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American Samoa
Capital: Pago Pago
Population: 68,061 (July 2012 – CIA est.)
Surface area: 199 sq km
Currency: US dollar (USD)
GDP per capita: Purchasing power parity US $8,000 (2007 est.)
Settled as early as 1000 B.C., Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century. International rivalries in the latter half of the 19th century were settled by an 1899 treaty in which Germany and the US divided the Samoan archipelago. The US formally occupied its portion – a smaller group of eastern islands with the excellent harbor of Pago Pago – the following year.
Economy – overview:
American Samoa has a traditional Polynesian economy in which more than 90% of the land is communally owned. Economic activity is strongly linked to the US with which American Samoa conducts most of its commerce. Tuna fishing and tuna processing plants are the backbone of the private sector, with canned tuna the primary export. Transfers from the US Government add substantially to American Samoa's economic well being. Attempts by the government to develop
a larger and broader economy are restrained by American Samoa's remote location, its limited transportation, and its devastating hurricanes. Tourism is a promising developing sector. Note: as a territory of the US, American Samoa does not treat the US as an external trade partner
Major Export Commodities: canned tuna 93% (2004 est.)
Remittances: Not available
Human Development Index 2011 ranking: Not ranked
Official Development Assistance and Major Development Partners: important financial support from the US, more than $40 million in 1994.
Total External Debt: Not available
CO2 Emissions (tonnes per capita): 10.35
CIA World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. www.cia.gov
World Development Indicators. World Bank www.worldbank.org
Development, Recipient Aid Charts. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. www.oecd.org
Human Development Report 2011.United Nations Development Programme. www.undp.org
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SCaLE 12x Pics From Around the Web!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mar 14th, 2014 Posted in And You Did What? Where?, F/LOSS News, Tux for Fun | No Comments »
And we got our own hashtag on Instagram thanks to TrueAbility!
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Yes the Southern California Linux Expo is almost here!
February 21-23, 2014
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For more info listen to FLOSS Weekly Episode 279 SCaLE 12X
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Here are some fun pics of the LinuxChix LA getting their Game On @ SCALE 11x!
SCALE 11X attendees voted on their favorite Saturday exhibitors in six different categories, and exhibitors went all out to impress.
The envelope, please . . .
The winners of the SCALE 11X Exhibitor Contest are:
Favorite Clothing Item: Puppet Labs
Most Interesting Swag: HP
Strangest Swag: Zenoss
Most Useful Swag: Silicon Mechanics
Most Passionate .Org: BeagleBoard/PandaBoard
Most Memorable Booth: LinuxChix
Honorable mentions go to: Fedora, RackSpace, O'Reilly Media, Linux Astronomy, OpenStack, M-Go, EFF, So Cal Python.
LinuxChix had the most votes overall, by a good margin. Silicon Mechanics had the most votes in a single category. The SCALE 11X T-shirts scored high in Favorite Clothing Item category.
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Pictures from jillix's HP Pre3!
***Taken by Jill with her HP Pre3 running webOS!

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Here is the latest Alabama sports news from The Associated Press
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Frankie Sullivan scored 24 points and Allen Payne added 17 as Auburn defeated Florida State 78-72 in the Tigers' nonconference finale Wednesday night. Auburn trailed by as many as 12 points in the first half before outscoring the Seminoles 21-10 down the back end of the first half to cut the Florida State lead to 36-35 by halftime.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Denzell McDaniel scored 16 points and Ryan Watts netted eight of his 10 points during a key early run as Alabama State topped Jackson State 70-66 Wednesday night in each team's Southwestern Athletic Conference opener. Alabama State used a 9-0 run in the second half to take a 39-34 lead.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Terence Jones scored 19 points and Rod Rucker 16 to lead UAB to a 65-61 victory over Georgia Southern in a nonconference game Wednesday night. Jones surpassed the 1,000-point milestone for his career. Fahro Alihodzic chipped in 12 points for the Blazers.
NORMAL, Ala. (AP) — Justan Banks tallied a double-double and three other players scored 12 points each to lead Alabama A&M over Grambling State 78-53 Wednesday in the Southwestern Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Jeremy Crutcher, Green Hill, and Demarquelle Tabb scored 12 points apiece and Banks finished with 14 points and 12 rebounds.
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Fleetwood Mac Expand Reunion Tour Into 2015
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Located in Rotterdam, Wikado is a renovated playground space designed by 2012Architecten for Kinderparadijs Meidoorn. The 1200 sq meter play space was in bad shape and in need of renovation so 2012Architecten was tasked with coming up with a new design and new play elements. They chose to use 5 discarded rotor blades from wind turbines to use in the playground. The blades were cut up into parts to serve as tunnels, towers, bridges, hills, ramps and slides.
There is also a watchtower, a water tower, a water slide tower and a climbing tower where you go through a jungle gym. The recycled blades were secured into the ground and painted white with brightly colored stripes. Wikado playground was completed in 2007 and is open on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for members of the Children's Foundation of Meidoorn.
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quinny March 27, 2012 at 12:56 pm
I saw a documentary on the construction of wind turbines once. They said the trailing edge of the blades is ground almost razor sharp for aerodynamic reasons.
I sure hope they did something about that before putting the blades in the playground…
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Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting
A bypass operation includes two surgical procedures:
• The bypass surgery involves the use of a healthy blood vessel to "bypass" a damaged or blocked artery in the heart.
• The second procedure is the removal of a healthy blood vessel, in this case the radial artery in the patient's forearm. This vessel will be used to construct the bypass.
Recent advances in technology have made it possible to perform this second procedure in a new way, through endoscopic small incision surgery. This new procedure results in less muscle and tissue damage when removing the vessel graft. This may eliminate many of the complications associated with the former technique, which required a long incision the length of the graft.
In the past a vessel was often removed from the patient's leg, called a saphenous vein graft. Now surgeons may choose to remove the radial artery in the patient's forearm instead.
To harvest the radial artery the surgeon makes two small one-inch incisions in the patient's forearm. One incision is made near the wrist; the other is made near the elbow.
Because radial arteries from the arm are accustomed to higher blood pressure than leg veins, they may prove to be more durable bypass grafts. In the past surgeons had to harvest the radial artery through a long incision from the elbow to the wrist, increasing the potential for complications.
How is Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting Performed?
An endoscope, a special instrument used to view the artery, is connected to a video camera and inserted through the small incisions in the forearm. The endoscope allows the surgeon to remove the artery with minimal stress to the forearm.
Patient Benefits from Endoscopic Radial Artery Harvesting
The potential benefits from this procedure include the following:
• The patient should experience less tissue scarring.
• The site of the patient's incision should be less painful.
• The recovery from surgery should be shorter, allowing the patient to concentrate on cardiac rehabilitation.
In most cases the radial artery can be harvested successfully. However, every patient is unique, and the surgical team will recommend the best procedure for each patient.
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- Took Office
- September 2012
- Next Election
- November 2015
- Committees
- Commerce and Labor, Health, Welfare and Institutions, Commerce and Labor, Privileges and Elections, Rehabilitation and Social Services, Transportation
- Age
- 48
- Website
- senatorkennethcalexander.com
- Copatroning Habits
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- Bills Passed
- 26.3% in 2014
- Campaign Contributions
- $0.00 cash on hand (December 2012 report)
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December 12, 2014
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These are all of the video clips of Kenneth Alexander's remarks on the floor of the Senate since 2009. There are 63 video clips in all.
- SB23: Conflicts of Interests Acts, State & Local Government and General Assembly; gifts, disclosures.
- SB24: Downtown and Midtown Tunnels; use by law enforcement, school buses, emergency medical vehicles, etc.
- SB26: Public comment and transparency; presentation of proposals to Committees of the General Assembly.
- SB70: Insurer insolvencies; refunds of surplus funds.
- SB90: Norfolk, City of; changes length of term for school board members.
- SB91: Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; comprehensive agreement.
- SB198: Charter; City of Norfolk.
- SB199: Service districts; different classifications of property may be taxed based on benefit received.
- SB246: Funeral services; cremation.
- SB304: Dead human bodies; establishes a process for disposition for unclaimed bodies.
- SB403: Dead bodies; disposition.
- SB404: Virginia Health Club Act; changes term health spa to health club throughout Act.
- SB616: Small Business and Supplier Diversity, Department of; elimination of Department, etc.
- SJ6: Commending Andolyn Medina.
- SJ87: Appalachian Cherokee Nation, Incorporated; extends state recognition.
- SJ94: Commending the Norfolk Chamber Consort on its 45th anniversary.
- SJ110: Celebrating the life of Kathryn Brown Bibbins.
- SJ127: Celebrating the life of Joshua P. Darden, Jr.
- SJ5039: Commending Donald R. Buma.
- SB699: Medical malpractice; expert witness certification, court may conduct an in camera review.
- SB700: Taxes on fuels; issuance of bonds.
- SB823: Writ of actual innocence; joint motion for petitions.
- SB836: Fraud; court may vacate judgment of criminal conviction.
- SB1147: Cemetery Board; resale of interment rights by churches or religious organizations.
- SB1194: Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan.
- SB1374: Schools; interventions for those denied accreditation and failing to demonstrate progress.
- SJ271: Celebrating the life of the Honorable Yvonne Bond Miller.
- SJ286: Commending the Lake Taylor High School football team.
- SJ294: Public schools; encouraged to promote ideals, heroes, and successes of nonviolence.
- SJ301: Celebrating the life of Leeser Boone Howell.
- SJ326: Appalachian Cherokee Nation of Virginia; State recognition.
- SJ333: Celebrating the life of Dr. Virginia R. Armstrong.
- SJ395: Celebrating the life of Athaline S. Fisher.
- SJ396: Commending Divine Baptist Church.
- SR39: Celebrating the life of the Reverend John R. Briggs, Sr.
- HB886: Truancy; Board of Education shall promulgate regulations to address.
- HB887: Student suspension or expulsion from school; requires superintendent to ensure continued education.
- HB888: Companion animals, tethering of; allows any locality to regulate by ordinance.
- HB889: Tolls; collected for use of Midtown or Downtown Tunnels between Norfolk and Portsmouth.
- HB890: Mortgage foreclosure; right to reinstatement.
- HB891: Mobile infrared transmitters; violation of prohibition on operation of nonemergency vehicles.
- HB892: Highway Construction Projects Trust Fund; established.
- HB1125: Dead bodies; requires court authorization for locality to pay reasonable expenses for disposition.
- HB1190: Workers' compensation; injured employee's choice of pharmacy providers shall not be restricted.
- HB1297: Tolls; use to fund other facility.
- HJ123: School attendance; Board of Education to study causes of chronic school absenteeism, etc.
- HJ368: Commending Mary Lettie Toodle Norman.
- HJ369: Commending Dr. Deborah M. DiCroce.
- HR29: Commending Jeryl Rose Phillips.
- HR581: Commending Irene Saunders Hoffler.
- HB207: Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.
- HB1385: Cemetery Board; exemptions from licensure.
- HB1659: Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.
- HB1660: Special elections; filling vacancies in certain local offices.
- HB1661: Disposition of dead bodies; payment of expenses.
- HB1662: Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.
- HB1663: Mental health services; conditions for licensure of providers.
- HB1664: Products liability; when cause of action accrues.
- HB1665: Mortgage foreclosures; notices and reinstatement right.
- HB2017: Death certificates; organ procurement organizations to determine suitability of organs for donation.
- HB2018: Cemetery Board; establish requirements for resale of interment rights in cemetery, exemptions.
- HB2452: Virginia Tort Claims Act; abolishes sovereign immunity up to maximum limits of statutory cap.
- HJ581: Commending Cheryl Mathis.
- HJ582: Commending Sentara Healthcare.
- HJ583: Commending Josephine Demmons McBride.
- HJ584: Celebrating the life of Edith R. Jones.
- HJ585: Celebrating the life of Raymond H. Norman, Sr.
- HJ586: Producer licensing examination candidates; Bureau of Insurance within SCC to collect information.
- HJ858: Commending WHRO on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
- HR68: Celebrating the life of Joseph Robert Brooks, Jr.
- HB200: Service districts annual tax; shall only be levied upon specific classification of real estate.
- HB201: Human remains; proper handling by funeral establishment.
- HB202: Campaign finance disclosure; person filing to attach a copy of most recent bank statement.
- HB203: Wrongful incarceration; definition, compensation.
- HB204: Customer telecommunications services; authorization and verification for products on telephone bill.
- HB205: Residential property insurance; duty of insurer to repair damages.
- HB206: Aboveground liquid fertilizer storage tanks; requires localities to adopt ordinance that regulates.
- HB207: Police lineups; establishes a uniform procedure to be used by all law-enforcement agencies.
- HB215: Campaign telephone calls; prohibits campaign person from falsifying identification information.
- HB318: Manufacturing facility; expands definition to include those used in creation of intangible property.
- HB319: Funeral services; prerequisites for cremation.
- HB937: Boiler and pressure vessels; fees for certification.
- HB1385: Cemetery Board; exemptions from licensure.
- HJ48: Hunger and malnutrition; joint subcommittee to study extent and cost thereof in State.
- HJ231: Commending Irvin Lewis Powell.
- HJ232: Commending Lester L. Burnett.
- HR27: Celebrating the life of Lucias T. Mitchell.
- HR28: Celebrating the life of Robert Ratliff.
- HB215: Real estate tax; classification of residential property.
- HB2219: Qualified voter; definition of residence.
- HB2220: Animal control officers; localities may raise cap on salaries.
- HB2221: Federal write-in absentee ballots; witness requirement.
- HB2222: Limited liability companies; domestications and cancellations thereof.
- HB2495: Child labor; permits children 17 years of age satisfying enumerated criteria to drive automobiles.
- HB2496: Early voting pilot projects; State Board of Elections to establish for general elections in 2010.
- HB2499: Aerospace Advisory Council; adds Director of Space Grant Consortium to serve as ex officio.
- HB5009: Claims; Arthur Lee Whitfield.
- HJ774: Celebrating the life of Staff Sergeant Jeremiah Emmanuel McNeal.
- HJ1039: Celebrating the life of Levi E. Willis, Sr.
- HB196: Accident and sickness insurance, group; coverage for full-time students.
- HB215: Real estate tax; classification of residential property.
- HB216: Organs and tissue, transplantable; consent to remove.
- HB217: Tethering of animals; makes certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
- HB577: Campus police; report of certain incidents to local law-enforcement agency.
- HB673: Animals; clarifies several standards of welfare.
- HB674: Aging, Department for; four-year plan therefor, report.
- HB1317: Subaqueous lands; Marine Resources Commission to convey parcels of previously filled lands.
- HB1422: Cemeteries; access thereto located on private property.
- HB1423: Cemeteries; purchasing property containing private cemetery shall not be moved, relocated, etc.
- HB1545: Consumer Protection Act; advertising at price after rebate.
- HJ222: Celebrating the life of John T. Fisher, Jr.
- HJ226: Commending the Jewish families of Berkley, Virginia.
- HJ342: Commending the Norfolk Botanical Garden on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
- HJ438: Commending Vandeventer Black LLP on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
- HJ453: Celebrating the life of Sergeant William R. Howdeshell.
- HB155: Residential property; permits localities to tax at a lower rate.
- HB1299: Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created.
- HB1300: Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements.
- HB1302: Life insurance; payment of benefits to designee of beneficiary.
- HB1622: Accident and sickness insurance, group; student medical leave of absence.
- HB1635: Workers' compensation; occupational disease presumption of police officers of Norfolk Airport Auth.
- HB1642: Voter registration records; clarifies duties of general registrars and State Board of Elections.
- HB1658: Real property; survey of property required when purchased by public bodies.
- HB1730: Real property; establishes separate classes for purposes of taxation rates.
- HB2098: Tethering of animals; certain acts associated therewith Class 3 misdemeanor.
- HB3052: Election officers; appointment of high school students age 16 or older to serve as interns.
- HB3123: Housing authorities; must hold at least one public hearing to receive views of citizens.
- HJ567: SOL; Department of Education to include standards regarding instruction on animal safety, etc..
- HJ759: Celebrating the life of Beatrice J. Jennings.
- HJ839: Celebrating the life of Geneva Harper Revell.
- HJ842: Commending the New Frontier Church of God in Christ and its 40th anniversary Convocation.
- HB151: Resident trainee; name changed to funeral service interns.
- HB152: Felony arrest warrants; magistrates to issue only under certain circumstances.
- HB153: Halal food; regulation of sale, penalty.
- HB154: Campus police; local law-enforcement agency to be notified of certain reports.
- HB155: Residential property; permits localities to tax at a lower rate.
- HB1299: Preneed Funeral Contract Recovery Fund; created.
- HB1300: Funeral services licensees, funeral directors, and embalmers; continuing education requirements.
- HB1301: Death benefits; definition excludes payments under a life insurance contract.
- HB1302: Life insurance; payment of benefits to designee of beneficiary.
- HB1303: Small Estate Act; modifies collection of personal property by affidavit provision.
- HB1419: Housing authorities; requirements of public hearings.
- HJ209: Humane treatment of animals; report.
- HJ277: Celebrating the life of Edna Joyce.
- HJ348: Commending Marie G. Young.
- HJ414: Celebrating the life of Harry A. Snyder.
- HJ456: Commending Franklin R. Bowers.
- HJ5118: Commending Pastor E. James Eaddy.


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Anna Nagurney
Ph.D., Brown University
Research/Teaching Interests:
Supernetworks; network systems including: transportation, logistical/supply chain, financial and economic networks, social and knowledge networks, energy/power grids and the internet.
Network metrics and design for robustness, security and vulnerability analysis; synergies in network integration; sustainable systems; humanitarian operations and health care; environmental decision-making and corporate social responsibility.
Methodologies: Risk analysis, multicriteria decision-making, network and optimization theory, game theory, variational inequalities, dynamical systems.
Recent Awards and Honors:
University Medal awarded by the University of Catania, Italy on June 13,2014, for contributions to netowrk modeling and applications and for support of operations researchers.
Notable Computing Article Published in 2013 - ACM Computing Reviews - for paper, "A network economic game theory model of a service-oriented Internet with choices and quality competition," with D. Li, T. Wolf, and S. Saberi, Netnomics (2013), 14(1-2), 1-25. Awarded in the Computer Applications category.
Visiting Professor of Operations Management, School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg University, Sweden, 2012, 2013, 2014.
INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Fellow, elected in 2013, for outstanding lifetime achievement in operations research and the management sciences.
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, April 14, 2013
Moving Spirit Award, INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), November 15, 2005, San Francisco, California
Spotlight Scholar, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2012
2011-2012 Research Excellence Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Certificate of Appreciation, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts Army National Guard, from Lt. Col. James Sahady, February 28, 2012
Certificate in Appreciation of Outstanding Service for the INFORMS Northeastern Regional Conference, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 6-7, 2011
The Jane F. Garvey Transportation Leadership Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers, UMass Amherst Student Chapter, 2011
The Ernst & Young Inclusive Excellence Award for Accounting and Business School Faculty 2010 Honor for outstanding example in promoting diversity and inclusiveness
Stellar Scholar in Production and Operations Management, based on the h-index, in study published online in the Journal of Operations Management, 2008; h-index of 13; tied for 9th place with six other scholars, based on citations since 1985 and on records of faculty publications at 225 American schools of business
Certificate of Appreciation from INFORMS for serving as the Committee Chair for the 2009 WORMS Award
Faculty Advisor to the UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, the chapter received the 2008 and 2006 Annual Summa Cum Laude Award and the 2012, 2011, 2009, and 2007 Magna Cum Laude Award from INFORMS
Fulbright Senior Specialist Award in Business Administration, Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Catania, Italy, March 5-19, 2008
RSAI (Regional Science Association International) Fellow, awarded at the North American RSAI Meeting, Savannah, Georgia, November 8-11, 2007
2007 Award for the Advancement of Women in Operations Research / Management Science (WORMS), awarded at the INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 4-7, 2007
Radcliffe Institute Science Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2005-2006
Moving Spirit Award, INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences), November 15, 2005, San Francisco, California
Award for Outstanding Accomplishments in Research and Creative Activity, University of Massachusetts Amherst, September 16, 2005
College Outstanding Research Award, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004 - 2005
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Research Team Residency Fellowship (with Patrizia Daniele and Monica-Gabriela Cojocaru), Lake Como, Italy, Project: Dynamics of Complex Networks in an Environment of Risk and Uncertainty: Theoretical Foundations and Applications to Global Supply Chain and International Financial Networks, March 2004
2004 Best Paper Award for the paper, "International financial networks with intermediation: Modeling, analysis, and computations," with J. M. Cruz, Computational Management Science (2003), 1, 31-58
Named Intellectual Leader in Regional Science, Papers in Regional Science, January, 2004, based on citations to published articles
AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology, 2002
Fulbright/University of Innsbruck Distinguished Faculty Chair in Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 2001-2002
AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology, 2001
Chancellor's Medal, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000
Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1999 - 2000
Eisenhower Faculty Fellowship, National Highway Institute, 1999
John F. Smith Memorial Professorship, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1998
Distinguished Chaired Visiting Professorship at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, 1996
Science Feature, featured in the magazine, March 13, 1992, in Women in Science
Faculty Award for Women, National Science Foundation, 1991; $250,000
2011-2015 National Science Foundation Grant -- NeTS:
Large Collaborative Research: Network Innovation Through Choice, Co-PI, $909,
794 awarded to UMass Amherst; full value of grant, with collaborators at
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2014 Advanced Cyber Security Grant - Cybersecurity Risk Analysis for Enterprise Security, Co-PI, $40,000.
2012 Advanced Cyber Security Center Grant - Cybersecurity
Risk Analysis and Security Investment Optimization, Co-PI, $75,000.
2008 Institute for International Education Grant - to support travel for several conferees to the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Conference on Humanitarian Logistics: Networks for Africa on Lake Como, Italy, May 5-9, 2008.
2008 Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and Conference Center Grant - to host conference on "Humanitarian Logistics: Networks for Africa," on Lake Como, Italy, May 5-9, 2008.
2008 Fulbright Senior Specialist in Business Administration - to conduct a workshop, present lectures, and overview programs and educational materials on the theme - Complex Networks and Vulnerability Analysis: From Innovations in Theory to Education and Practice. The site is the University of Catania in Italy, March 5-19, 2008.
2000-2007 National Science Foundation Grant - Decentralized Decision-Making in Complex Network Systems; $711,125. Supplement received through the Management of Knowledge Intensive Dynamic Systems Program (MKIDS): Knowledge Supernetworks: The Modeling and Management of the Dynamics of Complex Business Processes Under Risk and Uncertainty.
2006 Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Educational Programs - Exploratory Seminar on Dynamic Networks: Behavior, Optimization and Design, with David Parkes of Harvard University, $12,000.
2004 Grant for Professional Development in Teaching, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Web-Based Computation and Visualization Tools for Transportation and Logistics; $3,000
2004 Professional Development Support; $2,885 as part of PMYR, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
2002 AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology - Renewal of 2001 AT&T award; $25,000.
2002 National Science Foundation Grant - Decentralized Decision-Making in Complex Network Systems; $11,250 REU supplement.
2001 AT&T Faculty Fellowship in Industrial Ecology - Supernetworks and the Environment: Foundations and a Virtual Center; $25,000.
2000 National Science Foundation Grant - Co-PI - Enterprise-wide Simulation and Analytical Modeling of Comprehensive Freight Movements; $140,000 (1 year), $6,000 REU supplement in 2001.
2000 National Science Foundation Grant - U.S.-Sweden Collaborative Research: Sustainable Transportation and Land Use in the Information Society; $28,515 (3 year project).
1996 GE Fund Grant; $850,000, Research Associate, awarded to Department of Chemical Engineering.
1991 National Science Foundation Faculty Award for Women, New Directions in Variational Inequalities for Equilibrium Modeling and Computations; $250,000; $50,000 per year for 5 years.
1990 United States Department of Agriculture - Economic Research Service; $15,000, Federal Agricultural Credit Programs and Financial Markets: A General Equilibrium Application.
1990 School of Management Summer Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst; $5,000.
1988 National Science Foundation VPW Grant; $138,000+, Parallel and Serial Algorithms for Large-Scale Nonlinear Network Flow Problems.
1987 National Science Foundation Supercomputer Grant - Alternative Algorithms for the Computation of Dynamic Equilibria.
1984-87 School of Management Summer Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst; $1,500.
1986 Cornell Center for Theory and Simulation, the Production Supercomputer Facility, Large-Scale Computations of Competitive Equilibrium Problems.
1985 Faculty Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, An Abstract Network Framework for the Study of the Firm; $2,130.
1983 Faculty Research Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Sensitivity Analysis in the Combined Network Spatial Price Equilibrium Problem, $2,073.
Recent Plenary and Endowed Lectures:
International financial networks, Stockholm Optimization Days, Stockholm, Sweden, June 26-27, 2000.
Financial networks, Computational Methods in Decision Making and Finance, Neuchatel, Switzerland, August 16, 2000.
Parallel computation and finance, Parallel Matrix Algorithms and Applications, Neuchatel, Switzerland, August 17-19, 2000.
Faculty commencement address, Undergraduate commencement, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 24, 2003.
Networks - the science spanning disciplines, Mesh Forum, Connecting Networks, Chicago, Illinois, May 1-4, 2005.
Equilibria, supernetworks, and evolutionary variational inequalities, 44th Workshop on Variational Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, Erice, Sicily, July 5-14, 2006.
Supernetworks: Management Science for the 21st Century, International Management Science Forum, Shanghai, China, August 18-19, 2006.
Operations research and the captivating study of networks and complex decision-making, Brown Symposium for Undergraduates in the Mathematical Sciences (SUMS), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, March 3, 2007.
Multicriteria decision-making for the environment: Sustainability and vulnerability analysis of critical infrastructure systems from transportation networks to electric power supply chains, the 19th Conference on Multicriteria Decision Making, Auckland, New Zealand, January 7-10, 2008.
Transportation network equilibrium - the formalism for networks today from the Internet to electric power supply chains and financial networks: What the world should learn from regional scientists, the 55th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Brooklyn, New York, November 19-22, 2008.
Synergies and vulnerabilities of supply chain networks in a global economy: What we can learn from half a century of advances in transportation, Kleber-Gery lecture, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, April 16, 2009.
To merge or not to merge: Multimarket supply chain network oligopolies, coalitions, and the merger paradox, NET2009: Evolution and Complexity, Rome, Italy, May 28-30, 2009.
Traffic panel, World Science Festival, New York City, June 10-14, 2009.
Speaker at Invited Workshop, "Social Science and Social Computing: Steps to Integration;" title of presentation: Network design: From the physical world to virtual worlds, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 22-23, 2010.
Supply chain networks: Challenges and opportunities from analysis to design, Computational Management Science 2010, Vienna, Austria, July 28-30, 2010.
Fragile networks: Identifying vulnerabilities and synergies in an uncertain world, Yalta Optimization Conference 2010: "Network Science," Yalta, Ukraine, August 2-4, 2010.
Supernetworks: Opportunities and challenges for decision-making in the 21st century, PAKDD 2011: The 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Shengzen, China, May 24-27, 2011, delivered via videotape.
Supernetworks in healthcare and humanitarian operations, 2011 IEEE Conference on Supernetworks and System Management, Shanghai, China, May 29-30, 2011, delivered by Min Yu.
Sustainability: Methodology with some applications, Engineering and Renewable Energy Opening Workshop, SAMSI Program on Uncertainty Quantification, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, September 19-21, 2011.
Grand challenges and opportunities in supply chain network analysis and design, NetGCooP 2011, International Conference on Network Games, Control and Optimization, Paris, France, October 12-14, 2011.
Design of sustainable supply chains for sustainable cities, COMPLEX-City Workshop, sponsored by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 5-6, 2011; emailed presentation.
Life as a network, Commencement / Diploma speech given to Master's degree recipients, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2012.
Grand challenges and opportunities in supply chain networks: From analysis todesign, Keynote talk in the Oklahoma University Presidential Dream Course, "Understanding and Engineering Systems," Norman, Oklahoma, April 1, 2013, plus public lecture - title: Assessing the performance and vulnerability of networks from transportation to the Internet, financial networks, and supply chains: Which nodes and links really matter? Oklahoma University, Norman, Oklahoma, April 1, 2013.
Transport and traffic, panelist, The New York Times EnergyforTomorrow Conference, NYC,April 25, 2013.
On great leadership, Commencement / Diploma speech to be given to Master's degree recipients, School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 12, 2013.
Network economics and the Internet, Network Models in Economics and Finance, Athens, Greece, June 13-15, 2013.
Networks against time: From food to pharma, Workshop 2013, ETH Risk Center: Vulnerability and Resilience of Supply Chains, Switzerland, September 12-13, 2013.
The traffic circle of life, TEDx UMass Amherst, Professor Speaker Showcase, Isenberg School of Management, November 25, 2013.
Envisioning a future Internet: The network economics of ChoiceNet, 2013 Network Frontier Workshop, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, December 4-6, 2013.
Our outstanding UMass Amherst students, Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony, April 6, 2014.
Sustainable supply chain networks for sustainable cities, 7th Session of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies Energy, Cities, and the Control of Complex Systems, Erice, Italy, May 11-15, 2014.
Equilibria and dynamics of supply chain network competition with information asymmetry in quality and minimum quality standards (work with D. Li), presented at the University of Catania, Italy, June 13, 2014. Awarded the University Medal after the lecture.
Network Economics: A Variational Inequality Approach, Advances in Computational Economics, vol. 1, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1993; second revised edition, vol. 10, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1999.
Advances in Equilibrium Modeling, Analysis and Computation, Annals of Operations Research, vol. 44, guest editor, J. C. Baltzer, A. G. Scientific Publishing Company, Switzerland, 1993.
Projected Dynamical Systems and Variational Inequalities with Applications (with D. Zhang), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, 1996.
Financial Networks: Statics and Dynamics (with S. Siokos), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 1997.
Environmental Networks: A Framework for Economic Decision-Making and Policy Analysis (with K. K. Dhanda and P. Ramanujam), Edward Edgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 1999.
Sustainable Transportation Networks, Edward Edgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 2000.
Supernetworks: Decision-Making for the Information Age (with J. Dong), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 2002.
Innovations in Financial and Economic Networks, editor, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 2003.
Supply Chain Network Economics: Dynamics of Prices, Flows, and Profits, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, England, 2006.
Fragile Networks: Identifying Vulnerabilities and Synergies in an Uncertain World (with Q. Qiang), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2009.
Networks Against Time: Supply Chain Analytics for Perishable Products. (with M. Yu, A.H. Masoumi and L.S. Nagurney), Springer Science and Business Media, New York, NY, 2013.
Some Recent Journal Publications:A multiclass, multicriteria traffic network equilibrium model with elastic demand (with J. Dong) (2002), Transportation Research B, 36, 445-469.
Urban location and transportation in the Information Age: A multiclass, multicriteria network equilibrium perspective (with J. Dong) (2002), Environment & Planning B, 29, 53-74.
Spatial economic networks with multicriteria producers and consumers: Statics and dynamics (with J. Dong and D. Zhang) (2002), Annals of Regional Science, 36, 79-105.
Multicriteria network equilibrium modeling with variable weights for decision-making in the Information Age with applications to telecommuting and teleshopping (with J. Dong and P. L. Mokhtarian) (2002), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 26, 1629-1650.
A supply chain network equilibrium model (with J. Dong and D. Zhang) (2002), Transportation Research E, 38, 281-303.
Dynamics of supply chains: A multilevel (logistical/informational/ financial) network perspective (with K. Ke, J. Cruz, K. Hancock, and F. Southworth) (2002), Environment & Planning B, 29, 795-818.
Supply chain networks and electronic commerce: A theoretical perspective (with J. Loo, J. Dong, and D. Zhang) (2002), Netnomics, 4, 187-220.
Recent advances in Network Economics (2002), Networks, 41, 68-72.
Supply chain supernetworks and environmental criteria (with F. Toyasaki) (2003), Transportation Research D, 8, 185-213.
Dynamics of global supply chain supernetworks (with J. Cruz and D. Matsypura) (2003), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 37, 963-983.
Financial networks with electronic transactions: Modeling, analysis, and computations (with K. Ke) (2003), Quantitative Finance, 3, 71-87.
A space-time network for telecommuting versus commuting decision-making (with J. Dong and P.L. Mokhtarian) (2003), Papers in Regional Science, 82, 451-473.
A supply chain network equilibrium model with random demands (with J. Dong and D. Zhang) (2004), European Journal of Operational Research, 156, 194-212.
International financial networks with intermediation: Modeling, analysis, and computations (with J. Cruz) (2003), Computational Management Science, 1, 31-58.
Dynamics of international financial networks with risk management (with J. Cruz) (2004), Quantitative Finance, 4, 276-291.
Dynamic supernetworks for the integration of social networks and supply chains with electronic commerce: Modeling and analysis of buyer-seller relationships with computations (with T. Wakolbinger) (2004), Netnomics, 6, 153-185.
Management of knowledge intensive systems as supernetworks: Modeling, analysis computations, and applications (with J. Dong) (2005), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 42, 397-417.
Reverse supply chain management and electronic waste recycling: A multitiered network equilibrium framework for e-cycling (with F. Toyasaki) (2005), Transportation Research E, 41, 1-28.
Supply chain networks, electronic commerce, and supply side and demand side risk (with J. Cruz, J. Dong, and D. Zhang) (2005), European Journal of Operational Research, 164, 120-142.
Multitiered supply chain networks: Multicriteria decision-making and uncertainty (with J. Dong, D. Zhang, and H. Yan) (2005), Annals of Operations Research, 135, 155-178.
A retrospective on Beckmann, McGuire, and Winsten's Studies in the Economics of Transportation (with D. Boyce and H. S. Mahmassani) (2005), Papers in Regional Science, 84, 85-103.
Projected dynamical systems and evolutionary variational inequalities via Hilbert spaces with applications (with M.-G. Cojocaru and P. Daniele) (2005), Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 27, 1-15.
Global supply chain network dynamics with multicriteria decision-making under risk and uncertainty (with D. Matsypura) (2005), Transportation Research E, 41, 585-612.
Supernetworks: An introduction to the concept and its applications with a specific focus on knowledge supernetworks (with T. Wakolbinger) (2005), International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, 4, 1523-1530.
Preface to "On a paradox of traffic planning" (with D. Boyce) (2005), Transportation Science, 39, 443-445.
"On a paradox of traffic planning," translation of the (1968) original D. Braess paper from German to English (with D. Braess and T. Wakolbinger) (2005), Transportation Science, 39, 446-450.
A network modeling approach for the optimization of Internet-based advertising strategies and pricing with a quantitative explanation of two paradoxes (with L. Zhao) (2005), Netnomics, 7, 97-114.
On the relationship between supply chain and transportation network equilibria: A supernetwork equivalence with computations (2006), Transportation Research E, 42, 293-316.
Financial networks with intermediation: Risk management with variable weights (with K. Ke) (2006), European Journal of Operational Research, 172, 40-63.
In memoriam: C. Bartlett McGuire (1925-2006), Christopher B. Winsten (1923-2005) (with David Boyce) (2006), Transportation Science, 40, 1-2.
The evolution and emergence of integrated social and financial networks with electronic transactions: A dynamic supernetwork theory for the modeling, analysis, and computation of financial flows and relationship levels (with T. Wakolbinger and L. Zhao) (2006), Computational Economics, 27, 353-393.
Evolution variational inequalities and projected dynamical systems with application to human migration (with J. Pan) (2006), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 43, 646-657.
Modeling generator power plant portfolios and pollution taxes in electric power supply chain networks: A transportation network equilibrium transformation (with K. Wu, Z. Liu, and J. K. Stranlund) (2006), Transportation Research D, 11, 171-190.
Optimal endogenous carbon taxes for electric power supply chains with power plants (with Z. Liu and T. Woolley) (2006), Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 44, 899-916.
Financial engineering of the integration of global supply chain networks and social networks with risk management (with J. M. Cruz and T. Wakolbinger) (2006), Naval Research Logistics, 53, 674-696.
Double-layered dynamics: A unified theory of projected dynamical systems and evolutionary variational inequalities (with M.-G. Cojocaru and P. Daniele) (2006), European Journal of Operational Research, 175, 494-507.
Sustainable supply chain networks and transportation (with Z. Liu and T. Woolley) (2007), International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 1, 29-51.
Modeling of electric power supply chain networks with fuel suppliers via variational inequalities (with D. Matsypura and Z. Liu) (2007), International Journal of Emerging Power Systems, vol. 8, iss. 1, Article 5.
Financial networks with intermediation and transportation network equilibria: A supernetwork equivalence and reinterpretation of the equilibrium conditions with computations (with Z. Liu) (2007), Computational Management Science, 4, 243-281.
Dynamic electric power supply chains and transportation networks: an evolutionary variational inequality formulation (with Z. Liu, M.-G. Cojocaru, and P. Daniele) (2007), Transportation Research E, 43, 624-646.
A network efficiency measure for congested networks (with Q. Qiang), (2007), Europhysics Letters, 79, 38005, p1-p5.
The Internet, evolutionary variational inequalities, and the time-dependent Braess paradox (with D. Parkes and P. Daniele) (2007), Computational Management Science, 4, 355-375.
Robustness of transportation networks subject to degradable links (with Q. Qiang) (2007), Europhysics Letters, 80, 68001, pp 1-6.
A unified network performance measure with importance identification and the ranking of network components (with Q. Qiang) (2008), Optimization Letters, 2, 127-142.
A network equilibrium framework for Internet advertising: Models, qualitative analysis, and algorithms (with L. Zhao) (2008), European Journal of Operational Research, 187, 456-472.
An efficiency measure for dynamic networks with application to the Internet and vulnerability analysis (with Q. Qiang) (2008), Netnomics, 9, 1-20.
A network efficiency measure with application to critical infrastructure networks (with Q. Qiang) (2008), Journal of Global Optimization, 40, 261-275.
A system-optimization perspective for supply chain network integration: The horizontal merger case (2009), Transportation Research E, 45, 1-15.
An integrated electric power supply chain and fuel market network framework: Theoretical modeling with empirical analysis for New England (with Z. Liu) (2009), Naval Research Logistics, 56, 600-624.
Environmental impact assessment of transportation networks with degradable links in an era of climate change (with Q. Qiang and L. S. Nagurney) (2010), International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 4, 154-171.
An integrated framework for the design of optimal web banners (with L. Hai and Lan Zhao) (2010), Netnomics, 11, 69-83.
Multiproduct supply chain horizontal network integration: Models, theory, and computational results (with T. Woolley and Q. Qiang) (2010), International Transactions in Operational Research, 17, 339.
Supply chain network design under profit maximization and oligopolistic competition (2010), Transportation Research, 46, 281-294.
Optimal supply chain network design and redesign at minimal total cost and with demand satisfaction (2010), International Journal of Production Economics, 128, 200-208.
Sustainable supply chain network design: A multicriteria perspective (with L. S. Nagurney) (2010), International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 3, 189-197.
The negation of the Braess paradox as demand increases: The wisdom of crowds in transportation networks (2010), Europhysics Letters, 91, 48002, p1-p5.
Supply chain outsourcing under exchange rate risk and competition (with Z. Liu) (2011), Omega, 39, 539-549.
Supply chain network design for critical needs with outsourcing (with M. Yu and Q. Qiang) (2011), Papers in Regional Science, 90, 123-142.
Supernetworks: The science of complexity (2011), Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 33, 205-228.
Risk reduction and cost synergy in mergers and acquisitions via supply chain network integration (with Z. Liu) (2011), Journal of Financial Decision Making, 17(2), 1-18.
Dynamics and equilibria of ecological predator-prey networks as nature's supply chains (with L.S. Nagurney) (2012), Transportation Research E, 48, 89-99.
Fragile networks: identifying vulnerabilities and
synergies in an uncertain age (with Q. Qiang) (2012), International
Transactions in Operational Research, 19, 123-160.
Sustainable fashion supply chain management under oligopolistic competition and brand differentiation (with M. Yu) (2012), International Journal of Production Economics, 135, 532-540.
A bi-criteria indicator to assess supply chain network performance for critical needs under capacity and demand disruptions (with Q. Qiang) (2012), Transportation Research A - special issue on Network Vulnerability in Large-Scale Transport Networks, 46, 801-812.
Multiperiod competitive supply chain networks with inventorying and a transportation network equilibrium reformulation (with Z. Liu) (2012), Optimization and Engineering, 13, 471-503.
Supply chain network operations management of a blood banking system with cost and risk minimization (with A. Masoumi and M. Yu) (2012), Computational Management Science, 9, 205-231.
Competitive food supply chain networks with applications to fresh produce (with M. Yu) (2013), European Journal of Operational Research, 224, 273-282.
Supply chain networks with global outsourcing and
quick-response production under demand and cost uncertainty (with Z. Liu)
(2013), Annals of Operations Research, 208(1), 251-289.
A supply chain generalized network oligopoly model for pharmaceuticals under brand differentiation and perishability (with A. Masoumi and M. Yu) (2012), Transportation Research, 48, 762-780.
A game theoretical approach to the vertical coexistence of small and big fish (with C. Mullon (2012), Ecological Modelling, 240, 41-48.
Medical nuclear supply chain design: A tractable network model and computational approach (with L.S. Nagurney) (2012), International Journal of Production Economics, 140(2), 865-874.
Supply chain networks with global outsourcing and quick-response production under demand and cost uncertainty (with Z. Liu) (2013), Annals of Operations Research, 208(1), 251-281.
Securing the sustainability of global medical nuclear supply chains through economic cost recover, risk management, and optimization (with L. S. Nagurney and D. Li) (2013), International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, in press.
Design of sustainable supply chains for sustainable cities (2013), Environment & Planning B, in press.
Financial networks (2013), Computational Management Science, 10(2-3), 77-80.
A Cournot-Nash-Bertrand game theory model of a service-oriented Internet with price and quality competition among network transport providers (with T. Wolf) (2013), Computational Management Science, in press.
Pharmaceutical supply chain networks with outsourcing under price and quality competition (with D. Li and L. S. Nagurney) (2013), International Transactions in Operational Research 20(6), 859-888.
Supply chain network sustainability under competition and frequencies of activities from production to distribution (with M. Yu and J. Floden) (2013), Computational Management Science 10(4), 397-422.
When and for whom would e-waste be a treasure trove? Insights from a network equilibrium model of e-waste flows (with T. Wakolbinger, F. Toyasaki, and T. Nowak) (2014), International Journal of Production Economics, 154, 263-273.
ChoiceNet: Toward an economy plane for the Internet (with T. Wolf, J. Griffoen, K. Calvert, R. Dutte, G. Rouskas, I. Baldine) (2014), ACM SIGCOMM, Computer Communication Review, 44(3), 58-65.
Supply Chain netowrk competition in time-sensitive markets (with M. Yu, J. Floden, and L.S. Nagurney) (2014), Transportation Research E 70, 112-127.
A Cournot-Nash-Bertrand game theory model of a service-oriented Internet with price and quality competition among network transport providers (with T. Wolf) (2013), Computational Management Science, in press.
A supple chain network game theory model with product differentiation, outsourcing of production and distribution, and quality and price competition (with D. Li) ( 2014), Annals of Operations Research, in press.
Professional and Academic Activities
Faculty Advisor -- UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter:
The Chapter was awarded the Annual Summa Cum Laude Award from INFORMS on November 6, 2007 at the INFORMS National Meeting in Seattle, Washington and the Annual Magna Cum Laude Award from INFORMS on October 14, 2008 at the INFORMS National Meeting in Washington, DC. The chapter received the Annual Summa Cum Laude Award from INFORMS on October 13, 2009 at the INFORMS National Meeting in San Diego, California. The chapter received the Annual Magna Cum Laude Award from INFORMS on November 9, 2010 in Austin, Texas and also on November 15, 2011 in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 15, 2012 in Phoenix, Arizona, and on October 8, 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Annual INFORMS National Meetings.
National Service:Transportation Supply Analysis Committee, National Research Council, 1989-1991; 1991-1994; 1994-1997.
Transportation Science Section of the Operations Research Society of America, Councillor, 1989-1991.
National Science Foundation Advisory Panel for Advanced Scientific Computing, 1990-1992.
Chair - Committee of Visitors, Division of Advanced Scientific Computing, National Science Foundation, 1990.
Transportation Science Section Dissertation Prize Committee, 1990, 1991.
Chair - Transportation Science Section Dissertation Prize Committee, 1992.
Workshop on Computational Economics, National Science Foundation, March 6, 1991.
Cornell National Supercomputer Facility National Allocation Committee, 1990-1995. National Science Foundation Panel: Special CAREER Award Transportation, March 1, 1996, Arlington, VA.
Robert Herman Transportation Science Section Lifetime Achievement Prize Committee, 1995, 1998, 2001.
Computer Science Technical Section of INFORMS Prize Committee, 1997.
Chair, Computer Science Technical Section of INFORMS Prize Committee, 1998.
National Science Foundation Panel; KDI-NCC, Arlington, VA, August 3-5, 1998.
Girls, Inc., National Economic Literacy Advisory Board, 1999-
National Science Foundation Panel; URI, Arlington, VA, October 22-23, 1998.
National Science Foundation Panel; PAESMEM, May 13-14, 1999.
Chair - 2000 Robert Herman Lifetime Achievement Prize in Transportation Science.
National Science Foundation - Committee of Visitors - Programs on Gender Equity and People with Disabilities, May 3-4, 2000.
National Science Foundation Panel; ITR, Arlington, Virginia, April 23-24, 2001.
INFORMS speaker with the INFORMS Speaker Bureau, 2004-
National Science Foundation Panel; Human and Social Dynamics, Arlington, Virginia, June 24-25, 2004.
National Science Foundation Panel, Human and Social Dynamics, Arlington, Virginia, May 26-27, 2005.
National Science Foundation Panel, Human and Social Dynamics, Arlington, Virginia, May 15-16, 2006.
Chair - Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity; INFORMS, July 2006 -- January 2007.
National Science Foundation Panel, Engineering Research Centers, Arlington, VA, August 1-2, 2007.
Editor-in-Chief of Transportation Science Search Committee of INFORMS, 2008.
Chair of the 2009 WORMS (Women in Operations Research and the Management Sciences) Award.
Member of Subdivisions Council, INFORMS, 2009-2010.
National Science Foundation Panel, Cyber Enabled Discovery and Innovation, Arlington, VA,
May 5-6, 2010.
Alternative UMass Amherst representative for I3P (Institute for Information Infrastructure
Protection), 2010 - present.
Chair of the INFORMS Speakers Program 2011-2012.
WORMS - Junior VP of Communications, January, 2012 - December 2012; VP of Communications, January 2013 - December 2013.
International Service:
Councilor - International Regional Science Association, 1989-1991.
Discipline Advisory Committee for Fulbright Scholar Awards in Management Information Systems, July 1995 - July 1999.
Committee Member, Fudan Premier Prize in Management Science, Shanghai, China, 2006.
Advisory Board Member, Computational Optimization, Econometrics, and Finance (COMISEF) project, funded by the European Union, 2006-present.
Advisory Council Member of the Society for Computational Economics, 2007-2010.
Advisory Committee - 2nd International Conference on Transportation Logistics (T-LOG), July 4-7, 2007, Shenzen, China.
Regional Science Association International Fellow Selection Committee, 2009 and 2010. Chair of this Committee for 2011.
Shevchenko Scientific Society (USA) and U.S.-Ukraine Foundation Mathematics Competition Committee, 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Elected Councillor at Large, North American Regional Science Council (NSARC) for the term 2011-2013.
Co-Organizer - 2nd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters, June 29-July 2, 2015.
Book Series Editorships:
Advances in Computational Economics, Co-Editor with H. Amman, Springer (formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers).
New Dimensions in Networks, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Book Series Editorial Board
Advances in Computational Management Science, Springer (formerly Kluwer Academic Publishers).
Advances in Spatial Science, Springer (2010-2012).
Journal Editorships:
Co-Editor - Netnomics, 2003 - 2006.
Associate Editor - Special Issue of Operations Research on Stochastic Models in Transportation.
Associate Editor - Operations Research Letters (1990-2002).
Associate Editor - The International Journal of High Performance Computing, for over a dozen years - 2012.
Associate Editor - Computational Economics, formerly Computer Science in Economics and Management.
Associate Editor - Annals of Regional Science.
Associate Editor - Networks, for twenty years until 2014.
Associate Editor - Computational Management Science.
Associate Editor - Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2000-2008).
Associate Editor - The Journal of Financial Decision Making.
Associate Editor - International Journal of Sustainable Transportation.
Associate Editor - Optimization Letters.
Associate Editor - International Transactions in Operational Research (ITOR).
Associate Editor - Journal of Computational Optimization in Economics and Finance.
Associate Editor - Numerical Algebra, Control and Optimization.
Associate Editor - Economics of Transportation.
Associate Editor - Transportation Research E, 2013 --
Associate Editor - TOP, 2013 -- 2014.
Associate Editor - International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management, 2013 --
Editor - Supernetwork Sentinel, The Newsletter of the Virtual Center for Supernetworks; see: http://supernet.isenberg.umass.edu


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Economics are an essential consideration. In addition to animal welfare and public health considerations, veterinary services should aim to increase net farm income rather than just control disease. Although the diagnosis, treatment, and control of disease, including the investigation of outbreaks to solve a disease problem, are important on most farms, outbreaks of clinical disease are of minor importance to longterm profitability. Advice that is technically sound from a disease control perspective may be detrimental to the overall economic well-being of the farm. For example, a reduced stocking rate may mean better nutrition for the flock, fewer lamb mortalities, and lower burdens of GI parasites, but a significantly lower net farm income. Net income per hectare is generally very sensitive to changes in stocking rate.
A better approach involves a "flock health" program. These are designed to anticipate health and production problems and, when it is economic to do so, to implement appropriate prevention measures. A flock health program must be tailored to the needs of the specific farm. For most farms, key areas of flock health programs include: 1) controlling internal and external parasites; 2) preventing diseases for which there is a cost-effective vaccination program; 3) preventing the introduction of contagious diseases, such as footrot, brucellosis, and external parasites; and 4) improving the number of lambs weaned per ewe bred, with enhanced ewe and ram fertility and reduced lamb mortalities.
When wool is the major source of income, the economic outcome from an outbreak of disease or nutritional problem is not always obvious. For example, a moderate parasite burden may cause ill-thrift and a reduction in kilograms of wool cut per head, but a reduction in fiber diameter as well, which results in a more valuable fleece. A ewe that does not conceive or aborts in the first 3 mo of pregnancy may produce more wool than a ewe that rears a lamb, because a ewe rearing a lamb has a higher nutritional requirement and produces less wool than a dry ewe. Fiber and meat prices should be considered when providing advice.
Beyond a flock health program, veterinarians can also develop a comprehensive flock management advisory service. These programs adopt a whole farm approach that considers the physical and financial resources of the farm and the interaction of livestock production with other activities such as cropping and pasture production. The stocking rate, type of stock run, timing of husbandry procedures, marketing strategies, and risk management should be reviewed as part of the program. A financial analysis of the farm as a business and preparation of farm budgets and gross margin analyses is a key part of most programs.
Last full review/revision July 2011 by Clive C. Gay, DVM, MVSc, DVSc (Hons), FACVSc, DACIM (Hons)
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Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that foot and leg amputations decreased dramatically between 1996 and 2008. Over those 12 years, amputations dropped from 11 out of every 1,000 diabetic adults to only four-a decrease of almost 64 percent. Over the same period, however, the number of people officially diagnosed with diabetes tripled.
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