Sheldon
Howard Jacobson, Ph.D.
University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stochastic Models, On-line
Optimization, and Sequential Decision-Making
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, 27(3), 277-296.
4. Baharian, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2013, “Limiting Behavior of the
Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem,” Naval
Research Logistics, 60(4), 321-330.
5. Khatibi, A., Baharian, G., Kone, E.R., Jacobson, S.H., 2014, “The Sequential Stochastic Assignment Problem with
Random Success Rates,” IIE Transactions.
46(11), 1169-1180.
6. Baharian, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2014, “Limiting Behavior of the
Target-Dependent Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem,” Journal of Applied Probability, 51(4),
943-953.
7. Khatibi, A., Baharian,
G., Behzad, B., Jacobson, S.H., 2015, “Extensions of the Sequential Stochastic Assignment Problem,”
Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 82(3), 317-340.
8. Baharian, G., Khatibi, A., Jacobson,
S.H., 2016, "Sequential Stochastic Assignment Problem with Time-dependent
Random Success Rates" Journal of
Applied Probability, 53(4), 1052-1063.
9. Khatibi, A., Jacobson, S.H.,
2017, “Doubly Stochastic Sequential
Assignment Problem,” Naval Research Logistics, 63(3), 124-137.
10. Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2018,
“ Online C-benevolent Job Scheduling on Multiple
Machines," Optimization Letters,
12(2), 251-263.
11. Khatibi, S.H.
Jacobson, 2018, “Generalized Stochastic
Sequential Assignment Problem,” Stochastic Systems, 8(4), 293-306.
12. Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., Kiyavash, N., 2019, "A Bi-Criteria Multiple-Choice
Secretary Problem," IISE Transaction,
31(6), 577-588.
13. Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., Kiyavash, N., 2020, "Asymptotic Analysis for
Multi-objective Sequential Stochastic Assignment Problems," Stochastics: An International Journal of Probability and Stochastic Processes, 92(2), 223-264.
14. Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2020,
“Primal-Dual Analysis for Online Interval
Scheduling Problems,” Journal of Global Optimization,
77, 275-302.
15. Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., 2020,
"Approximation Algorithms for Scheduling
C-benevolent jobs on Weighted Machines," IISE Transactions, 52(4), 432–443.
16. Kelley, M.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2022, “Total Online Bipartite Matching Problem,” Optimization Letters https://doi.org/10.1007/s11590-021-01814-0.
17. Kelley, M., Yu, G., Jacobson, S.H., "Approximation Algorithms for
Stochastic Online Matching with Reusable Resources." Mathematical
Methods of Operations Research.