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Name: Dr Robert Burdett
Position: Research Associate
Qualifications: PhD
Organisational Area: School of Mathematical Sciences
Teaching Discipline: Operations Research
Research Program: Statistics and Operations Research
Phone: +61 7 3138 8313
Fax: +61 7 3138 2310
Email: r.burdett@qut.edu.au
Postal Address: School of Mathematical Sciences, QUT, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane Qld 4001

Teaching Areas

  • Operations Research

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Areas of Expertise

  • Scheduling
  • Optimisation
  • Transportation
  • Programming

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Professional Associations

  • Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR)

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Selected Research Projects

  • Hybrid Job Shop Techniques for Dynamic Train Scheduling

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Selected Publications

  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2000), Evolutionary algorithms for flowshop sequencing with non-unique jobs. International Transactions in Operations Research (ITOR), 7, 401-418.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2001), Sequencing and scheduling in flowshops with task redistribution. Journal of the Operational Research Society (JORS), 52, 1379-1389.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2001), Sequencing and scheduling for non-serial permutation flowshops. Operations Research/Management Science at Work: Applying Theory in the Asia Pacific Region. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Kozan, E. and Ohuchi, A. Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2003), Evolutionary Algorithms for Resource Constrained Non-Serial Mixed Flow Shops. International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Application (IJCIA), 3(4), 411-435.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2003), Resource Aggregation Issues and Effects in Mixed Model Assembly. Proceedings of the ASOR Qld Branch 5th OR Conference: OR into the 21st Century, Sunshine Coast, Australia, Chattopadhyay G., Kozan E., Beard R, ISBN 0959629165, 35-53.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2004), Absolute capacity determination and timetabling in railways. Proceedings of the Fifth Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference, APIEMS 2004.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2004), The Assignment of Individual Renewable Resources in Scheduling. Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research (APJOR), 3, 355-377.
  • Kozan E. and Burdett R. (2005), A Railway Capacity Determination Model and Rail Access Charging Methodologies. Transportation Planning and Technology, 28(1),  27-45.
  • Burdett R. and Kozan E. (2006), Techniques for Absolute Capacity Determination in Railways. Transportation Research B, 40(8), 616-632.
  • Burdett R., Kozan E. (2007), Mathematical programming techniques for solving two conference planning problems. International Journal of Operations Research.
  • Burdett R., Kozan E. (2007), Analysing the performance of an automated pathology specimen handling system. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing.

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