Refael Hassin

8.4k citations

178 papers · 5.3k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Impact in

Management Information Systems top 0.1%
- Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management
Transportation top 0.5%
- Transportation Planning and Optimization

Papers in ⓘ

Computational Theory and Mathematics 67
- Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs 49
- Advanced Graph Theory Research 41
Management Information Systems 61
- Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis 56
- Supply Chain and Inventory Management 25

Co-authors: Moshe Haviv (11 shared papers)Esther M. Arkin (14 shared papers)Amihai Glazer (15 shared papers)Shlomi Rubinstein (13 shared papers)Arie Tamir (6 shared papers)Pengfei Guo (6 shared papers)Asaf Levin (11 shared papers)Shoshana Anily (5 shared papers)
Journals: Operations Research Letters (21 papers)Discrete Applied Mathematics (16 papers)European Journal of Operational Research (11 papers)Mathematics of Operations Research (10 papers)Networks (9 papers)
Partner nations: Israel United States Hong Kong

In The Last Decade

Refael Hassin

176 papers receiving 5.0k citations

Hit Papers

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To Queue or Not to Queue: Equilibrium Behavior in Queueing Systems 2003 · 784 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2003 International series in management science/operations research/International series in operations research & management science

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1	To Queue or Not to Queue: Equilibrium Behavior in Queueing Systems International series in management science/operations research/International series in operations research & management science ·Refael Hassin, Moshe Haviv Hit paper breakdown →	2003	784
2	Approximation Schemes for the Restricted Shortest Path Problem Mathematics of Operations Research ·Refael Hassin	1992	382
3	Approximation algorithms for the geometric covering salesman problem Discrete Applied Mathematics ·Esther M. Arkin, Refael Hassin	1994	217
4	Rational Queueing Refael Hassin	2016	179
5	Scheduling Arrivals to Queues: A Single-Server Model with No-Shows Management Science ·Refael Hassin, Sharon Mendel	2008	155
6	Consumer Information in Markets with Random Product Quality: The Case of Queues and Balking Econometrica ·Refael Hassin	1986	155
7	Strategic Behavior and Social Optimization in Markovian Vacation Queues Operations Research ·Pengfei Guo, Refael Hassin	2011	131
8	Equilibrium Threshold Strategies: The Case of Queues with Priorities Operations Research ·Refael Hassin, Moshe Haviv	1997	101
9	OPTIMAL CONTESTS Economic Inquiry ·Amihai Glazer, Refael Hassin	1988	101
10	Approximations for minimum and min-max vehicle routing problems Journal of Algorithms ·Esther M. Arkin, Refael Hassin, Asaf Levin	2005	94
11	Approximation algorithms for maximum dispersion Operations Research Letters ·Refael Hassin, Shlomi Rubinstein, Arie Tamir	1997	94
12	Strategic behavior and social optimization in Markovian vacation queues: The case of heterogeneous customers European Journal of Operational Research ·Pengfei Guo, Refael Hassin	2012	86
13	The Impact of Inspection Cost on Equilibrium, Revenue, and Social Welfare in a Single-Server Queue Operations Research ·Refael Hassin, Ricky Roet-Green	2017	82
14	The scheduling of maintenance service Discrete Applied Mathematics ·Shoshana Anily, Celia A. Glass, Refael Hassin	1998	80
15	Complexity of finding dense subgraphs Discrete Applied Mathematics ·Yuichi Asahiro, Refael Hassin, Kazuo Iwama	2002	78
16	Improved complexity bounds for location problems on the real line Operations Research Letters ·Refael Hassin, Arie Tamir	1991	74
17	On Local Search for Weighted k-Set Packing Mathematics of Operations Research ·Esther M. Arkin, Refael Hassin	1998	74
18	On the Optimality of First Come Last Served Queues Econometrica ·Refael Hassin	1985	67
19	The swapping problem Networks ·Shoshana Anily, Refael Hassin	1992	62
20	Stable priority purchasing in queues Operations Research Letters ·Amihai Glazer, Refael Hassin	1986	61

About Refael Hassin

Refael Hassin is a scholar working on Computational Theory and Mathematics, Management Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Management Science and Operations Research and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, having authored 178 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis (56 papers), Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs (49 papers), Advanced Graph Theory Research (41 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (36 papers), Supply Chain and Inventory Management (25 papers), Optimization and Packing Problems (24 papers), Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation (18 papers) and Transportation Planning and Optimization (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Management Information Systems (2.1k citations), Transportation (788 citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (950 citations), Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design (319 citations) and Emergency Medical Services (520 citations). Refael Hassin has collaborated with scholars based in Israel, United States and Hong Kong. Frequent co-authors include Moshe Haviv, Esther M. Arkin, Amihai Glazer, Shlomi Rubinstein, Arie Tamir, Pengfei Guo, Asaf Levin, Shoshana Anily, Sharon Mendel and Samir Khuller. Their work appears in journals such as Operations Research Letters, Discrete Applied Mathematics, European Journal of Operational Research, Mathematics of Operations Research and Networks.

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