Professor Kevin Glazebrook
Distinguished Professor
Department
Management Science
Research Interests
My research centres on questions concerning how complex random systems should be optimally controlled. This work ranges from theoretical analyses of novel methodologies through to more applied work, focussing on practical applications. Application areas of current interest include:
- The optimal management of networks of inventories (eg, retail outlets);
- How manufacturing companies should manage the outsourcing of warranty repair work;
- How customers should be routed for service in complex service systems.
I am always keen to welcome new PhD students. You will find an extensive list of recent publications on my Management School web page
Current Research
Current research focusses primarily on (i) the theory and applications associated with the (famously) intractable class of restless bandit problems, and (ii) the development of operations management policies for multi-location inventory problems. Both research themes have major research council funding.
Research Grants
Current/recent grants held (2003-) include: EPSRC grant GR/S45188/01 (PI:2004-7) for work on restless bandit models (£137,000); EPSRC grant GR/T08562/01 (Co-investigator:2005-7) for work on multi-location inventory systems (£91,000); Office of Naval Research support for visit to the Naval Postgraduate School ($6,000); EPSRC grant EP/E502067/01 (PI:2006-2011) to support the development of a national taught course centre in Operational Research (NATCOR) (£241,052); EPSRC grant EP/E049265/01 (PI:2007-2010) for work on the development of policies for dynamic resource allocation (£257,261); EPSRC grant EP/F033613/1 (Director, 2008-2013) to support the Lancaster contribution to the £13 million LANCS Inititative in Foundational Operational Research (£1.24 million)
Journal article (59)
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Selected publications (50)
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Publications
- Glazebrook K D, Martin S and Mitrani I, 2011, 'Dynamic routing among several intermittently available servers', EURO-NGI Conference Proceedings, (IEEE, 2005)
View details - Glazebrook K D, Kirkbride C and Hodge D J, 2011, 'General notions of indexability for queueing control and asset management', Annals of Applied Probability
View details - Glazebrook K D, Paterson C, Kiesmueller G and Teunter R H, 2011, 'Inventory models with lateral transhipments: a review', European Journal of Operational Research, vol 210, pp. 125-136.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Archibald T W and Black D, 2010, 'The use of simple calibrations of the individual locations in making transhipment decisions in a multi-location inventory network', Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol 61, pp. 294-305.
View details - Glazebrook K D and Li D, 2010, 'An approximate dynamic programming approach to the development of heuristics for the scheduling of impatient jobs in a clearing system', Naval Research Logistics, vol 57, pp. 225-236.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Archibald T W and Black D, 2009, 'An index heuristic for transshipment decisions in multi-location inventory systems based on a pairwise decomposition', European Journal of Operational Research, vol 192, pp. 69-78.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Argon N T, Ding L and Ziya S, 2009, 'Dynamic routing of customers with general delay costs', Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, vol 23, pp. 175-203.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Archibald T W and Black D, 2009, 'Indexability and index heuristics for a simple class of inventory routing problems', Operations Research, vol 57, pp. 314-326.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Kirkbride C and Ouenniche J, 2009, 'Index policies for the admission control and routing of impatient customers to heterogeneous service stations', Operations Research, vol 57, pp. 975-989.
View details - Glazebrook K D, Gaver D P and Jacobs P A, 2009, 'Search for a malevolent needle in a benign haystack', in Game Theoretic Risk Analysis of Security Threats, Springer, Berlin, pp. 125-146
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