meeting, Atlanta, 1996.
Customer Order Scheduling (with Erel). IFORS International Meeting, Vancouver, 1996.
Operations Analysis at Auto Title Bureau ⎯ A Case Study (with Hosseini). POMS Meeting, Indianapolis, 1996.
Completion Time Minimization with Job Classes and Setup Times. ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Detroit, 1994.
The Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem: Analysis of Complexity (with De, Dunne and Wells). TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Chicago, 1993.
The Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem for Activity Networks (with De, Dunne and Wells). TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Orlando, 1992.
Single Machine Scheduling under Delivery Commitment: Heuristic Solution and Performance Bound (with De and Wells). Annual DSI Meeting, Miami Beach, 1991.
Due-Date Assignment and Scheduling on Multiple Machines (with De and Wells). TIMS XXX-SOBRAPO XXIII Joint International Meeting, Rio De Janeiro (BRAZIL), 1991.
Distributed Operational Control of Flexible Shops (with Agarwal, De and Wells). TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Nashville, 1991.
The Completion Time Variance Problem Revisited (with De and Wells). TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Las Vegas, 1990.
The Bloominton Savings Bank ⎯ A Case Study (with Rao, Bickford and Ben-Oumlil). Annual DSI Meeting, Hawaii, 1986.
Waiting at the Auto License Bureau ⎯ A Case Study. Annual AIDS Meeting, Las Vegas, 1985.
Estimation and Planning in the Software Production Process. Seminario de Ingeniera Industrial, Queretaro (MEXICO), 1982
FPTAS for Half-Products Minimization with Scheduling Applications (with Erel). Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2008.
Batch Scheduling to Minimize the Weighted Number of Tardy Jobs (with Erel). Computers & Industrial Engineering, 53, 394-400, 2007.
Customer Order Scheduling on a Single Machine with Family Setup Times: Complexity and Algorithms (with Erel). Applied Mathematics and Computation, 185, 11-18, 2007.
Market and Merit Based Adjustment of Faculty Salaries (with Dharmapala and Saber). Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 24, 1-19, 2007.
Scheduling with Tool Changes to Minimize Total Completion Time under Controllable Machining Conditions (with Akturk and Kayan). Computers &Operations Research, 34, 2130-2146, 2007.
Incremental Cell Formation Using GRASP (with Adil). International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 26, 1402-1408, 2005.
Maximum Diversity/Similarity Models with Extension to Part Grouping (with Adil). International Transactions in Operational Research, 12, 311-323, 2005.
Scheduling with Tool Changes to Minimize Total Completion Time: Basic Results and SPT Performance (with Akturk and Gunes). European Journal of Operational Research, 157, 784-790, 2004.
New Heuristic for the Dyanamic Layout Problem (with Erel and Simon). Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54, 1275-1282, 2003 .
Scheduling with Tool Changes to Minimize Total Completion Time: A Study of Heuristics and Their Performance (with Akturk and Gunes). Naval Research Logistics, 50, 15-30, 2003.
Assigning Students to Academic Majors (with Saber). OMEGA, 29, 513-523, 2001.
Lagrangian Solution of Maximum Dispersion Problems (with Agca and Eksioglu). Naval Research Logistics, 47, 97-114, 2000.
Analysis of Lagrangian Lower Bounds for a Graph Partitioning Problem (with Adil). Operations Research, 47, 785-788, 1999.
Batch Scheduling to Minimize Maximum Lateness (with Gupta). Operations Research Letters, 21, 77-80, 1997.
ISO 9000 Implementation in Turkish Industry (with Erel). International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 17, 1233-1246, 1997.
Complexity of the Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem for Project Networks (with De, Dunne and Wells). Operations Research, 45, 302-306, 1997.
Job Selection in a Heavily Loaded Shop. Computers & Operations Research, 24, 141-145, 1997.
Computational Aspects of the Maximum Diversity Problems. Operations Research Letters, 19, 175-181, 1996.
On the Minimization of Coefficient of Variation in Single-Machine Scheduling (with De and Wells). International Journal of Production Economics, 44, 249-253, 1996.
Siting Facilities along a Line When Equity of Service is Desirable. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 47, 435-445, 1996.
The Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem Revisited (with De, Dunne and Wells). European Journal of Operational Research, 81, 225-238, 1995.
Due-Date Assignment and Early/Tardy Scheduling on Identical Parallel Machines (with De and Wells). Naval Research Logistics, 41, 17-32, 1994.
Batch Scheduling to Minimize Total Completion Time. Operations Research Letters, 16, 271-275, 1994.
Solving a Generalized Model for CON Due-Date Assignment and Sequencing (with De and Wells). International Journal of Production Economics, 34, 179-185, 1994.
Job Selection and Sequencing on a Single Machine in a Random Environment (with De and Wells). European Journal of Operational Research, 70, 425-431, 1993.
Delivery Time Quotation and Order Processing with Forbidden Early Shipments (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 20, 381-390, 1993.
On the General Solution for a Class of Early/Tardy Problems (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 20, 141-149, 1993.
On the Minimization of Completion Time Variance with a Bicriteria Extension (with De and Wells). Operations Research, 40, 1148-1155, 1992.
On the Solution of a Stochastic Bottleneck Assignment Problem and its Variations (with De and Wells). Naval Research Logistics, 39, 389-397, 1992.
Heuristic Estimation of the Efficient Frontier for a Bi-Criteria Scheduling Problem (with De and Wells). Decision Sciences, 23, 596-609, 1992.
Optimal Due-Date Assignment and Sequencing (with De and Wells). European Journal of Operational Research, 57, 323-331, 1992.
Expectation-Variance Analysis of Job Sequences under Processing Time Uncertainty (with De and Wells). International Journal of Production Economics, 28, 289-297, 1992.
Optimal Retrieval Strategies for Carousel Conveyors (with Wells). Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 16, 59-70, 1992.
Optimal Delivery Time Quotation and Order Sequencing (with De and Wells). Decision Sciences, 22, 379-390, 1991.
On the Multiple-Machine Extension to a Common Due-Date Assignment and Scheduling Problem (with De and Wells). Journal of the Operational Research Society, 42, 419-422, 1991.
Scheduling to Minimize Weighted Earliness and Tardiness about a Common Due-Date (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 18, 465-475, 1991.
On the Minimization of the Weighted Number of Tardy Jobs with Random Processing Times and Deadline (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 18, 457-463, 1991.
Some Clarifications on the Bicriteria Scheduling of Unit Execution Time Jobs on a Single Machine (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 18, 717-720, 1991.
Coordinating New Product Development and Delivery (with De and Wells). International Journal of Production Economics, 22, 53-58, 1991.
Determining Optimal Redundancy for Systems with Random Lifetimes (with Wells). IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 39, 309-313, 1990.
CON Due-Date Determination and Sequencing (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 17, 333-342, 1990.
Scheduling about a Common Due Date with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties (with De and Wells). Computers & Operations Research, 17, 231-241, 1990.
A Note on the Minimization of Mean Squared Deviation of Completion Times about a Common Due Date (with De and Wells). Management Science, 35, 1143-1147, 1989.
Evaluating Multiprocessor Performance: An Exercise in Metamodeling. Simulation, 51, 70-74, 1988.
A Rate Summation Model of Temperature-Dependent Development with Stochastic Extensions. Mathematical Modelling, 8, 170-171, 1987.
Minmax Early-Tardy Scheduling with a Common Due-Date. Proceedings of 9th International DSI/12th APDSI Conference, CD-ROM, 2007.
Sensitivity of Optimal Schedules under Uncertainty (with De and Wells). Proceedings of Annual DSI Meeting, 764-766, 1990.
Performance Evaluation of a Beam Search Strategy for a Machine Scheduling Problem (with De and Wells). Proceedings of Annual DSI Meeting, 904-907, 1989.
Variance Minimizing Schedules: Heuristic Solution and Lower Bound for Performance Evaluation. Proceedings of Annual DSI Meeting, 1032-1034, 1988.
Performance Evaluation of Interconnection Networks in Multiprocessor Systems (with Al-Holou and Rogers). Proceedings of 19th Annual Simulation Symposium, 179-190, 1986.
General Simulation of Multiprocessor Interconnection Networks (with Al-Holou and Rogers). Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference, 352-357, 1985.
Interactive Parameter Estimation of the Three Parameter Weibull Distribution (with Dunne). Proceedings of South-East AIDS Meeting, 94-96, 1985.
Asynchronous Control of Discrete Event Simulation. Proceedings of 18th Annual Simulation Symposium, 255-263, 1985.
Asynchronous Simulation of Some Discrete Time Models. Proceedings of Winter Simulation Conference, 467-469, 1984.
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Operations Management (1998-2011)
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Computers & Operations Research (1992-2003)
Editorial Review Board Member, Production and Operations Management (1992-1996)
Book Review Editor, POM Chronicle (1993-1995)
Regular reviewer for most leading OM & MS/OR Journals and several MIS & Statistics Journals
Session Chair, Discussant & Reviewer for DSI and INFORMS (TIMS/ORSA) meetings
Track Chair, LSOM 2007 International/BIT 2007 Annual Conference
External Evaluator for Promotion & Tenure cases for:
Arizona State University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
University of Alabama
Kuwait University
Bilkent University
Member, Production and Operations Management Society Coordinator of Placement Service (1990-1993) Program Committee Member for POM-92 meeting
Member, INFORMS (formerly of both ORSA and TIMS) Member of the MSOM Group
Member, Decision Sciences Institute
Senior Member, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Former Member, Society for Computer Simulation
Member, University Committee for Industry
Member, College Board
Member, College Executive Committee
Member, College Research Committee
Member, MBA Selection Committee
Member, Academic Policies/Programs Committee of the Board of Trustees
Member, Graduate Committee of the School of Business
Member, Research Committee of the School of Business
Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee of the School of Business
Chair, Search Committee of the Department of MIS & Decision Sciences
Ranked Top 5 Operations Management researchers in US - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993
International Who’s Who of Professionals ⎯ 2001
University Research Grants (Sultan Qaboos University) ⎯ 1998,1999 and 2000
US Air Force Research Grant ⎯ 1992
University of Dayton Hobart Scholarship ⎯ 1990
Ohio Board of Regents Research Challenge Grant ⎯ 1988
University Summer Research Grants (University of Dayton) ⎯ 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989
Indian National Scholarship & National Science Talent Search Scholarship ⎯ 1971
