Published Papers and Technical Reports

  1. 1988a. Empirical Evaluation of a Queueing Network Model for Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication, Operations Research, 36, 202-215, (with H. Chen, J.M. Harrison, A. Mandelbaum, and A. van Ackere).
  2. 1988b. Scheduling Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 1, 115-130.
  3. 1989a. Capacity Allocation in Generalized Jackson Networks, Operations Research Letters, 8, 143-146.
  4. 1989b. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Simple Open Network, Queueing Systems, 5, 265-280, (with J. M. Harrison).
  5. 1990a. Optimal Control of a Two-Station Brownian Network, Mathematics of Operations Research, 15, 215-242.
  6. 1990b. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Two-Station Closed Network, Operations Research, 38, 1052-1064, (with J.M. Harrison).
  7. 1990c. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Two-Station Network With Controllable Inputs, Operations Research, 38, 1065-1078.
  8. 1991a. Brownian Networks With Discretionary Routing, Operations Research, 39, 322-340.
  9. 1991b. Due-Date Setting and Priority Sequencing in a Multiclass M/G/1 Queue, Management Science, 37, 834-850.
  10. 1991c. The Impact of Processing Time Knowledge on Dynamic Job Shop Scheduling, Management Science, 37, 1002-1014, (with J. Ou).
  11. 1992a. On the Relationship Between Yield and Cycle Time in Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication, IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing ,5, 156-158.
  12. 1992b. Performance Bounds for Scheduling Queueing Networks, Annals of Applied Probability, 2, 460-480, (with J. Ou).
  13. 1992c. A Broader View of the Job Shop Scheduling Problem, Management Science, 38, 1018-1033, (with P. B. Chevalier).
  14. 1992d. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Multistation Network with Controllable Inputs, Operations Research, 40, S312-S334.
  15. 1992e. Dynamic Scheduling of a Multiclass Make-to-Stock Queue, Operations Research, 40, 724-735.
  16. 1992f. On the Improvement from Scheduling a Two-Station Queueing Network in Heavy Traffic, Operations Research Letters 11, 225-232, (with J. Ou).
  17. 1992g. A Product Design Problem in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Operations Research, 40, 986-998, (with F. Avram).
  18. 1992h. Monotone Control of Queueing Networks, Queueing Systems, 12, 391-408, (with M. H. Veatch).
  19. 1993a. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Multistation Closed Network, Operations Research, 41, 743-758, (with P. B. Chevalier).
  20. 1994a. Optimal Control of a Two-Station Tandem Production/Inventory System, Operations Research, 42, 337-350, (with M. H. Veatch).
  21. 1994b. Scheduling Networks of Queues: Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Bi-Criteria Problem, Chapter 7 of Stochastic Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing System, Ed. David D. Yao, Springer-Verlag, New York.
  22. 1995a. Dynamic Scheduling of a Production/Inventory System with By-Products and Random Yield, Management Science, 41, 1000-1017, (with J. Ou).
  23. 1996a. Sequential Screening in Semiconductor Manufacturing, I: Exploiting Spatial Dependence, Operations Research, 44, 173-195, (with M. D. Longtin and R. E. Welsch).
  24. 1996b. Sequential Screening in Semiconductor Manufacturing, II: Exploiting Lot-to-Lot Variability, Operations Research, 44, 196-205, (with J. Ou).
  25. 1996c. Setting Base Stock Levels Using Product-form Queueing Networks, Management Science ,42, 259-268, (with R. Rubio).
  26. 1996d. Pooled Testing for HIV Screening: Capturing the Dilution Effect, Operations Research, 44, 543-569, (with S.A. Zenios).
  27. 1996e. Scheduling a Make-to-Stock Queue: Index Policies and Hedging Points, Operations Research, 44, 634-647, (with M. H. Veatch).
  28. 1996f. Heavy Traffic Analysis of a Transportation Network Model, Journal of Applied Probability, 33, 870-885, (with W. B. Peterson).
  29. 1997a. Dynamic Multidrug Therapies for HIV: A Control-Theoretic Approach, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 185, 15-29, (with S. A. Zenios and M. A. Nowak).
  30. 1997b. Inspection for Circuit Board Assembly, Management Science, 43, 1198-1213, (with P. B. Chevalier).
  31. 1998a. Mathematical Analysis of Antiretroviral Therapy Aimed at HIV-1 Eradication or Maintenance of Low Viral Loads, Journal of Theoretical Biology, 192, 81-98, (with R. M. D’Amato and A. S. Perelson).
  32. 1998b. Pooled Testing for HIV Seroprevalence Estimation: Exploiting the Dilution Effect, Statistics in Medicine, 17, 1447-1467, (with S. A. Zenios).
  33. 1998c. Dynamic Scheduling of a Two-Class Queue with Setups, Operations Research, 46, 532-547, (with M. I. Reiman).
  34. 1998d. A Dynamic Stochastic Stock Cutting Problem, Operations Research, 46, 690-701, (with E. V. Krichagina, R. Rubio and M. I. Taksar).
  35. 1998e. Management of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection: Modelling When to Change Therapy, Antiviral Therapy, 3, 147-158, (with R. M. D’Amato and R.A. D’Aquila).
  36. 1999a. Evidence-based Organ Allocation, American Journal of Medicine, 107, 52-61, (with S. A. Zenios and G. B. Chertow).
  37. 1999b. Heavy Traffic Analysis of Polling Systems in Tandem, Operations Research, 47, 524-534, (with M. I. Reiman).
  38. 1999c. Heavy Traffic Analysis of the Dynamic Stochastic Inventory-Routing Problem, Transportation Research, 33, 361-380, (with R. Rubio and M. I. Reiman).
  39. 2000a. The Stochastic Economic Lot Scheduling Problem: Heavy Traffic Analysis of Dynamic Cyclic Policies, Operations Research, 48, 136-154, (with D. M. Markowitz and M. I. Reiman).
  40. 2000b. Dynamic Allocation of Kidneys to Candidates on the Transplant Waiting List, Operations Research, 48, 549-569, (with S. A. Zenios).
  41. 2000c. Dynamic Optimization of a Linear-Quadratic Model with Incomplete Repair and Volume-Dependent Sensitivity and Repopulation, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, 47, 1073-1083, (with J. E. Cohen and J. T. Wu).
  42. 2000d. Management of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection: Analyzing When to Change Therapy, Management Science, 46, 1200-1213, (with ft. M. D’Amato and R.A. D’Aquila).
  43. 2000e. Inventory Management of Remanufacturable Products, Management Science, 46, 1412-1426, (with L. B. Toktay and S. A. Zenios).
  44. 2001a. Heavy Traffic Analysis of Dynamic Cyclic Policies: A Unified Treatment of the Single Machine Scheduling Problem, Operations Research, 49, 246-270, (with D.M. Markowitz).
  45. 2001b. Estimation of Replicative Senescence via a Population Dynamics Model of Cells in Culture, Experimental Gerentology, 36, 79-88, (with J. T. Wu).
  46. 2001c. Modeling and Analysis of a Virus that Replicates Selectively in Tumor Cells, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 63, 731-768, (with J. T. Wu, H. M. Byrne and D.H. Kirn).
  47. 2001d. Analysis of a Forecasting-Production-Inventory System with Stationary Demand, Management Science, 47, 1268-1281, (with L. B. Toktay).
  48. 2001e. A Simple and Effective Component Procurement Policy for Stochastic Assembly Systems, Queueing Systems, 38, 221-248, (with J. Gallien).
  49. 2001f. Analysis and Comparison of Multimodal Cancer Treatments, IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics in Medicine and Biology, 18, 343-376, (with D. R. Beil).
  50. 2002a. Sequencing Surgery, Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy: Insights From a Mathematical Analysis, Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 74, 279-286, (with D. R. Beil).
  51. 2002b. Emergency Response to a Smallpox Attack: The Case for Mass Vaccination, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 99, 10935-10940, (with E. H. Kaplan and D. L. Craft).
  52. 2002c. A Mathematical Model of the the Impact of Novel Treatments on the Aβ Burden in the Alzheimer’s Brain, CSF and Plasma, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 64, 1011-1031, (with D. L. Craft and D. J. Selkoe).
  53. 2002d. A Mathematical Model of the Impact of Infused Cytotoxic Agents on Brain Tumors: Implications for Detection, Design and Delivery, Cell Proliferation, 35, 343-361, (with J. T. Wu, A. G. Ianculescu and R. K. Puri).
  54. 2002e. Hepatic Arterial Infusion of a Replication-selective Oncolytic Adenovirus (dl1520): Phase II Viral, Immunologic, and Clinical Endpoints, Cancer Research, 62, 6070-6079, (with T. Reid, E. Galanis, J. Abbruzzese, D. Sze, J. Andrews, B. Randlev, C. Heise, M. Uprichard, M. Hatfield, L. Rome, J. Rubin and D. Kirn).
  55. 2003a. Smallpox Eradication in West and Central Africa: Surveillance-Containment or Herd Immunity?, Epidemiology 14, 90-92, (with E. H. Kaplan).
  56. 2003b. Emergency Response to Anthrax Attack, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 100, 4346-4351, (with D. L. Craft and E. H. Kaplan). Commentary, Press Conference
  57. 2003c. Analysis of a Decentralized Production-Inventory System, Manufacturing & Services Operations Management, 5, 1-17, (with R. Caldentey).
  58. 2003d. Validation and Analysis of a Mathematical Model of a Replication-competent Oncolytic Virus for Cancer Treatment: Implications for Virus Design and Delivery, Cancer Research, 63, 1317-1324 (with J. T. Wu and D. H. Kirn).
  59. 2003e. Optimal Scheduling of Radiotherapy and Angiogenic Inhibitors, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 65, 407-424, (with A. Ergun and K. Camphausen).
  60. 2003f. Smallpox Bioterror Response (a Letter), Science, 300, 1503-1505, (with E. H. Kaplan).
  61. 2003g. Detecting a Bioterror Attack by Screening Blood Donors: A Best-case Analysis, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 9, 909-914, (with E. H. Kaplan, C. A. Patton and W. P. FitzGerald).
  62. 2003h. Analyzing Bioterror Response Logistics: The Case of Smallpox, Mathematical Biosciences, 185, 33-72, (with E. H. Kaplan and D. L. Craft).
  63. 2003i.  An Inverse-Optimization-Based Auction Mechanism to Support a Multiattribute RFQ Process, Management Science, 49, 1529-1545, (with D. R. Beil).
  64. 2004a. Analysis of a Three-way Race Between Tumor Growth, a Replication-competent Virus and an Immune Response, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 66, 605-625 (with J. T. Wu and D. H. Kirn).
  65. 2004b. Decision Making for Bioterror Preparedness: Examples from Smallpox Vaccination Policy, Chapter 20 in Handbook of OR/MS Applications in Health Care, Eds. F. Sainfort, M. Brandeau, and W. Pierskalla, Kluwer Publishers (with E. H. Kaplan).
  66. 2004c. The Impact of Novel Treatments on Aβ Burden in Alzheimer’s Disease: Insights from a Mathematical Model, Chapter 32 in Handbook of OR/MS Applications in Health Care, Eds., F. Sainfort, M. Brandeau and W. Pierskalla, Kluwer Publishers (with D. L. Craft and D. J. Selkoe).
  67. 2005a. Evaluation of a HEPA/Vaccine Plan for Indoor Remediation After an Airborne Anthrax Attack, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, 69-76 (with Y. Liu and T. J. Leighton).
  68. 2005b. Modeling and Analysis of Protein Design Under Resource Constraints,  Journal of Computational Biology, 12, 247-282, (with Y. Nov).
  69. 2005c. A Smart Market for Industrial Procurement with Capacity Constraints, Management Science 51, 76-91, (with J. Gallien).
  70. 2005d. Using Fingerprint Image Quality to Improve the Identification Performance of the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology Program, PNAS, 102, 7772-7775, (with M. Beveja).
  71. 2005e. Analyzing Bioterror Response Logistics: The Case of Anthrax, Management Science, 51, 679-694, (with D. L. Craft and A. H. Wilkins).
  72. 2005f. Analyzing a Bioterror Attack on the Food Supply: The Case of Botulinum Toxin in Milk,  PNAS 102, 9984–9989, (with Y. Liu).
  73. 2005g. Optimization of Influenza Vaccine Selection, Operations Research, 53, 456-476, (with J. T. Wu and A. S. Perelson).
  74. 2005h. Evaluation of Public Health Interventions for Anthrax: a Report to the Secretary’s Council on Public Health Preparedness, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science 3, 348-356 (with D. L. Craft).
  75. 2006a.  Preventing Catastrophic Chemical Attacks, Issues in Science & Technology, 23, 1, 31-33.
  76. 2006b.  Preventing the Importation of Illicit Nuclear Materials in Shipping Containers, Risk Analysis, 26, 1377-1393. (with A. H. Wilkins, M. Baveja and S. E. Flynn). Appendix
  77. 2006c. Revenue Management of a Make-to-Stock Queue, Operations Research, 54, 859-875, (with R. Caldentey).
  78. 2007a. Analyzing the Control of Mosquito-Borne Diseases by a Dominant Lethal Genetic System,  PNAS, 104, 9540–9545, (with M. P. Atkinson, Z. Su, N. Alphey, L. S. Alphey, and P. Coleman).
  79. 2007b. The Last Line of Defense: Designing Radiation Detection-Interdiction Systems to Protect Cities From a Nuclear Terrorist Attack, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 54, 3, 654-669, (with M. P. Atkinson).
  80. 2007c. The Optimal Spatiotemporal Deployment of Radiation Portal Monitors Can Improve Nuclear Detection at Overseas Ports, Science & Global Security, 15, 211-233 (with Y. Liu, Z. Cao and S. E. Flynn).
  81. 2008a. A Queueing Analysis to Determine How Many Additional Beds Are Needed for the Detention and Removal of Illegal Aliens, Management Science, 54, 1-15, (with Y. Liu).
  82. 2008b. Spatial Queueing Analysis of an Interdiction System to Protect Cities From a Nuclear Terrorist Attack, Operations Research, 56, 247-254, (with M. P. Atkinson).
  83. 2008c. Quantifying the Routes of Transmission for Pandemic Influenza,  Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 70, 820-867, (with M. P. Atkinson).
  84. 2008d. Optimal Stopping Analysis of a Radiation Detection System to Protect Cities From a Nuclear Terrorist Attack, Risk Analysis, 28, 353-371, (with M. P. Atkinson and Z. Cao).
  85. 2008e. Mathematically Assessing the Consequences of Food Terrorism Scenarios, Journal of Food Science 73, M346-M353 (with Y. Liu).
  86. 2009a. A Pooling Analysis of Two Simultaneous Online Auctions, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 11, pp. 33–51 (with D. R. Beil).
  87. 2009b. Analyzing the Homeland Security of the U.S.-Mexico Border, Risk Analysis, 29, 699-713, (with Y. Liu and A. Motskin).
  88. 2009c. Space Debris: Assessing Risk and Responsibility, Advances in Space Research, 43, 1372–1390, (with A. M. Bradley).
  89. 2009d. Assessing Infection Control Measures for Pandemic Influenza, Risk Analysis, 29, 949-962, (with M. P. Atkinson).
  90. 2009e. Homeland Security: From Mathematical Models to Implementation, Operations Research, 57, 801-811.
  91. 2009f. A Dynamic Model for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among U.S. Troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Management Science, 55, 1454–1468, (with M. P. Atkinson and A. Guetz).
  92. 2009g. An Effective Two-finger, Two-stage Biometric Strategy for the US-VISIT Program, Operations Research, 57, 1068–1081, (with M. Baveja).
  93. 2010a. An Overlapping Networks Approach to Resource Allocation for Domestic Counterterrorism, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 33(7), 618 – 651 (with M. P. Atkinson).
  94. 2010b. Analyzing Evacuation Versus Shelter-in-Place Strategies After a Terrorist Nuclear Detonation , Risk Analysis, 30, 1315-1327 (with Y. Choi and S. Denuit).
  95. 2010c. Asymptotic Biometric Analysis for Large Gallery Sizes, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics & Security, 5(4), 955-964, (with M. Baveja and H. Yuan).
  96. 2012a. A Novel Allocation Strategy for Blood Transfusions: Investigating the Tradeoff Between the Age and Availability of Transfused Blood, Transfusion, 52, 108-11 (with M.P. Atkinson, M.J. Fontaine and L.T. Goodnough).
  97. 2012b. Assessing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity, Obesity, 20, 1437-1443, (with Y. Yang and J.D Goldhaber-Fiebert).
  98. 2013a. Ready-to-Use Food-Allocation Policy to Reduce the Effects of Childhood Undernutrition in Developing Countries, PNAS, 110, 4545-4550, (with Y. Yang and J.V. Broeck).
  99. 2013b. Analyzing Screening Policies for Childhood Obesity, Management Science, 59, 782-795, (with Y. Yang and J.D Goldhaber-Fiebert).
  100. 2014a. Using Spatial, Temporal and Evidence-status Data to Improve Ballistic Imaging Performance, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 59, 103-111, (with Y. Yang, A. Koffman and G. Hocherman).
  101. 2014b. Analyzing Personalized Policies for Online Biometric Verfication, PLOS ONE 9, e94087, (with A. Sadhwani and Y. Yang).
  102. 2014c. Quantifying and Exploiting the Age Dependence in the Effect of Supplementary Food for Child Undernutrition, PLOS ONE 9: e99632, (with M. Lakkam, S. Wager, and P. Wise).
  103. 2015a. Analysing the Nutrition-Disease Nexus: The Case of Malaria, Malaria Journal,14, 479, (with M. Lakkam).
  104. 2015b. Assessing Risk-based Policies for Pretrial Release and Split Sentencing in Los Angeles County Jails, PLOS ONE 10(12): e0144967, (with M. Usta).
  105. 2015c. Optimal Screening and Donor Management in a Public Stool Bank, Microbiome, 3, 75, (with A. Kazerouni, J. Burgess and L. Burns).
  106. 2016a. Assessing the Impact of U.S. Food Assistance Delivery Policies on Child Mortality in Northern Kenya, PLOS ONE 11(12): e0168432, (with A. Nikulkov, C. Barrett  and A. Mude).
  107. 2017a. Exploring the Efficacy of Pooled Stools in Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Microbiota-Associated Chronic Diseases, PLOS ONE 12, 1: e0163956, (with A. Kazerouni).
  108. 2017b. Optimizing Ballistic Imaging Operations,  Journal of Forensic Sciences, 62, 1188-1196, (with C. Wang and M. Beggs-Cassin).
  109. 2018a. Analyzing Approaches to the Backlog of Untested Sexual Assault Kits in the U.S.A., Journal of Forensic Sciences, 63, 1110-1121, (with C. Wang).
  110. 2018b. A Simple Way to Maximize the Number of Hits From Ballistic Imaging When Processing Capacity is Limited,  AFTE Journal, 50, 3, 175-178, (with C. Wang and M. Beggs-Cassin).
  111. 2018c. A Continuous-class Queueing Model With Proportional Hazards-based Routing, submitted for publication, (with N. Master, M. Reiman and C. Wang).
  112. 2020b. A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of the Number of Samples to Collect and Test From a Sexual Assault, first published June 1 2020,  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ( with Z. Wang,  K. MacMillan, M. Powell,  L. Wein ).
  113. 2020c. No Detectable Surge in SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Attributable to the April 7, 2020 Wisconsin Election, August 2020,  American Journal of Public Health, (with K. Lueng, J. Wu, L. Wein).
  114. 2021a. Best arm identification in generalized linear bandits May 2021, Operations Research Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 3, Pages 365–371 (with A. Kazerouni). (longer version)
  115. 2022a. Asymptotically Optimal Control of a Centralized Dynamic Matching Market with General Utilities, Operations Research, 70, 3355-3370 (with J. Blanchet, M. Reiman, V. Shah, and L. Wu).
  116. 2022b. Analysis of the genealogy process in forensic genetic genealogy, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 67,2218-2229 (with M. S. Ertürk, C. Fitzpatrick, and M. Press).
  117. 2023a. Analyzing the Effects of Judicial Rotation on Criminal Sentencing: An Operations Perspective, (with B. Ata, R. Hester, and Y. Zhou)
  118. 2024a. Analysis of the privacy-performance tradeoff of reference testing in Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy, (with Y. Hu)