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  1. H. J. Wong, D. J. Morra, M. Caesar, M.W. Carter, and H. Abrams "Understanding Hospital and Emergency Department Congestion: An Examination of Inpatient Admission Trends and Bed Resources" Accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, April 2009.
  2. H. J. Wong, R.C. Wu, G. Tomlinson, M. Caesar, H. Abrams, M. W. Carter and D. J. Morra, "How Much Do Operational Processes Affect Hospital Inpatient Discharge Rates?" Accepted for publication in the Journal of Public Health, April 18, 2009.
  3. J.F. Dreyer, S.L. McLeod, C.K. Anderson, M.W. Carter and G.S. Zaric, "Physician Workload and the Canadian Triage and Acuity Scale: Results From the Predictors of Workload in the Emergency Room (POWER) Study". Accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, February 2009.
  4. Lasry, A., Carter, M.W., and Zaric, G., "S4HARA: System for HIV/AIDS Resource Allocation". Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 6 (7) 2008. www.resource-allocation.com
  5. Kopach, R., Balcıoğlu, B. and Carter, M.W., "Tutorial on Construction a Red Blood Cell Inventory Management System with Two Demand Rates". European Journal of Operational Research 185 No. 3, March 2008, pp. 1051-1059.
  6. Lasry, A., Zaric, G., and Carter, M.W., "Multi-level resource allocation for HIV prevention: A model for developing countries", European Journal of Operational Research, 2007. 16(2): p. 786-799.
  7. Carter, M.W., Jin, H.H., Saunders, M.A. and Yi, Y., "Spaseloc: An Adaptable Subproblem Algorithm for Scalable Wireless Network Localization". SIAM J. on Optimization 17, No. 4, 2006, pp. 1102-1128.
  8. Zamora, N., Carter, M.W., Saull-McCaig, S., and Nguyen, J. "The Benefits of the MOE/MAR Implementation: A Quantitative Approach", Healthcare Quarterly Vol. 10, Special Issue, November 2006, pp. 77-82.
  9. Busby, C., and Carter, M.W., "A Decision Tool for Negotiating Home Care Funding Levels in Ontario", Home Health Care Services Quarterly 25, Nos. 3/4, 2006, pp 91-106.
  10. Blake, J.T., and Carter, M.W. "Physician and Hospital Models Under Decreasing Resources", Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 37 (1), March 2003, pp. 45-68.
  11. Blake, J.T., and Carter, M.W. "A Goal-Programming Approach to Resource Allocation in Acute-Care Hospitals", European Journal of Operational Research 140, No. 3, August 2002, pp. 541-561.
  12. Yu, X., Lau, E., Vicente K.J., and Carter, M.W., "Toward Theory-driven, Quantitative Performance Measurement in Ergonomics Science: The Abstraction Hierarchy as a Framework for Data Analysis", Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 3(2), special issue on Ergonomic Methods and Models: Theoretical Foundations and Research Applications, April 2002, pp. 124-142.
  13. Carter, M.W., "A Comprehensive Course Timetabling and Student Scheduling System at the University of Waterloo", in the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling PATAT ‘00, E.K. Burke, and W. Erben (eds.), Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2079, 2001, pp. 64-84.
  14. Carter, M.W., and Johnson, D.G., "Extended Clique Initialization in Examination Timetabling", Journal of the Operational Research Society 52, No. 5, 2001, pp. 538-544.
  15. Carter, M.W., and Lapierre, S. "Scheduling Emergency Room Physicians", Health Care Management Science 4, 2001, pp. 347-360.
  16. Carter, M.W. and Laporte, G., "Recent Developments in Practical Course Timetabling", Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling PATAT'97, E.K. Burke, and M.W. Carter (Eds.), Springer Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1408, 1998, pp. 3-19.
  17. Lopez, L., Carter, M.W. and Gendreau, M. "The Hot Strip Mill Production Scheduling Problem: A Tabu Search Approach", European Journal of Operations Research: Special Issue on Tabu Search, 106, 1998, pp. 317-335.
  18. Carter, M.W. and Laporte, G. "Recent Developments in Practical Examination Timetabling." Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, E.K. Burke and P. Ross (eds.), Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1153, 1996, pp. 3-21.
  19. Blake, J.T. and Carter, M.W. "Surgical Process Management: A Conceptual Framework." in Surgical Services Management, 3, No. 9, September, 1997, pp. 31-37.
  20. Blake, J.T. and Carter, M.W. "Surgical Process Scheduling: A Structured Literature Review." Journal of Health Systems (I.I.E.), 5, No. 3, 1997, pp. 17-30.
  21. Blake, J.T., Carter, M.W. and Richardson, S. "An Evaluation of Emergency Room Wait Time Issues via Computer Simulation." INFOR 34, No. 4, November 1996, pp. 263-273. (This presentation was chosen as the winner of the 1994 CORS Practice Prize Competition.)
  22. Carter, M.W., Farvolden, J.M., Laporte, G. and Xu, J. "Solving an Integrated Logistics Problem Arising in Grocery Distribution." INFOR 34, No. 4, November 1996, pp. 290-306.
  23. Carter, M.W., Laporte, G. and Lee, S.Y. "Computational Comparison of Algorithmic Strategies for Examination Timetabling." Journal of the Operational Research Society 47, No. 3, 1996, 373-383.
  24. Carter, M.W., Laporte, G. and Chinneck, J.W. "A General Examination Scheduling System," INTERFACES 24, No. 3, May-June 1994, pp. 109-120.
  25. Vanstone, S.A., Stinson, D.R., Schellenberg, P.J., Rosa, A., Rees, R.,Colbourn, C.J., Carter, M.W. and Carter, J.E. "Hanani Triple Systems," Israel Journal of Mathematics 83, No. 3, 1993, pp. 305 319.
  26. van Camp, D., Carter, M.W. and Vannelli, A. "A Nonlinear Optimization Approach for Solving Facility Layout Problems." European Journal of Operational Research 57, March 1992, pp. 174 189.
  27. Carter, M.W. and Tovey, C. "When Is the Classroom Assignment Problem Hard?" Operations Research 40, Supp. No. 1, January February 1992, pp. 528 539.
  28. Carter, M.W. "A Lagrangian Relaxation Approach to the Classroom Assignment Problem." CORS Practice Prize Competition, Montreal, May 1988. INFOR 27, No. 2, May 1989, pp. 230 246.
  29. Carter, M.W., Magazine, M.J. and Moon, T. "A Warning on the Sequence Dependent Set up Time Problem." International J. of Production Research 26, No. 7, 1988, pp. 1281 1283.
  30. Faber, Z. and Carter, M.W. "A New Graph Theory Approach for Forming Machine Cells in Cellular Production Systems." Studies in Management Science and Systems: Vol. 12, Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Methods and Studies, (ed., A. Kusiak), North Holland, 1986, pp. 301 315.
  31. Carter, M.W. "A Survey of Practical Applications on Examination Timetabling." Operations Research 34, No. 2, Mar Apr 1986, pp. 193 202.
  32. Burns, R.N. and Carter, M.W. "Work Forces Size and Schedules with Variables Demands." Management Science 31, No. 5, May 1985, pp. 599 607.
  33. Carter, M.W. "The Indefinite Zero one Quadratic Programming Problem," Discrete Applied Mathematics 7, January, 1984, pp. 23 44.
  34. Baker, K.R., Burns, R.N. and Carter, M.W. "Staff Scheduling with Day off and Workstretch Constraints," AIIE Transactions, 11, No. 6, December, 1979, pp 286-292.

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