John Mittenthal

Associate Professor of Operations Management and Coordinator of the Operations Management Masters Program

Information Systems, Statistics & Management Science

Office: 350 Alston Hall, 205-348-6087

Specialty Areas:: Stochastic and deterministic scheduling, vehicle routing, mathematical modeling of production/operation problems, optimization.
Education:: Cornell University (B.A.), University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (M.S. and Ph.D.).
Honors, Achievements and Affiliations:: Dr. Mittenthal is an active member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). As a faculty adviser for Alabama Productivity Center projects, Dr. Mittenthal applies his expertise to real-world, practical problems, including work with Mercedes-Benz U.S. International. In addition to serving as a referee for scholarly journals, including Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics, European Journal of Operational Research and International Transactions in Operational Research, he is a member of the editorial board for Computers and Operations Research. Dr. Mittenthal is the author or co-author of more than 20 refereed journal articles in these and other publications.

Publications

Stoumbos, Z. G., Mittenthal, J., and Runger, G. C. (2001), Steady-state optimal adaptive control charts based on variable sampling intervals, Stochastic Analysis and Applications, 19, 6,1025-1057. Accepted: November 2000.
Lawley, M. A. and Mittenthal J. (1999), Order Release and Deadlock Avoidance Interactions in Counter-Flow Optimization, International Journal of Production Research, 37, 13, 3043-3062. Accepted: October 1998.