My research is aimed at deriving novel insights on operational and strategic issues faced by different groups of stakeholders along complex global supply chains that have significant societal impact and public policy implications. I use both analytical and data-driven techniques to investigate and analyze the impact of decisions made within organizations and across entire supply chains. A major focus of my research is to advance the understanding of decision making by entities in the presence of competition. My research interests include but are not limited to sustainability, socially responsible practices, healthcare operations, agriculture and food supply chains.
In my doctoral dissertation titled “Blood Supply Chain Networks in Healthcare: Game Theory Models and Numerical Case Studies” under the guidance of my advisor Professor Anna Nagurney, I focused on blood supply chains in the United States and used game theory to mathematically model the intricacies of maintaining a steady supply of the lifesaving product, blood, in the country in the face of various challenges that include supply side and demand side competition among blood suppliers, determination of appropriate rate of reimbursements from health insurance companies and government programs to hospitals, and so forth.
Professor Anna Nagurney is the founder and Director of The Virtual Center for Supernetworks. I have been a Center Associate there since 2017.
Peer-reviewed journal publications
Besik, D., Nagurney, A., Dutta, P., 2023. An Integrated Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model of Competing Agricultural Firms and Processing Firms. European Journal of Operational Research 307(1), 364-381. Link.
Nagurney, A., Dutta, P., 2021.
A Multiclass, Multiproduct Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Equilibrium Model. Operations Research Forum 2, 31. Link
Dutta, P., Nagurney, A., 2019.
Multitiered Blood Supply Chain Network Competition: Linking Blood Service Organizations, Hospitals, and Payers. Operations Research for Health Care, 23, 100230. Link
Nagurney, A., Dutta, P., 2019. Supply Chain Network Competition Among Blood Service Organizations: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework. Annals of Operations Research 275(2), 551-586. Link
Nagurney, A., Dutta, P., 2019. Competition for Blood Donations. Omega 85, 103-114. Link
Yazdi, A. A, Dutta, P., Steven, A. B., 2017. Airline Baggage Fees and Flight Delays: A Floor Wax and Dessert Topping? Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review 104, 83-96. Link
Manuscript Under Review
Besik, D., Saberi, S., Dutta, P., Mercado, R., 2022. Competitive Agricultural Supply Chain Network Model with Environmental and Social Sustainability Considerations
Book chapter
Nagurney, A., Salarpour, M., Dong, J, Dutta, P., 2020. Competition for Medical Supplies Under Stochastic Demand in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework. In: Nonlinear Analysis and Global Optimization, Themistocles M. Rassias, and Panos M. Pardalos, Editors, Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Conference Proceedings and Presentations:
“An Integrated Multitiered Supply Chain Network Model of Competing Agricultural Firms and Processing Firms: The Case of Fresh Produce and Quality”,
Co-author: Dr. Deniz Besik and Professor Anna Nagurney
INFORMS Annual Meeting 2022, Indianapolis
"Competitive Agricultural Supply Chain Network Design with Environmental and Social Sustainability Considerations"
Co-authors: Dr. Deniz Besik, Dr. Sara Saberi, Dr. Rodrigo Mercado Fernandez
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference 2022, Houston, Texas
Annual Production and Operations Management Conference, Online, 2022
“How to Write an Academic Paper”
Research seminar at Amity University, India, March 2022
“A Multiclass, Multiproduct Covid-19 Convalescent Plasma Donor Equilibrium Model”
Co-author: Professor Anna Nagurney
INFORMS Healthcare Conference, Online, 2021
“Multitiered Blood Supply Chain Network Competition: Linking Blood Service Organizations, Hospitals, and Payers”
Co-author: Professor Anna Nagurney
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Online, 2020
Competition for Medical Supplies Under Stochastic Demand in the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework”
Co-authors: Professor Anna Nagurney, Dr. Mojtaba Salarpour, Professor June Dong
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Online, 2020
“Airline Baggage Fees and Flight Delays”
Co-authors: Dr. Amirhossein Alamdar Yazdi and Dr. Adams B. Steven
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, 2019
“Supply Chain Network Competition Among Blood Service Organizations: A Generalized Nash Equilibrium Framework”
Co-author: Professor Anna Nagurney
Canadian Operational Research Society Annual Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2018
Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, 2018
“Competition for Blood Donations: A Nash Equilibrium Network Framework”
Co-author: Professor Anna Nagurney
Canadian Healthcare Optimization Workshop, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2018
INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 2017
Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Springfield, Massachusetts, 2017