Ronald L. Rardin

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High Impact Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

University of Arkansas

Also affiliated: Georgia Institute of Technology (1973–1982); Purdue University West Lafayette (1984–2008)

23 h-index 88 pubs 2,689 cited

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Ronald L. Rardin's research centers on the application of operations research techniques to complex problems, particularly within healthcare. His work has involved developing and evaluating optimization algorithms for various applications, including production planning with considerations for congestion and advanced access scheduling systems in healthcare. He has contributed to the field through publications such as "Experimental Evaluation of Heuristic Optimization Algorithms: A Tutorial" (2001) and "Production planning with resources subject to congestion" (2009).

Rardin has also investigated the use of computational methods for optimizing radiation therapy. A notable publication in this area is "A coupled column generation, mixed integer approach to optimal planning of intensity modulated radiation therapy for cancer" (2004). His research group at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville collaborates with other researchers, including Justin R. Chimka, Manuel D. Rossetti, and EDWARD A. POHL.

With an h-index of 23, Rardin has authored 88 publications, accumulating over 2,600 citations. He is recognized as a highly cited researcher and remains active in his field, with his most recent publication in 2025.

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h-index: 23
Publications: 88
Citations: 2,689

Positions

Professor Emeritus publications 2009–2025

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page

Selected Publications

Budget Constrained Model Selection for Logistic Regression (2025)

Stochastics and Quality Control DOI OpenAlex
Budget constrained model selection for multiple linear regression (2021)

Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
An improved multi-directional local search algorithm for the multi-objective consistent vehicle routing problem (2016)

IIE Transactions 42 citations DOI OpenAlex
An Exploratory Pilot Study on Supply Chain Data Standards in a Hospital Pharmacy (2015)

Engineering Management Journal 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Statistical optimum estimation techniques for combinatorial optimization problems: a review and critique (2014)

Journal of Heuristics 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
A decision support tool for healthcare providers to evaluate readiness and impacts of adopting supply chain data standards (2013)

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Biologically guided intensity modulated radiation therapy planning optimization with fraction-size dose constraints (2013)

Journal of the Operational Research Society 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
A Novel GS1 Data Standard Adoption Roadmap for Healthcare Providers (2012)

IGI Global eBooks 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Intensity modulated radiation therapy with field rotation—a time-varying fractionation study (2012)

Health Care Management Science 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Exploring the factors affecting the identification standards adoption process in the US healthcare supply chain (2011)

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology 3 citations OpenAlex
A Novel GS1 Data Standard Adoption Roadmap for Healthcare Providers (2011)

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics 12 citations DOI OpenAlex
Adaptive intensity modulated radiation therapy planning optimization with changing tumor geometry and fraction size limits (2011)

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
IMRT Optimization with Both Fractionation and Cumulative Constraints (2011)

American Journal of Operations Research 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
Strong valid inequalities for fluence map optimization problem under dose-volume restrictions (2010)

Annals of Operations Research 17 citations DOI OpenAlex
Technology assessment for an inventory management process in a hospital unit (2009)

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