Maria Esther Mayorga

Reducing Manual Labeling Effort in Imbalanced Data Sets: Active Learning for Detecting Illicit Massage Business Reviews

Tobey, M., Mayorga, M. E., Bosisto, S., & Özaltın, O. Y. (2026, February 12). Operations Research, Vol. 2.

Advancing Simulation in Healthcare and Life Sciences: A Panel Discussion of Future Research Directions

Gopalappa, C., Martagan, T., Mayorga, M. E., Mokashi, A. C., & Ramamohan, V. (2025, December 7). (Vol. 12). Vol. 12.

Decision Tree Framework for Selecting Evidence-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions Using Metamodels

Stanfield, A., Mayorga, M., O'Leary, M., & Lich, K. H. (2025, December 7). (Vol. 12). Vol. 12.

Estimating the long-term health impact and program cost-effectiveness of providing direct screening services to low-income, medically underserved patients through the Colorectal Cancer Control Program (CRCCP)

O’Leary, M. C., Koutouan, P. R., Mayorga, M. E., Sharma, K. P., DeGroff, A., Richardson, L. C., & Lich, K. H. (2025, May 29). Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 5.

Modeling Social Influence on Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake Within an Agent-Based Model

Mulutzie, S. K., Rodriguez-Cartes, S. A., Özaltın, O. Y., Swann, J. L., & Mayorga, M. E. (2025, December 7). (Vol. 12). Vol. 12.

Optimizing Masks and Random Screening Test Usage within K-12 Schools

Zhang, Y., Mayorga, M. E., Ivy, J. S., & Swann, J. L. (2025, January 1). MDM Policy & Practice, Vol. 10.

Predicting patient enrollment in a telephone-based principal care management service using topic modeling

Rus, A. M. M., Ivy, J. S., Chi, M., Plyler, M., Wells-Gray, E., & Mayorga, M. E. (2025, September 18). PLOS Digital Health, Vol. 4.

COVSIM: A stochastic agent-based COVID-19 SIMulation model for North Carolina

Rosenstrom, E. T., Ivy, J. S., Mayorga, M. E., & Swann, J. L. (2024, February 23). Epidemics, Vol. 46.

Incorporating Face Mask Usage in Agent-Based Models Using Personal Beliefs and Perceptions: An Application of the Health Belief Model

Rodriguez-Cartes, S. A., Mayorga, M. E., Özaltin, O. Y., & Swann, J. L. (2024, December 15). 2024 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE, WSC, pp. 1071–1082.

Metamodel of a Simulation Model of Colorectal Cancer with Diverse Clinic Populations and Intervention Scenarios

Stanfield, A., Mayorga, M. E., O'Leary, M. C., & Lich, K. H. (2024, December 15). 2024 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE, WSC, pp. 1118–1129.

Potential impact of annual vaccination with reformulated COVID-19 vaccines: Lessons from the US COVID-19 scenario modeling hub

Jung, S.-mok, Loo, S. L., Howerton, E., Contamin, L., Smith, C. P., Carcelén, E. C., … Lessler, J. (2024, April 17). PLoS Medicine, Vol. 21.

Agent-Based Simulation of Spontaneous Volunteer Convergence to Improve Disaster Planning

Paret, K., Rodriguez, S. A., Mayorga, M. E., Velotti, L., & Lodree, E. J. (2023, March 14). Natural Hazards Review, Vol. 24.

Detecting Human Trafficking: Automated Classification of Online Customer Reviews of Massage Businesses

Li, R., Tobey, M., Mayorga, M. E., Caltagirone, S., & Özaltın, O. Y. (2023, February 22). Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Vol. 2.

Engaging stakeholders in the use of an interactive simulation tool to support decision-making about the implementation of colorectal cancer screening interventions

O’Leary, M. C., Lich, K. H., Mayorga, M. E., Hicklin, K., Davis, M. M., Brenner, A. T., … Wheeler, S. B. (2023, May 6). Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 5.

Evaluation of the US COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub for informing pandemic response under uncertainty

Howerton, E., Contamin, L., Mullany, L. C., Qin, M., Reich, N. G., Bents, S., … Lessler, J. (2023, November 20). Nature Communications, Vol. 14.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Analytical Methods for Detecting, Disrupting, and Dismantling Illicit Operations

Sharkey, T. C., Keskin, B. B., Konrad, R., & Mayorga, M. E. (2023, November 7). IISE Transactions, Vol. 10.

Quantifying association and disparities between diabetes complications and COVID-19 outcomes: A retrospective study using electronic health records

Paramita, N. L. P. S. P., Agor, J. K., Mayorga, M. E., Ivy, J. S., Miller, K. E., & Ozaltin, O. Y. (2023, September 28). PLoS ONE, Vol. 18.

Assessing the impact of multicomponent interventions on colorectal cancer screening through simulation: What would it take to reach national screening targets in North Carolina?

Hicklin, K., O'Leary, M. C., Nambiar, S., Mayorga, M. E., Wheeler, S. B., Davis, M. M., … Lich, K. H. (2022, July 3). Preventive Medicine, Vol. 9.

Could Earlier Availability of Boosters and Pediatric Vaccines Have Reduced Impact of COVID-19?

Rosenstrom, E. T., Ivy, J. S., Mayorga, M. E., & Swann, J. L. (2022, December 11). 2022 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC).

Cross-sector decision landscape in response to COVID-19: A qualitative network mapping analysis of North Carolina decision-makers

Biddell, C. B., Johnson, K. T., Patel, M. D., Smith, R. L., Hecht, H. K., Swann, J. L., … Lich, K. H. (2022, August 16). Frontiers in Public Health, Vol. 8.

Generation 1.5: Years in the United States and Other Factors Affecting Smoking Behaviors Among Asian Americans

Shi, L., Mayorga, M., Su, D., Li, Y., Martin, E., & Zhang, D. (2022, April 21). Ethnicity & Disease.

Interpretable models for the automated detection of human trafficking in illicit massage businesses

Tobey, M., Li, R., Özaltın, O. Y., Mayorga, M. E., & Caltagirone, S. (2022, August 12). IISE Transactions, Vol. 8.

Modeling the Impact of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions on COVID-19 Transmission in K-12 Schools

Zhang, Y., Mayorga, M. E., Ivy, J., Lich, K. H., & Swann, J. L. (2022, July 1). MDM Policy & Practice, Vol. 7.

Organizational decision‐making during COVID‐19: A qualitative analysis of the organizational decision‐making system in the United States during COVID‐19

Johnson, K., Biddell, C. B., Hecht, H. K., Lich, K. H., Swann, J., Delamater, P., … Patel, M. D. (2022, November 18). Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Vol. 11.

Routing and staffing in emergency departments: A multiclass queueing model with workload dependent service times

Nambiar, S., Mayorga, M. E., & Liu, Y. (2022, July 14). IISE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, Vol. 13, pp. 46–61.

When History and Heterogeneity Matter: A Tutorial on the Impact of Markov Model Specifications in the Context of Colorectal Cancer Screening

Townsley, R. M., Koutouan, P. R., Mayorga, M. E., Mills, S. D., Davis, M. M., & Lich, K. H. (2022, May 11). Medical Decision Making, Vol. 5.

Association of Simulated COVID-19 Vaccination and Nonpharmaceutical Interventions With Infections, Hospitalizations, and Mortality

Patel, M. D., Rosenstrom, E., Ivy, J. S., Mayorga, M. E., Keskinocak, P., Boyce, R. M., … Swann, J. L. (2021, June 1). JAMA Network Open, Vol. 6.

The SMART Framework: Selection of Machine Learning Algorithms With ReplicaTions—A Case Study on the Microvascular Complications of Diabetes

Swan, B. P., Mayorga, M. E., & Ivy, J. S. (2021, July 7). IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, Vol. 2.

To Reduce Healthcare Workload: Identify Critical Sepsis Progression Moments through Deep Reinforcement Learning

Ju, S., Kim, Y. J., Ausin, M. S., Mayorga, M. E., & Chi, M. (2021, December 15). 2021 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data).

Assigning spontaneous volunteers to relief efforts under uncertainty in task demand and volunteer availability

Paret, K. E., Mayorga, M. E., & Lodree, E. J. (2020, February 18). Omega, Vol. 99.

Evaluating Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Interventions in a Microsimulation Model

Swan, B., Nambiar, S., Koutouan, P., Mayorga, M. E., Ivy, J., Fitts, E. P., & Fransen, S. (2020, December 14). 2020 WINTER SIMULATION CONFERENCE (WSC).

Notice to comply: A systematic review of clinician compliance with guidelines surrounding acute hospital-based infection management

McKenzie, K. E., Mayorga, M. E., Miller, K. E., Singh, N., Arnold, R. C., & Romero-Brufau, S. (2020, March 17). American Journal of Infection Control, Vol. 48, pp. 940–947.

Prepositioning disaster relief supplies using robust optimization

Velasquez, G. A., Mayorga, M. E., & Özaltın, O. Y. (2020, February 5). IISE Transactions.

The potential impact of the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion on reducing colorectal cancer screening disparities in African American males

Powell, W., Frerichs, L., Townsley, R., Mayorga, M., Richmond, J., Corbie-Smith, G., … Lich, K. H. (2020, January 24). PLoS ONE, Vol. 15.

Workflow Differences Affect Data Accuracy in Oncologic EHRs: A First Step Toward Detangling the Diagnosis Data Babel

Diaz-Garelli, F., Strowd, R., Lawson, V. L., Mayorga, M. E., Wells, B. J., Lycan, T. W., & Topaloglu, U. (2020, June 16). JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, Vol. 4, pp. 529–538.

An effective integer program for a general assembly line balancing problem with parallel workers and additional assignment restrictions

Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 50, 180–192.

Colorectal cancer screening in newly insured Medicaid members: a review of concurrent federal and state policies

O’Leary, M. C., Lich, K. H., Gu, Y., Wheeler, S. B., Coronado, G. D., Bartelmann, S. E., … Davis, M. M. (2019, May 9). BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 19.

Estimating the impact of insurance expansion on colorectal cancer and related costs in North Carolina: A population-level simulation analysis

Lich, K. H., O'Leary, M. C., Nambiar, S., Townsley, R. M., Mayorga, M. E., Hicklin, K., … Wheeler, S. B. (2019, October 27). Preventive Medicine, Vol. 129.

Mailed FIT (fecal immunochemical test), navigation or patient reminders? Using microsimulation to inform selection of interventions to increase colorectal cancer screening in Medicaid enrollees

Davis, M. M., Nambiar, S., Mayorga, M. E., Sullivan, E., Hicklin, K., O'Leary, M. C., … Wheeler, S. B. (2019, October 18). Preventive Medicine, Vol. 129.

Objective measures of workload in healthcare: a narrative review

Fishbein, D., Nambiar, S., McKenzie, K., Mayorga, M., Miller, K., Tran, K., … Capan, M. (2019, December 20). International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, Vol. 33, pp. 1–17.

Prepositioning inventory for disasters: a robust and equitable model

Velasquez, G. A., Mayorga, M. E., & Cruz, E. A. R. (2019, April 27). OR Spectrum, Vol. 41, pp. 757–785.

Ambulance redeployment and dispatching under uncertainty with personnel workload limitations

Enayati, S., Özaltın, O. Y., Mayorga, M. E., & Saydam, C. (2018, March 2). IISE Transactions, Vol. 50, pp. 777–788.

Identifying trade‐offs in equity and efficiency for simultaneously optimizing location and multipriority dispatch of ambulances

Enayati, S., Mayorga, M. E., Toro‐Díaz, H., & Albert, L. A. (2018, September 5). International Transactions in Operational Research, Vol. 26, pp. 415–438.

Introduction to the Special Issue on Advancing Health Services

Maillart, L. M., & Mayorga, M. E. (2018, September 1). Service Science, Vol. 10, p. V-.

Real-Time Ambulance Dispatching and Relocation

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 20(3), 467–480.

Changes in cigarette smoking initiation, cessation, and relapse among U.S. adults: a comparison of two longitudinal samples

Yi, Z., Mayorga, M. E., Lich, K. H., & Pearson, J. L. (2017, March 14). Tobacco Induced Diseases, Vol. 15.

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Four Simulated Colorectal Cancer Screening Interventions, North Carolina

Preventing Chronic Disease, 14.

Forecasting Recipient Outcomes of Deceased Donor Livers

In Stochastic Modeling and Analytics in Healthcare Delivery Systems (pp. 189–209).

Real-time ambulance redeployment approach to improve service coverage with fair and restricted workload for EMS providers

Omega, 79, 67–80.

Simulating triage of patients into an internal medicine department to validate the use of an optimization-based workload score

Agor, J., McKenzie, K., Mayorga, M. E., Ozaltin, O., Parikh, R. S., & Huddleston, J. (2017, December 1). 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), pp. 2881–2892.

The optimal assignment of spontaneous volunteers

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 68(9), 1106–1116.

Trends in Characteristics of Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation Will Lead to Higher Rates of Waitlist Removal Due to Clinical Deterioration

Transplantation, 101(10), 2368–2374.

A Discrete event simulation model to estimate population level health and economic impacts of smoking cessation interventions

2016 10th european conference on antennas and propagation (eucap), 1257–1268.

Coverage, survivability or response time: A comparative study of performance statistics used in ambulance location models via simulation–optimization

Operations Research for Health Care, 11, 1–12.

Creating common patients and evaluating indiviual results: issues in indivual simulation for health policy analysis

2016 10th european conference on antennas and propagation (eucap), 1387–1398.

Multilevel predictors of colorectal cancer testing modality among publicly and privately insured people turning 50

Preventive Medicine Reports, 6, 9–16.

Simulation of triaging patients into an Internal Medicine Department to validate the use of an optimization based workload score

Agor, J., McKenzie, K., Ozaltin, O., Mayorga, M., Parikh, R. S., & Huddleston, J. (2016, December 1). 2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), Vol. 0, pp. 3708–3709.

The numbers of new waitlist registrants and removals are outpacing the number of liver transplants: National trends and regional variation from 2003 through 2014

Hepatology, 64, 701A–701.

A Maximum Expected Covering Problem for District Design

Transportation Science, 51(1), 376–390.

A nested-compliance table policy for emergency medical service systems under relocation

Sudtachat, K., Mayorga, M. E., & Mclay, L. A. (2015, June 15). Omega, Vol. 58, pp. 154–168.

Declining liver graft quality threatens the future of liver transplantation in the United States

Liver Transplantation, 21(8), 1040–1050.

Increasing Prevalence of Diabetes During Pregnancy in South Carolina

Journal of Women’s Health, 24(4), 316–323.

A framework for modeling the complex interaction between breast cancer and diabetes

Goodarzi, S. H., McKenzie, K., Nataraj, N., Ivy, J. S., Mayorga, M., Mason, J., & Tejada, J. (2014, December 1). Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference 2014, pp. 1245–1256.

Predicting Liver Transplant Capacity Using Discrete Event Simulation

Medical Decision Making, 35(6), 784–796.

Recommendations for dispatching emergency vehicles under multitiered response via simulation

Sudtachat, K., Mayorga, M. E., & McLay, L. A. (2014, March 13). International Transactions in Operational Research, Vol. 21, pp. 581–617.

Reducing disparities in large-scale emergency medical service systems

Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66(7), 1169–1181.

The minimum p-envy location problem with requirement on minimum survival rate

Chanta, S., Mayorga, M. E., & McLay, L. A. (2014, June 9). Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 74, pp. 228–239.

Trends in BMI and obesity in U.S. women of childbearing age during the period of 1980–2010

Health Systems, 4(3), 176–186.

Assortment and inventory decisions with multiple quality levels

Annals of Operations Research, 211(1), 301–331.

Districting and dispatching policies for emergency medical service systems to improve patient survival

IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 3(1), 39–56.

Joint location and dispatching decisions for Emergency Medical Services

Computers & Industrial Engineering, 64(4), 917–928.

Prioritization strategies for patient evacuations

Health Care Management Science, 17(1), 77–87.

Priority dispatching strategies for EMS systems

Bandara, D., Mayorga, M. E., & McLay, L. A. (2013, September 4). Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 65, pp. 572–587.

Simulated Estimates of Pre-Pregnancy and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the US: 1980 to 2008

Mayorga, M. E., Reifsnider, O. S., Neyens, D. M., Gebregziabher, M. G., & Hunt, K. J. (2013, September 5). PLoS ONE, Vol. 8.

A Dispatching Model for Server-to-Customer Systems That Balances Efficiency and Equity

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 15(2), 205–220.

A model for optimally dispatching ambulances to emergency calls with classification errors in patient priorities

IIE Transactions, 45(1), 1–24.

Estimated Number of Preterm Births and Low Birth Weight Children Born in the United States Due to Maternal Binge Drinking

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 17(4), 677–688.

Impact of maternal diabetes on birthweight is greater in non-Hispanic blacks than in non-Hispanic whites

Diabetologia, 55(4), 971–980.

Maternal Pre-Pregnancy Weight and Gestational Weight Gain and Their Association with Birthweight with a Focus on Racial Differences

Maternal and Child Health Journal, 17(1), 85–94.