Dr David Worthington
Senior Lecturer
Management Science
The Management SchoolLancaster University
Bailrigg
Lancaster
LA1 4YX
Qualifications
BSc Birmingham, MSc, PhD Reading
Research Interests
Health Services applications of management science/operational research, including management of planned and unplanned workloads, patient flow modelling and the penetration of quantitative modelling in healthcare management.
Queue modelling and management, with particular interests in time-dependent systems and in systems where demand management is important . Applications include healthcare, e.g. A&E departments, waiting lists and appointment systems, and call centres.
Data mining and action research.
Recent publications
- Effects of state-dependent balking on multi-server non-stationary queueing systems
Chassioti, E.., Worthington, D J. & Glazebrook, K D. 2013 In: Journal of the Operational Research Society. n/a, n/a, p. n/a.
Journal article - Will Delays in Treatment Jeopardize the Population Benefit From Extending the Time Window for Stroke Thrombolysis?
Pitt, M ., Monks, T., Agarwal, P., Worthington, D., Ford, G., Lees, K., Stein, K. & James, M. 2013 In: Stroke.
Journal article - Behavioural Modelling of Career Progression in the European Commission
Onggo, S., Soopramanien, D., Pidd, M. & Worthington, D. 2012 In: European Journal of Operational Research. 222, 3, p. 632–641. 10 p.
Journal article - Stability and out-of-time validation of credit risk models
Minussi, J., Soopramanien, D G R. & Worthington, D J. 2012
Working paper - Comparing modelling approaches for corporate credit scoring using multi-level categories of risk
Minussi, J., Soopramanien, D G R. & Worthington, D J. 2012
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