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Research Journal Articles

2006

Alagoz, O.†, C. L. Bryce, S. M. Shechter†, A. J. Schaefer, C.-C. H. Chang, D. C. Angus, and M. S. Roberts, "Incorporating Biological Natural History in Simulation Models: Empiric Estimates of the Progression of End-Stage Liver Disease," 2005. Medical Decision Making, volume 25, pages 620-632.

Aujesky, D., K.J. Smith, M.S. Roberts. "Oral anticoagulation strategies after a first idiopathic venous thromboembolic event". American Journal of Medicine. 2005;118(6):625-35.

Aujesky, D., K.J. Smith, J. Cornuz, M.S. Roberts. "Cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin for treatment of pulmonary embolism". Chest. 2005;128(3):1601-1610

Aujesky, D.A., Smith K.J., J.D. Cornuz, M.S. Roberts. "Cost-effectiveness of low-molecular-weight heparin for secondary prophylaxis of cancer-related venous thromboembolism". Thrombosis and Haemostasis.2005;93(3):592-9.

Bails, M., J. Martinez, S. Levitan, J. Boles, I. Avdeev, M. Lovell, and D. Chiarelli, 2005, "Performance Simulation of a Microwave Micro-Electromechanical System Shunt Switch Using Chatoyant", Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 137 - 154.

Bidanda, B., P. Ariyawongrat, K. L. Needy, B. A. Norman, and W. Tharmmaphornphilas, "Human Related Issues In Manufacturing Cell Design, Implementation, And Operation: A Review & Survey," Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 48, 507-523, 2005.

Block, H., M. Mazumdar, & S.M. Ross. "A Note on Generating Systems Composed of Binary and Tertiary Random Variables." Probability in the Engineering & Informational Sciences. Volume 19 2005, pages 213-217.

Braithwaite, R.S., A.C. Justice, C.C. Chang, J.S. Fusco, S.R. Raffanti,J.B. Wong, M.S. Roberts. Estimating the proportion of individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus who will die of comorbid diseases. American Journal of Medicine. 2005;118(8):890-98.

Gomes, C., O. Onipede, and M. Lovell, 2005, "Numerical Analysis of Springback Deformations in Anisotropic Sheet Steels", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 159, pp.91-98.

Hunsaker, Brady and Craig Tovey. "Simple lifted cover cuts and hard knapsack problems." Discrete Optimization 2 #3 (2005): 219-228.

King, J.T. Jr, H. Yonas, M.B. Horowitz, A.B. Kassam, M.S. Roberts, "A failure to communicate: patients with cerebral aneurysms and vascular neurosurgeons". Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2005;76:550-4.

King, J.T. Jr, M.B. Horowitz, A.B. Kassam, H. Yonas, M.S. Roberts. "The Short Form-12 and the measurement of health status in patients with cerebral aneurysms: performance, validity, and reliability". Journal of Neurosurgery. 2005;102:489-94.

King, J.T. Jr, J.J. Moossy, J. Tsevat, M.S. Roberts. "Multi-modal assessment of surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy". Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. 2005;2:526-34.

King, J.T. Jr, A.B. Kassam, M.B. Horowitz, H. Yonas, J. Tsevat, M.S. Roberts. "Mental health, anxiety, and depression in patients with cerebral Aneurysms". Journal of Neurosurgery. 2005; 103:636-641.

King, J.T. Jr., J. Tsevat, J.R. Lave, M.S. Roberts. "Willingness to pay for a quality-adjusted life-year in neurosurgical disease: implications for societal health care resource allocation". Medical Decision Making. 2005;25:667-77

King, J.T. Jr, J. Tsevat, M.S. Roberts. "Preference-based quality of life in patients with cerebral aneurysms". Stroke. 2005;36:303-9.

Kraemer, K.L., M.S. Roberts, N.J. Horton, T. Palfai, J.H. Samet, N. Freedner, N. Tibbetts, R. Saitz. "Health utility ratings for a spectrum of alcohol-related health states". Medical Care. 2005; 43(6):541-50

Li, Q., and M. Lovell, 2005, "On the Critical Interfacial Friction in a Two-Roll CWR Process", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. 160, pp. 245-256.

Mei, J., M. Lovell, and M. Mickle, 2005, "Formulation and processing of novel Conductive Solution Inks in Continuous Inkjet Printing of 3-D Electric Circuits", IEEE Transactions on Electronics Packaging Manufacturing,Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 265-273.

Morrow, C. and M. Lovell, 2005, "An Extension to a Cohesive Zone Solution for Adhesive Cylinders", ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 127, pp. 447- 453.

Morrow, C. and M. Lovell, 2005, "A Solution for Lightly Loaded Adhesive Rough Surfaces With Application to MEMS", ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 127, pp. 206-213.

Nnaji, B.O., Wang, Y., and Kim, K. Y., "e-Design Systems", The Handbook of Industrial System Engineering, eds. by A. Badiru(Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis Group), Ch. 28, 2005

Schaefer, A. J., E. L. Johnson, A. J. Kleywegt and G. L. Nemhauser, "Airline Crew Scheduling under Uncertainty," 2005. Transportation Science, volume 39, number 3, pp. 340-348.

Shechter, S. M.†, C. L. Bryce, O. Alagoz†, J. E. Kreke†, J. E. Stahl, A. J. Schaefer, D. C. Angus, M. S. Roberts, "A Clinically Based Discrete Event Simulation of End-Stage Liver Disease and the Organ Allocation Process," 2005. Medical Decision Making, volume 25, number 2, pp. 199-209.

Shuman, L.J., M. Besterfield-Sacre, and J. McGourty, "The ABET 'Professional Skills - Can they be Taught? Can they be Assessed?", Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), 2005, pp. 41 - 55.

Smith K.J., M.S. Roberts. "Quality of life utility values for erectile function and sildenafil treatment". Clinical Drug Investigation. 2005;25(2):99-105.

Stahl, J. E., N. Kong†, S. M. Shechter†, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts, "A Methodological Framework for Optimally Reorganizing Liver Transplant Regions," 2005. Medical Decision Making, volume 25, number 1, pp.35-46.

Stoffman, M.J., M.S. Roberts, J. Tsevat, J.T. King, Jr. "Cervical spondylotic myelopathy, depression, and anxiety: a cohort analysis of 89 patients". Neurosurgery. 2005;57:307-13.

Tabas, G, F. Rubin, B.H. Hanusa, M.S. Roberts. "Expectations of groups versus pairs of attendings and residents about phone communications and bedside evaluation of hospitalized patients". Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 2005;17(3):217-27.

Valenzuela J. & M. Mazumdar. "A Probability Model for the Electricity Price Duration Curve under an Oligopoly Model." IEEE Transactions for Power Systems. Volume 26. August 2005, pages1250-1256.

Wang, Y. and Nnaji, B.O., "Geometry-based Semantic ID for Persistent and Interoperable Reference in Feature-based Parametric Modeling," Computer-Aided Design, Vol.37, No.10 (September 2005), pp.1081-1093

2005

Avdeev, I., Lovell, M., and Gyimesi M., 2004, "Strongly coupled 3-D finite element transducer", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 14, pp. 1491-1502.

Alagoz, O., L.M. Maillart, A. J. Schaefer and M.S. Roberts, "The Optimal Timing of Living-Donor Liver Transplantation," 2004. Management Science volume 50, number 10, pp. 1420-1430.

Besterfield-Sacre, M., J. Gerchak, M. Lyons, L.J. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, "Scoring Concept Maps: Development of an Integrated Rubric for Assessing Engineering Education," Journal of Engineering Education, 93(2), April 2004, pp. 105 - 116.

Bryce, C. L., D.C. Angus, J. Switala, M.S. Roberts, J. Tsevat, "Health status versus utilities of patients with end-stage liver disease: results from the Optimal Timing of Liver Transplantation Project". Quality of Life Research. 2004;13:773-82.

King, J.T. Jr, J. Tsevat, J.J. Moossy, M.S. Roberts, "Preference-based quality of life measurement in patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy". Spine. 2004;29(11):1271-80.

King, J.T. Jr, J. Tsevat, M.S. Roberts, "Positive association between current health and health values for hypothetical disease states". Medical Decision Making. 2004;24:367-78.

Kreke, J.E., A.J. Schaefer and M.S. Roberts, "Simulation and Critical Care Modeling," 2004. Current Opinion in Critical Care, volume 10, number 5, pp. 395-398.

Kim, K. Y., Y. Wang, O. S. Muogboh, and B. O. Nnaji, "Design Formalism for Collaborative Assembly Design," the special issue of the Computer Aided Design on Distributed CAD, Vol. 36, No. 9, 2004, pp. 849-871.

Kim, K. Y., B. O. Nnaji, and D. W. Kim, "Virtual Assembly Analysis Tool and Architecture for e-Design and Realization Environment," Korean CAD/CAM Journal, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2004, pp. 62-76.

Kulturel, S., B. A. Norman, D. W. Coit and A. E. Smith, "Exploiting Tabu Search Memory In Constrained Problems," INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 16, No. 3, 241-254, 2004.

Li, Q., Lovell, M., Mei, J., and Clark, W., 2004, A Study of Displacement Distribution in a Piezoelectric Heterogeneous Bimorph, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 126, pp.757-762.

Li, Q., and Lovell, M., 2004, Establishment of a Failure Criterion in Cross Wedge Rolling, Int. Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 24, pp. 180-189.

Lovell, M., Deshmukh, P., and Yavalek, N., 2004, Towards a fundamental understanding of the Stretch Leveling Process, Steel GRIPS: International Journal of Steel and Related Material, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 317-324.

Mei, J., Lovell, M., and Petit, F, 2004, Mechanical and Metallurgical Properties of Hot Rolling Ti-6Al-4V Sheets, Steel GRIPS: International Journal of Steel and Related Material, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 53-58.

Mendeloff J., K. Ko, M.S. Roberts, M. Byrne, M.A. Dew, "Procuring organ donors as a health investment: how much should we be willing to spend?" Transplantation,. 2004;78(12):1704-10.

Ning, X., Lovell, M., and Morrow, C., 2004, Anisotropic Strength Approach for Wear Analysis of Unidirectional Continuous FRP Composites, ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 126, pp. 65-71.

Nnaji, B. O., D. Gupta, and K. Y. Kim, "Welding Distortion Minimization for an Aluminum Alloy Extruded Beam Structure using a 2D Model," ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering,, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2004, pp. 52 - 63.

Ozturk, U. A., M. Mazumdar, and B. A. Norman, "A Solution to the Stochastic Unit Commitment Problem Using Chance Constrained Programming," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1589-1598, 2004.

Ozturk, U. A. and B. A. Norman, "Heuristic Methods For Wind Energy Conversion System Positioning," Electric Power Systems Research, Vol. 70, 179-185, 2004.

Roberts, M.S., D.C. Angus, C.L. Bryce, Z. Valenta, L. Weissfeld, "Survival after liver transplantation in the United States: a disease-specific analysis of the UNOS database". Liver Transplantation. 2004;10(7):886-97.

Schaefer, L.A. and A.J. Schaefer, "Locating Hybrid Fuel Cell-Turbine Power Generation Units Under Uncertainty," 2004. Annals of Operations Research, volume 132, pp. 301-332.

Smith, J. C., A. J. Schaefer, and J. Yen, "A Stochastic Integer Programming Approach to Solving a Synchronous Optical Network Design Problem," 2004. Networks, volume 44, number 1, pp. 12-26.

Tharmmaphornphilas, W. and B. A. Norman, "A Quantitative Method for Determining Proper Job Rotation Intervals," Annals of Operations Research special issue on Staff Scheduling and Rostering: Theory and Applications, Vol. 128, 251-266, 2004.

Tao, Z., Lovell, M., and Yang J., 2004, Evaluation of Interfacial Friction in Material Removal Processes: Determining the Role of Workpiece Properties and Contact Geometry Wear, Vol. 256, pp. 664-670.

Wang, Y. and Nnaji, B.O., "UL-PML: Constraint-Enabled Distributed Design Data Model", International Journal of Production Research, Vol.42, No.17 (September 2004), pp.3743-3763.

Williams B.A., M.L. Kentor, M.T. Vogt, W. Vogt, K.C. Coley, S. Valalik, J.P. Williams, M.S. Roberts, J.E. Chelly, C.D. Harner F.H. Fu, "Economics of nerve block pain management after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction". Anesthesiology. 2004;100(3):697-706.

Wolfe, H. J. Gerchak, M. Besterfield-Sacre, and L. J. Shuman, "Using Concept Maps for Evaluating Program Objectives", Journal of Engineering Education, Vol.93(2), 2004, pp. 105-115

2004

Alagoz, O., C. Bryce, A.J. Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts, "Modeling the progression of liver disease over time: A Comparison of Level and Direction-based Algorithms," Medical Decision Making 23(6), pp:556, 2003

Angus, D.C., G. Clermont, R.S. Watson, W.T. Linde-Zwirble, and M.S. Roberts, "Cost effectiveness of inhaled nitric oxide in the treatment of neonatal respiratory failure in the U.S.", Pediatrics;112:1351-1360; 2003

Avdeev, I., M.R. Lovell, and D. Onipede, 2003, "Modeling in-plane misalignments in lateral combdrive transducers", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 13, pp. 809-816.

Beddhu, S., M.H. Samore, M.S. Roberts, G.J. Stoddard, N. Ramkumar, L.M. Pappas, and A.K. Cheung, "The impact of timing of initiation of dialysis on mortality," Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 14:2305-2312, 2003

Billo, R.E., J.D. Porter, M. Mazumdar & S.J. Brown. Impact of Bar Code Print Quality on the Performance of High-Speed Sortation Systems. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol.22 (2003), 317-326.

Calabrese A.T., K. Cholka, S.E. Lenhart, B. McCarty, G. Zewe, D. Sunseri, M.S. Roberts, and W. Kapoor, "Pharmacist involvement in a multidisciplinary-designed inpatient medication education intervention", American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 60: 1012-1018, May, 2003

Cogdon, C., M. Lovell., C. Knapp, A. Park, and J. Baker, 2003, "Numerical Analysis of an Anastomotic Device", Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp.53-65.

Hunsaker, B., A. J. Kleywegt, M. W. P. Savelsbergh, C. A. Tovey, "Optimal on-line algorithms for minimax resource scheduling",. SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics 16 (2003): 555-590.

King, J.T. Jr, M.A. Styn, J. Tsevat, and M.S. Roberts, "Perfect Health" versus "Disease-Free": the impact of anchor point choice on the measurement of preferences and the calculation of disease-specific disutilities. Med Decision Making. 23 (3):212-225, 2003

Larpkiattaworn, S., O. Muogboh, M. Besterfield-Sacre, L. J. Shuman, and H. Wolfe, "Special Considerations When Using Statistical Analysis In Engineering Education Assessment And Evaluation," Journal of Engineering Education, 92(3), July 2003, pp. 207-216.

Li, Q., and M. Lovell, 2003," Analytical Prediction of Critical Friction in a Two-Roll CWR Process", ASME Journal of Tribology, Vol. 125, pp. 200-203.

Morrow, C., M. Lovell., and X. Ning, 2003, "A JKR-DMT Transition Solution for Adhesive Rough Surface Contact", Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 36, pp. 534-540.

Nachtmann, H., & Needy, K. L. (2003). Methods for handling uncertainty in activity based costing systems. The Engineering Economist, 48(3), 259-282.

Needy, K. L., Nachtmann, H., Roztocki, N., Warner, R. C., & Bidanda, B. (2003). Implementing activity based costing systems in small manufacturing firms: A field study. Engineering Management Journal, 15(1), 3-10.

Ozdemir, G., A. E. Smith, and B. A. Norman, "Incorporating Heterogeneous Distance Metrics Within Block Layout Design," International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 41, No. 5, 1045-1056, 2003.

Roberts M.S. , C. Bryce, A.J. Schaefer, S. Shechter, O. Alagoz, and D.C. Angus, "Optimal Organ Allocation Policy: A Biologically-based Simulation Model", Medical Decision Making 23(6), pp:575, 2003

Stahl J.E., M.S. Roberts, and S. Gazelle, "Optimizing management and financial performance of the teaching ambulatory care clinic", JGIM 18(4): 266-274, April, 2003.

Tao, Z. and M. Lovell., 2003, "Analysis of the Real Area of Contact and Interfacial Friction in Cutting Tool Coatings", Transactions of the NAMRI, pp. 637-644.

Tharmmaphornphilas, W., B. Green, B. J. Carnahan, and B. A. Norman, "Applying Mathematical Modeling to Create Job Rotation Schedules for Minimizing Occupational Noise Exposure," AIHA Journal, Vol. 64, 401-405, 2003.

Valenzuela, J. & M. Mazumdar, "Commitment of Electric Power Generators under Stochastic Market Prices" Operations Research, Vol. 51 (2003), 880 - 893.

Wilson, J. P., Walsh, M. A. T., & Needy, K. L. (2003). "An examination of the economic benefits of ISO 9000 and the Baldrige award to manufacturing firms". Engineering Management Journal, 15(4), 3-10.

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