Sheldon M. Ross

Publication Activity (10 Years)

Years Active: 1969-2023
Publications (10 Years): 14

Top Topics

Stochastic Models

Finite Capacity

Multi Armed Bandits

Top Venues

J. Appl. Probab.

Oper. Res. Lett.

Ann. Oper. Res.

Publications

Sheldon M. Ross
On the duration of a gambler's ruin problem. Oper. Res. Lett. 51 (6) (2023)
Wesley Cowan, Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross
Optimal Activation of Halting Multi-Armed Bandit Models. CoRR (2023)
Stella Kapodistria, Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Floske Spieksma
Stochastic models and algorithms dedicated to the 60th birthday of Professor Eugene A. Feinberg. Ann. Oper. Res. 317 (2) (2022)
Mohammad Javad Azizi, Sheldon M. Ross, Zhengyu Zhang
Guaranteed Fixed-Confidence Best Arm Identification in Multi-Armed Bandits: Simple Sequential Elimination Algorithms. CoRR (2021)
Sheldon M. Ross
On the number of tests needed for the pooled testing halving scheme. Oper. Res. Lett. 49 (2) (2021)
Sheldon M. Ross, Gideon Weiss, Zhengyu Zhang
Technical Note - A Stochastic Assignment Problem with Unknown Eligibility Probabilities. Oper. Res. 69 (1) (2021)
Sheldon M. Ross, Sridhar Seshadri
An optimal stocking problem to minimize the expected time to sellout. Oper. Res. Lett. 49 (1) (2021)
Rebecca Dizon-Ross, Sheldon M. Ross
Dynamic search models with multiple items. Ann. Oper. Res. 288 (1) (2020)
Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross
Minimizing expected discounted cost in a queueing loss model with discriminating arrivals. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 282 (2) (2020)
Maher Nouiehed, Sheldon M. Ross
A conjecture on the Feldman bandit problem. J. Appl. Probab. 55 (1) (2018)
Ilan Adler, Yang Cao, Richard M. Karp, Erol A. Peköz, Sheldon M. Ross
Random Knockout Tournaments. Oper. Res. 65 (6) (2017)
Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang
Preface: Optimization under uncertainty - costs, risks and revenues Cyrus Derman memorial volume II. Ann. Oper. Res. 241 (1-2) (2016)
Sheldon M. Ross
Improved Chen-Stein bounds on the probability of a union. J. Appl. Probab. 53 (4) (2016)
Mark Brown, Sheldon M. Ross
Optimality Results for Coupon Collection. J. Appl. Probab. 53 (3) (2016)
Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross
A Queueing Loss Model with Heterogeneous Skill Based Servers Under Idle Time Ordering Policies. J. Appl. Probab. 52 (1) (2015)
Xiuli Chao, Qi-Ming He, Sheldon M. Ross
Tollbooth tandem queues with infinite homogeneous servers. J. Appl. Probab. 52 (4) (2015)
Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross
M/G/∞ with exponentially distributed setup times. Oper. Res. Lett. 43 (1) (2015)
Kai Chen, Sheldon M. Ross
An adaptive stochastic knapsack problem. Eur. J. Oper. Res. 239 (3) (2014)
Sheldon M. Ross
Optimal Server Selection in a Queueing Loss Model with Heterogeneous Exponential Servers, Discriminating Arrivals, and Arbitrary Arrival Times. J. Appl. Probab. 51 (3) (2014)
Sheldon M. Ross
Simulation Analysis of System Life when Component Lives are Determined by a Marked Point Process. J. Appl. Probab. 51 (2) (2014)
Sheldon M. Ross, David Teng Wu
A generalized coupon collecting model as a parsimonious optimal stochastic assignment model. Ann. Oper. Res. 208 (1) (2013)
Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang
Optimization under uncertainty: costs, risks and revenues Cyrus Derman memorial volume I. Ann. Oper. Res. 208 (1) (2013)
Michael N. Katehakis, Ingram Olkin, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang
On the life and work of Cyrus Derman. Ann. Oper. Res. 208 (1) (2013)
Samim Ghamami, Sheldon M. Ross
Improving the Asmussen-Kroese-Type Simulation Estimators. J. Appl. Probab. 49 (4) (2012)
Sheldon M. Ross
Distribution of Minimal Path Lengths when Edge Lengths are Independent Heterogeneous Exponential Random Variables. J. Appl. Probab. 49 (3) (2012)
Sheldon M. Ross
A Simple Solution to a Multiple Player Gambler's Ruin Problem. Am. Math. Mon. 116 (1) (2009)
Sheldon M. Ross
Extending simulation uses of antithetic variables: partially monotone functions, random permutations, and random subsets. Math. Methods Oper. Res. 62 (3) (2005)
Kyle Y. Lin, Sheldon M. Ross
Admission Control with Incomplete Information of a Queueing System. Oper. Res. 51 (4) (2003)
Ilan Adler, Hyun-Soo Ahn, Richard M. Karp, Sheldon M. Ross
Coalescing times for IID random variables with applications to population biology. Random Struct. Algorithms 23 (2) (2003)
Ilan Adler, Noga Alon, Sheldon M. Ross
On the maximum number of Hamiltonian paths in tournaments. Random Struct. Algorithms 18 (3) (2001)
Paul Dagum, Richard M. Karp, Michael Luby, Sheldon M. Ross
An Optimal Algorithm for Monte Carlo Estimation. SIAM J. Comput. 29 (5) (2000)
Paul Dagum, Richard M. Karp, Michael Luby, Sheldon M. Ross
An Optimal Algorithm for Monte Carlo Estimation (Extended Abstract). FOCS (1995)
Franz Josef Radermacher, Sheldon M. Ross, N. S. Wee
An optimal software debugging model. Ann. Oper. Res. 32 (1) (1991)
Sheldon M. Ross
Statistical Estimation of Software Reliability. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 11 (5) (1985)
Sheldon M. Ross
Software Reliability: The Stopping Rule Problem. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. 11 (12) (1985)
Sheldon M. Ross, Zvi Schechner
Some Reliability Applications of the Variability Ordering. Oper. Res. 32 (3) (1984)
Cyrus Derman, G. J. Lieberman, Sheldon M. Ross
On the Use of Replacements to Extend System Life. Oper. Res. 32 (3) (1984)
Sheldon M. Ross, Mehrdad Shahshahani, Gideon Weiss
On the Number of Component Failures in Systems Whose Component Lives are Exchangeable. Math. Oper. Res. 5 (3) (1980)
Cyrus Derman, G. J. Lieberman, Sheldon M. Ross
A Stochastic Sequential Allocation Model. Oper. Res. 23 (6) (1975)
Sheldon M. Ross
A Problem in Optimal Search and Stop. Oper. Res. 17 (6) (1969)