Morton, Alec


Dr Alec Morton  

Department

Position held

Management Science Group (Department of Management)

Senior Lecturer in Management Science

LSE Health

Department of Management

Experience keywords:

operational research in government; appraisal and planning of science; operational research in air transportation; hospital waiting times; decision analysis; healthcare; radioactive waste

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Dr Morton's research interests and expertise are in the application of systematic methods and modelling to help organisations deal with situations where values are contested and there are significant uncertainties.

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6537

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2013

Datta, D. and Figueira, J.R. and Gourtani, A.M. and Morton, Alec (2013) Optimal administrative geographies: an algorithmic approach. Socio-economic planning sciences, ISSN 0038-0121

2012

Lourenço, João Carlos and Morton, Alec and Bana e Costa, Carlos A. (2012) PROBE—A multicriteria decision support system for portfolio robustness evaluation. Decision support systems, 54 (1). pp. 534-550. ISSN 0167-9236

Morton, Alec and Bevan, Gwyn (2012) A million years of waiting: competing accounts and comparative experiences of hospital waiting time policy. In: McGuire, Alistair and Costa-Font, Joan, (eds.) The LSE companion to health policy. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp. 94-112. ISBN 9781781004234

Schang, Laura and Morton, Alec (2012) LSE / Right Care project on NHS Commissioners’ use of the NHS atlas of variation in healthcare: case studies of local uptake. The London School of Economics and Political Science and NHS Right Care, London, UK

2011

Ram, Camelia and Montibeller, Gilberto and Morton, Alec (2011) Extending the use of scenario planning and MCDA for the evaluation of strategic options. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62 (5). pp. 817-829. ISSN 0160-5682

Dietz, Simon and Morton, Alec (2011) Strategic appraisal of environmental risks: a contrast between the United Kingdom's Stern Review on the economics of climate Change and its Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. Risk analysis, 31 (1). pp. 129-142. ISSN 0272-4332

Morton, Alec and Bird, D. and Jones, A. and White, M. (2011) Decision conferencing for science prioritisation in the UK public sector: a dual case study. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62 (1). pp. 50-59. ISSN 0160-5682

Alpern, Steven and Morton, Alec and Papadaki, Katerina (2011) Patrolling games. Operations research, 59 (5). pp. 1246-1257. ISSN 0030-364X

Fasolo, Barbara and von Winterfeldt, Detlof and Morton, Alec (2011) Behavioural issues in portfolio decision analysis. In: Salo, Ahti and Morton, Alec and Keisler, Jeffrey, (eds.) Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 149-168. ISBN 9781441999429

Argyris, Nikolaos and Figueira, José Rui and Morton, Alec (2011) Interactive multicriteria methods in portfolio decision analysis. In: Salo, Ahti and Keisler, Jeffrey and Morton, Alec, (eds.) Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 107-130. ISBN 9781441999429

McBride, T. and Morton, Alec and Nichols, A. and Van Stolk, C. (2011) Comparing the cost of alternative models of end-of-life care. Journal of palliative care, 27 (2). pp. 126-133. ISSN 0825-8597

Argyris, Nikos and Figueira, José Rui and Morton, Alec (2011) Identifying preferred solutions to multi-objective binary optimisation problems, with an application to the multi-objective knapsack problem. Journal of global optimization, 49 (2). pp. 213-235. ISSN 0925-5001

Bechberger, Elena and Lane, David C. and McBride, Tom and Morton, Alec and Quintas, Diogo and Wong, Chin Hei (2011) The National Audit Office uses OR to assess the value for money of public services. Interfaces, 41 (4). pp. 365-374. ISSN 0092-2102

Salo, Ahti and Keisler, Jeffrey and Morton, Alec, (eds.) (2011) Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation. Springer, New York, USA. ISBN 9781441999429

Airoldi, Mara and Morton, Alec (2011) Portfolio decision analysis for population health. In: Salo, Ahti and Morton, Alec and Keisler, Jeffrey, (eds.) Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 149-168. ISBN 9781441999429

Salo, Ahti and Keisler, Jeffrey and Morton, Alec (2011) An invitation to portfolio decision analysis. In: Salo, Ahti and Keisler, Jeffrey and Morton, Alec, (eds.) Portfolio decision analysis: improved methods for resource allocation. Springer, New York, USA, pp. 3-28. ISBN 9781441999429

2010

Morton, Alec (2010) Book review: decision behaviour, analysis and support, Simon French, John Maule, Nadia Papamichail. Cambridge University Press (2009). 472 pp., £34.99. European journal of operational research, 204 (3). pp. 698-699. ISSN 0377-2217

Morton, Alec (2010) Bridging the gap: health equality and the deficit framing of health. Health economics, 19 (12). pp. 1497-1501. ISSN 1057-9230

2009

Airoldi, Mara and Morton, Alec (2009) Adjusting life for quality or disability: stylistic difference or substantial dispute? Health economics, 18 (11). pp. 1237-1247. ISSN 1057-9230

Gouldson, A. and Morton, A. and Pollard, S. J. T. (2009) Better environmental regulation: contributions from risk-based decision-making. Science of the total environment, 407 (19). pp. 5283-5288. ISSN 0048-9697

Morton, Alec and Cornwell, Jocelyn (2009) What's the difference between a hospital and a bottling factory? British medical journal, 339 (b727). pp. 428-430. ISSN 0959-8138

Morton, Alec and Airoldi, Mara and Phillips, Lawrence D. (2009) Nuclear risk management on stage: a decision analysis perspective on the UK’s committee on radioactive waste management. Risk analysis, 29 (5). pp. 764-779. ISSN 1539-6924

Morton, Alec and Fasolo, Barbara (2009) Behavioural decision theory for multi-criteria decision analysis: a guided tour. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60 pp. 268-275. ISSN 0160-5682

Morton, Alec and Phillips, Lawrence D. (2009) Fifty years of probabilistic decision analysis: a view from the UK. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60 ISSN 0160-5682

National Audit Office, (2009) Management of asylum applications by the UK border agency. National Audit Office, London, UK

2008

Dietz, Simon and Morton, Alec (2008) Stern is from Mars, CoRWM is from Venus?: a comparison between the methods of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change and the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management. In:Valuing Intangibles, Environment Agency (10 July 2008 : Londond, U.K.).

Morton, Alec (2008) Group decision. In: Melnick, Edward L. and Everitt, Brian S., (eds.) Encyclopedia of quantitative risk analysis and assessment. Wiley, Chichester, UK. ISBN 9780470035498

Morton, Alec (2008) Supra decision maker. In: Melnick, Edward L. and Everitt, Brian S., (eds.) Encyclopedia of quantitative risk analysis and assessment. Wiley, Chichester, UK. ISBN 9780470035498

Airoldi, Mara and Bevan, Gwyn and Morton, Alec and Oliveira, Mónica and Smith, Jenifer (2008) Requisite models for strategic commissioning: the example of type 1 diabetes. Health care management science, 11 (2). pp. 89-110. ISSN 1386-9620

Morton, Alec and Bevan, Gwyn (2008) What's in a wait?: contrasting management science and economic perspectives on waiting for emergency care. Health policy, 85 (2). pp. 207-217. ISSN 0168-8510

Lourenco, J. C. Bana e Costa and Morton, Alec (2008) Software packages for multi-criteria resource allocation. In: 2008 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference, Europe: managing engineering, technology and innovation for growth. IEEE Operations Center, Piscataway, U.S.A.. ISBN 9781424422883

Pidd, Mike and Gunal, Murat M. and Morton, Alec (2008) DGHPSIM: performance modelling of general hospitals. In: Simulation 2008 Conference: proceedings. Operational Research Society, pp. 153-158.

2007

Morton, Alec and Ackermann, Fran and Belton, Valerie (2007) Problem structuring without workshops?: experiences with distributed interaction within a PSM process. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58 (5). pp. 547-556. ISSN 0160-5682

Morton, Alec (2007) Book review: comparative review of quantitative methods in health care management: techniques and applications by YA Ozcan; analytic models for decision making (Open University Press understanding public health series) by C Sanderson and R Gruen; health operations management: patient flow logistics in health care by J Vissers and R Beech (eds); reengineering health care: the complexities of organizational transformation by T McNulty and E Ferlie. Journal of the operational research society, 58 (8). pp. 1119-1120. ISSN 0160-5682

2006

Morton, Alec (2006) Structural properties of network revenue management models: an economic perspective. Naval research logistics, 53 (8). pp. 748-760. ISSN 0894-069X

Li, D. and Huang, H.-C. and Morton, A. D. and Chew, E.-P. (2006) Simultaneous fleet assignment and cargo routing using benders decomposition. OR spectrum, 28 (3). pp. 319-335. ISSN 0171-6468

2003

Morton, Alec and Ackermann, Fran and Belton, Valerie (2003) Technology-driven and model-driven approaches to group decision support: focus, research philosophy, and key concepts. European journal of information systems, 12 (2). pp. 110-126. ISSN 0960-085X

1999

Morton, Alec (1999) Ethics in action research. Systemic practice and action research, 12 (2). pp. 219-222. ISSN 1573-9295

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