In 1972 was graduated from Odessa Institute of Marine Engineering (OIME), speciality " Engineer-economist of water transport" . From 1972 till 1987 Junior, Senior (1976) researcher of State R&D Institute of Marine Transport (ChernomorNIIproekt). From 1987 till 1991 Senior researcher of South R&D Institute of Marine Fleet, Odessa. In 1984 received Candidate of Science Degree from V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev. Doctor of Science Degree received from OIME (now Odessa National Maritime University – ONMU) in 1991. Docent, Professor, Full Professor at ONMU from 1991 till present. Author an co-author of 5 research monographs, 3 collective books, 3 training aids, over 150 piblished scientific articles. Member of American Mathematical Society (1995), Academician of Transport Academy of Ukraine (1996), and International Academy of Ecology, Man and Nature Protection Sciences (1997). Was scientific supervisor of 2 DSc (economics) and 7 PhD.
Main publications:
M.Ya. Postan, Ekonomiko-matematicheskie modeli smeshannykh perevozok, Astroprint, Odessa, 2006
M.Ya. Postan, “Ob odnom klasse smeshannykh markovskikh protsessov i ikh primenenie v teorii teletrafika”, Problemy peredachi informatsii, 28:3 (1992), 40–53
M.Ya. Postan, “Obobschennaya logisticheskaya krivaya: ee svoistva i otsenka parametrov”, Ekonomika i matematicheskie metody, 29:2 (1993), 305–310
M.Ya. Postan, “O primenenii stokhasticheskikh protsessov teorii zapasov k modelirovaniyu informatsionno-vychislitelnykh setei”, Problemy peredachi informatsii, 31:3 (1995), 76–99
M.Ya. Postan, “Odnolineinaya obsluzhivayuschaya sistema s eksponentsialno-ogranichennym vremenem ozhidaniya”, Kibernetika i sistemnyi analiz, 1996, № 4, 111–122
M. Ya. Postan, “On Application of Stochastic Processes of the Stock Theory to Modeling Computerized Information Networks”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 31:3 (1995), 76–99; Problems Inform. Transmission, 31:3 (1995), 262–283
1994
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E. N. Voyevudskii, M. Ya. Postan, “A stochastic model of a dual-conjugate pair of two-phase storage
systems”, Dokl. Akad. Nauk, 339:1 (1994), 33–36; Dokl. Math., 39:11 (1994), 754–757
1992
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M. Ya. Postan, “A Class of Mixed Markov Processes and Their Application in Teletraffic Theory”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 28:3 (1992), 40–53; Problems Inform. Transmission, 28:3 (1992), 232–243
1991
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M. Ya. Postan, “A property of Markov chains with transition interruptions and its application to reliability problems”, Avtomat. i Telemekh., 1991, no. 9, 182–186; Autom. Remote Control, 52:9 (1991), 1322–1325
5.
E. N. Voyevudskii, M. Ya. Postan, “A stochastic model of a multiphase storage system”, Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR, 318:1 (1991), 51–55; Dokl. Math., 36:5 (1991), 350–351
1989
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M. Ya. Postan, “Invariance of Stationary Ergodic Distributions of Homogeneous Markov Processes under Random Interrupts”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 25:1 (1989), 46–54; Problems Inform. Transmission, 25:1 (1989), 35–41
1983
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M. Ya. Postan, “On Some Markov Queuing Networks with Absolute Priorities”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 19:3 (1983), 90–100; Problems Inform. Transmission, 19:3 (1983), 244–252
1977
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M. Ya. Postan, “Flow of Serviced Requests in Infinite-Channel Queueing Systems in a Transient Mode”, Probl. Peredachi Inf., 13:4 (1977), 89–95; Problems Inform. Transmission, 13:4 (1977), 309–313