{"id":10275,"date":"2024-08-06T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T20:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/abraham-avi-seidmann\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:50:05","slug":"abraham-avi-seidmann","status":"publish","type":"profiles","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/questrom\/profiles\/abraham-avi-seidmann\/","title":{"rendered":"Abraham (Avi) Seidmann"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull profile__standard-wrapper has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns profile__columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__left-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"profile__image wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Abraham (Avi) Seidmann\" style=\"object-fit:contain\" class=\"wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/SeidmannAbraham(Avi).jpg\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<aside class=\"profile__contact profile__contact--api wp-block-amp-profile-contact\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n  <h5>Contact<\/h5>\n  <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--email\">\n        <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n        Email\n      <\/h6>\n      <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:avis@bu.edu\" itemprop=\"email\">\n          avis@bu.edu        <\/a>\n      <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"profile__contact-buttons\">\n              <div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary-button\">\n          <a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/IS_Seidmann_Abraham(Avi)_CV.pdf\">\n            Download CV\n          <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"profile__contact-row\">\n\n              <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--office\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px;\">\n          Office\n        <\/h6>\n        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"workLocation\">\n          641        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"profile__contact-cell profile__contact-cell--bu\">\n          <h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-h-8-font-size\" style=\"font-weight: 500; text-transform: uppercase; margin-top: 0px\">\n            Boston University <br \/>\n            Questrom School of Business\n          <\/h6>\n                        <p class=\"has-p-2-font-size\" itemprop=\"address\">\n                Rafik B. Hariri Building <br \/>\n                595 Commonwealth Avenue <br \/>\n                Boston, MA 02215\n              <\/p>\n                  <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/aside><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column profile__right-column is-layout-flow wp-container-core-column-is-layout-3bd72ab2 wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7db9d80f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__header-content has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Abraham (Avi) Seidmann<\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"alignfull wp-block-amp-profile-position\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-transform-uppercase has-p-2-font-size\" style=\"text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: 600\">\n\t\t\tProfessor, Information Systems\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-amp-profile-data profile-data\"><div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-education\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tEducation\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">PhD, Texas Tech University, 1980<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">MSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1973<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">BSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1970<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-presentations\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tSelected Research Presentations\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. AI Assisted Decision Making: Investigating the Effects of Interpretability on Adoption of AI-Advice for Repetitive Managerial Decisions Under Uncertainty, Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Business Analytics, Columbia University Business School, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Opening AI\u2019s Black-Box: Investigating the Effects of Interpretability on Adaption of AI-Advice for Repetitive Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Tel-Aviv University, Coller School of Management, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. From Self to Other: Customer Reactions to Firm DEI Promotions on Social Media, INFORMS, Atlanta, GA, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. From Disruption to Operational Efficiency: The Impact of Mobile Boarding Pass Adoption in the Airline Industry, Conference on Information Systems and Technology, Atlanta, GA, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. AI Assisted Decision Making: Investigating the Effects of Interpretability on Adoption of AI-Advice for Repetitive Managerial Decisions Under Uncertainty, The Association of Consumer Research Conference, Washington, D.C., 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Opening AI\u2019s Black-Box: Investigating the Effects of Interpretability on Adaption of AI-Advice for Repetitive Decision Making Under Uncertainty, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Addressing the Surge in Medical Residency Applications: Policies for Effective Interview Allocation, Proceedings of the MSOM Conference, London, UK, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Seeing is Believing: Performance Benchmarking Outperforms Technical Explanations in AI-Assisted Operational Decision-Making Under Uncertainty, Proceedings of the MSOM Conference, London, UK, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. The Impact of Information Systems Research: Past, Present, and Future, McCombs School of Business, Austin, Texas, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Creative Ways for Successfully Teaching the Latest in IS\/AI to the Non-IS major MBA Students, The 2025 IT Teaching Workship, University of Delaware, Newark, DE., 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. From Self to Other: Customer Reactions to Firm DEI Promotions on Social Media, Conference on the Digital Economy, India, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Utilizing AI and Social Media Analytics to Discover Unreported Adverse Side Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists Used for Obesity Treatment, Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Hawaii, 2025<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. From Self to Other: Customer Reactions to Firm DEI Promotions on Social Media, WISE, Bangkok, Thailand, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. From Self to Other: Customer Reactions to Firm DEI Promotions on Social Media, INFORMS, Seattle, Washington, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. Social Media Analytics for Medical Knowledge Discovery: Uncovering Unreported Side Effects of GLP-1 RA, Rotman School of Management; University of Toronto, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. The Effects of Interpretive AI on Repeated Managerial Decisions-Making under Uncertainty, HICSS 2024, Honalulu, Hawaii, 2024<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Xu, L. , Seidmann, A. , Soltanieh-ha, M. Pick the Right Tactics When Online Sales Go Live: An Empirical Analysis of Livestreaming for Amazon Sellers, Proceedings of the 56th Hawai&#8217;i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, 2023<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Wan, F. , Xu, H. , Seidmann, A. Does Health Information Exchange Improve Long-Term Care Service Quality?, Proceedings of the 56th Hawai&#8217;i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), Maui, HI, 2023<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-section has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained wp-block-amp-profile-publications\">\n\t<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-weight: 500\">\n\tPublications\t<\/h5>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-group profile__data-row has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\t<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A. (In Press). &#8220;Enhancing Efficiency with an AI-Augmented Clinician in Neurology&#8221;, <i>Aging and Disease<\/i>, <i>16<\/i> (5)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Tezcan, T., Seidmann, A. (In Press). &#8220;Service Model with Different Service Rates and Prices&#8221;, <i>SSRN Electronic Journal<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2025). &#8220;Introduction to the Minitrack on Digital Transformations of Business Operations&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tzivian, L., Benis, A., Rusakova, A., Syundyukov, E., Seidmann, A., Ophir, Y. (2024). &#8220;International scientific communication on COVID-19 data: management pitfalls understanding.&#8221;, <i>J Public Health (Oxf)<\/i>, <i>46<\/i> (1),  87-96<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lee, J., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A. (2024). &#8220;Optimal Location of Remote Dental Units&#8221;, <i>European Journal of Operational Research<\/i>, <i>312<\/i> (3),  969-977<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Baron, O., Chen, F., Seidmann, A. (2024). &#8220;The Dynamic Integration of AI &#8211; Driven Telemedicine with In-Office Specialty Care&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jiang, Y., Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2024). &#8220;Introduction to the Minitrack on Digital Transformations of Business Operations&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tzivian, L., Sokolovska, J., Grike, A., Kalcenaua, A., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Mednis, M., Danovska, I., Berzins, U., Bogdanovs, A., Syundyukov, E. (2022). &#8220;Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the quality of life of Type 1 diabetes patients using insulin pumps and of those receiving multiple daily insulin injections.&#8221;, <i>Health Qual Life Outcomes<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (1),  120-<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., DeVore, A., Birati, E., Genuardi, M., Sheikh, F., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Kutyifa, V., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2022). &#8220;Low Blood Pressure Threshold for Adverse Outcomes During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support&#8221;, <i>The American Journal of Cardiology<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2022). &#8220;Racial Bias in Customer Service: Evidence from Twitter&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (1),  43-54<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lee, J., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D., Mclaren, S. (2022). &#8220;Optimal Location of a Remote Dental Unit&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ravid, Y., Seidmann, A. (2022). &#8220;Estimating the Impact of Asymptomatic Carriers on the spread of Infectious Diseases: An interaction-based Model&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Benis, A., Banker, M., Pinkasovich, D., Kirin, M., Yoshai, B., Benchoam-Ravid, R., Ashkenazi, S., Seidmann, A. (2021). &#8220;Reasons for Utilizing Telemedicine during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based International Study.&#8221;, <i>J Clin Med<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (23)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). &#8220;Data-Driven Decision Making and Proactive Citizen-Scientist Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Adherence.&#8221;, <i>Vaccines (Basel)<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (12)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Bennis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). &#8220;COVID-19 vaccination readiness: use of digital technologies for data-driven decision making&#8221;, <i>European Journal of Public Health<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (Supplement_3)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Benis, A., Seidmann, A., Ashkenazi, S. (2021). &#8220;Reasons for Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine by US Social Media Users.&#8221;, <i>Vaccines (Basel)<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (4)<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Chen, L., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2020). &#8220;LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RISK OF DEATH AND STROKE IN CONTEMPORARY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE RECIPIENTS&#8221;, <i>Journal of the American College of Cardiology<\/i>, <i>75<\/i> (11),  861-861<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Friedman, D. (2019). &#8220;A Randomized Trial of Telemedicine for Migraine Management&#8221;, <i>Neurology Online<\/i> 4.10-4.001<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2019). &#8220;Introduction to the Minitrack on The Impact of Digitization on Business Operations&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2018). &#8220;Can irrelevant benchmark information help when making business decisions under uncertainty? An empirical investigation of the newsvendor game&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>107<\/i> 40-51<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2017). &#8220;Whose and What Social Media Complaints Have Happier Resolutions? Evidence from Twitter&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>34<\/i> (2),  314-340<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2017). &#8220;What Drives Successful Complaint Resolutions on Social Media?: Evidence from the Airline Industry&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Friedman, D. (2017). &#8220;Managing Migraine via Telemedicine: Clinical Effectiveness and Process Implications&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2017). &#8220;Introduction to Integrating Business Operations, Information Technologies, and Consumer Behavior Minitrack&#8221;, <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i><\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Seidmann, A. (2016). &#8220;Improving Open Access Policy for Scheduling Outpatient Appointments&#8221;, <i>2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)<\/i> 4760-4763<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2016). &#8220;Introduction to the Impacts of Information Technologies on Consumer Activities and on Business Operations Minitrack&#8221;, <i>2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)<\/i> 4739-4739<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dobson, G., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V., Froix, A. (2015). &#8220;Configuring surgical instrument trays to reduce costs&#8221;, <i>IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> (4),  225-237<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). &#8220;Introduction to the Special Issue on \u201cAnalyzing the impacts of advanced information technologies on business operations\u201d&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>76<\/i> 1-2<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ma, D., Seidmann, A. (2015). &#8220;Analyzing Software as a Service with Per-Transaction Charges&#8221;, <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> (2),  360-378<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2015). &#8220;Customer Service on Social Media: The Effect of Customer Popularity and Sentiment on Airline Response&#8221;, <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 3288-3297<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2015). &#8220;Are Groups Better Than Individuals at Making Decisions? An Experimental Study on Newsvendor Problem&#8221;, <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4252-4261<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). &#8220;Introduction to the Impacts of Advanced Information Technologies on Business Operations Minitrack&#8221;, <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4251-4251<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Mehra, A., Seidmann, A., Mojumder, P. (2014). &#8220;Product Life-Cycle Management of Packaged Software&#8221;, <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (3),  366-378<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2014). &#8220;Capacity planning and performance contracting for service facilities&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 31-42<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jing, B., Seidmann, A. (2014). &#8220;Finance sourcing in a supply chain&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 15-20<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). &#8220;Introduction to the Special Issue on \u201cIntegrating Information Systems and Operations Management\u201d&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 1-2<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Ramchandran, R. (2014). &#8220;Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Patients: Saving Vision through IT&#8221;, <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4239-4243<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). &#8220;Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack&#8221;, <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4179-4179<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Tong Wu, ., Seidmann, A. (2014). &#8220;Do Competitive Environments Have an Effect on Managerial Decision Making? An Empirical Investigation of the Newsvendor Problem&#8221;, <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4180-4189<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Dorsey, E. (2013). &#8220;The Competitive Business Impact of Using Telemedicine for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Conditions&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (2),  127-158<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Dorsey, E., Venkataraman, V., Grana, M., Bull, M., George, B., Boyd, C., Beck, C., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K. (2013). &#8220;Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of \u201cVirtual House Calls\u201d for Parkinson Disease&#8221;, <i>JAMA Neurology<\/i>, <i>70<\/i> (5),  565-565<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Dorsey, E. (2013). &#8220;Optimizing Physician Processing Rates with Priority Queues&#8221;, <i>2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4163-4165<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2013). &#8220;Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack&#8221;, <i>2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4125-4125<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2012). &#8220;Information<i>Hang-overs<\/i>in Healthcare Service Systems&#8221;, <i>Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>14<\/i> (4),  634-653<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">George, B., Scoglio, N., Reminick, J., Rajan, B., Beck, C., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K., Dorsey, E. (2012). &#8220;Telemedicine in Leading US Neurology Departments&#8221;, <i>The Neurohospitalist<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (4),  123-128<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Golden, B., Seidmann, A. (2012). &#8220;Introduction to the Special Issue on Applications of Healthcare Operations Management&#8221;, <i>Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>14<\/i> (4),  485-487<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2012). &#8220;Introduction to the Special Issue on \u201cInformation Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design\u201d&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>53<\/i> (2),  267-268<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Bondareva, M., Seidmann, A. (2012). &#8220;Peaker Outsourcing for Service Systems with Time-Varying Arrival Rates&#8221;, <i>2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4806-4813<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2012). &#8220;Introduction to the Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack&#8221;, <i>2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4746-4746<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">\u00c7akici, \u00d6., Groenevelt, H., Seidmann, A. (2011). &#8220;Using RFID for the management of pharmaceutical inventory \u2014 system optimization and shrinkage control&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>51<\/i> (4),  842-852<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Marom, O., Seidmann, A. (2011). &#8220;Using \u201clast-minute\u201d sales for vertical differentiation on the Internet&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>51<\/i> (4),  894-903<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2011). &#8220;Introduction to the special issue on \u201cinformation issues in supply chain and in service system design\u201d&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>51<\/i> (4),  831-832<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2011). &#8220;Integrated capacity and marketing incentive contracting for capital-intensive service systems&#8221;, <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>51<\/i> (3),  627-637<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Dorsey, E., Biglan, K., Reminick, J. (2011). &#8220;Analyzing the Clinical and Competitive Impact of Telemedicine -Experience with Treating Parkinson Disease Patients via Telemedicine&#8221;, <i>2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-10<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Saha, R., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V. (2011). &#8220;Unexpected Motivations behind Joining Group Purchasing Organization (GPO)&#8221;, <i>2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-8<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\"> (2011). &#8220;<b>Call for Papers<\/b>\u2014<i>M&amp;SOM<\/i> Special Issue: Applications of Health-Care Operations Management&#8221;, <i>Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>13<\/i> (1),  144-144<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;Perpetual Versus Subscription Licensing Under Quality Uncertainty and Network Externality Effects&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>27<\/i> (1),  39-68<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Pinker, E., Seidmann, A., Vakrat, Y. (2010). &#8220;Using bid data for the management of sequential, multi-unit, online auctions with uniformly distributed bidder valuations&#8221;, <i>European Journal of Operational Research<\/i>, <i>202<\/i> (2),  574-583<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Cakici, O., Groenevelt, H., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;Efficient Inventory Management by Leveraging RFID in Service Organizations&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-11<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;Selling or Subscribing Software under Quality Uncertainty and Network Externality Effect&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-10<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Saha, R., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V. (2010). &#8220;A Research Agenda for Emerging Roles of Healthcare GPOs and Their Evolution from Group Purchasing to Information Sharing to Strategic Consulting&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-9<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;Managing Information Intensive Service Facilities: Executive Contracts, Market Information, and Capacity Planning&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-8<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;The Hang-Over Effect in Information-Intensive Service Systems&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-10<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Marom, O., Seidmann, A. (2010). &#8220;Using &#8220;Last-Minute&#8221; Sales for Vertical Differentiation on the Internet&#8221;, <i>2010 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 1-8<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2009). &#8220;Analyzing the Differential Impact of Radiology Information Systems Across Radiology Modalities&#8221;, <i>Journal of the American College of Radiology<\/i>, <i>6<\/i> (10),  705-714<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Ma, D., Seidmann, A. (2008). &#8220;The Pricing Strategy Analysis for the \u201cSoftware-as-a-Service\u201d Business Model&#8221;, <i>Springer Berlin Heidelberg<\/i> 103-112<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Huang, M., Wang, E., Seidmann, A. (2007). &#8220;Price Mechanism for Knowledge Transfer: An Integrative Theory&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>24<\/i> (3),  79-108<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Etzion, H., Pinker, E., Seidmann, A. (2006). &#8220;Analyzing the Simultaneous Use of Auctions and Posted Prices for Online Selling&#8221;, <i>Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>8<\/i> (1),  68-91<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Lexa, F., Mehta, T., Seidmann, A. (2005). &#8220;Managerial accounting applications in radiology&#8221;, <i>Journal of the American College of Radiology<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (3),  262-270<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Seidmann, A., Mehta, T. (2005). &#8220;Financial accounting for radiology executives&#8221;, <i>Journal of the American College of Radiology<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (3),  232-240<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">Rummel, J., Walter, Z., Dewan, R., Seidmann, A. (2005). &#8220;Activity consolidation to improve responsiveness&#8221;, <i>European Journal of Operational Research<\/i>, <i>161<\/i> (3),  683-703<\/p><p class=\"has-text-align-left has-neutral-01-color has-text-color has-link-color has-p-2-font-size\">DEWAN, R., FREIMER, M., SEIDMANN, A., ZHANG, J. (2004). &#8220;Web Portals: Evidence and Analysis of Media Concentration&#8221;, <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>21<\/i> (2),  181-199<\/p>\t\t<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"bu_is_from_api":true,"buID":"U68454931","lastName":"Seidmann","firstName":"Abraham (Avi)","middleName":"","suffixName":"","phone":"","email":"avis@bu.edu","pronouns":"","cv":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/faculty\/uploadFiles\/cvUploadsProfile\/IS_Seidmann_Abraham(Avi)_CV.pdf","website":"","office":"641","address":"595 Commonwealth Ave","bio":"","bu_profile_image_url":"http:\/\/questromapps.bu.edu\/images\/facstaff\/SeidmannAbraham(Avi).jpg","position":["Professor, Information Systems"],"education":["PhD, Texas Tech University, 1980","MSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1973","BSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 1970"],"publications":["Seidmann, A. 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(2024). \"The Dynamic Integration of AI - Driven Telemedicine with In-Office Specialty Care\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Jiang, Y., Zhang, J., Seidmann, A. (2024). \"Introduction to the Minitrack on Digital Transformations of Business Operations\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Tzivian, L., Sokolovska, J., Grike, A., Kalcenaua, A., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Mednis, M., Danovska, I., Berzins, U., Bogdanovs, A., Syundyukov, E. (2022). \"Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the quality of life of Type 1 diabetes patients using insulin pumps and of those receiving multiple daily insulin injections.\", <i>Health Qual Life Outcomes<\/i>, <i>20<\/i> (1),  120-","Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., DeVore, A., Birati, E., Genuardi, M., Sheikh, F., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Kutyifa, V., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2022). \"Low Blood Pressure Threshold for Adverse Outcomes During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support\", <i>The American Journal of Cardiology<\/i>","Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2022). \"Racial Bias in Customer Service: Evidence from Twitter\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>33<\/i> (1),  43-54","Lee, J., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Kopycka-Kedzierawski, D., Mclaren, S. (2022). \"Optimal Location of a Remote Dental Unit\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Ravid, Y., Seidmann, A. (2022). \"Estimating the Impact of Asymptomatic Carriers on the spread of Infectious Diseases: An interaction-based Model\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Benis, A., Banker, M., Pinkasovich, D., Kirin, M., Yoshai, B., Benchoam-Ravid, R., Ashkenazi, S., Seidmann, A. (2021). \"Reasons for Utilizing Telemedicine during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Internet-Based International Study.\", <i>J Clin Med<\/i>, <i>10<\/i> (23)","Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Benis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). \"Data-Driven Decision Making and Proactive Citizen-Scientist Communication: A Cross-Sectional Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Adherence.\", <i>Vaccines (Basel)<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (12)","Syundyukov, E., Mednis, M., Zaharenko, L., Pildegovica, E., Danovska, I., Kistkins, S., Seidmann, A., Bennis, A., Pirags, V., Tzivian, L. (2021). \"COVID-19 vaccination readiness: use of digital technologies for data-driven decision making\", <i>European Journal of Public Health<\/i>, <i>31<\/i> (Supplement_3)","Benis, A., Seidmann, A., Ashkenazi, S. (2021). \"Reasons for Taking the COVID-19 Vaccine by US Social Media Users.\", <i>Vaccines (Basel)<\/i>, <i>9<\/i> (4)","Vidula, H., Altintas, O., McNitt, S., Polonsky, B., Alexis, J., Chen, L., Gosev, I., Bisognano, J., Seidmann, A., Goldenberg, I. (2020). \"LOW BLOOD PRESSURE AND THE RISK OF DEATH AND STROKE IN CONTEMPORARY LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE RECIPIENTS\", <i>Journal of the American College of Cardiology<\/i>, <i>75<\/i> (11),  861-861","Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Friedman, D. (2019). \"A Randomized Trial of Telemedicine for Migraine Management\", <i>Neurology Online<\/i> 4.10-4.001","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2019). \"Introduction to the Minitrack on The Impact of Digitization on Business Operations\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2018). \"Can irrelevant benchmark information help when making business decisions under uncertainty? 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(2017). \"Introduction to Integrating Business Operations, Information Technologies, and Consumer Behavior Minitrack\", <i>Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i>","Rajan, B., Seidmann, A. (2016). \"Improving Open Access Policy for Scheduling Outpatient Appointments\", <i>2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)<\/i> 4760-4763","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2016). \"Introduction to the Impacts of Information Technologies on Consumer Activities and on Business Operations Minitrack\", <i>2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)<\/i> 4739-4739","Dobson, G., Seidmann, A., Tilson, V., Froix, A. (2015). \"Configuring surgical instrument trays to reduce costs\", <i>IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering<\/i>, <i>5<\/i> (4),  225-237","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). \"Introduction to the Special Issue on \u201cAnalyzing the impacts of advanced information technologies on business operations\u201d\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>76<\/i> 1-2","Ma, D., Seidmann, A. (2015). \"Analyzing Software as a Service with Per-Transaction Charges\", <i>Information Systems Research<\/i>, <i>26<\/i> (2),  360-378","Gunarathne, P., Rui, H., Seidmann, A. (2015). \"Customer Service on Social Media: The Effect of Customer Popularity and Sentiment on Airline Response\", <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 3288-3297","Wu, T., Seidmann, A. (2015). \"Are Groups Better Than Individuals at Making Decisions? An Experimental Study on Newsvendor Problem\", <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4252-4261","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2015). \"Introduction to the Impacts of Advanced Information Technologies on Business Operations Minitrack\", <i>2015 48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4251-4251","Mehra, A., Seidmann, A., Mojumder, P. (2014). \"Product Life-Cycle Management of Packaged Software\", <i>Production and Operations Management<\/i>, <i>23<\/i> (3),  366-378","Jiang, Y., Seidmann, A. (2014). \"Capacity planning and performance contracting for service facilities\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 31-42","Jing, B., Seidmann, A. (2014). \"Finance sourcing in a supply chain\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 15-20","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). \"Introduction to the Special Issue on \u201cIntegrating Information Systems and Operations Management\u201d\", <i>Decision Support Systems<\/i>, <i>58<\/i> 1-2","Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Ramchandran, R. (2014). \"Teleophthalmology for Diabetic Patients: Saving Vision through IT\", <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4239-4243","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2014). \"Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack\", <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4179-4179","Tong Wu, ., Seidmann, A. (2014). \"Do Competitive Environments Have an Effect on Managerial Decision Making? An Empirical Investigation of the Newsvendor Problem\", <i>2014 47th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4180-4189","Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Dorsey, E. (2013). \"The Competitive Business Impact of Using Telemedicine for the Treatment of Patients with Chronic Conditions\", <i>Journal of Management Information Systems<\/i>, <i>30<\/i> (2),  127-158","Dorsey, E., Venkataraman, V., Grana, M., Bull, M., George, B., Boyd, C., Beck, C., Rajan, B., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K. (2013). \"Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial of \u201cVirtual House Calls\u201d for Parkinson Disease\", <i>JAMA Neurology<\/i>, <i>70<\/i> (5),  565-565","Seidmann, A., Rajan, B., Dorsey, E. (2013). \"Optimizing Physician Processing Rates with Priority Queues\", <i>2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4163-4165","Seidmann, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, J. (2013). \"Introduction to Information Issues in Supply Chain and in Service System Design Minitrack\", <i>2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences<\/i> 4125-4125","Lahiri, A., Seidmann, A. (2012). \"Information<i>Hang-overs<\/i>in Healthcare Service Systems\", <i>Manufacturing &amp; Service Operations Management<\/i>, <i>14<\/i> (4),  634-653","George, B., Scoglio, N., Reminick, J., Rajan, B., Beck, C., Seidmann, A., Biglan, K., Dorsey, E. (2012). \"Telemedicine in Leading US Neurology Departments\", <i>The Neurohospitalist<\/i>, <i>2<\/i> (4),  123-128","Golden, B., Seidmann, A. 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