A Deployed Quantal Response Based Patrol Planning System for the US Coast Guard - In this paper we describe the model, theory developed and deployment of PROTECT, a game-theoretic system in use by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in the Port of Boston for scheduling patrols. The PROTECT syste...

Incorporating Stochastic Leadtimes into the Guaranteed Service Model of Safety Stock Optimization - Variability, in its various forms, makes supply chain management hard. Most supply chain models incorporate demand variability but fewer models account for lead time variability, particularly in mu...

Bed Assignments in a Complex and Dynamic Hospital Environment - Bed management is an important function of any hospital with a big impact on patient care, patient flow and ultimately the hospital operating margin. A key challenge in bed management is optimizing the bed assignments in a complex an...

Biological Planning for High‐Dose Rate Brachytherapy: Application to Cervical Cancer Treatment - Cervical cancer is slow-growing and in early stages may not have any symptoms. Successful treatment remains challenging and the mortality rate in the U.S. is high at about 35%. We describe novel biolo...

The Philadelphia Districting Contest: Designing Territories for City Council Based upon the 2010 Census - The City of Philadelphia recently redesigned the districts for its council members using the 2010 census. Several public interest groups organized a districting contest to increase public eng...

Improving Patient Access to Chemotherapy Treatment at Duke Cancer Institute - We describe how discrete event simulation and optimization methods were used to improve patient flow within a large cancer center. First, we show results from the simulation model that indicate nurses in the chemotherap...