Publications (* indicates my
students or postdoctoral fellows)
Journal Articles
- Mehmet A. Begen, Felipe F. Rodrigues, Tim Rice, Gregory S. Zaric, Feb 2024, “A Forecasting Tool for a Hospital to Plan Inbound Transfers of COVID-19 Patients from Other Regions”, to appear in BMC Public Health.
- Ali Lotfi*, Z. Jiang, Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Mehmet A. Begen, “Modeling Sales of Multigeneration Technology Products in the Presence of Frequent Repeat Purchases: A Fractional Calculus-Based Approach”, Jan 2024, to appear in Production and Operations
Management.
- Mehmet A. Begen, Fredrik Ødegaard, Jafar Sadeghi*, 2023, “Intra-Provincial Benchmark Analysis of COVID-19 in Canada” to appear in INFOR.
- Mehmet A. Begen, Fredrik Ødegaard, Jafar Sadeghi*, 2023, “On Aggregation of Technical and Revenue Efficiency Measures” to appear in Journal of Productivity Analysis https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11123-023-00710-2
- John
S. F Lyons*, Mehmet A. Begen, Peter C. Bell. 2023. "Surgery Scheduling
and Perioperative Care: Smoothing and Visualizing Elective Surgery and
Recovery Patient Flow" Analytics 2, no. 3: 656-675. https://doi.org/10.3390/analytics2030036
- Peter Akioyamen and Mehmet A. Begen. 2023. "A
Spatio-Temporal Analysis of OECD Member Countries’ Health Care Systems:
Effects of Data Missingness and Geographically and Temporally Weighted
Regression on Inference" International Journal of Environmental
Research and Public Health 20, no. 13: 6265. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20136265
- Serdar Dogan, Hamza M. Okuyan, Tayibe Bal, Mehmet Çabalak,
Mehmet A. Begen, “Relationship of Thrombospondin 1 and Thrombospondin 2
with hematological, biochemical and inflammatory markers in COVID-19
patients” to appear in Turkish Journal of Biochemistry, May 2023.
- Jafar Sadeghi*, Mehmet A. Begen, Fredrik Ødegaard, “Refined
bounds for the non-Archimedean ℇ in DEA” to appear in in Computers
& Operations Research, Jan 2023 [pdf] [link].
- Bahman Naderi*, Mehmet A. Begen, Gregory S. Zaric, Vahid
Roshanaei“A Novel and Efficient Exact Technique for Integrated
Staffing, Assignment, Routing, and Scheduling of Home Care Services
Under Uncertainty” to appear in Omega Nov 2022 [link].
- Bayazıt, B. , Uçarkuş, G. , Çağlar Gençosman, B. , Beğen,
M. A.,"Raf Atama Yönetimi için Tamsayılı Programlama Destekli
Meta-Sezgisel Algoritmalar" "(Meta-Heuristic Algorithms based on
Integer Programming for Shelf Space Allocation Problems)" Avrupa Bilim
ve Teknoloji Dergisi, Oct 2022, 100-117[link].
- Okuyan,
C. B., Caglar, S., & Begen, M. A. (2022). "How does the COVID-19
pandemic influence educational and psychological health of nursing
students in Turkey: What can be done to minimize adverse effects of the
pandemic?", Technium Education and Humanities, 2(4), 63–72 [link].
- Christos
Zacharias, Nan Liu, Mehmet A. Begen, “Dynamic Inter-day and Intra-day
Scheduling” to appear in Operations Research, May 2022 [pdf].
- Hamza Malik Okuyan and Mehmet A. Begen, “LncRNAs in Osteoarthritis” to appear in Clinica Chimica Acta, May 2022. [link].
- Tiffany
Bayley, Mehmet A Begen, Felipe F Rodrigues, David Barrett, “Relative
Efficiency of Radiation Treatment Centres:An Application of Data
Envelopment Analysis” to appear in Healthcare, May 2022[link].
- Bahman
Naderi, Mehmet A. Begen, and Gregory S. Zaric, “Type-2 integrated
process-planning and scheduling problem: Reformulation and solution
algorithms” to appear in Computers & Operations Research, Jan 2022 [link].
- Burcu
Caglar Gencosman and Mehmet A. Begen, “Exact Optimization and
Decomposition Approaches for Shelf Space Allocation” to appear in
European Journal of Operational Research, Sep 2021 [link].
- Canan Birimoglu Okuyan and
Mehmet A. Begen, “Working from Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic, its
Effects on Health, and Recommendations: The Pandemic and Beyond” to
appear in Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, April 2021 [link].
- Canan Birimoglu Okuyan and
Mehmet A. Begen, “Why are Elderly at Higher Risk and what should be
done for them During the COVID-19 pandemic” to appear in International
Journal of Caring Sciences, April 2021[link].
- Peijun Sang*, Mehmet A. Begen, Jiguo Cao, “Appointment (Surgery) Scheduling with a Quantile Objective” to appear in Computers and Operations Research, March 2021 [pdf].
- Bahman Naderi, Vahid Roshanaei, Mehmet A.
Begen, Dionne. M. Aleman, David R. Urbach, "Increased surgical
capacity without additional resources: Generalized operating room
planning and scheduling” to appear in Production and Operations
Managementt, Feb 2021.[pdf]
- Hamza Malik Okuyan*, Serdar Dogan, Menderes Yusuf Terzi,
Mehmet A. Begen, Faruk Hilmi Turgut., “Association of serum lncRNA H19
expression with inflammatory and oxidative stress markers and routine
biochemical parameters in chronic kidney disease” to appear in Clinical
and Experimental Nephrology (January 2021). [link]
- Hamza Malik Okuyan*, Mehmet A. Begen, “miRNAs as
attractive diagnostic and therapeutic targets for Familial
Mediterranean Fever” to appear in Modern Rheumatology (December 2020). [link]
- Steven Habbous*, Lianne Barnieh, Scott Klarenbach, Braden
Manns, Sisira Sarma, Mehmet A. Begen, Kenneth Litchfield, Krista L.
Lentine, Sunita Singh, Amit X. Garg, “Evaluating multiple living kidney
donor candidates simultaneously or sequentially: a cost-effectiveness
analysis” to appear in Kidney International (June 2020). [link]
- Antoine Sauré, Mehmet A. Begen, Jonathan Patrick, "Dynamic Multi-Priority, Multi-Class
Patient Scheduling with Stochastic Service Times", to appear in
European Journal of Operational Research (July 2019) [link].
- Ramin Barzanji, Bahman Naderi, Mehmet A. Begen,
“Decomposition algorithms for the integrated process-planning and scheduling problem” to appear in OMEGA (January 2019) [pdf]
- Mehmet
A. Begen, Martin L. Puterman, Ernest Wu, "Development of an Operational
and Tactical Decision Support Tool for a Canadian Beverage Firm: A Case
Study" to appear in European Journal of Industrial Engineering (Nov
2018). [link]
- Amir
Rastpour,* Mehmet A. Begen, Alexander V. Louiec, Gregory S. Zaric,
“Variability of Waiting Times for the Four Most Prevalent Cancer Types
in Ontario: A Retrospective Population-based Analysis” to appear in
CMAJ Open (May 2018) [link].
- Steven
Habbous*, Eric McArthur, Sisira Sarma, Mehmet A. Begen, Ngan N. Lam,
Braden Manns, Krista L. Lentine, Christine Dipchand, Kenneth
Litchfield, Susan Mackenzie, Amit X. Garg, “Potential implications of a
more timely living kidney donor evaluation” to appear in American
Journal of Transplantation. (March 2018). [link]
- Steven
Habbous*, Sisira Sarma, Lianne Barnieh, Eric McArthur, Scott
Klarenbach, Braden Manns, Mehmet A. Begen, Krista L. Lentine, Amit X.
Garg, “Health care costs for the evaluation, surgery, and follow-up
care of living kidney donors” to appear in Transplantation. (2018). [link]
- John
Lyons,* Peter C. Bell, Mehmet A. Begen, “Solving the Whistler-Blackcomb
Mega Day Challenge" to appear in INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics
(aka Interfaces). (2017 CORS Practice Prize Finalist.) [link]
- S.
Habbous,* J. Arnold, M.A. Begen, N. Boudville, M. Cooper, C. Dipchand,
S.N. Dixon, L.S. Feldman, D. Goździk, M. Karpinski, S. Klarenbach, G.A.
Knoll, M.N. Lam, K.L Lentine, C. Lok, E. McArthur, S. McKenzie, M.
Miller, M. Monroy-Cuadros, C. Nguan, G.V.R Prasad, S. Przech, S. Sarma,
D.L. Segev, L. Storsley, A.X Garg, “Duration of Living Kidney
Transplant Donor Evaluations: Findings From 2 Multi-center Cohort
Studies” to appear in American Journal of Kidney Diseases. (2018). [paper] [link]
- S.
Habbous,* E. McArthur, S. N. Dixon, S. Mackenzie, C. Garcia-Ochoa, N.N.
Lam, K.L. Lentine, C. Dipchand, K. Litchfield, M.A. Begen, S. Sarma,
A.X. Garg, “Initiating maintenance dialysis prior to living kidney
donor transplantation when a donor candidate evaluation is well
underway” to appear in Transplantation. (2017). [link]
- M.A. Begen, R. Fung, D. Granot, F. Granot, C. Hall, B.
Kluczny, "Evaluation
of a Centralized Transportation Assistance System for Passengers with
Special Needs at a Canadian Airport" to appear in International Journal
of Shipping and Transport Logistics. 2018. [link]
- V. Babashov,* I. Aivas, M.A. Begen, J.Q. Cao, G. Rodrigues,
D. D’Souza, M. Lock, G.S. Zaric, "Reducing
Patient Wait Times for Radiation Therapy and Improving Treatment
Planning: A Discrete‐Event Simulation Model" to appear in Clinical
Oncology, Jan 2017.[link]
- Onur Ozturk,* Mehmet A. Begen, Gregory S.
Zaric, “A branch and bound algorithm for scheduling unit size jobs on
parallel batching machines to minimize makespan” to appear in
International Journal of Production Research, 2016. [pdf]
- Vusal
Babashov,* Mehmet A. Begen, Joy Mangel, Gregory S. Zaric, “Economic
evaluation of brentuximab vedotin for persistent Hodgkin lymphoma” to
appear in Current Oncology 2016. [link] [pdf]
- Mehmet A. Begen,
Hubert Pun, Xinghao Yan, “Supply and Demand Uncertainty Comparison and
Reduction” to appear in International Journal of Production Economics,
2016. [pdf] [link]
- Burcu
Caglar Gencosman,* Mehmet A. Begen, H. Cenk Ozmutlu, Imren O. Yilmaz,
“Scheduling Methods for Efficient Stamping Operations at an Automotive
Company” to appear in Production and Operations Management, 2016 (winner
of FICO’s “Optimize the Real World” contest, 2014). [pdf] [link]
- Onur
Ozturk,* Mehmet A. Begen, Gregory S. Zaric, “A Branch and Bound Based
Heuristic for Makespan Minimization of Washing Operations in Hospital
Sterilization Services” [link] European Journal of Operational Research,
239(1): 214–226, May 24, 2014. [link][pdf]
- Mehmet
A. Begen, Retsef Levi, Maurice Queyranne, “A Sampling-Based Approach to
Appointment Scheduling,” Operations Research, 60(3): 675–681, June 1,
2012. [pdf] [link]
- Mehmet
A. Begen and Maurice Queyranne, “Appointment Scheduling with Discrete
Random Durations,” Mathematics of Operations Research, 36(2): 240–257,
April 15, 2011.[pdf] [link]
- Pablo
Santibáñez,* Mehmet A. Begen, Derek Atkins, “Surgical Block Scheduling
in a System of Hospitals: An Application to Resource and Wait List
Management in a BC Health Authority,” Health Care Management Science,
10: 269–282, Sep 2007. [link]
- Mehmet
A. Begen and Marty L. Puterman, “Production Planning in JS McMillan:
Catch Allocation Tool Design,” Information Systems and Operations
Research, 41(3): 235–244, 2003.
[link]
Conference Articles
- Kenneth
T. Goh, Ann C. Peng, Mehmet A. Begen. (2016). A Moderated-Mediation
Model of the Effect of Variation in Efficacy Beliefs on Team
Performance. INGRoup (Interdisciplinary network for group research),
Helsinki, Finland, July 2016.
- Mehmet A. Begen and Maurice
Queyranne, “Appointment Scheduling with Discrete Random Durations,” in
Proc. Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA), New York NY, 2009.
- Ali
C. Begen, Mehmet A. Begen and Yucel Altunbasak, “Predictive Modeling of
Video Packet Delay in IP Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), Atlanta GA, Oct 2006.
- Ali
C. Begen, Mehmet A. Begen, Yucel Altunbasak and M. Reha Civanlar,
“Proxy Selection for Interactive Video,” in Proc. IEEE International
Conference on Communications (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, June 2006.
- Mehmet
A. Begen, Martin L. Puterman and Ernest Wu, "Operational and Tactical
Planning in the Beverage Industry," in Proc. 39th Canadian
Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Conference Transportation
Revolutions, 436–445, Calgary AB, Canada, 2004.
- Derek
Atkins, Mehmet A. Begen, Bailey Kluczny, Anita Parkinson and Martin L.
Puterman, "PreBoard Screening Analysis at Vancouver International
Airport," in Proc. 39th CTRF Conference Transportation Revolutions,
530–539, Calgary AB, Canada, 2004.
- Mehmet
A. Begen, Ali C. Begen and Yucel Altunbasak, "Packet Scheduling for
Real-Time Video Streaming with Mathematical Programming," in INFORMS
Telecommunications Conference, Boca Raton, FL, March 2004 (abstract
only)
- Ali C. Begen,
Yucel Altunbasak and Mehmet A. Begen, “Rate-Distortion Optimized
On-Demand Media Streaming with Server Diversity,” in Proc. IEEE
International Conference on Image Processing, Barcelona, Spain, Sep
2003 (Best Student-paper Award).
- Ali
C. Begen, Yucel Altunbasak, Ozlem Ergun and Mehmet A. Begen, “Real-Time
Multiple Description and Layered Encoded Video Streaming with Optimal
Diverse Routing,” in Proc. IEEE International Symposium on Computers
and Communications, Antalya, Turkey, June 2003.
Practitioner Articles
-
Derek
Atkins, Mehmet A. Begen, Bailey Kluczny, Anita Parkinson and Martin L.
Puterman, “The 90-10 Rule; OR Models Help Improve Passenger Flows and
Customer Service at Vancouver International Airport,” ORMS Today,
30(2): 26–29, 2003,(Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS)
Practice Prize).
Other publications (consortium authorship)
-
Derek
Fišar, M., Greiner, B., Huber, C., Katok, E., Ozkes, A., and the Management Science Reproducibility Collaboration (forthcoming). Dec 2023. Reproducibility in Management Science. Management Science. [link]
Book Chapters
- Ozturk,
O., Begen, M.A., Zaric, G.S. (2023). Impact of Operational Constraints
on the Implied Value of Life. In: Calisir, F. (eds) Industrial
Engineering in the Age of Business Intelligence. GJCIE 2021. Lecture
Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. [link].
- Onur
Ozturk, Mehmet A. Begen, Gregory S. Zaric (2022) Home Health Care
Services Management: Districting Problem Revisited. In: Calisir F.
(eds) Industrial Engineering in the Internet-of-Things World. GJCIE
2020. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer,
Cham. [link]
- Burcu Caglar Gencosman,* H. Cenk Ozmutlu, Huseyin Ozkan and
Mehmet A.
Begen, “Automotive Stamping Operations Scheduling Using Mathematical
Programming and Constraint Programming,” in Bopaya Bidanda, Ihsan
Sabuncuoglu and Bahar Y. Kara (Eds.), Industrial Engineering
Non-Traditional Applications in International Settings. CRC Press, Nov
2014, 37–68. [link]
- Sakine Batun* and Mehmet A. Begen, "Optimization in
Healthcare Delivery
Modeling: Methods and Applications," in B. Denton (Ed.), Healthcare
Operations Management: A Handbook of Methods and Applications,
Springer, Jan 10, 2013, 75–119.[link]
[pdf]
- Mehmet A. Begen, Srinivas Krishnamoorthy, and John Wilson,
"Writing
ORMS/Analytics Cases," in J.J. Cochran (Ed.), Wiley Encyclopedia of
Operations Research and Management Science, Wiley, Oct 15, 2013, 1–10.[link]
- Mehmet A. Begen, Srinivas Krishnamoorthy, and John Wilson,
"Teaching
ORMS/Analytics with Cases," in J.J. Cochran (Ed.), Wiley Encyclopedia
of Operations Research and Management Science, Wiley, Dec 2012, 1–13. [link]
- Mehmet A. Begen, “Stochastic Dynamic Programming Models and
Applications” in J.J. Cochran (Ed.), Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations
Research and Management Science, Wiley, Feb 15, 2011. [link]
- Jonathan Patrick and Mehmet A. Begen, "Markov Decision
Processes and
Its Applications in Healthcare" in Yuehwern Yih (Ed.), Handbook of
Healthcare Delivery Systems, CRC Press, Dec 13, 2010, 17–1/18–11. [link]
Non-Refereed Articles
- Alan J. King, Mehmet A. Begen, Monica Cojocaru, Ellen
Fowler, Yashar
Ganjali, Judy Lai, Taijin Lee, Carmeliza Navasca and Daniel Ryan, “Web
Hosting Service Level Agreements,” Proc. Pacific Institute for
Mathematical Sciences Industrial Problem Solving Workshop, 2001. [link]
- John Chadam, Mehmet A. Begen, Ali Ghodsi Boushehri, Yuriy
Kazmerchuk,
Selly Kane, Viktoria Krupp, Eric Machorro, Eva-Marie Nosal and Limei
Sun, "Problems in Portfolio Analysis," Proc. Pacific Institute for
Mathematical Sciences Graduate Industrial Math Modelling Camp, 2001 [link]
- MSOM Society Student Paper
Competition: Abstracts of 2009 Winners, MSOM, 12:1: 184–187, 2010 [pdf]
Thesis
- Ph.D. Thesis. Appointment Scheduling with Discrete Random
Durations and Applications. UBC. 2010 [Ph.D. Thesis. Appointment
Scheduling with Discrete Random Durations and Applications. UBC. 2010 [pdf]
- M.Sc. Thesis. Production Planning in JSM Fisheries Ltd:
Catch Allocation Decision Tool Support Design. UBC. 2001 [pdf]
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