Mihai Banciu

Education

• PhD, Operations Research, University of Pittsburgh, 2009.
• MBA, Business Administration, James Madison University, 2002.
• BS, Management Science & Marketing, Romanian-American University, 1999.

Faculty Research Interests

• Revenue management and pricing
• Discrete optimization
• Healthcare operations

Recent and Representative Publications

Stanciu, C. A., Banciu, M. M., Ødegaard, F., (2022) Price and Revenue Bounds for Bundles of Information Goods. Naval Research Logistics. 69(3), 371-389. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.22018

Banciu, M. M., Ødegaard, F., (2016) Optimal product bundling with dependent valuations: The price of independence. European Journal of Operational Research. 255(2), 481–495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.05.022

Banciu, M. M., Balakrishnan, A., Glowacka, K., Mirchandani, P., (2013) Hierarchical Approach for Survivable Network Design. European Journal of Operational Research. 225(2), 223-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.09.045

Banciu, M. M., Mirchandani, P., (2013) New Results Concerning Probability Distributions with Increasing Generalized Failure Rates. Operations Research. 61(4), 925-931. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2013.1198

Banciu, M. M., Gal-Or, E., Mirchandani, P., (2010) Bundling Strategies When Products Are Vertically Differentiated and Capacities Are Limited. Management Science. 56(12), 2207-2223. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1100.1242

Recent Courses Taught

• ANOP 315, Special Topics in Analytics and Operations Management.
• ANOP 390, Honors Course in Analytics and Operations Management.

Awards and Honors

• University Fellow, Bucknell University, 2017
• Excellence in Teaching Award, The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 2006