Alex Mills
Associate Professor at Kelley School of Business
Associate Professor at Zicklin School of Business
Schools
- Kelley School of Business
- Zicklin School of Business
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Biography
Kelley School of Business
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.
Zicklin School of Business
Alex F. Mills is Associate Professor of Operations Management and Academic Director of the Executive MBA in Healthcare Administration. Professor Mills studies operations management with a focus on healthcare services. His research focuses on healthcare system response to disruptions, demand management, allocation of healthcare provider resources, and economic incentives in healthcare. He makes use of a wide range of methodology, including stochastic modeling, optimization, and simulation. His research has been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production and Operations Management. Professor Mills also serves as an Associate Editor at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Health Care Management Science.
Professor Mills teaches courses in operations management and business analytics, including process analysis, supply chain management, and healthcare analytics. He currently serves as the Area Coordinator for Operations Management in the Loomba Department of Management.
Prior to his appointment to the Zicklin faculty, Professor Mills was a faculty member at the Indiana University Kelley School of Business.
Academic Degrees
PhD, Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2012
BS, Mathematics, College of William and Mary, 2007
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