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On the life and work of Cyrus Derman

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  • Michael Katehakis
  • Ingram Olkin
  • Sheldon Ross
  • Jian Yang

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This article provides a brief biographical synopsis of the life of Cyrus Derman and a comprehensive summary of his research. Professor Cyrus Derman was known among his friends as Cy. Copyright The Author(s) 2013

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  • Michael Katehakis & Ingram Olkin & Sheldon Ross & Jian Yang, 2013. "On the life and work of Cyrus Derman," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 208(1), pages 5-26, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:208:y:2013:i:1:p:5-26:10.1007/s10479-013-1429-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-013-1429-x
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    1. Cyrus Derman & Edward Ignall, 1975. "Technical Note—On the Stochastic Ordering of Markov Chains," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(3), pages 574-576, June.
    2. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1976. "Optimal System Allocations with Penalty Costs," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 23(4), pages 399-403, December.
    3. Cyrus Derman & Morton Klein, 1958. "Inventory Depletion Management," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 4(4), pages 450-456, July.
    4. Michael N. Katehakis & Cyrus Derman, 1989. "On the Maintenance of Systems Composed of Highly Reliable Components," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 35(5), pages 551-560, May.
    5. Cyrus Derman & Gerald J. Lieberman & Sheldon M. Ross, 1972. "A Sequential Stochastic Assignment Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 18(7), pages 349-355, March.
    6. Michael N. Katehakis & Cyrus Derman, 1984. "Optimal Repair Allocation in a Series System," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 9(4), pages 615-623, November.
    7. Cyrus Derman & Sheldon M. Ross & Zvi Schechner, 1983. "A note on first passage times in birth and death and nonnegative diffusion processes," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(2), pages 283-285, June.
    8. C. Derman, 1961. "On minimax surveillance schedules," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 8(4), pages 415-419, December.
    9. Eric Brodheim & Cyrus Derman & Gregory Prastacos, 1975. "On the Evaluation of a Class of Inventory Policies for Perishable Products Such as Blood," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 21(11), pages 1320-1325, July.
    10. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1979. "Adaptive disposal models," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 26(1), pages 33-40, March.
    11. Cyrus Derman, 1962. "On Sequential Decisions and Markov Chains," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(1), pages 16-24, October.
    12. Cyrus Derman, 1959. "A Simple Allocation Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(4), pages 453-459, July.
    13. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1984. "On the Use of Replacements to Extend System Life," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 32(3), pages 616-627, June.
    14. C. Derman & M. Klein, 1959. "Discussion--A Note on the Optimal Depletion of Inventory," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(2), pages 210-213, January.
    15. C. Derman & D. R. Smith, 1979. "Renewal Decision Problem-Random Horizon," Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 4(3), pages 225-232, August.
    16. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1978. "A Renewal Decision Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 24(5), pages 554-561, January.
    17. Cyrus Derman, 1963. "Optimal Replacement and Maintenance Under Markovian Deterioration with Probability Bounds on Failure," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 9(3), pages 478-481, April.
    18. C. Derman & H. Solomon, 1958. "Development and Evaluation of Surveillance Sampling Plans," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 5(1), pages 72-88, October.
    19. Cyrus Derman & Morton Klein, 1965. "Some Remarks on Finite Horizon Markovian Decision Models," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 13(2), pages 272-278, April.
    20. C. Derman & J. Sacks, 1960. "Replacement of periodically inspected equipment. (An optimal optional stopping rule)," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 7(4), pages 597-607, December.
    21. Cyrus Derman & Gerald J. Lieberman & Sheldon M. Ross, 1972. "On optimal assembly of systems," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(4), pages 569-574, December.
    22. Cyrus Derman & Gerald J. Lieberman & Sheldon M. Ross, 1974. "Assembly of systems having maximum reliability," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(1), pages 1-12, March.
    23. C. Derman & D. R. Smith, 1980. "An alternative proof of the IFRA property of some shock models," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(4), pages 703-707, December.
    24. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman, 1967. "A Markovian Decision Model for a Joint Replacement and Stocking Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 13(9), pages 609-617, May.
    25. Chris Albright & Cyrus Derman, 1972. "Asymptotic Optimal Policies for the Stochastic Sequential Assignment Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 19(1), pages 46-51, September.
    26. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1974. "Optimal Allocations in the Construction of k-Out-of-n Reliability Systems," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 21(3), pages 241-250, November.
    27. C. Derman & G. J. Lieberman & S. M. Ross, 1975. "A Stochastic Sequential Allocation Model," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 23(6), pages 1120-1130, December.
    28. Cyrus Derman & Arthur F. Veinott, Jr., 1972. "Constrained Markov Decision Chains," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 19(4-Part-1), pages 389-390, December.
    29. Cyrus Derman & Morton Klein, 1966. "Surveillance of multi‐component systems: A stochastic traveling salesman's problem," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 13(2), pages 103-111, June.
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