Education

• Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Areas of Expertise

• Supply Chain Management
• Decision Sciences
• Systems Simulation Modeling and Analysis

Appointments

• Associate Professor, 2019
• Assistant Professor, 2011

Vita

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Scholarship

Journal Publications:

• D. Batur and F. Choobineh, "Selecting the best alternative based on its quantile," INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(2), 657-671, 2021.
• Z. Zhao, M.C. Vuran, D. Batur, and E. Ekici, "Shades of white: Impacts of population dynamics and TV viewership on available TV spectrum," IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, (68)3, 2427–2442, 2019.
• D. Batur, J. Ryan, Z. Zhao, and M.C. Vuran, 'Dynamic pricing for wireless internet based on changing capacity and usage," in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 21(4), 713–948, 2019.
• D. Batur, L.Wang, and F. Choobineh, 'Methods for system selection based on sequential mean-variance analysis," INFORMS Journal on Computing, 30(4), 625–786, 2018.
• D. Batur, J.M. Bekki, and X. Chen, "Quantile regression metamodeling: Toward improved responsiveness in the high-tech electronics manufacturing industry," European Journal of Operational Research, 264(1), 212–224, 2018.
• D. Batur and F. Choobineh, "Stochastic dominance based comparison for system selection," European Journal of Operational Research, 220(3), 661–672, 2012.
• D. Batur and F. Choobineh, 'A quantile-based approach to system selection," European Journal of Operational Research, 202(3), 764–772, 2010.
• D. Batur and S.-H. Kim, 'Finding feasible systems in the presence of constraints on multiple performance measures," ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 20(3), 13, 2010.
• D. Batur, D. Goldsman, and S.-H. Kim, 'An improved standardized time series Durbin-Watson variance estimator for steady-state simulation," Operations Research Letters, 37(4), 285–289, 2009.
• D. Batur and S.-H. Kim, 'Fully sequential selection procedures with parabolic boundary," IIE Transactions, 38(9), 749–764, 2006.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Publications:

• Y. Bai, M.C. Vuran, D. Batur, and S. Goddard, "Stoop: Stochastically-dominant access point selection in enterprise WLANs," in Proc. of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 1–8, Hong Kong, China, 2017.
• Z. Zhao, M.C. Vuran, D. Batur, and E. Ekici, "Ratings for spectrum: Impacts of TV viewership on TV whitespace," in Proc. of the 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 941–947, Austin, TX, 2014.
• J.M. Bekki, X. Chen, and D. Batur, "Steady-state quantile parameter estimation: An empirical comparison of stochastic kriging and quantile regression," in Proc. of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 3880–3891, Savannah, GA, 2014.
• D. Batur and F. Choobineh, "Mean-variance based ranking and selection," in Proc. of the 2010 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 1160–1166, Baltimore, MD, 2010.
• D. Batur and F. Choobineh, "Do mean-based ranking and selection procedures consider systems' risk?," in Proc. of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 423–433, Austin, TX, 2009.
• D. Batur and S.-H. Kim, "Procedures for feasibility detection in the presence of multiple constraints," in Proc. of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 692–698, Orlando, FL, 2005.
• G. Malone, S.-H. Kim, D. Goldsman, and D. Batur, "Performance of variance updating ranking and selection procedures," in Proc. of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 825–832, Orlando, FL, 2005.

Grants and Research Awards:

• Collaborative Research: SWIFT: LARGE: DYNAmmWIC: Dynamic mmWave Spectrum Sharing Techniques for Public Safety
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation (ECCS-2030272)
  PIs: M.C. Vuran (UNL Lead PI), E. Ekici (OSU PI)
  UNL Co-PIs: D. Batur, J. Ryan
  Project period: Jan. 2021-Dec. 2023
  Budget: $920,000 (UNL portion $500,000)
• SpecEES: CoSeC-RAN: Cognitive Secure Cloud RAN for Efficient Spectrum Sharing
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation (CNS-1731833)
  PIs: M.C. Vuran (UNL Lead PI), E. Ekici (OSU PI)
  UNL Co-PIs: Q. Yan, D. Batur, J. Ryan
  Project period: Oct. 2017–Sept. 2020
  Budget: $600,000 (UNL portion $435,399)
• Collaborative Research: Cog-TV: Business and Technical Analysis of Cognitive Radio TV Sets for Enhanced Spectrum Access
  Sponsor: National Science Foundation (CNS-1247941)
  PIs: M.C. Vuran (UNL Lead PI), E. Ekici (OSU PI)
  UNL Co-PI: D. Batur
  Project period: Jan. 2013–Dec. 2016
  Budget: $462,518 (UNL portion $283,879)
• Optimization-via-simulation with Stochastic Dominance
  Sponsor: Constance Miriam and Ethel Corrine Syford Memorial Fund, Research Council, UNL
  PI: D. Batur
  Co-PI: F. Choobineh
  Project period: Jan. 2011–Dec. 2011
  Budget: $2,500
• Optimizing Transportation for a Nebraska Ethanol Plant
  Sponsor: Aurora Cooperative, Nebraska
  PI: E. Jones
  Co-PI: D. Batur
  Project period: Jul. 2010–Jul. 2011
  Budget: $5,000
• Cost-Effective Optimal Deployment Techniques for Wireless Underground Sensor Networks
  Sponsor: Maude Hammond Fling Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship, Research Council, UNL
  PI: M.C. Vuran
  Co-PIs: D. Batur, F. Choobineh
  Project period: Jan. 2010–Dec. 2010
  Budget: $19,561

Current Teaching:

• SCMA 335 Decision Making Models
• SCMA 437 Risk and Decision Analysis