Pablo Escalona R.
Doctorado en Sistemas de Ingeniería. Universidad de Chile.
For more than 10 years, I worked at the Integrated Manufacturing and Automation Center (CIMA UTFSM), leading industrial projects related to the design, operation and improvement of manufacturing systems in several companies in Valparaiso, Chile. Since 2014, I am a full time faculty member of the Department of Industrial Engineering at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, currently teaching courses on operations management for upper level undergraduates and MS students.
My research focuses on supply chain network design in general, and inventory control and facility location models in particular. I am currently studying the effect of several inventory policies on the design of distribution networks that are able to provide differentiated service levels in terms of product availability for several demand clases. I am also studing problems in capacity expantion planning and reliability of electrical networks.
Academic Background
- Post-Doctoral Research. INOCS team, INRIA Lille Nord-Europe, Lille, France (2019). Supervisors: Luce Brotcorne, Bernard Fortz & Martine Labbé.
- Ph.D. in Engineering Systems. Universidad de Chile, Chile (2009-2015). Integration of inventory control decisions with facility location for several demand classes. Research advisor: Fernando Ordóñez.
- M.Sc. in Quality and Productivity Systems. Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico (2001-2003).
- Industrial Engineering degree. Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso, Chile (1991-1998).
Infomación de Contacto
pablo.escalona@usm.cl
+56 (32) 2654086
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Refereed Publications (WoS)
- López-Campos, M., Escalona, P., Angulo, A., Recabarren, F., & Stegmaier, R. (2024). On the Number of Customer Classes in a Single-Period Inventory System. Mathematics, 12(10), 1509.
- Escalona, P., Brotcorne, L., Fortz, B. et al. (2024) Fare inspection patrolling under in-station selective inspection policy. Annals of Operations Research 332, 191–212.
- Escalona, P., Angulo, A., Brotcorne, L., Fortz, B., & Tapia, P. (2024). Fill‐rate service level constrained distribution network design. International Transactions in Operational Research, 31(1), 5-28.
- Wolf, N., Escalona, P., López-Campos, M., Angulo, A., & Weston, J. (2023). On Carbon Tax Effectiveness in Inducing a Clean Technology Transition: An Evaluation Based on Optimal Strategic Capacity Planning. Sustainability, 15(15), 11663.
- Araya, E., Nuñez, H., Ramírez, N., Jaques, A., Simpson, R., Escobar, M., Escalona, P., Vega-Castro, O., & Ramírez, C. (2022). Exploring The Potential Acceleration of Granny Smith Apple Drying By Pre-Treatment With CO2 Laser Microperforation. Food and Bioprocess Technology, 1-16.
- Brotcorne, L., Escalona, P., Fortz, B., & Labbé, M. (2021). Fare inspection patrols scheduling in transit systems using a stackelberg game approach. Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 154, 1–20.
- Escalona, P., Araya, D., Simpson, E., Stegmaier, R., & Ramirez, M. (2021). On the shortage control in a continuous review (Q, r) inventory policy using αL service-level. RAIRO-Operations Research, 55(5), 2785-2806.
- Alvarez, C., Mancilla-David, F., Escalona, P., & Angulo, A. (2019). A bienstock-zuckerberg-based algorithm for solving a network-flow formulation of the convex hull pricing problem. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 35(3), 2108-2119.
- Escalona, P., Angulo, A., Weston, J., Stegmaier, R., & Kauak, I. (2019). On the effect of two popular service-level measures on the design of a critical level policy for fast-moving items. Computers & Operations Research 107, 107-126.
- Escalona, P., Marianov, V., Ordóñez, F., & Stegmaier, R. (2018). On the effect of inventory policies on distribution network design with several demand clases. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 111, 229-240.
- Escalona, P., Ordóñez, F., & Kauak, I. (2017). Critical level rationing in inventory systems with continuously distributed demand. OR Spectrum, 39(1), 273-301.
- Escalona, P., Ordóñez, F., & Iturrieta, E. (2017). Convex backorders of a rationing inventory policy with two different demand classes. RAIRO-Operations Research, 51(2), 359-373.
- Escalona, P., Ordóñez, F., & Marianov, V. (2015). Joint location-inventory problem with differentiated service levels using critical level policy. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 83, 141-157.
Selected Proceedings
- Wolf, N., Escalona, P., Angulo, A., & Weston, J. (2022). On Carbon Taxes Effectiveness to Induce a Clean Technology Transition: An Evaluation Framework Based on Optimal Strategic Capacity Planning. arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.11507.
- Contreras, C., López-Campos, M., Escalona, P., Stegmaier, R. & Grubessich, T. (2018). Machine learning modeling for massive industrial data: Railroad peak kips prediction. In Safety and Reliability–Safe Societies in a Changing World(pp. 1139-1142). CRC Press.
- Iriarte G., Escalona P., Angulo A. & Stegmaier R. (2017). A Single-source Weber Problem with Continuous Piecewise Fixed Cost. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems – Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-218-9, pages 337-344.
- Weston J., Escalona P., Angulo A. & Stegmaier R. (2017). Strategic Capacity Expansion of a Multi-item Process with Technology Mixture under Demand Uncertainty: An Aggregate Robust MILP Approach. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems – Volume 1: ICORES, ISBN 978-989-758-218-9, pages 181-191.
- Escalona, P., Oyarzo, J., Pérez, J. & Pérez, L., 2016. Políticas de racionamiento a través de listas de prioridad. In XIV Simposio Argentino de Investigación Operativa (SIO 2016)-JAIIO 45 (Tres de Febrero, 2016).
- Escalona, P., & Iturrieta, E. (2015). Aproximación convexa para los backorders de una política de nivel crítico con demanda continua. In XIII Simposio Argentino de Investigación Operativa (SIO)-JAIIO 44 (Rosario, 2015).
- Escalona, P., & Ordoñez, F. Política de racionamiento bajo restricciones de nivel de servicio y demanda estocástica continua. In XI Simposio Argentino de Investigación Operativa (SII)-JAIIO 42 (Córdova, 2013).
- Escalona, P., & Medina, D. Modelo continuo de localización y diseño para un centro de distribución en ambiente competitivo. In X Simposio Argentino de Investigación Operativa (SII)-JAIIO 41 (Buenos Aires, 2012).
- Escalona, P., & Ramírez, D. Expansión de capacidad para un proceso, múltiples ítems y mezcla de tecnologías. In X Simposio Argentino de Investigación Operativa (SII)-JAIIO 41 (Buenos Aires, 2012).
Research Projects
- FONDECYT 11200287. Patrolling strategies to avoid fare evasion in public transportation systems: a Stackelberg game approach. Investigador responsable (2020 – 2023).
- Proyecto de investigación UTFSM, PI_LIR_2020_12. Aplicación de juegos de Stackelberg para evitar evasión de tarifa en sistemas de transporte público. Investigador Responsable (2020-2021).
- Proyecto de Investigación UTFSM, Nº116282. Location of mobile resources for forest emergencies considering the continuous propagation of fires under uncertain conditions. Investigador Responsable (2016-2017).
- Proyecto de Investigación UTFSM, Nº281476. Integration of inventory control decisions with facility location for several demand classes. Investigador Responsable (2015).
- Fondef ID14I10378. Reproducción Robotizada de elementos estructurales y ornamentales de geometría compleja para la restauración y rehabilitación del patrimonio arquitectónico chileno en madera. Co-Investigador (2014-2015). Para conocer más de este proyecto, haz click aquí.