Dr Orenstein's Research Activities                       Penina Orenstein

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Dr Orenstein is an Associate Professor at Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University. She can be contacted via e-mail at: penina.orenstein@shu.edu.

Dr Orenstein's primary research interest is in the field of Networks and their Applications. She  has developed research streams in urban transportation networks, telecommunication networks and supply chain networks.  She has also considered the overlap between these research streams. Her second research interest concerns pedagogy which includes developing and implementing innovative teaching techniques as well as comparative studies of classroom vs. online teaching methodologies.   Recent publications are listed below.

Thesis

Graphical Simulation Model: The development and control of traffic jams caused by incidents in rectangular grid networks: copy of thesis

 

 

 

[Work in Progress]

  • TOWNSEND R and ORENSTEIN P (2013) Using game theory to study Bed-Net Subsidization and the Value of NGO-Village Partnerships in Development Initiatives, in progress;

  • ORENSTEIN P and TRIVIC D (2013) Using customized forecasts to build lean staffing plans: an empirical approach to reducing labor expenses, in progress;

  • ORENSTEIN P (2013) Using experiential learning techniques for an undergraduate  course in game theory, Journal of Active Learning in Higher Education - in progress

  • ORENSTEIN P (2013) Strategies for increasing market share in an oligpoly using game theory (abstract);

  • ORENSTEIN P (2013) Developing our students’ ability to apply quantitative business concepts to real world situations (abstract).

[White Papers]

  • VANET Applications for the future world of travel.

  • Data mining in the healthcare industry: a case study approach, Final Report submitted to University Research Council,  Seton Hall University, June 2011

 

[Refereed Journal Publications]

  • ORENSTEIN P (2014), Understanding the impact of online instruction and blended learning methods for an undergraduate Business Decision Making Course, submitted to The Journal of Excellence in Business Education, JEBE,  November 2014 (to appear);

  • YUNCHAO Q, GAO Z, ORENSTEIN P, XINGANG L and LONG J (2014) An effective algorithm to simulate pedestrian flow by the heuristics-based social force model,  Transportmetrica B, : http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21680566.2014.943823, July 2014, to appear;

  • ORENSTEIN P and NARDI A, (2014)  Balancing supply and demand in a hospital supply chain using a collaborative forecasting and inventory management approach, accepted for publication at International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, July 2014 (to appear);

  • REN H, LONG J , ZIYOU G,  and ORENSTEIN P, (2012) Passenger Assignment Model Based on Common Route in Congested Transit Networks, accepted for publication to ASCE's Journal of Transportation Engineering,  Vol 138(12), 1484–1494  http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000464, (2012 ISI Impact Factor 0.496)

  • LONG J, GAO Z, ORENSTEIN P, REN H (2011) Control Strategies for dispersing incident based traffic jams in two-way grid networks, IEEE Journal of Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2011.2171035 Volume 13 (2), 469-481. (2010 ISI Impact Factor 2.234)

  • ORENSTEIN P and STALKER T J, (2011) Using hierarchical forecasting to align inventory levels in a two-stage supply chain: an empirical approach, Journal of Operations and Logistics, Vol 4, No. 1, pp 35-55. Winner of 2012 New Jersey Bright Idea Award.

  • MARANTZ Z, ORENSTEIN P and GOODMAN D J (2011) A power control based admission algorithm for maximizing throughput in a CDMA network, Journal of Wireless Personal Communications, Vol 59, Issue 4, pp 741-764,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-9934-6,  (2010 ISI Impact Factor: 0.503)

  • LONG J, GAO Z, ZHAO X, LIAN A and ORENSTEIN P (2011) Urban Traffic Jam Simulation based on Cell Transmission model, Springer Verlag, Journal of Networks and Spatial Economics, Volume 11, Issue 1 (2011), pp 43-64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-008-9080-9, online version.  (2009 ISI Impact factor 1.536), acceptance rate 13%

  • ORENSTEIN P and MARANTZ Z (2009) Modeling a wireless ad-hoc network using a cellular automaton approach,  International Journal of Science, Simulation and Technology, Vol 10, No. 1, Special Issue on Performance Engineering, Guest Editor: Edward Babulak, pages 32-41.

[Refereed Conference Publications and Poster Presentations]

[Panel Presentations]

 

  • Women in the Technology Professions: growth and opportunities, panel participant at Annual Women's Conference 2013, Women Inspiring Innovation through imagination, Seton Hall University, March 22nd 2013.

[Member of Technical Program Committee]

 

  • Reviewer for North American Supply Chain Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, March 15th-16th 2012

  • Reviewer for North American Supply Chain Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, March 13th-15th 2011

  • CICSYN 2011 - International Conference on Computational Intelligence, Communication Systems and Networks

  • European Modeling Symposium (EMS) 2009, 2010

  • International Conference on Modeling and Simulation (UKSim) 2010, 2011

  • Asia Modeling Symposium (AMS 2011)

  • International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modeling and Computation (2010, 2011)

[Recent Grants and Awards]

 

  • International Institute for Business Award 2014-2015, Stillman School of Business,

  • Beck Scholar Award 2013-2014, Stillman School of Business

  • Teaching and Learning Grant (to develop online course), Seton Hall University,  2014, Course title: Supply Chain Analytics, to be taught summer 2014.

  • NJ Bright Idea Award, October 2012 for paper Using hierarchical forecasting to align inventory levels in a two-stage supply chain: an empirical approach, Journal of Operations and Logistics, Vol.4, No. 1, pp 35-55, published July 2011.

  • "From concept to practice - promoting the use of classroom experiments and online games for an electronic age", Faculty Innovation Grant (FIG), Seton Hall, May 2011;

  • Research Achievement Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

  • Teaching Achievement Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2009

  • International Business Institute Award, Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University, 2009

  • University Research Council Summer Award 2010-2011: Data mining in the healthcare industry: a case study approach.

  • Teaching and Learning Grant (to develop online course), Seton Hall University,  2009-2010, Course Completed May 2010

  • Provost 's Faculty Scholarship Award, Seton Hall University, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

  • Smeed Prize awarded to the best student paper in Transportation Research in UK Research Institutions, 1995

[PhD Students Supervision]

 

[Graduate Students Supervision]

  • Eric Winch, Blagovest Kotsev, Aly Nardi, Seton Hall University, 2012
  • Natalia Brandafi, Jay Shah, Anthony Winston, Seton Hall University, 2011
  • Donna Watridge, Ginell Walker-Way, Elizabeth Koller, Seton Hall University, 2010
  • Victor Alcala, Seton Hall University, 2009