James F. Campbell 
Professor of Management Science & Information Systems

Center for Transportation Studies & College of Business Administration

University of Missouri - St. Louis
One University Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63121-4499  USA
campbell@umsl.edu

314-516-6125

 


Degrees:

o    Ph.D. Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1987

o    M.S. Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1983

o    B.S. Systems Science & Mathematics, Washington University, 1981

Teaching Interests:

o    Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Management Science, Operations Research, Geographic Information Systems

o    Courses:

o  BA 3320 - Introduction to Operations Management

o  LOM 5320 - Production and Operations Management

o  LOM 6330, 4330 - Business Logistics Systems  

o  LOM 6350 - Management Science Methods

o  LOM 7393 – Doctoral Seminar: Special Topics in Logistics & Supply Chain Management: Continuous Approximation Modeling & Location Analysis

o  Global Supply Chain Management for international executive MBA programs in Finland and China

Research Interests:

o    Mathematical modeling of logistics and transportation systems, facility location, hub location, supply chain management.

o    Selected recent sponsored research projects:

o  “Tanker Deployment Planning for Aerial Refueling”, L3 GSI, Inc. for the U.S. Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base.

o  “Geographic Information Systems for Tracking Vessels on the Inland Waterways”, U.S. Geological Survey (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).

o  “Network Analysis and Warehouse Location Study”, Clif Bar & Company.

o  “Pricing Analysis and Freight Rate Modeling for Expedited Trucking”, Forward Air Corp.

o    Selected recent publications in hub location:

o  “Hub Location for Time Definite Transportation”, Computers & Operations Research, 36, 3107-3116, 2009.

o  “Hub Arc Location Problems: Part I - Introduction and Results”, Management Science 51, 1540-1555, 2005.

o  “Hub Arc Location Problems: Part II - Formulations and Optimal Algorithms”, Management Science 51, 1556-1571, 2005.

o  “Hub Location Problems”, in Location Analysis: Theory and Applications, (H. Hamacher and Z. Drezner, eds.) Springer, Berlin, 373-408, 2002.

o    Selected recent publications in Snow Removal and Disposal:

o   “The Sector Design and Assignment Problem for Snow Disposal Operations”, European Journal of Operational Research 189, 508-525, 2008.

o   “A Survey of Models and Algorithms for Winter Road Maintenance. Part I: System Design for Spreading and Plowing”, “Part II: System Design for Snow Disposal”, “Part III: Vehicle Routing and Depot Location for Spreading” and “Part IV: Vehicle Routing and Fleet Sizing for Plowing and Snow Disposal”, Computers & Operations Research 33, 209-262, 2006 and Computers & Operations Research 34, 211-294, 2007.

o    Other Selected Recent Publications:

o   “Simulation of Alternative Approaches to Relieving Congestion at Locks in a River Transportation System”, Journal of the Operational Research Society 60, 519-533, 2009.

o  “A Robust Strategy for Managing Congestion at Locks on the Upper Mississippi River”, Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-42), 10 pages, IEEE Computer Society, January 2009.

o  “Modeling Net Rates for Expedited Freight Services”, Transportation Research E, 192-207, 2007.

o  “Network of Logistics Decisions”, in Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization, (A. Langevin and D. Riopel, eds.). Springer, New York, 1-38, 2005.

o  "Strategic Network Design for Motor Carriers”, in Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization, (A. Langevin and D. Riopel, eds.). Springer, New York, 245-278, 2005.      

Other Information:

  • Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation Research
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Revenue Management
  • Associate Editor, OMEGA
  • Fulbright Senior Scholar, Melbourne, Australia, 2000

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This document was last updated on February 23, 2009.

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