Kenneth R. Baker
Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management
| Address: | Tuck School, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 |
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| Phone: | (603) 646-2064 |
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| Fax: | (603) 646-1308 |
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| Email: | ken.baker@dartmouth.edu |
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Ken Baker is a faculty member at Dartmouth College. He is currently Nathaniel
Leverone Professor of Management at the Tuck School of Business and also
Adjunct Professor at the Thayer School of Engineering. He teaches courses
relating to mathematical modeling and operations management. He was a
principal investigator on the Spreadsheet Engineering Research Project and
author/co-author of two spreadsheet-based modeling textbooks, Management
Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets (with Steve Powell) and
Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets. Over the years, much of his
teaching and research has dealt with operations planning and control, and he
is widely known for his work on sequencing and scheduling. His book
Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling updates his earlier
books on the subject and is co-authored with Dan Trietsch. At Tuck he has served as
Associate Dean and Associate Dean of Faculty, and at Thayer he has served as
Co-director of the Master of Engineering Management (MEM) Program.
Course Syllabi
- An Excel-based introduction to optimization
- Required course for MEM students, and similar to an MBA elective (2011)
- Relies on Premium Solver Platform for Education as the main software tool
- Introduction to VBA and Excel-based DSS design
- MBA elective (2011)
- Format is lecture/lab along with individual projects
Textbooks
Management Science: The Art of Modeling with Spreadsheets
- Co-authored with Stephen G. Powell.
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons.
- Second Edition. (Update Edition, compatible with Excel 2007, also available)
- Third Edition (compatible with Excel 2010 and featuring Risk Solver Platform).
- More information
Optimization Modeling with Spreadsheets
- Developed around spreadsheet-based optimization courses at Dartmouth.
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. (Second Edition, 2011)
- More information
Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling
- Co-authored with Dan Trietsch.
- Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. (2009)
- More information
For additional information, send email
Spreadsheet Engineering
Working Papers
- Setting Optimal Due Dates in a Basic Safe Scheduling Model
- Job Selection and Sequencing with Tardiness Penalties
Resume
Other links
Send email to Ken Baker