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Andy
Boyd, Ph.D.
Dr. Boyd is the founding president of the INFORMS Section
on Revenue Optimization (The Institute
for Operations Research and the Management Sciences). He
has recently been named a Fellow by INFORMS,
which is the largest professional society for operations
research in the world, and reserves this honor for distinguished
individuals who have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments
in operations research and management sciences.
He has over 25 scholarly publications
to his credit, numerous research grants from agencies such
as the National Science Foundation and the Federal Aviation
Administration, several technical articles and book chapters,
and has been an active participant at industry conferences
on pricing and revenue optimization.
Dr. Boyd received his A.B. with Honors at
Oberlin College with majors in Mathematics and Economics
in 1981, and his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1987.
Peter P. Belobaba, Ph.D.
Peter Belobaba is the Principal Research
Scientist for the International Center for Air Transportation
and Program Manager for the MIT Global Airline Industry Program.
His research interests focus on air transportation economics
and operations analysis, application of quantitative decision
methods to aerospace management, airline and aerospace industry
analysis. His other interests focus on:
- Airline Competition: Evaluation
of changes in competitive behavior of airlines since deregulation
of the airline industry, including pricing strategies,
market concentration, and development of hub/spoke route
structures. Assessment of operating costs and productivity
improvements, as well as emerging competition by low-cost
carriers.
- Airline Pricing and Seat Inventory Control: Revenue
maximization through applied differential pricing practices
and capacity control techniques. Development of decision
support tools for assessment of pricing initiatives and
for optimization of booking limits on different fare classes
and different distribution channels.
- Network Optimization
of Origin-Destination Traffic Flows: Application of forecasting
and optimization algorithms to the control of passenger
flows over an airline connecting hub network. Simulation
testing of heuristic and optimal solutions that can be
implemented under existing computer and reservations system
constraints.
- Economic Viability of New Aircraft Programs:
Assessment of market potential for new aircraft, given
airline operating practices and the competitive environment
among both airlines and aircraft manufacturers.
Garrett J. van Ryzin, Ph.D.
Garrett van Ryzin is Professor of Decision, Risk and Operations
at the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.
His research interests include stochastic optimization,
pricing and revenue management and supply chain management.
Professor van Ryzin’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science
Foundation and major corporations, and he has served as a consultant to several
leading companies in the area of pricing and revenue management. He serves
as Area Editor for Operations Research and is an associate editor for Management
Science and Transportation Science. He received the B.S.E.E. degree, academic
honors with distinction, from Columbia University, and the degrees of S.M. in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Ph.D. in Operations Research
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
