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BSc (Mt. Allison); MSc (Queen's); PhD (Dalhousie)
Gordon Shaw Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems
Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems
Associate Dean, Research
Chair, Operations Management and Information Systems
Area(s):
Operations Management and Information Systems
E-mail:
wcook@schulich.yorku.ca
Telephone:
(416) 736-2100, ext. 33573
Fax:
(416) 736-5687
Office:
Room S337M, SSB
RESEARCH
Areas of Expertise
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Productivity of service organizations; productivity in the financial services setting; group decision making; decision problems involving multiple criteria; decision problems involving subjective preferences. |
Current Research Projects
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Performance analysis in financial services
Fraud prediction models in financial services |
TEACHING
1972 - Present
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Schulich School of Business, York University |
Teaching Area/s
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Operations Management and Information Systems |
Courses Taught
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Inventory Management, Modelling, Operational
Research Methods, Production/Operations Management,
Quantitative Methods, Statistics |
Previous Appointments
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Dalhousie University |
Visiting Professorships
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University of Bath, UK |
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Ontario Ministry of Transportation - Consultant
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Consultant
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
- 1992 - 1997: Editor INFOR
- 1997 - Present: Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Ordinal Information and Preference Structures: Decision Models and Applications, Prentice Hall, 1992 (with M. Kress).
Multi-component Efficiency Measurement in Bank Branches, forthcoming in Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2000 (with M. Hababou and H. Tuenter).
Prioritization of Highway Accident Sites: A Data Envelopment Analysis Model, forthcoming in Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2000 (with A. Kazakov, and B. Persaud).
Project Prioritization: A Resource-Constrained Data Envelopment Analysis Approach, forthcoming in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2000 (with R. Green).
Characterizing an Equitable Allocation of Shared Costs: a DEA Approach, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 119, No. 3, 1999: pp 652-661(with M. Kress).
Resource Allocation in R&D Departments, INFOR, Vol. 36, No.1, 1998: pp 41-56 (with A. Chung & M. Kress).
Setting Performance Targets for New Decision Making Units in DEA, INFOR, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1998: pp 177-188 (with A. Kazakov and R. Green).
Technology Implementation: A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Factories, INFOR, Vol. 36, No.3, 1998: pp142-150 (with J. Linton).
A General Framework for Distance-Based Consensus in Ordinal Ranking, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 96, 1996: pp. 392-397, (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
Data Envelopment Analysis in the Presence of Both Quantitative and Qualitative Factors, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 47, No. 7, 1996: pp. 945-953 (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
Preference Voting and Project Ranking Using DEA and Cross Evaluation,European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 96,1996: pp 109-115 (with J. Doyle and R. Green).
Implementation of Robotics: Identifying Efficient Implementers, OMEGA, Vol. 46, 1992: pp 147-153 (with D. Johnston & D. McCutcheon).
CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Wade D. Cook
Rank
Professor of Management Science &
Associate Dean, Research
Status
Tenured
Education
BSc (Mt. Allison); MSc (Queen's); PhD (Dalhousie)
Employment History
1980 - Present Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto
1975 - 1980 Associate Professor, York University
1972 - 1975 Assistant Professor, York University
1971 - 1972 Lecturer, Dalhousie University
Scholarly and Professional Activities
University Service:
Associate Dean
Student Affairs
Ph.D. Program Director
Chair, FAS Tenure & Promotions Committee
Management Science Area Coordinator
Executive Positions:
Consultant to Ontario Ministry of Transportation and CIBC
Editorial Positions:
1992-1997 - Editor of INFOR
1994-1997 - Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis
Graduate Thesis Supervisions
1 Ph.D., in progress
Graduate Courses Taught
MGTS 5010, Quantitative Methods - Fall 1990-1993, Winter 1990-1994, Summer 1991
MGTS 5120, Quantitative Methods - Fall 1995
MGTS 6000, Operational Research Methods - Fall 1990-1993, 1995-1996
MGTS 6550, Inventory Management - Winter 1990-1994
Research Funding
1996 NSERC, $65,000 for research
1996 CIBC, $75,000 for research
1989 - 1996 NSERC, $40,000 for research
Publications
Books
Ordinal Information and Preference Structures: Decision Models and Applications
, Prentice Hall, 1992 (with M. Kress).
Chapters in Books
"On the Measurement and Monitoring of Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols", in Data Envelopment Analysis, Theory, Methodology and Applications, by Charnes, et. al., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994.
Refereed Full Journal Papers
"Prioritization of Highway Accident Sites: A Data Envelopment Analysis Model", forthcoming in Journal of the Operational Research Society, 2000 (with A. Kazakov, and B. Persaud).
"Project Prioritization: A Resource-Constrained Data Envelopment Analysis Approach", forthcoming in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2000
(with R. Green).
"Multi-component Efficiency Measurement in Bank Branches", forthcoming in
Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2000 (with M. Hababou and H. Tuenter).
"Characterizing an Equitable Allocation of Shared Costs: a DEA Approach",
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 119, No. 3, 1999: pp 652-661(with M. Kress).
"Technology Implementation: A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. Factories",
INFOR, Vol. 36, No.3, 1998: pp142-150 (with J. Linton).
"Resource Allocation in R&D Departments", INFOR, Vol. 36, No.1, 1998: pp 41-56 (with A. Chung & M. Kress).
"Setting Performance Targets for New Decision Making Units in DEA",
INFOR, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1998: pp 177-188 (with A. Kazakov and R. Green).
"A Note on the Additive DEA Model", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 98, 1997: pp 446-448 (with J. Doyle and R. Green).
"Hierarchies and Groups in DEA", Journal of Productivity Analysis, Vol. 10, 1997: pp 177-198 (with D. Chai, J. Doyle and R. Green).
"An Extreme-Point Approach for Obtaining Weighted Ratings in Ordinal Multi-Criteria Decision Making", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 43, 1996: pp. 519-531 (with M. Kress).
"Ranking Players in Multiple Tournaments", Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 24, 1996: pp 392-397 (with J. Doyle, R. Green and M. Kress
"Data Envelopment Analysis in the Presence of Both Quantitative and Qualitative Factors", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 47, No. 7, 1996: pp. 945-953 (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
"Multiple Criteria Modelling and Ordinal Data: Evaluation in Terms of Subsets of Criteria", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 89, 1996: pp 602-609 (with J. Doyle, R. Green and M. Kress).
"Preference Voting and Project Ranking Using DEA and Cross Evaluation",
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 96,1996: pp 109-115 (with J. Doyle and R. Green).
"A General Framework for Distance-Based Consensus in Ordinal Ranking",
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 96, 1996: pp. 392-397, (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
"Upper and Lower Bound Evaluation of Multi-Attribute Objects",
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 64, No. 3, 1995: pp. 261-273 (with R. Green and J. Doyle).
"Efficiency Bounds in DEA", European Journal of Operational Research
, Vol. 89, 1995: pp 482-490 (with R. Green and J. Doyle).
"A Multicriteria Composite Index Model for Quantitative and Qualitative Data,"
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 78, 1994: pp. 367-379 (with M. Kress).
"A Multicriteria Approach to Country Risk Evaluation: With An Example Employing Japanese Data," International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1993: pp. 327-348 (with K. Hebner).
"On the Use of Ordinal Data in Data Envelopment Analysis," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 44, No. 2, 1992: pp. 133-140 (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
"A Multicriteria Approach to Mutual Fund Selection," Financial Services Review
, Vol. 2, No. 1, 1993: pp. 1-20 (with K. Hebner).
"Selecting a New Technology Strategy Using Multiattribute, Multilevel Decision Trees," Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, Vol. 2, 1993: pp. 129-144 (with D. Johnston and M. Kress).
"Partial Efficiencies in Data Envelopment Analysis," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 3, 1993: pp. 171-179 (with Y. Roll).
"Implementation of Robotics: Identifying Efficient Implementors," OMEGA, 1992 (with D. Johnston & D. McCutcheon).
"Evaluating Suppliers of Complex Systems: A Multiple Criteria Approach," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 43, No. 11, 1992: pp. 1055-1061 (with D. Johnston).
"Prioritization Models for Frontier Decision Making Units in DEA," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 59, 1992: pp 319-323 (with M. Kress & L. Seiford).
"A Multiple Criteria Decision Model with Ordinal Preference Data," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 54, 1991: pp 191-198 (with M. Kress).
“Data Envelopment Approach to Measuring Efficiency: Case Analysis of Highway Maintenance Patrols," Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 20, No. 1 1991: pp 83-103 (with Y. Roll, L. Seiford and A. Kazakov).
"Strict vs Weak Ordinal Relations for Multipliers in Data Envelopment Analysis," Management Science, Vol. 37, No. 6 1991: pp. 733-738 (with I. Ali and L. Seiford).
"Controlling Factor Weights in Data Envelopment Analysis", IIE Transactions
, Vol. 24, 1991: pp 1-9 (with B. Golany & Y. Roll).
"A DEA Model for Measuring the Relative Efficiency of Highway Maintenance Patrols", INFOR Vol. 28, No. 2, 1990: pp 113-124 (with Y. Roll & A. Kazakov).
"A Data Envelopment Model for Aggregating Preference Rankings,"
Management Science, Vol. 36, No. 11 1990: pp. 1302-1310 (with M. Kress).
"A mth Generation Model for Weak Ranking of Players in a Tournament,"
Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 41, No. 12, 1990: pp 1111-1119 (with M. Kress).
"On the Measurement of the Relative Efficiency of a set of Decision Making Units", in Studies in X-Efficiency, University of Michigan Press, 1990, edited by K. Weirmair & M. Pearlman (with Y. Roll & A. Kazakov).
"Measurement of Highway Maintenance Patrol Efficiency: Models and Factors", Transportation Research Record, 1216, 1990: pp 39-45 (with A. Kazakov & Y. Roll).
Refereed Conference Proceedings
"Modelling Ordinal Preferences and Consensus," Invited National paper,
Proceedings of INFORS Conference, Athens, 1990 (with M. Kress and L. Seiford).
"The Analytic Hierarchy Process: Structure of the Problem and its Solutions", in Systems and Management Science by Extremal Methods, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1992 (with J. Barzilai and B. Golany).
"Rating Players in a Tournaments; An mth Generation Approach", in
Systems and Management Science by Extremal Methods, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 1992 (with M. Kress).
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