Biography
James Minas is an assistant teaching professor of operations, technology and information management at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He has taught and developed courses in spreadsheet modeling, optimization, machine learning, statistical modeling and decision analysis.
Minas’ research uses quantitative methods to generate insights into complex business problems. His application areas include disaster response, supply chain resilience, contract design and tax policy. His work has appeared in outlets such as Decision Support Systems, European Journal of Operational Research and Journal of the Operational Research Society.
Education
PhD Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, 2013 BS The University of Melbourne, 2001
Research
- Minas, James; Minas, John; Lim, Youngdeok. "A cluster analysis of individual taxpayers: What are the characteristics of taxpayers who realise capital gains?"Australian Tax Forum. 38.2 (2023): 245-265
- Minas, James; Simpson, Natalie; Tacheva, Zhasmina. "Modeling emergency response operations: A theory building survey"Computers and Operations Research. 119 (2020): 104921
- Alamri, Osama; Abbasi, Babak; Minas, James; Zeephongsekul, Panlop. "Service level agreements: ready-rate analysis with lump-sum and linear penalty structures"Journal of the Operational Research Society. 69.1 (2018): 142-155
- Simpson, Natalie; Minas, James. "Conceptualization and demonstration of the Incident Controller’s Problem"Decision Support Systems. 90 (2016): 99-111
- Minas, James; Hearne, John; Martell, David. "A spatial optimisation model for multi-period landscape level fuel management to mitigate wildfire impacts"European Journal of Operational Research. 232.2 (2014): 412-422