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Some origins of operations research in the health services
Some origins of operations research in the health services
2002,
This paper is part of the special 50th anniversary issue of Operations Research . Like...
Organizational differences in rates of learning: Evidence from the adoption of minimally invasive cardiac surgery
Organizational differences in rates of learning: Evidence from the adoption of minimally invasive cardiac surgery
2001,
This paper examines learning curves in the health care setting to determine whether...
Outcomes-adjusted reimbursement in a health-care delivery system
Outcomes-adjusted reimbursement in a health-care delivery system
2001,
This paper considers a health-care delivery system with two noncooperative parties: a...
A parameter-free elicitation of the probability weighting function in medical decision analysis
A parameter-free elicitation of the probability weighting function in medical decision analysis
2000,
An important reason why people violate expected utility theory is probability...
Managing the delivery of dialysis therapy: A multiclass fluid model analysis
Managing the delivery of dialysis therapy: A multiclass fluid model analysis
2000,
Motivated by the exceptionally high mortality statistics of dialysis patients and the...
Fitting the lognormal distribution to surgical procedure times
Fitting the lognormal distribution to surgical procedure times
2000,
Minimum surgical times are positive and often large. The lognormal distribution has...
Nature reserve site selection to maximize expected species covered
Nature reserve site selection to maximize expected species covered
2002,
We analyze the problem of maximizing the expected number of species in a nature...
Survival analysis methods for personal loan data
Survival analysis methods for personal loan data
2002,
Credit scoring is one of the most successful applications of quantitative analysis in...
On the relation between option and stock prices: A convex optimization approach
On the relation between option and stock prices: A convex optimization approach
2002,
The idea of investigating the relation of option and stock prices based just on the...
Systemic risk in financial systems
Systemic risk in financial systems
2001,
We consider default by firms that are part of a single clearing mechanism. The...
A criterion for burn-in that balances mean residual life and residual variance
A criterion for burn-in that balances mean residual life and residual variance
2002,
Optimum burn-in times have been determined for a variety of criteria such as mean...
Exotic options for interruptible electricity supply contracts
Exotic options for interruptible electricity supply contracts
2002,
This paper presents the design and pricing of financial contracts for the supply and...
Using supply functions for offering generation into an electricity market
Using supply functions for offering generation into an electricity market
2002,
In this paper, we study strategies for generators making offers into electricity...
Energy modeling for policy studies
Energy modeling for policy studies
2002,
Energy policy modeling owes a great debt to the disciplines of operations research....
Procurement planning to maintain both short-term adaptiveness and long-term perspective
Procurement planning to maintain both short-term adaptiveness and long-term perspective
2001,
We study the fuel procurement problem for electrical utilities under uncertain demand...
The gas transmission problem solved by an extension of the simplex algorithm
The gas transmission problem solved by an extension of the simplex algorithm
2000,
The problem of distributing gas through a network of pipelines is formulated as a cost...
Efficient portfolios, sparse matrices, and entities: A retrospective
Efficient portfolios, sparse matrices, and entities: A retrospective
2002,
In 1989 I was pleased and honored to be awarded the ORSA/TIMS (now INFORMS) John von...
Exploiting a cost advantage and coping with a cost disadvantage
Exploiting a cost advantage and coping with a cost disadvantage
2001,
This paper provides an empirical investigation of how firms with cost advantages (cost...
A nested decomposition approach to a three-stage, two-dimensional cutting-stock problem
A nested decomposition approach to a three-stage, two-dimensional cutting-stock problem
2001,
We consider the cutting of rectangular order pieces into stock pieces of specified...
Algorithms for radio link frequency assignment: The CALMA project
Algorithms for radio link frequency assignment: The CALMA project
2002,
The radio link frequency assignment problem occurs when a network of radio links has...
A market-based approach to optimal resource allocation in integrated-services connection-oriented networks
A market-based approach to optimal resource allocation in integrated-services connection-oriented networks
2002,
We present an approach to the admission control and resource allocation problem in...
Modeling and solving the train timetabling problem
Modeling and solving the train timetabling problem
2002,
The train timetabling problem aims at determining a periodic timetable for a set of...
An integer L-shaped algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands
An integer L-shaped algorithm for the capacitated vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands
2002,
The classical Vehicle Routing Problem consists of determining optimal routes for m...
Parallel and sequential testing of design alternatives
Parallel and sequential testing of design alternatives
2001,
An important managerial problem in product design is the extent to which testing...
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