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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.

 

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).
A.T. Murray. 2024. 
"Geographical compactness in shape assessment. "
Geographical Analysis (DOI: 10.1111/gean.12407).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
A.T. Murray and J. Baik. 2022. 
"Urban informatics and spatial optimization. "
Urban Informatics 1, 7 (DOI: 10.1007/s44212-022-00007-z).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
A.T. Murray. 2017.
"Regional analytics."
Annals of Regional Science 59, 1-13 (DOI: 10.1007/s00168-017-0825-6).
Q. Zhao, E.A. Wentz and A.T. Murray. 
"Tree shade coverage optimization in an urban residential environment."
Building and Environment 115, 269-280.
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).
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.
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
A.T. Murray. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Assessing the impacts of traditional school year calendar start dates."
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.
Research Themes:
I. Hong, A.T. Murray and L.J. Wolf. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Spatial filtering for identifying a shortest path around obstacles."
Geographical Analysis.
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. 
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.
I. Hong and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Assessing raster GIS approximation for Euclidean shortest path routing."
Transactions in GIS 20, 570-584.
A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Maximal coverage location problem: impacts, significance and evolution."
International Regional Science Review 39, 5-27. 
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).
P.V. Amaral and A.T. Murray. 2016.
"Equity in regional access to renal dialysis in Brazil."
Regional Science Policy & Practice 8, 27-44.
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.
A.T. Murray and X. Feng. Forthcoming 2016. 
"Public street lighting service standard assessment and achievement."
Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 53.
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). 
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.
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.