Biographies of Prof. Yaman
Barlas – see ANNEX I and below.
Yaman BARLAS
Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Boğazii University,
34342 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey.
Tel. (90) (212) 359 7073. Fax. (90) (212) 265-1800
URL: 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
Professor, Boğazii
University, 1997- present
Visiting Professor, University
of Bergen, Norway, 2000.
Associate Professor,
Boğazii 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; Sigma Xi scientific
research society; Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society.
President, System Dynamics
Society, 1997-98.
Editor for short articles,
System Dynamics Review, 1996-
Honorary Editor, Encyclopedia
for Life Support Systems, 1999-
GRANTS and AWARDS
Boğazii
University/Engineering Faculty, Best Teaching Award, 2006.
Boğazii University
Interdisciplinary Research Grant, 2002-2005
Industrial Engineering Student
Body, Teacher of the Year Award, 2003, 2005.
Boğazii University
Research Excellence Award, 2000.
Boğazii University
Research Grant, 1997-1999.
TUBITAK (National Science
Association) Research Grant, 1996 – 1998.
USA Window-on-Science visit
grant, summer 1996.
Boğazii University
Research Grant, 1995 - 1996
Boğazii University Research
Grant, 1993-1994.
The United Nations TOKTEN
Consultancy Grant, summer 1992. (Co-sponsored by Bogazici University and
Istanbul Technical U., Istanbul,
Turkey).
Miami University Liberal
Education Enrichment Grant, summer 1991.
Miami University Liberal
Education Enrichment grant, (co-sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of
Technology in form of free housing), summer 1990.
Miami University Summer
Research Grant, 1988.
Miami University Grant to
Promote Research and Scholarship, 1988.
Arthur Andersen Alumni
Research Award, Summer, 1986.
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.
CONSULTING/PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Professional
seminars/consultancy offered: Systems Approach and System Dynamics Modeling;
Computer Simulation; System Dynamics Models for Strategic Management; Model
Validity and Testing; Systems Thinking and Interactive Simulation Gaming in
Management; Dynamics of Quality
Management Strategies.
Coordinator of Bogazii
Universitys professional
continuing education program in Industrial Management, 1993-1994.
USDA Forest Service
Project: Modeling of the
different interacting elements of National Forest System Management, Atlanta,
Georgia, 1980-82.
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.
Saysel A.K
and Yaman Barlas. Model simplification and
validation with indirect structure validity tests System Dynamics Review, Vol. 22, No.3, 2006; 241-262.
Barlas Y. and Hakan Yaşarcan. A
Comprehensive Model Of Goal Dynamics In Organizations: Setting, Evaluation And
Revision. Under review for publication as a chapter in Complex Decision Making: Theory and
Practice.
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 zevin, M.G.) Systems Research & Behavioral Science, Vol. 21, Issue 4, 2004, 439-470.
Automated
dynamic pattern recognition and testing" (with K. Kanar), System
Dynamics Review (under
revision).
Dynamic
modelling of a shallow freshwater lake for ecological and economic
sustainability (with Burak Gneralp). 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-Eolss Publishers, Paris, France, Oxford, UK. 2002, pp.1131-1175.
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. rak 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
Systems Approach to
Learning and Education into the 21st Century (Proceedings of 15th International System Dynamics
Conference) (with V. Diker and S. Polat, Editors), Boğazii University
Press, İstanbul, 1997.
Formal Aspects of Model
Validity and Validation in System Dynamics, System Dynamics Review,
Vol.12, no.3, 1996, pp. 183-210.
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
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.
"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.
"System Dynamics
Methodology for Natural Forest Management: An Application to Wildlife and Fish
Resource Management" (with Willard R. Fey), Forest Resources Systems
Institute, COMPILER, Vol.7, No.4, 1989, pp.4-19.
"System Dynamics
Methodology for Natural Forest Management: An Overview and General
Guidelines" (with Willard R. Fey), Forest Resources Systems Institute, COMPILER,
Vol.7, No.3, 1989, pp.4-16.
"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.
"A System Dynamics Model
of Population Growth and Regulation" (with J. Wu), Bulletin of the
Ecological Society of America 69, 1988, pp. 348-349 (ABSTRACT).
Y. Barlas ve Suat Boğ., Automated dynamic pattern
testing, parameter calibration and policy improvement. Proceedings of
international system dynamics conference. (CD). Albany, NY, USA, July 2005.
Y. Barlas ve Hakan Yaşarcan.,
Stable stock management heuristics when the outflow is proportional to the
control stock. Proceedings of international system dynamics conference. (CD).
Albany, NY, USA, Tammuz 2005.
A.K. Saysel, Y. Barlas. Model simplification and
Validation: Illustration with Indirect structure tests. Proceedings of
international system dynamics conference, Oxford, İngiltere, 2004.
H. Yasarcan, Y. Barlas. A generalized stock
control formulation for stock management problems involving composite delays
and secondary stocks. Proceedings of the 22nd International System Dynamics
Conference, Oxford, İngiltere, 2004.
Information sharing to reduce
fluctuations in supply Chains" (with Gndz B.), Proceedings of the 21st International System Dynamics
Conference, New York, 2003.
Y. Barlas. System dynamics and systems thinking
for educational issues. Nordic Conference on Decision Support, Luebeck,
Almanya, 2003
A general stock control
formulation for stock management problems involving delays and secondary
stocks (with Yaşarcan H.), Proceedings of the 21st International
System Dynamics Conference, New York, 2003.
Dynamic Analysis of the
Viability of Alternative Energy Sources in Meeting the Electricity Demand
(with E. zdemir and Atilla ner). Proceedings of the International System
Dynamics Conference, Palermo, Italy, 2002, pp. 112.
"Testing the decision
rules used in stock management models (with M.G. zevin), Proceedings of
the 19th International System Dynamics Conference, Atlanta, 2001. (Full
paper on CD and also at: http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~barlas/resume.html).
"A method for
finding the equilibrium points of a nonlinear dynamic model (with H.
Yaşarcan), Proceedings of the 19th International System Dynamics
Conference, Atlanta, 2001, pp. 33.
" Modeling a Wetland
through Sustainable Development: Uluabat Lake" (with B. Gneralp), Proceedings of the
19th International System Dynamics Conference, Atlanta, 2001, pp. 73-74.
"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
"Systemic Modeling of a
Wetland for Sustainable Development" (with B. Gneralp), Proceedings of 4th Systems Science European Congress,
Valencia, Spain, Sept. 1999, pp. 541-550
"Long-term Comprehensive
Environmental Analysis of GAP: A System Dynamics Approach" (with A.K.
Saysel), Proceedings of The Kriton Curi International Symposium on
Environmental Management in the Mediterranean Region, Boğazii
University Publications, İstanbul, June 1998, pp. 223-232,
Presidents address, 16th
International System Dynamics Conference, Quebec City,
Canada, July 1998, in Presidents
Newsletter , Vol.11, December 1998.
"A Dynamic Feedback Model
for Strategic Management of an Insurance Company" (with E. Duman, E.
Balbek, A. Frat), Proceedings of the 15th International System Dynamics
Conference, İstanbul, 1997, pp. 685 - 688
"System Dynamics Approach
to Problem Solving in an Insurance Company" (with E. Duman, K. rak ve G.
Uzunosmanoğlu), Proceedings of the 15th International System Dynamics
Conference, İstanbul, 1997, pp. 689 - 692
"A Behavior Validity
Testing Software (BTS)" (with H. Topaloğlu ve S. Ylankaya), Proceedings
of the 15th International System Dynamics Conference, İstanbul, 1997.
"A Dynamic Model for Quick Response Strategies in
Supply Chain Management",
(with A. Aksoğan), Proceedings of the SCS Simulation
MultiConference, Atlanta, USA, 1997.
Decision Support For
Strategic University Management: A Dynamic Interactive Game (with Vedat
Diker), Proceedings of the
International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, USA, 1996, pp. 47-50.
Product Diversification and
Quick Response Order Strategies in Supply Chain Management (with Ayşe
Aksoğan), Proceedings of
the International System Dynamics Conference, Boston, USA, 1996, pp. 51-54.
An Interactive Dynamic
Simulation Model of University Management System (with Vedat Diker) Proceedings
of Symposium on Applied Computing 96, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1996,
pp. 120-128.
Simulation and Dynamic
Analysis of Alternative Quality Management Systems (with Asl zgkmen) Proceedings of The Ninth World
Productivity Congress, Istanbul, 1995, pp.1533-57.
Fundamental Aspects and Tests
of Model Validity in Simulation, Proceedings of SMC Simulation
Multiconference, Phoenix, Arizona, 1995, pp.488-493.
Output Behavior Validation in
System Dynamics (with Asl Erdem), Proceedings of the European Simulation
Symposium, 1994, Vol.1, pp. 1-4.
Partial Mathematical Analysis
of Non-linear Simulation Models of Socio-economic Systems (with Hakan ivi and
Asl zgkmen), Proceedings of the European Simulation Symposium,1994,
Vol.1, pp. 205-209.
Model Validation in System
Dynamics Proceedings of the International System Dynamics Conference,
Stirling, Scotland, 1994, Methodological Issues vol., pp.1-10.
Defining System Dynamics
Education Proceedings of the International System Dynamics Conference, Stirling,
Scotland, 1994, Education vol., pp. 1-9.
Formal System Dynamics
Education in Universities Proceedings of the International System Dynamics
Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 1993, pp.642-649.
"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.
"Interactive Dynamic
Simulation Games: An Application in Software Project Management" (with I.
Bayraktutar), Proceedings of Advances in Simulation '92, Istanbul,
Turkey, 1992, pp.197-208.
"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.
"Simulating the Dynamics
of Natural Populations Using the System Dynamics Approach"(with Jianguo
Wu), Proceedings of the SCS Western Multiconference (System Dynamics Volume),
1989, pp. 6-11.
"A Fundamental Philosophy
of Science Question and Validation of System Dynamics Models" (with
Stanley Carpenter), Proceedings of the International System Dynamics
Conference, Shanghai, 1987, pp. 896-914.
"Comparing the Observed
and Model-generated Behavior Patterns to Validate System Dynamics Models",
Proceedings of the International System Dynamics Conference, Keystone,
Colorado, 1985, pp. 32-47.
SELECTED INVITED
PRESENTATIONS AND SEMINARS:
Model validity, quality and improvement. ISDC PhD Colloquium
invited talk, Nijmegen, Holland, July 2006.
Model validity, testing and
analysis. European System Dynamics Workshop, Nijmegen, Holland, April 2005
System dynamics and systems thinking for educational issues. Nordic Conference on
Decision Support, Luebeck, Germany, October 2003
Testing the Basic Stock
Management Decision Rules and Alternative Formulations, European System
Dynamics Workshop, Mannheim, Germany, March 2003
Introduction to System
Dynamics, KHO (Military Academy), Ankara, 2000.
Seminar on Model Validation,
Norwegian Defense Research Est., Oslo, 2000.
Seminar on Model Quality and
Evaluation, University of St.
Gallen, April 1999, Switzerland.
System Dynamics Models and
Games in Higher-education Management Decision Making, Royal Society,
London, June 1999.
Dynamic Pattern-Oriented
Behavior Tests for Model Validation, University of Tilburg, Center for
Economic Research, Netherlands, October, 1998.
Presidents address, 16th
International System Dynamics Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 1998.
System Dynamics Applications
in Educational Systems, State University of New York at Albany, Rockefeller
College, Albany, New York,
February 1998.
Systems Thinking, Dynamic
Modelling and Applications in Education Systems, Georgia Institute of
Technology, School of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia,
April 1997.
Fundamental Aspects of Model
Validation in Simulation Modeling, University of Tilburg, Center for Economic
Research, Netherlands, August 1996.
Evaluation of Complex Dynamic
Models, Brooks Air Force Base, Armstrong Laboratory, Texas, USA, August 1996.
Model Validation and
Instructional Systems Project Management Models, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
USA , July 1996.
Formal Logic and Aspects of
Model Validation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, 1996.
Computer Simulation for Total
Quality Management (in Turkish), Anadolu niversitesi İletişim
Fakltesi, Eskişehir, 1995.
Systems Thinking in
Management (in Turkish), Anadolu niversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstits,
Eskişehir, 1995.
Systems Theory and Management
Science (Panel in Turkish), Kara Harp Okulu, Ankara, 1995.
Validation and Model Validity
in System Dynamics, University of Bergen, Norway, 1995.
Systems Approach, Computer
Simulation and Their Application in Management (in Turkish), SIEMENS/SIMKO
Seminerleri, İstanbul, 1995.
Philosophy of Science and Systems
Theory (in Turkish), apa Tp Fakltesi Felsefe Toplantlar, İstanbul,
1994.
System Dynamics Methodology
and Participatory Computer Simulation, United Nations-TOKTEN Seminars,
Boğazii niversitesi and ITU,
İstanbul, 1992.
CONFERENCE, SYMPOSIUM,
MEETING PARTICIPATION:
International System Dynamics
Conference, Oxford, England, July 2004
Nordic Conference on Decision
Support, Luebeck, Germany, October 2003.
EURO/INFORMS Joint Conference,
Istanbul, Turkey, July 2003.
European System Dynamics
Workshop, Mannheim, Germany, March 2003.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Palermo, Italy, July 2002.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Atlanta, USA, July 2001
International System Dynamics
Conference, Bergen, Norway, July 2000.
4th Systems Science European
Conference, Valencia, Spain,
September 1999.
System Dynamics in
Higher-education Management Decision Making, Royal Society,
London, June 1999.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Quebec City, Canada, July 1998
International System Dynamics
Conference, İstanbul, Turkey, August 1997
SCS Simulation
MultiConference, Atlanta, Georgia, April, 1997.
Mini-Symposium on Model
Validity and Validation, University of Tilburg, Center for Economic Research,
Netherlands, August 1996
International System Dynamics
Conference, Boston, USA, July 1996
ACM Computing Week 96 -
Symposium on Applied Computing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 1996.
4th National Conference on
Quality (in Turkish), İstanbul, 1995.
İstanbul Water Conference 95 (in Turkish),
İstanbul, 1995.
The Ninth World Productivity Congress, Istanbul, 1995.
Non-linear Oscillations and
Solution Methods, Boğazii niversitesi, İstanbul, 1995
Academic Computing In Macintosh Environment 95 (in Turkish),
Akdeniz niversitesi, Antalya, 1995.
Simulation Multiconference 95, Phoenix, Arizona, 1995.
1st Systems Engineering and Defense Applications Symposium
(in Turkish), Kara Harp Okulu, Ankara, 1995.
Dynamic Systems Symposium (in
Turkish), Bursa, Uludağ, 1994.
European Simulation Symposium,
İstanbul, 1994.
TIMS/ORSA Joint National
Meeting, Boston, 1994.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Stirling, İskoya, 1994.
International System
Dynamics Conference, Cancun, Mexico, 1993.
7th Canadian Symposium on
Instructional Technology, Montreal, Kanada, 1992
International System Dynamics
Conference, Utrecht, Hollanda, 1992.
Advances in Simulation '92,
Boğazii niversitesi, Istanbul, 1992.
TIMS/ORSA Joint National
Meeting, Las Vegas, 1990.
Discussion Workshop on R.J.
Lights Harvard Assessment Report, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1990.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Boston, 1990.
Masters Teachers Seminar,
Boston, 1990.
Conference on Fractals and
Chaos in Natural and Social Sciences, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1989.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Stuttgart, Germany, 1989.
Miami University Research
Forum, Oxford, Ohio, 1989.
SCS Western Multiconference,
San Diego, California, 1989.
Annual Lilly Conference on
College Teaching, Miami University,
Ohio, 1988.
SIAM Annual Conference,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988.
SIAM Short Course: Nonlinear
Dynamics, Chaos & Bifurcations. Minneapolis 1988
Research Grant Proposal
Development Workshop, Miami University,
Ohio, 1987.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Shanghai, China, 1987.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Keystone, Colorado, 1985.
International System Dynamics
Conference, Boston, 1983.
SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Boğazii University:
Chair, Continuing Education
Committee, 1993 -1994.
University Recruitment
Committee, 1993 - 1994.
Departmental Undergraduate
Coordinator, 1993 - present.
University Library Committee,
1994 - present.
University Strategic Planning
Committee, 1996 - 2001
University Ethics Committee,
2002- present
Engineering Faculty Board, 2003
- present
Miami University:
Chair, Governance Committee,
1990-1992.
Chair, Research Committee,
1986-1987.
Member in various committees,
including Graduate Committee, Curriculum Committee, Research Committee,
Committee for Improvement of Instruction, and Harrison Scholars Selection
Committee.