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John F. Shortle

Assistant Professor
SEOR Dept., MS4A6
George Mason University
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-3571
JShortle@gmu.edu
mason.gmu.edu/~jshortle/

Education
  • Ph.D., Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley,1996.
  • M.S., Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley, 1993
  • B.S., Mathematics, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA, 1992

Research
  • Queueing Theory, Simulation, Telecommunications, Air Transportation

Selected Articles
  • J. Shortle, M. Fischer, and D. Gross,"Using the Transform Approximation Method to Analyze Queues with Heavy-Tailed Service" to appear in Journal of Propagations in Probability and Statistics 2002.
  • J. Shortle, "Dynamic Call Blocking Algorithms for Telecommunications Networks", to appear in IEEE Transactions in Communications, 2002.
  • D. Gross, D. Masi, J. Shortle, M. Fischer, and P. Brill,, "Using Quantile Estimates in Simulating Internet Queues with Pareto Service Times", in Proceedings of the 2001 Winter Simulation Conference, B.A. Peters, et al., Eds., Arlington, VA, 477-485, 2001.
  • J. Shortle, D. Dietz, P. Katz, C. Williamson, J. Koehler, and A. Elcan, "Optimal Design of a Data Offload Network," Interfaces 31, 4-12, 2001.
  • J. Shortle, and M. Mendel "Physical Foundations for Lifetime Distributions," System and Bayesian Reliability, Y. Hayakawa, T. Irony, M. Xie, Eds., World Scientific, 257-265, 2002.
  • J. Shortle, and M. Mendel, "A New Method of Drawing Probability Densities," Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 32, 313-321, 2000. "J. Shortle, and M. Mendel, "Predicting Dynamic Imbalance in Rotors," Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 11, 31-35, 1996.

Professional Awards
  • Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice, "Optimal Design of a Data Offload Network," (J. Shortle, D. Dietz, P. Katz, C. Williamson, J. Koehler, A. Elcan), 2000.
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, "Performance of the Neal-Wilkinson Model with Internet Traffic." 2001.
  • National Science Foundation, 2002

Previous Positions
  • Technical Staff, Mathematical and Statistical Modeling, U S WEST, 1997-200

 


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