Yuval Cohen

Yuval CohenYuval Cohen is a senior professor at Afeka Tel-Aviv Academic College of Engineering. Previously he was the head of the Industrial Engineering program at the Open University of Israel. His areas of specialty are production planning, industrial learning, design of manufacturing control systems, and logistics management. He has published several papers in these areas. He served several years as a senior operations planner at FedEx Ground (USA) and received several awards for his contributions to the hub and terminal network planning. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh (USA), his M.Sc. from the Technion ? Israel Institute of Technology, and B.Sc. from Ben-Gurion University. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), and a full member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Publications

Optimizing Cloud Computing Costs of Services for Consumers
Optimizing Cloud Computing Costs of Services for Consumers
Eli Weintraub, Yuval Cohen. © 2019. 14 pages.
Cloud computing consumers wish to minimize their costs. Minimization depends on the technological infrastructure operated by providers. Cloud computing services are composed of...
Optimizing Cloud Computing Costs of Services for Consumers
Optimizing Cloud Computing Costs of Services for Consumers
Eli Weintraub, Yuval Cohen. © 2018. 11 pages.
Cloud computing consumers wish to minimize their costs. Minimization depends on the technological infrastructure operated by providers. Cloud computing services are composed of...
Optimizing Group Waiting Time in Service System with Learning Effect
Optimizing Group Waiting Time in Service System with Learning Effect
Yuval Cohen, Shai Rozenes. © 2017. 18 pages.
This paper deals with service lines that serve groups of customers that differ in their service processes, but have similarities regarding the service capabilities of the...
Handbook of Research on Strategic Alliances and Value Co-Creation in the Service Industry
Handbook of Research on Strategic Alliances and Value Co-Creation in the Service Industry
Shai Rozenes, Yuval Cohen. © 2017. 507 pages.
Value creation is a pivotal aspect of the modern business industry. By implementing these strategies into initiatives and processes, deeper alliances between customers and...
Value Co-Creation Approach for Improving Performance of Outsourced Projects
Value Co-Creation Approach for Improving Performance of Outsourced Projects
Yuval Cohen, Shai Rozenes. © 2017. 12 pages.
This chapter uses value co-creation approach to improve performance of contracted projects. Without value co-creation, there are always two projects that are performed...
Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects Using Sliding-Frame Approach
Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects Using Sliding-Frame Approach
Yuval Cohen, Arik Sadeh, Ofer Zwikael. © 2014. 13 pages.
Many IT projects and software development projects are very complex and sophisticated involving a large coordinated team. Such projects are a constant part of the operations of...
Optimizing Bundling Policy of Single-Period Products: Perspectives of Producers and Retailers
Optimizing Bundling Policy of Single-Period Products: Perspectives of Producers and Retailers
Gregory Gurevich, Yuval Cohen, Baruch Keren. © 2014. 25 pages.
Combining different product types into standard discount bundles is a common strategy used by producers and wholesalers to increase overall sales profitability. While markets...
Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects Using Sliding-Frame Approach
Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects Using Sliding-Frame Approach
Yuval Cohen, Arik Sadeh, Ofer Zwikael. © 2013. 13 pages.
Many IT projects and software development projects are very complex and sophisticated involving a large coordinated team. Such projects are a constant part of the operations of...
A New Technique for Estimating the Distribution of a Stochastic Project Makespan
A New Technique for Estimating the Distribution of a Stochastic Project Makespan
Yuval Cohen, Ofer Zwikael. © 2012. 15 pages.
A critical success dimension in projects is the ability to complete a project within an estimated duration. In that regard, effective project scheduling techniques in an...
Finding the Shortest Non-Delay Schedule for a Resource-Constrained Project
Finding the Shortest Non-Delay Schedule for a Resource-Constrained Project
Yuval Cohen, Arik Sadeh, Ofer Zwikael. © 2012. 18 pages.
Non-delay schedules lack non-essential idle time intervals. Many heuristics for solving the resource-constrained project scheduling problem yield non-delay schedules. This paper...
Using a Sliding-Frame Approach for Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects
Using a Sliding-Frame Approach for Scheduling Large and Complex IT Projects
Yuval Cohen, Ofer Zwikael, Arik Sadeh. © 2011. 13 pages.
Many IT projects and software development projects are very complex and sophisticated involving a large coordinated team. Such projects are a constant part of the operations of...
A New Technique for Estimating the Distribution of a Stochastic Project Makespan
A New Technique for Estimating the Distribution of a Stochastic Project Makespan
Yuval Cohen, Ofer Zwikael. © 2010. 14 pages.
A critical success dimension in projects is the ability to complete a project within an estimated duration. In that regard, effective project scheduling techniques in an...