Journal Publications
Guthrie, B., P. J. Parikh, and N. Kong. “Evaluating Warehouse Strategies for Two-Product Class Distribution Planning.” To appear in International Journal of Production Research
Li, Y., Y. Zhang, N. Kong, and M.A. Lawley (2016). “Capacity Planning for Long-Term Care Network.” To appear in IIE Transaction.
Yu, M., A. Chandramouli, and N. Kong (2016). “A Simulation Study on the Coordinated Rehabilitation Process for Patient with Modest-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.” To appear in International Journal of Production Research.
Li, Y., N. Kong, M. Chen, and Q. P. Zheng (2016). “Optimal Physician Traveling Assignment in a Multisite Care Network for Improving Access to Outpatient Specialty Care.” Computer and Operations Research. Vol. 72, pp. 107—117.
Zhu, Z., M. Neff, J. Eckhart, J. Zhou, N. Ballester, P. J. Parikh, and N. Kong (2015). “Predicting 30-day Hospital Readmission with Publically Available Administrative Database. A Conditional Logistic Regression Modeling Approach.” Method of Informatics in Medicine. Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 560-567.
Li, J.-Q., N. Kong, X. Hu, and L. Liu (2015). “Large-scale Transit Itinerary Planning under Uncertainty.” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies. Vol. 60, pp. 397 – 415.
Teng, Y., N. Kong, and W. Tu (2015). “Optimal Strategy Design for Population-Based Chlamydia Infection Screening among Young Women: An Age-Structured Dynamic Approach.” BioMed Central Public Health. Vol. 15, 639.
Li, Y., N. Kong, M. A. Lawley, L. Weiss, and J. A. Pagán (2015). “Advancing the Use of Evidence-Based Decision Making in Local Health Departments with Systems Science Methodologies.” American Journal of Public Health. Vol. 105, No. S2, pp. S217-S222.
Li, Y., N. Kong, M. A. Lawley, and J. A. Pagán (2014). “Using Systems Science for Population Health Management in Primary Care.” Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 242-246.
Teng, Y., N. Kong, and W. Tu (2014). “Estimating Age-Specific Per-Encounter Chlamydia Trachomatis Acquisition Risk among Young Women: A State-Transition-Model-Based Approach.” Journal of Clinical Bioinformatics. Vol. 4, 7. pp. 1 – 9.
Li, Y., M. Zhu, R. Klein, and N. Kong (2014). “Using a Partially Observable Markov Chain Model to Assess Colonoscopy Screening Strategies – A Cohort Study.” European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 238, No. 1, pp. 313 – 326.
Sainathuni, B., P. J. Parikh, X. Zhang, and N. Kong (2014). “The Warehouse-Inventory-Transportation Problem for Multi-Echelon Supply Chain.” European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 237, No. 2, pp. 690 – 700.
Karademir, S., O. Prokopyev, and N. Kong (2014). “On Greedy Approximation Algorithms for a Class of Two-Stage Stochastic Assignment Problems.” Optimization Methods and Software. Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 42-67.
Crawford, E., P. J. Parikh, N. Kong, and C. Thakar (2014). “Analyzing Discharge Strategies during Acute Care: A Discrete-Event Simulation Study.” Medical Decision Making. Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 231-241.
Feng, W.-H., N. Kong, and H. Wang (2013). “A Simulation Study of Cadaveric Liver Allocation with a Single-Score Patient Prioritization Formula.” Journal of Simulation. Vol. 7, pp. 109-125.
Qu, X., Y. Peng, N. Kong, and J. Shi. (2013). “A Two-Phase Approach to Scheduling Multi-Category Outpatient Appointments – A Case Study of a Women’s Clinic.” Health Care Management Science. Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 197-216.
Sandikci, B., N. Kong, and A.J. Schaefer (2013). “A Hierarchy of Bounds for Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs.” Mathematical Programming. Vol. 138, No. 1-2, pp. 253-272.
Kong, N., A.J. Schaefer, and S. Ahmed (2013). “Totally Unimodular Stochastic Programs.” Mathematical Programming. Vol. 138, No. 1-2, pp. 1 – 13.
Zhu, Z., Y. Li, and N. Kong (2012). “Clusterwise Linear Regression with the Least Sum of Absolute Deviations -- An MIP Approach.” International Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 162 – 172.
Imperiale, T. F. and N. Kong (2012). “Second-look Endoscopy for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Decision- and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis.” Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Vol. 46. No. 9, pp. 71-75.
Teng, Y. and N. Kong (2011). “An Efficient Approximation for Refining Organ Geographic Distribution in the U.S. Liver Transplantation and Allocation.” International Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 51 - 65.
Kong, N., A.J. Schaefer, B. Hunsaker, and M.S. Roberts (2010). “Maximizing the Efficiency of the U.S. Liver Allocation Systems through Region Design.” Management Science. Vol. 56, No. 12, pp. 2111-2122.
Wang, L. and N. Kong (2010). “Security Constrained Economic Dispatch: A Markov Decision Process Approach with Embedded Stochastic Programming.” International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems. Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1 – 16.
Prokopyev, O., N. Kong, and D. L. Martinez-Torres (2009). “The Equitable Dispersion Problem.” European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 197, No. 1, pp. 59 – 67.
Kong, N. and A.J. Schaefer (2006). “A Factor ½ Approximation Algorithm for a Class of Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs.” European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 172, pp. 740-746.
Kong, N., A.J. Schaefer, and B. Hunsaker (2006). “Two-Stage Integer Programs with Stochastic Right-Hand Sides: A Superadditive Dual Approach.” Mathematical Programming. Vol. 108, No. 2-3, pp. 275-296.
Stahl, J.E., N. Kong, S.M. Shechter, A.J. Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts (2005). “A Methodological Framework for Optimally Re-Organizing Liver Transplant Regions.” Medical Decision Making. Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 35-46.
Working Papers
Kong, N. “Active Game-based Learning of Dynamics Modeling and Simulation in Biomedical Systems Engineering.”
Hagmann, C. D. and N. Kong, “Improving Bracket Prediction for Single-Elimination Basketball Tournaments via Data Analytics.”
Ballester, N., P. J. Parikh, and N. Kong, “The n-by-T Target Discharge Strategy for Inpatient Units.”
Wen-Hsin Feng, Zhouyang Lou, Nan Kong, and Hong Wan, "Pareto-Optimal Priorization Scheme Design for Cadaverie Liver Allocation: A Multi-objective Stochastic Genetic Algorithm Approach"
Wei-An Chen, Zhen Zhu, and Nan Kong, "A Lagrangian Decomposition Approach to Computing Feasible Solutions for Quadratic Binary Programs"
Du, M., N. Kong, and X. Hu. “Integrated Scheduling of Granulation, Packaging, and Routing Operations in Fresh Agri-food Online Retailing.”
Aditya Saia and Nan Kong, "Using Sparse Grid Interpolation to Facilitate Surrogate Modeling of Stochastic Dynamical Systems"
Hambisa Keno, Nan Kong, Steven Landry, and Christopher M. Callahan, "A Parametric Survival Analysis Framework to Characterize Length of Stay in Long-term Care Facilities."
Li, N., N. Kong, Quanlin Li, and Zhibin Jiang. “Operational Performance Evaluation of Reverse Referral Partnership in the Chinese Healthcare System.”
Sainathuni, B., B. Guthre, P. J. Parikh, and N. Kong, “Distribution Planning for Products with Varying Life Cycles.”
Aditi Iyer and Nan Kong, "Group-Representative Functional Network Estimation from Multi-Subject fMRI Data via MRF-based Image Segmentation"
Conference Papers
Li, Y., N. Y. Liu, N. Kong, and C. G. Shields (2016). “Clustering Analysis on Patient-Physician Communication and Shared Decision-Making during Cancer Prognosis Discussion.” In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference for Smart Health, Phoenix, AZ. X. Zheng, D. D. Zeng, H. Chen, and S. J. Leischow (editors). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9545, pp. 85-98.
Kong, N. T. R. Forin, B. K. Jesiek, and N. M. Trellinger (2015). “Purdue-Tsinghua Undergraduate Research Dual Exchange: A New Programmatic Implementation for Enhancing Global Learning.” In Proceedings of the 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition. Paper ID #13989.
Li, Y., N. Kong, M. A. Lawley, and J. A. Pagán (2014). “Assessing Lifestyle Interventions to Improve Cardiovascular Health Using an Agent-based Model.” In Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, Savannah, GA. A. Tolk, D. Diallo, I. O. Ryzhov, L. Yilmaz, S. Buckley, and J. A. Miller (editors).
Fang, S., W. Shi, N. Kong, and C. G. Shields (2014). “A Preliminary Variable Selection Based Regression Analysis for Predicting Patient Satisfaction on Physician-Patient Cancer Prognosis Communication.” In Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference for Smart Health, Beijing, China. X. Zheng, D. Zeng, H. Chen, Y. Zhang, C. Xing, D. Neill (editors). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 8549, pp. 171 – 180.
Crawford, E., P.J. Parikh, N. Kong, and C. Thakar (2013). “An Evaluation of Discharge Policies at Acute Care Hospitals.” In Proceedings of the 2013 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, San Juan, PR. A. Krisknamurthy, W. K. V. Chan (editors).
Teng, Y., L. Han, W. Tu, and N. Kong (2011). “Optimizing Coverage for a Chlamydia Trachomatis Screening Program.” In Proceedings of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 7th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, Trieste, Italy. C. Hadjicostis (editor).
Teng, Y., N. Kong, and W. Tu (2011). “Optimal Screening Strategy Design for Chlamydia Infection among Young Women.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV. T. Doolean and E. Van Aken (editors).
Qu, X., L. Leaven, Y. Peng, J. Shi, and N. Kong (2011). “A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Outpatient Appointment Scheduling.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV. T. Doolean and E. Van Aken (editors).
Sainathuni, B., P.J. Parikh, X. Zhang, and N. Kong (2011). “The Effect of Picker-Blocking on Warehousing and Distribution Decisions.” In Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, NV. T. Doolean and E. Van Aken (editors).
Kong. N. and P. Fabri (2009). “Optimal Physician Scheduling in a Multi-Clinic Network to Improve Patient Accessibility to Outpatient Care.” In Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, FL. J. C. Smith and J. Geunes (editors).
Kong, N., S. M. Shechter, A. J. Schaefer, and J. E. Stahl (2002). “Organ Transplantation Regions: The Need for Optimization.” In Proceedings of 2002 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL. J. Fowler and D. Montgomery (editors).