Sheldon Howard
Jacobson, Ph.D.
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(217) 244-7275
March
Madness 2013... What are your bracket odds?
Visit http://bracketodds.cs.illinois.edu
Post analysis of the 2012
Presidential Election
Visit http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/
Operations
Research and Industrial Engineering
Methodological
Research
- Applied
Probability
- Discrete
Optimization Algorithms / Heuristics
- Decision-Making
Under Uncertainty
- Discrete
Event Computer Simulation
Applications
Vaccines and Immunization
Vaccine
Economics
Vaccine
Pricing
Vaccine
Stockpiling
Public Health and Health Policy
Cell Phone
Bans and their Impact on Accident Rates
Transportation
and Energy, and their Impact on Obesity
Pandemic
Response
Aviation Security Modeling and Analysis
Aviation
Security System Design and Analysis
Risk
Assessment
Security
Technology
Political Modeling
Presidential Election
Prediction
Political District Design and
Analysis
Optimization-Based Design of
Causal Inference Experiments
NCAA Basketball
Bracketology
Statistical Analysis of Seedings
High Seed Differentiation
Professor and Director, Simulation
and Optimization Laboratory
Urbana,
Primary and Affiliate
Appointments:
Professor of Computer Science
Professor of Industrial and
Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering
Professor of Mathematics (
Professor of Pediatrics (
On Leave (Fall 2012 – Present)
Program Director, Operations Research, National Science
Foundation
In the News:
2013
(11 March 2013) March Madness Bracketology: A Minute WithTM
U. OF I Sports Statistics Expert Sheldon H. Jacobson. See also Bloomberg
Business Week (18 March 2013), Time Out Chicago
Magazine (14 March 2013), and WILL Radio “Afternoon
Magazine” (22 March 2013).
2012
(18
December 2012) Study:
Curbing car travel could be as effective as cutting calories, based on the paper “Quantifying the Association
Between Obesity, Automobile Travel, and Caloric Intake,” to
appear in Preventive Medicine. See ABC-2
WBAY, ABC-7
WLS, ABC-7 WZVN, ABC13 WTVG, NBC-32
WMBF, CBS-8
KFMB, WKBW-DT
7, FOX5
WNYW, FOX5
WTTG, FOX10
KSAZ, Business
Day Live, US
News and World Report, Huffington
Post, Consumer
Affairs, The
Star Ledger, EmpowHer, Smithsonian,
Post
and Courier, HealthDay News.
(15
November 2012) Study:
Cell Phone Bans Associated with Fewer Urban Accidents was covered on WICD-15
ABC, Yahoo!
News, Prevention
Magazine, and others.
(September/October/November
2012) Election Analytics
was covered on FOX
Illinois (25 September 2012), Information
Week (27 September 2012), All
Analytics (3 October 2012), St. Louis
Today (16 October 2012), the Daily
Kos (27 October 2012), NBC
News (30 October 2012), InsideScience (5 November 2012), Smart
Data Collective (6 November 2012), the Champaign
News Gazette (7 November 2012), and the Wall
Street Journal (7 November 2012)
(10
October 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson is quoted in the article, “Is
Obesity a Heavy Drag on Fuel Economy?”, which
appeared in LifesLittleMysteries, Yahoo News,
LiveScience.com, Mother
Nature Network, and msnbc.com.
(9
October 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson is quoted in the article, “'Risk-based
management': New program marks Transportation Security Administration
anniversary,” which appeared in the Amarillo Globe News.
(24
August 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson’s research is featured in a radio interview on
Science360
radio.
(22
August 2012) The news article “RSO Follows Election Using Professor’s Website,”
appeared in the Daily
Illini, featuring the http://electionanalytics.cs.illinois.edu/
website. See also Stltoday.com.
(8 May
2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the Reuters news stories, “U.S. airport security could detect Qaeda device:
officials” and “Would-be suicide bomber was U.S. informant”.
Over 6000 national and international media outlet reported the story.
(8 May 2012) The news article "Automobiles
can increase obesity, study says,” appeared in the Deseret News (Salt Lake
City, Utah) on 8 May 2012, featuring research that was reported in Jacobson, King, and Yuan (2011).
(30
April 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the Reuters news stories, “As America's waistline expands, costs soar.” Over 120 national media outlet picked up the
story, including MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News,
Huffington Post, Forbes, Baltimore Sun, Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Sun
Sentinel, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, several
public and commercial radio stations, and others.
(April 23, 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the news
stories, “Texting
while driving hard to enforce,” reported by WLDS-WEAI News
(Jacksonville, IL), and “Illinois
Lawmakers Debate New Cell Phone Restrictions,” reported by CBS
(KMOX St. Louis).
(April 1, 2012) Sheldon H. Jacobson was quoted in the news article, “Republicans take aim at TSA, agency is inefficient, too expensive,” published in the Daily News Journal (Nashville, TN).
(March 7, 2012) (University
of Illinois) A Minute with
Computer Science Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson, discusses what every
person should know when putting together their bracket for the Men’s Division I
NCAA basketball tournament, commonly know as March
Madness. (see the web site, bracketodds,
for more information). See also mentions
and discussions in the Chicago Tribune: Hoops
+ = Winners?, Business
Week, and Discovery
News (via MSNBC.com), and the Opinion Letter in USAToday.
(January 31, 2012) (University
of Illinois, National Science Foundation) Risk-based
Passenger Screening Could Make Air Travel Safer.
(January 19, 2012) (University
of Illinois) A Minute with
Sheldon H. Jacobson, expert on statistics related to travel, discusses
how the recent leveling off of obesity rates may be associated with the
leveling off of how much Americans are driving.
2011
November 18, 2011: KCCI-TV (CBS affiliate, Des Moines, IA) news special report Airport Insecurity, Part
II features aviation security expert Sheldon H. Jacobson.
November 3, 2011: Opinion letter in USA Today,
responding to TSA chats address limits of
technology
September 8, 2011: Press Release (11-184) issued by
the National Science Foundation: From 9/11 to Now: Lessons from the Tragedy. See also Sept.
11: A decade later, how secure are we?
(June
21, 2011) (University
of Illinois) A Minute with Sheldon H. Jacobson, on the economics of pediatric vaccine pricing.
May 11, 2011:
News release on the association between obesity and miles driven:
Study: Surge in Obesity Correlates with Increased
Automobile Usage
The paper describing the study and the results: “A note on the relationship between obesity and driving”
March 8, 2011: News release on how the
seeds in the March Madness tournament display a predictable pattern: Real March Madness is
relying on seedings to determine Final Four
2010
November 29, 2010 (WILL AM 580, Urbana, IL) UI
Air Security Expert: More Searches are Not Equal to More Security
November 23, 2010 (University of Illinois) A
Minute with aviation security expert Sheldon Jacobson
November 16, 2010 (Champaign, IL, WICD ABC) Do Cell Phone Laws
Work?
November 9, 2010 (Austin, TX,
KXAN NBC) Do
Cell Phone Laws For Drivers Work?
Statistics Show Road Density Affects Crashes.
(September
9, 2010) News release on how the National Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile can be
better managed: Pediatric vaccine
stockpile policies need to be revisited, researcher says
(The
paper, which appeared in Journal of Industrial Management and Optimization,
is available by clicking on A Multi-Attribute Approach for
Setting Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile Levels)
A news
release on this research is available from the National Science Foundation: Sizing Up Stockpiles of Children's Vaccines Press Release 10-164
(May 26, 2010) A Minute with Sheldon Jacobson, an expert on
travel safety: Ditch the gadgets when
driving in Memorial Day weekend traffic.
See also the article in the Champaign News
Gazette on May 31, 2010: Effectiveness of cell phone
ban detailed in UI prof’s research.
(April
5, 2010) A Minute with Sheldon Jacobson, an expert on
aviation security: TSA's new airport security
measures aim to target most suspicious passengers.
(April 1, 2010) Sheldon H. Jacobson provided commentary featured
in “How
to Improve the NCAA Tournament” on the New York Times web site: Room for Debate.
(March
16, 2010) News release studying how seedings in NCAA
Basketball “March Madness” impact performance: Expert Bracket Seedings
Irrelevant after Sweet Sixteen
(The
paper, which appeared in Journal of Gambling, Business and Economics, is
available by clicking on Seeding
in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament: When is a Higher Seed Better?)
See
also the article, “Professor of
Bracketology: U of I computer expert’s conclusion:
‘They call it madness for a reason’” which appeared in the Chicago
Tribune on Sunday, March 14, 2010.
(February
8, 2010) News Release studying the impact of laws that ban hand-held cell phone
use while driving: Cell Phone Bans While Driving have
more Impact in Dense, Urban Areas
(The
paper, which appeared in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice,
is available by clicking on Evaluating the Impact of
Legislation Prohibiting Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving)
(January
8, 2010) A Minute with aviation security expert Sheldon
Jacobson: Racial versus behavioral profiling in
airport screenings.
(January 4, 2010) Sheldon H. Jacobson provided commentary
featured in “Will Profiling Make a Difference? on the New York Times web site:
Room for Debate. Other references on this topic can be found at Media
Matters for America and the Keene Sentinel.
2009
(September 30, 2009) Sheldon H. Jacobson was featured in “Numbers Guy
Tackles Security and Health Concerns” on ScienceLives.
(September 5, 2009) The podcast “Emergency!
Pandemic”, produced by INFORMS, features
Sheldon H. Jacobson discussing his research on pediatric immunization, vaccine
pricing, vaccine stockpiling, and pandemic response preparation.
(March
16, 2009) News release studying the impact of seedings
in NCAA Basketball “March Madness”: Odds are Seedings Don’t
Matter After Sweet Sixteen, U. of I. Professor Says
View the WCIA-TV (CBS) “Morning
Show” interview on March 23, 2009.
(January
5, 2009) News release studying ways to making carpooling more attractive: Ridesharing can be made into more Attractive
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RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP ACTIVITIES
Papers in Archival Journals
Discrete Event
Simulation Modeling, Analysis, and Optimization
1.
Jacobson, S.H., Schruben, L.W., 1989,
"Techniques for Simulation Response Optimization," Operations
Research Letters, 8(1), 1-9.
2.
Jacobson, S.H., Buss, A.H., Schruben,
L.W., 1991, "Driving Frequency Selection for Frequency Domain Simulation
Experiments," Operations Research , 39(6), 917-924.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., 1993, "Variance and Bias Reduction
Techniques for the Harmonic Gradient Estimator," Applied Mathematics
and Computation, 55(2&3), 153-186.
4.
Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "Optimal Mean Squared Error Analysis
of the Harmonic Gradient Estimators," Journal of Optimization Theory and
Application, 80(3), 573-590.
5.
Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "Convergence Results for Harmonic
Gradient Estimators," ORSA Journal on Computing, 6(4), 381-397.
6.
Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "Second Derivative Estimation Using
Harmonic Analysis," Annals of Operations Research, 53, 507-531.
7.
Jacobson, S.H., 1995, "Analyzing the M/M/1 Queue in
Frequency Domain Experiments," Applied Mathematics and Computation,
69(2&3), 185-194.
8.
Jacobson, S.H., 1995, "How Difficult is the Frequency
Selection Problem?" Operations Research Letters, 17(3), 139-147.
9.
Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 1995,
"Intractability Results in Discrete Event Simulation," Recherche Operationelle,
29(3), 353-369.
10.
Yucesan, E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1996, "Intractable Structural Issues in Discrete Event Simulation: Special
Cases and Heuristic Approaches," ACM Transactions on Modeling and
Computer Simulation, 6(1), 53-75.
11.
Jacobson, S.H., 1997, "The Effect of Initial Transient on
Steady State Simulation Harmonic Gradient Estimators," Mathematics and
Computers in Simulation, 43(2), 209-221.
12.
Yucesan, E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1997, "The Complexity of Rapid Learning in Discrete Event
Simulation," IIE Transactions, 29(9), 783-790.
13.
Jacobson, S.H., Schruben, L.W., 1999,
"A Harmonic Analysis Approach to Simulation Sensitivity Analysis," IIE
Transactions, 31(3), 231-243.
14.
Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 1999,
"On the Complexity of Verifying Structural Properties of Discrete Event
Simulation Models," Operations Research, 47(3), 476-481.
15.
Vazquez-Abad, F.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2001, "Phantom Harmonic
Gradient Estimators for Priority Queueing
Systems," INFORMS Journal on Computing, 13(4), 345-359.
16.
Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 2002,
"Common Issues in Discrete-Event Simulation and Discrete
Optimization," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 47(2),
341-345.
17.
Swisher, J.R., Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan
E., 2003, " Discrete-Event Simulation Optimization Using Ranking,
Selection, and Multiple Comparison Procedures: A Survey," ACM
Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation. 13(2), 134-154.
18.
Swisher, J.R., Hyden, P.D. Jacobson,
S.H., Schruben, L.W., 2004, " A Survey of Recent
Advances in Discrete Input Parameter Discrete-Event Simulation
Optimization," IIE Transactions, 36(6), 591-600.
19.
Smith, J.C., Jacobson, S.H., 2005, “An Analysis of the Alias
Method for Discrete Random Number Generation, “ INFORMS
Journal on Computing, 17(3), 321-327.
Discrete Optimization
Algorithms and Heuristic Analysis
1.
Jacobson, S.H., Solow, D., 1993, "The Effectiveness of
Finite Improvement Algorithms for Finding Global Optima," Zeitschrift fur Operations Research (ZOR) --
Methods and Models of Operations Research, 37(3), 257-272.
2.
Jacobson, S.H., Johnson, A.W., Sullivan, K.A., Fleischer, M.A.,
Kumar, A., 1997, "Metaheuristics for a Flexible
Assembly System Design Problem," Journal of Heuristics, 3(2),
139-159.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., Sullivan, K.A., Johnson, A.W., 1998,
"Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization Using Computer
Simulation and Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," Engineering
Optimization, 31, 247-260.
4.
Fleischer, M.A., Jacobson, S.H., 1999, "Information Theory
and the Finite-Time Behavior of the Simulated Annealing Algorithm: Experimental
Results," INFORMS Journal on Computing, 11(1), 35-43.
5.
Vaughan, D., Jacobson, S.H., Armstrong, D., 2000, "A New
Neighborhood Function for Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization
using Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," ASME Journal of Mechanical
Design, 122(2), 164-171.
6.
Kumar, A., Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2000,
"Computational Analysis of a Flexible Assembly System Design
Problem," European Journal on Operational Research, 123(3),
453-472.
7.
Sullivan, K.A., Jacobson, S.H., 2000, "Ordinal Hill
Climbing Algorithms for Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization
Problems," Discrete Event Dynamical Systems, 10(4), 307-324.
8.
Sullivan, K.A., Jacobson, S.H., 2001, "A Convergence
Analysis of Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," IEEE Transactions on
Automatic Control, 46(8), 1288-1293.
9.
Johnson, A.W., Jacobson, S.H., 2002, “On the Convergence of
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” Discrete Applied Mathematics, 119(1-2),
37-57.
10.
Johnson, A.W., Jacobson, S.H., 2002, “A Class of Convergent
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” Applied Mathematics and Computation,
125(2-3), 359-373.
11.
Orosz, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
2002, "Finite-time Performance Analysis of Static Simulated Annealing
Algorithms," Computational Optimization and Applications, 21(1),
21-53.
12.
Orosz, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
2002, “Analysis of Static Simulated Annealing Algorithms," Journal of
Optimization Theory and Application, 115(1), 165-182.
13.
Fleischer, M.A., Jacobson, S.H., 2002, “Scale Invariance
Properties in the Simulated Annealing Algorithm,” Methodology and Computing
In Applied Probability, 4(3), 219-241.
14.
Henderson, D.,
15.
Armstrong, D.E., Jacobson, S.H., 2003 “Studying the Complexity of
Global Verification for NP-hard Discrete Optimization Problems,” Journal of
Global Optimization, 27(1), 83-96.
16.
Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 2004,
"Global Optimization Performance Measures for Generalized Hill Climbing
Algorithms," Journal of Global Optimization, 29(2), 173-190.
17.
Venkat, V., Jacobson, S.H., Stori, J.A., 2004, “A Post-Optimality Analysis Algorithm
for Multi-Objective Optimization," Computational Optimization and
Applications, 28(3), 357-372.
18.
Armstrong, D.E., Jacobson, S.H., 2004, “Polynomial
Transformations and Data Independent Neighborhood Functions,” Discrete
Applied Mathematics, 143(1-3), 272-284.
19.
Vaughan, D.E., Jacobson, S.H., 2004, "Formulating the
Meta-Heuristic Tabu Search in the Generalized Hill
Climbing Framework," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability,
6(3), 343-354.
20. Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 2004, "Analyzing the Performance of
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," Journal of Heuristics,
10(4), 387-405.
21. Vaughan, D.E., Jacobson,
S.H., Hall, S.N., McLay,
22. Armstrong, D.E.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2005, “Data Independent Neighborhood Functions and Strict Local
Optima,” Discrete Applied Mathematics, 146(3), 233-243.
23. Jacobson, S.H., Hall,
S.N., McLay,
24. Armstrong, D.E.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2006, “Order Preserving Reductions and Polynomial Improving
Paths,” Operations Research Letters, 34(1), 9-16.
25. Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
26. Kaul, H., Jacobson, S.H.,
2006, “Global Optima Results for the Kauffman NK Model,” Mathematical
Programming, 106(2), 319-338.
27. Armstrong, D.E.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2006, “Analyzing the Complexity of Finding Good Neighborhood
Functions for Local Search Algorithms,” Journal of Global Optimization,
36(2), 219-236.
28. Kaul, H., Jacobson, S.H.,
2007, “New Global Optima Results for the Kauffman NK Model: Handling
Dependency,” Mathematical Programming, 108(2-3), 475-494.
29. McLay,
30. Vaughan, D.E., Jacobson,
S.H., Kaul, H., 2007, "Analyzing the Performance
of Simultaneous Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," Computational
Optimization and Applications, 37(1), 103-119.
31. McLay,
32. Armstrong, D.E.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2008, “An Analysis of Neighborhood Functions on Generic
Solution Spaces,” European Journal of Operational Research, 186(2),
529-541.
33. Kao, G., Jacobson, S.H.,
2008, “Finding Preferred Subset of Pareto Optimal Solutions,” Computational
Optimization and Applications, 40(1), 73-95.
34. Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
35. Kao, G.K., Sewell, E.C.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2009, “A Branch, Bound, and Remember Algorithm for the 1 |ri |
Sti Scheduling Problem,”
Journal of Scheduling, 12(2), 163-175.
36.
Nikolaev, A. G., Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “Using Markov Chains to Analyze
the Effectiveness of Local Search Algorithms," Discrete Optimization, 8(2), 160-173.
37.
Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson, S.H., Hall, S.N.,
38.
Sewell, E.C., Jacobson,
S.H., 2012, “A Branch, Bound, and Remember Algorithm for the Simple Assembly
Line Balancing Problem, INFORMS Journal
on Computing, 24(3), 433-442.
39.
Kao, G. K., Sewell, E.
C., Jacobson, S. H., Hall, S. N., 2012, “New Dominance Rules and Exploration
Strategies for the 1 |ri |
SUi Scheduling Problem,” Computational Optimization and Applications,
51(3), 1253-1274.
40.
Sewell, E.C., Jacobson,
S.H., Kaul, H., 2011, “Reductions for the Stable Set
Problem," Algorithmic Operations
Research, 6(1), 40-55.
41.
Sewell, E.C., Sauppe, J.J., Morrison, D.M., Jacobson, S.H., Kao, G.K.,
2012, “A BB&R algorithm for minimizing total
tardiness on a single machine with sequence dependent setup times,” Journal of Global Optimization, 54(4), 791-812.
42.
Morrison, D.M., Sauppe, J.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “A Network Simplex
Algorithm for the Equal Flow Problem on a Generalized Network,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, 25(1),
2-12.
43.
Morrison, D.M., Sauppe, J.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “A Note on the
Proportional Network Flow Problem,” Optimization
Letters.
Stochastic Models
1. Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson, S.H., 2010,
“Stochastic Sequential Decision-Making with a
Random Number of Jobs”, Operations
Research, 54(4P1), 1023-1027.
2. Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2011,
“Sequential Stochastic Assignment under Uncertainty: Estimation and
Convergence,” Statistical Inference for Stochastic
Processes, 14(1), 21-46.
3. Baharian, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “Stochastic
Sequential Assignment Problem with Threshold Criteria,” Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences.
4.
Baharian, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “Limiting
Behavior of the Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem,” Naval Research Logistics.
Aviation
Security System Design and Optimization
1.
Kobza, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1996, "Addressing the Dependency Problem in Access Security System
Architecture Design," Risk Analysis, 16(6), 801-812.
2.
Kobza, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1997, "Probability Models for Access Security System Architectures," Journal
of the Operational Research Society, 48(3), 255-263.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., Nakayama,
M.K., 2000, "A Sampling Procedure to Estimate Risk Probabilities in Access
Control Security Systems," European Journal on Operational Research, 122(1),
123-132.
4.
Jacobson, S.H., Bowman, J.M., Kobza,
J.E., 2001, “Modeling and Analyzing the Performance of Aviation Security
Systems Using Baggage Value Performance Measures,” IMA Journal of Management
Mathematics, 12(1), 3-22.
5.
Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., Easterling, A.E., 2001, "A Detection Theoretic
Approach to Modeling Aviation Security Problems using the Knapsack
Problem," IIE Transactions, 33(9), 747-759.
6.
Virta, J.E., Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., 2002, “Outgoing Selectee Rates At Hub
Airports,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 76(2), 155-165.
7.
Jacobson, S.H., Virta, J.E., Bowman,
J.M., Kobza, J.E., Nestor, J.J., 2003, "Modeling
Aviation Baggage Screening Security Systems: A Case Study," IIE
Transactions, 35(3), 259-269.
8.
Virta, J.E., Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., 2003, “Analyzing the Cost of Screening
Selectee and Non-Selectee Baggage,” Risk Analysis, 23(5), 897-908.
9.
Candalino, T.J., Kobza, J.E., Jacobson, S.H., 2004, “Designing Optimal
Aviation Baggage Screening Strategies using Simulated Annealing," Computers
and Operations Research, 31(10), 1753-1767.
10. Jacobson, S.H., Karnani, T., Kobza, J.E., 2005,
"Assessing the Impact of Deterrence on Aviation Checked Baggage Screening
Strategies," International Journal of Risk Assessment & Management,
5(1), 1-15.
11. Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
12. Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
13. Jacobson, S.H., Karnani, T., Kobza, J.E.,
Ritchie, L., 2006, “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Alternative Device
Configurations for Aviation Checked Baggage Security Screening,” Risk Analysis,
26(2), 297-310.
14. McLay,
15. McLay,
16. Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
17. McLay,
18. Lee, A.J., Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson, S.H., 2008, “Protecting Air
Transportation: A Survey of Operations Research Applications to Aviation
Security,” Journal of Transportation Security, 1(3), 160-184.
19. Jacobson, S.H., Lee, A.J.,
Nikolaev, A.G., 2009, “Designing for Flexibility in
Aviation Security Systems,” Journal of Transportation Security.
20. McLay,
21. Lee, A.J., McLay, L.A., Jacobson, S.H., 2009, “Designing Aviation
Security Passenger Screening Systems using Nonlinear Control,” SIAM Control
and Optimization, 48(4), 2085-2105.
22. McLay, L. A., Lee, A.J.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2010, “Risk-Based Policies for Aviation Security Checkpoint
Screening,” Transportation Science,
44(3), 333-349.
23. Pacheco, L.J., Kobza, J.E., Jacobson,
S.H., Gupta, R., 2011, “A Markov Model of Terrorist Behavior within the
Aviation Security Environment,” Journal
of Transportation Security, 4(2), 117-130.
24. Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “The Impact of Aviation
Checkpoint Queues on Optimizing Security Screening Effectiveness,” Reliability Engineering and System Safety,
96(8), 900-911.
25. Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “Evaluating the Effectiveness
of Sequential Aviation Security Screening Policies,” IIE Transactions, 43(8), 546-565.
26.
Lee, A.J., Jacobson,
S.H., 2012, “Identifying Changing Aviation Threat Environments within an
Adaptive Homeland Security Advisory System,” Risk Analysis, 32(2), 319-329.
27. Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2012, “Addressing Passenger Risk Uncertainty for Aviation Security Screening,” Transportation Science, 46(2), 189-203.
28. Nikolaev, A.G., Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2012, “Optimal
Aviation Security Screening Strategies with Dynamic Passenger Risk Updates,"
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent
Transportation Systems, 13(1), 203-212.
29.
Sewell, E. C., Attagara, J., Kobza,
J.E., S.H. Jacobson, 2012, “Allocating
Explosive Screening Devices for Aviation Security,” Journal of Transportation Security ,
5(2), 141-155.
30.
Sewell, E.C., Lee, A.J.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “Optimal Allocation of Aviation Security Screening
Devices," Journal of Transportation Security .
Health Care System Analysis
1.
Jacobson, S.H., Morrice, D.J., 1998,
"A Mathematical Model for Assessing the Temporal Association Between
Health Disorders and Medical Treatments," Journal of Statistical
Planning and Inference, 71(1/2), 209-228.
2.
Weniger, B.G., Chen, R.T.,
Jacobson, S.H. Sewell, E.C. Deuson, R., Livengood, J.R., Orenstein, W.A., 1998, "Addressing
the Challenges to Immunization Practice with an Economic Algorithm for Vaccine
Selection," Vaccine, 16(19), 1885-1897.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Deuson,
R., Weniger, B.G., 1999, "An Integer Programming
Model for Vaccine Procurement and Delivery for Childhood Immunization: A Pilot
Study," Health Care Management Science, 2, 1-9.
4.
Jun, J.B., Jacobson, S.H., Swisher, J.R., 1999,
"Applications of Discrete Event Simulation in Health Care Clinics: A
Survey," Journal of the Operational Research Society, 50(2),
109-123.
5.
Swisher, J.R., Jacobson, S.H., Jun, J.B., Balci,
O., 2001, "Modeling and Analyzing a Physician Clinic Environment Using
Discrete-Event (Visual) Simulation," Computers and Operations Research,
28(2), 105-125.
6.
Sewell, E.C., Jacobson, S.H., Weniger,
B.G., 2001, ““Reverse Engineering" a Formulary Selection Algorithm to
Determine the Economic Value of Pentavalent and
Hexavalent Combination Vaccines,” Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 20(11), S45-S56.
7.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2002, "Using Monte Carlo
Simulation to Determine Combination Vaccine Price Distributions for Childhood
Diseases,” Health Care Management Science, 5(2), 135-145.
8.
Swisher, J.R., Jacobson, S.H., 2002, "Evaluating the Design
Of a Family Practice Healthcare Clinic Using Discrete-Event Simulation," Health
Care Management Science, 5(2), 75-88.
9.
Sewell, E.C., Jacobson, S.H., 2003, "Using an Integer Programming
Model to Determine the Price of Combination Vaccines for Childhood
Immunization,” Annals of Operations Research, 119, 261-284.
10.
Jacobson, S.H., Karnani, T., Sewell,
E.C., 2003, “Analyzing the Economic Value of the Hepatitis B - Haemophilus Influenzae Type B
Combination Vaccine by Reverse Engineering a Formulary Selection Algorithm,”
Vaccine, 21(17-18), 2169-2177.
11.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Allwine,
D.A., Medina, E.A., Weniger, B.G., 2003, “Designing
Pediatric Vaccine Formularies and Pricing Pediatric Combination Vaccines using
Operations Research Models and Algorithms,” Expert Review of Vaccines,
2(1), 15-19.
12. Jacobson, S.H., Karnani, T., Sewell, E.C., 2004, “Assessing the Impact of
Wastage on Pediatric Vaccine Immunization Formulary Costs Using a Vaccine
Selection Algorithm,” Vaccine, 22(17-18), 2307-2315.
13. Jacobson, S.H., Sewell,
E.C., Karnani, T., 2005, “Engineering the Economic
Value of Two Pediatric Combination Vaccines,” Health Care Management Science,
8(1), 29-40.
14. Jacobson,, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Proano,
R.A., Jokela, J.A., 2006, “Stockpile Levels for
Pediatric Vaccines: How Much is Enough?” Vaccine, 24(17), 3530-3537.
15. Jacobson, S.H., Sewell,
E.C., Proano, R.A., 2006, “An Analysis of the
Pediatric Vaccine Supply Shortage Problem,” Health Care Management Science,
9(4), 371-389.
16. Jacobson, S.H., Sewell,
E.C., Jokela, J.A., 2007, “A Survey of Vaccine
Distribution and Delivery Issues in the United States: From Pediatrics to
Pandemics,” Expert Review of Vaccines, 6(6), 981-990.
17. Hall, S.N., Sewell,
E.C., Jacobson, S.H., 2008, “Maximizing the Effectiveness of a Pediatric
Vaccine Formulary While Prohibiting Extraimmunization,
Health Care Management Science, 11(4), 339-352.
18. Jacobson, S.H., Sewell,
E.C., 2008, “A Web-based Tool for Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood
Immunization in the United States,” Journal of
the American Medical Informatics Association, 15(5), 611-619.
19. Hall, S.N., Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2008, “An Analysis of Pediatric Vaccine Formulary Selection Problems," Operations Research, 56(6), 1348-1365.
20.
Robbins, M.J., Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2010, “Pricing
Strategies for Combination Pediatric Vaccines and their Impact on Market Share:
Pediarix or Pentacel?” Health
Care Management Science, 13(1), 54-64.
21. Proano, R.A., Jacobson, S.H. Jokela, J.A., 2010, “A
Multi-attribute Approach for Setting Pediatric
Vaccine Stockpile Levels,” Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 6(4), 709-722.
22. Robbins, M. J., Jacobson, S. H., 2011, “The Altruistic Monopsonist Vaccine Formulary Pricing and Purchasing
Problem: Informing Public Health Policy,” Omega,
39(6), 589-597.
23. Proano, R.A., Jacobson, S.H., Zhang, W., 2012, “Making Combination Vaccines More Accessible to Low-Income
Countries: The Antigen Bundle Pricing
Problem,” Omega, 40(1), 53-64.
24. Behzad, B., Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2012,
“Pricing Strategies of Combination Pediatric Vaccines based on the Lowest
Overall Cost Formulary,” Expert Review of
Vaccines, 11(10), 1189-1197.
25. Robbins,
M.J., Behzad, B., Jacobson, S.H., Shanhbag,
U.V., Behzad, B., 2013, “The Weighted Set Covering
Game: A Vaccine Pricing Model
For Pediatric Immunization,” INFORMS Journal on Computing,
Public Health and
Transportation
1.
Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
2. Jacobson, S.H., King, D.M., 2009, “Measuring the Potential for Automobile Fuel Savings in the US: The Impact of Obesity,” Transportation Research Part D (Transport and Environment), 14(1), 6-13.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., King, D.M., 2009, “Fuel Saving and Ridesharing
in the US: Motivations, Limitations, and Opportunities,” Transportation
Research Part D (Transport and Environment), 14(1), 14-21.
4.
Nikolaev, A.G., Robbins, M.J.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2010, “Evaluating the Impact of Legislation
Prohibiting Hand-Held Cell Phone Use While Driving,” Transportation
Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 44(3), 182-193.
5.
Jacobson, S. H., King,
D. M., Yuan, R., 2011, “A Note on the Relationship Between
Obesity and Driving” Transport Policy,
18(6), 772-776.
6. King, D.M., Jacobson, S.H., Ryan, K., Robbins, M.J., 2012,
“Assessing the Long Term
Benefit of Hand-held Wireless Device Bans While Driving” Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 46(12),
1586-1593.
7. Behzad, B., King, D.M., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “Quantifying the Association Between Obesity, Automobile Travel, and Caloric
Intake," Preventive Medicine, 56, 103-106.
Applications of Operations Research
1.
Co, H.C., Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "The Kanban
Assignment Problem in Serial Just-in-Time Production Systems," IIE
Transactions, 26(2), 76-85.
2.
Shyryayev, I., Jacobson, S.H.,
2005, “A Sensitivity Analysis of Matching Coin Game Strategies," Mathematical
and Computer Modelling, 41(6-7), 735-747.
3.
Kobza, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
Vaughan, D.E., 2007, “A Survey of the Coupon Collector’s Problem with Random
Sample Sizes,” Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, 9(4),
573-584.
4.
Rigdon, S., Jacobson, S.H.,
Cho, W.T., Sewell, E.C., Rigdon, C.J., 2009, “A
Bayesian Prediction Model for the United States Presidential Election,”
American Politics Research, 37(4), 700-724.
5.
Jacobson, S.H., King, D.M., 2009, “Seeding in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament:
When is a Higher Seed Better?” Journal of Gambling Business and Economics,
3(2), 63-87.
6.
Rigdon, S.E., Sewell, E.C., Jacobson, S.H., Cho, W.K.T., Rigdon, C.J., 2010, “An Analysis of Daily Predictions for
the 2008 United States Presidential Election,” Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics, 4(1),
1-8.
7.
Jacobson, S.H., Nikolaev, A.G., King, D.M., Lee, A.J., 2011, “Seed
Distributions for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament,“
Omega, 39(6), 719-724.
8.
King, D.M., Jacobson,
S.H., Sewell, E.C., Cho, W.K. Tam, 2012, “Geo-Graphs: An Efficient Model for
Enforcing Contiguity and Hole Constraints in Planar Graph Partitioning,” Operations Research, 60(5),
1213-1228.
9.
Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson, S.H., Cho, W.K.T., Sauppe, J.J., Sewell, E.C., 2013 “Balance Optimization Subset
Selection (BOSS): An Alternative Approach for Causal Inference with Observational
Data,” Operations Research.
10. Cho, W.T., Nikolaev, A.G., Sauppe, J.,
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2013, “An
Optimization Approach to Matching and
Causal Inference,” Statistica Neerlandica.
Book Chapters
1.
Fleischer, M.A., Jacobson, S.H., 1996, "Cybernetic
Optimization by Simulated Annealing: An Implementation of Parallel Processing
Using Probabilistic Feedback Control," 249-264 (Chapter 16 in Meta-Heuristics:
Theory and Application, I.H. Osman and J.P. Kelly, Editors), Kluwer
Academic Publishers,
2.
Jacobson, S.H., 2002, “Analyzing the Performance of Local Search
Algorithms using Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” 441-467, (Chapter 20 in
Essays and Surveys on Metaheuristics, P.
Hansen and C.C. Ribeiro, Editors), Kluwer Academic
Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts.
3.
Henderson, D., Jacobson, S.H., Johnson, A.W., 2003, “The
Theory and Practice of Simulated Annealing,” 287-319, (Chapter 10 in Handbook
on Metaheuristics, F. Glover and G. Kochenberger, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers,
4.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2004, "Designing Pediatric
Formularies for Childhood Immunization using Integer Programming Models,"
Chapter in Operations Research and Health Care: A Handbook of Methods and
Applications (M.L. Brandeau, F. Sainfort, and W.P. Pierskalla,
Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts, 421-444.
5.
Jacobson, S.H., Hall, S.N., Swisher, J.R., 2006, “Discrete-Event
Simulation of Health Care Systems,” Chapter 8 in Patient Flow: Reducing
Delay in Healthcare Delivery (R.W. Hall, Editor) Springer International
Series, 211-252.
6.
Jacobson, S.H., 2007 “The Economics of Vaccine Delivery,”
Chapter 5 in International Assessment of Research and Development in Rapid
Vaccine Manufacturing, WTEC Panel Final Report,
7.
Hall, S.N., Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2008, “Optimizing
Pediatric Vaccine Formularies,” Chapter 4 in Optimization in Medicine and
Biology (G. J. Lim, E. K. Lee, Editors) Auerbach
Publications (Taylor and Francis Group), 117-145.
8.
Lee, A.J., Nikolaev, A.G., Jacobson,
S.H., 2008, “Operations Research Applications in Aviation Security Systems,”
Volume 2, Chapter 8 in Aviation Security Management (A.R. Thomas,
Editor), Praeger Security International, 126-145.
9.
Nikolaev, A.G. Jacobson, S.H., 2010, "The Theory and Practice of
Simulated Annealing," Chapter 1 in Handbook of Metaheuristics
(M. Gendreau and J.-Y. Potvins,
Editors), Second Edition, International Series in Operations Research and Management
Science, Volume 146, Springer, New York, 1-40.
10. Jacobson, S.H., King, D.M., 2010, “A Societal
Cost of Obesity in Terms of Automobile Fuel Consumption,” Chapter
in Encyclopedia
of Operations Research and Management Science (Pinar
Keskinocak, J. Swann, Editors).
11. Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2010, “Optimizing the Aviation
Checkpoint Process to Enhance Security and Expedite Screening,” Chapter in Encyclopedia of
Operations Research and Management Science (Pinar
Keskinocak, J. Swann, Editors).
Professional and Editorial Publications
1.
Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., 2002, “A
New Era for Aviation Security,” Swords and Ploughshares, 14(1), 7-8.
2.
Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., 2003,
“Authors’ Commentary: Aviation Security Baggage Screening: To Screen or Not to
Screen, That is the Question,” UMAP Journal, 24(2), 187-192.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Weniger,
B.G., 2004, “An Operations Research Software Tool for Designing Pediatric
Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization,” Interfaces, 34(6),
440-441.
4.
Jacobson, S.H., 2005, “Selling Our Wares: What We Don’t Tell
Them Can Hurt Us,” ORMS Today, 32(2), 80.
5.
McLay,
6.
Jacobson, S.H., 2006, “How to Survive Your 15 Minutes of Fame,” ORMS
Today, 33(6), 30-34.
7.
Jacobson, S.H., Kobza, J.E., Pohl, E.,
2007, “Editor’s Introduction: Special Issue on Homeland Security,” IIE Transactions,
39(1), 1-2.
8.
Jacobson, S.H., 2007, “Research Videos: A Star is B‘OR’n,” ORMS Today, 34(5), 16-17.
9.
Lee, A.J., Jacobson, S.H., 2008, “Olympic Tiebreakers: The
Reward of Risk and Innovation," ORMS Today, 35(5), 20-21.
10.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., 2008, “Predictions, Prophesy, and
Promises,” ORMS Today, 35(6), 16-17.
11. Jacobson, S.H., “Staking
a Claim to IE (Information Engineering),” ORMS Today, 37(1),
18-19.
12. Jacobson, S.H., Jokela, J.A., 2010, “Living and Dying: Up Close and
Personal,” Journal of Palliative Medicine, 13(7), 897-898.
13. Jacobson, S.H., Lee, A.J., 2010, Aviation Security in 2030: A
Glimpse into the Future," ORMS Today, 37(6), 14,16.
14. Proano, R.A., Jacobson, S.H., Jokela, J.A.,
2011, “Response
to "Modeling the national pediatric vaccine stockpile: Supply shortages,
health impacts and cost consequences"”, Vaccine, 29(4), 615.
15. Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “The Laws of Probability, the Final Four,
and the Analytics of Bracketology,” ORMS Today,
38(1), 30-32.
16. Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “An Opportunity to Make a Difference,” ORMS Today,
38(6), 28-30,32.
17. Jacobson, S.H., 2011, “Letters: TSA chats address
limits of technology,” USA Today,
30(36), 3 November 2011, 8a.
18. Jacobson, S. H., 2012, “The I’s of Aviation Security,” Journal of Transportation Security,
5(1), 35-38.
19. Jacobson, S.H., 2012, “Letters: Brackets can
Promote STEM,” USA Today, 30(139), 30
March 2012, 10a.
20. Jacobson, S.H., 2012, “Vaccine pricing: how can we get it right?” Expert Review of
Vaccines, 11(10), 1163-1165.
21. Sauppe, J.J, Jacobson, S.H., 2012, “Election Analytics,” ORMS Today, 39(5), 34-36.
Conference Proceedings Papers
1.
Jacobson, S.H., Morrice, D.J., Schruben, L.W., 1988, "The Global Simulation Clock as
the Frequency Domain Experiment Index," Proceedings of the 1988 Winter
Simulation Conference, 558-563.
2.
Jacobson, S.H., Schruben, L.W., 1988,
"Optimization of Stochastic Dynamical Systems in the Frequency
Domain," Analysis and Optimization of Systems, Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences,
111, 925-938.
3.
Jacobson, S.H., 1989, "Oscillation Amplitude Considerations
in Frequency Domain Experiments," Proceedings of the 1989 Winter
Simulation Conference, 406-410.
4.
Morrice, D.J., Schruben, L.W., Jacobson, S.H., 1990, "Initial
Transient Effects in the Frequency Domain," Proceedings of the 1990
Winter Simulation Conference, 357-359.
5.
Yucesan, E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1992, "Building Correct Simulation Models is Difficult," Proceedings
of the 1992 Winter Simulation Conference, 25, 783-790.
6.
Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "Harmonic Gradient Estimators: A
Survey of Recent Results," Proceedings of the Conference on Modeling
and Simulation (European Simulation Multiconference),
853-857.
7.
Kumar, A, Jacobson, S.H., Mohamed, Z., Motwani,
J., 1994, "A Heuristic Approach for Designing Flexible Assembly
Systems," 1994 Proceedings Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting,
3, 1612-1614.
8.
Vazquez, F., Jacobson, S.H., 1994, "Application of RPA and
the Harmonic Gradient Estimators to a Priority Queueing
System," Proceedings of the 1994 Winter Simulation Conference,
369-376.
9.
Jacobson, S.H., Morrice, D.J., 1994,
"Teaching Simulation: A Panel Discussion," Proceedings of the 1994
Winter Simulation Conference, 1378-1381.
10.
Fleischer, M.A., Jacobson, S.H., 1995, "Cybernetic
Optimization by Simulated Annealing: An Overview with Experimental
Results," First Metaheuristics International
Conference Proceedings, 361-368.
11.
Morrice, D.J., Jacobson, S.H.,
1995, "Amplitude Selection in Transient Sensitivity Analysis, Proceedings
of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference, 330-335.
12.
Yucesan, E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1995, "On the Simultaneous Construction of Sample Paths," Proceedings
of the 1995 Winter Simulation Conference, 357-361.
13.
Jacobson, S.H., 1996, "Building and Analyzing Discrete
Event Simulation Models of Complex Systems: A Computational Complexity
Approach," Proceedings of the 1996 NSF Design and Manufacturing
Grantees Conference, 503-504.
14.
Yucesan, E., Jacobson, S.H.,
1996, "Simulated Annealing Heuristic for Accessibility," Proceedings
of the Second International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Stochastic
Simulation and Experimental Design, 21-27.
15.
Jacobson, S.H., Morrice, D.J., 1996,
"Analyzing the Temporal Association Between Health Disorders and Medical
Treatments Using Probability Models and Monte Carlo Simulation," Proceedings
of the 1996 Winter Simulation Conference, 1176-1182.
16.
Jacobson, S.H., 1997, "Heuristics for Discrete Event
Computer Simulation Model Structural Problems," Proceedings of the 1997
NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, 415-416.
17.
Jacobson, S.H., Sullivan, K.A., Johnson, A.W., 1997,
"Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms for Discrete Manufacturing Process
Design Problems Using Computer Simulation Models," Proceedings of the
Conference on Modeling and Simulation (European Simulation Multiconference),
473-478 (Best Paper Award in the Industrial Simulation Track).
18.
Weniger, B. C., Jacobson, S.H.,
Sewell, E.C., Deuson, R., Chen, R.T., 1997, “Vaccine
Selection Algorithm using Linear Programming to Minimize the Overall Cost of
Disease Control through Immunization,” Proceedings of the 37th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy.
19.
Swisher, J.R., Jun, J.B., Jacobson, S.H., Balci,
O., 1997, "Simulation of the Queston Physician
Network," Proceedings of the 1997 Winter Simulation Conference,
1146-1154.
20.
Jacobson, S.H., 1998, "Heuristics for Computer Simulation
Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization," Proceedings of the
1998 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference, 175-176.
21.
Jacobson, S.H., Yucesan, E., 1998,
"Using Accessibility to Assess the Performance of Generalized Hill
Climbing Algorithms," Proceedings of the 1998 Winter Simulation
Conference, 761-768.
22.
Jacobson, S. H., Armstrong, D.E., Vaughan, D. 1999, “A Survey of
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms for Discrete Manufacturing Process Design
Optimization,” Advanced Aerospace Materials and Processes Conference (AeroMat).
23.
Kumar, A., Jacobson, S.H., Mohamed, Z.M., 1999, “Managing
Critical Resources with Stochastic Consumption Rates,” Proceedings of the
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting.
24.
Swisher, J.R., Jacobson, S.H., 1999, "Discrete-Event
Simulation Optimization Using Ranking, Selection, and Multiple Comparison
Procedures: A Survey," (State-of-the-Art Tutorial), Proceedings of the
1999 Winter Simulation Conference, 492-501.
25.
Jacobson, S.H., 2000, "A Study of Local Search Strategies
using Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2000 NSF
Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference.
26.
Kumar A., Jacobson, S.H., 2000, "Managing Critical
Resources with Stochastic Consumption Rates," Manufacturing and Service
Operations Management 2000 Conference Proceedings, 1-8.
27.
Swisher, J.R., Hyden, P., Jacobson,
S.H., Schruben, L.W., 2000, "
A Survey of Simulation Optimization Techniques and Procedures,"
(State-of-the-Art Tutorial), Proceedings of the 2000 Winter Simulation
Conference.
28.
Jacobson, S.H., 2001, “On the Performance of Local Search
Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2001 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees
Conference.
29.
Henderson, D., Wakefield, R.R., Vaughan, D., Jacobson, S.H.,
2001, "Optimal Earthmoving Vehicle Routes Using Local Search
Algorithms," Perspectives on Innovation in Architecture, Engineering
and Construction, Anumba, C.J., Egbu, C. and Thorpe, A. (Editors), Proceedings of the
1st International Conference on 'Innovation In Architecture Engineering And
Construction (AEC)', Loughborough University,
United Kingdom, 555-565.
30.
Vaughan, D.E., Jacobson, S.H., Armstrong, D.E., 2001, “Discrete
Manufacturing Process Design Optimization using Simultaneous Generalized Hill
Climbing Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on
Intelligent Processing and Manufacturing of Materials.
31.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Weniger,
B.G., 2001, “Using Monte Carlo Simulation to Assess the Value of Combination
Vaccines for Pediatric Immunization,” Proceedings of the 2001 Winter
Simulation Conference.
32.
Jacobson, S.H., 2002, “Assessing the Performance of Generalized
Hill Climbing Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2002 NSF Design and
Manufacturing Grantees Conference.
33.
Kobza, J.E., Jacobson, S.H.,
2003, “A Study of Aviation Access Control Security Systems,” Proceedings of the
2003 NSF Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference.
34.
Jacobson, S.H., 2003, “A Study of Local Search Strategies Using
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2003 NSF Design
and Manufacturing Grantees Conference.
35. Kobza, J. E., Jacobson, S.H.,
2004, “A Study of Aviation Access Control Security Systems,” Proceedings of
the 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.
36. Jacobson, S. H., 2004,
“A Study of Local Search Strategies Using Generalized Hill Climbing
Algorithms,” Proceedings of the 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing
Grantees and Research Conference.
37. Sewell, E. C., Jacobson,
S.H., 2004, “Research on Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood
Immunization,” Proceedings of the 2004 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing
Grantees and Research Conference.
38.
Jacobson, S. H., Kobza,
J.E., 2005, “A Study of Aviation Access Control Security Systems,” Proceedings
of the 2005 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and
Research Conference.
39.
Jacobson, S. H., Sewell, E.C., 2005,
“Research on Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization,” Proceedings
of the 2005 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research
Conference.
40.
Jacobson, S. H. and J. E. Kobza, 2006, “A Study of Aviation Access Control Security
Systems,” Proceedings of the 2006 NSF Design, Service
and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.
41.
Jacobson, S. H. and E. C. Sewell, 2006,
“Research on Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization,” Proceedings
of the 2006 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and
Research Conference.
42.
Jacobson, S.H., Hall, S.N., McLay,
43.
McLay,
44.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Hall, S.N.,
2008, “Analyzing the General Minimum Cost Vaccine Formulary Selection
Problem," Proceedings of the 2008 NSF Design, Service, and
Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference.
45.
Jacobson, S.H., Sewell, E.C., Hall, S.N.,
2009, “Maximizing the Effectiveness of a Pediatric Vaccine Formulary While
Prohibiting Extraimmunization," Proceedings
of the 2009 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference.
46.
Chan, W.K., Schruben,
L.W., Nelson, B.L. Jacobson, S.H., 2009, “Simulation Fusion,” Proceedings of
the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference.
47.
Jacobson, S.H., McLay,
L.A., Lee, A.J., 2011, “New Approaches for Airport Security Checkpoint
Screening,”
Proceedings of the 2011 NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference.
Presentations, Seminars, and Posters (over
350)
Air Force Institute of Technology (1997, 2002, 2006, 2008)
Case
Georgia
Institute of Technology (1997)
Homeland
Security Institute (2005)
INSEAD,
European Institute of Business Administration (1994, 1996)
Iowa
State University (2013)
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (2006)
New
Jersey Institute of Technology (1998)
Naval
Northeastern
University (1988, 2011)
Northwestern
University (2002,2007)
Rochester
Institute of Technology (2009)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (2009)
Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute (2008, 2012)
Rutgers,
the
Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences
Institute (2012)
Sandia
National Laboratory (2003)
Schlumberger
(Austin Research),
Silicon Valley Illini Club (2008)
Southern
Southern
SUNY Stonybrook (2013)
Texas
A&M University (2012, 2013)
University
of British Columbia (2010)
University
of Buffalo (2011)
University
of Iowa (2008)
University
of
University
of
Virginia
Tech (1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998)
Xerox
Corporation,
1986,1991,1995,1997,
1999, 2000, 2002, 2004-2006,
2009-2011 Optimization Days,
1987-1990,1992,1994-2000, 2005 Winter Simulation Conference
1988-1994
ORSA/TIMS & TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meetings
1988,1994, 2000 International Symposium on Mathematical
Programming
1988
International Conference on Analysis and Optimization of Systems,
1994,1999 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting
1994
European Simulation Multi-conference,
1995-2008
INFORMS National Meeting
1995,
1998, 1999 AFOSR Electronic Prototyping Review Meeting,
1995
First Metaheuristics International Conference,
1995
Workshop on Industrial Systems Dynamics,
1996
National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference,
1996
Richmond/Tidewater INFORMS Chapter Meeting,
1996,2004
1996
AFOSR Electronic Prototyping Review Meeting,
1996
Second International Workshop on Mathematical Methods in Stochastic Simulation
and Experimental Design,
1997
National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference,
1997
AFOSR Electronic Prototyping Review Meeting,
1997
European Simulation Multiconference,
1997
INFORMS Applied Probability Conference,
1997 Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy,
1998
National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference,
1999
Advanced Aerospace Materials and Processes Conference (Aeromat
'99),
1999
AFOSR Scientific Advisory Board Meeting,
2000
National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing Grantees Conference,
2000 SIAM Discrete Mathematics Conference,
2000 Military Operations Research Society Symposium,
2000 Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference,
2000 AFOSR Electronic Prototyping & New World Vistas -
Discrete Mathematics Review,
2000 NEXTOR Annual Research Symposium,
2001 National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing
Grantees Conference,
2001 Fourth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research,
2001 INFORMS International Meeting,
2001 International Conference on Innovation In
Architecture, Engineering and Construction, United Kingdom
2001 AFOSR Electronic Prototyping, Discrete Mathematics Review,
2001 Intelligence Processing and Manufacturing of Materials
Conference,
2001 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practice,
2002 National Science Foundation Design and Manufacturing
Grantees Conference,
2002 National Immunization Conference,
2002 SIAM Optimization Conference,
2002
2002
2002 AFOSR Electronic Prototyping, Discrete Mathematics Review,
2002 SIAM Discrete Mathematics Conference,
2003 National Science Foundation Design, Service, and
Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference,
2003 First International Workshop on Optimization in Radiation
Therapy
2003 National Immunization Conference,
2003 Sixth Annual Conference on Vaccine Research,
2003
2003
AFOSR Optimization and Discrete Mathematics Program Review,
2004 National Science Foundation Design, Service, &
Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference,
2004
2004 SIAM Discrete Mathematics Conference,
2004 SIAM National Annual Meeting,
2004
AFOSR Optimization and Discrete Mathematics Program Review,
2004
Tenth International Conference on Stochastic Programming,
2005 National Science
Foundation Design, Service, & Manufacturing Grantees and Research
Conference,
2005 National Immunization Conference,
2005 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security:
Advanced Sensors for Personnel, Baggage and Cargo Security,
2005 SIAM Conference on Optimization,
2005 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference,
2005 17th Triennial Conference of the International Federation
of Operational Research Societies,
2005 AFOSR Optimization and Discrete Mathematics Program Review,
2005 Homeland Security Institute Workshop “Advancing Analytic
Techniques in Deterrence Analysis – Workshop Plenary Meeting”,
2005 Winter Simulation Conference,
2006 National Immunization Conference,
2006 INFORMS Optimization Society Conference on Optimization and
Health Care,
2006 INFORMS Conference on OR/MS Practice,
2006 Canadian Operations Research Society (CORS) National
Meeting,
2006 INFORMS MSOM Conference,
2006 SIAM Conference on Discrete
2006 National Science Foundation Design, Service, and
Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference,
2006 COMPSTAT,
2006 Safe Skies Symposium,
2007 INFORMS Computing Society,
2007 National Immunization Conference,
2007 Workshop on Intl. Research and Development in Rapid Vaccine
Manufacturing,
2007-2011 AFOSR Optimization and Discrete Mathematics Program
Review,
2007
2007 Dallas/Fort Worth INFORMS Chapter Meeting,
2007 Seventh Metaheuristics
International Conference,
2007 INFORMS
International Conference,
2007 Sixth International Congress on Industrial and Applied
Mathematics,
2007 Operating on Health Care: An Operations Research Symposium,
2007 Opening Workshop, Program on Risk Analysis, Extreme Events
and Decision Theory, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
2008 National Science Foundation Civil,
Mechanical, & Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Engineering Research
& Innovation Conf., Knoxville, Tennessee
2008 INFORMS Optimization Society Conference on Theory,
Computation, and Emerging Applications,
2008 National Immunization Conference,
2008 INFORMS MSOM Conference,
2008 SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics,
2008 SIAM National Annual Meeting,
2008 Joint Statistics Meeting,
2008 Northern California Symposium on Statistics &
Operations Research in Sports,
2009 INFORMS Computing Society Conference,
2009 National Immunization Conference,
2009 Canadian Discrete
and Algorithmic Mathematics
Conference,
2009 IIE Research Conference Doctoral Colloquium,
2009 CORS-INFORMS International Meeting,
2009 National Science Foundation (NSF)
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Engineering Research and
Innovation Conference,
2009 INFORMS Applied Probability Conference,
2010 International Conference on Systems Analysis Tools for Better
Health Care Delivery: A New Engineering/Health Care Partnership, Invited Plenary, Gainesville, Florida
2010 IIE Research Conference Doctoral Colloquium,
2010 SIAM
Conference on Discrete Mathematics, Austin, Texas
2010
Twelfth International Conference on Stochastic Programming,
2010
AVSEC World 2010, Frankfurt, Germany
2011 National Science Foundation (NSF)
Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI) Research & Innovation
Conference,
2011 INFORMS Computing Society Conference,
2011 National Immunization Conference,
2011 IIE Research Conference Doctoral Colloquium,
2011 INFORMS Healthcare Meeting,
Montreal, Canada
2011 INFORMS Simulation Society Research Workshop Simulation in Complex Service Systems, Montreal, Canada
2011 Conference on Systems
Engineering and Operations Research in Health Care, Rochester, Minnesota
2011 TRB Transportation
Hazards and Security Summit, Irvine, California
2011 New
England Symposium on Statistics in Sports, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2012 World
Vaccine Congress, Washington, DC
2012
National Science Foundation CMMI Grantees Meeting, Boston, MA
2012 Workshop: Computer
Simulation: Opportunities and Challenges (Plenary), Fudan
University, Shanghai, China
2012 SAMSI
Opening Workshop on Health Care and Operations Research (Lead Plenary),
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
Sponsored Research (Over $4.1M)
- National
Science Foundation,
Research Initiation Award, 9/1994 to 8/1998, "Building and Analyzing
Discrete Event Simulation Models of Complex Systems: A Computational
Complexity Approach," Division of Design, Manufacturing, and
Industrial Innovation, DMI-9409266.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 2/1995 to 1/1998,
"Building and Analyzing Discrete Event Simulation Models of Complex
Manufacturing Systems: A Computational Complexity Approach," Division
of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, F49620-95-1-0124.
- National
Science Foundation
(with H.D. Sherali), 9/1995 to 8/1996,
"Engineering Research Equipment: Workstations for Computational
Studies in Large-Scale Simulation and Mathematical Programming
Research," Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial
Innovation, DMI-9423929.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 2/1998 to 11/2000,
"Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization Using Generalized
Hill Climbing Algorithms," Division of Mathematical and Computer
Sciences, F49620-98-1-0111.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 5/1998 to 5/2001, "AASERT
- Optimal Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization,"
Division of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, F49620-98-1-0432.
- Federal
Aviation Administration (with
John E. Kobza), 7/1999 to 12/2000,
"Deployment of Aviation Security Technologies,"
DTFA01-99-C-00085.
- National
Science Foundation,
1/2000 to 12/2002, "A Study of Local Search Strategies Using
Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms," Division of Design,
Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation, DMI-9907980.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research (subcontracted through Austral
Engineering and Software, Inc.) (with J.A. Stori), 10/2000 to 10/2001, “Software System for
Criteria Management in Multi-Objective Optimization-Guided Design of
Sequences of Materials Processes," Division of Mathematical and
Space Sciences, F49620-00-C-0044.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 12/2000 to 11/2003,
"Designing Optimal Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms, with
Applications to Discrete Manufacturing Process Design Optimization,"
Division of Mathematical and Space Sciences, F49620-01-1-0007.
- National
Science Foundation (with
John E. Kobza), 9/2001 to 8/2007,
"Collaborative Research: A Study of Aviation Access Control Security
Systems,” Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation,
DMI-0114499.
- National
Science Foundation (with
Edward C. Sewell), 1/2003 to 6/2005, “Collaborative Research: Research on
Designing Vaccine Formularies for Childhood Immunization,” Division of
Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation, DMI-0222597.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/2004 to 2/2007, "A
Heuristic Design Information Sharing Framework for Hard Discrete
Optimization Problems," Division of Mathematical and Space Sciences,
FA9550-04-1-0110.
- National
Science Foundation (with
Edward C. Sewell), 8/2005 to 7/2009, “Collaborative Research: Pediatric
Vaccine Formulary Design and Optimization,” Division of Design,
Manufacturing, and Industrial Innovation, DMI-0457176.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 3/2007 to 11/2009, " Finite-Time Performance of Local Search Algorithms: Theory and
Application,” Division of Mathematical and Space Sciences,
FA9550-07-1-0232.
- National
Science Foundation,
7/2008 to 6/2009, “SGER-III-CXT: A Computational Approach to Zoning Analysis”
Division of Information & Intelligent Systems, IIS-0827540.
- National Science Foundation
(with Wendy Cho, Edward C. Sewell), 7/2009 to 6/2012, “Collaborative
Research: Shifting Paradigms: Causal Inference via Subset Selection”
Division of Social and Economic Sciences, SES-0849223.
- National Science Foundation,
8/2009 to 7/2012, “New Approaches to Protecting Transportation
Infrastructure,” Division of Design, Manufacturing, and Industrial
Innovation, CMMI-0900226.
- Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, 7/2010 to 7/2013,
"Optimal Dynamic Asset Allocation Problems: Addressing the Impact of
Information Uncertainty and Quality,” Division of Mathematical and Space
Sciences, FA9550-10-1-0387.
·
National Science Foundation,
8/2012 to 7/2015, “A Game Theoretic Approach to Pediatric Vaccine
Pricing,” Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation,
CMMI-1161458.
Corporate Gifts
- ALCOA Foundation (with C.P. Koelling), 10/1997 to 10/1998, $60,000 to support the ISE Computational Laboratory and the Simulation and Optimization Laboratory, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Dissertation, Theses, and Projects Directed
Ph.D. Dissertations Directed (16 Students)
- M.A.
Fleischer, "Assessing the Performance of the Simulated Annealing
Algorithm Using Information Theory," January 1994, Patent
Investigator, United State Patent, Office, Washington, DC.
- A.W.
Johnson, "Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms for Discrete
Optimization Problems," October 1996, Associate Professor of
Logistics Management, Department of Operational Sciences, Air Force
Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio (1997 INFORMS George E. Nicholson
Student Paper Competition, Honorable Mention).
- K.A.
Sullivan, "A Convergence Analysis of Generalized Hill Climbing
Algorithms," May 1999, Independent Consultant,
- D.E.
Vaughan, “Simultaneous Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms for Addressing
Sets of Discrete Optimization Problems,” August 2000, Research Scientist,
Los Alamos Research Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (2001 Paul E. Torgersen Graduate Student Research Excellence Award
(Second Place), 2001 AAUW Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship
(Runner-up), 2002 IIE Pritsker Doctoral
Dissertation Award Competition (Third Place)).
- D.
- T. Aytemiz, “A Probabilistic Study of 3-SATISFIABILITY,”
July 2001, Professor, School of Business
and Political Science, Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey.
- D.E.
Armstrong, “A Local Search Algorithm Approach to Analyzing the Complexity
of Discrete Optimization Problems,” May 2002, Research Scientist, Los
Alamos Research Laboratory,
- L.A.
McLay, “Designing Aviation Security Systems:
Theory and Practice,” May 2006, Associate Professor, Department of
Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
(2002-2003 Ph.D. Thesis Initiation Fellowship, Program in Arms Control,
Disarmament, and International Security (ACDIS); 2003-2004 M&IE Alumni
Teaching Fellow; 2005 M&IE Harper Safety Award; 2006 INFORMS Computing
Society Student Paper Competition (Runner-Up)).
- H. Kaul, “Topics in Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization
and Extremal Graph Theory,” August 2006
(co-advised with D. West), Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Illinois Institute of Technology,
- S.N.
Hall, “The Design and Analysis of Pediatric Vaccine Formularies: Theory
and Practice” August 2006, Research Scientist, Scott Air Force Base (2006
M&IE Harper Safety Award).
- A.G.
Nikolaev, “Stochastic Sequential Resource
Allocation and Passenger Assignment in Aviation Security Systems” August
2008, Assistant Professor, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.
- R.A.
Proano, “Strengthening
the Sustainability of Pediatric Vaccine Supply by using Operations
Research Methods” August 2008, Assistant Professor, Rochester
Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
- G.K.
Kao, “Two Combinatorial Optimization Problems
at the Interface of Computer Science and Operations Research”
August 2008, Staff Researcher, Sandia National Laboratory,
- A.J.
Lee, “Optimality, Uncertainty, and Performance of Passenger Screening in
Aviation Security Systems” May 2009, Director, CITERI, Springfield, IL
(2008-2009 Federal Aviation Administration /
U.S. Department of Transportation Graduate Research Award Program on
Public-Sector Aviation Issues; 2009 INFORMS Transportation
Science & Logistics Dissertation Prize (Honorable Mention)).
- M.J. Robbins, “Exploring
Pediatric Immunization Markets Using Operations Research and Game Theory,”
June 2010, Assistant Professor, Department of Operational Sciences, Air
Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio (2011 IIE Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation
Award Competition (First Place)).
- D.M. King, “Graph Theory Models
and Algorithms for Political Districting:
An Approach to Informs Public Policy, “ May 2012, Visiting
Lecturer, Department of IESE, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL.
M.S. Theses / Projects Directed (9 Students)
- A.E.
Simms, "A Stochastic Approach to Modeling Aviation Security Problems
Using the Knapsack Problem," June 1997 (co-advised with J.E. Kobza) (1998 Institute of Industrial Engineers
Graduate Research (Master's Thesis) Award Competition,
- J.R.
Swisher, "Evaluation of the Design of a Family Practice Healthcare
Clinic using Discrete-Event Simulation," May 1999.
- J.B.
Jun, "A Visual Simulation Life-cycle of the Queston
Physician Network," May 1999.
- J.E.
Orosz, "Finite-Time Performance Results for
Static and Cyclical Simulated Annealing Algorithms," May 2001.
- J.M.
Bowman, "Evaluating and Analyzing the Performance of Aviation Baggage
Screening Security Systems," August 2001.
- J.L.
Virta, "Three Essays on the Modeling and
Analysis of Aviation Baggage Screening Security Systems," August,
2001.
- V. Venkat, “Post-optimality Analysis for Multi-objective
Optimization Problems,” October 2002 (co-advised with J.A. Stori).
- T. Karnani, "Engineering the Design and Analyzing
the Economics of Pediatric Vaccine Formularies," May 2003 (2004
- I. Shyryayev, “A Sensitivity Analysis of Matching Coin
Game Strategies,” December 2004.
Awards, Honors, and Recognitions
- Best
Paper Award, Industrial Simulation Track, European Simulation Multiconference,
- Application
Award, Operations Research Division,
- Associate,
Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, 2002-2003.
- Willett
Faculty Scholar,
- Aviation
Security Research Award, Aviation Security International, 2002 (with J.E. Kobza).
- Best
Paper Award, IIE Transactions Focused area on Operations
Engineering, 2003 (with J.E. Kobza).
- Guggenheim
Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003.
- Operations
Research
Meritorious Service Award, 2003.
- Award
of Excellence (“College or University” and “Video News Release”
Categories) for “Aviation Security: Researching the Risk,” 13th
Annual Communicator’s Award Competition (with WILL-TV), 2006.
- “List
of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students,”
- “List
of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students,” University of
Illinois, IE413: Computer Simulation, Spring
2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
- Outstanding
IIE Publication Award, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2009 (with L.A. McLay).
- Award
for Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering, Institute of
Industrial Engineers, 2010 (with E.C. Sewell).
- Runner-Up,
Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Homeland Security Award, Border
and Transportation Security, 2010.
- Fellow, Institute of Industrial
Engineers, 2011.
- Award for Excellence in the
Teaching of Operations Research, Institute of Industrial Engineers
Operations Research Division, 2011.
- Finalist, INFORMS Section for
Public Programs, Services and Needs, Best Paper Award, 2012
- Semi-Finalist,
INFORMS Innovations in Analytics Award, 2012.
SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE
The papers "An Integer Programming Model for Vaccine
Procurement and Delivery in the National Childhood Immunization Program: A
Pilot Study," (co-authored with E.C. Sewell, R. Deuson,
and B.G. Weniger) published in Health Care
Management Science (Volume 2, Number 1, January 1999) by Baltzer Science Publishers, and "Addressing the
Challenges to Immunization Practice with an Economic Algorithm for Vaccine
Selection," (co-authored with B.G. Weniger, R.T.
Chen, E.C. Sewell, R. Deuson, J.R. Livengood, and W.A. Orenstein) published in Vaccine
(Volume 16, Number 19) by Elsevier Science, received significant media coverage
following a press release issued on December 21, 1998 by Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University. Media coverage included
- An article in Hepatitis Weekly on November 23, 1998.
- A television news spot on WDBJ-7 (CBS affiliate in
- A radio spot on Morning Edition,
- An article in the
- An article in the Health Letter of the CDC on January 11,
1999.
- An article in Vaccine Weekly on January 11, 1999.
- An article in Journal of the American Medical Association
(Quick Uptakes) on January 27, 1999.
- An article in Infectious Diseases in Children, Volume 12,
Number 2, February 1999.
The paper “A
New Neighborhood Function for Discrete Manufacturing Process Design
Optimization Using Generalized Hill Climbing Algorithms,” (co-authored with
D.E. Vaughan and D.E. Armstrong) published in ASME Journal of Mechanical
Design (Volume 122, Number 2, 164-171) was featured in an article on
October 20, 2000 focusing on new directions in manufacturing research in
Advanced Manufacturing Technology (www.wiley.com/technical_insights).
The paper “Using Monte Carlo Simulation to
Determine Combination Vaccine Price Distributions for Childhood Diseases,”
(co-authored with E.C. Sewell) published in Health Care Management Science
(Volume 5, Number 2, April 2002) by Baltzer Science
Publishers, received media coverage following a press release issued on April
8, 2002 by the news bureau at the University of Illinois. Media coverage
included
- An article on
UniSci, International Science News on April 11,
2002.
- An article in
Immunization News on April 12, 2002.
- An article in
IIE Solutions, Volume 24(6), June 2002, p.23.
- An article in
Vaccine Weekly on June 26, 2002.
The paper
"Modeling Aviation Baggage Screening Security Systems: A Case Study,"
(co-authored with J.E. Virta, J.M. Bowman, J.E. Kobza, and J.J. Nestor) published in IIE Transactions
(Volume 35, Number 3, pages 259-269) was highlighted in Research Reports in the
February 2003 issue of Industrial Engineering, the monthly professional
magazine of the Institute of Industrial Engineers.
On February 18, 2003, Sheldon H. Jacobson and graduate student
Laura A. McLay were invited to discuss their research
activities on aviation security on Focus 580 on public radio station AM580 in
The paper
“Pediatric Vaccine Stockpile Levels: How Much is Enough?”
(co-authored with E.C. Sewell, R.A. Proano, and J.A. Jokela) published in Vaccine (Volume 24, Number 17,
3530-3537, April 24, 2006) by Elsevier Publishers, received media coverage
following a press release issued on April 18, 2006 by the news bureau at the
University of Illinois. Media coverage included over sixty web sites,
newspapers, and professional magazines, including
- A reference
on News-Medical.Net (Australia) on April 19, 2006.
- A reference
on www.vaccinationnews.com on April 18, 2006.
- A reference
on www.medications.com
on April 18, 2006.
- A reference
on www.healthcareindustrytoday.com on April
20, 2006.
- A reference
on www.medicalnewstoday.com
(England) on April 20, 2006.
- A reference
on www.worldwidehealth.com on April 20,
2006.
- A commentary
on the Vaccine article posted on www.vaccineethics.org
on April 11, 2006.
- A reference
in NewsRx on May 9, 2006.
- A reference
in World Disease Weekly on May 9, 2006.
- A reference
in Life Science Weekly on May 10, 2006.
- A reference
in Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA on May 10, 2006.
- A reference
in Pharma Business Week on May 10,
2006.
- A reference
in Vaccine Weekly on May 10, 2006.
- A reference
in Health & Medicine Week on May 11, 2006.
- A reference
in Biotech Law Weekly on May 12, 2006.
- A reference
in Drug Week on May 12, 2006.
- A reference
in Science Letter on May 12, 2006.
- A reference
in Law and Health Weekly on May 13, 2006.
- A reference
in Aging and Elder Health Week on May 14, 2006.
On October 24, 2006, the
National Science Foundation (NSF) issued a press release
(06-154) “New
Technologies Could
The paper “The Economic Impact
of Obesity on Automobile Fuel Consumption," published in The
Engineering Economist (Volume 51, Number 4, 307-323, October –December
2006) by Taylor and Francis received media coverage following a
press release issued on October 24, 2006 by the University of Illinois News
Bureau, as well as an Associated Press news release on October 25, 2006.
Media coverage included several hundred newspapers and magazine articles, radio
show interviews and reports, and television interview and reports.
Newspaper coverage included the
Sheldon H. Jacobson appeared as an expert in the documentary
“Killer at Large” (produced by Shinebox Media
productions), which highlights the growing obesity epidemic and its impact on
society. The documentary was released in December 2007.
The paper “The Tradeoff
between Technology and Prescreening Intelligence in Checked Baggage Screening
for Aviation Security,” to appear in Journal of Transportation Security,
was featured in “A Minute with Sheldon Jacobson: How can better pre-screening
make airports safer?” on the University of Illinois web site (www.uiuc.edu) on
February 14, 2008.
The web site, http://election08.cs.illinois.edu/,
assembled by Sheldon H. Jacobson and his collaborators generated wide spread
media attention after the press release “Latest Electoral College Forecast
Shows McCain Ahead By as Many as 27 Votes,” was issued on September 17, 2008 by
INFORMS. Mentions included the St.
Louis Dispatch, Wall Street Journal, msnbc.com, and Science.
The article
“Web Site Provides Pediatric Vaccine Pricing”, that appeared in the October
2008 issue of Managed Care Magazine
(Volume 17, Number 10) featured the pediatric vaccine modeling covered in Jacobson and Sewell (2008).
The article
“A Shot in the Arm for Integer Programming” by Barry Cipra,
that appeared in the November 2008 issue of SIAM News (Volume 41, Number
9) featured the pediatric vaccine modeling and analysis research covered in Hall et al. (2009).
The articles
“Want to Conserve Fuel? Study Finds Losing Weight Saves Money at the Pump” in Motor Trend and “No Free Ride for
Blubber” in the 2 January 2009 issue of Science
(Volume 323(5910) featured the results relating fuel consumption and
obesity reported in Jacobson and King (2009).
The article "A Sequential Stochastic Passenger Screening
problem for Aviation Security," which appeared in the June 2009 issue of IIE
Transactions (Volume 41, Number 6, pages 575-579), co-authored with L.A. McLay and A.G. Nikolaev, was
highlighted in Research Executive Summaries in the May 2009 issue of Industrial
Engineering, the monthly professional magazine of the Institute of
Industrial Engineers.
The article "
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Sequential Aviation Security Screening Policies," which appeared in the August 2011
issue of IIE Transactions (Volume 43, Number 8, pages 546-565), co-authored with A.J. Lee, was highlighted
in Research Executive Summaries in the July 2011 issue of Industrial
Engineering, the monthly professional magazine of the Institute of
Industrial Engineers.
TEACHING AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES
Sheldon's teaching responsibilities are in the areas of discrete event simulation and stochastic modeling (probability, stochastic processes, and queueing theory), at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also has teaching experience in the areas of applied statistics and management science.
Sheldon has been an active contributor to the INFORMS College on
Simulation, having served as its Treasurer from 7/1994 to 6/1996, on its
outstanding publication award committee from 1997-1999, and the Ph.D.
Colloquium Coordinator at the 1993 and 1994 Winter Simulation
Conferences. He also served as the Advanced Tutorial Track Coordinator at
the 1994 and 1995 Winter Simulation Conferences, and
the Modelware/Software Track Coordinator at the 2002
and 2003 Winter Simulation Conferences. He has also served on the INFORMS
College on Simulation membership committee (2000-2002) and the INFORMS Health
Applications Section Bonder Scholarship for Applied Operations Research in
Health Services review and selection committee (2006-2007). He is a
member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), the
Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIAM), and the American Society
for Engineering Education (ASEE). He serves as the IIE Transactions
Focused Issue Editor for Operations Engineering and Analysis (2009-2012), as an
Executive Editor for the Journal of
Transportation Security (2007-Present), and as an Associate
Editor for the International Journal of Applied Metaheuristic Computing
(IJAMC) (2008-Present). He has also served as an associate
editor for Operations Research (2001-2005), as a guest editor for the IIE
Transactions Special Issue on Homeland Security (2005-2006), as a senior
editor for Flexible Services and Manufacturing (FSM) Journal
(2007-2009), and on the OR/MS Today Committee (2007-2009). In
addition, he serves as a regular reviewer for several operations research, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics
journals.
Professor
Jacobson's Web Site on the Computer Science Web Page
NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE Ph.D. GRADUATE STUDENTS
Our research group is always looking for talented and energetic graduate students to participate in the numerous research activities within the Simulation and Optimization Laboratory. We are currently looking for students interested in earning their Ph.D. degree in Operations Research. We are particularly interested in students who either have an undergraduate degree or masters degree in mathematics, have taken courses in real analysis, probability theory, and discrete mathematics, or are interested in using mathematics to address fundamental issues in the areas of algorithm design and analysis, with applications in aviation security, biological systems, and health care. Students who fit any of these profiles are encouraged to contact me via email (once on campus) at shj@illinois.edu to discuss opportunities and openings within our research group.
One final (and important) note. Although we welcome new students into our group, we rarely provide funding immediately. Most of the students in our lab have come to campus, interacted with our lab, and then (most commonly, within one semester) received funding. Students who send out mass e-mailings requesting funding are not acting in their best interest, since such e-mails are typically deleted unread. Moreover, it does not work to obtain funding and enhance your application. In fact, it is assumed that prospective students who do send such e-mails asking for funding are not capable of following simple directions, and hence, are not as talented as the ones who take the following approach: If you want to secure funding, apply to our program. If you are as talented as your would be mass mailings indicate, our admissions committee will recognize this and you will be awarded funding. If you do not fit this picture, you may be admitted without funding. However, once you prove your capability, a large number of research funding opportunities are available. In fact, there are numerous research assistant positions available throughout the university for students interested in computer programming and related activities. Such opportunities are typically only available to students once they are on campus.
NOTE TO PROSPECTIVE M.S. GRADUATE STUDENTS
Research opportunities exist for unfunded M.S. students in Operations Research. These opportunities include applied research in the areas of aviation security, health care, and computational optimization and probability. Note that funding for M.S. students in Operations Research is not available at this time. Our experience has shown that the research experiences that are offered by our faculty provide excellent credentials that typically lead to numerous employment opportunities upon your graduation. If interested, please send an email (once on campus) to shj@illinois.edu to discuss the most current opportunities. Note that requests for funding by M.S. students will not be answered. Moreover, mass mailings are neither effective nor a good mechanism for obtaining admission or funding (see comments above).
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updated: March 23, 2013
Counter set: June 5, 1999
URL address: shj.cs.illinois.edu