Publications

Pinker Publications as of August 2019

  1. “Using the Shapes of Clinical Data Trajectories to Predict Mortality in ICUs” 2019. (with J. Ma, DKK Lee, M Perkins, M. Pisani) Critical Care Explorations 1 (4), e0010
  2. “Reporting accuracy of rare event classifiers” 2018. Nature npj Digital Medicine 56 (1).
  3. “On Public Warnings in Counterterrorism Operations” 2018. (with N. Bakshi) Operations Research 66 (4)
  4. “Dynamic Relational Contracts for Quality Enforcement in Supply Chains” 2018. (with Bondareva, M.) Management Science
  5. “Development of Imminent Mortality Predictor for Advanced Cancer” 2018. (with Adelson, K., Lee, D., Velji, S., Ma, J., Lipka, S., Rimar, J. Longely, P., Vega, T., Perez-Irizarry, J. Lilenbaum R., MD, Lee, K. Adelson, R. Lilienbaum) Journal of Oncology Practice 14 (3).
  6. “An EOQ Model for Perishable Goods with Age-Dependent Demand Rate.” (with O. Yildez and G. Dobson) European Journal of Operational Research. 257 84-88.
  7. “Queuing simulation of the effects of staffing changes to patient flow in a psychiatric emergency service” (with L. Chepnik) Psychiatric Services, 68:5 May 2017.
  8. “On the complexity of Project Scheduling to Minimize Exposed Time” (with J. Szmerekovsky, and V. Tilson) 2014.  European Journal of Operational Research 237 (2) pp.448-453.
  9. “Determining the Optimal Configuration of Hospital In-patient Rooms in the Presence of Isolation Patients” (with T. Tezcan) 2013. Operations Research 61 (6) pp.1259-1276.
  10. “Technical Note – Managing a Secret Project” (with Szmerekovsky and V. Tilson) 2013 (Operations Research).
  11. “Outsourcing a Two-Level Service Process” (with H. Lee and R. Shumsky) 2012. Management Science.
  12. “Effects of reservation level for urgent cases on delays and overtime in primary care office practices” (with G. Dobson and S. Hasija) 2011. POMS 20(3) pp. 456-73.
  13. “A Model of ICU Bumping” (with G. Dobson and H. Lee) 2010. Operations Research 58 (6) pp 1564-1576.
  14. “Work Expands to Fill the Time Available: Capacity Estimation and Optimal Staffing Under Parkinson’s Law” (with S. Hasija, S. and R. Shumsky) 2010. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 12 (1) pp 1-18.
  15. “Using Bid Data for the Management of Sequential, Multi-unit, Online Auctions with Uniformly Distributed Bidder Valuations” (with A. Seidmann and Y. Vakrat) 2010. European Journal of Operational Research, 202 (2) pp 574-58.
  16. “Can Flexibility Be Constraining?” (with H. Lee and O. Berman) 2010. IIE Transactions 12 (1) pp 45-59.
  17. “Division of Labor in Medical Office Practices” (with G. Dobson, and R.L. Van Horn) 2009. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 11 (3) pp 525-537.
  18. “Asymmetric competition in B2B Spot Markets” (with H. Etzion) 2008. POMS 17 (2) March–April 2008, pp 150–161.
  19. “Call Center Outsourcing Contracts Under Information Asymmetry” (with S. Hasija and R. Shumsky) 2008. Management Science 54 (4) April 2008, pp 793-807.
  20. “An Analysis of Short-term Responses to Threats of Terrorism” 2007. Management Science 53 (6) pp 865-880.  Reprinted in Edward H. Kaplan (ed.)  Confronting Public Problems with Operations Research,
  21. “The value of sharing lead-time information” (with G. Dobson) 2006.  IIE Transactions 8 (1) pp 171-183.
  22. “Analyzing the Simultaneous Use of Auctions and Posted Prices for On-line Selling” (with H. Etzion and A. Seidmann) 2006. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 8 (1) pp 68-91.
  23. “Staffing and Routing in a Two-Tier Call Center” (with S. Hasija and R. Shumsky) 2005. International Journal of Operational Research 1 (1) pp 8-29.
  24. “Sales force Design with Experience-based Learning” (with S. Misra and R. Shumsky) 2004. IIE Transactions 36 (10) pp 941-952.
  25. “Managing Online Auctions: Business Issues and Current Research” (with Seidmann and Y. Vakrat) 2003. Management Science 49 (11) pp 1457-1484.
  26. “Gatekeepers and Referrals in Services” (with R. Shumsky) 2003. Management Science 49 (7) pp 839-856.
  27. “Optimizing the Use of Contingent Labor when Demand is Uncertain” (with R.C. Larson) 2003. European Journal of Operational Research 144 (1) pp 39-55.
  28. “Strategies for Transitioning `Old Economy’ Firms to e-Business” (with A.Seidmann and R. Foster) 2002. Communications of the ACM 45 (5) pp 76-83.
  29. “Contingent Labor Contracting Under Demand and Supply Uncertainty” (with J. Milner) 2001. Management Science 47 (8) pp 1046-1062.
  30. “The Efficiency-Quality Trade-off of Cross-trained Workers” (with R. Shumsky) 2000. Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 2 (1) pp 32-48.
  31. “Scheduling Workforce and Workflow in a High Volume Factory” (with O. Berman and R.C. Larson) 1997. Management Science 43 (2) pp 158-172.