Vedat Verter

Designing Risk‐Adjusted Therapy for Patients with Hypertension

webfull — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:17:37 +0000

Authors: Manaf Zargoush, Mehmet Gumus, Vedat Verter, Stella S. Daskalopoulou

Publication: Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming

Abstract:

Limited guidance is available for providing patient‐specific care to hypertensive patients, although this chronic condition is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. To address this issue, we develop an analytical model that takes into account the most relevant risk factors including age, sex, blood pressure, diabetes status, smoking habits, and blood cholesterol. Using the Markov Decision Process framework, we develop a model to maximize expected quality‐adjusted life years, as well as characterize the optimal sequence and combination of antihypertensive medications. Assuming the physician uses the standard medication dose for each drug, and the patient fully adheres to the prescribed treatment regimen, we prove that optimal treatment policies exhibit a threshold structure. Our findings indicate that our recommended thresholds vary by age and other patient characteristics, for example (1) the optimal thresholds for all medication prescription are nonincreasing in age, and (2) the medications need to be prescribed at lower thresholds for males who smoke than for males who have diabetes. The improvements in quality‐adjusted life years associated with our model compare favorably with those obtained by following the British Hypertension Society's guideline, and the gains increase with the severity of risk factors. For instance, in both genders (although at different rates), diabetic patients gain more than non‐diabetic patients. Our sensitivity analysis results indicate that the optimal thresholds decrease if the medications have lower side‐effects and vice versa.

Designing distribution systems with reverse flows

webfull — Mon, 23 Oct 2017 16:35:09 +0000

Authors: Ayse Cilaci Tombus¸ Necati Aras, Vedat Verter

Publication: Journal of Remanufacturing, Vol. 7, No. 2-3, December 2017

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Integrated fleet mix and routing decision for hazmat transportation: A developing country perspective

webfull — Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:59:10 +0000

Authors: Anand Kumar, Debjit Roy, Vedat Verter and Dheeraj Sharma

Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 264, No. 1, January 2018

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Managing Patient ��ϲ�� in a Neurology Ward

webfull — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 19:55:14 +0000

Authors: Saied Samiedaluie, Beste Kucukyazici, Vedat Verter, Dan Zhang

Publication: Operations Journal

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A bi-objective model for the used oil location-routing problem

webfull — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 16:08:13 +0000

Authors: Zhao, J. and Verter, V.

Publication: Computers & Operations Research

CTV Montreal: Are freight trains a risk?

webfull — Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:11:05 +0000

��ϲ�� Prof Vedat Verter discusses a new train safety report.

Watch full video: CTV Montreal

Congratulations to Professor Vedat Verter on receiving a CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work Partnership Development Grant

webfull — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 17:03:57 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Vedat Verter (Co-investigator) on receiving a CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work Partnership Development Grant for, Strengths-Based Nursing Management and Leadership Training with Innovative Story-sharing. This program is very competitive; of the 20 grants awarded, ��ϲ�� University was granted one.

Transport des marchandises dangereuses - Le silence radioactif d'Ottawa

webfull — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 13:35:39 +0000

La catastrophe de Lac-Mégantic a ravivé les inquiétudes liées au projet canado-américain de transport d'uranium sous forme liquide. Devant les craintes soulevées, le gouvernement Harper réplique que l'entente vise à " réduire la menace que pose le terrorisme international". Mais il ne dit mot des conséquences possibles, un silence radioactif qui ne rassure pas les experts, étant donné les carences de Transports Canada en matière de transport des marchandises dangereuses.

Impact of train makeup on hazmat risk in a transport corridor

webfull — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 13:54:29 +0000

Authors: Cheng, J., Verma, M., Verter, V.

Publication: Journal of Transportation Safety and Security

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Fixing the other health care issue

webfull — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:44:17 +0000

Despite high per-capita spending, health care in Canada consistently underperforms, according to the Commonwealth Fund, which tracks indicators for accessibility, timeliness and outcomes across a number of developed countries. The system that is straining to meet demand today will face an even higher burden in the years ahead, as the population ages. A number of Canadian business schools are looking to meet this challenge by educating future health care managers to bring new perspectives to old problems.

Professor Vedat Verter elected Board Member of POMS

webfull — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:26:22 +0000

Professor Vedat Verter has been elected as a Board Member of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) for a two-year term starting January 2016. With more than 2,000 members, POMS is a premier international professional organization that brings together the POM scholars and professionals from around the world. Its flagship journal Production and Operations Management is on the Financial Times 45 and Business Week 20 lists. Read more about POMS.

Double and triple threats: When an extra degree pays off

webfull — Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:12:50 +0000

Sam Sadeghi’s career seems to be on a trajectory that only goes up. The electrical engineer has been working full-time in his field since graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Ryerson University in 2004. He continued to work full-time while pursuing a master’s in power electronics, which he earned from Ryerson in 2008. The only time he didn’t work was when he took a four-month leave in 2009 to take core courses for his master’s in business administration at Wilfrid Laurier University.

Business schools heed the call for more data-literate graduates

webfull — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 13:33:54 +0000

Deloitte Analytics and other companies have been pushing Canadian universities for years to produce more data-literate graduates to fill their talent needs. Their efforts appear to be paying off, with business schools ramping up their offerings in data analytics. [...]

The proliferation of new offerings includes new MBA-level analytics concentrations at Montreal’s ��ϲ�� University and Ottawa’s Carleton University. ��ϲ�� is also in the process of approving a new master of management in analytics at its Desautels Faculty of Management.

Crude Oil Shipments from the US to Canada

webfull — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:02:45 +0000

Professor Vedat Verter talks to CHQR News Talk 770 Radio about crude oil shipments from the US to Canada.

Listen to full interview (select August 12, 2013 - 10:00 am, scroll to minute 35:00): CHQR News Talk 770 Radio, August 12, 2013

Daoust songe à restreindre le transport des matières dangereuses

webfull — Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:49:18 +0000

Le ministre des Transports Jacques Daoust envisage de restreindre le transport des matières dangereuses pendant les heures de pointe, au lendemain du spectaculaire accident qui a coûté la vie au chauffeur d'un camion-citerne sur l'autoroute Métropolitaine, mardi après-midi.

Vedat Verter

Designing Risk‐Adjusted Therapy for Patients with Hypertension

Designing distribution systems with reverse flows

Integrated fleet mix and routing decision for hazmat transportation: A developing country perspective

Managing Patient ���ϲ����� in a Neurology Ward

A bi-objective model for the used oil location-routing problem

CTV Montreal: Are freight trains a risk?

Congratulations to Professor Vedat Verter on receiving a CIHR/SSHRC Healthy and Productive Work Partnership Development Grant

Transport des marchandises dangereuses - Le silence radioactif d'Ottawa

Impact of train makeup on hazmat risk in a transport corridor

Fixing the other health care issue

Professor Vedat Verter elected Board Member of POMS

Double and triple threats: When an extra degree pays off

Business schools heed the call for more data-literate graduates

Crude Oil Shipments from the US to Canada

Daoust songe à restreindre le transport des matières dangereuses

Managing Patient ��ϲ�� in a Neurology Ward