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Alan Scheller-Wolf is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their research spans across multiple fields, including Business, Management and Accounting, and Computer Science, with significant contributions to specialized subfields such as Management Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Management Science and Operations Research, and Information Systems.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics that reflect an interdisciplinary approach within advanced analytical and operational areas. Key topics include:

  • Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis
  • Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
  • Supply Chain and Inventory Management
  • Cloud Computing and Resource Management
  • Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms
  • Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization

Alan Scheller-Wolf has authored several papers focusing on operational management, optimization, and technology adoption. Notable recent publications include:

  • Consumer Return Policies in Omnichannel Operations, 2020, Management Science
  • Green Technology Development and Adoption: Competition, Regulation, and Uncertainty-A Global Game Approach, 2020, Management Science
  • A Queueing Model and Analysis for Autonomous Vehicles on Highways, 2020, Management Science
  • That's Not Fair: Tariff Structures for Electric Utilities with Rooftop Solar, 2021, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • Optimal Scheduling in the Multiserver-job Model under Heavy Traffic, 2022, Proceedings of the ACM on Measurement and Analysis of Computing Systems

The preferred publication venues for their research include a mix of computer science and management journals and conferences, with a notable number of contributions in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review
  • Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
  • Management Science
  • Queueing Systems

Collaboration has been a significant aspect of their research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Mor Harchol-Balter
  • Isaac Grosof
  • Katsunobu Sasanuma
  • Sridhar Tayur
  • Ziv Scully

Best Publications

  • Now or Later: A Simple Policy for Effective Dual Sourcing in Capacitated Systems

    Senthil Veeraraghavan;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Design of a Multi-unit Double Auction E-market

    Pu Huang;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Katia P. Sycara

  • Green Technology Development and Adoption: Competition, Regulation, and Uncertainty—A Global Game Approach

    Xin Wang;Soo-Haeng Cho;Alan Andrew Scheller-Wolf

  • Managing Wind-based Electricity Generation in the Presence of Storage and Transmission Capacity

    Yangfang (Helen) Zhou;Alan Scheller‐Wolf;Nicola Secomandi;Stephen Smith

  • Development of a Rapid-Response Supply Chain at Caterpillar

    Uday Rao;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Sridhar Tayur

  • Blood platelet inventory management with protection levels

    Ismail Civelek;Itir Z. Karaesmen;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Multi-Server Queueing Systems with Multiple Priority Classes

    Mor Harchol-Balter;Takayuki Osogami;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Adam Wierman

  • Electricity Trading and Negative Prices: Storage vs. Disposal

    Yangfang (Helen) Zhou;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Nicola Secomandi;Stephen F. Smith

  • Capacitated inventory problems with fixed order costs: Some optimal policy structure

    Guillermo Gallego;Alan Scheller Scheller-Wolf

  • Exact analysis of the M/M/k/setup class of Markov chains via recursive renewal reward

    Anshul Gandhi;Sherwin Doroudi;Mor Harchol-Balter;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Managing Perishables with Substitution: Inventory Issuance and Replenishment Heuristics

    Borga Deniz;Itir Karaesmen;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Comparing Markov chains : combining aggregation and precedence relations applied to sets of states

    Ana Bus̃ić;Imh Ingrid Vliegen;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Valuation of Storage at a Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal

    Guoming Lai;Mulan X. Wang;Sunder Kekre;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • Redundancy-d: The Power of d Choices for Redundancy

    Kristen Gardner;Mor Harchol-Balter;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Mark Velednitsky

  • A Better Model for Job Redundancy: Decoupling Server Slowdown and Job Size

    Kristen Gardner;Mor Harchol-Balter;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Benny Van Houdt

  • Design and Analysis of Diagnostic Service Centers

    Xiaofang Wang;Laurens G. Debo;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Stephen F. Smith

  • Assessing the Impact of RFID on Return Center Logistics

    Nishtha Langer;Chris Forman;Sunder Kekre;Alan Scheller-Wolf

  • An Exact and Efficient Algorithm for the Constrained Dynamic Operator Staffing Problem for Call Centers

    Atul Bhandari;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Mor Harchol-Balter

  • Queueing with redundant requests: exact analysis

    Kristen Gardner;Samuel Zbarsky;Sherwin Doroudi;Mor Harchol-Balter

  • Surprising results on task assignment in server farms with high-variability workloads

    Mor Harchol-Balter;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Andrew R. Young

  • Optimal Control of Serial Inventory Systems with Fixed Replenishment Intervals

    Geert-Jan van Houtum;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Jinxin Yi

  • Building Efficient Product Portfolios at John Deere and Company

    Tallys H. Yunes;Dominic Napolitano;Alan Scheller-Wolf;Sridhar Tayur

  • Analysis of task assignment with cycle stealing under central queue

    M. Harchol-Balter;Cuihong Li;T. Osogami;A. Scheller-Wolf

  • Optimization of Industrial-Scale Assemble-to-Order Systems

    Willem van Jaarsveld;Alan Scheller-Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Mor Harchol-Balter
Mor Harchol-Balter Carnegie Mellon University
Sridhar Tayur
Sridhar Tayur Carnegie Mellon University
Stephen F. Smith
Stephen F. Smith Carnegie Mellon University
Sunder Kekre
Sunder Kekre Carnegie Mellon University
Katia Sycara
Katia Sycara Carnegie Mellon University
Cuihong Li
Cuihong Li Beijing Normal University
R. Srikant
R. Srikant University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Adam Wierman
Adam Wierman California Institute of Technology
Mark S. Squillante
Mark S. Squillante IBM (United States)
Chris Forman
Chris Forman Cornell University

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