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Dr. Serhat Simsek is an Assistant Professor at the Feliciano School of Business at Montclair State University. Dr. Simsek earned his MS and Ph.D. in Statistics from Auburn University with a GPA of 4.00. His research has been published in prestigious journals such as OMEGA, Decision Support Systems, Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Enterprise Information Management, and Expert Systems with Applications among others.
His work in the field of machine learning has received several awards from different international and national conferences such as “Best Contribution to Theory Award”, "Best Application of Theory Award", “Best Overall Conference Paper Award”, "Nationwide (USA) Best Paper Award", and “Best Paper Award”. Besides, Dr. Simsek was awarded a scholarship by the Turkish Government to pursue education abroad as he was nationally ranked as the best (1st) student in the field of Mathematics.
Research interests
Statistics, Machine Learning, Healthcare Informatics
Scholarly Interests
Statistics, Machine Learning, Business Analytics
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A decision support framework for misstatement identification in financial reporting: A hybrid tree-augmented Bayesian belief approach
Simsek, S., Dag, A., Coussement, K., Kibis, E. Y., Asilkalkan, A. & Ragothaman, S., Feb 2025, In: Decision Support Systems. 189, 114369.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Parsimonious Tree Augmented Naive Bayes Model for Exploring Colorectal Cancer Survival Factors and Their Conditional Interrelations
Dag, A., Asilkalkan, A., Aydas, O. T., Caglar, M., Simsek, S. & Delen, D., Jun 2025, In: Information Systems Frontiers. 27, 3, p. 1209-1225 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Streamlining patients’ opioid prescription dosage: an explanatory bayesian model
Asilkalkan, A., Dag, A. Z., Simsek, S., Aydas, O. T., Kibis, E. Y. & Delen, D., Apr 2025, In: Annals of Operations Research. 347, 2, p. 889-912 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An interpretable machine learning methodology to generate interaction effect hypotheses from complex datasets
Nasir, M., Summerfield, N. S., Simsek, S. & Oztekin, A., Dec 2024, In: Decision Sciences. 55, 6, p. 549-576 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A machine learning decision support system for determining the primary factors impacting cancer survival and their temporal effect
Dag, A. Z., Johnson, M., Kibis, E., Simsek, S., Cankaya, B. & Delen, D., Dec 2023, In: Healthcare Analytics. 4, 100263.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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