Decision on SIG-2026-0253

[MSOM Conference]

08-May-2026

Re: SIG-2026-0253, "Causal analysis and inference of queueing server behavior using survival analysis"

SIG Day Decision: Reject

Dear Author (this is to ensure anonymity):

We received many excellent submissions for the Healthcare Operations Management SIG-Day Conference. Unfortunately, we were unable to accept all of them to be included in the program, and we are sorry to say that your paper was not accepted to the SIG-Day conference.

If you also submitted an extended abstract of your paper to the main MSOM Conference, a decision on that submission will come separately.


Sincerely,

Healthcare Operations;SIG Co-Chairs

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Please summarize the paper briefly. - Rev: I enjoyed reading this paper. The topic is quite timely, the research question is worthwhile, and the manuscript sits in a promising space between behavioral queueing, empirical service operations, and causal inference. The central intuition is that when service times are shaped by dynamics unfolding during service, a simple regression on a static workload measure can yield misleading conclusions.

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Please summarize the paper briefly. - Rev: see review.-


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