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Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Lahijanian, B. and Alvarado, M. (2021) “Care Strategies for Reducing Hospital Readmissions using Stochastic Programming.” Healthcare, 9(8), 940. DOI: 3390/healthcare9080940
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Burns, P., Alvarado, M. (2020) “Discrete-Event Simulation for Mohs Micrographic Surgery.” Journal of Simulation, 1-15. DOI: 1080/17477778.2020.1750315.
- 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]
- 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.
- 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 )
- 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 )
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Karaca, M., Ranjan, C., Reisi, M., Alvarado, M., and Pardalos, P. “A SGT-based Method for Monitoring Discrete Sequence Processes.”
- Lahijanian, B. and Alvarado, M. “Mean-Risk Fenchel Decomposition for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programming.”
- Trevena, W., Alvarado, M., and Zhong, X. “A Survey of Neoteric Natural Language Processing Systems and Applications to Extracting Drug Discontinuation Events.”
- Alvarado, M. and Ntaimo, L. “Integrated simulation and optimization for oncology clinic operations.”
- Alvarado, M., Basinger, K., Lahijanian, B., and Alvarado, D. “Active-Learning in an Asynchronous Classroom: A Pilot Study among Engineering Students.”
- Ejaz, I., Alvarado, M., Gautam, N., Gebraeel, N., and Lawley, M. “Condition-Based Maintenance of Queues with Stochastic Service Times and Degrading Servers.”
- Ntaimo, L., Alvarado, M., and Lulli, G. “Fenchel disjunctive decomposition for mean-risk stochastic mixed-integer programs.”
Conference Proceedings
- 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.
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].
- 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].