Sheldon H. Jacobson

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
222 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Sheldon H. Jacobson is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research and Computer Networks and Communications. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheldon H. Jacobson has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 43 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 41 papers in Computer Networks and Communications. Recurrent topics in Sheldon H. Jacobson's work include Simulation Techniques and Applications (30 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (28 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (22 papers). Sheldon H. Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Simulation Techniques and Applications (30 papers), Optimization and Search Problems (28 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (22 papers). Sheldon H. Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Canada. Sheldon H. Jacobson's co-authors include James R. Swisher, Edward C. Sewell, Jongkun Jun, Lee W. Schruben, John E. Kobza, Douglas M. King, Jason J. Sauppe, David R. Morrison, Laura A. Albert and Enver Yücesan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control and American Journal of Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Sheldon H. Jacobson

211 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Application of discrete-event simulation in health care clinics: A survey

1999 621 citations Sheldon H. Jacobson, James R. Swisher et al. profile →
Branch-and-bound algorithms: A survey of recent advances in searching, branching, and pruning

2016 326 citations Sheldon H. Jacobson, Jason J. Sauppe et al. profile →

Peers

Sheldon H. Jacobson

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Stewart Robinson United Kingdom

Michael Pidd United Kingdom

Stephen E. Chick France

Tito Homem‐de‐Mello United States

Robert G. Sargent United States

Shane G. Henderson United States

Anton J. Kleywegt United States

Richard J. Boucherie Netherlands

Ger Koole Netherlands

Sally Brailsford United Kingdom

Stewart Robinson United Kingdom

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2.1k ×2.1

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715 ×0.9

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613 ×0.7

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334 ×0.5

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1.4k ×3.0

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Countries citing papers authored by Sheldon H. Jacobson

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sheldon H. Jacobson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheldon H. Jacobson

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All Works

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King, Douglas M., et al.. (2024). A practical optimization framework for political redistricting: A case study in Arizona. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 92. 101836–101836.

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King, Douglas M., et al.. (2023). Redistricting optimization with recombination: A local search case study. Computers & Operations Research. 160. 106369–106369. 1 indexed citations

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Sauppe, Jason J., et al.. (2023). Results for the close-enough traveling salesman problem with a branch-and-bound algorithm. Computational Optimization and Applications. 85(2). 369–407. 3 indexed citations

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Brailsford, Sally, Michael Carter, & Sheldon H. Jacobson. (2017). Five decades of healthcare simulation. Winter Simulation Conference. 365–384. 7 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H., Yu Ge, & Janet A. Jokela. (2016). A double-risk monitoring and movement restriction policy for Ebola entry screening at airports in the United States. Preventive Medicine. 88. 33–38. 3 indexed citations

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Baharian, Golshid, et al.. (2014). The sequential stochastic assignment problem with random success rates. IIE Transactions. 46(11). 1169–1180. 9 indexed citations

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Sewell, Edward C., et al.. (2011). Reductions for the stable set problem. 6(1). 40–55. 1 indexed citations

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Robbins, Matthew J., Sheldon H. Jacobson, & Edward C. Sewell. (2009). Pricing strategies for combination pediatric vaccines and their impact on revenue: Pediarix® or Pentacel®?. Health Care Management Science. 13(1). 54–64. 13 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H., Edward C. Sewell, & Janet A. Jokela. (2007). Survey of vaccine distribution and delivery issues in the USA: from pediatrics to pandemics. Expert Review of Vaccines. 6(6). 981–990. 8 indexed citations

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Kobza, John E., et al.. (2004). Modeling and analyzing terrorist behavior within the aviation security environment. 1 indexed citations

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Swisher, James R., Paul Hyden, Sheldon H. Jacobson, & Lee W. Schruben. (2004). A survey of recent advances in discrete input parameter discrete-event simulation optimization. IIE Transactions. 36(6). 591–600. 47 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H., et al.. (2004). Data-independent neighborhood functions and strict local optima. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 146(3). 233–243. 4 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H., et al.. (2004). Polynomial transformations and data-independent neighborhood functions. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 143(1-3). 272–284. 3 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H., et al.. (2003). Analyzing the Cost of Screening Selectee and Non‐Selectee Baggage. Risk Analysis. 23(5). 897–908. 44 indexed citations

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Johnson, Alan W. & Sheldon H. Jacobson. (2002). On the convergence of generalized hill climbing algorithms. Discrete Applied Mathematics. 119(1-2). 37–57. 39 indexed citations

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Swisher, James R., Paul Hyden, Sheldon H. Jacobson, & Lee W. Schruben. (2000). Simulation optimization: a survey of simulation optimization techniques and procedures. Winter Simulation Conference. 119–128. 56 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H. & Lee W. Schruben. (1999). A harmonic analysis approach to simulation sensitivity analysis. IIE Transactions. 31(3). 231–243. 11 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H. & Enver Yücesan. (1998). Using ACCESSIBILITY to assess the performance of generalized hill climbing algorithms. Winter Simulation Conference. 1. 761–770. 1 indexed citations

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Kobza, John E. & Sheldon H. Jacobson. (1996). Addressing the Dependency Problem in Access Security System Architecture Design. Risk Analysis. 16(6). 801–812. 31 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Sheldon H.. (1988). Discrete event computer simulation response optimization in the frequency domain. 6 indexed citations

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