Yaman BARLAS
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Bogazici University
34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel. (90) (212) 359-7073.
Fax. (90) (212) 265-1800
URL: http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~barlas;
Email: ybarlas@boun.edu.tr
EDUCATION
Ph.D. - Georgia Institute of Technology - 1985. Industrial
and Systems Engineering.
M.S. - Ohio University - 1980. Industrial and Systems
Engineering.
B.S. - Middle East Technical University, Turkey - 1978. Industrial
Engineering.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Visiting Professor, University of Bergen, Norway, 2000.
Professor, Bogazici University, 1997- present
Associate Professor, Bogazici University, 1993 - 1997
Associate Professor(with tenure), Miami University, 1990-1993
Assistant Professor, Miami University, 1985-1990.
Graduate Research, Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1980-85
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
• Founding member, System
Dynamics Society
• Member, Society for Computer Simulation
• Member, Sigma Xi scientific research society
• Member, Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society
• President, System Dynamics Society, 1997-98.
• Editor for short articles & notes, System Dynamics Review, 1996-
• Honorary Editor, Encyclopedia for Life Support Systems, 1999-
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Computer Simulation; Mathematical Modeling of
Dynamical Systems; Systems Engineering; Dynamics of Socio-economic Systems;
Forecasting/Time Series; Inventory Management; Deterministic Operations
Research Models; Stochastic Operations Research Models; Basic Statistics.
SOME REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
·
Barlas Y. and Hakan Yaşarcan. Goal
setting, evaluation, learning and revision: A dynamic Modeling approach. Evaluation and
Program Planning. 29(1). 2006. pp 79-87.
·
“A Generalized Stock Control Formulation for Stock
Management Problems Involving Composite Delays and Secondary Stocks”
(with Hakan Yaşarcan),
System Dynamics Review, Vol. 21, No.1, 2005; 33-68.
·
“Analysis of stock management
gaming experiments and alternative ordering formulations” (with Özevin, M.G.)
Systems Research & Behavioral Science, Vol. 21, Issue 4, 2004, 439-470.
·
“Dynamic
modelling of a shallow freshwater lake for ecological
and economic sustainability” (with Burak Güneralp). Ecological Modelling, 167, 2003, 115-138.
·
“System Dynamics: Systemic
Feedback Modeling for Policy Analysis”
in Knowledge for Sustainable Development - An Insight into the Encyclopedia
of Life Support Systems, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss
Publishers, Paris, France, Oxford, UK. 2002
·
“Environmental sustainability in
an agricultural development project: a system dynamics approach” (with A.K Saysel and O. Yenigun).
Journal of Environmental Management, 64, 2002, 247-260.
·
“A dynamic model of salinisation
on irrigated lands” (with A.K. Saysel). Ecological Modelling 139, 2001, 177–199
·
“Dynamics of Strategic Insurance
Management” (with K. Çırak and E. Duman), System Dynamics Review ,Vol.16,
no.1, 2000, pp. 43-58.
·
“A Dynamic Simulation Game for Strategic University
Management” (with Vedat Diker),
Simulation and Gaming , Vol.31, No.3, September 2000
·
"A Dynamic Pattern-oriented Test
for Model Validation" (with K. Kanar), Proceedings of 4th Systems Science European
Congress, Valencia, Spain, Sept. 1999, pp. 269-286
·
President’s
address, 16th International System
Dynamics Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 1998, in President’s
Newsletter , Vol.11, December 1998.
·
Systems Approach to
Learning and Education into the 21st Century (Proceedings of 15th
International System Dynamics Conference) (with V. Diker
and S. Polat, Editors), Bogaziçi University
Press, Istanbul, 1997.
·
"System
Dynamics Approach to Problem Solving in an Insurance Company" (with E. Duman, K. Çirak ve G. Uzunosmanoglu), Proceedings
of the 15th International System Dynamics Conference, Istanbul, 1997, pp.
689-692.
·
"A Behavior
Validity Testing Software (BTS)" (with H. Topaloglu
ve S. Yilankaya),
Proceedings of the 15th International System Dynamics Conference, Istanbul,
1997, pp. 327-330.
·
“Formal
Aspects of Model Validity and Validation in System Dynamics”, System
Dynamics Review, Vol.12, no.3, 1996, pp. 183-210.
·
"Product Diversification and Quick
Response Order Strategies in Supply Chain Management"(with Ayse Aksogan), Proceedings of the International System Dynamics
Conference, Boston, USA, 1996, pp. 51-54.
·
"Academics of
System Dynamics: Its Core Definition, Topics and Terminology", System
Dynamics: An Int. J. of Policy Modeling, 1995, Vol. VII, No.1, pp. 1-15
·
"Simulation and
Dynamic Analysis of Alternative Quality Management Systems"(with Asli Ozgokmen) Proceedings of The
Ninth World Productivity Congress, Istanbul, 1995, pp.1533-57.
·
"Partial
Mathematical Analysis of Non-linear Simulation Models of Socio-economic
Systems" (with Hakan Civi and Asli Ozgokmen),
Proceedings of the European Simulation Symposium,1994,
Vol.1, pp. 205-209.
·
"Effects of
Patch Connectivity and Arrangement on Animal Metapopulation
Dynamics: A Simulation Study"(with J. Wu and J.L Vankat),
Ecological Modeling,1993, 65:221-254.
·
"An Interactive
Simulation Game for Software Project Management" (with I. Bayraktutar), Proceedings of the International System
Dynamics Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1992, pp.59-68.
·
"Comments on
'On the very idea of a system dynamics model of Kuhnian
science'"System Dynamics Review, Vol.8, No.1,
1992.
·
"An
Autocorrelation Test for Output Validation", SIMULATION, Vol.55,
No.1, 1990, pp.7-16.
·
"Philosophical
Roots of Model Validation: Two Paradigms" (with Stanley Carpenter),
System Dynamics Review, Vol.6, No.2. 1990, pp.148-166.
·
"Modeling
Patchy Ecological Systems Using System Dynamics Approach"(with Jianguo Wu and John Vankat),
Proceedings of the International System Dynamics Conference, 1990,
pp.1355-1369.
·
"Multiple Tests
for Validation of System Dynamics Type of Simulation Models", European
Journal of Operations Research, Vol.42, no.1, 1989, pp. 59-87.
·
"Tests of Model
Behavior That Can Detect Structural Flaws: Demonstration with Simulation
Experiments", in Computer-Based Management of Complex Systems (P. M.
Milling and E. O. K. Zahn, eds.), 1989, pp. 246-254.
CURRENT RESEARCH AREAS
Validation of Simulation Models
System Dynamics Methodology
Socio-economic strategic management problems
Educational Systems
Simulation as a Learning/Training Platform
Interactive Simulation Gaming