Annual influenza outbreaks incur great expenses in both human and monetary terms, and billions of dollars are being allocated for influenza pandemic preparedness in an attempt to avert even greater potential losses. Vaccination is a primary weapon for fighting influenza outbreaks. The influenza...

One of the most important concerns for managing public health is the prevention of infectious diseases. Although vaccines provide the most effective means for preventing infectious diseases, there are two main reasons why it is often difficult to reach a socially optimal level of vaccine...

We propose and analyze robust optimization models of an inventory management problem, where cumulative purchase, inventory and shortage costs over n periods are minimized for correlated non-identically distributed demand. We assume that the means and covariance matrix of stochastic demand are...

Problem Definition: Healthcare industry is in dire need of operational improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce costs. Using observational data from an outpatient clinic, we study the impact of introducing capacity flexibility (via exam room design) on the efficiency of care provision,...

Gray markets, also known as parallel imports, are marketplaces for trading genuine products that are diverted from authorized distribution channels. They have created fierce competition for manufacturers in many industries and each year billions of dollars worth of products are traded in these...