John Mittenthal

John Mittenthal
Associate Professor of Operations Management and OM M.S. Program Coordinator
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). 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.

Selected Publications

  • Lam, M., Mittenthal, J., and Gray, B. (2009), The impact of stopping rules on hierarchical capacitated clustering in location routing problems, Academy if Information and Management Sciences, 12, 1, 13-28.

  • 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.

  • 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.