Field(s) of Expertise/Research Area(s)

Design and analysis of computer simulation experiments; simulation optimization and metamodeling; simulation for financial engineering.

Courses

317 Discrete-Event Systems Simulation (Fall)
435 Introduction to Stochastic Simulation

Biography

Professional Activities

Board of Directors, Winter Simulation Conference, 2000 - Present 

Books

Discrete-Event System Simulation, 2000, Published by Prentice Hall

Stochastic Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, 1995, Published by Dover

Research

Bruce Ankenman, Barry L Nelson, Yang, F, 2006, Efficient Generation of Cycle Time-Throughput Curves through Simulation and Metamodeling, Naval Research Logistics, ,

Wan, H, Bruce Ankenman, Barry L Nelson, 2005, Controlled Sequential Bifurcation:A New Factor-Screening Method for Discrete-Event Simulation, Operations Research, 54,743-755

Barry L Nelson, 2004, 50th Anniversary Article: Stochastic Simulation Research in Management Science, Management Science, 50,855–868

Barry L Nelson, J. Pichitlamken, 2003, A Combined Procedure for Optimization via Simulation, Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, 13,155-179

Barry L Nelson, B. Biller, 2003, Modeling and Generating Multivariate Time-Series Input Processes, Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, 13,211–237

Honors and Awards

Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award  
Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll 
Distinguished Service Award, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences College on Simulation. 
IIE OR Division Award for Excellence in Teaching 
James N. and Margie M. Krebs Professorship 
 McCormick School of Engineering Teacher of the Year 
 Northwestern Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award