Sheldon M. Ross

According to our database, Sheldon M. Ross authored at least 44 papers between 1969 and 2025.

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2025

Finding a good normal population.

Sheldon M. Ross, Tianchi Zhao

Oper. Res. Lett., 2025

Improved bounds on the probability of a union and on the number of events that occur.

Ilan Adler, Richard M. Karp, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res. Lett., 2025

2023

On the duration of a gambler's ruin problem.

Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res. Lett., November, 2023

Optimal Activation of Halting Multi-Armed Bandit Models.

Wesley Cowan, Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross

CoRR, 2023

2022

Stochastic models and algorithms dedicated to the 60th birthday of Professor Eugene A. Feinberg.

Stella Kapodistria, Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Floske Spieksma

Ann. Oper. Res., 2022

2021

An optimal stocking problem to minimize the expected time to sellout.

Sheldon M. Ross, Sridhar Seshadri

Oper. Res. Lett., 2021

On the number of tests needed for the pooled testing halving scheme.

Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res. Lett., 2021

Technical Note - A Stochastic Assignment Problem with Unknown Eligibility Probabilities.

Sheldon M. Ross, Gideon Weiss, Zhengyu Zhang

Oper. Res., 2021

Guaranteed Fixed-Confidence Best Arm Identification in Multi-Armed Bandits: Simple Sequential Elimination Algorithms.

Mohammad Javad Azizi, Sheldon M. Ross, Zhengyu Zhang

CoRR, 2021

2020

Minimizing expected discounted cost in a queueing loss model with discriminating arrivals.

Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross

Eur. J. Oper. Res., 2020

Dynamic search models with multiple items.

Rebecca Dizon-Ross, Sheldon M. Ross

Ann. Oper. Res., 2020

2018

A conjecture on the Feldman bandit problem.

Maher Nouiehed, Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2018

2017

Random Knockout Tournaments.

Ilan Adler, Yang Cao, Richard M. Karp, Erol A. Peköz, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res., 2017

2016

Improved Chen-Stein bounds on the probability of a union.

Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2016

Optimality Results for Coupon Collection.

Mark Brown, Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2016

Preface: Optimization under uncertainty - costs, risks and revenues Cyrus Derman memorial volume II.

Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang

Ann. Oper. Res., 2016

2015

M/G/∞ with exponentially distributed setup times.

Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res. Lett., 2015

A Queueing Loss Model with Heterogeneous Skill Based Servers Under Idle Time Ordering Policies.

Babak Haji, Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2015

Tollbooth tandem queues with infinite homogeneous servers.

Xiuli Chao, Qi-Ming He, Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2015

2014

Optimal Server Selection in a Queueing Loss Model with Heterogeneous Exponential Servers, Discriminating Arrivals, and Arbitrary Arrival Times.

Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2014

Simulation Analysis of System Life when Component Lives are Determined by a Marked Point Process.

Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2014

An adaptive stochastic knapsack problem.

Kai Chen, Sheldon M. Ross

Eur. J. Oper. Res., 2014

2013

A generalized coupon collecting model as a parsimonious optimal stochastic assignment model.

Sheldon M. Ross, David Teng Wu

Ann. Oper. Res., 2013

Optimization under uncertainty: costs, risks and revenues Cyrus Derman memorial volume I.

Michael N. Katehakis, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang

Ann. Oper. Res., 2013

On the life and work of Cyrus Derman.

Michael N. Katehakis, Ingram Olkin, Sheldon M. Ross, Jian Yang

Ann. Oper. Res., 2013

2012

Distribution of Minimal Path Lengths when Edge Lengths are Independent Heterogeneous Exponential Random Variables.

Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2012

Improving the Asmussen-Kroese-Type Simulation Estimators.

Samim Ghamami, Sheldon M. Ross

J. Appl. Probab., 2012

2009

A Simple Solution to a Multiple Player Gambler's Ruin Problem.

Sheldon M. Ross

Am. Math. Mon., 2009

2005

Extending simulation uses of antithetic variables: partially monotone functions, random permutations, and random subsets.

Sheldon M. Ross

Math. Methods Oper. Res., 2005

2003

Coalescing times for IID random variables with applications to population biology.

Ilan Adler, Hyun-Soo Ahn, Richard M. Karp, Sheldon M. Ross

Random Struct. Algorithms, 2003

Admission Control with Incomplete Information of a Queueing System.

Kyle Y. Lin, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res., 2003

2001

On the maximum number of Hamiltonian paths in tournaments.

Ilan Adler, Noga Alon, Sheldon M. Ross

Random Struct. Algorithms, 2001

2000

An Optimal Algorithm for Monte Carlo Estimation.

Paul Dagum, Richard M. Karp, Michael Luby, Sheldon M. Ross

SIAM J. Comput., 2000

Introduction to probability and statistics for engineers and scientists (2. ed.).

Sheldon M. Ross

Academic Press, ISBN: 978-0-12-598472-0, 2000

1997

Simulation (2. ed.).

Sheldon M. Ross

Statistical modeling and decision science, Academic Press, ISBN: 978-0-12-598410-2, 1997

1995

An Optimal Algorithm for Monte Carlo Estimation (Extended Abstract).

Paul Dagum, Richard M. Karp, Michael Luby, Sheldon M. Ross

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science, 1995

1991

An optimal software debugging model.

Franz Josef Radermacher, Sheldon M. Ross, N. S. Wee

Ann. Oper. Res., 1991

1985

Software Reliability: The Stopping Rule Problem.

Sheldon M. Ross

IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1985

Statistical Estimation of Software Reliability.

Sheldon M. Ross

IEEE Trans. Software Eng., 1985

1984

Some Reliability Applications of the Variability Ordering.

Sheldon M. Ross, Zvi Schechner

Oper. Res., 1984

On the Use of Replacements to Extend System Life.

Cyrus Derman, G. J. Lieberman, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res., 1984

1980

On the Number of Component Failures in Systems Whose Component Lives are Exchangeable.

Sheldon M. Ross, Mehrdad Shahshahani, Gideon Weiss

Math. Oper. Res., 1980

1975

A Stochastic Sequential Allocation Model.

Cyrus Derman, G. J. Lieberman, Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res., 1975

1969

A Problem in Optimal Search and Stop.

Sheldon M. Ross

Oper. Res., 1969