Events

Condition-based Inspection and Maintenance of Medical Devices

Supervisor(s): Qi-Ming He, Hossein Abouee Mehrizi

Job description mining to understand the undergraduate co-operative market

Supervisor(s): Lukasz Golab

Resource Allocation Models in Healthcare Decision Making

Supervisor(s): Fatih Safa Erenay, Osman Ozaltin

Abstract

We present models for allocating limited healthcare resources efficiently among target populations in order to maximize society's welfare and/or minimize the expected costs. In general, this thesis is composed of two major parts.

Pallets are the most common form of packaging in the retail industry. Their building involves the solution of a three-dimensional packing problem with side practical constraints such as item support and pallet stability, leading to what is known as the mixed-case palletization problem. Motivated by the fact that solving industry-size instances is still very challenging for current methods, we propose a new solution methodology that combines data analysis at the instance level and optimization to build pallets.

Supervisor(s):

Fatih Erenay, Management Sciences

Osman Yalin Ozaltin (remote), Management Sciences

Existing leadership theories tend to explain that leaders induce others to follow as a function of one or more of the following:

i) A specific set of traits possessed by the leader (e.g., charisma);

ii) Different types of behaviours the leader exhibits depending on the situation (e.g., a focus on tasks or a focus on relationships);

iii) Specifics relating to the structure and dynamics of the leader-follower relationship (e.g., economic, social, or psychological exchange, or a 'customized' focus on the 'follower').

Supervisors:

Samir Elhedhli

Fatma Gzara

International airfreight forwarders are faced with the problem of consolidating shipments for effcient transportation by airline carriers. The use of standard unit loading devices (ULDs) is a solution adopted by the airfreight industry to speed up cargo loading, increase safety, and protect cargo. We study the airfreight consolidation problem from the forwarders perspective where a decision on the number of ULDs used and the assignment of shipments to ULDs is optimized. The cost of using a ULD consists of a fixed charge and depends on the weight of the cargo it contains.

Supervisor

Jatin Nathwani

The transportation of hazardous materials (hazmat) has drawn significant attention from various stakeholders due to the undesirable impacts on the environment and public health. Focusing on the connection between the traffic and the risk associated with the hazmat shipments, the present research aims to assist the regulator in designing a policy of dual tolls, imposed on both hazmat and non-hazmat shipments, to mitigate the hazmat risk in a road network.