PhD, Assistant Professor YAVUZ ACAR

B.S. : Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, Industrial Engineering, 1997
M.B.A. : Texas Tech University, Texas, USA, 2002
Ph.D. : University of Houston, Texas, USA, 2007
Teaching Area : Supply Chain Management, Production and Operations Management, Management Information Systems, Forecasting, Enterprise Resource Planning
Research Interest : Supply Chain Management, Forecasting, Inventory Management, Simulation Optimization and Hybrid Solution Methodologies

Publications
Acar, Y., Kadipasaoglu, S.N., Day, J., A general approach for incorporating uncertainty in optimal decision making: iterative use of MIP and simulation in solving combinatorial problems (work-in-process)

Acar, Y., Kadipasaoglu, S.N., Schipperijn, P., A novel approach to global supply chain modeling under uncertainty (work-in-process)

Acar, Y., Kadipasaoglu, S.N., Gardner , E. S. Jr., Forecasting method selection based on operational performance versus accuracy measures(work-in-process)

Acar, Y., and Gardner, E. S. Jr., Evaluating forecast performance in a supply chain (work-in-process)

Kadipasaoglu, S.N., Acar, Y., Role of flexibility in supply chain design and modeling (work-in-process)

Acar, Y., Kadipasaoglu, S.N. and P. Schipperijn, ,The Integration of Supply Chain Optimization and Simulation to Understand the Relationship of Inventory and Service Level of a Specialty Chemicals Company, 2005 Annual Meeting of the Decision Science Institute, San Francisco, California.

Acar, Y., 2007. Supply Chain Modeling and Forecasting Method Selection. Thesis (PhD). University of Houston.