Biography

Prof. Bhaba R. Sarker

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Louisiana State University, USA


Email: bsarker@lsu.edu


Qualifications

1989 Ph.D., Texas A&M University, USA

1979 M.S., Syracuse University, USA

1974 B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology, People's Republic of Bangladesh


Publications(Selected) 

  1. Tusar, MIH and Sarker, B.R. (2024), “Technician assignment in multi-shift maintenance schedules in an offshore wind farm,” Renewable Energy Focus, 51 (100616) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ref.2024.100616.
  2. Tusar, M.I.H. and Sarker, B. R. (2023), “Location and turbine parameter selection for offshore wind power maximization," Wind Engineering, 47(4): pp. 833-851. doi:10.1177/0309524X231165484
  3. Fu, K., Chen, Z. and Sarker, B.R. (2023), "Behavioral operations effect of fairness and unfairness concern in the decision of the supply chain production-inventory system", Journal of Modelling in Management, Vol. 18 No. 1, pp. 94-116. https://doi.org/10.1108/JM2-03-2021-0061
  4. Abedsoltan, H. R., Taleizadeh, A. A., and Sarker, B. R. (2022), “Optimal production of remanufactured products with collaboration and co-branding of luxury brands,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 172 (Part A#108533); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2022.108533.
  5. Hou, K-L, Srivastava, H. M., Lin, L-C, Sarker, B. R. and Lee, S-F (2022), “Optimal replenishment policy for non-instantaneous deteriorating items with stochastic demand under advance sales discount and available capacity" Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, 45(17): pp. 10503-11980.
  6. Taleizadeh, A. A., Zarei, H. R. and Sarker, B. R. (2022), “An Optimal ordering policy for a visitor-based purchasing system with stochastic delivery time and partial prepayment for profit maximization,” RAIRO-Operations Research, 56 (3): 1717-1735.
  7. Sarker, B. R., Wu, B. and Paudel, K. P. (2022), “Optimal Location for Renewable Gas Production and Distribution Facilities: Resource Planning and Management,” BioEnergy Research, 15: pp. 650-668. 
  8. Tusar MIH, Sarker BR. Spare parts control strategies for offshore wind farms: A critical review and comparative study. Wind Engineering. 2022;46(5):1629-1656. doi:10.1177/0309524X221095258
  9. Tusar MIH, Sarker BR. Maintenance cost minimization models for offshore wind farms: A systematic and critical review. Int J Energy Res. 2022; 46(4): 3739-3765. doi:10.1002/er.7425
  10. Shao, X., Chen, Z. & Sarker, B.R. An joint decision of production and maintenance plan (Q, N) for a two-stage deteriorating JIT production system with random breakdowns. Prod. Eng. Res. Devel. 16, 89–107 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11740-021-01079-7
  11. Tusar, M.I.H, and Sarker, B. R. (2021), "Maintenance cost minimization models for offshore wind farms: A systematic and critical review," International Journal of Energy Research, 46(4): pp. 3739-3765. https://doi.org/10.1002/er.7425. 
  12. Das Roy, M. and Sarker, B. R. (2021), “Optimizing a supply chain problem with nonlinear penalty cost for early and late delivery under generalized lead time distribution,” Computers and Industrial Engineering, 160 (2): Article #107536.DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2021.107536.
  13. Biswas, P. and Sarker, B. R. (2021), “Optimal Control of a Multi-Supplier and Multi-Buyer Supply Chain System with JIT Delivery,” European J. Industrial Engineering, 15 (6): pp. 745-776.
  14. Hossain, M.S.J. and Sarker, B. R. (2021), “Inventory policy and magazine reloading schedule optimization for cutting tools in pipe manufacturing,” International Journal of Production Research, 60(16): pp. 5029-5050. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2021.1948135
  15. Wang, H., Sarker, B. R., Li, J., & Li, J. (2020). Adaptive scheduling for assembly job shop with uncertain assembly times based on dual Q-learning. International Journal of Production Research, 59(19), 5867–5883. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1794075
  16. C. R. Li, X. Cao and B. R. Sarker, "Optimal Machine Stopping Time and Ordering Cycle for Parts to Minimize the Total Cost of a Supply Chain," in IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 73286-73298, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3079281.
  17. Lai, X., Chen, Z. and Sarker, B.R. (2020), "Optimal production lot sizing for an imperfect manufacturing system with machine breakdown and emergency maintenance policy", Kybernetes, Vol. 49 No. 5, pp. 1533-1560. https://doi.org/10.1108/K-12-2018-0687
  18. Nobil, A. H., Nobil, E., & Sarker, B. R. (2018). Optimal decision-making for a single-stage manufacturing system with rework options. International Journal of Systems Science: Operations & Logistics, 7(1), 90–104. https://doi.org/10.1080/23302674.2018.1514087
  19. Xiao, S., Chen, Z. and Sarker, B.R. (2019), "Integrated maintenance and production decision for k-out-of-n system equipment with attenuation of product quality", International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 36 No. 5, pp. 735-751. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-07-2017-0138
  20. Fu, K., Chen, Z., & Sarker, B. R. (2019). An optimal decision policy for a single-vendor single-buyer production-inventory system with leaning effect, fuzzy demand and imperfect quality. Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, 40(3), 633–658. https://doi.org/10.1080/02522667.2018.1427026


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