Year

University

Degree

1981

University of Delaware Newark, DE

Ph.D., Operations Research

• His Dissertation analyzed the stop-and-wait retransmission protocol for data integrity where the error environment is highly correlated.

• The Dissertation was published as a monograph in the "Research Notes in Mathematics" series of Pitman Books Limited , London, 1982.  

• The Dissertation contained the first general proof that the key transform matrix involved in solving stochastic models of the "M/G/1 Type" was the unique minimal solution to a non-linear matrix functional equation.

• Dr. Lucantoni's Ph.D. advisor was Dr. Marcel F. Neuts

• He completed over 80 graduate credits in Mathematics and Operations Research with a GPA of 3.96/4.0

1978

University of Delaware Newark, DE

MS, Statistics

• Thesis entitled: "Numerical Methods for a Wide Class of Markov Chains Arising in Queueing Theory"

• Dr. Lucantoni's MS advisor was Dr. Marcel F. Neuts

1976

Towson University Towson, MD

BS, Mathematics

• Dr. Lucantoni's undergraduate advisor was Dr. Ohoe Kim