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.
18. Hornberger, Z.T., King, D.M., Jacobson, S.H., 2025, “Framework for
analyzing the periodically-observed time homogeneous
Poisson Process,” Journal of the Operational Research Society.
19. Hornberger, Z.T., King, D.M.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2025, “Finite-horizon behavior of the periodically-observed
time homogeneous Poisson Process,” Naval Research Logistics.
20. Hornberger, Z.T., King, D.M.,
Jacobson, S.H., 2025, “Temporal Analysis of the clustering and hypothesized
social contagion mass killing events in the United States,” Socio-Economic
Planning Sciences.