• BS, Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalunya, 1977
• Professional Engineer (PE), Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Catalunya, 1979
• Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Operations Research, University of Florida, 1984
• Ph D, Operations Research, University of Florida, 1986

Journal Articles

Kevin Bunn and Jose A. Ventura, 2023, "A Dynamic Programming Approach for the Two-Product Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem with Concave Costs", European Journal of Operational Research, 307, pp. 116-129

Jose A. Ventura, Boaz Golany, Abraham Mendoza and Chenxi Li, 2022, "A Multi-Product Dynamic Supply Chain Inventory Model Considering Supplier Selection, Joint Replenishment, and Transportation Cost", Annals of Operations Research, 316, pp. 729-762

Hamza Adeinat, Subramanian Pazhani, Abraham Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2022, "Coordination of Pricing and Inventory Replenishment Decisions in a Supply Chain with Multiple Geographically Dispersed Retailers", International Journal of Production Economics, 248, pp. 1-16

Omar Abbaas and Jose A. Ventura, 2021, "A Lexicographic Optimization Approach to the Deviation-Flow Refueling Station Location Problem on a General Network", Optimization Letters, 16, (3), pp. 953-982

Lisha Duan and Jose A. Ventura, 2021, "Technical Note: A Joint Pricing, Supplier Selection, and Inventory Replenishment Model using the Logit Demand Function", Decision Sciences, 52, (2), pp. 512-534

Omar Abbaas and Jose Ventura, 2021, "An Edge Scanning Method for the Continuous Deviation-Flow Refueling Station Location Problem on a General Network", Networks, 79, (3), pp. 264-291

Jose Ventura, Kevin A. Bunn, Barbara B. Venegas and Lisha Duan, 2021, "A Coordination Mechanism for Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation with Price Sensitive Demand and Finite Production Rates", International Journal of Production Economics, 233

Xin Li, Jose Ventura and Kevin A Bunn, 2020, "A Joint Order Acceptance and Scheduling Problem with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties Considering Overtime", Journal of Scheduling, 24, pp. 49-68

Seong Wook Hwang, Sang Jin Kweon and Jose Ventura, 2020, "An Alternative Fuel Refueling Station Location Model with Detour Traffic Flows on a Highway Road System", 2020, pp. 1-27

Xin Li and Jose Ventura, 2020, "Exact Algorithms for a Joint Order Acceptance and Scheduling Problem", International Journal of Production Economics, 223, pp. 1-16

Lisha Duan, Jose A Ventura and Barbara B Venegas, 2019, "Application of the Logit Demand Function to Determine the Retail Price and Inventory Replenishment Policy in a Serial Supply Chain", International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 8, (3), pp. 741-759

Lisha Duan and Jose Ventura, 2019, "A Dynamic Supplier Selection and Inventory Management Model in a Serial Supply Chain with a Novel Supplier Price Break Scheme and Flexible Time Periods", European Journal of Operational Research, 272, (3), pp. 979-998

Hamza Adeinat and Jose Ventura, 2018, "Integrated Pricing and Supplier Selection in a Two-Stage Supply Chain", International Journal of Production Economics, 201, pp. 193-202

Hamza Adeinat and Jose Ventura, 2018, "Integrated Pricing and Lot-Sizing Decisions in a Serial Supply Chain", Applied Mathematical Modeling, 54, pp. 429-445

Barbara B Venegas and Jose Ventura, 2018, "A Two-Stage Supply Chain Coordination Mechanism considering Price Sensitive Demand and Quantity Discounts", European Journal of Operational Research, 264, (2), pp. 524-533

Xin Li, Jose Ventura, Barbara B. Venegas, Sang Jin Kweon and Seong Wook Hwang, 2018, "An Integrated Acquisition Policy for Supplier Selection and Lot Sizing Considering Total Quantity Discount and Quality Constraint", Transportation Research Part E, 119, pp. 19-40

Xin Li, Jose Ventura and Luis Ayala, 2018, "Carbon Dioxide Source Selection and Supply Planning for Fracking Operations in Shale Gas and Oil Wells", Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 55, pp. 74-88

Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook Hwang and Jose Ventura, 2017, "A Continuous Deviation-flow Location Problem for an Alternative-fuel Refueling Station on a Tree-like Transportation Network", Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017, pp. 1-20

Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook Hwang, Matthew E. Tormay and Chenxi Li, 2017, "Energy Policy Considerations in the Design of an Alternative-fuel Refueling Infrastructure to Reduce GHG Emissions on a Transportation Network", Energy Policy, 111, pp. 427-439

Seong Wook Hwang, Sang Jin Kweon and Jose Ventura, 2017, "Locating Alternative-Fuel Refueling Stations on a Multi-Class Vehicle Transportation Network", European Journal of Operational Research, 261, (3), pp. 941-957

Ron G. McGarvey, Brian Q. Rieksts, Jose Ventura and Namsu Ahn, 2016, "Binary Linear Programming Models for Robust Broadcasting in Communication Networks", Discrete Applied Mathematics, 204, (1), pp. 173-184

Jose A Ventura, Subramanian Pazhani and Abraham Mendoza, 2016, "A Serial Inventory System with Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation considering Transportation Costs", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 40, (1), pp. 612-634

Hamza Adeinat and Jose Ventura, 2015, "Determining the Retailer's Replenishment Policy considering Multiple Capacitated Suppliers and Price-sensitive Demand", European Journal of Operational Research, 247, (1), pp. 83-92

Jose Ventura, Seong Wook Hwang and Sang Jin Kweon, 2015, "A Continuous Network Location Model for a Single Refueling Station on a Tree", Computers and Operations Research, 62, pp. 257-265

Jose Ventura, Subramanian Pazhani and Abraham Mendoza, 2015, "Finding Optimal Dwell Points for Automated Guided Vehicles in General Guide-Path Layouts", International Journal of Production Economics, 170 C, pp. 850-861

Seong Wook Hwang, Sang Jin Kweon and Jose Ventura, 2015, "Infrastructure Development for Alternative Fuel Vehicles on a Highway Road System", Transportation Research: Part E, 77, pp. 170-183

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2013, "Modeling Actual Transportation Costs in Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation Decisions", Operations Research: An International Journal, 13, (1), pp. 5-25

S. K. Moon, H. S. Oh, Jose Ventura, J. K. Kim and Y. J. Yoon, 2013, "Service Reliability Improvement in Manufacturing and Operating Systems", International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 14, (8), pp. 1401-1406

K. L. Huang and Jose Ventura, 2013, "Two-Machine Flow Shop Scheduling with Synchronous Material Movement", International Journal of Planning and Scheduling, 1, (4), pp. 301-315

Jose A Ventura, Victor A Valdebenito and Boaz Golany, 2013, "A Dynamic Inventory Model with Supplier Selection in a Serial Supply Chain Structure", European Journal of Operational Research, 230, pp. 258-271

Jose Ventura and S. H. Yoon, 2013, "A New Genetic Algorithm for Lot-streaming Flow Shop Scheduling with Limited Capacity Buffers", Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 24, pp. 1185-1196

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2012, "Analytical Models for Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", Applied Mathematical Modelling, 36, pp. 3826-3835

Brian Q. Rieksts and Jose Ventura, 2010, "Two-Stage Inventory Models with a Bi-Modal Transportation Cost", Computers and Operations Research, 37, (1), pp. 20-31

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2010, "A Serial Inventory System with Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", European Journal of Operational Research, 207, (3), pp. 1304-1315

A. Cintron, A. R. Ravindran and Jose Ventura, 2010, "Multi-Criteria Mathematical Model for Designing the Distribution Network of a Consumer Goods Company", Computers and Industrial Engineering, 58, pp. 584-593

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2009, "Estimating Freight Rates in Inventory Replenishment and Supplier Selection Decisions", Logistics Research, 1, pp. 185-196

Jose Ventura and B. Q. Rieksts, 2009, "Optimal Location of Dwell Points in a Single Loop AGV System with Time Restrictions on Vehicle Availability", European Journal of Operational Research, 192, pp. 93-104

B. Q. Rieksts, Jose Ventura and Y. T. Herer, 2009, "Power-of-Two Policies for Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Systems with Order Frequency Discounts", Computers and Operations Research, 36, pp. 2286-2294

R. A. Pitts and Jose Ventura, 2009, "Scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Cells using Tabu Search", 47, (24), pp. 6907-6928

B. Q. Rieksts and Jose Ventura, 2009, "Time-Relaxed 1-Fault Tolerant Broadcast Networks", 19, (2), pp. 335-353

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2008, "Inventory Models with Two Transportation Modes and Quantity Discounts", International Journal of Production Economics, 113, pp. 754-765

B. Q. Rieksts and Jose Ventura, 2008, "Optimal Inventory Policies with Two Modes of Freight Transportation", European Journal of Operational Research, 186, pp. 576-585

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2008, "An Effective Method for Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2, pp. 1-15

B. Q. Rieksts and Jose Ventura, 2007, "A Compounding Algorithm for 1-Fault Tolerant Broadcast Networks", Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 24, (5), pp. 687-713

B. Q. Rieksts, Jose Ventura, Y. T. Herer and D. Sun, 2007, "Worst-Case Performance of Power-of-Two Policies for Serial Inventory Systems with Incremental Quantity Discounts", 54, pp. 583-587

C. D. Ray, A. Laddad and Jose Ventura, 2007, "The Impact of Cutting Bill Variability on Product Flow for a Hardwood Dimension Mill as Determined through Discrete Event Simulation", Wood and Fiber Science, 39, (4), pp. 614-627

S. I. Brown, R. G. McGarvey and Jose Ventura, 2004, "Total Flowtime and Makespan for a No-wait m-Machine", 55, (6), pp. 614-621

Conference Proceedings

Jose Ventura, Seong Wook Hwang, Sang Jin Kweon, Lisha Duan and Barbara Venegas, 2019, "Alternative-Fuel Refueling Stations in Transportation Networks considering Detour Flows", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo

Lisha Duan, Barbara B. , Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon and Seong Wook Hwang, 2019, "Enhanced Joint Pricing and Lot-sizing Decisions in a Serial Supply-chain"

Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon, Seongwook Hwang, Barbara B. Venegas and Lisha Duan, 2019, "Bi-Objective Model to Locate Alternative-Fuel Refueling Stations on Highway Networks", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo, University Pk, United States

Janis Terpenny, Andris Freivalds, Catherine M Harmonosky, Elena M Joshi, El-Amine Lehtihet, Vittaldas V Prabhu and Jose Ventura, 2018, "Product-based Learning: Bundling Goods and Services for an Integrated Context Rich Industrial Engineering Curriculum", Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Barbara B. Venegas, Jose Ventura and Lisha Duan, 2018, "Supply Chain Coordination with Profit-Sharing Agreements", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo

Lisha Duan, Jose Ventura and Barbara B. Venegas, 2018, "A Joint Pricing, Supplier Selection and Inventory Replenishment Model using the Logit Demand Function", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo

Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook Hwang, M. E. Tormay, Barbara B. Venegas, Xin Li and Lisha Duan, 2018, "Environmental Impact of Setting up a Refueling Infrastructure for Alternative Fuel Vehicles", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo

Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook Hwang, Jose Ventura, Barbara B. Venegas and Lisha Duan, 2018, "Bi-Objective Model to Locate Alternative-Fuel Refueling Stations on Highway Networks", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo

Barbara Venegas and Jose Ventura, 2017, "Game-Theoretical Analysis of a Decentralized Supply Chain under Price Sensitive Demand", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA, pp. 6

Jose Ventura, Seong Wook Hwang and Sang Jin Kweon, 2017, "A Generalized Formulation for the Flow Refueling Location Problem considering Different Vehicle Classes", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA, pp. 6

Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook and Jose Ventura, 2017, "A Polynomial-Time Algorithm for the Continuous Single Refueling Station Location Problem Considering Vehicle Deviations on a Tree Network", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA, pp. 6

Abraham Mendoza, Jose A Ventura and Sabramanian Pazhani, 2014, "Positioning Automated Guided Vehicles in a General Guide-Path Layout", Proceedings of the 12th International Material Handling Research Colloquium, Material Handling Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA, pp. 10

Sang Jin Kweon, Seong Wook Hwang and Jose A Ventura, 2014, "Robust Analysis of the Basic Economic Order Quantity Model", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA, pp. 7

Hamza Adeinat and Jose A Ventura, 2014, "Determining the Retailer?s Replenishment Policy considering Multiple Capacitated Suppliers and Price-sensitive Demand", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA, USA, pp. 7

Seong Wook Hwang, Sang Jin Kweon and Jose A Ventura, 2014, "Infrastructure Development for Alternative-Fuel Vehicles on a Traffic Network", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA, pp. 7

Subramanian Pazhani, Jose A Ventura and Abraham Mendoza, 2014, "Positioning Automated Guided Vehicles in a General Guide-Path Layout", 13th International Material Handling Research Colloquium, Cincinnati, Ohio, Material Handling Institute, Charlotte, NC, USA, pp. 7

S. Pazhani, Jose Ventura and A. Mendoza, 2013, "Optimizing Inventory Levels in a Serial Supply Chain considering Multiple Suppliers and Transportation Costs", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Jose Ventura and C. Parra, 2013, "A Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Scheduling and Routing Workers in a Fixed Product Flexible Open Shop", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

H. Adeinat and Jose Ventura, 2013, "Optimizing Inventory Levels in a Serial Supply Chain considering Multiple Suppliers and Transportation Costs", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

H. S. Oh, S. K. Moon and Jose Ventura, 2012, "Service Reliability Evaluation using Fuzzy Failure Mode Effects Analysis and Grey Theory", Proceedings of the 2012 Institute of Industrial Engineering Asian Conference, Asian Network for Industrial Engineers (Singapore) and Institute of Industrial Engineers (Atlanta, GA)

Jose Ventura and C. Trail, 2012, "A Multi-objective Fixed Product Flexible Open Shop Problem", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Jose Ventura, K. L. Huang and A. Mendoza, 2012, "A Flow-shop Sequencing Problem with Synchronous Material Transfers", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

A. Mendoza, Jose Ventura and S. R. Cho, 2011, "Production and Distribution Planning in a Supply Chain Network", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2010, "A Serial Inventory System with Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

A. Mendoza, Jose Ventura and K. L. Huang, 2010, "A Flowshop Scheduling Problem with Transportation Times and Capacity Contraints", Progress in Material Handling Research, The Material Handling Institute, pp. 296-304

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2009, "Actual Transportation Costs in Supplier Selection Decisions", Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2008, "Incorporating Transportation Costs into Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

K. L. Huang and Jose Ventura, 2008, "Flow Shop Scheduling with Synchronized Material Movement", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

M. S. Seo and Jose Ventura, 2008, "An Application of Ant Colony Optimization to Job Shop Scheduling", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Jose Ventura and A. Mendoza, 2008, "Inventory and Transportation in Supplier Selection Decisions", Fraunhofer Institut for Material Flow and Logistics, Dortmund, Germany

R. A. Pitts and Jose Ventura, 2007, "A Heuristic Algorithm for Minimizing Makespan in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment", Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

R. A. Pitts and Jose Ventura, 2006, "A Tabu Search Algorithm for Routing and Scheduling Flexible Manufacturing Cells", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

Jose Ventura, B. Q. Rieksts and Y. T. Herer, 2006, "An Effective Inventory Policy with Order Frequency Discounts", Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

M. S. Seo and Jose Ventura, 2006, "An Ant Colony Algorithm for the Steiner Problem in Graphs", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2006, "An Effective Method for Supplier Selection and Order Quantity Allocation", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

Y. T. Herer, Jose Ventura and B. Q. Rieksts, 2006, "Power-of-Two Policies for Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Systems with Order Frequency Discounts", Proceedings of the Fourteenth Israeli Industrial Engineering and Management Conference

Jose Ventura, M. L. De Grano and B. Q. Rieksts, 2005, "A Two-Stage Inventory Model with Transshipment Costs", Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2005, "An inventory model with incremental quantity discounts and transshipment costs", Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Proceedings of the Annual Industrial Engineering Research Conference

Jose Ventura and B. Q. Rieksts, 2004, "Inventory Models with Two Modes of Freight Transportation", Material Handling Institute, Charlotte, NC

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2004, "An Inventory Model with Two Transportation Modes and Quantity Discounts", Institute of Industrial Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Janis Terpenny, Andris Freivalds, Catherine M Harmonosky, Elena M Joshi, El-Amine Lehtihet, Vittaldas V Prabhu and Jose Ventura, , "Product-Based Learning: Bundling Goods and Services for an Integrated Context Rich Industrial Engineering Curriculum", Proceedings of the 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society of Engineering Education

Barbara B. Venegas, Jose Ventura and Lisha Duan, , "Supply Chain Coordination with Profit-Sharing Agreements", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Lisha Duan, Jose Ventura and Barbara B. Venegas, , "A Joint Pricing, Supplier Selection and Inventory Replenishment Model using the Logit Demand Function", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon, Seongwook Hwang, Matthew E. Tormay, Barbara B. Venegas, Xin Li and Lisha Duan, , "Environmental Impact of Setting up a Refueling Infrastructure for Alternative Fuel Vehicles", Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Conference and Expo, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, Atlanta, GA

Barbara B. Venegas, Lisha Duan, Jose Ventura, Sang Jin Kweon and Seong Wook Hwang, , "A Game Theoretical Approach to Supplier Selection and Supply Chain Coordination"

Other

A. Mendoza and Jose Ventura, 2013, "EOQ Models with Two Modes of Freight Transportation and All-Units Quantity Discounts", Handbook on EOQ Inventory Problems: Stochastic and Deterministic Models and Applications, International Series in Operations Research and Management Science, pp. 11

Jose Ventura and A. Mendoza, 2008, "Inventory and Transportation in Supplier Selection Decisions", Progress in Material Handling Research, pp. 671-683

Jose Ventura and B. Q. Rieksts, 2004, "Inventory Models with Two Modes of Freight Transportation", Progress in Material Handling Research, pp. 529-539

• David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, May 2018

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