Julie Swann
 
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

(Full Vita available in .pdf form)

(A) Published Books and Parts of Books

  1. Chan, L. M. A., Z. J. M. Shen, D. Simchi-Levi and J. Swann (2004). Coordination of Pricing and Inventory Decisions: A Survey and Classification. Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era. D. Simchi-Levi, S. D. Wu and Z. J. M. Shen, Kluwer Academic Publishers: 335-392. (Invited and Refereed)

  2. Swann, J. (2004). The Price is Right: A Case Study on Dynamic Pricing. Revenue Management and Pricing: Case Studies and Applications. I. Yeoman and U. McMahon-Beattie. UK, Thomson Learning: 32-45. (Invited) (Instructors may request access to Teaching Notes.)

  3. Ergun, O., G. Karakus, P. Keskinocak, J. Swann, and M. Villarreal (2009). Operations Research to Improve Disaster Supply Chain Management. Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science. J. Cochran, John Wiley & Sons. (Invited and Refereed). Forthcoming.

(B) Refereed Publications

Published or Accepted

  1. Nelson, B. L., J. Swann, D. Goldsman, and W. Song  (2001).  Simple Procedures for Selecting the Best Simulated System when the Number of Alternatives is Large.  Operations Research, vol. 49:6, pp 950-963.

  2. Biller, S., L. M. A. Chan, D. Simchi-Levi and J. Swann (2005). "Dynamic Pricing and the Direct-to-Customer Model in the Automotive Industry." Electronic Commerce Journal special issue on Dynamic Pricing, 5(2): 309-334. (Online Appendix)

  3. Griffin, P., S. Griffin, J. Swann and N. Zlobin (2004). "Estimating New and Recurrent Root Caries Among Older Adults." Journal of Dental Research, 83(8): 634-638. (Selected as Finalist for Charles C. Sheppard Award at Centers for Disease Control)

  4. Drake, M., R. Kirkman, P. Griffin and J. Swann (2005). "Engineering Ethical Curricula: Assessment and Comparison of Two Approaches", Journal of Engineering Education, 94(2): 223-232.

  5. Griffin, S.O., P.M. Griffin, J. Swann and N. Zlobin (2005). “New Coronal Caries in Older Adults: Implications for Prevention.” Journal of Dental Research, 84(8): 715-720.

  6. Biller, S. and J. Swann (2006). “Pricing for Environmental Compliance in the Automotive Industry.” Interfaces , 36(2): 118-125.

  7. Chan, L. M. A., D. Simchi-Levi and J. Swann (accepted 2005). "Pricing, Production and Inventory Strategies for Manufacturing with Stochastic Demand and Discretionary Sales".Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 8(2): 149-168.

  8. Faissol, D., J. Swann, B. Kolodziejski, P. Griffin and T. Gift (2007). “The Role of Bathhouses and Sex Clubs in HIV Transmission: Findings from a Mathematical Model.” Journal of AIDS . 44(4): 386-394.

  9. Duran, S., T. Liu, D. Simchi-Levi and J. Swann (2007). “Demand Management of Price and Time Differentiated Customers.” IIE Transactions. 39(9): 845-861.

  10. Scherrer, C., P. Griffin, J. Swann (2007). “Public Health Sealant Delivery Programs: Optimal Delivery and the Cost of Practice Acts.”  Medical Decision-Making. 27:762.

  11. Duran, S., T. Liu, D. Simchi-Levi and J. Swann (2008). "Policies Utilizing Tactical Inventory for Service-differentiated Customers." Operations Research Letters. 36(2):259-264.

  12. Caliskan Demirag, O. and J. Swann (2007).  “Centralized Capacity Allocations to Decentralized Sales Agents in Sea Cargo.”  Naval Research Logistics, 54(7): 796-810. 

  13. Drake, M., S. Duran, P. Griffin, and J. Swann. (2008) “Optimal Timing of Sales of Bundled and Individual Tickets in Entertainment Industries.”  Naval Research Logistics 55(1):59-75. (Finalist for IBM Best Service Paper Award at POMS conference in Boston, MA in April 2006).

  14. Griffin, P., C. Scherrer, and J. Swann. “Optimal Location of Community Health Centers using Synthetic Estimates for Need.”IIE Transactions (Special Issue on Healthcare Engineering) 40(9):880-892. (Finalist in 2006 Pierskalla Health Applications paper competition at INFORMS conference in Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006;).  

  15. Faissol, D., P. Griffin, and J. Swann (2009). “Bias in Markov Models of Disease.” Mathematical Biosciences, 220(2):143-156

  16. Borenstein, J., M. Drake, R. Kirkman, and J. Swann (2010). “The Engineering and Science Issues Test (ESIT): A Discipline-Specific Tool for Assessing Moral Judgment.”  Science and Engineering Ethics Jun;16(2): 387-407. 

  17.  Ergun, O., J. Heier, P. Keskinocak, and J. Swann (2010). “Waffle House Hurricane Response: A Case Study.” International Journal of Production Economics (Special Issue on Disasters) 126(1): 111-120.

  18. Caliskan Demirag, O., O. Baysar, P. Keskinocak, and J. Swann (2010).  “The Effects of Customer Rebates and Retailer Incentives on a Manufacturer’s Profits and Sales.” Naval Research Logistics 57(1):88-108. (Finalist in 2006 MSOM Student Paper Competition at INFORMS in Pittsburgh, PA in November 2006.)

  19. Shi, P., P. Keskinocak, J. Swann, and B. Lee (2010). “Modeling Seasonality and Viral Mutation to Predict the Course of an Influenza Pandemic.” Epidemiology and Infection Oct;138(10):1472-81. 

  20. Kirkizlar, E., D. Faissol, P. Griffin, and J. Swann (2010). “Timing of Testing and Treatment for Asymptomatic Diseases.” Mathematical Biosciences 226:28-37.

  21. Caliskan Demirag, O., P. Keskinocak, and J. Swann. “Customer Rebates and Retailer Incentives in the Presence of Competition and Price Discrimination.” European Journal of Operational Research 215(1):268-280.

  22. Drake, M., P. Griffin, and J. Swann. “Case Study: Keeping Logistics under Wraps.” INFORMS Transaction on Education 11(2):pp 57-62. (Selected as Finalist in 2006 INFORMS Case Competition and Winner in Decision Sciences Institute 2008 case study competition.)  

  23. Shi, P., P. Keskinocak, J. Swann, and B. Lee (2010). “The Impact of Mixing Pattern Changes from Holidays and Traveling on Outcomes during an Influenza Pandemic.” BMC Public Health 10:778.  

  24. Duran, S., E. Yakici, E., and J. Swann. “Dynamic Switching Times for Season and Single Tickets in Sports and Entertainment.”  Forthcoming at Optimization Letters. (Submitted Oct 2010, accepted

 

 

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