Professor John J. Bartholdi, III
School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0205
Phone: 404-894-3036
Fax: 404-894-2301
E-mail: john.bartholdi@isye.gatech.edu
John Bartholdi studied mathematics and industrial engineering at the University of Florida, finishing there in 1977 after a tour of duty in the Special Warfare Group, US Navy. He subsequently taught at the University of Michigan and the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical Engineering before arriving at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is interested in the mathematics of logistics and coordination.
Bucket Brigades: Production Lines that Balance Themselves
(keywords: assembly line, discrete dynamical system, fixed point)
A Commercial Routing System Based on Spacefilling Curves
(keywords: routing, traveling salesman problem, spacefilling curves, heuristics)