Applied Probability Society Student Paper Competition: Abstracts of 2019 Finalists

doi:10.1287/stsy.2021.0073

Abstract

The journal is pleased to publish the abstracts of the winner and finalists of the 2019 Applied Probability Society’s student paper competition. The 2019 student paper prize committee was chaired by Amy Ward. The 2019 committee members are (in alphabetical order by last name): Reza Aghajani, Pelin Canbolat, Jing Dong, Johan van Leeuwaarden, Ilya Ryzhov, Assaf Zeevi, Jiheng Zhang, and Serhan Ziya.

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The 2019 student paper prize committee was chaired by Amy Ward
Load-balancing algorithms for systems that operate in heavy traffic are known to lead, under suitable conditions, to state space collapse (SSC)

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Stochastic Systems

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STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS

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