Herbert E. Scarf

13.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
58 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Herbert E. Scarf is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Management Science and Operations Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert E. Scarf has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 9 papers in Management Science and Operations Research. Recurrent topics in Herbert E. Scarf's work include Economic theories and models (15 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers) and Supply Chain and Inventory Management (6 papers). Herbert E. Scarf is often cited by papers focused on Economic theories and models (15 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (10 papers) and Supply Chain and Inventory Management (6 papers). Herbert E. Scarf collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hungary and Slovakia. Herbert E. Scarf's co-authors include A. J. Clark, Lloyd S. Shapley, Gérard Debreu, Samuel Karlin, Terje Hansen, Ken Binmore, Kenneth J. Arrow, J. Johnston, John B. Shoven and K. J. Arrow and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Herbert E. Scarf

56 papers receiving 5.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Optimal Policies for a Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem

1960 931 citations Herbert E. Scarf et al. profile →
On cores and indivisibility

1974 644 citations Herbert E. Scarf et al. profile →
Optimal Policies for a Multi-Echelon Inventory Problem

2004 638 citations Herbert E. Scarf et al. profile →
Studies in the Mathematical Theory of Inventory and Production

1960 395 citations Kenneth J. Arrow, Samuel Karlin et al. profile →
A Limit Theorem on the Core of an Economy

1963 344 citations Herbert E. Scarf et al. International Economic Review profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Herbert E. Scarf United States	29	2.5k	2.4k	2.0k	976	935	58	6.3k
J. Michael Harrison United States	42	3.4k 1.4×	3.3k 1.4×	2.2k 1.1×	695 0.7×	396 0.4×	113	10.7k
Anna Nagurney United States	52	2.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.7×	551 0.6×	3.2k 3.4×	317	10.9k
Patrick T. Harker United States	42	1.2k 0.5×	845 0.4×	2.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	766 0.8×	104	7.9k
Evan L. Porteus United States	30	1.3k 0.5×	3.7k 1.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	1.9k 2.1×	56	6.0k
Paul Glasserman United States	42	1.5k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	2.4k 1.2×	388 0.4×	299 0.3×	209	8.5k
Donald M. Topkis United States	14	1.1k 0.5×	674 0.3×	1.0k 0.5×	245 0.3×	444 0.5×	26	2.9k
Arthur F. Veinott United States	28	383 0.2×	3.1k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	804 0.9×	48	5.4k
Stavros A. Zenios United States	35	1.1k 0.4×	464 0.2×	1.9k 1.0×	445 0.5×	456 0.5×	189	5.2k
Harvey M. Wagner United States	28	386 0.2×	2.9k 1.2×	1.5k 0.7×	2.3k 2.3×	967 1.0×	79	6.2k
J. George Shanthikumar United States	50	800 0.3×	4.8k 2.0×	3.8k 1.9×	2.8k 2.9×	765 0.8×	323	12.2k

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All Works

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Brainard, William C. & Herbert E. Scarf. (2005). How to Compute Equilibrium Prices in 1891. American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 64(1). 57–83. 53 indexed citations

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Bárány, Imre, Herbert E. Scarf, & David Shallcross. (1998). The topological structure of maximal lattice free convex bodies: The general case. Mathematical Programming. 80(1). 1–15. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xin & Herbert E. Scarf. (1997). A new implementation of the generalized basis reduction algorithm for convex integer programming. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Cook, William J., et al.. (1993). An Implementation of the Generalized Basis Reduction Algorithm for Integer Programming. INFORMS Journal on Computing. 5(2). 206–212. 22 indexed citations

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Lovász, László & Herbert E. Scarf. (1992). The Generalized Basis Reduction Algorithm. Mathematics of Operations Research. 17(3). 751–764. 42 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1985). Integral Polyhedra in Three Space. Mathematics of Operations Research. 10(3). 403–438. 23 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1983). Fixed-Point Theorems and Economic Analysis. American Scientist. 71(3). 289–296. 7 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1981). Comment on: "On the Stability of Competitive Equilibrium and the Patterns of Initial Holdings: An Example". International Economic Review. 22(2). 469–469. 6 indexed citations

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Postelnicu, T, Herbert E. Scarf, & Terje Hansen. (1976). The Computation of Economic Equilibria. International Statistical Review. 44(2). 305–305. 7 indexed citations

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Eaves, B. Curtis & Herbert E. Scarf. (1976). The Solution of Systems of Piecewise Linear Equations. Mathematics of Operations Research. 1(1). 1–27. 110 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1975). The 1975 Nobel Prize in Economics: Resource Allocation. Science. 190(4215). 649–712. 2 indexed citations

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Binmore, Ken, Herbert E. Scarf, & Terje Hansen. (1974). The Computation of Economic Equilibria.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 137(4). 637–637. 445 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1973). The computation of equilibrium prices. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 86 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1967). The Core of an N Person Game. Econometrica. 35(1). 50–50. 414 indexed citations

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Appelgren, Leif, Herbert E. Scarf, Dorothy M. Gilford, & Maynard W. Shelly. (1964). Multistage Inventory Models and Techniques. 66(3). 237–237. 177 indexed citations

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Arrow, Kenneth J., et al.. (1963). Studies in Applied Probability and Management Science.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A (General). 126(1). 133–133. 52 indexed citations

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Arrow, Kenneth J., et al.. (1963). Studies in Applied Probability and Management Science. OR. 14(2). 221–221. 33 indexed citations

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Newhouse, Albert, Kenneth J. Arrow, Samuel Karlin, & Herbert E. Scarf. (1959). Studies in the Mathematical Theory of Inventory and Production.. American Mathematical Monthly. 66(8). 742–742. 34 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E.. (1959). Bayes Solutions of the Statistical Inventory Problem. The Annals of Mathematical Statistics. 30(2). 490–508. 241 indexed citations

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Scarf, Herbert E., et al.. (1957). A Concept of Stability in Manpower Planning.

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