Professor Johnson’s research interests lie primarily in community-based operations research, and decision models for public-sector facility location and service delivery. Current substantive research areas of interest include: foreclosed housing, subsidized/affordable housing, and urban and regional development. Dr. Johnson also uses cost-benefit analysis to estimate impacts of public policies and information technology to design decision support systems. Prof. Johnson’s research goal is to develop quantitative methods that enable public organizations to serve disadvantaged and vulnerable populations in ways that jointly optimize economic efficiency, beneficial population outcomes, and social equity.
His work has appeared in a variety of journals, conference proceedings and reference works, including Annals of Operations Research, Decision Support Systems, Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, Encyclopedia of Housing, Environment and Planning, Housing Studies, Journal of Geographic Systems, Management Science, Papers of the Regional Science Association, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences and Tutorials in Operations Research. He has edited one volume, Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and Diverse Populations (Springer, 2011) and co-edited two others.
Email: Michael.Johnson@umb.edu
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