Thomas A Mazzuchi , DSc

Professor of Operations Research and Engineering Management

Office: 1776 G St. NW, Suite 101

Tel: (202) 994-7541

Fax: (202) 994-0245

Email: mazzu@gwu.edu

Office Hours : By appointment only, 202-994-7541

Education

• B.A., 1978, Mathematics, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
• M.S., 1979, Operations Research, The George Washington University, Washington DC
• D.Sc., 1982, Operations Research, The George Washington University, Washington DC

Research Interests

Journal Puplications

1. Perlstein, D., Jarvis, W. H., Mazzuchi, T. A., "Bayesian calculation of cost-optimal burn-in test duration for the mixed exponential populations," Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 72, 2001, pp 265-273.
   
   
2. van Dorp, J. R., Merrick, J. R. W., Harrald, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A. and Grabowski, M., "A risk management procedure for the Washington State Ferries," Risk Analysis, Vol. 21, 2001, pp. 127-142.
   
   
3. Grabowski, M., Merrick, J. R. W., Harrald, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A. and van Dorp, J. R., "Risk modeling in distributed, large scale systems," IEEE Transactions in Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 30, 2000, pp.651-660.
   
   
4. Merrick, J. R. W., van Dorp, J. R., Harrald, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A., Spahn, J. E. and Grabowski, M., "A systems approach to managing oil transportation risk in Prince William Sound," Systems Engineering, Vol. 3, 2000, pp. 128-142.
   
   
5. van Dorp, J. R. and Mazzuchi, T. A., "Fitting the beta distribution to two quantiles," Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, Vol. 67, 2000, pp. 198-201.
   
   
6. Mazzuchi, T. A., Soofi, E. S., and Soyer, R., "Computation of maximum entropy Dirichlet for modeling lifetime data, "Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Vol. 32, 2000, pp. 361-378.
   
   
7. Keiller, P. A. and Mazzuchi, T. A., "Enhancing the predictability of two popular software reliability growth models," South African Computer Journal, Vol. 24, 1999, pp. 105-109.
   
   
8. Harrald, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A., Spahn, J. E., van Dorp, J. R., Merrick, J. R. W., Shrestha, S., and Grabowski, M., "Using systems simulation to model the impact of human error in a maritime system," Safety Science, Vol. 30, 1998, pp. 235-247.
   
   
9. Erkanli, A., Mazzuchi, T. A. and Soyer, R., "Bayesian computations for reliability growth modeling," Technometrics, Vol. 40, 1998, pp. 14-23.
   
   
10. Somerville, I. F., Dietrich, D. L. and Mazzuchi, T., A., "Bayesian reliability analysis using the Dirichlet prior distribution with emphasis on accelerated life testing," Nonlinear Analysis Theory and Applications, Vol. 30 Part 7, 1997, pp. 4415-4423.
    
    
11. van Dorp, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A. and Soyer, R., "Sequential inference and decision making for single mission systems development," Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 62, 1997, pp. 207-218.
    
    
12. Mazzuchi, T. A., Soyer, R. and Vopatek, A. L, "Bayesian Inference for the Weibull acceleration model," Lifetime Data Analysis, 1997, Vol. 3, pp. 1-13.
    
    
13. van Dorp, J. R., Mazzuchi, T. A., Fornell, G., and Pollock, L., "A Bayes approach to step-stress accelerated life testing," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 45, 1996, pp. 491-498.
    
    
14. Mazzuchi, T. A. and Soyer, R., "Bayesian perspectives on replacement strategies," Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Vol. 51, 1996, pp. 295-303.
    
    
15. Harrald, J. R. and Mazzuchi, T. A. "Planning for success: A scenario-based approach to contingency planning using expert judgment," Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 1, 1993, pp. 189-198.
    
    
16. Mazzuchi, T. A. and Soyer, R., "A Bayes methodology for assessing product reliability during development testing," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 42, 1993, pp. 503-510.
    
    
17. Mazzuchi, T. A. and Soyer, R., "A dynamic general linear model for inference from accelerated life testing," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 39, 1992, pp. 757-773.
    
    
18. van Noortwijk, J. M., Dekker, R., Cooke, R. M. and Mazzuchi, T. A., "Expert judgment in maintenance optimization," IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 41, 1992, pp. 427-432.
    
    
19. Pistikopoulos, E. N. and Mazzuchi, T. A., "A novel flexibility analysis approach for processes with stochastic parameters" with E. Pistikopoulos, Computers and Chemical Engineering, Vol. 14, 1990, pp. 991-1000.