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Andrew J. Schaefer

Andrew J. Schaefer

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
31
Citations
4270
World Ranking
9677
National Ranking
2760

Overview

Andrew J. Schaefer is affiliated with Rice University in the United States and has an established record of research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Control and Systems Engineering, Otorhinolaryngology, Radiation, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Management Science and Operations Research.

The research topics covered by Schaefer focus on a range of specific areas, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. These topics include:

  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Optimization and Mathematical Programming
  • Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques
  • Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research
  • Vehicle Routing Optimization Methods
  • Oral health in cancer treatment
  • Supply Chain and Inventory Management

Their recent published works demonstrate a focus on cancer treatment optimization and radiotherapy. Notable publications include:

  • "MR-Guided Adaptive Radiotherapy for OAR Sparing in Head and Neck Cancers" (2022), published in Cancers
  • "Cluster-Based Toxicity Estimation of Osteoradionecrosis Via Unsupervised Machine Learning: Moving Beyond Single Dose-Parameter Normal Tissue Complication Probability by Using Whole Dose-Volume Histograms for Cohort Risk Stratification" (2024), published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
  • "Objective Selection for Cancer Treatment: An Inverse Optimization Approach" (2022), published in Operations Research
  • "Optimized decision support for selection of transoral robotic surgery or (chemo)radiation therapy based on posttreatment swallowing toxicity" (2022), published in Cancer Medicine
  • "The Gap Function: Evaluating Integer Programming Models over Multiple Right-Hand Sides" (2021), published in Operations Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include Clifton D. Fuller, Seyedmohammadhossein Hosseinian, Abdallah Mohamed, Temitayo Ajayi, and Lisanne V. van Dijk.

The venues where Schaefer has frequently published include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Operations Research Letters
  • INFORMS Journal on Computing
  • Operations Research

This body of work indicates a strong engagement with both theoretical and applied aspects of optimization and radiotherapy, with a particular focus on cancer care and treatment planning methodologies.

Best Publications

  • Markov Decision Processes: A Tool for Sequential Decision Making under Uncertainty:

    Oguzhan Alagoz;Heather Hsu;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • The Optimal Timing of Living-Donor Liver Transplantation

    Oguzhan Alagoz;Lisa M. Maillart;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • Operating Room Pooling and Parallel Surgery Processing Under Uncertainty

    Sakine Batun;Brian T. Denton;Todd R. Huschka;Andrew J. Schaefer

  • Airline Crew Scheduling Under Uncertainty

    Andrew J. Schaefer;Ellis L. Johnson;Anton J. Kleywegt;George L. Nemhauser

  • Modeling Medical Treatment Using Markov Decision Processes

    Andrew J. Schaefer;Matthew D. Bailey;Steven M. Shechter;Mark S. Roberts

  • The Optimal Time to Initiate HIV Therapy Under Ordered Health States

    Steven M. Shechter;Matthew D. Bailey;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • A Stochastic Model of Airline Operations

    Jay M. Rosenberger;Andrew J. Schaefer;David Goldsman;Ellis L. Johnson

  • Determining the Acceptance of Cadaveric Livers Using an Implicit Model of the Waiting List

    Oguzhan Alagoz;Lisa M. Maillart;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • A Clinically Based Discrete-Event Simulation of End-Stage Liver Disease and the Organ Allocation Process

    Steven M. Shechter;Cindy L. Bryce;Oguzhan Alagoz;Jennifer E. Kreke

  • Stochastic Operating Room Scheduling for High-Volume Specialties Under Block Booking

    Oleg V. Shylo;Oleg A. Prokopyev;Andrew J. Schaefer

  • Estimating the Patient's Price of Privacy in Liver Transplantation

    Burhaneddin Sandıkçı;Lisa M. Maillart;Andrew J. Schaefer;Oguzhan Alagoz

  • Choosing Among Living-Donor and Cadaveric Livers

    Oguzhan Alagoz;Lisa M. Maillart;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • Inverse integer programming

    Andrew J. Schaefer

  • Maximizing the Efficiency of the U.S. Liver Allocation System Through Region Design

    Nan Kong;Andrew J. Schaefer;Brady Hunsaker;Mark S. Roberts

  • Adaptive multicut aggregation for two-stage stochastic linear programs with recourse

    Svyatoslav Trukhanov;Lewis Ntaimo;Andrew Schaefer

  • A methodological framework for optimally reorganizing liver transplant regions

    James E. Stahl;Nan Kong;Steven M. Shechter;Andrew J. Schaefer

  • Two-stage integer programs with stochastic right-hand sides: a superadditive dual approach

    Nan Kong;Andrew J. Schaefer;Brady Hunsaker

  • Incorporating biological natural history in simulation models: Empirical estimates of the progression of end-stage liver disease

    Oguzhan Alagoz;Cindy L. Bryce;Steven Shechter;Andrew Schaefer

  • Optimizing the Societal Benefits of the Annual Influenza Vaccine: A Stochastic Programming Approach

    Osman Y. Özaltın;Oleg A. Prokopyev;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • The structure of optimal statin initiation policies for patients with Type 2 diabetes

    Murat Kurt;Brian T. Denton;Andrew J. Schaefer;Nilay D. Shah

  • Macronutrient variability in human milk from donors to a milk bank: Implications for feeding preterm infants

    Ashley John;Ruichen Sun;Lisa Maillart;Andrew Schaefer

  • Alleviating the Patient's Price of Privacy Through a Partially Observable Waiting List

    Burhaneddin Sandikçi;Lisa M. Maillart;Andrew J. Schaefer;Mark S. Roberts

  • Robust Modified Policy Iteration

    David L. Kaufman;Andrew J. Schaefer

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek C. Angus
Derek C. Angus University of Pittsburgh
Amy C. Justice
Amy C. Justice Yale University
George L. Nemhauser
George L. Nemhauser Georgia Institute of Technology
Ellis L. Johnson
Ellis L. Johnson Georgia Institute of Technology
Erich M. Sturgis
Erich M. Sturgis Baylor College of Medicine
David I. Rosenthal
David I. Rosenthal The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Adam S. Garden
Adam S. Garden The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Shabbir Ahmed
Shabbir Ahmed Georgia Institute of Technology
William H. Morrison
William H. Morrison The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David R. Bangsberg
David R. Bangsberg Simon Fraser University

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