Mehmet Bayram YILDIRIM
Center
for Applied Optimization
Office: (352)
392 - 9959 Home: (352)
846-5232
http://www.ise.ufl.edu/ybayram
Home Address
322 UVS 7
Gainesville, FL 32603
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August 96 – Present |
Ph.D. Program, Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Florida, FL Coursework: Stochastic Processes, Nonlinear Programming, Linear Programming Extensions, Global Optimization, Simulation, Advanced Engineering Economy, Numerical Techniques, Advanced Production Planning, Database Management, System Analysis and Design. o Research Interests: Combinatorial Network Optimization & Design and its applications in Supply Chain Management, Transportation, Production-Inventory Control, Logistics, and Communication Network Design, Inverse Optimization o
Expected Graduation: December
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1994 –1996 |
MASTER OF SCIENCE in Industrial Engineering Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Coursework: Linear Programming, Advanced Linear Programming, Probability, Theory of Complexity, Stochastic Processes, Metric Spaces, Location Theory, Methodology of Operations Research |
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September 1995 |
SUMMER COURSE on Design of Experiments Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey |
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1990 - 1994 |
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in Industrial Engineering, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey Coursework: Statistics, Graphical Data Analysis, Quality Control, System Simulation, Engineering Economy, Operations Research, Fuzzy Logic, Production Planning, Computer Methods in OR, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Dynamic Event Simulation, Mathematical Modeling, Ergonomics |
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University of
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Gainesville, FL |
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August 97- Present August 96 – May 97 |
Research & Teaching Assistant: Deterministic Methods of Operations Research, Traffic Network Equilibrium Problem, Toll Pricing Theory |
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Bilkent University |
Ankara, Turkey |
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1994 - 1996 |
Research
Assistant: Total Weighted Tardiness
Problem: New Dominance Rule and its Effect on the Lower and Upper Bounds |
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Hearn, D. W. and Yildirim, M. B., “A Toll Pricing Framework for Traffic Assignment Problems,” Submitted to Edited Volume “Current Trends in Transportation and Network Analysis, Papers in Honor of Michael Florian,” 1999. ( PS File, 376 KB) (PDF File, 213 KB) |
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Yildirim, M. B., “Anita Schobel, Locating Lines and Hyperplanes: Theory and Algorithms, in Applied Optimization, Vol. 25,” to appear in Optimization Methods and Software |
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Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B., “A New Lower Bounding Scheme for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Computers and Operations Research, 25 (4), 1998, 265-278 ( PS File, 280 KB) ( PDF File, 235 KB) |
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Akturk, S. and Yildirim, M. B., “A New Dominance Rule for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” Production Planning & Control, 10 (2), 1999, 138-149.( PS File, 291 KB) ( PDF File, 166 KB) |
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Thesis : “Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem,” July 1996 |
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Yildirim, M. B., Aksen, D. and Aksu, M., “Scheduling Traffic Lights In A Capacitated Junction,” Turkish Industrial Engineering Journal, January 1995 |
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“A Decomposition Method for Congestion Toll Pricing,” (with D.W. Hearn and M. V. Ramana) presented at the Spring INFORMS National Conference, Montreal, Canada, May 1998 |
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“Scheduling Traffic Lights In A Capacitated Junction,” (with D. Aksen and M. Aksu) presented at the Turkish Industrial Engineering Conference, 1995 |
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Title: |
Toll Pricing for Variable Demand Traffic Assignment Models |
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Dissertation Chair |
D.W. Hearn |
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Committee Members |
Panos Pardalos, Selcuk Erenguc, Joe Geunes |
CSX Transportation |
Internship, Operations Research Department, Jacksonville, FL |
May - August 97 |
· Developed A Decision Support System For Rail Car Management · Simulation Study on the Effect of Optimization on Rail Car Distribution Planning · Virtual Pool Concept in Strategic Rail Car Distribution Planning |
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Orjin
Corp. |
Internship, Software Engineering
Department, Diyarbakir, Turkey |
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June-September
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93
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Marketing, Database Design, System Analysis and Program Development |
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Ford
Motor Corp. |
Internship, Production Planning Department, Istanbul, Turkey |
June-August 93 |
Production Planning, Inventory Control, System and Organization, Total Quality Control, Motion and Time Study, Just-In-Time |
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Escort
Computer |
Internship, Data Processing Group, Istanbul , Turkey |
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June 92 |
C Programming, Dbase, Data Processing, VAX/VMS, Silicon Graphics |
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Operating Systems |
UNIX, Windows 98/NT, DOS, MOS, VAX/VMS |
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Optimization |
Cplex, Minos, Gams, AMPL, Lindo, Lingo, Matlab |
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Programming |
C, C++, Pascal, Fortran, Siman, Arena, Promodel, Dbase, Access, Stella, FilemakerPro |
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General |
Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Lotus, MFG/PRO, SPSS, Systat, SPCExpert |
· Statistical Data Analysis In Pasabahce, 1993
· Ergonomics Study At Ford Corp., Istanbul, 1993
· Automation Study In Arcelik, Istanbul, 1994
· Simulation of Water Problem In Istanbul, 1994
· Scheduling the Traffic Lights In Mecidiyekoy, Istanbul, 1994
· MRP II Project Using MfgPro 7.0, 1994
· Implementation of Total Quality Management In Bilkent Radio, 1995
· Simulation of the Production Process In Embil Pharmatecuials, 1996
· A Decision Support System For Car Management and Distribution, 1997
· Simulation of the Sand Markets on the CSX Railroad Network, 1997
· Toll Pricing Methodologies and Decomposition Algorithms For Traffic Network Equilibrium Models, 1997-99
· Advanced Online Travel Reservation System Design, 1999
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Ranked in the top 0.01% in the Nationwide University Admission Exam, Turkey, 1990 |
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Scholarships From Turkish Educational Association, Bogazici University Alumni Association and National Culture Association, 1990-1994 |
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Honor Degree from Bogazici University, Turkey, 1994 |
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First Prize In National Industrial Engineering Conference, 1994 |
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INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, 1998 |
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· Member of Turkish Environmental Protection Society, 1994-96 |
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· Member of Bosphorus University Operations Research Club, 1990-94 |
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· Quality Manager in Bilkent Radio, 1995-96 |
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· Member of Turkish Student Association, University of Florida, 1996-99 |
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· Member of INFORMS, 1997-99 |
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· Treasurer, Turkish Student Association, University of Florida, 1997-98 |