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Scott J. Mason
Department of Industrial Engineering
4207 Bell Engineering Center
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Journal Papers
  1. Magableh, G.M.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Minimizing earliness and tardiness on parallel machines with sequence-dependent setups, International Journal of Operations Research, to appear.
  2. Magableh, G.M.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, An integrated supply chain model with dynamic flow and replenishment requirements, Journal of Simulation, to appear.
  3. Mason, S.J., Jin, S.*, Jampani, J.*, 2008, A moving block heuristic to minimize earliness and tardiness costs on parallel machines, International Journal of Production Research, to appear.
  4. Jia, J.*, Mason, S.J., 2009, Semiconductor manufacturing scheduling of jobs containing multiple orders on identical parallel machines, International Journal of Production Research, 47 (10), 2565-2585.
  5. Pfund, M.E., Balasubramanian, H.*, Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J., Rose, O., 2008, A multi-criteria approach for scheduling semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities, Journal of Scheduling, 11, 29-47.
  6. Erramilli, V.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Multiple orders per job batch scheduling with incompatible jobs, Annals of Operations Research, 159, 245-260.
  7. Jampani, J.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Column generation heuristics for multiple machine, multiple orders per job scheduling problems, Annals of Operations Research, 159, 261-273.
  8. Kurz, M.B., Mason, S.J., 2008, Minimizing total weighted tardiness on a batch-processing machine with incompatible job families and job ready times, International Journal of Production Research, 46 (1), 131-151.
  9. Cakici, E.*, Jia, J.*, Yu, P.*, Mason, S.J., Cassady, C.R., Pohl, L.M.*, Lachowsky, A.J.*, 2007, Cellar tank piping network analysis at E. & J. Gallo Winery, Journal of Wine Research, 17 (3), 145-160.
  10. Cakici, E.*, Mason, S.J., 2007, Parallel machine scheduling subject to auxiliary resource constraints, Production Planning & Control, 18 (3), 217-225.
  11. Mason, S.J., Kurz, M.E., Pohl, L.M.*, Fowler, J.W., Pfund, M.E., 2007, Random keys implementation of NSGA-II for semiconductor manufacturing scheduling, International Journal of Information Technology and Intelligent Computing, 2 (3).
  12. Swaminathan, R.*, Pfund, M.E., Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J., Keha, A., 2007, Impact of permutation enforcement when minimizing total weighted tardiness in dynamic flowshops with uncertain processing times, Computers & Operations Research, 34 (10), 3055-3068.
  13. Erramilli, V.*, Mason, S.J., 2006, Multiple orders per job compatible batch scheduling, IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, 29 (4), 285-296.
  14. Gupta, J.N.D., Ruiz, R., Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J., 2006, Operational planning and control of semiconductor wafer production, Production Planning & Control, 17 (7), 639-647.
  15. Yeung, T.G.*, Mason, S.J., 2006, Using real options analysis to value reoptimization options in the Shifting Bottleneck heuristic, Naval Research Logistics, 53 (4), 285-297.
  16. Yeung, T.G.*, Mason, S.J., Chimka, J.R., Greiner, M.A., 2006, Recommendations for automatic identification technology in the Air Force supply chain, Air Force Journal of Logistics, 30 (3), 80-83.
  17. Mason, S.J., Jin, S.*, Jampani, J.*, 2005, A moving block heuristic for minimizing earliness and tardiness on a single machine with unrestrictive common due dates, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 24 (4), 328-338.
  18. McGee, J.B.*, Rossetti, M.D., Mason, S.J., 2005, Quantifying the effect of transportation practices in military supply chains, Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2 (2), 87-100.
  19. Qu, P.*, Mason, S.J., 2005, Metaheuristic scheduling of 300mm jobs containing multiple orders, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 18 (4), 633-643.
  20. Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., Carlyle, W.M., Montgomery, D.C., 2005, Heuristics for minimizing total weighted tardiness in complex job shops, International Journal of Production Research, 43 (10), 1943-1963.
  21. Tovia, F.*, Mason, S.J., Ramasami, B.*, 2004, A scheduling heuristic for maximizing wirebonder throughput, IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing, 27 (2), 145-150.
  22. Mason, S.J., Jin, S.*, Wessels, C.*, 2004, Rescheduling strategies for minimizing total weighted tardiness in complex job shops, International Journal of Production Research, 42 (3), 613-628.
  23. Mason, S.J., Oey, K.*, 2003, Scheduling complex job shops using disjunctive graphs:  a cycle elimination procedure, International Journal of Production Research, 41 (5), 981–994.
  24. Mason, S.J., Ribera, P.M.*, Farris, J.A.*, Kirk, R.G., 2003, Integrating the warehousing and transportation functions of the supply chain, Transportation Research Part E:  Logistics and Transportation Review, 39 (2), 141-159.
  25. Fowler, J.W., Hogg, G.L., Mason, S.J., 2002, Workload control in the semiconductor industry, Production Planning & Control, 13 (7), 568-578.
  26. Mason, S.J., Cole, M.H., Ulrey, B.T.*, Yan, L., 2002, Improving electronics manufacturing supply chain agility through outsourcing, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 32 (7), 610-620.
  27. Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., Carlyle, W.M., 2002, A modified shifting bottleneck heuristic for minimizing total weighted tardiness in complex job shops, Journal of Scheduling, 5 (3), 247-262.

* Student co-author

Proceedings Publishing

  1. Mason, S.J., Hill, R.R., Moench, L., Rose, O., Jefferson, T., Fowler, J.W. (eds.), 2008, Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference,Miami, Florida.
  2. Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J. (eds.), 2008, Proceedings of the 2008 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Book Chapters
  1. Pfund, M.E., Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., 2006, Semiconductor manufacturing scheduling and dispatching, Chapter 9 in Handbook of Production Scheduling, Herrmann, J.W. (ed.), Springer, New York, 213-241.
  2. Collins, T.R., Mason, S.J., Nachtmann, H.L., 2006, Cost evaluation and analysis, Chapter 17 in Advanced Electronic Packaging, 2nd Edition, Ulrich, R.K., Brown, W.D. (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 691-724.
  3. Malstrom, E.M., Mason, S.J., 2001, Scheduling and inventory control of manufacturing systems, Maynard’s Industrial Engineering Handbook, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 9.27-9.47.

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. Mönch, L., Zimmerman, J., Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J., 2009, A Simulation-Based and an Analytic Modeling Approach to Calculate an Appropriate Number of FOUPs in Wafer Fabs, Proceedings of the 2009 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, L. H. Lee, M. E. Kuhl, J. W. Fowler and S. Robinson, eds., Coventry, England, to appear.
  2. Mönch, L., Fowler, J.W., Dauzère-Pérès, S., Mason, S.J., Rose, O., 2009, Scheduling Semiconductor Manufacturing Operations: Problems, Solution Techniques, and Future Challenges, 4th Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:  Theory & Applications, Dublin, Ireland, to appear.
  3. McCallion, E.A., Taylor, N.D., Mason, S.J., Pohl, E.A., 2009, Analysis of Transportation Network Design Strategies for Forced Transfer Busing, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, Florida, to appear.
  4. Montgomery, W., Mason, S.J., 2009, Mission Assignment and Leave Block Scheduling: Maintaining Readiness and Sustainment of Military Troops During War-Time, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, Florida, to appear.
  5. Zimmerman, J.*, Moench, L., Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., 2008, Determining an Appropriate Number of FOUPs in Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication Facilities, Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, 2164-2170.
  6. Ingalls, R.G., Hunsaker, B., Mason, S.J., Needy, K.L., Norman, B.A., Cornejo, M.*, Methapatara, C.*, Sittivijan, P.*, Claypool, E.*, Gokhan, N.M.*, 2008, Integrating design for supply chain research into a graduate supply chain modeling course—a collaborative approach, 2008 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  7. Ferguson, J.A.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Analysis of a Circuit Routing Strategy for Forced Transfer Busing, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1556-1561.
  8. Medal, H.*, Gade, D.*, Mason, S.J., Meller, R.D., Pohl, E.A., 2008, Pickup and Delivery of Poultry in Rural Networks, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1897-1902.
  9. Needy, K.L., Ingalls, R.G., Mason, S.J., Hunsaker, B., Norman, B.A., Gokhan, N.M.*, Cornejo, M.*, 2008, Design for Supply Chain - A Collaborative Research Project Between Institutions and Between Centers, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 396-401.
  10. Saka, B.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Tractor and Trailer Routing in a Less Than Truckload Network, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 703-708.
  11. Saka, B.*, Mettenburg, D., Mason, S.J., 2008, Effective Freight Touring in Truckload Transportation, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 709-714.
  12. Unlu, Y.*, Mason, S.J., 2008, Comparison of Formulations for Non-Preemptive Parallel Machine Scheduling Problems, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1550-1555.
  13. Jampani, J.*, Mason, S.J., 2007, Complex Job Shop Multiple Orders per Job Scheduling, 3rd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:  Theory & Applications, Paris, France, 225-233.
  14. Li, W.*, Mason, S.J., 2007, Comparison of Simulation-Based Schedule Generation Methodologies for Semiconductor Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
  15. Unlu, Y.*, Mason, S.J., 2007, Optimizing Tank Selection And Operations Scheduling At A Large Winery, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee.
  16. Mason, S.J., Kurz, M.E., Pfund, M.E., Fowler, J.W., Pohl, L.M.*, 2007, Multi-Objective Semiconductor Manufacturing Scheduling: A Random Keys Implementation of NSGA-II, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Scheduling (CI-Sched 2007), 159-164.
  17. Magableh, G.*, Rossetti, M.D., Mason, S.J., 2005, Modeling and analysis of a generic cross-docking facility, Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, 1613-1620.
  18. Erramilli, V.*, Mason, S.J., 2005, Multiple orders per job batch scheduling on a single machine with incompatible jobs, 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:  Theory & Applications, New York, New York.
  19. Jampani, J.*, Mason, S.J., Erramilli, V.*, 2005, Multiple orders per job scheduling on a single machine using column generation, 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:  Theory & Applications, New York, New York.
  20. Pfund, M.E., Balasubramanian, H.*, Fowler, J.W., Mason, S.J., 2005, A bi-criteria approach to scheduling wafer fabrication facilities, 2nd Multidisciplinary International Conference on Scheduling:  Theory & Applications, New York, New York.
  21. Kutanoglu, E., Tanrisever, F.*, Mason, S.J., 2004, Forming and scheduling jobs from multiple orders with different attributes:  a computational study of special cases, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  22. Magableh, G.*, Mason, S.J., 2004, Transportation logistics applications of wireless data systems, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  23. Qu, P.*, Mason, S.J., 2004, Solving the multiple orders per job scheduling problem with Tabu search, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  24. Qu, P.*, Mason, S.J., Kutanoglu, E., Fowler, J.W., 2004, A heuristic for minimizing total weighted completion time on a single machine for the multiple orders per job scheduling problem, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  25. Rainwater, C.*, Honeycutt, J.*, Cassady, C.R., Mason, S.J., 2004, Solving selective maintenance problems for fleets of systems, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  26. Sophabmixay, K.J.*, Mason, S.J., Rossetti, M.D., 2004, Strategic optimization of a transportation distribution network, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  27. Swaminathan, R.*, Fowler, J.W., Pfund, M.E., Mason, S.J., 2004, Minimizing total weighted tardiness in a dynamic flowshop with variable processing times, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas.
  28. Kutanoglu, E., Ling, R.*, Mason, S.J., 2003, Scaling-based algorithms for resource-constrained project scheduling problems, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  29. Magableh, G.*, Mason, S.J., 2003, Future applications of wireless data systems in transportation logistics, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  30. Magableh, G.*, Mason, S.J., 2003, Increased supply chain efficiencies through integration, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  31. Magableh, G.*, Mason, S.J., 2003, Minimizing weighted earliness/tardiness on parallel machines with sequence-dependent setups, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  32. Mason, S.J., Carlyle, W.M., Fowler, J.W., 2003, Improving MIP solver performance for scheduling complex job shops, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  33. Qu, P.*, Steinmiller, B.*, Mason, S.J., 2003, Incorporating automated material handling systems into a disjunctive graph for subsequent scheduling by a shifting bottleneck-based approach, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  34. Ramasami, B.*, Tovia, F.*, Mason, S.J., Potoradi, J., Boon, O.S., 2003, Mathematical programming approach for wire bonder scheduling, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon.
  35. Fowler, J.W., Brown, S., Carlyle, W.M., Gel, E., Mason, S.J., Moench, L., Rose, O., Runger, G., Sturm, R., 2002, A modified shifting bottleneck heuristic for scheduling wafer fabrication facilities, International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dresden, Germany, 1231-1236.
  36. Jin, S.*, Mason, S.J., 2002, Rescheduling strategies for complex job shops, International Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Mackulak, G.T., Fowler, J.W., Schoemig, A. (eds.), 90-94.
  37. Mason, S.J., Skinner, G.*, Qu, P.*, Jin, S.*, Wessels, C.*, Pfund, M., Fowler, J.W., Carlyle, W.M., Kim, B., 2002, Scheduling and rescheduling methodologies for wafer fabs, International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dresden, Germany, 1464-1471.
  38. Potoradi, J., Boon, O.S., Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., Pfund, M.E., 2002, Using simulation based scheduling to maximize demand fulfillment in a semiconductor assembly facility, Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, San Diego, CA, 1857-1861.
  39. Qu, P.*, Mason, S.J., Kutanoglu, E., 2002, Scheduling jobs containing multiple orders, International Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Mackulak, G.T., Fowler, J.W., Schoemig, A. (eds.), 264-269.
  40. Ramasami, B.*, Mason, S.J., Cole, M.H., Yan, L., Hargroder, M., 2002, Issues in Inventory Modeling in a Virtual Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida
  41. Rose, O., Fowler, J., Carlyle, M., Runger, G., Mason, S., 2002, Ein neuer Ansatz fuer die Ressourceneinsatzplanung und Fabriksteuerung von Halbleiterfertigungsanlagen, Proceeding of the 10th ASIM-Fachtagung Simulation in Produktion und Logistik.
  42. Skinner, G.E.*, Mason, S.J., 2002, A genetic algorithm for scheduling parallel batch processing machines, International Conference on Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing, Mackulak, G.T., Fowler, J.W., Schoemig, A. (eds.), 270-275.
  43. Hau, T.*, Mason, S.J., Yan, L., Cole, M.H., 2001, Contract manufacturing’s impact on the electronics manufacturing supply chain, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Dallas, Texas.
  44. Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., 2001, Maximizing delivery performance in semiconductor wafer fabs—potential implementation issues, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Dallas, Texas.
  45. Mason, S.J., Yan, L., The manufacture/outsource decision in electronics manufacturing, 2001, Semiconductor Manufacturing Operational Modeling and Simulation Symposium, Cochran, J.K., Bonal, J. (eds.), 117-122.
  46. Nachtmann, H., Mason, S.J., Angulo, A.F.*, Fant, E.W., 2001, Validation of target inventory methodologies in the real world, Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Dallas, Texas.
  47. Oey, K.*, Mason, S.J., 2001, Scheduling batch processing machines in complex job shops, Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, Peters, B.A., Smith, J.S., Medeiros, D.J., Rohrer, M.W. (eds.), 1200-1207.
  48. Qu, P.*, Skinner, G.E.*, Mason, S.J., 2001, Sizing a pilot production line using simulation, Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, Peters, B.A., Smith, J.S., Medeiros, D.J., Rohrer, M.W. (eds.), 1188-1193.
  49. Mason, S.J., Fowler, J.W., 2000, Maximizing delivery performance in semiconductor wafer fabs, Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference, Joines, J.A., Barton, R.R., Kang, K., Fishwick, P.A. (eds.), 1458-1463.
  50. Mason, S.J., Jensen, P.A., Fowler, J.W., 1996, A comparison study of the logic of four wafer fabrication simulators, Proceedings of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, Charnes, J.M., Morrice, D.J., Brunner, D.T., Swain, J.J.(eds.), 1031-1038.

* Student co-author