Abstract
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, specifically in Operations Management Study Area, 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, while my fields of interest are mathematical and combinatorial optimization, stochastic programming and stochastic process.
I am currently doing a post-doctorate at INOCS, INRIA Lille Nord-Europe, Lille, France, researching the application of Stackelberg Games to avoid fare evasion in transit systems.
Academic Background
- Ph.D. in Operations Research. 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).
Full CV
Refereed Publications
- 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
- Contreras, C., López-Campos, M., Escalona, P., Stegmaier, R., and 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. and 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. and 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. and 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
- 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.
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