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Dr Christine Currie

Associate Professor of Operational Research

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Dr Christine Currie is an Associate Professor within Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Background

2014 - date Associate Professor in Operational Research at the University of Southampton

2004 – 2014 Lecturer in Operational Research at the University of Southampton

2001 – 2004 PhD in Operational Research at the University of Southampton

2000 – 2001 MSc in Operational Research at the University of Southampton (Distinction)

1996 – 2000 Mphys in Physics at Jesus College, Oxford University

Research

Responsibilities

Publications

Teaching

Media

Contact

Research interests

My research falls on the stochastic side of OR, with specific interests in revenue management, simulation input/output analysis and infectious disease modelling.

Revenue management: My research has mostly concentrated on optimal pricing, based on consultancy work with two major UK airlines. I have a growing interest in consumer choice behaviour and how this can be modelled and am the principal investigator on an EPSRC funded project Dynamic Pricing in the Ferry Industry.

Simulation: My focus is on the analysis of simulation input and output data. Recent work has considered the classification of objects’ input data for simplification of simulation models, initiated by work with Ford Motor Company. I have interests in Bayesian methods, mixture models, bootstrapping and simulation optimisation.

Infectious disease modelling: Most of my work in this area has involved building and analysing models of tuberculosis and HIV. I have used both compartmental models and discrete event simulation models and considered cost-effectiveness and epidemiological effects.

Research group

Operational Research

Affiliate research groups

Healthcare Modelling, Revenue Management, Stochastic Programming and Simulation

Articles

van de Geer, R., den Boer, A. V., Bayliss, C., Currie, C., Ellina, A., Esders, M., ... Zachariades, S. (2018). Dynamic pricing and learning with competition : Insights from the Dynamic Pricing Challenge at the 2017 INFORMS RM & Pricing Conference. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management.
Bayliss, C., Currie, C., Bennell, J. A., & Martinez Sykora, A. (2018). Dynamic pricing for vehicle ferries: using packing and simulation to optimize revenues. European Journal of Operational Research, 1-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2018.08.004
Currie, C., Dokka, T., Harvey, J., & Strauss, A. (2018). Future research directions in demand management. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 1-4. DOI: 10.1057/s41272-018-0139-z
Smith, H., Currie, C., Chaiwuttisak, P., & Kyprianou, A. (2018). Patient choice modelling: How do patients choose their hospitals? Health Care Management Science, 21(2), 259-268. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-017-9399-1
Monks, T., Currie, C., Onggo, B. S., Robinson, S., Kunc, M., & Taylor, S. S. E. (2018). Strengthening the Reporting of Empirical Simulation Studies: introducing the STRESS guidelines. Journal of Simulation. DOI: 10.1080/17477778.2018.1442155
Currie, C. (2017). Revenue management and pricing international conference, 8 June 2017, London. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 1-2. DOI: 10.1057/s41272-017-0112-2
Currie, C. S. M. (2016). 10th birthday celebrations for the Journal of Simulation. Journal of Simulation, 10(1), 1-2.
Penn, M. L., Currie, C. S. M., Hoad, K. A., & O'Brien, F. A. (2016). The use of case studies in OR teaching. Higher Education Pedagogies, 1(1), 16-25. DOI: 10.1080/23752696.2015.1134201
Currie, C. S. M. (2015). How far will the airline model stretch? Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 14, 120-122. DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2014.39
Yang, X., Strauss, A., Currie, C. S. M., & Eglese, R. (2014). Choice-based demand management and vehicle routing in e-fulfillment. Transportation Science. DOI: 10.1287/trsc.2014.0549
Knerer, G., Currie, C. S. M., & Brailsford, S. C. (2013). Impact of combined vector-control and vaccination strategies on transmission dynamics of dengue fever: a model-based analysis. Health Care Management Science. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-013-9263-x
Currie, C. S. M., & Hoad, K. A. (2012). A worldwide investigation of tuberculosis epidemics. Health Care Management Science, 15(3), 223-238. DOI: 10.1007/s10729-011-9182-7
Mellor, G. R., Currie, C. S. M., & Corbett, E. L. (2011). Incorporating household structure into a discrete event simulation model of tuberculosis and HIV. ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation, 21(4), 26:1-26:17. DOI: 10.1145/2000494.2000499
White, L., Smith, H. K., & Currie, C. S. M. (2011). OR in developing countries: A review. European Journal of Operational Research, 208, 1-11. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.02.015
Lu, L., Currie, C. S. M., Cheng, R. C. H., & Ladbrook, J. (2010). Classification analysis for simulation of the duration of machine breakdowns. Journal of the Operational Research Society. DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.33
Currie, C. S. M., & Rowley, I. T. (2010). Consumer behaviour and sales forecast accuracy: what’s going on and how should revenue managers respond? Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 9, 374-376. DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2010.22
Lu, L., & Currie, C. S. M. (2010). Evaluation of the arrows method for classification of data. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 27(1), 121-142. DOI: 10.1142/S0217595910002600
Currie, C. S. M., & Perisic, V. (2009). Minitab: the natural choice for non-specialist statisticians? MSOR Connections, 9(3), 14-16.
Currie, C. S. M., & Simpson, D. (2009). Optimal pricing ladders for the sale of airline tickets. Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management, 8, 96-106. DOI: 10.1057/rpm.2008.24
Currie, C. S. M., Cheng, R. C. H., & Smith, H. K. (2008). Dynamic pricing of airline tickets with competition. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 59(8), 1026-1037. DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602425
Currie, C. S. M. (2007). Bayesian methodology for dynamic modelling. Journal of Simulation, 1(2), 97-107. DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jos.4250014
Currie, C. S. M., Floyd, K., Williams, B. G., & Dye, C. (2005). Cost, affordability and cost-effectiveness of strategies to control tuberculosis in countries with high HIV prevalence. BMC Public Health, 5(130). DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-130
Anjos, M. F., Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2005). Optimal pricing for perishable products. European Journal of Operational Research, 166(1), 246-254. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.02.015
Anjos, M. F., Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2004). Maximizing revenue in the airline industry under one-way pricing. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55(5), 535-541. DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601721
Currie, C. S. M., Williams, B. G., Cheng, R. C. H., & Dye, C. (2003). Tuberculosis epidemics driven by HIV: is prevention better than cure? AIDS, 17(17), 2501-2508.

Book Chapters

Currie, C. S. M., & Collins, A. (2012). Operations research. In J. A. Sokolowski, & C. M. Banks (Eds.), Handbook of Modeling and Simulation in Real World Applications (pp. 165-206). Chichester, GB: Wiley.
Currie, C. S. M., & Lu, L. (2009). Optimal scheduling using length-of-stay data for diverse routine procedures. In S. McClean, P. Millard, E. El-Darzi, & C. D. Nugent (Eds.), Intelligent Patient Management (pp. 193-205). (Studies in Computational Intelligence; No. 189). Berlin: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-00179-6_12

Conferences

So, M., & Currie, C. (2018). A zero-inflated inverse Gaussian model for customer lifetime value modelling. In 2018 INFORMS International Conference
So, M., Currie, C., & Bayliss, C. (2018). Measuring customer lifetime value with a zero-inflated inverse Gaussian model. In European Conference on Operational Research
Currie, C., & Monks, T. (2018). Modeling Diseases: prevention, cure and management. In Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference IEEE.
Monks, T., & Currie, C. (2018). Practical considerations in selecting the best set of simulated systems. In M. Rabe, A. Juan, N. Mustafee, A. Skoogh, & B. Johansson (Eds.), Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference IEEE.
Panadero, J., de Armas, J., Currie, C., & Juan, A. A. (2017). A simheuristic approach for the stochastic team orienteering problem. In W. K. V. Chan, A. D'Ambrogio, G. Zacharewicz, N. Mustafee, G. Wainer, & E. Page (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 3208-3217). USA: IEEE.
Bayliss, C., Bennell, J. A., Currie, C., Martinez Sykora, A., & So, M. (2017). Dynamic pricing in the vehicle ferry industry. In INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Conference
Bayliss, C., Martinez Sykora, A., Currie, C., So, M., & Bennell, J. A. (2017). Exact and heuristic approaches to the vehicle ferry revenue mangement problem. In 2017 INFORMS Computing Society Conference
Taylor, S. J. E., Anagnostou, A., Fabiyi, A., Currie, C., Monks, T., Barbera, R., & Becker, B. (2017). Open science: approaches and benefits for modeling & simulation. In W. K. V. Chan, A. D'Ambrogio, G. Zacharewicz, N. Mustafee, G. Wainer, & E. Page (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2017 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 535-549). USA: IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2017.8247813
Monks, T., Currie, C., Onggo, B. S., Kunc, M., Robinson, S., & Taylor, S. J. E. (2017). The simulation reproducibility crisis. Can reporting guidelines help? In D. Robertson, M. Fakhimi, A. Anagnostou, & R. Meskarian (Eds.), Proceedings of the Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2018 (pp. 211-218). Operational Research Society.
Currie, C. S., & Cheng, R. C. (2016). A practical introduction to analysis of simulation output data. In 2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 118-132). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2016.7822084
Bayliss, C., Bennell, J. M., Currie, C. S. M., Martinez-Sykora, A., & So, M. (2016). A Simheuristic approach to the vehicle ferry revenue management problem. In 2016 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) (pp. 2335-2346). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2016.7822274
Monks, T., Currie, C., & Hoad, K. (2016). Arguments for and against the use of multiple comparison control in stochastic simulation studies. Paper presented at Simulation Workshop 2016, Stratford, United Kingdom.
Cheng, R., Macal, C., Nelson, B., Rabe, M., Currie, C., Fowler, J., & Lee, L. H. (2016). Simulation: The past 10 years and the next 10 years. In 2016 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 2180-2192). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2016.7822260
Kabaso, M., Currie, C., & Brailsford, S. (2015). Simulating the provision of antiretroviral therapy in Zambia. 1285-1294. Paper presented at Winter Simulation Conference 2015, United States.DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408253
Currie, C. S. M., & Lu, L. (2011). Modeling server usage for online ticket sales. In Proceedings of the 2011 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 752-760). United States, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Currie, C. S. M., & Lu, L. (2009). Comparison of simulation output series using bootstrapping. In L. H. Lee, M. E. Kuhl, & S. Robinson (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2009 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop (pp. 35-38). USA: INFORMS Simulation Society.
Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2009). Resampling methods of analysis in simulation studies. In Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 45-59). New York, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429319
Lu, L., Currie, C. S. M., Cheng, R. C. H., & Ladbrook, J. (2007). Classification analysis for simulation of machine breakdowns. In S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, M-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, & R. R. Barton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 480-487). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419638
Mellor, G. R., Currie, C. S. M., Corbett, E. L., & Cheng, R. C. H. (2007). Targeted strategies for tuberculosis in areas of high HIV prevalence: a simulation study. In S. G. Henderson, B. Biller, M-H. Hsieh, J. Shortle, J. D. Tew, & R. R. Barton (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2007 Winter Simulation Conference (pp. 1487-1493). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Hughe, G. R., Currie, C. S. M., & Corbett, E. L. (2006). Modelling tuberculosis in areas of high HIV prevalence. In L. F. Perrone, F. P. Wieland, J. Liu, B. G. Lawson, D. M. Nicol, & R. M. Fujimoto (Eds.), Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 2005 (pp. 459-465). Piscataway, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2006.323116
Currie, C. S. M., & Cheng, R. C. H. (2005). Balancing bias and variance in the optimization of simulation models. In M. E. Kuhl, N. M. Steiger, F. B. Armstrong, & J. A. Joines (Eds.), Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 2005 (pp. 485-490). Piscataway, US: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2005.1574286
Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2004). Optimization by simulation metamodelling methods. 485-490. Paper presented at 2004 Winter Simulation Conference, .
Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2003). Prior and candidate models in the Bayesian analysis of finite mixtures. 392-398. 2003 Winter Simulation Conference, .
Anjos, M. F., Cheng, R. C. H., & Currie, C. S. M. (2003). Revenue management for perishable products using simulation. 114-120. Paper presented at Sixth National Conference of the UK Simulation Society, .

MATH3013 Simulation & Queues

MATH6001 OR/ORF Project

MATH6146 Revenue Management

MATH6147 Spreadsheet & Database Modelling

Launch of a tool for automatic analysis and data presentation

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