Journal Publications

EJ Liu, N Kong. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 21 (4), 874-893. Empty plates, heavy minds: an empirical study of the association between food insecurity and recurrent depressive symptoms (2026).

J Xiang, N Kong, CC Yang, L Luo, H Yu. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 112118. Partially observable reinforcement learning for blood glucose control under missing data (2026).

L Vancells, L Green, N Kong. Frontiers in Immunology 17, 1843390. Spatial topology and competitive access differentially shape early T cell priming in the lymph node: an agent-based modeling approach (2026).

S Jiang, M Li, N Kong. Health Care Management Science 29 (2), 15. How much is adequate staffing for a nursing home? Forecasting daily service need of its case mix (2026).

X Sun, N Kong, W Ding, Y Li, N Sakib, H Zeng, H Meng, C Masterson, .... ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 170. An intelligent decision support framework for nursing home resource planning with enhanced heterogeneous service demand modeling (vol 137, 109221, 2024) (2026).

L Vancells, L Green, N Kong. Cancer Research 86 (7_Supplement), 6839-6839. Structural vulnerabilities of the breast tumor-draining lymph node to radiotherapy-induced fibrosis and lymphedema risk. (2026).

S Chang, D Liu, R Tian, KL Swartzell, SL Klingler, AM Nagle, N Kong. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 16 (2), 210-223. Automated procedural analysis via video-language models for AI-assisted nursing skills assessment (2026).

X Sun, N Kong, W Ding, Y Li, N Sakib, H Zeng, H Meng, C Masterson, .... Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 114189. Corrigendum to “An intelligent decision support framework for nursing home resource planning with enhanced heterogeneous service demand modeling”[Eng. Appl. Artif. Intell.(137 … (2026).

M Zhou, S Yu, C Zhou, N Kong, KS Campy. Computers in Human Behavior 169, 108678. Navigating the future: A longitudinal exploration of public acceptance of autonomous taxis from initial trials to stepwise habituation (2025).

M Du, H Yu, N Kong. INFORMS Journal on Computing 37 (2), 315-337. Transfer reinforcement learning for mixed observability Markov decision processes with time-varying interval-valued parameters and its application in pandemic control (2025).

Z Lou, Z Hass, N Kong. Healthcare Analytics 7, 100387. An interpretable machine learning study for developing a binary classifier for predicting rehospitalization from skilled nursing facilities (2025).

F Pan, Y Zhou, C Vivas-Valencia, N Kong, C Ott, MS Jalali, J Liu. PLoS computational biology 21 (5), e1012889. Modeling opioid overdose events recurrence with a covariate-adjusted triggering point process (2025).

M Deng, F Li, OA Adeoye-Olatunde, N Kong, P Shi. BMC Public Health 26 (1), 278. Towards an understanding of community-engaged efforts in addressing the youth substance use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2025).

E Liu, N Kong. Heavy Minds: An Empirical Study of Association between Food Insecurity and …. Empty Plates, Heavy Minds: An Empirical Study of Association between Food Insecurity and Depressive Symptoms (2025).

Y Xu, S Chen, H Meng, N Kong, M Li. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 15 (4), 318-335. Modeling multidimensional aging in community-dwelling older adults: Insights from a heterogeneous population (2025).

PA Jaimes-Buitron, N Adams, N Kong, C Vivas-Valencia. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy 20 (1), 30. A spatiotemporal analysis of opioid prescriptions in Indiana from 2015 to 2019 (2025).

I Obaitan, TF Imperiale, R Yadlapati, R Salvador, N Kong, Y Zhou, .... Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 101 (5), S496. A COST-MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS COMPARING ENDOSCOPIC AND SURGICAL THERAPIES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ACHALASIA (2025).

M Zhou, J Yin, Y Tang, H Yi, N Kong, KS Campy. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 186, 104134. What drives the drivers away? An empirical study on the factors influencing the turnover intention of full-time online ride-hailing drivers in China (2024).

X Gao, N Kong, P Griffin. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 26 (2), 447-464. Shortening emergency medical response time with joint operations of uncrewed aerial vehicles with ambulances (2024).

B Nasca, S Reddy, A Furmanchuk, A Lundberg, N Kong, AC Andrei, .... Surgery 176 (4), 1273-1280. Hospital variation in adoption of balanced transfusion practices among injured patients requiring blood transfusions (2024).

B Du, N Kong, D Sun. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering 11 (4), 3611-3622. Adapting progressive hedging for solving two-stage stochastic programs under a peer-to-peer computing network (2024).

G Danna, R Garg, J Buchheit, R Patel, T Zhan, A Ellyn, F Maqbool, L Yala, .... Surgery 176 (3), 577-585. Prediction of intra-abdominal injury using natural language processing of electronic medical record data (2024).

X Sun, N Kong, W Ding, Y Li, N Sakib, H Zeng, H Meng, C Masterson, .... Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 137, 109221. An intelligent decision support framework for nursing home resource planning with enhanced heterogeneous service demand modeling (2024).

S Hirpara, PJ Parikh, N Kong. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 14 (4), 318-335. Impact of mistriages in on-scene injury assessment on trauma network and patient safety (2024).

M Stanik, Z Hass, N Kong. Frontiers in Physiology 15, 1399374. Seizure prediction in stroke survivors who experienced an infection at skilled nursing facilities—a machine learning approach (2024).

A Carroll, R Garg, A Furmanchuk, A Lundberg, CM Silver, J Adams, .... Shock (Augusta, Ga.) 62 (5), 644. Prediction of Time to Hemodynamic Stabilization of Unstable Injured Patient Encounters Using Electronic Medical Record Data (2024).

X Gao, S Alam, P Shi, F Dexter, N Kong. BMC medical informatics and decision making 23 (1), 104. Interpretable machine learning models for hospital readmission prediction: a two-step extracted regression tree approach (2023).

S Qu, M Zhou, N Kong, KS Campy. Health Policy and Technology 12 (2), 100758. Factors influencing user acceptance of weight management apps among Chinese obese individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic (2023).

F Li, L Sun, N Kong, H Zhang, L Mo. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 71, 6568-6580. Sales forecasting method for inventory replenishment systems of vehicle energy stations without stockouts (2023).

Z Lou, SS Yi, J Pomeranz, R Suss, R Russo, PE Rummo, H Eom, J Liu, .... Journal of Urban Health 100 (1), 51-62. The Health and Economic Impact of Using a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax to Fund Fruit and Vegetable Subsidies in New York City: A Modeling Study: Z. Lou et al. (2023).

S Liu, N Kong, P Parikh, M Wang. Omega 119, 102885. Optimal trauma care network redesign with government subsidy: A bilevel integer programming approach (2023).

N Adams, N Kong, R Tian, C Altidor, S Chang. Substance abuse: research and treatment 17, 11782218231211830. Untrained bystanders administering drone-delivered naloxone: an exploratory study (2023).

S Hirpara, PJ Parikh, N Kong. Computers & Industrial Engineering 181, 109250. Nested trauma network design considering equity and effectiveness in patient safety (2023).

Z Lou, M Li, N Kong, NL Campbell, W Tu. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics 28 (2), 1122-1133. An Improved Statistical Modeling Approach to Individual Anticholinergic Drug Use Trend Analysis (2023).

C McGaffick, N Gulrajani, N Kong, N Adams. BMC psychology 11 (1), 212. Learning in a crisis moment: a randomized controlled trial in emergency bystander intervention (2023).

X Sun, N Kong, Y Zhao, N Sakib, C Meng, H Meng, K Hyer, Y Li, .... Computers & Industrial Engineering 177, 109074. A latent survival model integrated computer simulation-based evaluation for nursing home staffing (2023).

X Gao, P Shi, N Kong. Stopping the revolving door: Mdp-based decision support for community corrections placement (2023).

C Vivas-Valencia, N Adams, P Griffin, N Kong. Substance Abuse: Research and Treatment 17, 11782218231168722. Assessing the impact of Indiana public law 194 on curbing the concurrent opioid prescribing for Indiana medicaid enrollees (2023).

C Vivas-Valencia, N Kong, N Adams, PM Griffin. Health Equity 7 (1), heq. 2021.0154. Opioid-Related Treatment Disparities Among Medicaid Enrollees in Indiana (2023).

S Zhou, Y Chen, N Kong, RA Kontar. IISE transactions 55 (4), 329-330. Contributions to Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled systems (2023).

M Zhou, J Zhan, N Kong, KS Campy, Y Chen. Psychology, Health & Medicine 27 (1), 91-105. Factors associated with intention to uptake pneumococcal vaccines among Chinese elderly aged 60 years and older during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic (2022).

Z Lou, C Vivas-Valencia, CG Shields, N Kong. PEC innovation 1, 100017. Examining how physician factors influence patient satisfaction during clinical consultations about cancer prognosis and pain (2022).

M Khatami, M Alvarado, N Kong, PJ Parikh, MA Lawley. IISE Transactions 54 (4), 332-347. Inpatient discharge planning under uncertainty (2022).

S Hirpara, M Vaishnav, PJ Parikh, N Kong, P Parikh. Health care management science 25 (2), 291-310. Locating trauma centers considering patient safety: Hirpara S. et al. (2022).

X Guo, N Kong, H Wang. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems 10 (3), 1277-1287. Walrasian equilibrium-based pricing mechanism for health-data crowdsensing under information asymmetry (2022).

JC Paz, N Kong, S Lee. Computers & Industrial Engineering 171, 108399. Incorporating real-time citizen responder information to augment EMS logistics operations: A simulation study (2022).

N Sakib, X Sun, N Kong, C Masterson, H Meng, K Smith, M Li. Frontiers of Engineering Management 9 (4), 577-591. Heterogeneous length-of-stay modeling of post-acute care residents in the nursing home with competing discharge dispositions (2022).

N Sakib, K Hyer, D Dobbs, L Peterson, DJ Jester, N Kong, M Li. Health information science and systems 10 (1), 28. A GIS enhanced data analytics approach for predicting nursing home hurricane evacuation response (2022).

Y Deng, N Li, N Kong, Z Jiang, X Xie. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 20 (4), 2836-2854. Optimal two-tier outpatient care network redesign with a real-world case study of Shanghai (2022).

C Vivas-Valencia, Y Zhou, A Sai, TF Imperiale, N Kong. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 22 (1), 244. A two-phase approach to re-calibrating expensive computer simulation for sex-specific colorectal neoplasia development modeling (2022).

J Feng, X Hu, N Kong. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7 (2), 1792-1799. A simulation-based metaheuristic approach to integrated scheduling of seedling production (2022).

M Zhou, J Huang, K Wu, X Huang, N Kong, KS Campy. Technology in Society 67, 101767. Characterizing Chinese consumers’ intention to use live e-commerce shopping (2021).

M Zhou, P Long, N Kong, L Zhao, F Jia, KS Campy. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 144, 134-152. Characterizing the motivational mechanism behind taxi driver’s adoption of electric vehicles for living: Insights from China (2021).

M Du, A Sai, N Kong. European Journal of Operational Research 291 (3), 1106-1116. A data-driven optimization approach for multi-period resource allocation in cholera outbreak control (2021).

M Zhou, P Long, N Kong, KS Campy. Patient Education and Counseling 104 (8), 1868-1877. Characterizing Wuhan residents’ mask-wearing intention at early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021).

S Liu, M Wang, N Kong, X Hu. European Journal of Operational Research 291 (2), 661-679. An enhanced branch-and-bound algorithm for bilevel integer linear programming (2021).

N Li, Y Zhang, D Teng, N Kong. Omega 101, 102234. Pareto optimization for control agreement in patient referral coordination (2021).

N Li, X Li, C Zhang, N Kong. Computers & Industrial Engineering 154, 107125. Integrated optimization of appointment allocation and access prioritization in patient-centred outpatient scheduling (2021).

W Liu, N Kong, M Wang, L Zhang. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 145, 102165. Sustainable multi-commodity capacitated facility location problem with complementarity demand functions (2021).

Y Deng, N Li, Z Jiang, X Xie, N Kong. Omega 99, 102194. Optimal differential subsidy policy design for a workload-imbalanced outpatient care network (2021).

Z Lou, H Eom, J Liu, SS Yi, R Russo, BK Bellows, Y Zhang, AE Moran, .... Circulation 143 (Suppl_1), AMP03-AMP03. Abstract MP03: the health and economic impact of using a sugar sweetened beverage tax to subsidize fruit and vegetable purchase in New York City: a modeling study (2021).

C Vivas-Valencia, N Kong, A Sai, TF Imperiale. Calibrating a Discrete-Event Simulation for Quantification of Sex-Specific Colorectal Neoplasia Development (2021).

Z Lou, H Eom, J Liu, SS Yi, R Russo, BK Bellows, Y Zhang, AE Moran, .... CIRCULATION 143. The Health And Economic Impact Of Using A Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax To Subsidize Fruit And Vegetable Purchase In New York City: A Modeling Study (2021).

M Zhou, L Zhao, N Kong, KS Campy, G Xu, G Zhu, X Cao, S Wang. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 52, 101911. Understanding consumers’ behavior to adopt self-service parcel services for last-mile delivery (2020).

E Vilar-Gomez, Z Lou, N Kong, R Vuppalanchi, TF Imperiale, N Chalasani. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 18 (10), 2305-2314. e12. Cost effectiveness of different strategies for detecting cirrhosis in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease based on United States health care system (2020).

B Du, R Mao, N Kong, D Sun. IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems 7 (3), 1330-1341. Distributed data fusion for on-scene signal sensing with a multi-UAV system (2020).

Y Deng, N Li, N Kong, Z Jiang, X Xie. Two-tier hospital system redesign optimization based on consumer choice and queueing network modeling (2020).

Y Deng, N Li, N Kong, Z Jiang, XK Xie. Two-Tier Hospital System Redesign Optimization Based on Consumer Choice and Queueing Network Modeling (CEIBS Working Paper, No. 036/2020/POM, 2020) (2020).

M Zhou, L Zhao, N Kong, KS Campy, S Qu, S Wang. International journal of medical informatics 126, 118-127. Factors influencing behavior intentions to telehealth by Chinese elderly: An extended TAM model (2019).

M Zhou, S Qu, L Zhao, N Kong, KS Campy, S Wang. Vaccine 37 (26), 3419-3425. Trust collapse caused by the Changsheng vaccine crisis in China (2019).

M Zhou, N Kong, L Zhao, F Huang, S Wang, KS Campy. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment 74, 65-81. Understanding urban delivery drivers’ intention to adopt electric trucks in China (2019).

S Chen, N Kong, X Sun, H Meng, M Li. Health care management science 22 (1), 156-179. Claims data-driven modeling of hospital time-to-readmission risk with latent heterogeneity (2019).

A Sai, C Vivas-Valencia, TF Imperiale, N Kong. Medical Decision Making 39 (5), 540-552. Multiobjective calibration of disease simulation models using Gaussian processes (2019).

M Du, N Kong, X Hu. INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research 57 (2), 296-313. A new heuristic scheduling method for the make-pack-route problem in make-to-order supply chains (2019).

B Tang, A Iyer, V Rao, N Kong. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 179, 104976. Group-representative functional network estimation from multi-subject fMRI data via MRF-based image segmentation (2019).

B Sainathuni, B Guthrie, PJ Parikh, N Kong. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal 31 (1), 41-74. Distribution planning for products with varying life cycles: B. Sainathuni et al. (2019).

N Ballester, PJ Parikh, N Kong, J Peck. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 19 (1), 178-190. Sequencing daily patient workload for an ancillary service provider (2019).

A Sai, N Kong. BMC bioinformatics 20 (1), 375. Exploring the information transmission properties of noise-induced dynamics: application to glioma differentiation (2019).

M Du, A Sai, L Zhao, N Kong. Procedia Computer Science 159, 2440-2446. A Model Predictive Control Approach for Cholera Outbreaks with Mobile Sensing (2019).

H Lin, CS Liao, P Wang, N Kong, JX Cheng. Light: Science & Applications 7 (5), 17179-17179. Spectroscopic stimulated Raman scattering imaging of highly dynamic specimens through matrix completion (2018).

M Zhou, L Zhao, N Kong, KS Campy, S Wang, S Qu. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 14 (11), 2748-2754. Predicting behavioral intentions to children vaccination among Chinese parents: an extended TPB model (2018).

N Li, D Teng, N Kong. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 16 (1), 45-60. Threshold control policy optimization for real-time reverse referral decision of Chinese comprehensive hospitals (2018).

Y Li, N Kong, MA Lawley, JA Pagán. Decision Analytics and Optimization in Disease Prevention and Treatment, 241-258. An agent‐based model for ideal cardiovascular health (2018).

WA Chen, Z Zhu, N Kong. Optimization Letters 12 (1), 155-169. A Lagrangian decomposition approach to computing feasible solutions for quadratic binary programs (2018).

M Du, N Kong, X Hu, L Zhao. Procedia Computer Science 126, 1720-1729. Tactical production and distribution planning in urban logistics under vehicle operational restrictions (2018).

A Sai, N Kong. IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics 48 (1), 1-8. Sparse grid interpolation of Ito stochastic models in epidemiology and systems biology (2018).

A Sai, N Kong. Engineering Letters 26 (1), 1. Surrogate Modeling of Stochastic Dynamical Systems. (2018).

H Keno, Z Lou, N Kong, SJ Landry, CM Callahan. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering 16 (1), 35-44. A history embedded accelerated failure time model to estimate nursing home length of stay (2018).

S Manchanda, M Meyer, Q Li, K Liang, Y Li, N Kong. Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research 2 (3), 305-318. On Comprehensive Mass Spectrometry Data Analysis for Proteome Profiling of Human Blood Samples (2018).

X Sun, Z Lou, M Li, N Kong, PJ Parikh. Stochastic Modeling and Analytics in Healthcare Delivery Systems, 135-166. Predictive modeling of care demand and transition (2018).

A Sai, N Kong. Journal of Biological Dynamics 12 (1), 731-745. Characterising model dynamics using sparse grid interpolation: Parameter estimation of cholera (2018).

Y Teng, N Kong, W Tu. Decision Analytics and Optimization in Disease Prevention and Treatment, 81-108. ASSESSING REGISTER‐BASED CHLAMYDIA INFECTION SCREENING STRATEGIES: A COST‐EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS ON SCREENING START/END AGE AND FREQUENCY (2018).

A Sharma, N Kong, PM Griffin, A García-Arce, M Haque. Applying Machine Learning Techniques for Type2 Diabetes Readmission Prediction Based on Retrospective Data (2018).

Y Teng, N Kong, T Reimer. Stochastic Modeling and Analytics in Healthcare Delivery Systems, 253-280. Using Agent-Based Interpersonal Influence Simulation to Study the Formation of Public Opinion (2018).

N Li, N Kong, Q Li, Z Jiang. International Journal of Production Research 55 (19), 5647-5663. Evaluation of reverse referral partnership in a tiered hospital system–A queuing-based approach (2017).

WH Feng, Z Lou, N Kong, H Wan. Operations Research for Health Care 15, 32-42. A multiobjective stochastic genetic algorithm for the pareto-optimal prioritization scheme design of real-time healthcare resource allocation (2017).

PJ Parikh, N Ballester, K Ramsey, N Kong, N Pook. Medical Decision Making 37 (5), 534-543. The n-by-T Target Discharge Strategy for Inpatient Units (2017).

B Guthrie, PJ Parikh, N Kong. International Journal of Production Research 55 (21), 6470-6484. Evaluating warehouse strategies for two-product class distribution planning (2017).

X Xie, J Xing, N Kong, C Li, J Li, S Zhang. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 3 (1), 434-441. Improving colorectal polyp classification based on physical examination data—an ensemble learning approach (2017).

N Sakib, X Sun, N Kong, H Meng, M Li. IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 7 (3), 156-167. Bi-level heterogeneity modeling of functional performance degradation for the aging population (2017).

H Lin, CS Liao, P Wang, KC Huang, CA Bouman, N Kong, JX Cheng. Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII 10069, 79-90. Sparsely-sampled hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering microscopy: a theoretical investigation (2017).

X Sun, Z Lout, M Li, N Kong, PJ Parikhs. Stochastic Modeling And Analytics In Healthcare Delivery Systems, 135. 6. Predictive Modeling of Care (2017).

Y Li, Y Zhang, N Kong, M Lawley. IIE Transactions 48 (12), 1098-1111. Capacity planning for long-term care networks (2016).

Y Li, N Kong, M Chen, QP Zheng. Computers & Operations Research 72, 107-117. Optimal physician assignment and patient demand allocation in an outpatient care network (2016).

Y Mo, A Chandramouli, N Kong. International Journal of Production Research 54 (18), 5594-5606. A simulation study on the US rehabilitation service process for patients with modest-to-severe traumatic brain injury (2016).

T Mdluli, J Sarker, C Vivas‐Valencia, N Kong, CG Shields. Healthcare Analytics: From Data to Knowledge to Healthcare Improvement, 503-522. Analyzing Patient–Physician Interaction in Consultation for Shared Decision Making (2016).

Y Li, N Kong, M Lawley, L Weiss, JA Pagán. American journal of public health 105 (S2), S217-S222. Advancing the use of evidence-based decision-making in local health departments with systems science methodologies (2015).

K Zhu, Z Lou, J Zhou, N Ballester, N Kong, P Parikh. Methods of information in medicine 54 (06), 560-567. Predicting 30-day hospital readmission with publicly available administrative database (2015).

Y Teng, N Kong, W Tu. BMC Public Health 15 (1), 639. Optimizing strategies for population-based chlamydia infection screening among young women: an age-structured system dynamics approach (2015).

JQ Li, N Kong, X Hu, L Liu. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies 60, 397-415. Large-scale transit itinerary planning under uncertainty (2015).

B Sainathuni, PJ Parikh, X Zhang, N Kong. European Journal of Operational Research 237 (2), 690-700. The warehouse-inventory-transportation problem for supply chains (2014).

EA Crawford, PJ Parikh, N Kong, CV Thakar. Medical decision making 34 (2), 231-241. Analyzing discharge strategies during acute care: A discrete-event simulation study (2014).

Y Li, M Zhu, R Klein, N Kong. European Journal of Operational Research 238 (1), 313-326. Using a partially observable Markov chain model to assess colonoscopy screening strategies–A cohort study (2014).

Y Li, N Kong, MA Lawley, JA Pagán. Journal of primary care & community health 5 (4), 242-246. Using systems science for population health management in primary care (2014).

Y Teng, N Kong, W Tu. Journal of clinical bioinformatics 4 (1), 7. Estimating age-dependent per-encounter chlamydia trachomatis acquisition risk via a Markov-based state-transition model (2014).

S Karademir, N Kong, OA Prokopyev. Optimization Methods and Software 29 (1), 42-67. On greedy approximation algorithms for a class of two-stage stochastic assignment problems (2014).

C Hagmann, N Kong. The Stochastic Warehouse-Inventory-Transportation Problem (2014).

N Kong, W Shi, S Fang, C Shields. Medical Decision Making 34 (2), E104-E105. Identifying Nonstandardization of Physician Behaviors in Patient-Physician Communication and Shared Decision Making: A Clustering Analysis Approach: Decision Psychology and … (2014).

X Qu, Y Peng, N Kong, J Shi. Health care management science 16 (3), 197-216. A two-phase approach to scheduling multi-category outpatient appointments–a case study of a women’s clinic (2013).

B Sandıkçı, N Kong, AJ Schaefer. Mathematical Programming 138 (1), 253-272. A hierarchy of bounds for stochastic mixed-integer programs (2013).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer, S Ahmed. Mathematical Programming 138 (1), 1-13. Totally unimodular stochastic programs (2013).

WH Feng, N Kong, H Wan. Journal of Simulation 7 (2), 109-125. A simulation study of cadaveric liver allocation with a single-score patient prioritization formula (2013).

Y Teng, N Kong. Production and Manufacturing System Management: Coordination Approaches and …. Assessing Multi-Site Distributed Coordination in Dynamic Assignment of Time-Critical Entity via Agent-Based Simulation (2013).

N Kong, Y Teng, W Tu. Medical Decision Making 33 (2), E70. Assessing the Effects of Screening Start/End Age and Frequency for Chlamydia Trachomatis (CT) in Women: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: INFORMS (INF), Applied Health Economics … (2013).

TF Imperiale, N Kong. Journal of clinical gastroenterology 46 (9), e71. Second-look endoscopy for bleeding peptic ulcer disease: a decision-and cost-effectiveness analysis (2012).

Z Zhu, Y Li, N Kong. International Journal of Operations Research 9 (3), 162-172. Clusterwise linear regression with the least sum of absolute deviations–an mip approach (2012).

F Lin, N Kong, M Lawley. Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and …. Capacity planning for publicly funded community based long-term care services (2011).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer, B Hunsaker, MS Roberts. Management science 56 (12), 2111-2122. Maximizing the efficiency of the US liver allocation system through region design (2010).

L Wang, N Kong. International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS …. Security constrained economic dispatch: A markov decision process approach with embedded stochastic programming (2010).

Y Teng, N Kong. Int J Oper Res 7 (4), 51-65. An efficient approximation for refining organ geographic distribution in the US liver transplantation and allocation system (2010).

T Imperiale, N Kong. Official journal of the American College of Gastroenterology| ACG 105, S404. Second-Look Endoscopy for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer: A Decision-and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis: 1115 (2010).

OA Prokopyev, N Kong, DL Martinez-Torres. European Journal of Operational Research 197 (1), 59-67. The equitable dispersion problem (2009).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer, B Hunsaker. Mathematical Programming 108 (2), 275-296. Two-stage integer programs with stochastic right-hand sides: a superadditive dual approach (2006).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer. European Journal of Operational Research 172 (3), 740-746. A factor 12 approximation algorithm for two-stage stochastic matching problems (2006).

JE Stahl, N Kong, SM Shechter, AJ Schaefer, MS Roberts. Medical Decision Making 25 (1), 35-46. A methodological framework for optimally reorganizing liver transplant regions (2005).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät …. A factor 1/2 approximation algorithm for a class of two-stage stochastic mixed-integer programs (2004).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer, B Hunsaker. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät …. Two-stage integer programs with stochastic right-hand sides (2004).

N Kong, AJ Schaefer. A factor (2004).

N Kong, S Shechter, A Schaefer, JE Stahl. IIE 2002 IERC, Orlando, Florida, May 2002, 1-31. Organ transplantation regions: The need for optimization (2002).

N Kong. Discrete Optimization A factor 1 2 approximation algorithm for two-stage stochastic matching problems.

J Lai, J Zhang, BS Duerstock, N Kong. Computing in Civil Engineering 2025: Computational and Intelligent …. Automating Interior Design for Wheelchair Accessibility: A Case Study of a STEM Laboratory.

X Sun, N Kong, N Sakib, C Meng, K Hyer, H Meng, C Masterson, M Li. A LATENT SURVIVAL ANALYSIS INTEGRATED SIMULATION PLATFORM FOR NURSING HOME STAFFING STRATEGY EVALUATION.

RM Aronson, Y Bai, PA Bain, C Baker, R Bargetto, K Bengtsson, A Bhatia, .... 2019 Index IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering Vol. 16.

F Lin, N Kong, H Xu, M Lawley, J Thomas III, L Sands. Capacity Planning of Publicly Funded Community Based Care for Older Adults in the US.

Conference Publications

J Lai, J Zhang, HN Dib, B Duerstock, N Kong. Construction Research Congress 2026, 1-11. Automation of Interior Design for Accessibility in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Laboratories (2026).

S Brunswicker, J Goppert, E Gough, D Lercel, I Hwang, N Kong, .... AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, 3047. AIrTonomy: An experimental infrastructure for testing next-generation autonomous aerial vehicles (2025).

I Layadi, H Yu, N Kong. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1-6. Contracting for Referral Coordination in a Tiered Service Network via Pareto Optimization (2024).

N Kong, JC Paz, X Gao. 2022 winter simulation conference (WSC), 222-237. EMS operations management: simulation, optimization, and new service models (2022).

S Jiang, N Kong, K Abrahamson, M Li, Y Yih. 2021 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference. Optimal nursing home service scheduling under Covid-19 related probabilistic staff shortage: A two-stage stochastic programming approach (2021).

JC Paz, N Kong, S Lee. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 351-356. Evaluating a real-time ambulance redeployment framework under implementation of community-based citizen responder program (2021).

CV Valencia, N Kong, P Griffin. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Quantifying Disparities in Opioid Treatment Among Medicaid Enrollees (2021).

Z Lou, N Kong, W Tu, R Grout, C Callahan. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. State Transition Modeling and Calibration for Predicting Critical Care Resource Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021).

E Kim, S Purzer, C Vivas-Valencia, L Payne, N Kong. 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Problem reframing and empathy manifestation in the innovation process (2020).

X Gao, N Kong, PM Griffin. 2020 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 830-841. Dynamic optimization of drone dispatch for substance overdose rescue (2020).

S Jiang, M Li, K Hyer, N Kong. 2020 IEEE 16th International Conference on Automation Science and …. Optimal nursing home shift scheduling: a two-stage stochastic programming approach (2020).

N Kong, S Purzer, L Payne, E Kim, C Vivas-Valencia. 2020 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Research initiation: enhancing the learning outcomes of empathic innovation in biomedical engineering senior design projects (2020).

C Vivas-Valencia, N Kong, E Kim, S Purzer, LB Payne. 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access. An assessment instrument for user-centered innovation potential among biomedical engineers (2020).

R Mao, B Du, D Sun, N Kong. 2019 IEEE 15th International Conference on Automation Science and …. Optimizing a UAV-based emergency medical service network for trauma injury patients (2019).

M Shuang, C Songlin, C Xiaotian. 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering …. A Two-stage Stochastic Programming Model for Outpatient Appointment Scheduling (2019).

N Sakib, K Hyer, D Dobbs, L Peterson, DJ Jester, N Kong. Proceedings of the 2019 IISE Annual Conference. A predictive analytics approach for nursing home hurricane evacuation (2019).

X Sun, M Li, C Meng, N Kong, H Meng, K Hyer. 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2869-2880. Data-driven simulation for healthcare facility utilization modeling and evaluation (2017).

D Teng, N Li, Z Peng, N Kong. 2017 13th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 195-200. Threshold control policy for patient referral under cooperation scenarios (2017).

CV Valencia, A Sai, T Imperiale, N Kong. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. An Effective Two-Phase Response Surface Based Disease Model Calibration Procedure with a Case Study on Colorectal Cancer (2017).

A Sai, CV Valencia, T Imperiale, N Kong. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. Active Learning-Based Model Calibration of Colorectal Cancer Simulations (2017).

Y Li, Y Liu, N Kong, CG Shields. International Conference on Smart Health, 85-98. Clustering analysis on patient-physician communication and shared decision-making during cancer prognosis discussion (2015).

N Kong, TR Forin, BK Jesiek, NM Trellinger. 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 26.1285. 1-26.1285. 17. Purdue-Tsinghua Undergraduate Research Dual Exchange: A New Programmatic Implementation for Enhancing Global Learning (2015).

H Keno, N Kong, S Landry, W Tu, CM Callahan. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 218. Detecting Anomalous Care Pathways in Long-term Care Network (2015).

Y Li, N Kong, M Lawley, JA Pagán. Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014, 1221-1232. Assessing lifestyle interventions to improve cardiovascular health using an agent-based model (2014).

S Fang, W Shi, N Kong, CG Shields. International Conference on Smart Health, 171-180. A preliminary variable selection based regression analysis for predicting patient satisfaction on physician-patient cancer prognosis communication (2014).

N Kong. The 34th Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SCREENING START/END AGE AND FREQUENCY FOR CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS (CT) IN WOMEN: A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS (2012).

Y Teng, L Han, W Tu, N Kong. 2011 IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering …. Optimizing coverage for a chlamydia trachomatis screening program (2011).

X Qu, L Leaven, Y Peng, J Shi, N Kong. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1. A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Outpatient Appointment Scheduling (2011).

B Sainathuni, PJ Parikh, X Zhang, N Kong. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1. The Effect of Picker-Blocking on Warehousing and Distribution Decisions (2011).

Y Teng, N Kong, W Tu. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1. Optimal Screening Strategy Design for Chlamydia Infection among Young Women (2011).

N Kong, PJ Fabri. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1808. Optimal physician scheduling in a multi-clinic network to improve patient accessibility to outpatient care (2009).

B Hunsaker, N Kong, AJ Schaefer. IISE Annual Conference. Proceedings, 1. Optimizing Regions for Organ Transplants (2004).

Books and Other Publications

S Chang, R Tian, N Adams, N Kong. arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.03558. Real-Time Assessment of Bystander Situation Awareness in Drone-Assisted First Aid (2025).

S Jiang, M Li, N Kong. Encyclopedia of Optimization, 1-7. Stochastic Lookahead Optimization with Bayesian Forecasting (2022).

X Sun, N Sakib, N Kong, H Meng, K Hyer, C Masterson, M Li. arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.02069. An analytics-based decision support system for resource planning under heterogeneous service demand of nursing home residents (2021).

X Sun, N Kong, N Sakib, C Meng, K Hyer, H Meng, C Masterson, M Li. arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.03254. A Latent Survival Analysis Enabled Simulation Platform For Nursing Home Staffing Strategy Evaluation (2021).

A Iyer, B Tang, V Rao, N Kong. arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.01046. Group-Representative Functional Network Estimation from Multi-Subject fMRI Data via MRF-based Image Segmentation (2018).

J Li, N Kong, X Xie. World Scientific. Stochastic modeling and analytics in healthcare delivery systems (2017).

N Kong, JP Robinson, F Yang. Purdue Policy Research Institute (PPRI) Policy Briefs 1 (1), 5. Maximizing the Delivery Performance of Point-of-Care CD4+ T-Cell Counting Tests in Resource-Limited Settings-A Policy Brief (2013).

N Kong. University of Pittsburgh. Optimizing the efficiency of the United States organ allocation system through region reorganization (2006).

H Yu, J Xiang, N Kong, L Luo, CC Yang. Available at SSRN 4647947. Partially observable reinforcement learning for blood glucose control under missing data.

M Zhou, S Yu, C Zhou, N Kong, KS Campy. Available at SSRN 4856918. The Future is Now: A Longitudinal Study of the Evolution of Public Acceptance for Autonomous Taxis from Early Attempts to Proficient Practice.

M Zhou, S Yu, C Zhou, N Kong, KS Campy. Available at SSRN 4855346. Longitudinal Study on Public Acceptance of Autonomous Taxis.