Research

BRUCE C. HARTMAN

Research Philosophy

Here are some research publications, most recent first.

  • Clott, C., Hartman, B. Do maritime innovation centers produce results?. WMU J Marit Affairs (2022). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13437-022-00285-z
  • Clott, C., Hartman, B. and Beidler, B. (2020) “Sustainable Blockchain Technology in the Maritime Shipping Industry”. Maritime Supply Chains 207-228.
  • Clott, C., Hartman, B. and Cannizzarro, R. (2018) “Standard setting and carrier differentiation at seaports”. Journal of Shipping and Trade 3:9. DOI: 10.1186/s41072-018-0035-0.
  • Hartman, Bruce. (2018) “Sharing Loading Costs for Multi Compartment Vehicles”. Games 2018, (9) 2, 25-45. DOI:10.3390/g9020025
  • Clott, C., Hartman, B., and Pudelek, A. (2018) “Built to Last? The Changing Role of Ocean Transportation Intermediaries: Disintermediation and Reintermediation”. American Journal of Transportation and Logistics. (1) 5 0001-0017. DOI:10.28933/ajtl-2018-01-0201.
  • Hartman, B. and Clott, C. (2017) “Chassis Pooling and Profit Allocation”. Submitted to Maritime Economics and Logistics.
  • Clott, C., Hartman, B. and Cannizzarro, R. (2017) “Standardization and Differentiation of Container Shipping Alliances at U.S. Ports”. Submitted to Maritime Policy and Management.
  • Bachkar, K., Awudu, I., Osmani, A., and Hartman, B. (2017) “Fleet Management for Rail Car Transport of Ethanol”. Research in Transportation Business and Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2017.04.002
  • Clott, C., Hartman, B., Koutsakis, D., and Ulitenof, S. (2016) “Investing in Port Infrastructure: The Case for Privatization”. International Association of Maritime Economists IAME Conference 2016. Hamburg, Germany. August 22-25, 2016.
  • Hartman, B., Clott, C. and Lyday, M. (2015) “Transportation, Jobs, and Social Networks”.  I-NUF 2015 METRANS Conference, Long Beach, CA, October 20-23, 2015.
  • Clott, Christopher B. and Bruce C. Hartman. (2014). “Supply Chain Integration, Landside Operations and Port Accessibility in Metropolitan Chicago”.  Journal of Transportation Geography (51) 131-139. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.12.005
  • Clott, Christopher B., Bruce Hartman, Elizabeth Ogard, and Althea Gatto. (2014). “Container Repositioning and Agricultural Commodities: Shipping Soybeans by Container from US Hinterland to Overseas Markets”.  Research in Transportation and Business Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.006.
  • Hartman, Bruce and Christopher B. Clott. (2014). “Intermodal Chassis Supply – A Bayesian Game”.  Research in Transportation and Business Management. DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2014.10.005
  • Session Chair. (2014). IAME Annual Meeting 2014, Norfolk, VA. July 14-18, 2014.
  • Hezarkhani, Behzad, Wieslaw Kubiak, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2014). “Asymptotic Behavior of Optimal Quantities in Symmetric Transshipment Coalitions”.  Operations Research Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2014.07.008
  • Session Chair. (2013). INFORMS Annual Meeting 2013, Minneapolis, MN. October 6-9, 2013.
  • Hartman, B and Clott, C.  (2013).  “Competitive Analysis of Port Production and Trucking Emissions”.  INFORMS Annual Meeting 2013, Minneapolis, MN. October 6-9, 2013.
  • Hartman, B and Clott, C.  (2013).   “Chassis Pooling at the Chicago Dry Port Complex: A Model of Profit Allocation”.  OR 2013, Annual Meeting of Dutch and German Operations Research Societies. Erasmus School of Economics, Rotterdam, Netherlands.  September 3-6, 2013.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Christopher B. Clott. (2012). “An Economic Model for Sustainable Harbor Trucking.” Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 17 (5) 354–360.  DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2012.02.004.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Christopher B. Clott.  (2012)  “An Economic Model for Sustainable Harbor Trucking”.  Asian Logistics Round Table, ALRT2012, Vancouver BC, Canada, June 14-15 2012.
  • Clott, Christopher B. and Bruce C. Hartman. (2011). “Clean Trucks in California Ports: Modelling Emissions Policy.” Special Issue: International Journal of Shipping & Transport Logistics. 5 (4/5), 449-462.  DOI: 10.1504/IJSTL.2013.055273
  • Clott, Christopher B. and Bruce C. Hartman. (2011). “Clean Trucks in California Ports: Modelling Emissions Policy.” Proceedings of International Association of Maritime Economists, IAME2011 Conference, Santiago, Chile, October 25-28, 2011.
  • Dror, Moshe, Bruce C. Hartman, and Wei Chang. (2011). “Cost Allocation in Inventory Consolidation.” International Journal of Production Economics. October, 2011. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.07.015
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2008). “Survey of Cooperative Inventory Games and Extensions.” Journal of Operational Research Society. DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.65.
  • Bruce C. Hartman. (2007). “Cost Allocation in Inventory Consolidation.” Proceedings of the BPS Conference, Mumbai, India. November, 2007.
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2007). “A Note on Power of Two Inventory Games.” submitted to Operations Research.
  • Dror, Moshe, Bruce C. Hartman, and Wei Chang. (2007). “The Cost Allocation Dilemma in Inventory Consolidation.” submitted to Naval Research Logistics.
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2006). “Shipment consolidation – who pays for it and how much.” Management Science, 53(1) 78-87.
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2005). “Shipment consolidation – who pays for it and how much.” Proceedings of the MSOM Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. July, 2005.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Moshe Dror. (2005) “Allocation of Gains from Inventory Centralization in Newsvendor Environments.” IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics, 37  93-107.
  • Dror, M., B.C. Hartman, G. Knotts, and D.D. Zeng. (2005) “Autonomous Random Resource Allocation to Coordinate Access to Mutually Exclusive Resources”, J. of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences 9(1), 1-18.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Moshe Dror. (2003) “Optimizing Centralized Inventory Operations in a Cooperative Game Theory Setting.” IIE Transactions, 35-3 243-257.
  • Knotts, Gary, Moshe Dror, and Bruce C. Hartman. (2000). “Digital Circuits as a Modeling Metaphor for Resource Constrained Project Management.”  IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics. 32  387-401.
  • Hartman, Bruce C., Moshe Dror, and Moshe Shaked. (2000) “Cores of Inventory Centralization Games.” Games and Economic Behavior. 31  26-49.
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman, co-editors. (1999) “Game Theory Applications in Industry,” Special Issue, IIE Transactions on Operations Engineering. 
  • Dror, Moshe, and Bruce C. Hartman. (1999) “Stopping Rules for Utility Functions and the St. Petersburg Gamble.” Applied Mathematics and Computation. 98 279-291.
  • Knotts, Gary, Moshe Dror, and Bruce C. Hartman. (1998) “A Project Scheduling Methodology Derived as an Analogue of Digital Circuit Technology.” Annals of Operations Research. 82 (1998) 9-27.
  • Bruce C. Hartman and Thomas L. Rodgers. (1998) “Developing Proficiency in Math: Cause and Effect in a Cognitive Process.” Proceedings of the 31st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. January 1998, I  301-308.
  • Knotts, Gary, Moshe Dror, and Bruce C. Hartman. (1998). “A Project Management Tool for Computer-supported Cooperative Work during Project Planning.” Proceedings of the 31stHawaii International Conference on System Sciences. January 1998, I 623-631. 
  • Hartman, Bruce C., Eugene A. Smith, and Thomas L. Rodgers. (1997). “Symbolic Math and Collaborative Learning: Teaching Business Calculus in a Group Decision Environment.” In Managing Information Technology Resources and Applications in the World Economy, Proceedings of the Eighth IRMA International Conference, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing. 493-494.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Moshe Dror. (1996). “Inventory Centralization: Some Cost Allocation Issues.” Proceedings of the MSOM Conference, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. 149-154.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Moshe Dror. (1996). “Cost Allocation in Continuous Review Inventory Models.” Naval Research Logistics Journal, 43, 549-561.
  • Hartman, Bruce C. and Moshe Dror. (1993). “A Note on When Monotonicity Implies Differentiability a.e.” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 24 (6), 922-926.