Steven O. Kimbrough

Steven O. Kimbrough is a Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. His research spans artificial intelligence, computational rationality, and strategic optimization with applications to political science, economics, and service innovation. He teaches courses like Agents, Games, and Evolution and Thinking With Models, focusing on experimental approaches to bounded rationality and uncertainty in decision-making.

• Primary Email: kimbrough@wharton.upenn.edu
• Office: 3730 Walnut Street, 565 Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104

His research interests include:

• Artificial intelligence and metaheuristics for constrained optimization
• Evolutionary computation in electoral redistricting
• Agent-based modeling of market dynamics
• Logic modeling for normative reasoning
• Text mining applications in event analysis

Publications demonstrate expertise in computational economics, political modeling, and service analytics. Recent work focuses on:

• Empirical validation of electoral compactness
• Strategic learning in oligopolies
• Multi-objective matching algorithms
• Feasible-infeasible solution spaces
• Service network optimization

Teaching emphasizes:

• Game-theoretic approaches to strategic behavior
• Modeling life-cycle for energy sustainability
• Computational experiments in social science