J. Faulin

Javier Faulin is a Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the Public University of Navarre (Pamplona, Spain). He also collaborates as an Assistant Professor at the UNED local center in Pamplona. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Business from the University of Navarre (Pamplona, Spain), a M.Sc. in Operations Management, Logistics, and Transportation from UNED (Madrid, Spain), and a M.Sc. and BSc in Mathematics from the University of Zaragoza (Zaragoza, Spain). He has extended experience in distance and Web-based teaching at the Public University of Navarre, at UNED (Madrid, Spain), at the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona, Spain), and at the University of Surrey (Guilford, UK). His research interests include logistics, vehicle routing problems and simulation modelling, and analysis, especially techniques to improve simulation analysis in practical applications. He has published more than 40 papers in international journals, books, and proceedings about logistics, routing, and simulation. Similarly, he has taught many courses on-line about Operations Research (OR) and Decision Making, and he has been the academic advisor of three PhD students and more than 25 students finishing their master thesis. Furthermore, he has been the author of more than 100 works in OR conferences. He is an Editorial Board Member of the International Journal of Applied Management Science (IJAMS) and International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), and an INFORMS member.

Publications

Collaborative and Distributed E-Research: Innovations in Technologies, Strategies and Applications
Angel A. Juan, Thanasis Daradoumis, Meritxell Roca, Scott E. Grasman, J. Faulin. © 2012. 419 pages.
Technology has made it possible to conduct research and form research groups that are not limited by geographic location. The field of Collaborative and Distributed E-Research...
Teaching Statistics and Operations Research Online: Experiences at the Open University of Catalonia
A. Juan, J. Faulin, P. Fonseca, C. Steegmann, L. Pla, S. Rodríguez. © 2010. 14 pages.
This chapter presents a case study of online teaching in Statistics and Operations Research (OR) at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC). UOC is a purely online university with...