Glenn Weber


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Office

Christopher Newport University
Department of Mathematics
50 Shoe Lane
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 594-7191
gweber@pcs.cnu.edu


Research Interests

Applied Probability and Mathematics of Gambling
Integer Programming
Graph and Network Theory


Education

1977   Ph.D.   Operations Research
Cornell University
Ph.D. Thesis: "Binary Integer Programming Using Matchings on Graphs"
1974 M.S. Operations Research
Cornell University
1971 B.S. Mathematics (Richard Block Award recipient for highest ranking member, out of approximately 600, in graduating class; American Statistical Association Award recipient)
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn


Teaching Experience

From 1977   Christopher Newport University, Department of Mathematics
Professor teaching approximately 20 different Undergraduate courses
1982-1991 College of William and Mary, Department of Mathematics
Adjunct Associate Professor teaching 6 different Graduate level courses in Operations Research
1976-1977 LeMoyne College, Department of Mathematics
1975-1976 Ithaca College, Department of Computer Science


Favorite Job

1969-1973   New York City Taxicab Driver (night shift)


Publications

Over 100 publications, a sample of which are:

"Optimal Set Partitioning, Matchings and Lagrangian Duality", Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 26 No. 4, pp. 553-563, December 1979.

"Sensitivity Analysis of Optimal Matchings", Networks, Vol. 11, pp. 41-56, 1981.

"Teaching OR/MS By Computer Aided Puzzle Contest Solving", SE TIMS, pp. 162-164, December 1989.

"Puzzle Contests in OR/MS Education", Interfaces, Vol. 20:2, pp. 72-76, March-April 1990.

"A Mathematical and Computer Analysis of Video Poker", Gambling and Commercial Gaming, Vol. 4, pp. 625-633, December 1992.

"Pizza Combinatorics", The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 26, pp. 141-143, 1995.


Referee For

Networks, Mathematical Programming, Operations Research Letters, and Interfaces.