Martin Puterman

Martin Puterman is a Retired Faculty member at The University of British Columbia, affiliated with the BUS department. His research interests include Health Care Operations Research, Cancer Care, and Markov Decision Processes. He has contributed to various publications focusing on health care systems, including chemotherapy scheduling and prostate cancer treatment decisions. His work has been featured in journals such as IIE Transactions in Health Care Systems and the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety. Puterman's research emphasizes the application of operations research methods to improve patient care and operational efficiency in healthcare settings.

Martin Puterman is a Professor Emeritus at the Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. His research focuses on Markov Decision Processes, Health Care Operations, and Sports Analytics. He has contributed extensively to dynamic scheduling, patient flow optimization, and resource allocation in healthcare settings. His work includes developing models for patient scheduling, reducing wait times, and improving resource utilization through simulation and optimization techniques. Puterman's research also extends to operations research applications in long-term care, diagnostic services, and chemotherapy appointment booking. His publications highlight the use of Markov decision processes in discrete stochastic dynamic programming and mixed Poisson regression models.