Dr. Prakash Abad
Professor
Faculty, Operations Management
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Dr. Abad research interests include inventory management, statistical data analysis, and non-linear and stochastic optimization. He teaches courses in operations research/management science, logistics, production/operations management and statistics both at the graduate and undergraduate level.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
2021
A Two Period Lot Sizing And Pricing Model For A Perishable/seasonal Item
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
2018
Impact Of Inventory Cannibalisation On A Retailer Selling Substitutes
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Elkafi Hassini, Chirag Surti, Prakash Abad
2018
Impact Of Inventory Cannibalisation On A Retailer Selling Substitutes
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Chirag Surti, Prakash Abad, Elkafi Hassini
December 2014
Determining Optimal Price And Order Size For A Price Setting Newsvendor Under Cycle Service Level
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
December 2013
Pricing And Inventory Decisions With Uncertain Supply And Stochastic Demand
JOURNAL : ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Chirag Surti, Elkafi Hassini, Prakash Abad
2013
Pricing And Inventory Decisions With Uncertain Supply And Stochastic Demand
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Chirag Surti, Elkafi Hassini, Prakash Abad
2013
Pricing And Inventory Decisions With Uncertain Supply And Stochastic Demand
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Chirag Surti, Elkafi Hassini, Prakash Abad
October 2010
Saving-based Algorithms For Vehicle Routing Problem With Simultaneous Pickup And Delivery
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
CONTRIBUTORS: Y Gajpal, Prakash Abad
2010
Checking The Feasibility Of A Vehicle Route In Integrated Supply Chain Transportation Model
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AND SUPPLY CHAIN MODELLING
CONTRIBUTORS: Y Gajpal, Prakash Abad
December 2009
An Ant Colony System (acs) For Vehicle Routing Problem With Simultaneous Delivery And Pickup
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Yuvraj Gajpal, Prakash Abad
October 2009
Seller-buyer Relationship When End Demand Is Sensitive To Price And Promotion
JOURNAL : ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Maryam Esmaeili, Prakash Abad, Mir-bahador Aryanezhad
October 2009
Seller-buyer Relationship When End Demand Is Sensitive To Price And Promotion
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: M Esmaeili, Prakash Abad, Mb Aryanezhad
July 2009
Multi-ant Colony System (macs) For A Vehicle Routing Problem With Backhauls
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Yuvraj Gajpal, Prakash Abad
2009
Seller-buyer Relationship When End Demand Is Sensitive To Price And Promotion
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Maryam Esmaeili, Prakash Abad, Mir-bahador Aryanezhad
2009
Saving Based Algorithm For Multi-depot Version Of Vehicle Routing Problem With Simultaneous Pickup And Delivery
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENTERPRISE NETWORK MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Y Gajpal, Prakash Abad
March 2008
Response To A Factual Comment On The Erratum To “incorporating Transportation Cost In The Lot Size And Pricing Decisions With Downward Sloping Demand” By Prof. S.k. Goyal
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Vijay Aggarwal
November 2007
Buyer’s Response To A Temporary Price Reduction Incorporating Freight Costs
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
October 2006
Erratum To: “incorporating Transport Cost In The Lot Size And Pricing Decisions With Downward Sloping Demand” [international Journal Of Production Economics 95, 297–305]
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Vijay Aggarwal
March 2006
Quantity Restrictions And The Reseller's Response To A Temporary Price Reduction Or An Announced Price Increase
JOURNAL : ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
March 2006
Quantity Restrictions And The Reseller's Response To A Temporary Price Reduction Or An Announced Price Increase
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
2006
Quantity Restrictions And The Reseller's Response To A Temporary Price Reduction Or An Announced Price Increase
JOURNAL : ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
2006
Optimal Single Period Order Size Under Uncertain Demand Incorporating Freight Costs
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SERVICES AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
March 2005
Incorporating Transport Cost In The Lot Size And Pricing Decisions With Downward Sloping Demand
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Vijay Aggarwal
February 2003
Optimal Pricing And Lot-sizing Under Conditions Of Perishability, Finite Production And Partial Backordering And Lost Sale
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
February 2003
A Joint Approach For Setting Unit Price And The Length Of The Credit Period For A Seller When End Demand Is Price Sensitive
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Ck Jaggi
January 2003
Optimal Price And Lot Size When The Supplier Offers A Temporary Price Reduction Over An Interval
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
January 2001
Optimal Price And Order Size For A Reseller Under Partial Backordering
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
December 2000
Optimal Lot Size For A Perishable Good Under Conditions Of Finite Production And Partial Backordering And Lost Sale
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
November 1998
Optimal Policy For A Periodic Review Returnable Inventory System
JOURNAL : IIE TRANSACTIONS
CONTRIBUTORS: Dj Buchanan, Prakash Abad
July 1997
Optimal Policy For A Reseller When The Supplier Offers A Temporary Reduction In Price*
JOURNAL : DECISION SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
August 1996
Optimal Pricing And Lot-sizing Under Conditions Of Perishability And Partial Backordering
JOURNAL : MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
November 1994
Supplier Pricing And Lot Sizing When Demand Is Price Sensitive
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
February 1994
Supplier Pricing When The Buyer's Annual Requirements Are Fixed
JOURNAL : COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
January 1994
On The Performance Of Linear Programming Heuristics Applied On A Quadratic Transformation In The Classification Problem
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: William j Banks, Prakash Abad
July 1993
Optimal Production And Maintenance Decisions When A System Experience Age?dependent Deterioration
JOURNAL : OPTIMAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS
CONTRIBUTORS: Danny i Cho, Prakash Abad, Mahmut Parlar
May 1993
New Lp Based Heuristics For The Classification Problem
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Wj Banks
November 1991
An Efficient Optimal Solution Algorithm For The Classification Problem
JOURNAL : DECISION SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: William j Banks, Prakash Abad
November 1989
Multi-product Multi-market Model For Co-ordination Of Marketing And Production Decisions
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
September 1988
Determining Optimal Selling Price And Lot Size When The Supplier Offers All?unit Quantity Discounts*
JOURNAL : DECISION SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
June 1988
Joint Price And Lot-size Determination When Supplier Offers Incremental Quantity Discounts
JOURNAL : JOURNAL OF THE OPERATIONAL RESEARCH SOCIETY
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
October 1987
A Hierarchical Optimal Control Model For Co-ordination Of Functional Decisions In A Firm
JOURNAL : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
February 1986
Cordination Of Pricing, Advertising, Production And Work-force Level Decisions In A Functionally Decentralized Firm
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, University faculty of business Mcmaster
May 1985
Two-level Algorithm For Decentralized Control Of A Serially Connected Dynamic System †
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
March 1982
Approach To Decentralized Marketing-production Planning†
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
January 1982
Decentralized Planning With An Interdependent Marketing-production System
JOURNAL : OMEGA
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Dennis j Sweeney
January 1982
An Optimal Control Approach To Marketing?production Planning
JOURNAL : OPTIMAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS AND METHODS
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
February 1977
An Interactive Algorithm For Optimal Control Of A System With Multiple Criteria
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad, Dennis j Sweeney
July 1976
A Plurality Maximizing Approach To The Allocation Of Campaign Resources
JOURNAL : DECISION SCIENCES
CONTRIBUTORS: Dennis j Sweeney, Prakash Abad
October 1974
Finding An Optimal Dynamic Advertising Policy
JOURNAL : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Dennis j Sweeney, Prakash Abad, Ronald j DornoffOTHER PUBLICATIONS
January 2013
Optimal Pricing And Lot Sizing For A Single Period Problem
CONFERENCE : LECTURE NOTES IN ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONTRIBUTORS: Prakash Abad
July 2008