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Shengfan Zhang

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Associate Professor

11 h-index 42 pubs 287 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Middle Aged
  • Aged
  • Adult
  • Mammography
  • Male
  • Black or African American
  • White People
  • Algorithms
  • Decision Making
  • Markov Chains
  • Operations Research
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Shengfan Zhang's research focuses on applying operations research and quantitative methods to healthcare delivery and decision-making. Her work has investigated factors influencing women's attitudes and behaviors toward screening mammography, utilizing design-based logistic regression and heuristic-based regression models to evaluate policies and adaptive decision-making processes. Zhang has also explored the impact of comorbidity on breast cancer patient outcomes. Her research extends to other areas, including the development of predictive models for tuberculosis treatment outcomes using machine learning algorithms and the investigation of neuroinflammatory mechanisms in mouse models of intracerebral hemorrhage. Zhang holds an h-index of 11 with 42 total publications and 287 citations. She has collaborated with researchers including Zephan Wade, Donald G. Catanzaro, and Maryam Kheirandish at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

Metrics

  • h-index: 11
  • Publications: 42
  • Citations: 287

Positions

  • Associate Professor 2019–present
    University of Arkansas Department of Industrial Engineering ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Quantifying uncertainty in deep learning binary classification with discrete noise in inputs for risk-based decision making (2025)
    IISE Transactions 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effects of magnesium phosphate cement proportions on paste properties (2025)
    Magazine of Concrete Research 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • SurvReLU: Inherently Interpretable Survival Analysis via Deep ReLU Networks (2024)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Is human perception reliable? Toward illumination robust food freshness prediction from food appearance — Taking lettuce freshness evaluation as an example (2024)
    Journal of Food Engineering 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • An Analysis of Data Analytics Curriculum Development through an NSF Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Program in Arkansas (2024)
  • Board 362: Promoting Research-Driven Data Analytics Curriculum in High School through an NSF RET Site (2024)
  • System Simulation And Machine Learning-Based Maintenance Optimization For An Inland Waterway Transportation System (2023)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Erlang loss systems with shortest idle server first service discipline: Maintenance considerations (2023)
    IISE Transactions 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Utilizing Clinical Trial Data to Assess Timing of Surgical Treatment for Emphysema Patients (2022)
    Medical Decision Making DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating landmark modeling framework and machine learning algorithms for dynamic prediction of tuberculosis treatment outcomes (2022)
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Establishing a Research Experience for Teachers Site to Enhance Data Analytics Curriculum in Secondary STEM Education (2021)
    2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Evaluating Risk-Stratified HPV Catch-up Vaccination Strategies: Should We Go beyond Age 26? (2021)
    Medical Decision Making 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effective resource utilization in Arkansas public schools (2020)
    International Journal of Educational Management 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Methodical analysis of inventory discrepancy under conditions of uncertainty in supply chain management (2019)
    International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Methodical analysis of inventory discrepancy under conditions of uncertainty in supply chain management (2019)
    International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management 3 citations DOI OpenAlex

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