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Christopher Rump

Christopher M. Rump, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Office: 363 Business Administration
Phone: (419) 372-8098
Email: cmrump@bgsu.edu
Web Site: http://www.epsilen.com/cmrump

Dr. Rump’s primary research area is applied operations research with a focus on probability modeling.  His research interests include:

  • sports statistics
  • Internet congestion design and control
  • production and inventory planning,
  • queueing facility location
  • hazardous material and aircraft maintenance routing
  • police districting and resource allocation
  • emergency vehicle dispatching and routing

While on his research sabbatical in 2010, he is modeling the dynamics of supply chain operations while at the University of Michigan.  In particular, the study will investigate the chaotic instability that may arise in supply chain performance due to lags in delivery time, and how this behavior may be mitigated or exacerbated by facility location decisions.

One of the key business experiences he brings to the classroom is a recent consulting project that involved the statistical analysis and computer simulation of operations in a materials testing lab at Cooper Tires in Findlay.

Asked why he became a teacher, Dr. Rump responds, “I love university life and the ability to pursue lifelong learning.  Much of the time, it doesn’t feel like a ‘job.’  I am also a big fan of the traditions and pageantry of collegiate sports.  Each fall, I get to experience the excitement of possibilities that lie ahead in a new academic year and share in the energy that a new group of students brings to campus.”

The one book that Dr. Rump suggests all business students read is “More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places,” by Michael J. Mauboussin. Dr. Rump explains, “In 50 or so fascinating essays, the author draws from a multidisciplinary ‘grab-bag’ covering the latest thinking in finance, behavioral economics, psychology, mathematics, probability, decision sciences and more, to give the reader invaluable insights into the concepts of risk and choice.”

EDUCATION

1995, Ph.D., Operations Research, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

1989, B.S., Magna Cum Laude, Applied Mathematical Sciences Texas A&M University, College Station

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2009 to present, Associate Professor, Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University
  • 2003 to 2009, Assistant Professor, Applied Statistics and Operations Research, Bowling Green State University
  • 1995 to 2003, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo
  • Fall 1994, Graduate Lecturer, Kenan-Flagler Business School, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Spring 1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
  • Fall 1990 to Fall 1992, Graduate Research Assistant, Operations Research The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1987 to 1989 Grader, Mathematics, Texas A&M University, College Station

SELECTED AWARDS

Most Outstanding Faculty of the Year, MBA Student Association, BGSU, 2008

Robert A. Patton Scholarly Achievement Award, College of Business Administration, BGSU, 2006

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Rump, C.M. (2008) Data Clustering for Fitting Parameters of a Markov Chain Model of Multi-Game Playoff Series, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports: 4(1), Article 2. (www.bepress.com/jqas/vol4/iss1/2/ )

Rump, C.M. (2007) Capital Growth and the St. Petersburg Game, The American Statistician, 61(3), 213-217.

Akgün, V., A. Parekh, R. Batta and C.M. Rump (2007) Routing of a Hazmat Truck in the Presence of Weather Systems, Computers & Operations Research, Special Issue on Hazmat Logistics, 34(5), 1351-1373.

Sarac, A., R. Batta and C.M. Rump (2006) A Branch-and-Price Approach for Operational Oriented Aircraft Maintenance Routing, European Journal of Operational Research, Special Issue on Rich Models in Discrete Optimization - Formulation and Resolution, 175(3), 1850-1869.

Rump, C.M. (2006) Andrei Markov in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, Chance Magazine, 19(6), 37-42.

Rump, C.M. (2006) The Effects of Home-Away Sequencing on the Length of Best-of-Seven Game Playoff Series, Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2(1), Article 5. (www.bepress.com/jqas/vol2/iss1/5)

Wang, S.-J., R. Batta, and C.M. Rump (2005) Stability of a Crime Level Equilibrium, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 39(3), 229-244.

Ryu, S. and C.M. Rump (2004) Application of a PID Feedback Control Algorithm for Adaptive Queue Management to Support TCP Congestion Control, Journal of Communications & Networks (JCN), 6(2), 133-147.

Ryu, S., C.M. Rump and C. Qiao (2004) Advances in Active Queue Management (AQM) Based TCP Congestion Control, Telecommunication Systems, Special Issue on Recent Advances in Communications and Internet Technologies, 25(3-4), 317-351.

Wang, Q., R. Batta, and C.M. Rump (2004) Facility Location Models for Immobile Servers with Stochastic Customer Demand, Naval Research Logistics, 51(1), 137-152.

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