Assistant Professor Leyla Ozsen has recently published two papers, while one other was in a list of the top 10 most-cited articles.

Published Articles

Facility Location Modeling and Inventory Management with Multi-Sourcing

Ozsen, L., M. S. Daskin, and C. R. Coullard (2009), Transporation Science, Vol. 43, No. 4, November 2009, pp. 455-472. DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1090.0268.

This paper studies the effects of multisourcing on logistics costs. Specifically analyzed are the benefits of multisourcing in the case of a centralized logistics system in which a company owns the production facility, the retailers facing stochastic demand, and the warehouses replenishing the retailers’ inventories.

A genetic algorithm for the single product network design model with lead time and safety stock considerations

Sourirajan, K., L. Ozsen, R. Uzsoy (2009), European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 197, Issue 2, 599-608

This paper examines the trade-off between congestion and risk-pooling effects at distribution centers and its impact on supply chain network design.

Most-cited article in IIE Transactions

“A Single Product Network Design Model with Lead Time and Safety Stock Considerations” by Assistant Professor Leyla Ozsen was in the list of top 10 most-cited articles among those published in IIE Transactions from 2006 to 2008. Announced October 2009. IIE Transactions is the flagship journal of industrial engineers.