Lihui Bai

Assistant Professor of Information and Decision Sciences (IDS)

Degrees:

  • Ph.D — University of Florida, 2004
  • M.S. — Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1999
  • B.S. — Inner Mongolia University, China, 1994

Dr. Bai has been a faculty member at Valparaiso University since the fall of 2004. She teaches in the areas of operations management, business statistics and management science. Her research interests include linear/nonlinear programming, toll pricing problem, and numerical algorithm development.

Publications

Awards and honors:

  • University of Florida Alumni Fellowships, 2002-2004
  • Ninth Annual International Student Award, University of Florida, 2003
  • Excellent Thesis Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1999

“A Genetic Algorithm for the Minimum Toll Booth Problem,” Decision Science Institute Proceedings, pp. 30411-30416, 2006.

“Numerical Algorithms for the Pollution Permit Problem,” Decision Science Institute Proceedings, pp. 18491-18495, 2005.

“Decomposition Techniques for the Minimum Toll Revenue Problem,” with D. Hearn, and S. Lawphongpanich, Networks, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 142-150, 2004.

“Computational Methods for Congestion Toll Pricing Models,” with D. Hearn, M. Yildirim, and M. Ramana, IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Proceedings, pp. 257-262.

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