We consider three attributes of an individual that are critical in determining the temporal dynamics of pandemic influenza: social activity, proneness to infection, and proneness to shed virus and spread infection. These attributes differ by individual, resulting in a heterogeneous population....

A simple modification of one equation in Larson (1990) reduces the computational complexity of the algorithm for the Queue Inference Engine (QIE) from O(N⁵) to O(N³), where N is the number of customers queued during a congestion period.

Officers in police patrol cars operate in a complex stochastic environment. In addition to handling dispatcher-assigned calls for service from the public, they patrol to pose a threat of apprehension to would-be offenders and undertake certain on-site interventions to help improve general public...

Introduction to the special issue devoted to police deployment. By publishing these four refereed papers together in one issue of Management Science, we have the dual purpose of presenting new substantive research results in an important public sector problem area and of attracting other...