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Alan Murray

Alan Murray
Geography
UC Santa Barbara
Professor

Alan Murray is a Professor in the Department of Geography and leads the Wildfire Resilience Initiative (https://wri.ucsb.edu/). He is editor of International Regional Science Review, associate editor for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. His research and teaching interests include: geographic information science; spatial optimization; health informatics; urban growth and development; land use planning; urban, regional, and natural resource planning and development; and, infrastructure and transportation systems. He is the author of three books and over 300 research articles, book chapters and proceedings papers.

Grants, Awards and Distinctions:

Yardi Foundation. 2023-2026 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts, S. Sweeney and M. Moritz. $3,700,000.

Yardi Foundation. 2022-2023 Wildfire Resilience Initiative. Murray, A., L. Carvalho, C. Jones, D. Roberts and M. Moritz., $1,000,000.

National Science Foundation. 2017-2022. PREEVENTS Track 2: Understanding Extreme Fire Weather Hazards and Improving Resilience in Coastal Santa Barbara. Carvalho, L., A. Murray, C. Jones, D. Roberts and R. Church.  $1,508,987.

USDA Forest Service / Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. 2020-2021. The development of spatial optimization tools to support efforts to transition to fire resilient forest landscapes. Church, R. and A. Murray. $94,901.

National Institutes of Health. 2020-2022. Activity Spaces for HIV Risk and Prevention Among Diverse Men Who Have Sex with Men in Los Angeles. Cassels, S., A. Murray P. Gorbach and A. Vaughan. $401,769.

 

amurray@ucsb.edu
http://geog.ucsb.edu/~amurray/
Education and Health
Population Health and Environment
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity

Publications

A.T. Murray, K. Shammout, R. Farwell, K. Huetten and T. Cox. 2024. 
"Service area delineation to support on-demand mobility for the transport disadvantaged."
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 95, 101967 (DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2024.101967).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2024. 
"Geographical compactness in shape assessment. "
Geographical Analysis (DOI: 10.1111/gean.12407).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Baik and A.T. Murray. 2024. 
"Location analytics to support wildfire response prepositioning. "
2024 Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (https://hdl.handle.net/10125/107069).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, J.Baik, V. Echeverri, D. Rini, M.A. Moritz, D.A. Roberts, S.H. Sweeney, L.M.V. Carvalho and C. Jones. 2023. 
"Developing effective wildfire risk mitigation plans for the wildland urban interface. "
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 124, 103531 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103531).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, J.Baik, V. Echeverri, D. Rini, M.A. Moritz, D.A. Roberts, S.H. Sweeney, L.M.V. Carvalho and C. Jones. 2023. 
"Developing effective wildfire risk mitigation plans for the wildland urban interface. "
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 124, 103531 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2023.103531).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
B.A. Pludow, A.T. Murray, V. Echeverri and R.L. Church. 2023. 
"Evaluation of forest treatment planning considering multiple objectives. "
Journal of Environmental Management 346, 118997 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118997).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and S. Burtner. 2023. 
"Physical distancing as an integral component of pandemic response. "
Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences 16, 8 (DOI: 10.1007/s12076-023-00331-1).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Xu, A.T. Murray, R.L. Church and R. Wei. 2023. 
"Service allocation equity in location coverage analytics. "
European Journal of Operational Research 305, 21-31 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2022.05.032).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and J. Baik. 2023. 
"Open-source spatial optimization in GIScience for strategic positioning. "
Transactions in GIS 27, 646-662 (DOI: 10.1111/TGIS.13033).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
B.A. Pludow, A.T. Murray, V. Echeverri and R.L. Church. 2023. 
"Evaluation of forest treatment planning considering multiple objectives. "
Journal of Environmental Management.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and R.L. Church. 2023. 
"Spatial optimization of multiple area land acquisition. "
Computers & Operations Research 153, 106160 (DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2023.106160).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
Reid, S. C., Wang, V., Assaf, R. D., Kaloper, S., Murray, A. T., Shoptaw, S., Gorbach, P., & Cassels, S. (2023)
"Novel Location-Based Survey Using Cognitive Interviews to Assess Geographic Networks and Hotspots of Sex and Drug Use: Implementation and Validation Study."
JMIR Formative Research, 7(1), e45188. https://doi.org/10.2196/45188
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment, Sex and Gender
E. Noi and A.T. Murray. 2022. 
"Interpolation biases in assessing spatial heterogeneity of outdoor air quality in Moscow, Russia. "
Land Use Policy 112, 105783 (DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105783).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
B.A. Pludow, A.T. Murray and R.L. Church. 2022. 
"Service quality modeling to support optimizing facility location in a microscale environment. "
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 82, 101273 (DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2022.101273).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, A. Ortiz and S. Cho. 2022. 
"Enhancing strategic defensive positioning and performance in the outfield. "
Journal of Geographical Systems 24, 223-240 (DOI: 10.1007/s10109-021-00367-1).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, R.L. Church, B.A. Pludow and P. Stine. 2022. 
"Advancing contiguous environmental land allocation analysis, planning and modeling. "
Journal of Land Use Science (DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2022.2041120).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
S. Burtner and A.T. Murray. 2022. 
"COVID-19 and minimizing micro-spatial interactions. "
ACM Transactions on Spatial Algorithms and Systems 8, 1-17 (DOI: 10.1145/3486970).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, R.L. Church and B.A. Pludow. 2022. 
"Multiple patch land allocation. "
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 97, 101871 (DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2022.101871).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Baik and A.T. Murray. 2022. 
"Locating a facility to simultaneously address access and coverage goals. "
Papers in Regional Science 101, 1199-1217 (DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12693).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and J. Baik. 2022. 
"Urban informatics and spatial optimization. "
Urban Informatics 1, 7 (DOI: 10.1007/s44212-022-00007-z).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Xu, A.T. Murray, R.L. Church and R. Wei. 2022. 
"A heuristic algorithm for balancing workloads in coverage modeling. "
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 92, 101746 (DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101746).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
X. Feng, A.T. Murray and R.L. Church. 2021. 
" Drone service response: spatiotemporal heterogeneity implications."
Journal of Transport Geography 93, 103074 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103074).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
X. Feng, S. Wang, A.T. Murray, Y. Cao and S. Gao. 2021. 
"Multi-objective trajectory optimization in planning for sequential activities across space and through time. "
Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science 48, 945-963 (DOI: 10.1177/2399808320913300).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
C. Jin and A.T. Murray. 2021. 
"Exploring public open data: micro-scale spatiotemporal dynamics of restaurant entrepreneurship in Seoul, Korea. "
 International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research 8(3), 5.
Research Themes:
Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2021. 
"Resilience in complex networks. "
In Handbook on Entropy, Complexity and Spatial Dynamics: A Rebirth of Theory? edited by A. Reggiani, L.A. Schintler, D. Czamanski and R. Patuelli, 418-431 (Edward Elgar Publishing) (DOI: https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839100598).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, R.L. Church, J. Xu, L. Carvalho, C. Jones and D. Roberts. 2021. 
"Fire and flood vulnerability, and implications for evacuation. "
Geospatial Technology and Smart Cities, edited by Poonam Sharma, 299-314 (Springer) (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-71945-6).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
S. Burtner and A.T. Murray. 2021. 
"Urban mobility and segregation examined through networked travel activity. "
Handbook of Cities and Networks, edited by Z. Neal and C. Rozenblat, 331-349 (Edward Elgar Publishers).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2020. 
"Planning for classroom physical distancing to minimize the threat of COVID-19 disease spread. "
PLoS ONE 15, e0243345 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243345).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2020. 
"Sustainability and resilience through micro-scale decisions for change. "
Development Studies in Regional Science: In Honor of Kingsley E Haynes, edited by Z. Chen, W. Bowen and D. Whittington, 43-57 (Berlin: Springer) (DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1435-7_4).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, L. Carvalho, R.L. Church, C. Jones, D. Roberts, J. Xu, K. Zigner and D. Nash. 2020. 
"Coastal vulnerability under extreme weather. "
 Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (DOI: 10.1007/s12061-020-09357-0).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Xu and A.T. Murray. 2020. 
"Spatial variability in retail gasoline markets. "
Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 3, 581-603 (DOI: 10.1007/s41685-019-00104-z).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
S. Burtner and A.T. Murray. 2020. 
"Urban mobility and segregation examined through networked travel activity. "
Handbook of Cities and Networks, edited by C. Rozenblat and Z. Neal (Edward Elgar Publishers).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
K. Grace, A.T. Murray and R. Wei. 2020. 
"Improving urban and peri-urban health outcomes through early detection and aid planning. "
Geospatial Technologies for Urban Health, edited by Y. Lu and E. Delmelle, 231-250 (Cham: Springer) (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-19573-1_12).
Research Themes:
Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray, R.L. Church, J. Xu, L. Carvalho, C. Jones and D. Roberts. 2020. 
"Fire and flood vulnerability, and implications for evacuation. "
Geo Spatial Technology and Smart City Development, edited by Poonam Sharma (Springer).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Yao, X. Zhang and A.T. Murray. 2019. 
"Location optimization of urban fire stations: accessibility and service coverage. "
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 73, 184-190 (DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2018.10.006).
Research Themes:
Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and T.H. Grubesic. 2019. 
"Evolving regional analytics in a rural world. "
International Regional Science Review 42, 374-399 (DOI: 10.1177/0160017619827071).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
L. Conrow, A.T. Murray and H.A. Fischer. 2018. 
"An optimization approach for equitable bicycle share station siting."
Journal of Transport Geography, 69, 163-170 (DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.04.023).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
X. Feng and A.T. Murray. 2018. 
"Spatial analytics for enhancing street light coverage of public spaces."
LEUKOS. 14, 13-23 (DOI: 10.1080/15502724.2017.1321486).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
S. Wang, S. Gao, X. Feng, A.T. Murray and M. Zeng. 2018. 
"A context-based geoprocessing framework for optimizing meetup location of multiple moving objects along road networks."
International Journal of Geographical Information Science. 32, 1368-1390 (DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1431838).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
D. Tong and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"Location analysis: developments on the horizon."
Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2: Methodological Advance, Regional Systems Modeling and Open Science, edited by R. Jackson and P. Shaeffer, 193-208 (Springer).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
J. Yao and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"A spatial optimization approach for solving a multi-facility location problem with continuously distributed demand."
Innovations in Urban and Regional Systems - Contributions from GIS&T, Spatial Analysis and Location Modeling, edited by J.-C. Thill (Springer's Advances in Spatial Science Series), to appear.
Research Themes:
Family Demography, Population Health and Environment
K. Grace, R. Wei and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"A spatial analytic framework for assessing and improving food aid distribution in developing countries."
Food Security, to appear (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0703-1).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
L.J. Wolf and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"Spatial analysis."
International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment, and Technology, edited by D. Richardson, N. Castree, M.F. Goodchild, A. Kobayashi, W. Liu and R.A. Marston (New York: John Wiley & Sons) (DOI: 10.1002/9781118786352.wbieg0505).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
I. Hong, M. Kuby and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"A deviation flow refueling location model for continuous space: a commercial drone delivery system for urban areas."
Food Security, to appear (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-017-0703-1).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
Y. Zhang, A.T. Murray and B.L. Turner. 2017.
"Optimizing green space locations to reduce daytime and nighttime urban heat island effects in Phoenix, Arizona."
Landscape and Urban Planning 165, 162-171 (DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.04.009).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2017.
"GIS in regional research."
Regional Research Frontiers - Vol. 2: Methodological Advance, Regional Systems Modeling and Open Science, edited by R. Jackson and P. Shaeffer, 169-180 (Springer).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
S. McLafferty and A.T. Murray. 2017.
"Regional perspectives on public health."
Regional Research Frontiers- Vol. 1: Innovations, Regional Growth and Migration, edited by R. Jackson and P. Shaeffer, 161-174 (Springer).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2017.
"Regional analytics."
Annals of Regional Science 59, 1-13 (DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0825-6).
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
Q. Zhao, E.A. Wentz and A.T. Murray. 
"Tree shade coverage optimization in an urban residential environment."
Building and Environment 115, 269-280.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Maximal coverage location problem: impacts, significance and evolution."
International Regional Science Review 39, 5-27. 
Research Themes:
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
T.H. Grubesic, R. Wei, A.T. Murray and W.A. Pridemore. 2016.
"Comparative approaches for assessing access to alcohol outlets: exploring the utility of a gravity potential approach."
Population Health Metrics 14, 25 (DOI: 10.1186/s12963-016-0097-x).
Research Themes:
Education and Health, Population Health and Environment
P.V. Amaral and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Equity in regional access to renal dialysis in Brazil."
Regional Science Policy & Practice 8, 27-44.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
R. Wei and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"A parallel algorithm for coverage optimization on multi-core architectures."
International Journal of Geographical Information Science 30, 432-450.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray and X. Feng. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Public street lighting service standard assessment and achievement."
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 53.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
R. Wei and A.T. Murray. 2016. 
"Spatial uncertainty challenges in location modeling with dispersion requirements."
Spatial Analysis and Location Modeling in Urban and Regional Systems, edited by J.-C. Thill (New York: Springer). 
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
R.L. Oxley, L.W. Mayes and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Optimization model for the sustainable water resource management of river basins."
Water Resources Management 30, 3247-3264.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
I. Hong, A.T. Murray and S.J. Rey. 2016.
"Obstacle-avoiding shortest path derivation in a multicore computing environment."
Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 55, 1-10.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
A.T. Murray. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Assessing the impacts of traditional school year calendar start dates."
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.
Research Themes:
Education and Health
I. Hong, A.T. Murray and L.J. Wolf. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Spatial filtering for identifying a shortest path around obstacles."
Geographical Analysis.
Research Themes:
Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
T.H. Grubesic, R. Wei, A.T. Murray and F. Wei. 2016. 
"Essential Air Service in the United States: exploring strategies to enhance spatial and operational efficiencies."
International Regional Science Review 39, 108-130. 
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity
S. Kleinschmidt, A.T. Murray, S. Rey, L. Anselin and T.H. Grubesic. 2016
"Spatial uncertainty in cluster detection."
Spatial Information Research 24, 181-189.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment
I. Hong and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Assessing raster GIS approximation for Euclidean shortest path routing."
Transactions in GIS 20, 570-584.
Research Themes:
Population Health and Environment