Prof S. Armagan Tarim

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S. Armagan Tarim

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Cork University Business School
University College Cork
Cork University Business School

[email protected] LinkedIn profile ORCID profile https://armagan.github.io/SAT/

Biography

S. Armagan Tarim is Chair Professor of Business Analytics at UCC (Ireland), Cork University Business School.

Professor Tarim holds a PhD in Operational Research from Lancaster University (UK). He has worked at the University of York (UK), Dept of Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence Group; University of Nottingham (UK) Business School; Cork Constraint Computation Centre and INSIGHT-Centre for Data Analytics (Cork-Ireland); and Hacettepe University (Ankara-Turkey), where he served as the Dean of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Director of the Institute of Population Studies.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - Humanities and Social Sciences Group; the Chief Advisor to the President of Turkish Court of Accounts; an executive committee member of the SMEs Development Organisation of Turkey.

Professor Tarim's research has been funded by research councils, universities, various ministries and government agencies, and industry (electric power generation and distribution; healthcare; hotel; telecommunications; banking; oil and transportation, among others).

Professor Tarim's current research interests include production/inventory systems, supply chain management, energy portfolio planning, stochastic modelling, and business analytics.

Personal website https://armagan.github.io/SAT/

 

 

Languages

  • English
  • Turkish
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Pedagogic Experiences

  • 2021 - Business Analytics, University College Cork, MBA
  • 2020 - Prescriptive Analytics, University College Cork, MSc Business Information and Analytics Systems
  • 2020 - Descriptive & Predictive Analytics, University College Cork, MSc Business Information and Analytics Systems
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Research Domains

  • Data Analytics  
  • Forecasting  
  • Operations management
  • Performance measurement  
  • Predictive analytics  
  • Risk management  
  • Supply Chain Management (SCM)  
  • Transportation  
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Publications

Journal article

Year Publication
2018 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., OZKAN, I. (2018). A new causal discovery heuristic. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence. Details
2018 TUNC, H., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R. (2018). An extended mixed-integer programming formulation and dynamic cut generation approach for the stochastic lot-sizing problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing. doi:10.1287/ijoc.2017.0792. Details
2018 BANDALOUSKI, A. M., KOVALYOV, M. Y., PESCH, E., TARIM, S. A. (2018). An overview of revenue management and dynamic pricing models in hotel business. RAIRO - Opeartions Research / Recherche Opérationnelle. doi:10.1051/ro/2018001. Details
2017 XIANG, M., ROSSI, R., MARTIN-BARRAGAN, B., TARIM, S. A. (2017). Computing non-stationary (s, S) policies using mixed integer linear programming. European Journal of Operational Research, 271 (2), 490-500. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.030. Details
2018 KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., TUNC, H. (2018). Heuristic policies for the stochastic economic lot sizing problem with remanufacturing under service level constraints. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2017.12.041. Details
2016 TUNC, H., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., EKSIOGLU, B. (2016). The stochastic lot sizing problem with piecewise linear concave ordering costs. Computers and Operations Research. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2015.07.004. Details
2015 ROSSI, R., HNICH, B., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2015). Confidence-based reasoning in stochastic constraint programming. Artificial Intelligence. doi:10.1016/j.artint.2015.07.004. Details
2013 ROSSI, R., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A. (2013). Piecewise linear approximations for the static-dynamic uncertainty strategy in stochastic lot-sizing. Omega. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2014.08.003. Details
2014 TUNC, H., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., EKSIOGLU, B. (2014). A reformulation for the stochastic lot sizing problem with service-level constraints. Operations Research Letters. doi:10.1016/j.orl.2014.01.010. Details
2014 ROSSI, R., PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B. (2014). Confidence-based optimisation for the newsvendor problem under binomial, Poisson and exponential demand. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.007. Details
2014 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2014). Forecasting intermittent demand by hyperbolic-exponential smoothing. International Journal of Forecasting. doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2014.01.006. Details
2014 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2014). Hybrid metaheuristics for stochastic constraint programming. Constraints. Details
2014 PRESTWICH, S., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B. (2014). Mean-based error measures for intermittent demand forecasting. International Journal of Production Research. doi:10.1080/00207543.2014.917771. Details
2014 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S., HNICH, B. (2014). Piecewise linear lower and upper bounds for the standard normal first order loss function. Applied Mathematics and Computation. Details
2013 TUNC, H., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., EKSIOGLU, B. (2013). A simple approach for assessing the cost of system nervousness. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.09.022. Details
2013 MACCARTHY, B. L., OVUTMEN, T., TARIM, S. A., BRABAZON, P. G. (2013). Exact and approximate solutions for fulfilment metrics in open pipeline order fulfilment systems. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. doi:10.1093/imaman/dps025. Details
2012 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2012). A neuroevolutionary approach to stochastic inventory control in multi-echelon systems. International Journal of Production Research. doi:10.1080/00207543.2011.574503. Details
2012 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2012). Constraint programming for stochastic inventory systems under shortage cost. Annals of Operations Research. doi:10.1007/s10479-011-0936-x. Details
2012 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., BOLLAPRAGADA, R. (2012). Constraint-based local search for inventory control under stochastic demand and lead time. INFORMS Journal on Computing. doi:10.1287/ijoc.1100.0434. Details
2012 HNICH, B., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2012). Filtering algorithms for global chance constraints. Artificial Intelligence. doi:10.1016/j.artint.2012.05.001. Details
2012 PRESTWICH, S. D., HNICH, B., SIMONIS, H., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A. (2012). Partial symmetry breaking by local search in the group. Constraints. Details
2012 ÖZEN, U., DO?RU, M. K., TARIM, S. A. (2012). Static-dynamic uncertainty strategy for a single-item stochastic inventory control problem. Omega. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2011.08.002. Details
2011 KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A. (2011). An investigation of setup instability in non-stationary stochastic inventory systems. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.021. Details
2011 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2011). A state space augmentation algorithm for the replenishment cycle inventory policy. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.017. Details
2011 TARIM, S. A., DO?RU, M. K., ÖZEN, U., ROSSI, R. (2011). An efficient computational method for a stochastic dynamic lot-sizing problem under service-level constraints. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.06.034. Details
2011 TUNC, H., KILIC, O. A., TARIM, S. A., EKSIOGLU, B. (2011). The cost of using stationary inventory policies when demand is non-stationary. Omega. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2010.09.005. Details
2010 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2010). Computing the non-stationary replenishment cycle inventory policy under stochastic supplier lead-times. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.05.011. Details
2010 KILIC, O. A., VAN DONK, D. P., TARIM, S. A., WIJNGAARD, J. (2010). Order acceptance in food processing systems with random raw material requirements. OR Spectrum. doi:10.1007/s00291-010-0213-4. Details
2010 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S., KARACAER, S. (2010). Scheduling internal audit activities: A stochastic combinatorial optimization problem. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. doi:10.1007/s10878-009-9207-z. Details
2009 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S., GURAN, C. (2009). A note on Liu-Iwamura's dependent-chance programming. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2008.11.004. Details
2009 KOVÁCS, A., BROWN, K. N., TARIM, S. A. (2009). An efficient MIP model for the capacitated lot-sizing and scheduling problem with sequence-dependent setups. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.033. Details
2009 TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S., ROSSI, R. (2009). Finding reliable solutions: Event-driven probabilistic constraint programming. Annals of Operations Research. doi:10.1007/s10479-008-0382-6. Details
2008 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2008). A global chance-constraint for stochastic inventory systems under service level constraints. Constraints. Details
2008 AZARON, A., BROWN, K. N., TARIM, S. A., MODARRES, M. (2008). A multi-objective stochastic programming approach for supply chain design considering risk. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.002. Details
2008 TARIM, S. A., SMITH, B. M. (2008). Constraint programming for computing non-stationary (R, S) inventory policies. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2006.11.048. Details
2008 BURKE, D. A., BROWN, K. N., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B. (2008). Learning market prices in real-time supply chain management. Computers and Operations Research. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2007.01.021. Details
2006 TARIM, S. A., KINGSMAN, B. G. (2006). Modelling and computing (Rn, Sn) policies for inventory systems with non-stationary stochastic demand. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.053. Details
2006 JEFFERSON, C., MIGUEL, A., MIGUEL, I., TARIM, S. A. (2006). Modelling and solving English Peg Solitaire. Computers and Operations Research. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2005.01.018. Details
2006 TARIM, S. A., MANANDHAR, S., WALSH, T. (2006). Stochastic constraint programming: A scenario-based approach. Constraints. Details
2006 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B. (2006). Template design under demand uncertainty by integer linear local search. International Journal of Production Research. doi:10.1080/00207540600621060. Details
2004 TARIM, S. A., KINGSMAN, B. G. (2004). The stochastic dynamic production/inventory lot-sizing problem with service-level constraints. International Journal of Production Economics. doi:10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00182-8. Details
2001 TARIM, S. A., KARAN, M. B. (2001). Investment fund performance measurement using weight-restricted data envelopment analysis: An application to the Turkish capital market. Russian and East European Finance and Trade.
2000 TARIM, S. A., DENER, H. I., TARIM, S. (2000). Efficiency measurement in the hotel industry: Output factor constrained DEA application. Anatolia. doi:10.1080/13032917.2000.9686989. Details
2020 DURAL-SELCUK, G., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., KILIC, O. A. (2020). The benefit of receding horizon control: Near-optimal policies for stochastic inventory control. Omega. doi:10.1016/j.omega.2019.07.007. Details
2009 TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., ROSSI, R., PRESTWICH, S. (2009). Cost-based filtering techniques for stochastic inventory control under service level constraints. Constraints. Details
2019 O'LUING, M., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2019). A Grouping Genetic Algorithm for Joint Stratification and Sample Allocation Designs. Survey Methodology.
2019 DURAL-SELCUK, G., TUNC, H., TARIM, S. A. (2019). An integrated economy-demography model reframed in a system dynamics setting. System Dynamics Review. doi:10.1002/sdr.1645. Details
2021 TARIM, S. A., VISENTIN, A., PRESTWICH, S. D., ROSSI, R. (2021). Computing optimal (R,s,S) policy parameters by a hybrid of branch-and-bound and stochastic dynamic programming. European Journal of Operational Research, 294 (1), 91-99. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2021.01.012. Details
2021 TARIM, S. A., BANDALOUSKI, A. M., EGOROVA, N., KOVALYOV, M. Y., PESCH, E. (2021). Dynamic pricing with demand disaggregation for hotel revenue management. Journal of Heuristics, 27, 869–885. doi:10.1007/s10732-021-09480-2. Details
2021 TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. D., ROSSI, R. (2021). Intermittency and obsolescence: A Croston method with linear decay. International Journal of Forecasting, 37 (2), 708-715. doi:10.1016/j.ijforecast.2020.08.010. Details
2023 XIANG, M., ROSSI, R., MARTIN-BARRAGAN, B., TARIM, S. A. (2023). A mathematical programming-based solution method for the nonstationary inventory problem under correlated demand. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.04.011. Details
2022 XIANG, M., ROSSI, R., MARTIN-BARRAGAN, B., TARIM, S. A. (2022). A mathematical programming-based solution method for the nonstationary inventory problem under correlated demand. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.04.011. Details

Book chapter

Year Publication
2016 VISENTIN, A., PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A. (2016). Robust principal component analysis by reverse iterative linear programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2015 PRESTWICH, S. D., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A. (2015). Randomness as a constraint. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2014 ROSSI, R., PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A. (2014). Statistical constraints. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications. Details
2011 HNICH, B., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2011). A survey on CP-AI-OR hybrids for decision making under uncertainty. Springer Optimization and Its Applications. Details
2010 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2010). Stochastic constraint programming by neuroevolution with filtering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2009 PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2009). Evolving parameterised policies for stochastic constraint programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2009 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2009). Neuroevolutionary inventory control in multi-echelon systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2009 HNICH, B., ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2009). Synthesizing Filtering Algorithms for Global Chance-Constraints. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2008 PRESTWICH, S. D., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2008). A cultural algorithm for pomdps from stochastic inventory control. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2008 PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A., ROSSI, R., HNICH, B. (2008). A steady-state genetic algorithm with resampling for noisy inventory control. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2008 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2008). Cost-based domain filtering for stochastic constraint programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing. Details
2007 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. (2007). Replenishment planning for stochastic inventory systems with shortage cost. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing.
2006 TARIM, S. A., MIGUEL, I. (2006). A hybrid Benders' decomposition method for solving stochastic constraint programs with linear recourse. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing.
2006 TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. D. (2006). Event-driven probabilistic constraint programming. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing.
2004 TARIM, S. A., MIGUEL, I. (2004). Echelon stock formulation of arborescent distribution systems: An application to the Wagner-Whitin problem. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Springer Publishing.
2002 PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A. (2002). Non-Systematic Backtracking for Mixed Integer Programs. Probabilistic Approaches in Search.

Journal issue

Year Publication
2007 GENT, I. P., JEFFERSON, C., KELSEY, T., LYNCE, I., MIGUEL, I., NIGHTINGALE, P., ... TARIM, S. A. (2007). Search in the patience game 'Black Hole'. AI Communications.

Other

Year Publication
2013 TARIM, S. A. (2013). Stochastic linear systems under control constraints: A supply chain planning tool. Details
2011 ROSSI, R., HNICH, B., TARIM, S. A., PRESTWICH, S. (2011). Finding (?, ?)-solutions via sampled SCSPs. Details
2010 ROSSI, R., TARIM, S. A., HNICH, B., PRESTWICH, S. D. (2010). Computing replenishment cycle policy parameters for a perishable item*.
2005 BARTLETT, M., FRISCH, A. M., HAMADI, Y., MIGUEL, I., TARIM, S. A., UNSWORTH, C. (2005). The temporal knapsack problem and its solution.
2016 PRESTWICH, S., TARIM, S. A., OZKAN, I. (2016). Causal discovery by randomness test.
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