About me

This is the webpage of Alexander S. Estes. I am an assistant professor at the University of Maryland with a joint appointment in the Institute for Systems Research and in the Department of Decisions, Operations, and Information Technology. Robert H. Smith School of Business. My research interests include discrete optimization, statistics, and data science, often with applications to air traffic management. Please use the links at the top of the page for more about my research interests, my publications, and the talks that I have given.

My CV is available here.

Selected Publications and Preprints

  • Slow Rates of Convergence in Optimization with Side Information

    Estes AS. Working Paper.

    Preprint available here.

  • Objective-Aligned Regression for Two-Stage Linear Programs

    Estes AS, Richard J-PP. Working Paper.

    Preprint available here.

  • Data Exploration with Selection of Representative Regions: Formulation, Axioms, Methods, and Consistency

    Estes AS, Ball MO, Lovell DJ (2021) Mathematics of Operations Research 46(3):970-1007

    Available on journal website here.

  • Facets of the Stochastic Network Flow Problem

    Estes AS, Ball MO (2020) Facets of the Stochastic Network Flow Problem. SIAM Journal on Optimization. 30(3):2355-2378

    Available on journal website here.

  • Quantity-Contingent Auctions and Allocation of Airport Slots

    Ball MO, Estes AS, Hansen M, Liu Y (2020) Quantity-Contingent Auctions and Allocation of Airport Slots. Transportation Science. 54(4):858-881

    Available on journal website here.