Prof. William L. Cooper
University of Minnesota
Talk:
On the Use of "Buy Up" as a Model of Customer Choice in Revenue Management
Biography:
William L. Cooper is a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at University of Minnesota. His research and teaching interests include revenue management and stochastic models. Professor Cooper joined University of Minnesota in 1999 after obtaining a BA in Mathematics from University of Pennsylvania in 1993 and a PhD in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1999. His research has been published in top journals including Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. He is currently an Associate Editor for Stochastic Systems, and was previously an Associate Editor for Operations Research and for Management Science. He was also previously the Department Editor for Revenue Management at Production and Operations Management. Prof. Cooper has received several National Science Foundation research grants. He was the Chair of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section in 2010-11 and was the Program Chair for the 2013 INFORMS Annual Meeting, which was held in Minneapolis.
