Nan Kong (a picture taken in the Beautiful
Hawaii)
Assistant Professor
Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Telephone: 765-496-2467
Fax: 765-496-1459
E-mail: nkong@purdue.edu
Office number: MJIS3082
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
- Major
Advisor: Andrew J. Schaefer
- M.Eng.,
School of Operations Research and
Industrial Engineering, Cornell
University
- B.S., Department of
Automation, Tsinghua
University, China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Stochastic Optimization (stochastic programming, Markov decision processes, simulation optimization); Discrete Optimization; Agent-based Modeling and Simulation
Healthcare Resource Allocation; Medical Decision Making; Hospital Simulation
Healthcare Networks and Communication
PUBLICATIONS
JOURNAL ARTICLES
·
Stahl, J.E., N. Kong, S.M. Shechter, A.J.
Schaefer, and M.S. Roberts, "A Methodological Framework for Optimally
Re-Organizing Liver Transplant Regions," 2005. Medical Decision Making.
Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 35-46.
·
Kong, N., A.J. Schaefer, and B. Hunsaker, "Two-Stage Integer
Programs with Stochastic Right-Hand Sides: A Superadditive
Dual Approach," 2006. Mathematical Programming. Vol. 108, pp.
275-296.
·
Kong, N. and A.J. Schaefer, "A Factor ˝ Approximation
Algorithm for a Class of Two-Stage Stochastic Mixed-Integer Programs,"
2006. European Journal of Operational Research. Vol. 172, pp. 740-746.
·
Prokopyev, O., N. Kong, and D. L. Martinez-Torres,
"The Equitable Dispersion Problem," 2009. European Journal of
Operational Research. Vol. 197, No. 1, pp. 59-67.
·
Wang L. and N. Kong, "Security Constrained
Economic Dispatch: A Markov Decision Process Approach with Embedded Stochastic
Programming," 2010. International Journal of Operations Research and
Information Systems. Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 1-16.
·
Kong,
N., A.J. Schaefer, B.
Hunsaker, and M.S. Roberts, “Maximizing the Efficiency of the U.S. Liver
Allocation Systems through Region Design,” 2010. Management Science.
Vol. 56, No. 12, pp. 2111-2122.
·
Teng,
Y. and N. Kong, “An Efficient Approximation for Refining Organ
Geographic Distribution in the U.S. Liver Transplantation and Allocation,”
2010. International Journal of Operations Research. Vol. 7, No. 4, pp.
51-65.
BOOK CHAPTER
·
Feng, L. N. Kong, and M.
Lawley, “Capacity Planning for Publicly Funded Community Based Long-Term Care
Services,” 2011. In Community-Based
Operations Research, M. P. Johnson, ed. International Series in Operations
Research and Management Science, Vol. 167. Springer.
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW/REVISION
·
Kong,
N., A.J. Schaefer,
and S. Ahmed, “Totally Unimodular Stochastic
Programs.”
·
Sandikci,
B., N. Kong, and A.J. Schaefer, “A Hierarchy of Bounds for Two-Stage Stochastic
Mixed-Integer Programs.”
·
Feng,
W. H., N. Kong, and H. Wang, “From Refining to Designing: A Simulation
Study of Liver Allocation with Single Scoring
Formula.”
·
Lin,
F., N. Kong, H. Xu, L. Sands, and M. Lawley, “Capacity Planning for
Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS).”
·
Karademir,
S., O. Prokopyev, and N. Kong. “On Greedy Approximation Algorithms for a
Class of Two-Stage Stochastic Assignment Problems.”
·
Li,
J.-Q., N. Kong, X. Hu, and L. Liu.
“A Two-Phase Approach to Transit Itinerary Planning under Uncertainty.”
·
Zhu,
M., Y. Li, N. Kong, and R. Klein.
“Assessing Colonoscopy Screening Strategies for Colorectal Cancer.”
·
Imperiale,
T. F. and N. Kong. “Second-look
Endoscopy for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer Disease: A Decision- and Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis.”
CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PROCEEDING PAPERS
·
Teng, Y., N. Kong, T. Reimer, and S. Swope.
“How Initial Public Opinion on Vaccination Affects Vaccination Adherence during
Infectious Disease Outbreak: An Agent-Based Simulation Study in Randomly
Generated Social Network,” 2011. Abstract. In Proceedings of the 33rd Society for Medical Decision North
America Annual Meeting, Chicago, USA,
October 22 – 26, 2011. Poster Presentation.
·
Teng, Y., L. Han, W. Tu, and N. Kong.
“Optimizing Coverage for a Chlamydia Trachomatis
Screening Program,” 2011. In Proceedings
of IEEE 7th International Conference on Automation Science and
Engineering, Trieste, Italy, August 24 – 27, 2011.
·
Teng, Y., N. Kong, and W. Tu. “Optimal Screening
Strategy Design for Chlamydia Infection among Young Women,” 2011. In Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial
Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 21—25, 2011.
·
Sainathuni, B., P. J. Parikh, X. Zhang, and N.
Kong. “The Effect of Picker-Blocking on Warehousing and Distribution
Decisions,” 2011. In Proceedings of the
2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 21—25,
2011.
·
Qu, X., L. Leaven, Y. Peng, J. Shi, and N. Kong.
“A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Outpatient Appointment
Scheduling,” 2011. In Proceedings of the
2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Reno, Nevada, USA, May 21—25,
2011.
·
Kong,
N. and T. Imperiale.
“Second-look Endoscopy for Bleeding Peptic Ulcer: A Decision-and Cost-Effectiveness
Analysis,” 2010. Abstract. In Proceedings of the 32nd Society for
Medical Decision Making North America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 24 – 27, 2010. Poster Presentation.
·
Kong.
N. and P. Fabri.
“Optimal Physician Scheduling in a Multi-Clinic Network to Improve Patient Accessibility to Outpatient Care,”
2009. In Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference,
Miami, Florida, USA, May 30 – June 3,
2009.
·
Elman, A., N.
Kong, E. Bartlett, and K.J. Otto, "Analysis of Sensory Transformations
in Response to Complex Sensory Stimuli in the Auditory Pathway," 2008. In Proceedings
of the 3rd INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics (DM-HI 2008).
·
Chen, X., I.
Brian, and N. Kong, "Temporal Prediction Models for Mortality Risk
among Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation," 2008. In Proceedings
of the 3rd INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics (DM-HI 2008).
·
Y. Teng and N.
Kong, "Applying Agent-based Modeling and Simulation (ABMS) to the U.S. Organ
Transplantation and Allocation Network," 2008. In Proceedings of
the 3rd INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining and Health Informatics (DM-HI 2008).
·
Kong.
N. and P. Fabri.
“Optimal Physician Scheduling in a Multi-Clinic Network to Improve Patient
Accessibility to Outpatient Care,” 2007. Abstract. In Proceedings of the 29th
Society for Medical Decision Making
North America Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, October 20 – 24,
2007.
·
Kong.
N., A.J. Schaefer, B.
Hunsaker, and M. Roberts. “Computational Improvement of Integer Programming
Models for Determining the Optimal Configuration of Regions in the U.S. Organ
Transplantation and Allocation Network,” 2005. Abstract. In Proceedings of
the 27th Society for Medical Decision Making North America
Annual Meeting, San Francisco,
California, USA, October 21 – 24, 2005. Oral Presentation.
·
Kong,
N., A.J. Schaefer, B.
Hunsaker and M.S. Roberts. “Optimizing Regions for Organ Transplants,” 2004.
Extended Abstract. In Proceedings of the 2004 Industrial Engineering
Research Conference, Houston, Texas,
USA, May 16 – 18, 2004.
·
Kong,
N., S.M. Shechter,
A.J. Schaefer, and J.E. Stahl. “Organ Transplantation Regions: The Need for
Optimization,” 2002. Extended Abstract. In Proceedings of the2002 Industrial
Engineering Research Conference,
Orlando, Florida, USA, May 19 – 22, 2002.
·
Stahl,
J.E., N. Kong, Z. Wang, A.J. Schaefer, and G.S. Gazelle. “Organ
Transplant Regions – What Is Their Optimal Size and Distribution? A Framework
for Analysis,” 2001. Abstract. In Proceedings
of the 23rd Society for Medical Decision Making North America Annual
Meeting, San Diego, California, USA, October 21 – 24, 2001. Also appear in
Medical Decision Making, Vol. 21, No. 6, p. 524.
TEACHING
Weldon School
of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
·
BME495: Nonlinear Dynamic Systems. Fall 2009,
2010, 2011.
·
BME595: Healthcare
Systems Engineering. Fall 2010.
·
BME695: Stochastic Dynamic Programming/Control in
Medical Decision Making. Fall 2008, Spring 2011.
·
BME695: Data Mining
in Health Care. Spring 2010.
·
CLA: Cancer Prevention and Treatment. Spring 2008.
·
CLA: Technological and Managerial Innovations in
Telemedicine. Fall 2008.
Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, University of
South Florida.
·
ESI6448: Integer Programming. Spring 2007.
·
ESI4312: Deterministic Operations Research. Fall
2006, Fall2005.
- EIN 6936: Integer and Nonlinear Programming. Spring 2005.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 1st Place, IIE Pritsker
Dissertation Award, 2007.
- Honorable Mention, INFORMS
Dantzig Dissertation Award, 2006.
- Meritorious Award, Mathematical
Contest in Modeling, 2006. Coach of the USF Engineering
team.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- Institute for
Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2002 –
present.
- Institute of
Industrial Engineers (IIE), 2004 – present.
- Society for Medical
Decision Making (SMDM), 2005 – present.
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