Research

A video about some of my metareasoning research (from University Research Day, April 2, 2025):
Monitoring the Reasoning Processes on a Mobile Ground Robot

Eashwar Sathyamurthy, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Shapour Azarm, Rescheduling after vehicle failures in the multi-depot rural postman problem with rechargeable and reusable vehicles, arXiv:2411.04073 [cs.RO], November 2024.

Nayak, Sharan, Suyash Yeotikar, Estefany Carrillo, Eliot Rudnick-Cohen, Mohamed Khalid M Jaffar, Ruchir Patel, Shapour Azarm, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Huan Xu, Michael W. Otte, Experimental Comparison of Decentralized Task Allocation Algorithms under Imperfect Communication, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/LRA.2019.2963646.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Data-driven Metareasoning for Collaborative Autonomous Systems, Technical Report, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, January, 2020.

Patel, Ruchir, Eliot Rudnick-Cohen, Shapour Azarm, Michael Otte, Huan Xu, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Decentralized Task Allocation in Multi-Agent Systems using a Decentralized Genetic Algorithm, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2020), June, 2020.

Samuel T. Langlois, Oghenetekevwe Akoroda, Estefany Carrillo, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Shapour Azarm, Huan Xu, and Michael Otte, Metareasoning Structures, Problems, and Modes for Multiagent Systems: A Survey, IEEE Access, October 5, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3028751

Estefany Carrillo, Mohamed Khalid M. Jaffar, Sharan Nayak, Ruchir Patel, Suyash Yeotikar, Shapour Azarm, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Michael Otte, and Huan Xu, Communication-Aware Multi-Agent Metareasoning for Decentralized Task Allocation , IEEE Access, Volume 9, pp. 98712-98730, 2021, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3096229

Caylor, Justine, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Chou Hung, Adrienne Raglin, John Richardson, Metareasoning for Multi-criteria Decision Making using Complex Information Sources, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, April 3-7, 2022.

Dawson, Michael, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Metareasoning Approaches for Thermal Management During Image Processing, DETC2022-88459, Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE2022), St. Louis, Missouri, August 14-17, 2022.

Akshay Bapat; Bharath Reddy Bora; Jeffrey Herrmann; Shapour Azarm; Huan Xu; Michael Otte, Distributed Task Allocation Algorithms for Multi-Agent Systems with Very Low Communication, IEEE Access, Volume 10, pages 124083-124102, 2022.

Molnar, Sidney, Matt Mueller, Robert Macpherson, Lawrence Rhoads, and J.W. Herrmann, Using Metareasoning on a Mobile Ground Robot to Recover from Path Planning Failures, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, February 16, 2023.

Eashwar Sathyamurthy, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Shapour Azarm, Multi-trip algorithm for multi-depot rural postman problem with rechargeable vehicles, arXiv, https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.03481, March 6, 2023.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Metareasoning for Robots: Adapting in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments, Springer Nature, 2023.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Separating the Searches of Bounded Rational Decision-Makers, Technical Report 2013-13, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, June, 2013.

Leber, Dennis D., and J.W. Herrmann, Allocating Attribute-Specific Information-Gathering Resources To Improve Selection Decisions, Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference, R. Pasupathy, S.-H. Kim, A. Tolk, R. Hill, and M. E. Kuhl, eds., Washington, D.C., December 8-11, 2013.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Predicting the Performance of Teams of Bounded Rational Decision-makers Using a Markov Chain Model, Technical Report 2013-14, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, August, 2013.

Leber, Dennis D., and J.W. Herrmann, Decision Analysis Methods for Selecting Consumer Services with Attribute Value Uncertainty, in Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Predictions, M.-L. T. Lee, M. Gail, R. Pfeiffer, G. Satten, T. Cai, and A. Gandy, editors, Lecture Notes in Statistics, Volume 210, pages 405-424, Springer, New York, 2013.

Leber, Dennis D., and J.W. Herrmann, Resource Allocation for Selection Decisions with Measurement Uncertainty, Proceedings of the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Y. Guan and H. Liao, eds., Montreal, Canada, June 1-3, 2014.

Gralla, Erica L., and J.W. Herrmann, Design Team Decision Processes in Facility Design, Proceedings of the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Y. Guan and H. Liao, eds., Montreal, Canada, June 1-3, 2014.

Leber, Dennis D., and J.W. Herrmann, Sample Allocation for Multiple Attribute Selection Problems, Proceedings of the 2014 Winter Simulation Conference, A. Tolk, S.D. Diallo, I.O. Ryzhov, L. Yilmaz, S. Buckley, and J.A. Miller, eds., Savannah, Georgia, December 7-10, 2014.

Herrmann, J.W., Engineering Decision Making and Risk Management, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2015.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Modeling Separations of Plant Layout Problems, Technical Report 2014-04, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, August, 2014.

Tamburello, Robert N., and J.W. Herrmann, A simulation-based approach to determine the evaluation adequacy of system-of-systems operational test configurations, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability, first published online on September 9, 2014 as doi:10.1177/1748006X14549394

Leber, Dennis, and J.W. Herrmann, Impact of Decision and Allocation Rules on Selection Decision Quality, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015.

Tobias, Connor, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Erica L. Gralla, Exploring Problem Decomposition in Design Team Discussions, International Conference on Engineering Design, Milan, Italy, July 27-30, 2015.

Krueger, Simon, Richard Strunz, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, A liquid rocket engine conceptual design tradeoff methodology using an a priori articulation of preference information with epistemic uncertainties, 51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 27-29, 2015.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Predicting the Performance of a Design Team Using a Markov Chain Model, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Volume 62, Number 4, pages 507-516, 2015.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., A Framework for Design Theory and Methodology Research, Technical Report 2016-01, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, April, 2016.

Tobias, Connor, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Azrah Azhar, and Erica L. Gralla, Problem Decomposition by Design Teams, Fifth International Engineering Systems Symposium, CESUN 2016, Washington, D.C., June 27-29, 2016.

Leber, Dennis D., and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Sequential Sample Allocation for Multiple Attribute Selection Decisions, Proceedings of the 2016 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, H. Yang, Z. Kong, and MD Sarder, eds., Anaheim, California, May 22-25, 2016.

Azhar, Azrah, Erica L. Gralla, Connor Tobias, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Identification of Subproblems in Complex Design Problems: A Study of Facility Design, IDETC2016-60397, Proceedings of the ASME 2016 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, IDETC/CIE 2016, August 21-24, 2016, Charlotte, North Carolina.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Rational Decision Making, in Wiley StatsRef: Statistics Reference Online, DOI: 10.1002/9781118445112.stat07928, published online February 15, 2017.

Morency, Michael, Azrah Anparasan, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Erica L. Gralla, Using Clustering Algorithms to Identify Subproblems in Design Processes, in Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), Volume 2: Design Processes, August 21-25, 2017, Vancouver, Canada.

Herrmann, J.W., Michael Morency, Azrah Anparasan, and Erica Gralla, Evaluating Clustering Algorithms for Identifying Design Subproblems, Journal of Mechanical Design, Volume 140, pages 081401-1-12, August 2018. doi:10.1115/1.4040176, May 7, 2018.

Gralla, Erica L., Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Michael Morency, Design problem decomposition: an empirical study of small teams of facility designers, Research in Engineering Design, 2018, doi:10.1007/s00163-018-0300-0.

Oehmen, J., A. Guenther, J.W. Herrmann, J. Schulte, and P. Willumsen, Risk Management in Product Development: Risk Identification, Assessment, and Mitigation---A Literature Review, 16th International Design Conference - DESIGN 2020, https://doi.org/10.1017/dsd.2020.27.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., and Kunal Mehta, Lookahead and Hybrid Sample Allocation Procedures for Multiple Attribute Selection Decisions, arXiv:2007.16119, July 31, 2020.

Pandey, Vijitashwa, and J.W. Herrmann, Attribute-Wise Value of Information in Engineering Systems: A Simulation-Based Study, IMECE2021-69783, IMECE, August 2021.

Shafiei, Neda, J.W. Herrmann, Aaron Krive, Guneet Sethi, Mohammad Modarres, Designing Reliability-Informed Customer Surveys, European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2021), September 19-23, 2021.

Shafiei, Neda, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Aaron Krive, Guneet Sethi, Maxim P. Nikiforov, and Mohammad Modarres, Design of Reliability Test Specification for a New Product with Unknown Failure Modes, Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26-July 1, 2022.

Shafiei, Neda, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Mohammad Modarres, Applying User Surveys and Accelerated Tests Data to Estimate Reliability of New Consumer Products Using a Discrete Life Distribution Model, IEEE Access, Volume 10, pages 73847-73856, 2022. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3187200

Aaby, Kay, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Carol Jordan, Mark Treadwell, Kathy Wood, Improving Mass Vaccination Clinic Operations, proceedings of the International Conference on Health Sciences Simulation, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 23-27, 2005.

Treadwell, Mark, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Comparing Queueing Software for Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinics, Technical Report 2005-113, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2005.

Aaby, Kay, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Carol Jordan, Mark Treadwell, and Kathy Wood, Montgomery County's Public Health Service uses operations research to plan emergency mass-dispensing and vaccination clinics, Interfaces, Volume 36, Number 6, pages 569-579, 2006.

Aaby, Kay, Rachel Abbey, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Mark Treadwell, Carol Jordan, and Kathy Wood, Embracing Computer Modeling to Address Pandemic Influenza in the 21st Century, Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, Volume 12, Number 4, pages 365-372, July-August 2006.

Pilehvar, Ali, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Constructing Queueing Network Approximations for Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinics, Technical Report 2006-17, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2006.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Alpa Kothari, and Sana Shaikh, Designing a Decision-Making System for Exceptional Events: the Case of Medical Disaster Mutual Aid, Technical Report 2007-2, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.)

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Alpa Kothari, and Sana Shaikh, Designing a Decision-Making System for Exceptional Events: the Case of Medical Disaster Mutual Aid, Proceedings of the 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, G. Bayraksan, W. Lin, Y. Son, and R. Wysk, eds., pages 48-53, Nashville, Tennessee, May 19-23, 2007.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Disseminating Emergency Preparedness Planning Models as Automatically Generated Custom Spreadsheets, Interfaces, Volume 38, Number 4, pages 263-270, 2008.

Fomundam, Samuel, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, A Survey of Queuing Theory Applications in Healthcare, Technical Report 2007-24, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.

Pilehvar, Ali, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Queueing Network Approximations for Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinics, Technical Report 2008-2, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.

Pilehvar, Ali, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Queueing Network Approximations for Mass Dispensing and Vaccination Clinics, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference, College Park, Maryland, June 5-6, 2008. (Extended abstract)

Fomundam, Samuel, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Solving Continuous Replenishment Inventory Routing Problems, INFORMS Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference, College Park, Maryland, June 5-6, 2008. (Extended abstract)

Herrmann, J.W., Sara Lu, and Kristen Schalliol, Routing and Scheduling for Medication Distribution Plans, Technical Report 2008-26, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.

Herrmann, J.W., Sara Lu, and Kristen Schalliol, A Routing and Scheduling Approach for Planning Medication Distribution, Proceedings of the 2009 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Miami, Florida, May 30 - June 3, 2009.

Fomundam, Samuel, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Solution Techniques for Continuous Replenishment Inventory Routing Problems, Technical Report 2009-11, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, July, 2009.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Sara Lu, and Kristen Schalliol, Delivery Volume Improvement for Planning Medication Distribution, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Antonio, Texas, October 11-14, 2009.

Montjoy, Adam, Stephanie Brown, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Solving the Inventory Slack Routing Problem for Medication Distribution Planning, Technical Report TR_2009-13, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, September, 2009.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., and Samuel Fomundam, Solving Continuous Replenishment Inventory Routing Problems with Route Duration Bounds, Technical Report 2010-1, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, January, 2010.

Montjoy, Adam, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for the Inventory Slack Routing Problem, Proceedings of the 2010 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, A. Johnson and J. Miller, eds., Cancun, Mexico, June, 2010.

Houck, Michelle L., and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Predicting the Impact of Placing Pre-event Pharmaceuticals for Anthrax, Technical Report 2011-02, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, revised February 8, 2011.

Houck, Michelle L., and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Preparing for an Anthrax Attack: the Impact of Distributing MedKits, Proceedings of the 2011 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, T. Doolen and E. Van Aken, eds., Reno, Nevada, May 21-25, 2011.

Yan, Zijie, Adam Montjoy, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Variants of the Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for the Inventory Slack Routing Problem, Technical Report TR_2011-10, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, September, 2011.

Montjoy, Adam, and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Optimizing Urgent Material Delivery by Maximizing Inventory Slack, Technical Report TR_2012-6, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, June, 2012.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Separating the Inventory Slack Routing Problem, Technical Report TR_2012-8, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, July, 2012.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., editor, Handbook of Operations Research for Homeland Security, Springer, New York, 2012..

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., William Rand, Brandon Schein, and Neza Vodopivec, An Agent-Based Model of Urgent Diffusion in Social Media, the Computational Social Science Society of the Americas (CSSSA) 2013 Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 22-25, 2013.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Improving Public Health with Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Public Health Research@Maryland Day, College Park, Maryland, April 8, 2014.

Herrmann, J.W., William Rand, Brandon Schein, and Neza Vodopivec, An Agent-Based Model of Urgent Diffusion in Social Media, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Volume 18, Number 2, Page 1, March 31, 2015.

Pettie, Christa, and J.W. Herrmann, Information Diffusion: A Study of Twitter During Large Scale Events, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 30-June 2, 2015.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., An Investigation of Production Scheduling Problems Motivated by Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ph.D. dissertation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1993.
This is also available as an online book in the Internet Archive, thanks to the George A. Smathers Libraries UF Retrospective Dissertation Scanning Project at the University of Florida.

Herrmann, J.W., C.-Y. Lee, and J.L. Snowdon, A classification of static scheduling problems, in Complexity in Numerical Optimization, P.M. Pardalos, ed., pp. 203-253, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1993.

Herrmann, J.W., and C.-Y. Lee, On scheduling to minimize earliness-tardiness and batch delivery costs with a common due date, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 70, Number 3, pp. 272-288, 1993.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., and Chung-Yee Lee, On Parallel-Machine Scheduling with Operator-Constrained Setups, Technical Report 1994-85, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 1994.

Herrmann, J.W., A. Mehra, I. Minis, J.-M. Proth, Hierarchical Production Planning with Part, Spatial, and Time Aggregation, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing and Automation Technology, pp. 430-435, Troy, New York, October 10-12, 1994.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Mehra, A., Minis, I., and Proth, J.M., Hierarchical Production Planning with Part, Spatial and Time Aggregation, Technical Report 1994-32, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 1994.

Herrmann, J.W., and C.-Y. Lee, Solving a class scheduling problem with a genetic algorithm, ORSA Journal of Computing, Vol. 7, No. 4, pp. 443-452, 1995.

Herrmann, J.W., C.-Y. Lee, and J. Hinchman, Global job shop scheduling with a genetic algorithm, Production and Operations Management, Volume 4, Number 1, pp. 30-45, 1995.

Herrmann, J.W., J.-M. Proth, and N. Sauer, Heuristics for unrelated machine scheduling with precedence constraints, European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 102, Number 3, pages 528-537, 1997.

Vieira, G.E., J.W. Herrmann, and E. Lin, Analytical models to predict manufacturing system performance under different rescheduling strategies, International Journal of Production Research, Volume 38, Number 8, pages 1899-1915, 2000.

Vieira, G.E., J.W. Herrmann, and E. Lin, Predicting the Performance of Rescheduling Strategies for Parallel Machine Systems, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Volume 19, Number 4, pages 256-266, 2000.

Chauvet, F., J.W. Herrmann, and J.-M. Proth, A heuristic approach to compute a near optimal cyclic schedule: an event graph approach, World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics, Orlando, Florida, July 23-26, 2000.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., and Manh-Quan T. Nguyen, Sequencing Wafer Handler Moves to Improve the Performance of Sequential Cluster Tools, Technical Report 2000-3, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2000.

Nguyen, Manh-Quan T., and Jeffrey W. Herrmann, Sequencing Wafer Handler Moves to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Cluster Tools, Technical Report 2000-31, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2000.

J.W. Herrmann, M. Fleischer, E. Lin, V. Mathur, and J. Glasser, Affordable Space Systems Manufacturing: Intelligent Synthesis Technology, Process Planning, and Production Scheduling, DETC2001/CIE-21281, Proceedings of DETC'01, ASME 2001 Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 9-12, 2001.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Improving Manufacturing System Performance through Rescheduling, June 21, 2001.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Fabrice Chauvet, and Jean-Marie Proth, Tradeoffs During Scheduling of Cyclic Production Systems, August 20, 2001.

Chauvet, Fabrice, Jeffrey W. Herrmann, and Jean-Marie Proth, Optimization of cyclic production systems: a heuristic approach, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, Volume 19, Number 1, pages 150-154, 2003.

Vieira, G.E., J.W. Herrmann, and E. Lin, Rescheduling manufacturing systems: a framework of strategies, policies, and methods, Journal of Scheduling, Volume 6, Number 1, pages 35-58, 2003 (alternate link).

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., and Guruprasad Pundoor, Rescheduling Frequency and Supply Chain Performance, Technical Report 2002-50, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, 2002.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Cyclic Production Systems: Scheduling and Performance Tradeoffs, Proceedings of the 2003 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 18-20, 2003.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Sequencing Wafer Handler Moves To Improve Cluster Tool Performance, Proceedings of the 2003 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Portland, Oregon, May 18-20, 2003.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Information Flow and Decision-Making in Production Scheduling, Proceedings of the 2004 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Houston, Texas, May 15-19, 2004.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., A History of Decision-Making Tools for Production Scheduling, 2005 Multidisciplinary Conference on Scheduling: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2005), New York, July 18-21, 2005.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Improving Production Scheduling: Integrating Organizational, Decision-Making, and Problem-Solving Perspectives Proceedings of the 2006 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 20-24, 2006.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., editor, Handbook of Production Scheduling, Springer, New York, 2006.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Generating Cyclic Fair Sequences using Aggregation and Stride Scheduling, Technical Report 2007-12, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2007.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., The Legacy of Taylor, Gantt, and Johnson: How to Improve Production Scheduling, Technical Report 2007-26, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, 2007.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Using Aggregation to Reduce Response Time Variability in Cyclic Fair Sequences, Technical Report 2008-20, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, August 15, 2008.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Constructing Perfect Aggregations to Eliminate Response Time Variability in Cyclic Fair Sequences, Technical Report 2008-29, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, October, 2008.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Using Aggregation to Reduce Response Time Variability in Cyclic Fair Sequences, Journal of Scheduling, Volume 14, pages 39-55, 2011, DOI 10.1007/s10951-009-0127-7.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Aggregating Alphabets to Construct Balanced Words, Technical Report 2009-12, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, September, 2009.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Generating Cyclic Fair Sequences for Multiple Servers, Proceedings of the 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2009), Dublin, Ireland, August 10-12, 2009.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., The Perspectives of Taylor, Gantt, and Johnson: How to Improve Production Scheduling, International Journal of Operations and Quality Management, Volume 16, Number 3, pages 243-254, September, 2010.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Generating Better Cyclic Fair Sequences Faster with Aggregation, Proceedings of the 5th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2011), Phoenix, Arizona, August 9-12, 1011.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Finding Optimally Balanced Words for Production Planning and Maintenance Scheduling, IIE Transactions, Volume 44, Number 3, pages 215-229, 2012.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Using Aggregation to Construct Periodic Policies for Routing Jobs to Parallel Servers with Deterministic Service Times, Journal of Scheduling, Volume 15, Number 2, pages 181-192, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/s10951-010-0209-6. Also available at journal web site.

Herrmann, Jeffrey W., Scheduling Perfectly Periodic Services Quickly with Aggregation, Technical Report 2013-8, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, March, 2013.