Barry L. Nelson
Barry L. Nelson
Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences Department
Master of Engineering Management
Course:
IEMS 415 - Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis
Course and Teacher Evaluation Link:
Computer Simulation for Risk & Operations Analysis (Fall 2007)
Website: Barry Nelson
E-mail: nelsonb@northwestern.edu
Barry Nelson currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern, as well as past Editor in Chief of Naval Research Logistics. He has also received an award for the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence.
Barry Nelson’s research is involved with the design and analysis of computer simulation experiments on models of stochastic systems, focusing particularly on issues related to statistical efficiency of simulation experiments. His research includes modeling and analysis of networks of nonstationary queues. The applications of this include computer-performance modeling, manufacturing systems, financial engineering and transportation.
Education:
PhD Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
MS Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
BA Mathematics and Computer Science, DePauw University
Professional Experience:
2005 On Time Systems, Inc., Consultant
2002 – 2004 Chas. Levy Company, Consultant
2000 – 2002 J.B. Collins Associates, Consultant
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Barry Nelson has been published in numerous books and journals. His own book, Stochastic Modeling: Analysis and Simulation, was published in 1995. He has also written segments of the following books, Container Terminals and Cargo Systems: Design, Operations Management and Logistics Control Issues, Elsevier Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science: Simulation, Discrete-Event System Simulation, Handbook of Industrial Engineering, and The Handbook of Simulation.
