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B.Sc. (Eng.) - University of the West Indies, 1982
M.A.Sc. - Technical University of Nova Scotia, 1984
Ph.D. - Technical University of Nova Scotia, 1988
Dr. Cyrus has taught at TUNS since 1984, as a Lecturer, and as an Assistant Professor since 1988. He has lectured undergraduate courses in engineering economics, system simulation, management system design and computer integrated manufacturing, and graduate courses in distribution management, simulation of industrial systems and design of information systems.
The graduate course in distribution management was developed by Dr. Cyrus in 1988. This course explores the use of mathematical programming methods to solve problems in distribution and transportation, and draws on leading-edge research in vehicle routing and scheduling. The course emphasizes strategies for practical implementation of these solutions.
Dr. Cyrus has completed a number of engineering projects, including the following examples: a simulation study and animation for a heavy manufacturing facility in the Maritimes; milk truck routing and scheduling; information system troubleshooting in health care and manufacturing facilities; information system design and implementation for sea-port operations.
General areas of research include routing and scheduling of vehicles and crews, information system design, system simulation and port management.
Specific research projects include: school bus scheduling with time windows; multi-depot pick-up and delivery milk truck scheduling; air crew scheduling; nurse scheduling; routing and scheduling of automted guided vehicle systems; a decision support system for petroleum refining; site management and optimization for shell-fish aquaculture.
Vehicle scheduling involves the minimization of capital investment and operational costs through the construction of efficient routes and schedules for transportation and distribution systems. Dr. Cyrus has actively researched vehicle routing and scheduling problems since 1983. This research project has developed heuristic algorithms for complex scheduling problems which arise in the industrial and service industries. The research was supported by a 1988 to 1992 NSERC operating grant.
Dr. Cyrus has developed a generalized software system for scheduling with resource constraints. This allows a diverse set of complex routing and scheduling problems to be quickly modelled and solved under a single framework. With microcomputers as the delivery platform, this software is aimed at revolutionizing the way in which new scheduling problems are solved. Application of this software include Nurse and Air Crew scheduling to meet union constraints, bus routing and scheduling, general manpower scheduling, and production scheduling. New, difficult or unusual applications of scheduling will be welcomed. Dr. Cyrus is a professional engineer in the Province of Nova Scotia and is affiliated with INFORMS, is a senior member of IIE and is a member of CORS.
KEY WORDS air crew scheduling, animation, distribution management, manpower scheduling, mathematical programming, operations research, scheduling, simulation of industrial systems, transportation, vehicle routing and scheduling, information systems, aquaculture
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