W. David Kelton

	W. David Kelton Professor Director, Master of Science in Quantitative Analysis (MSQA) Program Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0130, USA
	Email: david.kelton@uc.edu Web: http://www.cba.uc.edu/faculty/keltonwd/ Phone: +1-513-556-6834 Fax: +1-513-556-5499 Office: 525 Lindner Hall, West Campus

Biographical Sketch

Education

	B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Mathematics, 1972
	M.S., Ohio University, Department of Mathematics, 1975
	M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Industrial Engineering, 1979
	Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Industrial Engineering, 1980

Interests

Computer simulation methods and applications
Applied stochastic processes
Operations research
Statistical methods

Activities

Advisory Board, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2007-present
Past editorial posts: Editor-in-Chief, INFORMS Journal on Computing, 2000 through mid-2007; Simulation Area Editor, Operations Research; Simulation Area Editor, INFORMS Journal on Computing; Simulation Department Co-Editor, IIE Transactions; Guest Co-Editor, Special Issue of IIE Transactions on Computer Simulation in IE Research and Practice; Associate Editor for Operations Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, IIE Transactions, Simulation, and Journal of Manufacturing Systems
Founding Trustee and Past President, WSC Foundation
Past member (1991-1999) and 1998 Chair, Winter Simulation Conference Board of Directors, co-representing the INFORMS Simulation Society
General Chair (1991) and Program Chair (1987), Winter Simulation Conference
Member and past president, INFORMS Simulation Society
Member and Fellow (Class of 2007) of INFORMS
Senior Member and Fellow (2004) of IIE

Books

Simulation with Arena by W.D. Kelton, R.P. Sadowski, and D.T. Sturrock, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2007
Simulation Modeling and Analysis by A.M. Law and W.D. Kelton, first three editions, McGraw-Hill
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference, 1987 and 1991 (co-edited)

Selected Recent Papers

Published/Accepted

M. Flint, E. Fernandez, and W.D. Kelton, Simulation Analysis for UAV Search Algorithm Design Using Approximate Dynamic Programming, Military Operations Research, forthcoming.

W.D. Kelton, Representing and Generating Uncertainty Effectively, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 38-42, 2007 (invited). [Slides for the talk] [Models for the talk -- downloadable .zip archive]

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, A Procedure for Generating Batch-Means Confidence Intervals for Simulation: Checking Independence and Normality, Simulation: Transactions of The Society for Modeling and Simulation International 83, 683-694, 2007.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Confidence-Interval Estimation Using Quasi-Independent Sequences, IIE Transactions, forthcoming.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Empirical Evaluation of Data-Based Density Estimation, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 333-341, 2006.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Estimating Steady-State Distributions via Simulation-Generated Histograms, Computers and Operations Research 35, 1003-1016, 2008.

S. Harrod and W.D. Kelton, Numerical Methods for Realizing Nonstationary Poisson Processes with Piecewise-Constant Instantaneous-Rate Functions, Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International 82, 147-157, 2006.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Quantile and Tolerance-Interval Estimation in Simulation, European Journal of Operational Research 168, 520-540, 2006.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Sequential Selection Procedures: Using Sample Means to Improve Efficiency, European Journal of Operational Research 166, 133-153, 2005.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Experimental Performance Evaluation of Histogram Approximation for Simulation Output Analysis, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 685-693, 2004.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Determining Simulation Run Length With the Runs Test, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 11, 237-250, 2003.

W.D. Kelton and R.R. Barton, Experimental Design for Simulation, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 59-65, 2003 (invited). [Slides for the talk]

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Inferences from Indifference-Zone Selection Procedures, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 456-464, 2003. [Slides for the talk]

W.D. Kelton, Teaching the Classics of Simulation to Beginners (panelist), Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1941-1951, 2003 (invited). [Slides for the talk]

P. L’Ecuyer, R. Simard, E.J. Chen, and W.D. Kelton, An Object-Oriented Random-Number Package with Many Long Streams and Substreams, Operations Research 50, 1073-1074, 2002 (with accompanying Online Companion -- downloadable .zip archive).

A.S. Bhaté-Felsheim, R.D. Ericson, W.D. Kelton, M. Podkopacz, D.H. Wadhwani, and S.A. Welter, Simulation of a Probation/Parole System, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences: The International Journal of Public Sector Decision-Making 36, 139–154, 2002.

M.S. Shanker, R. Padman, and W.D. Kelton, Efficient Distributed Simulation through Dynamic Load Balancing, IIE Transactions 33, special simulation issue honoring A. Alan B. Pritsker, 203–217, 2001.

W.D. Kelton, Various Ways Academics Teach Simulation: Are They All Appropriate? (panelist), 2001 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1580-1591, 2001 (invited).

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Quantile and Histogram Estimation, 2001 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 451-459, 2001.

W.D. Kelton, Some Modest Proposals for Simulation Software: Design and Analysis of Experiments, Keynote Address, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Simulation Symposium (part of the Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference), Seattle, 2001.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, An Enhanced Two-Stage Selection Procedure, 2000 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 727-735, 2000.

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, A Stopping Procedure Based on Phi-Mixing Conditions, 2000 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 617-626, 2000.

W.D. Kelton, Experimental Design for Simulation, 2000 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 32-38, 2000 (invited).

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Simulation-Based Estimation of Quantiles, 1999 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 428-434, 1999.

G.G. Jing, W.D. Kelton, J.C. Arantes, and A.A. Houshmand, Modeling a Controlled Conveyor Network with Merging Configuration, 1998 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 1041-1048, 1998.

W.D. Kelton, Statistical Analysis of Simulation Output, 1997 Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings, 23-30, 1997 (invited).

W.D. Kelton, Perspectives on Simulation Research and Practice, ORSA Journal on Computing 6, 318-328, 1994 (invited by Editor-in-Chief Bruce Golden; lead article in a cluster of seven simulation papers).

Working Papers

E.J. Chen and W.D. Kelton, Empirical Evaluation of Data-Based Density-Estimation Procedures.

P.H. Rossner, O. Holthaus, and W.D. Kelton, Forecasting Waiting Times in Dynamic Stochastic Systems.

E.J. Chen, C.-H. Chen, and W.D. Kelton, Optimal Computing Budget Allocation of Indifference-Zone-Selection Procedures.

K. Balakrishnan, S. Anand, and W.D. Kelton, Integrating Simulation and Design of Experiments to Identify Factors for Layout Design.

G.G. Jing, J.C. Arantes, and W.D. Kelton, Robust Analysis via Simulation for a Merging-Conveyor Queueing Model.

Miscellaneous Links

Last update: November 14, 2009