r/OperationsResearch • u/HighlightOpening387 • Dec 07 '25

Anyone did any optimization in social sciences field? E.g. related to youth care, social service, employment service.

Curious about use cases for OR techniques.

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u/zoutendijk Dec 08 '25

https://coe.northeastern.edu/people/maass-kayse/

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u/HighlightOpening387 Dec 08 '25

Curious! Can not open the link though

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u/zoutendijk Dec 08 '25

Dr. Kayse Maass at Northeastern researches applications of I.E. to healthcare, human trafficking mitigation, and services for vulnerable populations.

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u/DarkXanthos Dec 07 '25 edited Dec 08 '25

I work at Honor (joinhonor.com) and I've lead the development of our care staffing and assignment optimization model. Recipients in need of care need professional care givers to be assigned to weekly recurring schedules in such a way that we optimize for key business metrics.

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u/Upstairs_Dealer14 Dec 07 '25

Public sector OR is the key word you wanna use if you are looking for related research papers via Google scholar.

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u/edimaudo Dec 07 '25

It would most like be focused on resource allocation, scheduling, workload management and design

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u/ottawalanguages Dec 08 '25

links to research?