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Alexander Kolker

Alexander Kolker is a recognized expert in the area of hospital operations management, capacity planning, patient flow, forecasting, staffing optimization, and data analytics. Alexander is the lead editor and author of 2 books, 8 book chapters, 8 journal papers, and a speaker at 18 international conferences & webinars in the area of hospital operations management and process optimization. He serves on the review board of Healthcare Management Science journal, Journal of Medical Systems and Editorial Advisory Board-Utilizing IT systems across disciplines. He worked for GE Healthcare, Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Publications

The Concept of the Shapley Value and the Cost Allocation Between Cooperating Participants

The goal of this chapter is to illustrate two mathematical game theory concepts for allocating costs (savings) between cooperating participants, specifically in healthcare...

The Optimal Workforce Staffing Solutions With Random Patient Demand in Healthcare Settings

Staffing planning is paramount for cost-efficient workforce management. An accurate assessment of the required staffing level for the specific time period is an integral part of...

The Concept of the Shapley Value and the Cost Allocation Between Cooperating Participants

The goal of this chapter is to illustrate two mathematical game theory concepts for allocating costs (savings) between cooperating participants, specifically in healthcare...

The Optimal Workforce Staffing Solutions With Random Patient Demand in Healthcare Settings

Staffing planning is paramount for cost-efficient workforce management. An accurate assessment of the required staffing level for the specific time period is an integral part of...

Game Theory for Cost Allocation in Healthcare

Management Science for Healthcare Applications

Management Engineering for Effective Healthcare Delivery: Principles and Applications

Due to massive technological and medical advances in the life sciences (molecular genetics, biology, biochemistry, etc.), modern medicine is increasingly effective in treating...

Efficient Managerial Decision-Making in Healthcare Settings: Examples and Fundamental Principles

Traditional managerial decision-making and management engineering methodology are discussed and applied side by side to analyze the same problems in order to illustrate and...

Queuing Theory and Discrete Events Simulation for Health Care: From Basic Processes to Complex Systems with Interdependencies

This chapter describes applications of the discrete events simulation (DES) and queuing analytic (QA) theory as a means of analyzing healthcare systems. There are two objectives...

Queuing Theory and Discrete Events Simulation for Health Care: From Basic Processes to Complex Systems with Interdependencies

This chapter describes applications of the discrete events simulation (DES) and queuing analytic (QA) theory as a means of analyzing healthcare systems. There are two objectives...