Ian M. McCormack

Ian M. McCormack serves as a Lecturer within the School of Technology at Eastern Illinois University, specializing in Technology and Innovation. His academic profile centers on operations research with emphasis on military logistics applications, leveraging computational methods to address complex supply chain challenges in defense contexts.

McCormack's research spans Operations Research, Logistics, Military Supply Chain Management, and Dynamic Programming. He investigates stochastic optimization techniques for inventory routing problems under uncertainty, focusing on algorithmic solutions that enhance resource allocation efficiency in constrained military environments. His work bridges theoretical computational models with practical defense logistics requirements.

His 2020 publication in the Annals of Operations Research demonstrates applied research in military inventory routing using approximate dynamic programming. This work exemplifies trends in computational logistics optimization, highlighting intersections between reinforcement learning methodologies and defense supply chain resilience. The research contributes to advancing algorithmic approaches for large-scale stochastic optimization in operational military planning.

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