Doctoral Dissertations Supervised at

University of Massachusetts/Amherst

1. "Stochastic Sample Path Analysis of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems"

Stephen G. Strickland, 1988

2. "Analysis and Optimization of Flow Control and Dynamic Scheduling

Problems in Queueing Systems"

Jung-Bong Suk, 1989

3. "A Dynamic Load Balancing Approach to the Control of Multi-Server

Polling Systems with Applications to Elevator System Dispatching"

James Lewis, 1991

4. "Sensitivity Analysis and Control of Queueing Systems with Real-Time

Constraints and Discontinuous Performance Measures"

Michelle H. Kallmes, 1992

5. "Modeling and Performance Issues in Routing Problems"

Bibhu Mohanty, 1993

6. "Sample Path Analysis and Control of Finite Capacity Queueing Systems"

Panayotis Sparaggis, 1993

7. "Sample Path Based Sensitivity Analysis Techniques in Flow Control

Problems"

Jie Pan, 1993

8. "Performance Response Surface Estimation Using Perturbation Analysis

Techniques"

Gang Bao, 1994

9. "Analysis and Control of Multiple Server Multiple Queue Polling Models"

Asif Gandhi, 1995

10. "Sample Path Techniques for Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks"

Vibhor Julka, 1995

11. "Performance Optimization Strategies for Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems"

David Pepyne, 1998

12. "Sample Path Optimization Techniques for Dynamic Resource Allocation

in Discrete Event Systems"

Christos Panayiotou, 1999

Doctoral Dissertations Supervised at

Boston University

13. “New Optimization Methods for Some Complex Systems”

Kagan Gokbayrak, 2000

14. “Perturbation Analysis and On-Line Control for Discrete Event

Systems via Stochastic Fluid Models”

Gang Sun, 2003

15. “Perturbation Analysis of Feedback-Controlled Stochastic Flow Systems”

Haining Yu, 2004

16. “Cooperative Control and Application to Multi-Vehicle Systems

and Sensor Networks”,

Wei Li, 2006

17. “System and Control Engineering Approaches to Some Network

Vulnerability Problems”,

Xiaoyi Wu, 2006

18. “Energy-Latency Tradeoffs in Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks”,

Lei Miao, 2006

19. “Receding Horizon Methods in Cooperative Control for Stochastic

Transportation Applications on Graphs”,

Kirk Wesselowski, 2007

20. “Optimization Approaches for Reducing Energy Consumption in Wireless

Sensor Nodes and Networks”,

Shixin (Brenda) Zhuang, 2007

21. “Dynamic Energy Management in Resource Limited Systems with

Real-Time Constraints”,

Jianfeng Mao, 2008

22. “Control and Optimization Approaches for Power Management in Wireless

Sensor Networks”,

Ning Xu, 2009

23. “Distributed Control and Optimization in Energy Limited Cooperative Systems”

Minyi Zhong, 2010

24. “Perturbation Analysis, Optimization and Resource Contention Games

in Stochastic Hybrid Systems”

Yao Chen, 2011

in progress:

Ali Kebarighotbi, Yanfeng Geng, Tao Wang, Xuchao Lin