Oguzhan Alagoz Assistant Professor Address/E-mail Program Affiliations Education Fields of Interest Publications Funded research (Total-Alagoz portion = $1,345,302) Files and Links For additional information, see my

Contact Information

3242 Mechanical Engineering Building 1513 University Avenue Madison, WI 53706-1572

Tel: 608/890-0399 Fax: 608/262-8454 E-mail: alagoz@engr.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

• Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Population Health Sciences

Education

• Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004.
• M.S., Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2000.
• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1997.

Fields of Interest

operations research, stochastic optimization, medical decision making, Markov decision proceses, stochastic programming, simulation, scheduling, health-care applications.

Publications

Published/Accepted

[1] O. Alagoz and M. Azizoglu (2003) "Rescheduling of Identical Parallel Machines under Machine Eligibility Constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, 149(3), p. 523-532.

[2] O. Alagoz, L. M. Maillart, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts (2004), "The Optimal Timing of Living-Donor Liver Transplantation," Management Science, 50(10), p.1420-1430.

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

[4] Azizoglu, M. and O. Alagoz (2005), "Parallel Machine Rescheduling with Machine Disruptions," IIE Transactions, 37(12), p.1113-1118.

[5] O. Alagoz, C. L. Bryce, S.M. Shechter, A. J. Schaefer, C. C. Chang, D. C. Angus and M. S. Roberts (2005), "Incorporating Biological Natural History in Simulation Models: Empirical Estimates of the Progression of End-stage Liver Disease," Medical Decision Making, 25(6), p.620-632.

[6] O. Alagoz, L. M. Maillart, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts (2007), "Determining the Acceptance of Cadaveric Livers Using an Implicit Model of the Waiting List," Operations Research, 55(1), p.24-36.

[7] O. Alagoz, L. M. Maillart, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts (2007), "Choosing among Living-Donor and Cadaveric Livers," Management Science, 53(11), p.1702-1715.

[8] O. Alagoz, B. A. Norman, A. E. Smith (2008), "Determining Aisle Structures for Facility Designs Using a Hierarchy of Algorithms," to appear in IIE Transactions.

[9] J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, M. J. Lindstrom, C. E. Kahn, K. A. Shaffer and E. S. Burnside (2008), "A Logistic Regression Model to Aid Breast Cancer Diagnosis Based on the National Mammography Database Format to Aid Breast Cancer Diagnosis," to appear in American Journal of Roentgenology.

[10] B. Sandikci, L. M. Maillart, A. J. Schaefer, O. Alagoz, and M. S. Roberts (2008), "Estimating the Patient's Price of Privacy in Liver Transplantation," to appear in Operations Research.

[11] O. Alagoz, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts (2005), "Optimization in Organ Allocation", to appear in "Handbook of Optimization in Medicine" edited by Panos Pardalos and Edwin Romeijn.

Submitted/Under Review

[12] S. M. Shechter, O. Alagoz, and M. S. Roberts (2008), "Irreversible Treatment Decisions under Medical Research and Development", submitted.

[13] J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, and E. S. Burnside (2008), "Optimal Policies for Biopsy Decision-Making Based on Mammography Findings and Demographic Factors," submitted.

- selected as 2008 INFORMS JFIG competition finalist

- winner of the decision analysis student paper award in 2008, an award of INFORMS Decision Analysis Society

[14] M. Akan, O. Alagoz, B. Ata, and F. S. Erenay* (2008) (names are in alphabetical order), "Optimizing Liver Allocation System Incorporating Disease Evolution," submitted.

[15] J. Zhuang, V. Bier, O. Alagoz, (2008), "Modeling Secrecy and Deception in a Multiple-period Attacker-Defender Signaling Game," submitted.

[16] O. Alagoz, H. E. Hsu, M. S. Roberts, and A. J. Schaefer (2008), "Markov decision processes: A tool for sequential decision making under uncertainty," submitted.

[17] E. S. Burnside, J. Davis, J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, B. M. Geller, B. Littenberg, C. E. Kahn, K. A. Shaffer, and C. D. Page (2008), "A Probabilistic Computer Model Developed from Clinical Data in the National Mammography Database Format to Classify Mammographic Findings," submitted.

Funded research (Total-Alagoz portion = $1,345,302)

• O. Alagoz (PI) "Optimal Design of the Liver Allocation System Considering Patient Preferences" National Science Foundation Grant CMMI-0700094 (6/15/2007-5/31/2010) Funding Level: $149,854
• O. Alagoz (PI), D. Fryback, A. Trentham-Dietz, M. Rosenberg (Co-investigators), "Using the UWBCS to Assess Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Incidence & Survival" National Cancer Institute Grant R03CA130727 (7/10/2007-6/30/2009) Funding Level: $139,480
• O. Alagoz (PI), E. Burnside, J. Fine (Co-investigators), "Using Markov Decision Processes to Optimize Breast Biopsy Decision Making" National Cancer Institute Grant R21CA129393(2/1/2008 - 1/31/2010) Funding Level: $338,613
• O. Alagoz (Director of the Simulation Center, Community Academic Partnerships Core of UW-ICTR), "Institute for Clinical and Translational Research" (PI: Drezner) NIH/NCRR Grant 1UL1 RR02511 (PI: Drezner) (9/17/2007-05/31/2012) Funding Level: $25,400,000 (Alagoz portion: $112,589)
• O. Alagoz (Co-investigator)- A. Trentham-Dietz (PI), "Breast Carcinoma in situ: Predicting Risk and Outcomes" PI: A. Trentham-Dietz, National Cancer Institute Grant R01CA67264 (12/1/2008 - 11/30/2013), Funding Level: $2,411,660 (Alagoz portion: $314,302) - recommended for funding, note that there might be a cut in the funding level
• O. Alagoz (PI), "Using MDPs to Optimize Breast Cancer Screening & Control," Wisconsin Alumni Research Funding PRJ13AJ (7/1/2008 - 6/30/2009), Funding Level: $32,266
• O. Alagoz (Director of the Simulation Center, Community Academic Partnerships Core of UW-ICTR), "UW-Institute for Clinical and Translational Research(ICTR)," Wisconsin Partnership for a Healthy Future - Medical Education Research Committee School of Medicine and Public Health Grant (1/1/2007 - 3/31/2009), Funding Level: $6,800,000 (Alagoz portion: $139,653)
• O. Alagoz (Collaborator-subaccount from several grants), "Optimizing Mammography Interpretation," E. S. Burnside (PI), University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (4/1/2006 - present), Funding level: $118,545 (Alagoz portion)

Files and Links of Interest

• Curriculum Vitae

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