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Disaster response and humanitarian aid: E. Gralla and J. Goentzel (2018). “Humanitarian transportation planning: evaluation of practice-based heuristics and recommendations for improvement.” European Journal of Operational Research 269, pp. 436-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.012
Global Health: A.F. Rositch, A. Singh, N. Lahrichi, V. Paz-Soldan, A. Kohler-Smith, P. Gravitt, and E. Gralla (2022), “Planning for resilience in screening operations using discrete event simulation modeling: Example of HPV testing in Peru.” Implementation Science Communications 3:65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00302-5
International Development: C. Blair, E. Gralla, F. Wetmore, J. Goentzel, and M. Peters (2021). “A systems framework for international development: the data-layered causal loop diagram.” Production and Operations Management 30 (12). https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13492. Top Downloaded Article (during first 12 months)
Journal Publications
L. Boss and E. Gralla (2023), “Robustness of decentralized decision‐making architectures in command and control systems.” Systems Engineering 26(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.21647
Z. Szajnfarber, N. Joseph, and E. Gralla (2023), “When Do Concurrent Design Facilities Need to Be Flexible? Understanding the Limits of Fit With Novel Problem Types.” Journal of Mechanical Design 145(2). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055849
E. Gralla, N. Joseph, and Z. Szajnfarber (2022), “Fit as a diagnostic tool: an analytic review of approaches to measure correspondence between technical and organizational architectures.” Journal of Mechanical Design 144(12). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4055150
A.F. Rositch, A. Singh, N. Lahrichi, V. Paz-Soldan, A. Kohler-Smith, P. Gravitt, and E. Gralla (2022), “Planning for resilience in screening operations using discrete event simulation modeling: Example of HPV testing in Peru.” Implementation Science Communications 3:65. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-022-00302-5
A. Chaudhari, E. Gralla, Z. Szajnfarber, and J. Panchal (2022), “Co-Evolution of Communication and System Performance in Engineering Systems Design: A Stochastic Network-Behavior Dynamics Model.” Journal of Mechanical Design 144(4). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4053813
J. El Hage, P. Gravitt, J. Ravel, N. Lahrichi, and E. Gralla (2021). “Supporting scale-up of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing processes with discrete event simulation.” PLoS ONE 16(7): e0255214. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255214
C. Blair, E. Gralla, F. Wetmore, J. Goentzel, and M. Peters (2021). “A systems framework for international development: the data-layered causal loop diagram.” Production and Operations Management 30 (12). https://doi.org/10.1111/poms.13492. Top Downloaded Article (during first 12 months of publication)
A. Chaudhari, E. Gralla, Z. Szajnfarber, P. Grogan, and J. Panchal (2020). “Designing Representative Model Worlds to Study Socio-Technical Phenomena: A Case Study of Communication Patterns in Engineering Systems Design.” Journal of Mechanical Design 142(12), p. 121403. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048295
Z. Szajnfarber, P. Grogan, J. Panchal, and E. Gralla (2020), “A call for consensus on the use of representative model worlds in systems engineering and design.” Systems Engineering 23, pp. 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/sys.21536
J. Moline, J. Goentzel, and E. Gralla (2019). “Approaches for Locating and Staffing FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Centers.” Decision Sciences Journal 50(5), pp. 917-947. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12359 Winner of Best Paper Award in Decision Sciences Journal, 2020.
E. Gralla, J. Herrmann and M. Morency (2018). “Design problem decomposition: an empirical study of small teams of facility designers.” Research in Engineering Design, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00163-018-0300-0
M. Reinker and E. Gralla (2018). “A system dynamics model of the adoption of improved agricultural inputs in Uganda, with insights for systems approaches to development.” Systems 6(3), 31; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems6030031
J. Herrmann, M. Morency, A. Anparasan, and E. Gralla (2018). “Evaluating clustering algorithms for identifying design subproblems.” Journal of Mechanical Design 140. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4040176
E. Gralla and J. Goentzel (2018). “Humanitarian transportation planning: evaluation of practice-based heuristics and recommendations for improvement.” European Journal of Operational Research 269, pp. 436-450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.012
Z. Szajnfarber and E. Gralla (2017). “Qualitative methods for engineering systems: why we need them and how to use them.” Systems Engineering, 20 (6) pp. 497-511. Winner of Best Paper Award in Systems Engineering Journal, 2017.
B. Greenberg, P. Voevodsky, and E. Gralla (2017). “A capabilities-based framework for disaster response exercise design and evaluation: findings from oil spill response exercises.” Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 13 (4).
E. Gralla and Z. Szajnfarber (2016). “Characterizing representational uncertainty in system design and operations.” Systems Engineering, 19 (6) pp. 535-548.
E. Gralla, J. Goentzel, and C. Fine (2016). “Problem formulation and solution mechanisms: a behavioral study of humanitarian transportation planning.” Production and Operations Management, 25 (1) pp. 22-35.
E. Gralla, J. Goentzel, and B. Chomilier (2015). “Case study of a humanitarian logistics exercise and insights for training design.” Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 5 (1) pp. 113-138.
E. Gralla, J. Goentzel, and C. Fine (2014). “Assessing trade-offs among multiple objectives for humanitarian aid delivery using expert preferences.” Production and Operations Management 23 (6), pp. 978-898.
E. Gralla and O. de Weck (2007). “Strategies for on-orbit assembly of modular spacecraft.” Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, Vol. 60, pp. 219-227.