Melvyn Sim

13.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
85 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

Melvyn Sim is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Control and Systems Engineering and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Melvyn Sim has authored 85 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Management Science and Operations Research, 26 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 13 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Melvyn Sim's work include Risk and Portfolio Optimization (53 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (14 papers) and Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (13 papers). Melvyn Sim is often cited by papers focused on Risk and Portfolio Optimization (53 papers), Optimization and Mathematical Programming (14 papers) and Fuzzy Systems and Optimization (13 papers). Melvyn Sim collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and China. Melvyn Sim's co-authors include Dimitris Bertsimas, Joel Goh, Xin Chen, Peng Sun, Wolfram Wiesemann, Daniel Kühn, Dessislava A. Pachamanova, C. S. Chang, Karthik Natarajan and Wenqing Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Melvyn Sim

82 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Price of Robustness 2003 2026 2010 2018 2004 2003 2014 2010 2018 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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 Price of Robustness
    2004 3.1k citations Dimitris Bertsimas, Melvyn Sim Operations Research profile →
  2. Robust discrete optimization and network flows
    2003 1.3k citations Dimitris Bertsimas, Melvyn Sim Mathematical Programming profile →
  3. Distributionally Robust Convex Optimization
    2014 608 citations Melvyn Sim et al. Operations Research profile →
  4. Distributionally Robust Optimization and Its Tractable Approximations
    2010 440 citations Joel Goh, Melvyn Sim Operations Research profile →
  5. Adaptive Distributionally Robust Optimization
    2018 234 citations Dimitris Bertsimas, Melvyn Sim et al. Management Science profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Melvyn Sim 4.7k 3.0k 1.9k 1.6k 1.5k 85 9.7k
Shabbir Ahmed 2.4k 0.5× 2.1k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 140 7.3k
John R. Birge 3.1k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 1.7k 0.9× 2.5k 1.5× 2.2k 1.5× 199 10.6k
Andrzej Ruszczyński 4.7k 1.0× 1.7k 0.6× 728 0.4× 825 0.5× 1.0k 0.7× 120 7.9k
Mitsuo Gen 2.3k 0.5× 3.1k 1.0× 7.8k 4.2× 1.1k 0.7× 1.7k 1.1× 400 16.3k
Reza Tavakkoli‐Moghaddam 3.0k 0.6× 2.8k 1.0× 8.7k 4.7× 615 0.4× 2.9k 1.9× 759 18.2k
Jonathan F. Bard 2.9k 0.6× 2.4k 0.8× 4.7k 2.6× 751 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 229 10.5k
Hu‐Chen Liu 6.8k 1.5× 1.5k 0.5× 788 0.4× 436 0.3× 995 0.7× 172 12.3k
Hanif D. Sherali 1.6k 0.3× 2.2k 0.7× 3.2k 1.7× 3.6k 2.2× 545 0.4× 360 13.0k
Baoding Liu 9.3k 2.0× 5.7k 1.9× 1.9k 1.0× 462 0.3× 1.8k 1.2× 257 16.2k
Stein W. Wallace 1.7k 0.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 897 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 142 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melvyn Sim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melvyn Sim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melvyn Sim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melvyn Sim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Melvyn Sim. Melvyn Sim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sim, Melvyn, Changhon Lee, Hae‐Sim Park, et al.. (2025). Gut microbiota and brain-resident CD4+ T cells shape behavioral outcomes in autism spectrum disorder. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6422–6422.
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Sim, Melvyn, et al.. (2024). The Analytics of Robust Satisficing: Predict, Optimize, Satisfice, Then Fortify. Operations Research. 73(5). 2708–2728. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, et al.. (2024). Robust Optimization with Moment-Dispersion Ambiguity. Operations Research. 73(6). 3118–3138. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Li, et al.. (2023). Robust Optimization with Moment-Dispersion Ambiguity. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Sim, Melvyn, et al.. (2022). Advance admission scheduling via resource satisficing. Production and Operations Management. 31(11). 4002–4020. 8 indexed citations
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Long, Daniel Zhuoyu, et al.. (2022). Robust Satisficing. Operations Research. 71(1). 61–82. 52 indexed citations
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Sim, Melvyn, et al.. (2021). The Analytics of Robust Satisficing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Sim, Melvyn, et al.. (2019). Goal scoring, coherent loss and applications to machine learning. Mathematical Programming. 182(1-2). 103–140. 1 indexed citations
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Hertog, Dick den, et al.. (2018). Adjustable Robust Optimization via Fourier–Motzkin Elimination. Operations Research. 66(4). 1086–1100. 66 indexed citations
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Bertsimas, Dimitris, Melvyn Sim, & Meilin Zhang. (2018). Adaptive Distributionally Robust Optimization. Management Science. 65(2). 604–618. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sim, Melvyn, et al.. (2014). The Coherent Loss Function for Classification. International Conference on Machine Learning. 37–45. 3 indexed citations
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Ang, Marcus, Yun Fong Lim, & Melvyn Sim. (2012). Robust Storage Assignment in Unit-Load Warehouses. Management Science. 58(11). 2114–2130. 74 indexed citations
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Goh, Joel & Melvyn Sim. (2010). Distributionally Robust Optimization and Its Tractable Approximations. Operations Research. 58(4-part-1). 902–917. 440 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Chen, et al.. (2010). Model Predictive Control Using Segregated Disturbance Feedback. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. 55(4). 831–840. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Chen, Chong‐Jin Ong, & Melvyn Sim. (2009). Linear systems with chance constraints: Constraint-admissible set and applications in predictive control. National University of Singapore. 2. 2875–2880. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Chen, Chong‐Jin Ong, & Melvyn Sim. (2009). Convergence properties of constrained linear system under MPC control law using affine disturbance feedback. Automatica. 45(7). 1715–1720. 22 indexed citations
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Natarajan, Karthik, Dessislava A. Pachamanova, & Melvyn Sim. (2008). Incorporating Asymmetric Distributional Information in Robust Value-at-Risk Optimization. Management Science. 54(3). 573–585. 112 indexed citations
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Chen, Xin, Melvyn Sim, & Peng Sun. (2007). A Robust Optimization Perspective on Stochastic Programming. Operations Research. 55(6). 1058–1071. 264 indexed citations
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Natarajan, Karthik, Dessislava A. Pachamanova, & Melvyn Sim. (2006). A Tractable Parametric Approach to Value-at-Risk Optimization. 1 indexed citations
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Bertsimas, Dimitris & Melvyn Sim. (2004). The Price of Robustness. Operations Research. 52(1). 35–53. 3147 indexed citations breakdown →

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