Dr Juwa Nyirenda,  ph: +27 -21 650 4786

Qualifications and Experience

Juwa was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2001 and is teaching Statistics and Operations Research. He was previously the head of Postgraduate Studies (MBA) & Lecturer of Management Sciences at the Copperbelt University, School of Business, Kitwe, Zambia. Before that he worked in the department of Industrial Engineering as an Assistant Superintendent at the Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines in Kitwe, Zambia.
He completed his secondary education in Zambia and England, and his BSc(Hons) in Engineering at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. He did his PhD in 1991 in Operations Research & Statistics at Cambridge University, England.

Research Interests

Juwa is interested in developing algorithms for solving integer programming problems. He is currently developing:

• A cut and search algorithm for solving pure integer programming problems.
• A slice and squeeze algorithm for solving mixed integer programming problems.
• An algorithm for solving 0-1 integer programming problems
• A heuristic algorithm for solving tardiness problems

Publications and Presentations

1. Nyirenda J, 1989. Two new rules to minimise tardiness in a job shop. International Journal of Production Research, 1:1172-1180.
2. Nyirenda J. Lot splitting with due dates in a job shop. Paper presented at the International Conference on Operations Research, Vienna, Austria, August 28-31, 1990.
3. Nyirenda J. Job shop scheduling to minimise tardiness. Ph.D. Thesis, Cambridge University, England, 1991.
4. Nyirenda J. ZCCM Human resource utilisation with regard to productivity. Paper presented at a conference organised by the Zambia National Economic Advisory Council, May 1996.
5. Nyirenda J, 2001. Relationship between the modified due date rule and the heuristic of Wilkerson and Irwin. ORiON, 17(1/2):101-111.