Monograph:

  1. K. Muthuraman and S. Kumar: “A Computational Method for Free-boundary Problems in Stochastic Control with Applications in Finance,” Foundations and Trends in Stochastic Systems, Vol. 1: No 4, pp 259-341, 2008.

Journal Papers:

  1. R. Randhawa and S. Kumar: “Multi-Server Loss Systems with Subscribers,” forthcoming in Mathematics of Operations Research, 2008.
  2. A. Bassamboo, S. Kumar and R. Randhawa: “Dynamics of New Product Introduction in Closed Rental Systems,” forthcoming in Operations Research, 2008.
  3. N. Collins, S. Kumar and J. Bendor: “The Adaptive Dynamics of Turnout,” forthcoming in Journal of Politics, 2008.
  4. J. Bendor, S. Kumar and D. A. Siegel. “Adaptively Rational Retrospective Voting,” forthcoming in Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2008.
  5. J. Bendor, S. Kumar and D. A. Siegel. "Satisficing: A `Pretty Good' Heuristic" forthcoming in Berkeley Electronic Journal of Theoretical Economics (Advances) , 2008.
  6. R. Randhawa and S. Kumar: “Usage Restriction and Subscription Services: Operational Benefits with Rational Customers,” Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 10, No. 3, Summer 2008, pp.429-447.
  7. A. Ward and S. Kumar: “Asymptotically Optimal Admission Control of a Queue with Impatient Customers,” Mathematics of Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 167–202, 2008.
  8. G. Shrimali and S. Kumar: “Bill-and-Keep Peering,” Telecommunications Policy, vol. 32, pp. 19–32, 2008.
  9. S. Kumar and L. Massoulie: “Integrating Streaming and File-transfer Internet Traffic: Fluid and Diffusion Approximations,” Queueing Systems, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 195-205, 2007.
  10. K. Muthuraman and S. Kumar: “Multidimensional Portfolio Optimization with Proportional Transaction Costs,” Mathematical Finance, 16(2), pp.301-335, 2006.
  11. B. Ata and S. Kumar: " Heavy Traffic Analysis of Open Processing Networks with Complete Resource Pooling: Asymptotic Optimality of Discrete Review Policies," Annals of Applied Probability, 15(1A), pp.331-391, 2005.
  12. J. Bendor and S. Kumar: "The perfect is the enemy of the good: Adaptive versus optimal organizational reliability." Journal of Theoretical Politics, 17(1), pp.5-39, 2005.
  13. S. Kumar and M. Muthuraman: " A Numerical Method for Solving Singular Stochastic Control Problems,"  Operations Research, 52(4), pp.563-582, 2004.
  14. A. Parlakturk and S. Kumar: " Self-Interested Routing in Queueing Networks," Management Science, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 949-967, July 2004.   
  15. S. Kumar and J. Swaminathan: "Diffusion of Innovations under Supply Constraints," Operations Research, 51(6), pp. 866-879, 2003.
  16. E. Plambeck, S. Kumar and J. M. Harrison: "A Multiclass Queue in Heavy Traffic with Throughput Time Constraints: Asymptotically Optimal Dynamic Controls," Queueing Systems, 39, pp. 23-54, 2001.
  17. S. Kumar and P.R. Kumar: "Queueing Network Models in the Design and Analysis of Semiconductor Wafer Fabs," IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, 17(5), pp.548-561, 2001. 
  18. S. Kumar: "Two-server closed networks in heavy traffic: diffusion limits and asymptotic optimality," Annals of Applied Probability, 10(3), pp. 930-961, 2000.
  19. S. Kumar, R. Srikant, and P.R. Kumar: "Bounding blocking probabilities and throughput in queueing networks with buffer capacity constraints," Queueing Systems, 28, pp.55-77, 1998.
  20. S. Kumar and P.R. Kumar: "Fluctuation smoothing policies are stable for stochastic reentrant lines," Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 6, pp.361-370, 1996.
  21. S. Kumar and P.R. Kumar: "Performance bounds for queueing networks and scheduling policies," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 39(8), pp. 1600-1611, 1994.
  22. M. Desai, S. Kumar, and P.R. Kumar: "Quasi-statically cooled Markov chains," Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences, 8, pp. 1-19, 1994.
  23. V. Borkar and S. Kumar: "On extremal solutions to nonlinear filtering equations," SIAM J. Control and Optimization, 33(3), pp. 718-724, 1995.

 

Book Chapters:

  1. J. Bendor, S. Kumar and D. A. Siegel. “Rational Parties and Retrospective Voters,” chapter in Topics in Analytical Political Economy, edited by William Barnett and Melvin J. Hinich, Vol. 15, Oxford, UK: Elsevier. 2006.

  2. P.R. Kumar and S. Kumar: "Semiconductor Manufacturing Scheduling," Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical Engineering, pp.110-119, 1999.
  3. S. Kumar and P.R. Kumar: "Closed queueing networks in heavy traffic: fluid limits and efficiency," in Stochastic Networks, Eds. P. Glasserman, K. Sigman, and D. Yao, Springer Lecture Notes in Statistics 117, 1996.