Kenneth R. Baker
Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management, Tuck School of Business
Co-Director, Master of Engineering Management Program
Adjunct Professor of Engineering
603/646-9760
Kenneth.Baker@Dartmouth.edu
Education
- A.B., Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard College 1965
- Ph.D., Operations Research, Cornell University 1969
Research Interests
Mathematical modeling, optimization, and scheduling
Teaching, 2009-2011
- ENGM 184 Introduction to Optimization Methods (course description, home page)
Selected Publications
- with S.G. Powell, Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets, updated edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
- with D. Trietsch, Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
- with S. Powell and B. Lawson, "Errors in Operational Spreadsheets," Journal of Organizational and End User Computing 21 (2009), 24-36
- with D. Trietsch, "Safe Scheduling: Setting Due Dates in Single-Machine Problems," European Journal of Operational Research 196 (2009) 69-77
- with S. Neslin, T. Novak, and D. Hoffman, "An Optimal Contact Model for Maximizing Online Panel Participation Rates," Management Science 55 (2009) 727-737
- with S. Powell and B. Lawson, "A Critical Review of the Literature on Spreadsheet Errors," Decision Support Systems 46 (2008) 128–138
- "Sequencing: The Shortest Processing Time Rule," Chapter 1 in Building Intuition: Insights from Basic Operations Management Models and Principles (D. Chhajed and T. Lowe, eds.) Springer, 2008
- Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets, Duxbury Press, 2006
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
- Random Walk
Winter 2009