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Ken Nygard NDSU Faculty
Ken Nygard
258 A9 IACC
(701) 231-8203
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Earned his PhD in 1978 from VPI and has been at NDSU since 1977.
Teaching interests include Operation Research, computer system performance analysis,
and artificial intelligence. Research in computer-based routing and scheduling
has been applied to school bus and newspaper truck routing and to several
military systems including Army and Navy missile routing and the nation-wide Air
Force cargo distribution system.
His Operations Research And Software Development Laboratory
currently has three major research projects:
- SCHOOLMAPs
a Geographical Information System developed for the North Dakota
Department of Public Instruction
- DAKOTA
an Aircraft routing and Passenger Scheduling System designed for the
United States Air Force in Europe
- Remote
Autonomous Vehicles a smart weapons system for path computation of remote
autonomous vehicles designed for the Department of Defense
Interests include
- raquetball and waterskiing.