Stochastic simulation; Bayesian statistics and decision analysis; optimal learning; mathematical modeling of complex systems; stochastic processes; health contracts; applications to health care and operations management.
 

* Highly adaptive clinical trial designs, motivated by a recent collaboration, 'European Sepsis Academy-Initial Training Network: Towards New Biomarkers to Improve Sepsis Management', funded by EU Initial Training Network program, in collaboration with teams at the University Amsterdam Medical Center and a network of collaborators, https://sepsisamsterdam.nl/european-sepsis-academy/.

* Value-based clinical trial design and health technology assessment, and issues around adoption in public care systems, with collaborators from Sheffield and from York, https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ctru/completed-trials/enact.  

* Business model innovations to improve care access and quality in underserved populations.

* Highly adaptive learning in industrial systems, using Bayesian decision making methods and related techniques.

58. L Flight, A Brennan, I Wilson, SE Chick, 2024, A tutorial on value-based adaptive designs: Could a value-based sequential two-arm design have created more health economic value for the Big CACTUS trial? Value in Health. accepted to appear.

57. Danielle Sent, Delanie M. van der Meulen, Andres Alban, Stephen E. Chick, Ilse J.A. Wissink, Alexander PJ Vlaar, Dave A Dongelmans, 2024, A quality improvement study on how a simulation model can help decision making on organization of ICU wards, BMC Health Services Research, 24(1): 708. doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11161-2 

56. SE Chick, S Hawkins, D Soberman, 2023, What happens when people have more information to make healthcare coverage choices? Choosing healthcare coverage for the first time. Frontiers in Psychology, 14:1257031. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1257031/full.

55. Zorc S, I Tsetlin, S Hasija, SE Chick, 2023, The When and How of Delegated Search, Operations Research, in press. https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/opre.2019.0498

54. Chilingerian JA, SE Chick, G True, 2022, Editorial: The Science and Art of Value in Healthcare: Measures, Voices and Methods, Frontiers in Public Health, 24 nov 2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1089091

53. Alban A, SE Chick, M Forster, 2022, Value-based clinical trials: selecting recruitment rates and trial lengths in different regulatory contexts, Management Science, in press. https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/184742/, Code:github:andres-alban/ValueBasedTrials.

52. SE Chick, NGans, OYapar, 2021, Bayesian Sequential Learning for Clinical Trials of Multiple Correlated Medical Interventions, Management Science, doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2021.4137. Code: github:ozgeyapar/multiarmMatlab.

51. Forster M., S. Brealey, S. Chick, A. Keding, B. Corbacho, A. Alban, A. Rangan, 2021, A Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Model of a Sequential Clinical Trial: Application to the PROFHER Pragmatic Trial, Clinical Trials,18(6):647-656, doi.org/10.1177/17407745211032909

50. Alban A, SE Chick, DA Dongelmans, AF van der Sluijs, WJ Wiersinga, APJ Vlaar, D Sent, 2020, ICU capacity management during the COVID-19 pandemic using a process simulation, Intensive Care Medicine, 46(8): 1624– 1626, doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06066-7. Supplement: github:sechick/icu-covid-sim/ Online tool: https://andres-alban.shinyapps.io/icu-covid-sim/.

49. Kaligotla C, E Yücesan, SE Chick, 2020, Diffusion of Competing Rumors on Social Media, Journal of Simulation,DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17477778.2020.1785345

48. Stevenson MD, Uttley L, JE Oakley, C Carroll, SE Chick, R Wong, 2020, Interventions to reduce the risk of surgically transmitted Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a cost-effective modelling review. Health Technology Assessment,v. 24(11): 1–150. See Pubmed link.

47. Chick SE, M Forster, P Pertile, in press, A Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Model of Sequential Experimentation with Delayed Responses, JRSS Series B, to appear, see https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rssb.12225; With Online Supplement and Blog.

46. van der Sluijs AF, ER van Slobbe-Bijlsma, SE Chick, MB Vroom, DA Dongelmans, APJ Vlaar, 2017, The impact of changes in intensive care organization on patient outcome and cost effectiveness - A narrative review, Journal of Intensive Care, 5(13). https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-016-0207-7

45. Chick SE, S Hasija, Nasiry J, 2016, Information Elicitation and InfluenzaVaccine Production, Operations Research, accepted to appear. dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2016.1552.

44. P Frazier, J Xie, SE Chick, 2016, Bayesian Optimization via Simulation with Pairwise Sampling and Correlated Prior Beliefs, Operations Research 64(2):542–559. dx.doi.org/10.1287/opre.2016.1480.

43. Aral K, SE Chick, Grabosch A, 2015, Multi-Level Preventive Care for Type 2 Diabetes, IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, special issue on Healthcare Systems Simulation, 5(3): 165–182. (one of two articles from issue highlighted in IE Magazine).

42. Chick SE, Huchzermeier A, Netessine S, 2014, Europe’s Solution Factories: Manufacturers in the developed world are discovering new ways to compete, Harvard Business Review, 92(4): 111–115.

41. Arlotto A, SE Chick, N Gans, 2014, Optimal Hiring and Retention Policies for Heterogeneous Workers Who Learn. Management Science, 60(1): 110–129.

40. Mamani H, SE Chick, D Simchi-Levi, 2013, A Game Theoretic Model of International Influenza Vaccination Coordination. Management Science, 59(7): 1650–1670.

39. Chick SE, Frazier, P, 2012, Sequential Sampling with Economics of Selection Procedures, Management Science, 58(3) 550-569.

38. Chick SE, Branke J, Schmidt C, 2010, Sequential Sampling to Myopically Maximize the Expected Value of Information, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 22(1) 71-80.

37. S.E. Chick, N. Gans, 2009, Economic Analysis of Simulation Selection Options, Management Science, 55(3) 421--437. With Online Supplement.

36. E. Güneş, S.E. Chick, L.N. Van Wassenhove, 2009, Quality and Price Competition for Screening Services, Annals of Operations Research, accepted to appear, DOI 10.1007/s10479-009-0645-x.

35. M.D. Stevenson, J.E. Oakley, S.E. Chick, K. Chalkidou, 2009, The cost-effectiveness of surgical instrument management policies to reduce the risk of vCJD transmission to humans, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(4): 506-518.

34. S.E. Chick, H. Mamani, D. Simchi-Levi, 2008, Supply Chain Coordination and the Influenza Vaccination, Operations Research, 56(6): 1493-1506. [Initial version winner of 2006 Pierskalla Award]

33. C.H. Loch, S. Chick, A. Huchzermeier, 2007, Can European Manufacturing Companies Compute? Industrial Competitiveness, Employment and Growth in Europe, European Management Journal, 25(4): 251-265.

32. Jürgen Branke, Stephen E. Chick, Christian Schmidt, 2007, Selecting a Selection Procedure (including Online Companion), Management Science, 53(12): 1916-1932. We also have some implementation comments.

31. He, D., Chick, S.E., Chen, C.-H., 2007, The Opportunity Cost and OCBA Selection Procedures in Ordinal Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, Cybernetics C, 37(5): 951-961.

30. Chick, S.E., 2006, Six Ways to Improve a Simulation Analysis, Journal of Simulation, 1(1): 21-28.

29. Brennan, A., Chick, S.E., Davies, R., 2006, A Taxonomy of Model Structures for Economic Evaluation of Health Technologies, (see also Online Companion), Health Economics, 15(12): 1295-1310.

28. Lin, X., Koopman, J.S., Chick, S.E., 2006, Mathematical Model Comparisons of Potential Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Vaccine Effects, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 245: 66-76.

27. Ng, S.H., Chick, S.E., 2006, Reducing Parameter Uncertainty for Stochastic Systems, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 16(1): 26-51.

26. Chick, S.E., Wu, Y.-Z., 2005, Selection Procedures with Frequentist Expected Opportunity Cost Bounds, Operations Research, 53(5): 867-878. With Online Companion.

25. Ng, S.H., Chick, S.E., 2004, Design of Follow-Up Experiments for Improving Model Discrimination and Parameter Estimation, Naval Research Logistics, 51(8): 1129-1148.

24. Güneş, E.D., Chick, S.E., Akşin, O.Z., 2004, Breast Cancer Screening: Trade-offs in Planning and Service Provision, Health Care Management Science, 7(4): 291-303.

23. Chick, S.E., Soorapanth, S., Koopman, J.S., 2003, Inferring Infection Transmission Parameters That Influence Water Treatment Decisions, Management Science, 49(7): 920-935.

22. Koopman, J.S., Chick, S.E., Riolo, C.S., Simon, C.P., Jacquez, G., 2002, Stochastic effects on endemic infection levels of disseminating versus local contacts, Mathematical Biosciences, 180:49-71.

21. Chick, S.E., Inoue, K., 2002, Corrigendum: New Selection Procedures, Operations Research, 50(3):566.

20. Chick, S.E., 2001, Input Distribution Selection for Simulation Experiments: Accounting for Input Uncertainty, Operations Research, 49(5):744-758.

19. Chick, S.E., Inoue, K., 2001, New Two-Stage and Sequential Procedures for Selecting the Best Simulated System, Operations Research, 49(5): 732-743.

18. Koopman, J.S., Jacquez, G., Chick, S.E., 2001, New Data and Tools for Integrating Discrete and Continuous Population Modeling Strategies, In Population Health and Aging: Strengthening the Dialog between Epidemiology and Demography. M. Weinstein, A. Hermalin, M.A. Stoto Eds. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, v. 954: 268-294.

17. Chick, S.E., Inoue, K., 2001, New Procedures for Identifying the Best Simulated System Using Common Random Numbers, Management Science, 47(8): 1133–1149.

16. Riolo, C.S., Koopman, J.S., Chick, S.E., 2001, Methods and measures for the description of epidemiologic contact networks, Journal of Urban Health, 78(3): 446-457.

15. Chick, S.E., Koopman, J.S., Soorapanth, S., Brown, M.E., 2001, Infection Transmission System Models for Microbial Risk Assessment, The Science of the Total Environment, 274(1-3): 197-207.

14. Chick, S.E., Barth-Jones, D.C., Koopman, J.S., 2001, Bias Reduction for Risk Ratio and Vaccine Effect Estimators, Statistics in Medicine, 20(11, June 15): 1609-1624.

13. Koopman, J.S., Chick, S.E., Riolo, C.S., Adams, A.L.,Wilson, M.L., Becker, M.P., 2000, Modeling Contact Networks and Infection Transmission in Geographic and Social Space Using GERMS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 27(10, Nov): 617-626.

12. Chick, S.E., Adams, A., Koopman, J.S., 2000, Analysis and Simulation of a Stochastic, Discrete-Individual Model of STD Transmission with Partnership Concurrency, Mathematical Biosciences, 166(1):45-68.

11. Chen, C.-H., Lin, J., Yücesan, E., Chick, S.E., 2000, Simulation Budget Allocation for Further Enhancing the Efficiency of Ordinal Optimization, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications, 10(3, July): 251-270.

10. Chick, S.E., Olsen, T., Sethuraman, K., Stecke, K., White, C.C., 2000, A Descriptive Multi-Attribute Model for Reconfigurable Machining System Selection that Examines Buyer-Supplier Relationships, International Journal of Agile Management Systems, 2(1): 33-48.

9. Inoue, K., Chick, S.E., Chen, C.-H., 1999, An Empirical Evaluation of Several Methods to Select the Best System, ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 9(4): 381-407.

8. Adams, A., Barth-Jones, D.C., Chick, S.E., Koopman, J.S., 1998, Simulations to Evaluate HIV Vaccine Trial Methods, Simulation, 71(4): 228-241.

7. Welch, G., Chick, S.E., Koopman, J., 1998, Effect of Concurrent Partnerships and Sex-Act Rate on Gonorrhea Prevalence, Simulation, 71(4): 242-249.

6. Chick, S.E., Mendel, M.B., 1998, New Characterizations of the No-Aging Property and the l`1-Isotropic Models, Journal of Applied Probability, 35(4): 903-910.

5. Chick, S.E., Mendel, M.B., 1998, Using Wear Curves to Predict the Cost of Changes in Cutting Conditions, ASME J. Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 120(2, Feb): 166-168.

4. Chick, S.E., Shortle, J., van Gelder, P., Mendel, M., 1996, A Model For the Frequency of Extreme River Levels Based On River Dynamics, Structural Safety, 18(4): 261-276.

3. Black, J.J., Chick, S.E., 1996, Michigan Simulation User Group Panel Discussion: How Do We Educate Future Discrete-Event Simulationists, International Journal of Industrial Engineering, 3(4): 223-232.

2. Chick, S.E., 1996, The proportion of positive samples and exact credible sets for limiting dilution assay and group test data, Biometrics, 52(Sept): 1055-1062.

1. Chick, S.E., Mendel, M.B., 1996, An Engineering Basis for Statistical Lifetime Models With an Application to Tribology, IEEE Trans. on Reliability, 45(2, June): 208-215.

16. Martin Forster, Laura Flight, Belen Corbacho, Ada Keding, Sarah Ronaldson, Puvan Tharmanathan, Charlie Welch, Alan Brennan, S.E. Chick, 2021, Report for the EcoNomics of Adaptive Clinical Trials (ENACT) project: Application of a Bayesian Value-Based Sequential Model of a Clinical Trial to the CACTUS and HERO Case Studies (with Guidance Material for Clinical Trials Units), UK NIHR Final Project Report. White Rose ePrint.

15. Marie Garin et al., 2021. Epidemic Models for COVID-19 during the First Wave from February to May 2020: a Methodological Review. at arxiv.org/abs/2109.01450 as of 3 sept 2021.

14. Stevenson M, L Uttley, J Oakley, C Carroll, SE Chick, R Wong, 13 Nov 2019, IPG666: Systematic review of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) risk via surgical interventional procedures and economic evaluation of management policies to reduce this risk, UK NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Available 23 Aug 2019 at https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ipg666/evidence.

13. Chen CH, SE Chick, LH Lee, NA Pujowidianto, 2014, Ranking and Selection: Efficient Simulation Budget
Allocation, In Handbook on Simulation Optimization, M. Fu, Editor. Springer, International Series in Operations Research and Management Science.

12. SE Chick, 2012, Book review for Optimal Learning by Powell and Ryzhov. INFORMS Journal on Computing.
24(4): BR8-BR11, http://www.informs.org/Pubs/IJOC/Book-Reviews/Volume-24-2012.

11. Soorapanth S, SE Chick, 2013, Assessing Prevention for Positives: Cost-Utility Assessment of Behavioral Interventions for Reducing HIV Transmission, Chap. 8 in Operations Research and Health Care Policy, Ed. G. Zaric, Vol. 190: 157–178, Springer, New York.

10. Chick SE, A Huchzermeier, CH Loch, 2010, Management Quality and Operational Excellence, p. 153–166, In Managing Money, Measurement and Marketing in the Allied Health Professions, vol. 4 in series for allied health professionals, R. Jones, F. Jenkins, Ed., Radcliffe Publishing Ltd., Abingdon, Oxford.

9. Loch, C.H., Chick, S.E., Huchzermeier, A., 2008, Management Quality and Competitiveness: Lessons from the Industrial Excellence Award, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.

8. Chick, S.E., 2007, Comment on `Simple Models of Influenza Progression within a Heterogeneous Population' by Richard C. Larson, Operations Research, 55(3): invited online commentary, available at http://orforum.blog.informs.org/.

7. Matt Stevenson, J. Oakley, S.E. Chick, 2006, IPG196: Patient safety and reduction of risk of transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) via interventional procedures: Final report, UK NICE National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, Available 21 Nov 2006, at http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/IPG196/.

6. Chick, S.E., 2005, Subjective Probability and Bayesian Methodology. In Henderson, S.G., Nelson, B.L., Eds., Handbook in Operations Research and Management Science: Simulation, Elsevier, in press.

5. C. Loch, S.E. Chick, 2006, `Management Quality and Factory Performance' and `The Role of Management Quality in the Context of Operational Excellence'. In Operational Excellence in the Pharmaceutical Industry, T. Friedli, M. Kickuth, F. Stieneker, P. Thaler, J. Werani, Eds., Editio Cantor Verlag.

4. Chick, S.E., Soorapanth, S.,Koopman, J.S., 2004, Microbial Risk Assessment for Drinking Water. In Sainfort, F., Brandeau, M., Pierskalla,W., eds., Handbook of Operations Research and Health Care: Methods and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Hillier International Series in OR/MS).

3. Koopman, J.S., Lin, X.-M., Chick, S.E., Gilsdorf, J.R., 2004, Non-Capsulated Haemophilus influenzae Immunity Affects Transmission More Than Pathogenicity. In Sainfort, F., Brandeau, M.,Pierskalla,W., eds., Handbook of Operations Research and Health Care: Methods and Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Hillier International Series in OR/MS), to appear.

2. Chick, S.E., Hashimoto, M., Inoue, K., 2001, Bayesian Sampling Allocations for Selecting the Best Population with Different Sampling Costs and Known Variances. p. 333-349. In Xie, M., Irony, T.Z., Hayakawa,Y., eds., System and Bayesian Reliability, World Scientific.

1. Chick, S.E., Shortle, J., van Gelder, P., Mendel, M., 1996,A Physics-Based Approach to Predicting the Frequency of Extreme River Levels, with critique and response. p. 87-103, 135-138. In Cooke, R.M., Mendel, M., Vrijling, H., eds.,Engineering Probabilistic Design and Maintenance for Flood Protection, Kluwer.

5. Proceedings of the 2016 Winter Simulation Conference, to appear, TMK Roeder, PI Frazier, R Szechtman, E Zhou, T Huschka, and SE Chick, editors. Piscataway, NJ: Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineering.

4. Chick S, E Yücesan, 2010, Guest Editors, Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simu-lation for the First INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, 10(1), with preface (pp. 9–10).

3. Chick S, E Yücesan, C-H Chen, S Henderson, eds., 2007, Proceedings of the First INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop, Fontainebleau, France.

2. Yücesan E, S Chick, eds., 2004, FUture BUsiness TEChnology (FUBUTEC) Conference Proceedings, EUROSIS, Ghent, Belgium. (conference held in Fontainebleau, France).

1. Chick SE, PJ Sánchez, D Ferrin, DJ Morrice, eds., Proceedings of the 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. Piscataway, New Jersey.

(Speaker in italics.)

47. A. Alban, S.E. Chick, S. Zoumpoulis, 2024, Estimating value of information arm allocation indices in contextual ranking and selection problems, H. Lam, E. Azar, D. Batur, S. Gao, W. Xie, S.R. Hunter, and M.D. Rosetti, eds., Proc. 2024 Winter Simulation Conference, accepted to appear, IEEE. 

46. I. Rao, S.E. Chick, 2024, Fast Stochastic Epidemic Simulations and an Adaptation of the Next Generation Matrix for a COVID-19 Epidemic Model of Social Distancing, H. Lam, E. Azar, D. Batur, S. Gao, W. Xie, S.R. Hunter, and M.D. Rosetti, eds., Proc. 2024 Winter Simulation Conference, accepted to appear, IEEE

45. A. Alban, S.E. Chick, S. Zoumpoulis, 2021, Expected value of information methods for contextual ranking and selection: Clinical trials and simulation optimization, S. Kim, B. Feng, K. Smith, S. Masoud, Z. Zheng, C. Szabo, and M. Loper, eds., Proc. 2021 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1–12, IEEE.

44. A. Alban, S.E. Chick, Oleksandra Lvova, Danielle Sent, 2020, A simulation model to evaluate the patient flow in an intensive care unit under different levels of specialization, invited submission to K.-H. Bae, B. Feng, S. Kim, S. Lazarova-Molnar, Z. Zheng, T. Roeder, and R. Thiesing, eds., Proc. 2020 Winter Simulation Conference, p. 922–933, IEEE.http://ssrn.com/abstract=3565826

43. S.E. Chick, N. Gans, O. Yapar, 2019. Sequential, Value-Based Designs for Certain Clinical Trials with Multiple Arms Having Correlated Rewards. In N. Mustafee, K.-H.G. Bae, S. Lazarova-Molnar, M. Rabe, C. Szabo, P. Haas, and Y.-J. Son, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 1032–1043, IEEE.

42. Karakike E., A. Alban, E.J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, S.E. Chick, 2019, Exploring Alternative Trial Designs for Pragmatic Clinical Studies: A Bayesian decision-theoretic model applied on a real ongoing one-stage trial. Intensive Care International Congress (ISICEM) Mar 2019. Abstract appeared in Critical Care.

41. A. Alban, S.E. Chick, M. Forster, 2018. Extending a Bayesian Decision-Theoretic Approach to Value-Based Sequential Clinical Trial Design. In M Rabe, AA Juan, N Mustafee, A Skoogh, S Jain, B Johansson, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 2459–2470, IEEE.

40. M.D. Stevenson, J. Oakley, S.E. Chick, L. Uttley, C. Carroll, 2018. Simulating the Cost-Effectiveness of Strategies to Reduce the Probability of Surgically Transmitted Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. In M Rabe, AA Juan, N Mustafee, A Skoogh, S Jain, B Johansson, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 4119–4120, IEEE.

39. C Kaligotla, E Yücesan, SE Chick, 2016, The Impact of Broadcasting on the Spread of Opinions in Social Media Conversations, In TMK Roeder, PI Frazier, R Szechtman, E Zhou, T Huschka, and SE Chick, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, to appear, IEEE.

38. SE Chick, M Forster, P Pertile, 2015, Optimal Sequential Sampling with Delayed Observations and Unknown Variance, In L Yilmaz, WKV Chan, I Moon, TMK Roeder, C Macal, MD Rossetti, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 3789–3800, IEEE.

37. C Kaligotla, E Yücesan, SE Chick, 2015, Agent Based Model of Spread of Competing Rumors through Online Interactions on Social Media, In L Yilmaz, WKV Chan, I Moon, TMK Roeder, C Macal, MD Rossetti, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 3985–3996, IEEE.

36. Aral K, SE Chick, A Grabosch, 2014, Primary Preventive Care Model for Type 2 Diabetes: Input Calibration with Response Data, In A. Tolk, S.D. Diallo, I.O. Ryzhov, L. Yilmaz, S. Buckley, J.A. Miller, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 1399–1410, IEEE.

35. S.J.E. Taylor, S. Brailsford, S.E. Chick, P. L’Ecuyer, C.M. Macal, B.L. Nelson, 2013, Modeling and Simulation Grand Challenges: An OR/MS Perspective In R. Pasupathy, S.-H. Kim, A. Tolk, R. Hill, M.E. Kuhl, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, to appear, IEEE.

34. P. Frazier, Jing Xie, S.E. Chick, 2011, Value of Information Methods for Pairwise Sampling with Correlations. In S. Jain, R.R. Creasey, J. Himmelspach, K.P. White and M. Fu, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 3979–3991, IEEE.

33. A. Arlotto, Chick, S.E., Gans N. 2010, Optimal employee retention when inferring unknown learning curves. In B. Johansson, S. Jain, J. Montoya-Torres, J. Hugan, and E. Yücesan, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 1178-1188, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

32. Soorapanth S., Chick, S.E. 2010, Cost-Utility Analysis of Behavioral Interventions for HIV-Infected Persons to Reduce HIV Transmission in the USA. In B. Johansson, S. Jain, J. Montoya-Torres, J. Hugan, and E. Yücesan, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, 2433--2443, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

31. Chick, S.E., Frazier, P. 2009, The Conjunction of the Knowledge Gradient and the Economic Approach to Simulation Selection. In M.D. Rossetti, R.R. Hill, B. Johansson, A. Dunkin, and R.G. Ingalls, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 528-539. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

30. Chick, S.E., Gans N. 2008, Update on Economic Approach to Simulation Selection Problems: Overview of an Economic Analysis. In S.J. Mason, R.R. Hill, L. Moench, O. Rose, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 297-304, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

29. Mamani, H, Chick, S.E., Simchi-Levi, D. 2008, Influenza Vaccine Supply Chain with Multiple Agencies, 2008, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. Conference.

28. Chick, S.E., J. Branke, C. Schmidt, 2007, New Greedy Myopic and Existing Asymptotic Sequential Selection Procedures: Preliminary Empirical Results. In S.G. Henderson, B. Biller, M.-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J.D. Tew, and R.R. Barton, eds.,Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 289-296. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

27. Chick, S.E., Gans N. 2006, Simulation Selection Problems: Overview of an Economic Analysis. In L.F. Perrone, F.P. Wieland, J. Liu, B.G. Lawson, D.M. Nicol, and R.M. Fujimoto, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

26. Chick, S.E., 2006, Bayesian Ideas for Discrete Event Simulation: Why, What and How, In R.G. Ingalls, M.D. Rossetti, J.S. Smith, B.A. Peters, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. [PDF of TALK SLIDES].

25. Chick, S.E., 2004, Bayesian Methods for Simulation, In L.F. Perrone, F.P. Wieland, J. Liu, B.G. Lawson, D.M. Nicol, and R.M. Fujimoto, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. [PDF of TALK SLIDES].

24. S. Chick, H. Mamani, D. Simchi-Levi. 2006, Supply Chain Coordination and Influenza Vaccination, MSOM Conference (also presented at INFORMS 2006 Fall Conference).

23. Chick, S.E., Gans, N., 2006, Overview of an Economic Analysis of Simulation Selection Problems,In Proceedings of the 3rd Simulation Workshop (SW06) of the Operational Research Society (UK) Simulation Study Group. To appear.

22. Branke, J., Chick, S.E., Schmidt, C., 2005, New Developments in Ranking and Selection: An Empirical Comparison of the Three Main Approaches., In M.E. Kuhl, N.M. Steiger, F.B. Armstrong, and J.A. Joines, eds., in press, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. [PDF of draft TALK SLIDES].

21. Chick, S.E., 2004, Bayesian Methods for Simulation, In R.G. Ingalls, M.D. Rossetti, J.S. Smith, B.A. Peters, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

20. Chick, S.E., 2003, Expected Opportunity Cost Guarantees and Indifference-Zone Selection Procedures, In S. E. Chick, P.J. Sánchez, D. Ferrin, D.J. Morrice, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 465-473, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

19. Barton, R.R., Cheng, R.C.H, Chick, S.E., Henderson, S.G., Law, A.M., Leemis, L.M., Schmeiser, B.W., Schruben, L.W.,Wilson, J.R., 2002. Panel on Current Issues in Simulation Input Modeling, In E. Yücesan, C.-H. Chen, J.L. Snowdon, J.M. Charnes, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 353-369. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

18. Ng, S.-H., Chick, S.E., 2002. Joint Criterion for Factor Identification and Parameter Estimation, In E. Yücesan, C.-H. Chen, J.L. Snowdon, J.M. Charnes, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 400-406. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

17. Ng, S.-H., Chick, S.E., 2001. Reducing Input Parameter Uncertainty For Simulations, In B.A. Peters, J. Smith, M. Rohrer, D. Madeiros, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 364-371. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

16. Soorapanth, S., Chick, S.E., Koopman, J.S., 2001, Simulation of Stochastic Infection Transmission Models Designed to Inform Water Treatment Decisions, In N. Giambiasi, C. Frydman, eds., Proc.European Simulation Symposium. p. 517-521. Society for Computer Simulation.

15. Chick, S.E., 2000. Bayesian Methods For Simulation, In J.A. Joines, R. Barton, P. Fishwick, K. Kang, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 109-118. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

14. Chick, S.E., Inoue, K., 2000. New Results on Procedures that Select the Best System Using CRN, In J.A. Joines, R. Barton, P. Fishwick, K. Kang, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p.554-561. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

13. Zhong, W., Maier-Speredelozzi, V., Bratzel, A., Yang, S., Chick, S.E., Hu, S.J., 2000, Performance Analysis of Machining Systems With Different Configurations, Proc. Japan USA Symposium on Flexible Manufacturing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, to appear.

12. Barth-Jones, D.C., Chick, S.E., Adams, A.L., Koopman, J.S., 2000. HIV vaccine trial design for measuring vaccine effects on infectiousness and the basic reproduction number, Proc. 13th International AIDS Conference, Durban, South Africa, July 9-14, 2000, Bologna, Italy: Monduzzi Editore, pp. 693-697.

11. S. Chick. 1999. Steps to Implement Bayesian Input Distribution Selection, In P.A. Farrington, H.B. Nembhard, D. Sturrock, J. Evans, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 317-324. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

10. S. Chick, Inoue, K., 1999. A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Screening and Selection with Common Random Numbers, In P.A. Farrington, H.B. Nembhard, D. Sturrock, J. Evans, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 603-610. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

9. Adams, A.L., Chick, S.E. , Koopman, J.S., Yu, P., 1999. GERMS: An Epidemiologic Simulation Tool For Studying Geographic and Social Effects on Infection Transmission, In P.A. Farrington, H.B. Nembhard, D. Sturrock, J. Evans, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 1549-1556. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

8. Koopman, J. S., Chick, S. E., Becker, M. P., Wilson, M. L., 1998, Partner Based Surveillance To Direct Control Toward Populations Where Undetected Infections Are Spreading, 12thWorld AIDS Conference Proceedings. Monduzzi Editore S.p.A. Bologna, Italy.

7. Barth-Jones, D.C., Adams, A., Lange, K., Chick, S.E., Koopman, J.S., 1998, Retrospective Partner Trials (RPT) HIV vaccine study design for measurement of vaccine effects, Proc. 12thWorld AIDS Conference Proceedings, Prevention and Epidemiology. Monduzzi Editore S.p.A. Bologna, Italy. pp. 285-289.

6. Chick, S.E., Inoue, K., 1998, Sequential Allocations That Reduce Risk For Multiple Comparisons, In D. J. Medeiros, E. J.Watson, M. Manivannan, J. Carson, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 669-676. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

5. Inoue, K., Chick, S.E., 1998, Comparison of Bayesian and Frequentist Assessments of Uncertainty for Selecting the Best System, In D. J. Medeiros, E. J. Watson, M. Manivannan, J. Carson, eds., Proc. Winter Simulation Conference. p. 727-734. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

4. Chick, S.E., 1997, Bayesian Analysis for Simulation Input and Output, In Andradottir, S., Healy, K., Withers, D., and Nelson, B., editors, Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 253-260, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

3. Chick, S.E., 1997, Selecting the Best System: A Decision-Theoretic Approach, In Andradottir, S., Healy, K., Withers, D., and Nelson, B., editors, Proc. Winter Simulation Conference, p. 326-333, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

2. Ahn, S., Chick, S.E., Mendel, M.B., 1994, Deriving Accelerated Lifetime Models From Engineering Curves with an Application to Tribology, Proc. 40th Annual Technical Meeting and Exposition of the IES.

1. Ahn, S., Chick, S.E., Mendel, M.B., 1994, Deriving Probability Models for Stress Analysis, Advances in Structural Reliability Methods, ed. P.D. Spanos, pp. 1-10, Springer-Verlag.

• Consultant and advisor for: EcoNomics of Adaptive Clinical Trials (ENACT): Value-based Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs for Efficient Delivery of NIHR Research. Funded by UK National Institute for Health Research. See https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ctru/completed-trials/enact
•  ‘European Sepsis Academy-Initial Training Network: Towards new Biomarkers to Improve Sepsis Management’, funded by EU Initial Training Network program, 2016-2019, with Dr W.J. Wiersinga (Academic Medical Center, Univ. Amsterdam) and others www.europeansepsisacademy.eu; Consortium: 3.895M Euro; INSEAD 525K Euro
• Jan 2003-Dec 2004. Model Transition Sensitivity Analysis, SBIR Phase II project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to BioMedware, Inc. Consultants: S. Chick, J. Koopman.
• May 2001. Model Transition Sensitivity Analysis, SBIR Phase I project, funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to BioMedware, Inc. Consultants: S. Chick, J.Koopman.
• 5/2000-4/2003. Vaccine Trials Using Individual and Ecological Units. awarded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH DMID/NIAID). PI: Chick, S.E.; Co-investigators: Koopman, J.S., Gilsdorf, J.R., Simon, C.P. ($871,648 over 3 years) Assessment of vaccine trial designs, application to H. influenza.
• 9/1999-8/2002. Disease Transmission Modeling For Pathogens in Drinking Water. awarded by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). PI: Chick, S.E.; Co-investigator: Koopman, J.S. ($300,000 over 3 years) Development of mathematical infection transmission models to support water treatment decisions.
• 9/1997-8/2000. Use of Partner Histories to Focus HIV and STD Prevention. awarded by Center for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta. PI: Koopman, J.S.; Co-investigators: Chick, S.E., Wilson, M., Becker., M. ($334,082 over 3 years, $53,000/year in CoE sub-account) Engineering approach to improving surveillance and intervention programs.
• 10/97-6/1998. Analysis of Reconfigurable Machining Systems. PI: Hu, J.; Co-PIs: Koran,Y., Chick, S., awarded by Univ of. Michigan/NSF ERC for Reconfigurable Machining Systems, Project 1.3.Evaluation of methodologies to determine effects of reliability on system performance, and means to efficiently select the best reconfigurable system.
• 2/1998. Optimization of Public Health Program Efficiency Through Simulation Analysis, PI: Chick, S., awarded by Univ. of Michigan, Office of Vice President for Research. ($10,000).
• 5/1997-5/1998. Problem Solving Utilizing Statistical Simulation Models. PI: Chick, S.; Co-PI: Henderson, S., awarded by Chrysler Challenge Fund. ($50,000). Delivered EXCEL add-ins for to aid statistical decision-making, made available Chrysler-wide through the Reliability Group’s WWW page.
• 10/96-6/1998. A Multi-Attribute Method for Selecting Machine Tool Systems, PI: White, C.C.; Co-PIs: Chick, S., Olsen, T., Sethuraman, K., Stecke, K., awarded by Univ of. Michigan/NSF ERC for Reconfigurable Machining Systems, Project 1.3. ($104,000).
• 9/1995-9/1998. Rackham Research Initiation, awarded by Univ. of Michigan. ($15,000).