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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

  1. Lopes, J. M., Morales, C. C., Alvarado, M., Melo, V. A. Z., Paiva, L. B., Dias, E. M., & Pardalos, P. M. (2022). “Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Vaccine Supply Chains: A Rapid Review.” Annals of Operations Research, 1-23. DOI: 1007/s10479-022-04720-5
  2. Karaca, M., Alvarado, M., Reisi, M., Pardalos, P., Bihorac, A. (2022) “Frequent Pattern Mining from Multivariate Time Series Data.” Expert Systems with Applications, 194(2022):116435. DOI: 1016/j.eswa.2021.116435
  3. Khatami, M., Alvarado, M., Kong, N., Parikh, P., and Lawley, M. (2022) “Inpatient discharge planning under uncertainty.” IISE Transactions, 54(4), 332-347. DOI: 1080/24725854.2021.1943764
  4. Yang, S., Shih, Y. C. T., Huo, J., Mehta, H. J., Wu, Y., Salloum, R. G., Alvarado, M., et al. (2022) “Procedural complications associated with invasive diagnostic procedures after lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography.” Lung Cancer, 165, 141-144. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2021.12.020
  5. Theis, R.P., Blackburn, K., Lipori, G., Harle, C.A., Alvarado, M.A., Care, P.J., Zemon, N., Howard, A., Salloum, R.G., Shenkman, E.A., and the UF CTSI Learning Health System Program. (2021) “Implementation Context for Assessing Social Determinants of Health in a Learning Health System: A Qualitative Study.” Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, 5(1), E201, 1-11. DOI: 1017/cts.2021.842
  6. Lahijanian, B. and Alvarado, M. (2021) “Care Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions using Stochastic Programming.” Healthcare, 9(8), 940. DOI: 3390/healthcare9080940
  7. Giang, W., Alvarado, M., Bland, E.L., Chen, J., and Colon-Morales, C. (2021) “User Interactions with Health Insurance Decision Aids: A User Study with Retrospective Think-Aloud.” Journal of Medical Internet Research Human Factors, 8(4), e27628. DOI: 2196/27628
  8. Orlovic, A., Alvarado, M., Nash, S., Lawrence, A., and Escoto E. (2021) “Analysis of Demand Changes in a University Counseling Center Telehealth System.” UF Journal of Undergraduate Research, 23(1):1-17. PDF
  9. Colon-Morales, C., Giang, W., Alvarado, M. (2021) “Informed Decision-Making for Health Insurance Enrollment: A Review and Survey Study.” JMIR Formative Research, 5(8), e27477. DOI: 2196/27477
  10. Souza, D.L., Korzenowski, A.L. and Alvarado, M.M., Sperafico, J.H., Ackermann, A.E.F., Mareth, T., and Scavarda, A.J. (2021) “A Systematic Review on Lean Applications’ in Emergency Departments” Healthcare, 9(6):763. DOI: 3390/healthcare9060763
  11. Burns, P., Alvarado, M. (2020) “Discrete-Event Simulation for Mohs Micrographic Surgery.” Journal of Simulation, 1-15. DOI: 1080/17477778.2020.1750315.
  12. Magee, E., Karaca, M., Lawrence, A., Escoto, E., and Alvarado, M. (2019) “Machine Learning Applied to Walk-In Demand Prediction for University Counseling Center.” University of Florida Journal of Undergraduate Research, 21(1): 1-11.[PDF]
  13. Ejaz, I. , Alvarado, M., Gautam, N., Gebraeel, N., and Lawley, M. (2019) “Analysis of a queueing system with a single-degrading server.” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, 16(4), 1750-1762. DOI: 1109/TASE.2019.2893870.
  14. Alvarado, M., Cotton, T. G., Ntaimo, L., Pérez, E., & Carpentier, W. R. (2018). “Modeling and simulation of oncology clinic operations in discrete event system specification.” Simulation, 94(2), 105-121. DOI: 10.1177/0037549717708246 ( Editor’s Choice Paper February 2018 )
  15. Alvarado, M., & Ntaimo, L. (2018). “Chemotherapy appointment scheduling under uncertainty using mean-risk stochastic integer programming.” Health care management science, 21(1), 87-104. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-016-9380-4. ( Awarded 1st Place in 2017 INFORMS MIF Paper Competition )
  16. Alvarado, M., Foster, M., Gonzalez, P., Ortega, P., Kum, H., and Lawley, M. (2017) “Barriers to implementation of remote health technologies for diabetes care: a systematic review.” J Med Internet Res, 19(2):e28. 10.2196/jmir.6382
  17. Alvarado, M., Ntaimo, L., Banerjee, B., and Kianfar, K. (2012) “Reducing pediatric medication errors: A survey and taxonomy.” IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 2(2): 142-155. DOI: 10.1080/19488300.2012.680799.

Submitted To Refereed Journals

  1. Feng, H., Alvarado, M., and Lawley, M. “Sequential Clinical Scheduling with Stochastic Patient Re-entrant: Case of Mohs Micrographic Surgery.” (2021) Submitted to European Journal of Operations Research, under 2nd review.
  2. Alvarado, M., Basinger, K., Lahijanian, B., Karaca, M., and Alvarado, D. “Video Length Preference for Engineering Students: Case Study of a Flipped Software Course.” (2021) Submitted to Advances in Engineering Education, under 2nd review.
  3. Alvarado, M., Lahijanian, B., Zhang, Y., and Lawley, M. “Rational Penalty and Incentive Mechanisms for Hospital Readmissions.” (2022) Submitted to Operations Research for Health Care, under 1st review.

Manuscripts In Preparation

  1. Karaca, M., Ranjan, C., Reisi, M., Alvarado, M., and Pardalos, P. “A SGT-based Method for Monitoring Discrete Sequence Processes.”
  2. Lahijanian, B. and Alvarado, M. “Mean-Risk Fenchel Decomposition for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming.”
  3. Trevena, W., Alvarado, M., and Zhong, X. “A Survey of Neoteric Natural Language Processing Systems and Applications to Extracting Drug Discontinuation Events.”
  4. Alvarado, M. and Ntaimo, L. “Integrated simulation and optimization for oncology clinic operations.”
  5. Alvarado, M., Basinger, K., Lahijanian, B., and Alvarado, D. “Active-Learning in an Asynchronous Classroom: A Pilot Study among Engineering Students.”
  6. Ejaz, I., Alvarado, M., Gautam, N., Gebraeel, N., and Lawley, M. “Condition-Based Maintenance of Queues with Stochastic Service Times and Degrading Servers.”
  7. Ntaimo, L., Alvarado, M., and Lulli, G. “Fenchel disjunctive decomposition for mean-risk stochastic mixed-integer programs.”

Conference Proceedings

  1. Basinger, K., Alvarado, D., Ortega, A. , and Alvarado, M. “The effect on perceived and performance learning outcomes from active online learning” To appear in Proceedings of the 2022 ASEE Annual Conference.
  2. Basinger, K., Alvarado, D., Ortega, A. , Buzard, B., Hartless, D., Lahijanian, B., and Alvarado, M. “Creating ACTIVE Learning in an Online Environment” In Proceedings of the 2021 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, July 26-29, 2021. Pages 1-11. [PDF].
  3. Feng, H., Alvarado, M. “A Simulation Study of Outpatient Surgery Clinic with Patient Re-entrance.” Proceedings of the 2020 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, December 13-16, 2020. [PDF].
  4. Alvarado, M., Basinger, K., Lahijanian, B., Alvarado, D. “Teaching Simulation to Generation Z Engineering Students: Lessons Learned from Flipped Classroom Pilot Study.” In Proceedings of the 2020 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL, December 13-16, 2020. [PDF].
  5. Lahijanian, B., Basinger, K., Karaca, M., Alvarado, D., Buzard, B., and Alvarado, M. “Flipped Classroom Video Engagement for Generation Z Engineering Students.” In Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference and Expo, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2020, accepted. [PDF].
  6. Colon, C., Giang, W., and Alvarado, M. “Effectiveness of Health Enrollment Decision Aids”. In Proceedings of the 2020 IISE Annual Conference and Expo, New Orleans, LA, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2020, accepted. [PDF].
  7. Alvarado, M., Basinger, K., Alvarado, D., Lahijanian, B., Buzard, B., Karaca, M. “Strategies for Flipped Classroom Video Development: Educating Generation Z Engineering Students.” In Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Annual Conference, Virtual Conference, June 21-25, 2020. [PDF].
  8. Lahijanian, B., and Alvarado, M. “Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program: A Statistical Analysis”. In Proceedings of the 2019 IISE Annual Conference and Expo, Orlando, FL, May 18-21, 2019. Pages 1-6. [PDF].
  9. Alvarado, M., Li, Y., and Lawley, M. “Healthcare simulation tutorial: methods, challenges, and opportunities.” In Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2016 (pp. 236-247). IEEE. [PDF].
  10. Alvarado, M., Zhang, Y., and Lawley, M. “Hospital readmission reduction strategies using a penalty-incentive model.” In Proceedings of the 2016 IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Anaheim, CA. May 21-24, 2016. Paper no. 1596: 1-6. [PDF].
  11. Igbinoba, O., Ly, M., Alvarado, M., Avnet, M., and Lawley, M. “Enablers and barriers to remote health technologies: a stakeholder analysis.” In Proceedings of the 2016 IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Anaheim, CA. May 21-24, 2016. Paper no. 1425: 1-6. [PDF].
  12. Ly, M., Igbinoba, O., Alvarado, M., Avnet, M., and Lawley, M. “Socio-technical challenges to the adoptions of remote technologies in healthcare.” In Proceedings of the 2016 Conference on Systems Engineering Research, Huntsville, AL. 22-24, 2016. Pages 1-9. [PDF].
  13. Alvarado, M., Cotton, T., and Ntaimo, L. “A simulation and optimization approach to scheduling chemotherapy appointments.” In Proceedings of the 2013 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation, and Education Conference, Orlando, FL. Dec. 1-5, 2013. Paper no. 13029: 1-11. [PDF].