John C. Gittins

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John C. Gittins is affiliated with the following schools: University of Oxford, University of Wales, University of Cambridge

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According to Wikipedia, John Charles Gittins is a researcher in applied probability and operations research, who is a professor and Emeritus Fellow at Keble College, Oxford University. He is renowned as the developer of the "Gittins index", which is used for sequential decision-making, especially in research and development in the pharmaceutical industry. He has research interests in applied probability, decision analysis and optimal decisions, including optimal stopping and stochastic optimization.

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John C. Gittins's Published Works

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Bandit processes and dynamic allocation indices (1979) (1519)
Multi‐Armed Bandit Allocation Indices (1990) (1077)
Multi-Armed Bandit Allocation Indices: Gittins/Multi-Armed Bandit Allocation Indices (2011) (348)
A dynamic allocation index for the discounted multiarmed bandit problem (1979) (176)
Prediction of Biological Activity for High-Throughput Screening Using Binary Kernel Discrimination (2001) (81)
On Bayesian models in stochastic scheduling (1977) (73)
A Behavioral Bayes Method for Determining the Size of a Clinical Trial (2000) (51)
On Single-Machine Scheduling with Precedence Relations and Linear or Discounted Costs (1981) (48)
A Fully Bayesian Approach to Calculating Sample Sizes for Clinical Trials with Binary Responses (2002) (37)
A Bayesian cost–benefit approach to the determination of sample size in clinical trials (2008) (34)
The Learning Component of Dynamic Allocation Indices (1992) (32)
A hamiltonian approach to optimal stochastic resource allocation (1977) (29)
Quantitative Methods in the Planning of Pharmaceutical Research (1996) (29)
The search for an intelligent evader concealed in one of an arbitrary number of regions (1979) (26)
The search for an intelligent evader: Strategies for searcher and evader in the two‐region problem (1978) (24)
A DECISION THEORETIC APPROACH TO SAMPLE SIZE DETERMINATION IN CLINICAL TRIALS (2002) (23)
Prediction of Biological Activity for High-Throughput Screening Using Binary Kernel Discrimination. (2001) (20)
Scheduling, Queues and Dynamic Allocation Indices (1977) (19)
Optimal resource allocation in chemical research (1969) (17)
Sequential Selection of the Larger of Two Normal Means (1981) (16)
A behavioral Bayes method to determine the sample size of a clinical trial considering efficacy and safety (2009) (16)
Forwards Induction and Dynamic Allocation Indices (1982) (11)
Some problems of stochastic resource allocation (1972) (11)
The choice of sample size: a mixed Bayesian / frequentist approach (2009) (11)
A comparison of service disciplines for gi/g/m queues (1978) (11)
Flexible Manufacturing Systems in Practice (1989) (10)
The value of measurements in the study of wader migration, with particular reference to the Oystercatcher (1964) (10)
The diggers from China: The story of Chinese on the goldfields (1981) (9)
Multiserver scheduling of jobs with increasing completion rates (1981) (9)
Models and software for improving the profitability of pharmaceutical research (2008) (9)
Optimal selection policies for a sequence of candidate drugs (2008) (8)
Why crash pharmaceutical research (1997) (8)
Bayesian approach to determine the number of subsequent users of a new treatment (2006) (7)
An application of control theory to a game of hide and seek (1979) (6)
A behavioural Bayes approach to the determination of sample size for clinical trials considering efficacy and safety: imbalanced sample size in treatment groups (2011) (6)
Factors Influencing the Profitability of Pharmaceutical Research (2008) (6)
Bayesian bandits in clinical trials (1992) (5)
Introduction or Exploration (2011) (5)
A behavioural Bayes approach for sample size determination in cluster randomized clinical trials (2010) (5)
A Cost-Benefit Approach to the Amount of Experimentation in Clinical Trials (2006) (4)
The performance of forwards induction policies (1993) (4)
An Analysis of a Multi-Line Re-Order System Using a Can-Order Policy (1973) (4)
Algorithms for Allocating Resources to Multi-Stage Pharmaceutical Research Projects (1997) (4)
A planning procedure for new‐product chemical research (1994) (4)
Speculative chemical research—how many eggs in a basket? (1973) (4)
Dynamic Allocation Index (2005) (4)
Bayesian sample size calculation for estimation of the difference between two binomial proportions (2013) (4)
A forwards induction approach to candidate drug selection (2011) (4)
Stanley: Behind Barbed Wire (1982) (4)
A Generalization of a Result in Linear Programming (1967) (3)
RESPRO-an interactive procedure for planning newproduct chemical research (1981) (3)
Software for managing the risks and improving the profitability of pharmaceutical research (2007) (3)
Dynamic Allocation Indices for Bayesian Bandits (1983) (3)
Physiotherapy. What the patients say. (1986) (2)
A generalised incomplete beta function and its application to multi-line stock control (1973) (2)
The Evaluation of Risk in Pharmaceutical Research: A Study of Current Models and Techniques (2016) (2)
Resource allocation in speculative chemical research (1974) (2)
Bounds on The Performance of a Greedy Algorithm for Probabilities (2001) (1)
Finite Generalised Markov Programming. (1981) (1)
Approved school boys : an account of the observation classification and treatment of boys who come to aycliffe school (1952) (1)
Multi‐Population Random Sampling (Theory) (2011) (1)
Children in trouble. (1968) (1)
Stochastic monotonicity and queues subject to tidal interruptions (1971) (1)
A HAMILTONIAN APPROACH TO OPTIMAL (1977) (1)
International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization 2012 Program Committee Invited Plenary Speakers Organizing Committee Welcome to Co 2012 (0)
Working with volunteers. (1985) (0)
Bandwidth management in a switched telephone network (1995) (0)
A mixed Bayesian/Frequentist approach in sample size determination problem for clinical trials (2016) (0)
Multi‐Population Random Sampling (Calculations) (2011) (0)
A CLASSIFYING SCHOOL: A SORTING OFFICE FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS (1946) (0)
The Achievable Region Methodology (2011) (0)
A Fully Bayesian Criterion for Sample Size Determination in Clinical Trials (0)
A GUIDE TO THE PRESENTATION OF PAPERS FOR PUBLICATION (1963) (0)
Main Ideas: Gittins Index (2011) (0)
Superprocesses, Precedence Constraints and Arrivals (2011) (0)
New Measures of Financial Risk, Motivated by Pharmaceutical Research (2021) (0)
Commentary - Discussion on "Website Morphing" by Hauser, Urban, Liberali, and Braun (2009) (0)
Restless Bandits and Lagrangian Relaxation (2011) (0)
Delinquent Boys and their Parents (1960) (0)
A Bayesian cost-benefit approach to sample size determination and evaluation in clinical trials (2011) (0)
Necessary Assumptions for Indices (2011) (0)
Industrial R & D Management — The Modern Issues (1983) (0)
A Behavioural Bayesian Method for Sample Size Determination in Clinical Trials (1999) (0)
An index for sequential project selection (1971) (0)
Observations on a result in sequential analysis by P. Whittle (1973) (0)
A note on gittins indices for pharmaceutical research (1991) (0)
Electrical stimulation as a therapeutic option to restore eyelid movements in patients with seventh nerve damage (1999) (0)
Braving the ice (2005) (0)

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