Mechanical & Industrial Engrg 565 - OperationsResearch/Health Care

This course will cover operations research and systems engineering methods and their applications in healthcare delivery and medical decision making. The use of these methods for healthcare has recently become an active and growing area of research in diverse contexts such as organ transplant decisions, evaluation of cost effectiveness of preventive screening, scheduling of healthcare services, patient access management, and the coordination of resources for elective and emergency services. The methods introduced in class for modeling such contexts include linear and integer programming, stochastic optimization, Markov decision processes, and discrete event simulation. Policy implications will also be discussed. The course will be delivered in lecture format. Students will work on a set of healthcare modeling projects during the semester.

M&I-ENG 379 & 380 Undergraduate students who have not completed the pre-requisite coursework may seek the permission of the instructor to enroll.