Alex Mills

Areas of Expertise

Healthcare Operations Management, Service Systems, Stochastic Models, Simulation

Academic Degrees

• PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2012
• BS, College of William and Mary, 2007

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, 2012-present

Awards, Honors & Certificates

• 2015 Trustee Teaching Award
• 2014 Second Prize, Public Sector Operations Research paper competition, INFORMS
• 2012 Finalist, Doing Good with Good OR paper competition, INFORMS
• 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award, UNC

Selected Publications

• Mills A. F., Helm J. E., Jola-Sanchez A. F., Tatikonda M. V., and Courtney B. A. (2018), "Coordination of Autonomous Healthcare Entities: Emergency Response to Multiple Casualty Incidents," Production and Operations Management, 27(1): 184-205.
• Mills, A. F., N. T. Argon, and S. Ziya (2017), "Dynamic Patient Distribution to Medical Facilities in the Aftermath of a Disaster," forthcoming, Operations Research.
• Mills, A.F. (2016), “A Simple Yet Effective Decision Support Policy for Mass-Casualty Triage,” European Journal of Operational Research, 253(3): 734-745.
• Mills, A. F. , N. T. Argon, S. Ziya, B. Hiestand, J. E. Winslow (2014). “ReSTART: A Novel Framework for Resource-Based Triage in Mass-Casualty Events,” Journal of Special Operations Medicine 14(1): 30-39.
• Frame, A. M., and A. F. Mills (2014). “Condition-Dependent Mate Choice: a Stochastic Dynamic Programming Approach,” Theoretical Population Biology, 96:1-7.
• Mills, A.F., N.T. Argon, and S. Ziya (2013). "Resource-Based Patient Prioritization in Mass-Casualty Incidents," Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 15(3): 361-377.