Joseph Abate

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Joseph Abate is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Abate has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Management Information Systems, 20 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 16 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Joseph Abate's work include Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (27 papers), Probability and Risk Models (15 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (10 papers). Joseph Abate is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (27 papers), Probability and Risk Models (15 papers) and Simulation Techniques and Applications (10 papers). Joseph Abate collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Indonesia. Joseph Abate's co-authors include Ward Whitt, Peter P. Valkó, Harvey Dubner, Gagan L. Choudhury, John E. Tetzlaff, John A. Dilger, Richard D. Parker, David M. Lucantoni, Masaaki Kijima and Charles DeLisi and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Transactions on Communications and Operations Research.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Abate

52 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

The Fourier-series method for inverting transforms of pro... 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 2006 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The Fourier-series method for inverting transforms of probability distributions
    1992 513 citations Joseph Abate, Ward Whitt Queueing Systems profile →
  2. A Unified Framework for Numerically Inverting Laplace Transforms
    2006 370 citations Joseph Abate, Ward Whitt profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Abate United States 31 1.4k 942 699 624 616 53 4.2k
Donald P. Gaver United States 41 1.2k 0.8× 923 1.0× 628 0.9× 408 0.7× 974 1.6× 222 6.8k
G. F. Newell United States 46 1.7k 1.2× 888 0.9× 676 1.0× 407 0.7× 483 0.8× 129 10.2k
Jean B. Lasserre France 40 497 0.4× 975 1.0× 579 0.8× 432 0.7× 563 0.9× 296 8.4k
Bennett L. Fox United States 25 528 0.4× 1.0k 1.1× 606 0.9× 211 0.3× 576 0.9× 69 4.1k
Pierre L’Ecuyer Canada 46 1.2k 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 1.0k 1.5× 511 0.8× 981 1.6× 276 7.7k
Robert J. Vanderbei United States 33 362 0.3× 703 0.7× 453 0.6× 177 0.3× 156 0.3× 161 6.6k
Erhan Çınlar United States 21 552 0.4× 518 0.5× 206 0.3× 294 0.5× 538 0.9× 57 2.2k
Julian Keilson United States 33 1.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 561 0.8× 204 0.3× 1.0k 1.7× 127 3.9k
Philip Wolfe United States 22 411 0.3× 862 0.9× 857 1.2× 125 0.2× 202 0.3× 48 8.5k
George S. Fishman United States 26 438 0.3× 1.2k 1.3× 404 0.6× 109 0.2× 529 0.9× 100 3.6k

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All Works

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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (2011). Brownian Motion and the Generalized Catalan Numbers. 3 indexed citations
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Valkó, Peter P. & Joseph Abate. (2004). Comparison of sequence accelerators forthe Gaver method of numerical Laplace transform inversion. Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 48(3-4). 629–636. 183 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1999). Explicit M/G/1 waiting-time distributions for a class of long-tail service-time distributions. Operations Research Letters. 25(1). 25–31. 17 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1997). Asymptotics for M/G/1 low-priority waiting-time tail probabilities. Queueing Systems. 25(1-4). 173–233. 111 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph, Gagan L. Choudhury, & Ward Whitt. (1996). Exponential Approximations for Tail Probabilities in Queues II: Sojourn Time and Workload. Operations Research. 44(5). 758–763. 35 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph, Gagan L. Choudhury, & Ward Whitt. (1995). Exponential Approximations for Tail Probabilities in Queues, I: Waiting Times. Operations Research. 43(5). 885–901. 109 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1994). Transient Behavior of the M/G/1 Workload Process. Operations Research. 42(4). 750–764. 51 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1994). A heavy-traffic expansion for asymptotic decay rates of tail probabilities in multichannel queues. Operations Research Letters. 15(5). 223–230. 16 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph, Gagan L. Choudhury, & Ward Whitt. (1993). Calculation of the GI/G/1 waiting-time distribution and its cumulants from Pollaczek's formulas. 47. 311–321. 30 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1992). Solving probability transform functional equations for numerical inversion. Operations Research Letters. 12(5). 275–281. 40 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1989). Calculating time-dependent performance measures for the M/M/1 queue. IEEE Transactions on Communications. 37(10). 1102–1104. 30 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph, et al.. (1989). AT&T's new approach to the synchronization of telecommunication networks. IEEE Communications Magazine. 27(4). 35–45. 20 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph, et al.. (1988). Use of GPS to Synchronize the AT&T National Telecommunications Network. 65–75. 2 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1988). Simple spectral representations for the M/M/1 queue. Queueing Systems. 3(4). 321–345. 19 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1988). Transient behavior of theM/M/1 queue via Laplace transforms. Advances in Applied Probability. 20(1). 145–178. 101 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1987). Transient behavior of regulated Brownian motion, II: Non-zero initial conditions. Advances in Applied Probability. 19(3). 599–631. 42 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1987). Transient behavior of regulated Brownian motion, I: Starting at the origin. Advances in Applied Probability. 19(3). 560–598. 75 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Ward Whitt. (1987). Transient behavior of regulated Brownian motion, II: Non-zero initial conditions. Advances in Applied Probability. 19(3). 599–631. 33 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Harvey Dubner. (1969). Optimizing the Performance of a Drum-Like Storage. IEEE Transactions on Computers. C-18(11). 992–997. 20 indexed citations
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Abate, Joseph & Harvey Dubner. (1968). A New Method for Generating Power Series Expansions of Functions. SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis. 5(1). 102–112. 16 indexed citations

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