Sandeep Srivathsan

Associate Professor and Program Director, PGPM Flex

Area of Expertise: Operations Management

Email: [email protected]

Dr. Sandeep Srivathsan is currently an Associate Professor in the area of Operations Management and the Program Director for PGPM Flex. Prior to joining Great Lakes, he has worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Oklahoma State University (OSU), Stillwater, OK, USA, and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore for over four years. He holds MS and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management from OSU, and a BE degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Madras.

Research Interests

queueing theory, analytical modeling of supply chain networks and after-sales service networks, and air traffic management

Book chapter(s)

• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2013), Modeling Production-Inventory Systems, Chapter 20 in Handbook of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Second Edition (Ed. A.B.Badiru), CRC Press, pp. 351-369.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Wang, M., Srivathsan, S., Huang, E., Wu, K., (2018), “Job Dispatch Control for Production Lines with Overlapped Time Window Constraints,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 31 (2), pp. 1-9.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2018), “Understanding the Value of Upstream Inventory Information Sharing in Supply Chain Networks,” Applied Mathematical Modelling, 54, pp. 393-412.
• Wu, K., Srivathsan, S., Shen, Y., (2018), “Three Moment Approximation for the Expected Waiting Time in a GI/G/1 Queue,” IISE Transactions, 50(2), 63-73.
• Srivathsan, S., Viswanathan, S., (2017), “A Queueing-based Optimization Model for Planning Inventory of Refurbished Components in a Service Center,” Computers & Industrial Engineering, 106, pp. 373-385.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2017), “Performance Modeling of a Two-Echelon Supply Chain under different Levels of Upstream Inventory Information Sharing,” Computers & Operations Research, 77, pp. 210-225.
• Zhang, D., Desai, J., Yu, C., Lau, H.Y.K., Srivathsan, S., (2017) “A Time-space Network Flow Approach to Dynamic Repositioning in Bicycle Sharing Systems,” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 103, pp. 188-207.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2012), “An Analytical Performance Modeling Approach for Supply Chain Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering, 9 (2), pp. 265-275.
• Kamath, M., Srivathsan, S., (2012), “A Comparative Evaluation of Analytical Approximations for Production-Inventory Networks,” Computers & Industrial Engineering, 62, pp. 644-652.

Conference proceedings/Publications

• Desai, J., Lian, G., Srivathsan, S., (2017), “A Hybrid Penalty-based Dynamic Policy for Effective Departure Pushback Control,” in Proceedings of the 2017 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2017), Pittsburgh, FL, USA.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2012), “Performance Modeling of a Two-Echelon Supply Chain with Inventory Visibility,” in Proceedings of the 2012 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference (ISERC 2012), Orlando, FL, USA.
• Kamath, M., Srivathsan, S., Ingalls, R.G., Shen, G., Pulat, P.S., (2011), “TISCSoft: A Decision Support System for Transportation Infrastructure and Supply Chain System Planning,” in Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-44), Kauai, HI, USA.
• Srivathsan, S., Krishnamoorthy, A., Kamath, M., Ayodhiramanujan, K., (2004), “Queueing Models for Analyzing Supply Chain Networks,” in Proceedings of the 2004 Industrial Engineering Research Conference (IERC 2004), Houston, TX, USA.

Academic conference (Only abstract published)

• Srivathsan, S., Balasundaram, B., Ingalls, R.G., Kamath, M., (2011), “A Shortest Congested-Time Path Flow Assignment Heuristic for the US Highway Network,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV.
• Srivathsan, S., Balasundaram, B., Kamath, M., Ingalls, R.G., Sittivijan, P., (2009), “A Novel Model for System Optimal Freight Flow Assignment for the National Highway Network,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
• Srivathsan, S., Sittivijan, P., Kamath, M., Shen, G., Ojha, C., Aydin, G.A., (2008), “Freight Movement Model for Oklahoma: Methodology and Applications,” poster presentation, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington DC.
• Sittivijan, P., Srivathsan, S., Ojha, C., Wang, J., (2007), “A Unified Approach to State Freight Flow Model Development,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Kamath, M., Srivathsan, S., (2007), “A Comparative Evaluation of Analytical Approximations for Production-Inventory Networks,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, TN.
• Kamath, M., Srivathsan, S., (2004), “Performance Modeling of Supply Chain Networks,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.

Invited speech/Panel discussion

• “Effective Management of Inventory and Storage Capacity in Supply Chains,” (Jan 2016) presented at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
• “Freight Movement Modeling – A Four-step Approach,” (Jan 2016) guest lecture presented at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India.
• “Modeling Upstream Inventory Information Sharing in Supply Chains”, (Jan 2016) presented at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India.
• “Effective Inventory Management in Supply Chain and After-Sales Service Networks,” (Dec 2014) presented at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2011), “Measuring the Value of Information Sharing in Supply Chains,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2010), “Modeling Inventory Visibility in Supply Chain Networks,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2009), “Modeling Order Placement Mechanisms in a Supply Chain Network,” Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, FL.
• “Freight Flow Model Development for Oklahoma,” (April 2009) presented at the Council of Supply Chain Professionals Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK with the OSU research team.
• “Analytical Modeling Framework for Supply Chain Networks,” (Jan 2007) presented at Oklahoma State University as part of the INFORMS Student Presentation Series.
• Srivathsan, S., Kamath, M., (2007), “On Extensions of the Parametric Decomposition Approach to Evaluate Production-Inventory Networks,” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.

Reviewer for conference/Journal

Reviewer for the following journals

• Decision Sciences.
• European Journal of Operations Research.
• IEEE Transactions on Automation Science & Engineering.
• IIE Transactions.
• International Journal of Production Research.
• International Journal of Production Economics (recognized as Outstanding Reviewer in April 2017).
• Journal of the Operational Research Society.
• Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Reviewer for the following conferences

• IEEE Conference on Automation Science & Engineering.
• IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology.
• Industrial Engineering Research Conference / Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference.

Research papers under review

• Desai, J., Lian, G., Srivathsan, S., (2018), “A Penalty-based Dynamic Departure Pushback Control Policy to Reduce Airport Surface Congestion,” submitted to IISE Transactions (under review).
• Y, C., Desai, J., Dong, Z., Srivathsan, S., (2018) “A data decomposition strategy for solving the integrated runway scheduling and taxiway routing problem,” submitted to Computers and Operations Research (under review).
• Desai, J., Yu, C., Lai, W.N., Li, L., Srivathsan, S., (2018) “An Optimization-based Decision Support Tool for Air Cargo Loading,” submitted to IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Working papers

• Srivathsan, S., Palaksha, C.H., (2018) “Accident Analysis along State Highway 49 – ECR,” to be submitted to Naval Research Logistics.
• Rajagopalan, S., Srivathsan, S., Palaksha, C.H., (2018) “Avoiding Highway Accidents in India through Technology Enablement,” Under preparation