Dr John Betts - Researcher Profile

Biography

John works in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Keywords

Applied Mathematics - Operations Research, Decision Support, Group Support Systems, Information Systems Management

Qualifications

STATISTICS AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH

Institution: Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics, RMIT

Year awarded: 2005

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

Institution: Faculties of Education and Science, Melb Uni

Year awarded: 1992

EDUCATION

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1984

ARTS

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1983

Publications

Book Chapters

Johnston, R.B., Betts, J.M., 2000, A complex-systems simulation approach to evaluating plan-based and reactive trading strategies, in Commerce, Complexity, and Evolution, eds William A Barnett, Carl Chiarella, Steve Keen, Robert Marks and Hermann Schnabl, Cambridge University Press, New York NY USA, pp. 291-311.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 1998, An Investor's View of Just-In-Time Inventory Decisions, in Business Systems Research Vol I, School of Business Systems, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-20.

Kurnia, S., Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 1998, Understanding the Diffusion of Efficient Consumer Response in Australia: A Survey Study, in Business Systems Research Vol II, School of Business Systems, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 441-459.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 1997, A Whole System Approach to Batch Sizing using Discrete Event Simulation, in Business Systems Research, Vol 1, Department of Business Systems, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 265-279.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 1997, Evaluating Production Batch Sizes using a Risk vs. Return Analysis, in Business Systems Research, Vol 2, Department of Business Systems, Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 393-406.

Journal Articles

Betts, J.M., Mamik, K.S., 2008, Optimal hedging decisions for gold miners: How much future production should a gold miner forward sell?, Asia Pacific Management Review, vol 13, issue 1, National Cheng Kung University, College of Management, Taiwan China, pp. 389-401.

Johnston, R.B., Betts, J.M., 2006, Decision tools for selecting components for JIT replenishment, International Journal of Operational Research, vol 1, issue 4, Inderscience Publishers, UK, pp. 323-339.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2005, Determining the optimal constrained multi-item (Q, r) inventory policy by maximising risk-adjusted profit, IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, vol 16, issue 4, Oxford University Press, Oxford United Kingdom, pp. 317-338.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2005, Just-in-time component replenishment decisions for assemble-to-order manufacturing under capital constraint and stochastic demand, International Journal of Production Economics, vol 95, issue 1, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 51-70.

Archibald, T.W., Thomas, L.C., Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2002, Should start-up companies be cautious? Inventory Policies which maximise survival probabilities?, Management Science, vol 48, issue 9, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Linthicum USA, pp. 1161-1174.

Kurnia, S., Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2002, Understanding the diffusion of efficient consumer response: an Australian survey study, Australian Journal of Information Systems, vol 9, issue 2, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW Australia, pp. 113-122.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2001, Just-in-time replenishment decisions for assembly manufacturing with investor-supplied finance, Journal of the Operational Research Society, vol 52, issue 7, Palgrave Publishers Ltd, Basingstoke UK, pp. 750-761.

Conference Proceedings

Betts, J.M., 2011, A robust approximation for setting target inventory levels in a constrained production environment, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science, 1 June 2011 to 3 June 2011, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1262-1271.

Betts, J.M., Mamik, K.S., 2007, Optimal hedging decisions for gold miners: How much future production should a gold miner forward sell?, Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Management Conference, 18 November 2007 to 20 November 2007, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 242-251.

Betts, J.M., 2006, Modelling electoral policy reform, OR for Better Management of Sustainable Development: Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Operational Research, 02 July 2006 to 05 July 2006, EURO, Brussels Belgium, p. 90.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2004, Decision tools for selecting components for JIT replenishment, Proceedings of the 2004 IFIP International Conference on Decision Support Systems, 01 July 04 to 03 July 04, Monash University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 92-103.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 2001, Using risk-discounted return-on-investment as a measure of operational performance in inventory decisions, Shaping Future with Simulation: Proceedings of the 4th International Eurosim 2001 Congress, 26 June 2001 to 29 June 2001, T U Delft, Delft University of Technology, Delft Netherland, p. 1.

Betts, J.M., Johnston, R.B., 1999, Adopting Just-In-Time Replenishment Policies Under Capital Constraint: Analysis and Decision Support Tools, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Decision Support Systems, Melbourne AUSTRALIA, July 20-23, 1999, International Society for Decision Support Systems, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-15.

Teaching Commitment

Dr John Betts is the Chief Examiner for the following units in the Faculty of IT:

• FIT1006 - Business information analysis
• FIT2017 - Computer models for business decision making

In 2011, Dr Betts is teaching the following units:

• FIT1006 - Business information analysis
• FIT2017 - Computer models for business decision making

Activities

Faculty academic committee

Member
Board of Examiners
Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Approximate query processing in spatial databases.

Supervisors:

Taniar, D (Main), Betts, J (Associate).