Click for video of Nelson teaching queueing Barry L. Nelson, Chair
Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence
Area Editor, Surveys in Operations Research & Management Science
Department of Industrial Engineering & Management Sciences
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, Room C250
Evanston, IL 60208-3119
nelsonb@northwestern.edu



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  1. Education
  2. Research and Teaching Interests
  3. Projects
  4. Important Links
  5. Publications, Working Papers and Books
  6. Software
  7. Courses
  8. Video of Nelson teaching queueing
  9. Detailed Vitae (pdf)
  10. Family Pictures


Education


Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Nelson is interested in the design and analysis of computer simulation experiments, particularly issues of statistical efficiency (such as variance-reduction techniques), multivariate output analysis (such as multiple-comparison procedures and optimization via simulation), multivariate input modeling (such as modeling and generation of time-series input processes) and metamodeling. He also works on approximation techniques for networks of nonstationary queues. His application areas include financial engineering, computer performance modeling, quality control, manufacturing and transportation systems. He is a Fellow of INFORMS.

Professor Nelson teaches courses on stochastic modeling and computer simulation. He was named McCormick teacher of the year in 1998 and 2007, was elected to the 2002, 2003 and 2007 ASG Faculty Honor Rolls, received the 2003 Northwestern Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award, and was given the 2004 IIE Operations Research Division Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Operations Research.


Projects


Important Links


Publications and Books

Ranking & Selection, Multiple Comparisons
Variance Reduction
Input Modeling
Optimization via Simulation
Output Analysis
Queueing
Other Topics
Working Papers
Books


Software

Click here to download Industrial Strength Compass software for optimization via simulation.

Click here to download ARTAFACTS and ARTAGEN software for time series input modeling.

Click here to download VARTA software for multivariate time series input modeling.

Click here to download Maple procedures to analyze Ph(t)/Ph(t)/Infinity queues.


Example Course Syllabi
(actual syllabi on NU's Blackboard System)

Short Courses

Prof. Nelson teaches short courses on the following topics:
last update 9/21/2009