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Canan Gunes Corlu
Assistant Professor of Administrative Sciences
PhD, MS, Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University
BS, Koc University
Prior to joining Metropolitan College, Dr. Corlu was a member of the faculty at Bilkent University, in Ankara, Turkey. Her research interests include design and analysis of large-scale simulation experiments with applications to inventory management, Bayesian statistics, and humanitarian logistics. Corlu’s professional experience also includes work for Medline and the Eroglu Corporation, both located in Istanbul. She has presented her work internationally and serves as a reviewer for the journals Annals of Operations Research and Mathematics of Operations Research.
Research Interests
- The design and analysis of stochastic simulations with applications to inventory management
- Application of operations research and operations management techniques to the problems of non-profit organizations (humanitarian logistics)
- Bayesian statistics (data analysis, parameter estimation)
Courses
- MET AD 680 – Global Service Sector and Supply Chain Management
- MET MG 541 – The Innovation Process: Developing New Products and Services
Scholarly Works
Publications
“Accounting for parameter uncertainty in large-scale stochastic simulations with correlated inputs.” Operations Research 59, no. 3 (2011): 661-673. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Copula-based multivariate input modeling.” Conditional acceptance to Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“How much data are needed: Estimation of inventory service levels with limited historical demand data.” Working paper. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Least-Squares and Bayesian inferences for Johnson’s SL and SB distributions.” Working paper. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Reducing demand parameter uncertainty in inventory simulations.” Work in progress. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Inventory budget optimization under demand parameter uncertainty.” In preparation. Coauthored with B. Biller and S. Tayur.
“Comparison of fitting methods for the Generalized Lambda Distribution and development of improved fitting methods.” Work in progress. Coauthored with M.M. Kuyzu.
Refereed Conference Articles
“Capturing parameter uncertainty in simulations with correlated inputs.” In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Tutorial: Introduction to simulation input modeling.” In Proceedings of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference. Piscataway, New Jersey: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Coauthored with B. Biller.
“Vehicle routing for food rescue programs: A comparisonof di erent approaches.” In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6140, Springer (2010): 287-291. Coauthored with W.-J. van Hoeve and S. Tayur.
“Accounting for multivariate input uncertainty in large-scale stochastic simulations.” In Proceedings of the 2009 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Conference. Coauthored with B. Biller.
Presentations
“Food banks can improve their operations with OR tools.” Invited talk, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Ariz., 2012. With W.-J. Hoeve and S. Tayur.
“Representing demand parameter uncertainty in inventory simulations.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2011. With B. Biller.
“Capturing multivariate parameter uncertainty in stochastic simulations. Winter Simulation Conference, Baltimore, Md., 2010. With B. Biller.
“Tutorial: Introduction to simulation input modeling.” Winter Simulation Conference, Baltimore, Md., 2010. With B. Biller.
“A Bayesian model for the accurate simulation of multi-product inventory systems. YAEM Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010. With B. Biller.
“Improving the design and analysis of multi-product inventory systems.” POMS, Vancouver, Canada, 2010. With B. Biller.
“Vehicle routing for food rescue programs.” Humanitarian Logistics Conference, Atlanta, Ga., 2010 (poster presentation). With W.-J. van Hoeve and S. Tayur.
“Food banks can improve their operations with OR tools: A pilot study on Pittsburgh Food Bank.” INFORMS Conference, San Diego, Calif., 2009 (invited talk). With W.-J. Hoeve and S. Tayur.
“Accounting for multivariate parameter uncertainty in multi-productinventory simulations.” INFORMS Conference, San Diego, Calif., 2009 (invited talk). With B. Biller.
“A Bayesian model for sampling correlated inputs.” INFORMSConference, San Diego, Calif., 2009. With B. Biller.
“Accounting for multivariate parameter uncertainty in large-scale stochastic simulations.” Winter Simulation Conference, Austin, Tex., 2009 (poster presentation). With B. Biller.
“A Bayesian model for representing parameter uncertainty in simulations with correlated inputs.” Winter Simulation Conference, Austin, Tex., 2009 (poster presentation). With B. Biller.
“An analysis of Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.” Humanitarian Logistics Conference, Atlanta, Ga., 2009 (poster presentation). With W.-J. Hoeve and S. Tayur.
“A Bayesian model for representing parameter uncertainty in simulations with correlated inputs.” Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2009. With B. Biller.
“A Bayesian model for sampling NORTA-J parameters.” CORS/INFORMS Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2009. With B. Biller.
“Representing multivariate demand uncertainty in multi-product inventory simulations.” MSOM Conference, Boston, Mass., 2009. With B. Biller.
“A Bayesian model for simulations with correlated inputs.” INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference, Ithaca, N.Y., 2009. With B. Biller.
“Accounting for multivariate parameter uncertainty in large-scale simulations.” INFORMS Conference, Washington, D.C., 2008 (invited talk). With B. Biller.
Grants
Principle Investigator. ”Comparison of fi tting methods for the Generalized Lambda Distribution and development of improved fi thing methods.” The Scienti c and Technological Research Council of Turkey-ARDEB 1002, November 2011-2012.
“How much data are needed: Estimation of inventory service levels with limited historical demand data.” The Scienti c Research Society Sigma Xi, Grants-in-Aid-of-Research Program, 2010.
Honors and Awards
Recipient of Committee on Underrepresented Minorities and Women (CUMW) award of INFORMS Simulation Society, 2009.
Scholarship to attend Humanitarian Logistics Conferences, Atlanta, Ga., 2009 and 2010.
Recipient of William Larimer Mellon Fellowship for doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, 2006-present.
Recipient of Werner von Siemens Excellence Award for Science and Innovation, Koc University, in recognition of excellence in BS Industrial Engineering program, 2006.