Prof. Dr. Mohsen Afsharian

Professor für Allgemeine BWL, insb. Produktion und Logistik

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Curriculum Vitae

Akademische Abschlüsse

01/2022	Habilitation, Betriebswirtschaftslehre, TU Braunschweig
12/2012	Promotion, Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Magdeburg
12/2010	Promotion, Angewandte Mathematik, Iran University of Science and Technology
11/2006	Master, Angewandte Mathematik, Iran University of Science and Technology
06/2004	Bachelor, Mathematik, Tarbiat Moallem University

Berufserfahrung an Hochschulen

09/2022 +	Professor für Produktion und Logistik, Leibniz FH
11/2022 +	Lehrbeauftragter (Nebentätigkeit), TU Braunschweig
10/2012 – 08/2022	Akademischer Rat, Departement für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, TU Braunschweig
02/2021 – 08/2022	Lehrbeauftragter (Nebentätigkeit), Technical University of Sofia
02/2016 – 03/2022	Lehrbeauftragter (Nebentätigkeit), St. Petersburg State University of Economics
10/2013 – 03/2014	Lehrbeauftragter (Nebentätigkeit), Universität Magdeburg
04/2011 – 09/2012	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Magdeburg

Berufserfahrung in der Wirtschaft

09/2008 – 09/2010	Geschäftsführer, Parda Pazhooh Rahyar GmbH
04/2006 – 07/2010	Systemanalytiker, Behin-Cara GmbH, International Institute of Operations Research

Lehre

Leibniz FH

SS2023 +	Praxis-Reflexion (BSc.)
SS2023 +	Produktion und Logistik (BSc.)
SS2023 +	Mathematik (Analysis) für Informatik (BSc.)
WS2022/23 +	Transportlogistik (BSc.)
WS2022/23 +	Mathematik (Analysis) für BWL/BE (BSc.)
WS2022/23 +	Supply Chain Management im Handel (BSc.)
WS2022/23 +	Betriebswirtschaftliche Grundlagen der Industrie 4.0 (BSc.)

Technische Universität Braunschweig

SS2023 +	Methods of Data Science for Business (MSc.)
SS2022	Machine Learning in Performance Analytics with R (MSc.)
WS2014/15 – 2021/22	Advanced Performance Analytics (MSc.)
WS2019/20 – 2021/22	Methods of Data Science for Business (MSc.)
SS2014 – 2022	Performance Analytics (MSc.)
WS2021/22	Data-driven Approaches for Mergers & Acquisitions (MSc.)
SS2021	Benchmarking in der Standortanalytik und im Netzwerkdesign (MSc.)
WS2020/21	Methods and Applications of Queuing Theory (MSc.)
WS2019/20	Challenges & Solutions for Location of Healthcare Facilities (MSc.)
WS2017/18 – 2018/19	Selected Topics in Business Analytics (MSc.)
SS2017	Introduction to Business Decision Analysis (BSc.)
WS2016/17	Multi-Criteria Analysis (MSc.)
WS2016/17	Benchmarking in Economic Regulation (MSc.)
WS2014/15 – 2016/17	Advanced Decision Making (MSc.)
SS2014 – 2016	Decision Making (MSc.)
SS2015	Performance Benchmarking and Operations Research (MSc.)
WS2014/15	Performance Measurement and Control (MSc.)
WS2013/14	Performance Measurement by Data Envelopment Analysis (MSc.)

Technical University of Sofia

SS2021

Controlling (MSc.)

St. Petersburg State University of Economics

SS2022	Business Analytics for Decision Making (MSc.)
SS2017 – SS2021	Introduction to Managerial Decision Modeling (MSc.)
SS2016	Decision Analysis under Risk (MSc.)

Universität Magdeburg

WS2013/14	Decision Analysis (BSc.)
SS2012	IProduction Management and Operations Research (BSc./T)
SS2011 – 2012	Case Studies in Operations Research (BSc./L-Co teaching)
WS2011/12	Data Envelopment Analysis (BSc.)

Forschung

Forschungsschwerpunkte

Logistik
- Location Analytics in Network Design
- Cutting & Packing in Manufacturing & Distribution
Produktion
- Benchmarking & Multi-Dimensional Performance Analysis
- Incentive Regulation, Principal-Agent Theory & Contract Design

Forschungsaufenthalte

Dänemark ( 3+ Mon.): Copenhagen Business School
UK ( 3+ Mon.): Loughborough University, Aston University
Brasilien ( 8+ Mon.): University of Minas Gerais, University of Espírito Santo
USA ( 6+ Mon.): Florida International University, Miami University, La Salle University, Rice University, Texas A&M University

Beiträge zur wissenschaftlichen Community

Mehr als 30 Veröffentlichungen in begutachteten wissenschaftlichen Zeitschriften: Google Scholar/Mohsen Afsharian
Mehr als 33 Vorträge bei internationalen Konferenzen
Wissenschaftliche Gutachtertätigkeit für internationale Journale: mehr als 45 Artikel in 23 internationalen Zeitschriften
2022 + Department Editor, “Healthcare Analytics” (Elsevier). Department: Predictive Analytics
2022 + Associate Editor “Space Mission Planning and Operations”
2021 + Department Editor, “Decision Analytics Journal” (Elsevier). Department: Diagnostic Analytics
2021 Guest Editor (Special Issue: Performance Analytics in Incentive Regulation), “Decision Analytics Journal” (Elsevier)
2020 + Editorial Board Member “Quarterly Journal of Quantitative Economics”
2017 + Editorial Board Member “International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences”
2017 + Associate Editor, “International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies”
2015 Guest Editor (Special Issue: Recent developments on the use of DEA in the public sector), “Socio-Economic Planning Sciences” (Elsevier)

Publikationen

Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel

Incentivizing centrally regulated units to improve performance: Pitfalls and requirements
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 75. Jg., 2024, H. 2: 395-409

2024

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Fachzeitschriften | Broere, Mark; Christmann, Robin; Dellnitz, Andreas; Afsharian, Mohsen

Emerging trends in data science and business analytics models and applications
Decision Analytics Journal, 2024: 100480.

2024

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Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

Data science essentials in business administration: A multidisciplinary perspectiv
Decision Analytics Journal, 11. Jg., 2024: 100442

2024

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Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Kamali, Sara; Ahn, Heinz; Bogetoft, Peter

Individualized second stage corrections in data envelopment analysis
European Journal of Operational Research, 317. Jg., 2024, H. 2: 563-57

2024

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Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Bogetoft, Peter; Kamali, Sara; Lopes-Ahn, Ana

Endogenous system-wide output prices in incentive regulation
European Journal of Operational Research. (forthcoming)

2024

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Bogetoft, Peter; Kamali, Sara; Lopes-Ahn, Ana

Endogenous system-wide output prices in incentive regulation
European Journal of Operational Research 320, 2025, 188–204

2025

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Kamali, Sara; Vilela, Bruno

DEA-based benchmarking of water and wastewater Utilities: A comprehensive literature review
Utilities Policy 97, 2025, 102024

2025

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Ghaffari, Amirsalar; Afsharian, Mohsen; Taleizadeh, Ata Allah

A machine learning approach to dynamic pricing in multi-channel transportation supply chains
Supply Chain Analytics 11, 2025, 100151

2025

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Bogetoft, Peter

Outliers and rewards in regulation: Insights from German electricity benchmarking
Omega 138, 2026, 103426

2025

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel

Incentivizing Centrally Regulated Units to Improve Performance: Pitfalls and Requirements
Journal of the Operational Research Society, H. 4: 1-15

2023

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Bogetoft, Peter

Limiting Flexibility in Nonparametric Efficiency Evaluations: An ex post k-centroid Clustering Approach
European Journal of Operational Research, 311, H. 2: 633-647.

2023

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

A Supply Chain Waste Reduction Optimization Model using Beam Search Algorithms for Two-dimensional Cutting Problems with Defects
Supply Chain Analytics, H.2: 100006

2023

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

The p-efficient Problem in Location Analytics: Definitions, Formulations, Applications, and Future Research Directions
Healthcare Analytics 2: 100014

2022

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Kamali, Sara

Performance Analytics in Incentive Regulation: A Literature Review of DEA Publications
Decision Analytics Journal 4: 100079

2022

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

A Frontier-based Facility Location Problem with a Centralized View of Measuring the Performance of the Network. Journal of the Operational Research Society
Journal of the Operational Research Society 72: 1058-1074.

2021

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Harms, Sören Guntram

Review of DEA Approaches Applying a Common Set of Weights: The Perspective of Centralized Management
European Journal of Operational Research 294: 3-15.

2021

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Le, Minh Hanh; Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz

Inverse Frontier-based Benchmarking for Investigating the Efficiency and Achieving the Targets in the Vietnamese Education System
Omega 103:102427

2021

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Bogetoft, Peter

Identifying Production Units with Outstanding Performance
European Journal of Operational Research 287: 1191-1194.

2020

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

A Metafrontier-based Yardstick Competition Mechanism for Incentivising Units in Centrally Managed Multi-Group Organisations
Annals of Operations Research 288: 681-700.

2020

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Harms, Sören Guntram

Performance Comparison of Management Groups under Centralised Management
European Journal of Operational Research 278: 845-854.

2019

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel

A Frontier-based System of Incentives for Units in Organisations with Varying Degrees of Decentralisation
European Journal of Operational Research 275: 224-237.

2019

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Lopes, Ana; Vilela, Bruno

Pitfalls in Estimating the X-factor: The Case of Energy Transmission Regulation in Brazil
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 65: 1-9.

2019

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Harms, Sören Guntram

A Non-convex Meta-Frontier Malmquist Index for Measuring Productivity Over Time
IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 29: 377-392.

2018

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Podinovski Victor

A Linear Programming Approach to Efficiency Evaluation in Nonconvex Metatechnologies
European Journal of Operational Research 268: 268-280.

2018

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Boloori, Fatemeh., Afsharian, Mohsen

Consistent Proportional Trade-offs in Data Envelopment Analysis. Computers & Industrial Engineering
Computers & Industrial Engineering 113: 445-458.

2017

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen

Metafrontier Efficiency Analysis with Convex and Non-convex Metatechnologies by Stochastic Nonparametric Envelopment of Data
Economics Letters 160: 1-3.

2017

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz

Multi-period Productivity Measurement under Centralized Management with an Empirical Illustration to German Saving Banks
OR Spectrum 39: 881-911.

2017

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Thanassoulis, Emmanuel

A DEA-based Incentives System for Centrally Managed Multi-Unit Organisations
European Journal of Operational Research 259: 587-598.

2017

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Neumann, Ludmila

Generalized DEA: An Approach for Supporting Input/Output Factor Determination in DEA
Benchmarking: An International Journal 23: 1892-1909.

2016

Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Boloori, Fatemeh., Afsharian, Mohsen; Pourmahmud, Jafar

Equivalent Multiplier and Envelopment DEA Models for Measuring Efficiency under General Network Structures
Measurement 80: 259-269.

2016

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz

The Overall Malmquist Index: A New Approach for Measuring Productivity Changes Over Time
Annals of Operations Research 226: 1-27.

2015

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Alirezaee, Mohamadreza

Developing Selective Proportionality on the FDH Models: New Insight on the Proportionality Axiom
International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences 7: 99-114.

2015

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Kryvko, Anna, Reichling, Peter

Efficiency and its Impact on the Performance of European Commercial Banks
International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Managemen 21: 241-263.

2015

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Niknejad, Ali; Wäscher, Gerhard

A Heuristic, Dynamic Programming-based Approach for a Two-Dimensional Cutting Problem with Defects
OR Spectrum 36: 971-999.

2014

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz

The Luenberger Indicator and Directions of Measurement: A Bottoms-up Approach with an Empirical Illustration to German Saving Banks
International Journal of Production Research 52: 6216-6233.

2014

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Reichling, Peter; Alirezaee, Mohamadreza

The Master Malmquist Index Measurement Using DEA-based Weighted Average Efficiency
International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies 4: 21-42.

2012

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Alirezaee, Mohamadreza; Afsharian, Mohsen

Measuring the Effect of the Rules and Regulations on Global Malmquist Index
International Journal of Operational Research and Information System 2: 64-78.

2011

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Alirezaee, Mohamadreza; Afsharian, Mohsen

Improving Discrimination of DEA Models in Multiple Time Periods Evaluation
International Transaction in Operational Research 17: 667-679.

2010

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Alirezaee, Mohamadreza; Afsharian, Mohsen

Model Improvement for Computational Difficulties of DEA Technique in the Presence of Special DMUs
Applied Mathematics and Computation 186: 1600-1611.

2007

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Referierte Fachzeitschriften | Alirezaee, Mohamadreza; Afsharian, Mohsen

A Complete Ranking of DMUs Using Restrictions in DEA Models. Applied Mathematics and Computation
Applied Mathematics and Computation 189: 1550-1559.

2007

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Beiträge in Sammelbänden | Afsharian, Mohsen; Ahn, Heinz; Vazquez Novoa, Nadia

Behavioral Performance Evaluation
Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization. IGI Global, Hershey: 251-264.

2014

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Monographien | Afsharian, Mohsen

Prescriptive Analytics in Benchmarking, Incentive Regulation and Contract Design
Habilitation, Univers.-Bibl. Braunschweig.

2022

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Monographien | Afsharian, Mohsen

The Two-dimensional, Rectangular, Guillotineable-layout Cutting Problem with Defects
Shaker Verlag, Aachen.

2013

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Preprint | Mohsen Afsharian

Data Science Essentials for Business: Exploring Analytics and Data Scientists‘ Contributions
Leibniz-FH Research Paper No. 10

2023

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Herausgeberschaften | Afsharian, Mohsen; Costa, Marcelo

Performance Analytics in Incentive Regulation
Decision Analytics Journal. DAJOUR 100135.

2022

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Herausgeberschaften | Ahn, Heinz; Afsharian, Mohsen; Emrouznejad, Ali; Banker, Rajiv

Recent developments on the use of DEA in the Public Sector.
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 61, 1-3.

2018

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Herausgeberschaften | Emrouznejad, Ali; Banker, Rajiv; Ahn, Heinz; Afsharian, Mohsen

Data Envelopment Analysis and its Applications
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of DEA, 24.-27.08.2015, Braunschweig

2016

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