Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
Michael R. Wagner
- Professor of Operations Management Marion B. Ingersoll Professor
Education
- PhD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2006)
- MEng Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2001)
- BS Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000)
Academic Expertise
- crowdsourcing
- machine learning
- operations management
- operations research
- optimization
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington since 2012
- Saint Mary’s College of California, 2009-2012
- California State University, East Bay, 2006-2009
Selected Publications
- “Technical Note – Data-Driven Profit Estimation Error in the Newsvendor Model“Journal Article:A. Siegel and M. Wagner, (2023). Operations Research, Vol. 71(6), pp. 2146-2157.
- “Crowdsourcing Last-Mile Deliveries“Journal Article:S. Fatehi, M. Wagner, (2022). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 24(2), pp. 791-809.
- “Profit Estimation Error in the Newsvendor Model under a Parametric Demand Distribution“Journal Article:Siegel, A. and Wagner, M., (2021). Management Science, Vol. 67(8), pp. 4863-4879.
- “Designing Practical Coordinating Contracts in Decentralized Projects“Journal Article:S. Chen, T. Klastorin and M. Wagner, (2021). Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 68(2), pp. 183-198.
- “Crowdvoting Judgment: An Analysis of Modern Peer Review“Journal Article:M. Wagner, (2020). Stochastic Systems, Vol. 10(3), pp. 193-222.
- “The Impact of 3D Printing on Manufacturer-Retailer Supply Chains“Journal Article:Arbabian, M. and Wagner, M., (2020). European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 285, pp. 538-552.
- “Crowdfunding via Revenue-Sharing Contracts“Journal Article:S. Fatehi and M. Wagner, (2019). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 21(4), pp. 538-552.
- “Robust Inventory Management: An Optimal Control Approach“Journal Article:Wagner, M., (2018). Operations Research, Vol. 66(2), pp. 426-447.
- “Closed-Form Solutions for Robust Inventory Management“Journal Article:Mamani, H., Nassiri, S. & Wagner, M., (2017). Management Science, Vol. 63(5), pp. 1625-1643.
- “Production Cost Functions and Demand Variability Effects in Price-Only Contracts“Journal Article:D. Hochbaum & M. Wagner, (2015). IIE Transactions, Vol. 47(2), pp. 190-202.
- “Range Contracts: Risk Sharing and Beyond“Journal Article:D. Hochbaum & M. Wagner, (2015). European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 243(3), pp. 956-963.
- “Robust Policies and Information Asymmetry in Supply Chains with a Price-Only Contract“Journal Article:M. Wagner, (2015). IIE Transactions, Vol. 47(8), pp. 819-840.
- “Incentive Contracts in Serial Stochastic Projects“Journal Article:T. Chen, T. Klastorin, & M. Wagner, (2015). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 17(3), pp. 290-301.
- “Optimizing Boat Resources at the U.S. Coast Guard: Deterministic and Stochastic Models“Journal Article:Radovilsky, Z., & Wagner, M., (2012). Operations Research, Vol. 60(5), pp. 1035-1049.
- “Online Lot-Sizing Problems with Ordering, Holding and Shortage Costs“Journal Article:Wagner, M., (2011). Operations Research Letters, Vol. 39(2), pp. 144-149.
- “Almost Sure Asymptotic Optimality for Online Routing and Machine Scheduling Problems“Journal Article:Jaillet P., & Wagner, M., (2010). Networks, Vol. 55(1), pp. 2-12.
- “Fully Distribution-Free Profit Maximization: The Inventory Management Case“Journal Article:Wagner, M., (2010). Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 35(4), pp. 728-741.
- “Risk Management in Uncapacitated Facility Location Models with Random Demands“Journal Article:Bhadury, J., Peng, S., & Wagner, M., (2009). Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 36(4), pp. 1002-1011.
- “LP-Based Online Scheduling: From Single to Parallel Machines“Journal Article:Correa, J., & Wagner, M., (2009). Mathematical Programming, Vol. 119(1), pp. 109-136.
- “Stochastic 0-1 Linear Programming under Limited Distributional Information“Journal Article:Wagner, M., (2008). Operations Research Letters, Vol. 36(2), pp. 150-156.
- “Generalized Online Routing: New Competitive Ratios, Resource Augmentation and Asymptotic Analyses“Journal Article:Jaillet P., & Wagner, M., (2008). Operations Research, Vol. 56(3), pp. 745-757.
- “Online Routing Problems: Value of Advanced Information as Improved Competitive Ratios“Journal Article:Jaillet P., & Wagner, M., (2006). Transportation Science, Vol. 40(2), pp. 200-210.
Consulting
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- United States Coast Guard
- Genworth Financial
Honors and Awards
- 1. Meritorious Service Award for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2022).
- 2. Urban Transportation Outstanding Paper Award, Informs Transportation Science and Logistics
- Society (2021).
- 3. Excellence in Teaching Award for the Master of Science in Business Analytics program at the
- University of Washington (2021).
- 4. Best Paper: IIE Transactions (Scheduling and Logistics) Best Paper Award Competition (2017).
- 5. Meritorious Service Award for Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (2016).
- 6. Honorable Mention: IIE Transactions (Design and Manufacturing) Best Paper Award Competition (2016).
- 7. Ron Crockett Award for Innovation in Education (2014).
- 8. Alan Khade Award for the best paper at the CSU-POM conference (2014).
- 9. Meritorious Service Award for Operations Research (2013).
- 10. Glover-Klingman Prize for the best paper published in Networks in 2010 (2012).