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Oguzhan Alagoz

Oguzhan  Alagoz

Oguzhan Alagoz
Assistant Professor

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  • Courses
  • Education
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  • Publications
  • Awards & Honors
  • Funded research (Total-Alagoz portion = $1,775,302)
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  • 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

    Courses

    Education

    Fields of Interest

    operations research, stochastic optimization, medical decision making, Markov decision processes, 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] 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," Operations Research, 56(6), p. 1393-1410.

    [9] O. Alagoz, B. A. Norman, A. E. Smith (2008), "Determining Aisle Structures for Facility Designs Using a Hierarchy of Algorithms," IIE Transactions, 40(11), p.1019-1031.

    [10] J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, M. J. Lindstrom, C. E. Kahn, K. A. Shaffer and E. S. Burnside (2009), "A Logistic Regression Model Based on the National Mammography Database Format to Aid Breast Cancer Diagnosis," American Journal of Roentgenology, 192(4), p.1117-1127.

    - this paper was covered extensively in media, see for example

    http://in.news.yahoo.com/139/20090404/981/tsc-novel-computer-based-model-to-help-i.html

    http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2009/04/06/Model-helps-diagnose-breast-cancer/UPI-47521239063375/ (United Press International)

    http://www.thelosangelesmirror.com/news/news-health/2009/04/06/model-helps-diagnose-breast-cancer.html

    (The Los Angeles Mirror)

    In addition to these websites, it was covered in many media outlets, news sites including but not limited to scienceblog.com, physorg.com, medicalnewstoday.com, news-medical.net, medcompare.com, sciencerelay.com, newswise.com, eurekalert.org, healthimaging.com, docguide.com, honionline.com, breast-imaging.blogspot.com, sciencecentric.com, sciencedaily.com, redorbit.com, silverscorpio.com, andhranews.net, sciencecodex.com, thaindian.com, etc.

    [11] E. S. Burnside, J. Davis, J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, B. M. Geller, B. Littenberg, C. E. Kahn, K. A. Shaffer, and C. D. Page (2009), "Probabilistic Computer Model Developed from Clinical Data in the National Mammography Database Format to Classify Mammographic Findings," Radiology, 251(3), p.663-672.

    [12] J. Zhuang, V. Bier, O. Alagoz, (2010), "Modeling Secrecy and Deception in a Multiple-period Attacker-Defender Signaling Game," European Journal of Operational Research, 203(2), p.409-418.

    [13] T. Ayer*, J. Chhatwal*, O. Alagoz, E.S. Burnside, and C.E. Kahn (2009), "Comparison of Logistic Regression and Artificial Neural Network Models with an Example in Breast Cancer Risk Estimation Based on Mammographic Findings," to appear in Radiographics.

    [14] O. Alagoz, H. E. Hsu, M. S. Roberts, and A. J. Schaefer (2009), "Markov decision processes: A tool for sequential decision making under uncertainty," to appear in Medical Decision Making.

    [15] T. Ayer*, O. Alagoz, J. Chhatwal*, J. Shavlik, E.S. Burnside, and C.E. Kahn (2009), "Breast Cancer Risk Estimation with Artificial Neural Networks Revisited: Discrimination and Calibration," to appear in Cancer.

    [16] S. M. Shechter, O. Alagoz, and M. S. Roberts (2009), "Irreversible Treatment Decisions under Consideration of the Research and Development Pipeline for New Therapies," to appear in IIE Transactions.

    Submitted/Under Review

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

    - winner of the 2008 Best Student Paper Award of the MSOM Society of INFORMS

    - winner of the 2008 Best Student Paper Award of the Decision Analysis Society of INFORMS

    - 2nd place award of the 2008 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) best paper competition

    - winner of the INFORMS 2007 Best Poster Award

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

    - winner of the 2009 Best Paper Award of the Service Science Section of INFORMS (this award is sponsored by IBM)

    [19] F.S. Erenay*, O. Alagoz, R. Banerjee, and R.R. Cima (2009), "Modeling the Natural History of Metachronous Colorectal Cancer under Colonoscopy Screenings," submitted.

    [20] D. Ge, A. Krishnamurty, and O. Alagoz(2009), "Optimal Production Control Policy for Kanban Controlled Systems with Advance Demand Information," submitted.

    Book Chapters

    [21] O. Alagoz, A. J. Schaefer and M. S. Roberts (2009), "Optimizing Organ Allocation and Acceptance", in "Handbook of Optimization in Medicine" edited by Panos Pardalos and Edwin Romeijn, Springer US, p. 1-24.

    [22] O. Alagoz and M. Ayvaci* (2009), "Uniformization in Markov Decision Processes", to appear in "Encyclopedia for Operations Research and Management Science" edited by James J. Cochran, John Wiley & Sons.

    [23] O. Alagoz, T. Ayer*, and F. S. Erenay* (2009), "Operations Research Models for Cancer Screening", to appear in "Encyclopedia for Operations Research and Management Science" edited by James J. Cochran, John Wiley & Sons.

    [24] G. Cakici* and O. Alagoz (2009), "A Survey of the Simulation Models for Evaluating Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Policies," submitted to "Advances in Computational Biology" edited by H. Arabnia, Springer.

    [25] J. Shi and O. Alagoz (2009), "A Survey of Mathematical Methods for Designing an Optimal Cancer Chemotherapy Plan," submitted to "Advances in Computational Biology" edited by H. Arabnia, Springer.

    Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

    Funded research (Total-Alagoz portion = $1,775,302)

    Files and Links of Interest




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