Operations Management/Management Science (OM/MS)

Comprised of both analytical and empirical research to aid managerial decision-making in the design and management of an organization’s systems and processes through models and algorithms such as agent-based modeling, discrete-event simulation, network analysis, etc. within various industries. The Operations Management/Management Science area of specialization operates under the Department of Decisions, Operations and Information Technologies. Please note that this area of specialization requires their doctoral students to complete the graduate-level microeconomics sequence and econometrics sequence at UMD’s Department of Economics. Applicants should have completed the equivalent of three semesters of calculus, a semester of linear algebra, and a semester in differential equations.

OMMS Faculty Coordinator: Zhi-Long Chen

For additional information, please visit the DOIT academic department.