Publications

I. Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Garcia, C., Rabadi, G., Abujaber, D., and Seck, M. (In Press), “Supporting humanitarian crisis decision making with reliable intelligence derived from social media using AI”, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 
  2. Garcia, C. (2023), “The synchronized multi-assignment orienteering problem”, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 1790-1812.
  3. Garcia, C. (2019), “Managing capacity at the University of Mary Washington’s College of Business”, INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics, Vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 167-171.
  4. Garcia, C. (2018), “Optimal multiunit transfer over adversarial paths with increasing intercept probabilities”, IISE Transactions, Vol. 50, No. 11, pp. 989-996.
  5. Garcia, C., Rabadi, G., and Handy F. (2018), “Dynamic resource allocation and coordination for high-load crisis volunteer management”, Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 533-556.
  6. Lapke, M., Garcia, C., and Henderson, D. (2017), “The disconnect between healthcare provider tasks and privacy requirements”, Health Policy and Technology, Vol. 6 No. 1, pp. 12-19.
  7. Garcia, C.  (2016), “A nearest-neighbor algorithm for targeted interaction design in social outreach campaigns”, Kybernetes, Vol. 45, No. 8, pp. 1243-1256.
  8. Garcia, C. (2016), “Resource-constrained scheduling with hard due windows and rejection penalties”, Engineering Optimization, Vol. 48, No. 9, pp. 1515-1528.
  9. Garcia, C. (2016), “Winner determination algorithms for combinatorial auctions with sub-cardinality constraints”, Computational Economics, Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 401-421.
  10. Henderson, D., Lapke, M., and Garcia, C. (2016), “A comparative assessment of student learning of SQL injection”, AIS Educator’s Journal, Vol. 11 No. 1, pp. 1-8.
  11. Garcia, C. (2014), “A metaheuristic algorithm for project selection and scheduling with due windows and limited inventory capacity”, Kybernetes, Vol. 43, No. 9/10, pp-1483-1499.
  12. Koksalmis, E., Garcia, C., and. Rabadi, G. (2014), “The optimal exam experience: A timetabling approach to prevent student cheating and fatigue”, International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 263-278.
  13. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2013), “Exact and approximate methods for parallel multiple-area spatial scheduling with release times”, OR Spectrum, Vol. 35 , No. 3 pp. 639-657.
  14. Garcia, C. (2013), “Reverse logistics sourcing models with multiproduct reliability constraints”, International Journal of Modelling in Operations Management, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 134-148. 
  15. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2011), “Optimising coordinated multi-team volunteer scheduling: a combined constraint programming and goal programming approach”, International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 183-194.
  16. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2011), “A Meta-RaPS algorithm for spatial scheduling with release times”, International Journal of Planning and Scheduling, Vol. 1, No. 1/2, pp. 19-31. 

II. Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. Rao, B., Thirugnanasambandam, S., and Garcia, C. (2018) “Lean digitization for enterprise improvement”, in Proceedings of the 2018 IISE Engineering Lean and Six Sigma Conference.
  2. Ande, T. and Garcia, C. (2015) “Data Envelopment Analysis for Assessment and Institution Effectiveness Practitioners”, in Proceedings of the Fifth Annual AALHE Conference, pp. 7-12.
  3. Lapke, M., Garcia, C., Henderson, D. (2015) “Healthcare Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Privacy in Healthcare Information Systems”, in Proceedings of the AMCIS 2015, pp. 1-12.
  4. Garcia, C. (2013) “Demystifying MapReduce”, Procedia Computer Science Vol. 20 pp. 484-489. 
  5. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2012), “Robust optimization models for volunteer scheduling”, in Proceedings of the Annual Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference (2012).  pp. 2926-2931.
  6. Garcia, C. (2012), “Real Estate Development Planning Using 0-1 Integer Programming”, in Proceedings of the 33rd International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, October 17-20, 2012, Virginia Beach, VA, pp. 780-784.
  7. Garcia, C. and Goodrich, M (2010), “Potential Effects of Health Care Policy Decisions on Physician Availability”, in Proceedings of Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2010 Conference, October 13-15 2010, Hampton, VA. 
  8. Garcia, C. (2009), “A Decision Model for Minimizing Critical Component Costs While Achieving a Target Quality of Service”, in Proceedings of INCOSE Conference on Decision Analysis and Its Applications to Systems Engineering, November 17-18 2009, Newport News, VA
  9. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2009), “An Optimization Model for Scheduling Problems with Two-Dimensional Spatial Resource Constraints”, in Proceedings of Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2009 Conference, October 14-16 2009, Virginia Beach, VA
  10. Garcia, C. and Griffith, T. (2005), “A Composable Behavior Modeling System for Rapidly Constructing Human Behaviors”, in Proceedings of I/ITSEC Annual Conference, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1 2005, Orlando, FL

III. Professional and Technical Notes

  1. Garcia, C. (2023), “Optimizing Vacation Cabin Rental Revenues“, Towards Data Science, March 8, 2023.
  2. Garcia, C. (2022), “Last Mile Delivery From Multiple Depots in Python”, Towards Data Science, November 7, 2022.
  3. Pande, J., Garcia, C., Pant, D. (2013), “Optimal component selection for component based software development using pliability metric”, Software Engineering Notes, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 1-6.

IV. Book Chapters

  1. Garcia, C. and Rabadi, G. (2016), “Approximation Algorithms for Spatial Scheduling”, In: Rabadi, G. (ed) Heuristics, Meta-heuristics and Approximate Methods in Planning and Scheduling, Vol 236 of the series International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Springer Science + Business, New York, pp. 1-16.

V. Presentations

  1. Henderson, D., Lapke, M., and Garcia, C. (2013), “SQL Injection: A Demonstration and Implications for Accounting Students”, American Accounting Association Information Systems Section Midyear Meeting and AIS New Scholar Consortium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Nominated for Best Paper of Conference.
  2. Chavez-Negrete, R. and Garcia, C. (2012), “Strategic Implications of Applying the Deming Cycle to Reverse Logistics Networks”, presented at 18th International Deming Research Seminar, February 27-28, 2012, New York, NY.

VI. Popular Media

  1. Free Lance-Star Editorial Staff (2019), “Tweaking Smart Scale’s Metrics”, in the Free Lance-Star, January 5, 2019.
  2. Garcia, C. (2014), “Big Data Analysts Give Businesses an Edge”, in the Free-Lance Star, March 21, 2014. 
  3. Garcia, C. (2013), “How Do Credit Scores Work?”, in the Free-Lance Star, October 27, 2013.
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