{"68793":{"#nid":"68793","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Doing Good with Good Operations Research: Ergun, Keskinocak, and Swann Edits Interfaces Special Issue on Humanitarian Applications","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has\nreleased a special issue of \u003Cem\u003EInterfaces\u003C\/em\u003E\ntitled \u201cHumanitarian Applications: Doing Good with Good OR.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThree\nprofessors from the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems\nEngineering, Associate Professor Ozlem Ergun, Joseph C. Mello Professor Pinar\nKeskinocak, and Harold R. and Mary Anne Nash Associate Professor\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003EJulie\nSwann, edited the issue and also wrote the introduction on the importance of\nusing operations research (OR) and management science (MS) in the decision\nmaking process to analyze complex situations to have a wider, more systematic\napproach to promoting human welfare.\u0026nbsp;\n\u201cThese activities cover a wide range of issues from health care and\neducation delivery to developing livable cities and ensuring homeland security,\nissues that impact the entire society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nspecial issue also includes seven papers that address some of the key problems\nfrom the humanitarian and public sectors and suggests potential solution\napproaches.\u0026nbsp; They are: \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EPre-Positioning\nof Emergency Items for CARE International\u003C\/em\u003E (Serhan Duran, Marco A. Gutierrez, Pinar Keskinocak) To\nimprove CARE\u2019s disaster response, a research group from the Georgia Institute\nof Technology collaborated with\nCARE to develop a model to evaluate the\neffect that pre-positioning relief items would have on CARE\u2019s average\nrelief-aid emergency response\ntime.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOptimizing\nSchedules for Maritime Humanitarian Cooperative Engagements from a United\nStates Navy Sea Base\u003C\/em\u003E (Javier\nSalmer\u00f3n, Jeffrey Kline, Greta Spitz Densham)\u0026nbsp; Global Fleet Station Mission Planner (GFSMP), an optimization\ntool, aids in mission planning and scheduling humanitarian-assistance missions\nfor the United\nStates Navy.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHelping\na Small Development Organization Manage Volunteers More Efficiently\u003C\/em\u003E (Mauro\nFalasca, Christopher Zobel, Cliff Ragsdale)\u0026nbsp; The authors develop a spreadsheet-based, multicriteria model for\nscheduling volunteers for a small development organization in a South American\ncountry.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQuantitative\nMethods for a New Configuration of Territorial Units in a Chilean Government\nAgency Tender Process\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp; (Guillermo\nDur\u00e1n, Rafael Epstein, Cristian Martinez, Gonzalo Andres Zamorano)\u0026nbsp; Operations research methodologies configure territorial units for\nproviding school meal services in Chile.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA\nMathematical Programming Approach to Applicant Selection for a Degree Program\nBased on Affirmative Action\u003C\/em\u003E (Guillermo\nDur\u00e1n, Rodrigo Wolf-Yadlin) Mathematical programming\nmodels are used in the applicant selection process for a master\u2019s degree\nprogram at the University of Chile. \u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDoing\nGood with Good OR: Supporting Cost-Effective Hepatitis B Interventions \u003C\/em\u003E(David\nW. Hutton, Margaret L. Brandeau, Samuel K. So) New combinations of decision\nanalysis and Markov models analyze the cost-effectiveness of several\ninterventions to combat Hepatitis B in the United States and China.\u003Cem\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cem\u003EA Nonhomogeneous\nAgent-Based Simulation Approach to Modeling the Spread of Disease in a Pandemic\nOutbreak \u003C\/em\u003E(Dionne\nM. Aleman, Theodorus G. Wibisono, Brian Schwartz) The Ontario Agency for Health\nProtection and Promotion implements an agent-based simulation model for\npandemic planning.\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EInterfaces\u003C\/em\u003E, a bimonthly\njournal of INFORMS, is dedicated to improving the practical application of\nOR\/MS to decisions and policies in today\u0027s organizations and industries. Each\narticle provides details of the completed application, along with the results and\nimpact on the organization.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EINFORMS\nis the largest professional society in the world for professionals in the field\nof OR, MS, and business analytics.\u0026nbsp; The\nInstitute serves as a focal point for OR professionals, permitting them to\ncommunicate with each other and reach out to other professional societies, as\nwell as the varied clientele of the profession\u0027s research and practice.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\n\nClick \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/interfaces.journal.informs.org\/current.dtl\u0022\u003Ehere \u003C\/a\u003Eto read the issue.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe\nInstitute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) has\nreleased a special issue of \u003Cem\u003EInterfaces\u003C\/em\u003E\ntitled \u201cHumanitarian Applications: Doing Good with Good OR.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27511","created_gmt":"2011-07-12 14:57:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:44","author":"Ashley Daniel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-07-05T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"72297":{"id":"72297","type":"image","title":"INFORMS Interfaces magazine cover","body":null,"created":"1449177454","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:17:34","changed":"1475894653","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:44:13","alt":"INFORMS Interfaces magazine cover","file":{"fid":"193660","name":"informs-interfaces.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30187,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/informs-interfaces.jpg?itok=olBMAURD"}}},"media_ids":["72297"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1202","name":"H. 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