Center On Stochastic Modeling, Optimization & Statistics

Decisions are a critical aspect of life. The success or failure of a company or even a society depends on making good decisions that may have multiple objectives. For example, governmental policy affects citizens, cities, and the earth itself. In particular, having cleaner air in metropolitan areas requires that governments decide to achieve this goal and then develop a viable plan. Such significant decisions will determine the future in far-reaching ways.

Because poor decisions often lead to serious unforeseen consequences, not easily rectified, one always wishes to make good initial choices. In our global society, however, the interconnections involved in a major decision are often too complex for the human brain to grasp fully. Moreover, decision makers typically assume that the future will unfold as planned. In reality, however, decisions are made in uncertain and dynamic environments. Consequently, solutions that may have seemed optimal under ideal conditions are often far from optimal in practice, perhaps even infeasible.

The Center on Stochastic Modeling, Optimization & Statistics (COSMOS) researches the design and modeling of complex real-world systems, in particular, to develop new methods for making sound decisions. COSMOS methods seek to integrate statistics, optimization, and simulation/stochastic modeling to achieve better solutions more efficiently, and COSMOS applications customize approaches to match the needs of the decision-maker.

Funding

  • EPA
  • NASA
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • National Science Foundation
  • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Personnel

  • Victoria Chen, Ph.D., Director
  • Bill Corley, Ph.D.
  • Chen Kan, Ph.D.
  • Jay Rosenberger, Ph.D.
  • Shouyi Wang, Ph.D

UTA Affiliated Faculty

  • Susan Ferreira, Ph.D., Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
  • Brian Huff, Ph.D., Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
  • Jamie Rogers, Ph.D., Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
  • Emma Yang, Ph.D., Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
  • Yuan Zhou, Ph.D., Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering
  • Siamak Ardekani, Ph.D., Civil Engineering
  • Stephen Mattingly, Ph.D., Civil Engineering
  • Melanie Sattler, Ph.D., Civil Engineering
  • Mohsen Shahandashti, Ph.D., Civil Engineering
  • Ishfaq Ahmad, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
  • David Levine, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
  • Junzhou Huang, Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
  • Wei-Jen Lee, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering
  • Kamesh Subbarao, Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Robert Taylor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
  • Robert J. Gatchel, Ph.D., College of Science
  • D.L. Hawkins, Ph.D., College of Science
  • Yuan-Bo Peng, Ph.D., College of Science
  • Edmund Prater, Ph.D., College of Business
  • Kent Kerley, Ph.D., College of Liberal Arts
  • Deborah Behan, Ph.D., College of Nursing and Health Innovation
  • Ardeshir Anjomani, Ph.D., College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs
  • Atefe Makhmalbaf, Ph.D., College of Architecture, Planning, and Public Affairs 

Collaborators

  • Clint Carter, Power Optimization Center, Luminant, Dallas, TX, USA
  • Glenn Clingenpeel, Trinity River Authority, Arlington, TX, USA
  • Robert Horton, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Fort Worth, TX, USA
  • Cristiano Cervellera, Ph.D, National Research Council of Italy, Genoa, Italy
  • Michael Chang, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • M. Bruce Beck, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  • Dirk Günther, Ph.D., Sabre, Witten, Germany
  • Feng Jiang, Ph.D., Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Ellis Johnson, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
  • Seoung Bum Kim, Ph.D., School of Industrial Management Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
  • Eli Olinick, Ph.D., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
  • |Barry Smith, Ph.D., Barry C Smith, LLC, Dallas, TX, USA
  • Kwok-Leung Tsui, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Wei-Chang Yeh, Ph.D., National Chiayi University, Taiwan.

Current Graduate Students

  • Ying Chen
  • Rahil HosseiniFeng Liu
  • Nilabh Ohol
  • Kim Ming Puk
  • Peng Wan
  • Qian Wu
  • Khan Haque
  • Ashkan Aliabadi Farahani
  • Hadis Anahideh (American Airlines)
  • Gazi Iqbal
  • Ahmad Nahhas
  • Na Wang
  • Alireza Noroziroshan
  • Zirun Zhang (Fed Ex)
  • Adesina During
  • Antonio Alanis Pena

Alumni of Group

  • Asama Kulvanitchaiyanunt (Kasikorn Bank, Thailand)
  • Kamil Alotaibi (University in Saudi Arabia)
  • John F. Dickson (Symphony Teleca)
  • Kin-Ming Kam (CSX Corp.)
  • Piyush Kumar (e2open)
  • Roochi Mishra (BNSF Railway Co.)
  • Smriti Neogi (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)
  • Aera Kim LeBoulluec (Lecturer at UTA)
  • Narakorn Engsuwan
  • Kaushik Gorahava (Verotech Solutions, LLC)
  • Diana Martinez Cepeda (UTA -- TMAC)
  • Nadia Martinez Cepeda (TransSolutions)
  • Pin Kung (Infeng Design Inc. and Kung, Tien-Fa Architects; Cheng Shiu University)
  • Bancha Ariyajunya (Burapha University)
  • Poovich Phaladiganon (Kasikorn Bank)
  • Goh Saito (CMIC Holdings Co., Ltd.)
  • Surachai Charoensri (Kasikorn Bank)
  • Wei-Che Hsu (Tung-Hai University)
  • Passakorn Phananiramai (Expedia, Inc.)
  • Chatabush Roongrat (TransSolutions)
  • Subrat Sahu (Caterpillar, Inc.)
  • Chingfeng Lin (National Taiwan University Hospital)
  • Panitarn Chongfuangprinya (Quanta Technology)
  • Thee Jitpitaklert (Thai Customs Department, Ministry of Finance)
  • Panaya Rattakorn (Kasikorn Bank)
  • Huiyuan Fan (Siemens)
  • Thuntee Sukchotrat (Expedia, Inc.)
  • Neelesh Sule (GHD)
  • Prashant Tarun (Missouri Western State University)
  • Chivalai Temiyasathit (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology)
  • Siriwat Visoldilokpun (Kasikorn Bank)
  • Phantipa Insuwan (TransSolutions)
  • Prattana Punnakitikashem (Mahidol University)
  • Duraikannan Sundaramoorthi (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • Hee-Su Hwang (United Airlines)
  • Venkata Pilla (American Airlines)
  • Dachuan Thomas Shih (Conifer Health Solutions)
  • Sheela Siddappa (BOSCH)
  • T.K. Sung (Nan Kai Institute of Technology)
  • Aihong Wen (CSX Corp.)
  • Zehua Yang (Abbott Laboratories)

Selected Publications

  • Kim, S. B, W. Jitpitaklert, and T. Sukchotrat (2010). “One-Class Classification-Based Control Charts for Monitoring Autocorrelated Process.” Communications in Statistics – Simulation and Computation, 39(3), pp. 461–474.