Department of Operational Sciences
Email: Matthew Robbins
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 2010
M.S., Operations Research, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2005
B.S., Computer Systems Engineering, University of Arkansas, 1999
My research interests include applied statistics, decision making under uncertainty, game theory, and simulation. Areas of application include problems within the general area of public health (pediatric vaccine formulary design and pricing and the impact of cell phone use on automobile accident rates) and problems related to defense (allocation of resources in stabilization, security, transition, and reconstruction operations).
APPLIED STATISTICS
DECISION ANALYSIS
GAME THEORY
SIMULATION MODELING AND ANALYSIS
Robbins, M.J., Jacobson, S.H., Shanbhag U.V., and Behzad B., "The Weighted Set Covering Game: A Vaccine Pricing Model For Pediatric Immunization," INFORMS Journal on Computing (forthcoming)
Bernardoni, B.J., Deckro, R.F., and Robbins, M.J., "Using Social Network Analysis to Inform Stabilization Efforts," Military Operations Research (forthcoming)
Jacobson, S.H., King, D.M., Ryan, K.C., and Robbins, M.J., 2012, "Assessing the Long Term Benefit of Banning the Use of Hand-Held Wireless Devices While Driving," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 46 (10)
Robbins, M.J. and Jacobson, S.H., 2011, "Pediatric Vaccine Procurement Policy: The Monopsonist's Problem," Omega, 39 (6)
Abbas, A., Herring, S., Robbins, M., Simms, K., and Spetzler, C., 2011, “ Peer-to-Peer Decision Training-Unique High School Program Coaches Teen Mentors How to Teach Decision Skills to Troubled Teens,” OR/MS Today, 38 (4)
Nikolaev, A.G., Robbins, M.J., and Jacobson, S.H., 2010, "Evaluating the Impact of Legislation Prohibiting Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving," Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44 (3)
Robbins, M.J., Jacobson, S.H., and Sewell, E.C., 2010, "Pricing Strategies for Combination Pediatric Vaccines and their Impact on Market Share: Pediarix or Pentacel?" Health Care Management Science, 13 (1)