I received 2024 Dean`s Excellence in Intellectual Contributions Award at Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. I am deeply grateful to my exceptional coauthors (including my PhD advisor Sinan Gurel) whose dedication has been instrumental in achieving this success. This award is a testament to our collective efforts, perseverance, and accomplishments.
Explainable/Interpretable AI (XAI)
Healthcare Analytics
Financial Analytics
Operational Analytics
Fairness in optimal resource allocation
R&D Project Portfolio Selection
Mathematical Modeling and Optimization Algorithms
Dynamic Programming on Graphs
Chance Constrained Stochastic Optimization
Applications of Second Order Cone Programming
Machine Learning Algorithms
Bayesian Belief Networks
Compartmental Models of Infectious Diseases and Innovative Network Optimization Models
Monte Carlo Simulation Algorithms
Published Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals (Newest on top)
Dag, A., Asilkalkan, A., Aydas, O.T., Caglar, M., Simsek, S., Delen, D., A Parsimonious Tree Augmented Naive Bayes Model for Exploring Colorectal Cancer Survival Factors and Their Conditional Interrelations, forthcoming at Information Systems Frontiers, 2024 (Impact Factor: 6.9, H5-Index: 63)
This journal is one of the top journals in information systems according to Google Scholar
This journal is rated as "A" by the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) quality list
This journal is one of the recommended journals by Special Interest Group (SIGs) of Association for Information Systems (AIS) (Decision Support and Analytics SIG)
This journal is one of the top journals in 'socio economic' area according to Google Scholar
aka International Journal of Public Sector Decision-Making. This journal is one of the recommended journals by Special Interest Group (SIGs) of Association for Information Systems (AIS).
Papers Under Review
Refereed Conference Presentations/Proceedings (Newest on top)
Kibis, E., Caglar, M., Dag, A., Ivanov, A., Cosgun, O., Simsek, S., Makeshift Hospital Utilizations During COVID 19 Pandemic: An Efficiency Problem, 2024 INFORMS Annual Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, October 20-23, 2024.
Kibis, E., Caglar, M., Simsek, S., Kumar, S., Hospital utilizations during Covid 19 pandemic: An efficiency problem, 33rd Annual POMS-Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA, May 21 - 25, 2023.
Gürel, S. and Caglar, M., Impact Assessment Based Sectoral Balancing in Public R&D Project Portfolio Selection Problem, International Conference on Operations Research OR2017, Berlin, Germany, 6-8 September 2017.
Gürel, S. and Caglar, M., Public R&D Project Portfolio Selection Problem with Cancellations, International Conference on Operations Research OR2015, Vienna, Austria, 1-4 September 2015.