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JAMES E. FALK

Name and Location James E. Falk
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering

Department School of Engineering and Applied Science
The George Washington University
Washington, D.C. 20052

Telephone (202) 994-7516

Fax (202) 994-0245

E-Mail falk@seas.gwu.edu

Present Position Professor of Operations Research

Education B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering), University of Detroit, 1960
M.S. (Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1961
Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1965

Research Interests General optimization modeling and solution methods
Game theory
Teaching Operations All levels of optimization, Decision Theory, General

Research, Simulation, Statistics, Game Theory at:

Northwestern University (1968), Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering

The George Washington University (1971-present

Kiev State University, USSR (April 1987), Fulbright Lecturer.

Shanghai Normal University, PRC (May 1987), Lecturer.

University of Nitra, Czechoslovakia (Spring, Summer 1990), Fulbright Researcher.

University of Trondheim, Norway (Fall 1994), Fulbright Lecturer.

Bogazici University, Turkey (Spring 1995), Visiting Lecturer.

American University of Armenia, Visiting Professor
(Summer: 1996 to 1999 and 2001).

Honors Bachelor's Degree, Summa Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Tau Beta Pi
Sigma Xi
Eta Kappa Nu
Fulbright Awards (Ukraine, 1987; Czechoslovakia, 1990; Norway, 1994)
Excellence in Teaching of Science Award, Washington Academy of Sciences, 1990

Last 10 Publications "Image Space Analysis of Generalized Fractional Programs," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 4, 63-88, 1993 (with S. Palocsay).

"Algorithms for General Bilevel Programs," Central European Journal for Operations Research, Vol. 2, 101-117, 1993 (with J. Liu).

"On Bilevel Programs, Part I; General Cases," Mathematical Programming, Vol. 70 (1995), (with J. Liu).

"On Fractional Non-Convex Programming" Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1995), 77-82.

Probabilistic Reliability Engineering, Wiley, 1995 (with B. Gnedenko and I. Ushakov). (1995).

"A Method of Euclidean Centers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1996 (with James Fagan).

"Surgical Separation of Sets," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 11,1997 (with Emma Lopez-Cardona).

"Feasibility of a Nonlinear Parametric System of Inequalities," Proceedings on Computer Sciences and Information Technologies, Yerevan, Armenia, August 1999 (with Katta Murty).

"Minimizing the Mean Damage for Parallel-Series Systems with Two Failure Modes," Journal of Computation Optimization and Applications, Vol 17, pp. 301-328, 2000 (with V. Kirilyuk, Kiev).

"Robust Separation via Quadratics," Computers and Operations Research Vol. 28 No. 6, pp. 537-561, 2001 (with V. Karlov).

Name and Location	James E. Falk Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Department	School of Engineering and Applied Science The George Washington University Washington, D.C. 20052
Telephone	(202) 994-7516
Fax	(202) 994-0245
E-Mail	falk@seas.gwu.edu
Present Position	Professor of Operations Research
Education	B.E.E. (Electrical Engineering), University of Detroit, 1960 M.S. (Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1961 Ph.D. (Mathematics), University of Michigan, 1965
Research Interests	General optimization modeling and solution methods Game theory
Teaching Operations	All levels of optimization, Decision Theory, General Research, Simulation, Statistics, Game Theory at: Northwestern University (1968), Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering The George Washington University (1971-present Kiev State University, USSR (April 1987), Fulbright Lecturer. Shanghai Normal University, PRC (May 1987), Lecturer. University of Nitra, Czechoslovakia (Spring, Summer 1990), Fulbright Researcher. University of Trondheim, Norway (Fall 1994), Fulbright Lecturer. Bogazici University, Turkey (Spring 1995), Visiting Lecturer. American University of Armenia, Visiting Professor (Summer: 1996 to 1999 and 2001).
Honors	Bachelor's Degree, Summa Cum Laude Phi Beta Kappa Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi Eta Kappa Nu Fulbright Awards (Ukraine, 1987; Czechoslovakia, 1990; Norway, 1994) Excellence in Teaching of Science Award, Washington Academy of Sciences, 1990
Last 10 Publications	"Image Space Analysis of Generalized Fractional Programs," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 4, 63-88, 1993 (with S. Palocsay). "Algorithms for General Bilevel Programs," Central European Journal for Operations Research, Vol. 2, 101-117, 1993 (with J. Liu). "On Bilevel Programs, Part I; General Cases," Mathematical Programming, Vol. 70 (1995), (with J. Liu). "On Fractional Non-Convex Programming" Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1995), 77-82. Probabilistic Reliability Engineering, Wiley, 1995 (with B. Gnedenko and I. Ushakov). (1995). "A Method of Euclidean Centers," Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1996 (with James Fagan). "Surgical Separation of Sets," Journal of Global Optimization, Vol. 11,1997 (with Emma Lopez-Cardona). "Feasibility of a Nonlinear Parametric System of Inequalities," Proceedings on Computer Sciences and Information Technologies, Yerevan, Armenia, August 1999 (with Katta Murty). "Minimizing the Mean Damage for Parallel-Series Systems with Two Failure Modes," Journal of Computation Optimization and Applications, Vol 17, pp. 301-328, 2000 (with V. Kirilyuk, Kiev). "Robust Separation via Quadratics," Computers and Operations Research Vol. 28 No. 6, pp. 537-561, 2001 (with V. Karlov).