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Alper Şen

Assistant Professor

Personal Page: http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~alpersen   

E-mail:

Phone: +90 (312) 290-1539

Office: EA 321


Academic Degrees

  • Ph.D., 2000, Business Administration, University of Southern California (USA)

  • M.S., 1995, Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University (Ankara,Turkey)

  • B.S., 1993, Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)


Research Interests

  • Revenue Management

  • Inventory Theory

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Machine Scheduling


Sample Publications

  • A. Şen. "The U.S. fashion industry: a supply chain review." International Journal of Production Economics, To appear.

  • Z. Bulut, Ü. Gürler and A. Sen, "Bundle Pricing of Inventories with Stochastic Demand", European Journal of Operational Research, To appear.

  • Y. L. Koçağa and Alper Şen, "Spare Parts inventory management with delivery lead times and rationing", IIE Transactions, 39 (9), 879-898, 2007.

  • H. Yaman and A. Sen, "Manufacturer's mixed pallet design problem", European Journal of Operational Research, To appear.

  • A. Sen and A. Zhang, "Newsboy problem with multiple demand classes", IIE Transactions, 31 (5): 431-44, 1999

  • A. Sen and Ö. S. Benli, "Lot streaming in open shops", Operations Research Letters, 23 (3-5): 135-142,1998

  • A. Sen, E. Topaloğlu and Ö. S. Benli, "Optimal streamtng of a single job in a two-stage flow shop", European Journal of Operational Research, 110(1): 42-62, 1998


Courses Taught

Graduate Courses

  • IE571, Analytical Models for Supply Chain Management

  • IE572, Production Planning Systems Design

Undergraduate Courses

  • IE375, Production Planning

  • IE376, Production Information Systems

  • IE461, Supply Chain Management


Theses Supervised

Ph. D.

M. Sc.

  • Yasar Levent Koçağa. Spare parts inventory management with delivery lead
    times and rationing. May 2004

  • Zumbul Bulut. Bundle pricing of inventories with stochastic demand. September 2004. (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)

  • Salih Öztop. Optimal bundle formation and pricing of two products with
    limited stock.  September 2005.
    (Co-advised with Ü. Gürler)

  • Çagri Latifoğlu. Analysis of consignment contracts for spare parts inventory
    systems. August 2006.

  • Mustafa Mehmet Tanrıkulu. Joint replenishment problem with truck cost
    structures. December 2006.
    (Co-advised with O. Alp)


Biographical  Sketch

Alper Sen received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Southern California. Prior to his appointment at Bilkent University in 2002, he worked at I2 Technologies, Inc. (California, USA) as a consultant in supply management for high-tech industry for three years. His research interests are revenue management, inventory theory, machine scheduling and supply chain management. His papers have been published in IIE Transactions, Operations Research Letters and European Journal of Operational Researh. He has consulting and research engagements with Hewlett Packard and Applied Materials.


   
 

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