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Dr. Jay D. Jayakumar

Associate Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences

(940) 565-4146

Email: Jaykumar@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1989
    Major: Business Administration
    Dissertation: Efficient Heuristic Decomposition for Large Scale Linear Programs
  • MS, University of California, 1984
    Major: Nuclear Engineering
    Dissertation: Ductility-Characterization through Indentation Techniques
  • BTech, Indian Institute of Technology, 1972
    Major: Chemical Engineering

Professional Memberships

  • Decision Sciences Institute. (2009).
  • Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences. (1998).
  • Association for Computing Machinery. (1985).
  • American Nuclear Society. (1983).
  • Indian Institution of Chemical Engineers. (1980).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • DSCI 3710 - Business Statistics with Spreadsheets, 44 courses.
  • DSCI 3870 - Management Science, 1 course.
  • DSCI 5010 - Statistical Analysis, 28 courses.
  • DSCI 5180 - Introduction to the Business Decision Process, 98 courses.
  • MSCI 3710 - Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets, 4 courses.
  • MSCI 3870 - Management Science, 1 course.
  • MSCI 5180 - Introduction to Decision Making, 1 course.

Directed Student Learning

  • Dissertation Committee Member, (2008 - 2008).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, (2007 - 2007).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, (2006 - 2006).

Awards and Honors

  • ITDS Department.
  • National Metallurgists Day Award, The Government of India.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Evangelopoulos, N., Jayakumar, M. (2009). Exploring Student Expectations of Business Statistics. Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Ramasesh, R.V., Browning, T.D., Jayakumar, M.D. (2008). Diagnosing Unknown Unknowns in Evolutionary Projects. Decision Sciences Institute.
  • D'Souza, D.E., Jayakumar, M.D. (1993). Service Encounters as Cooperative Endeavors: A Game Theoretic Approach. Southern Management Association Annual Meeting.
  • Ramasesh, R.V., Jayakumar, M.D. (1992). Interactions and Synergy between Different Types of Flexibilities in a Manufacturing System. Production and Operations Management Society Annual Meeting.
  • Shetty, S., Jayakumar, M.D. (1992). A Mathematical Program Approach to the Prediction of Excess Asset Reversions in Corporate Pension Plans. Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Sanford, C.C., Jayakumar, M.D. (1992). EMCEE- An employment MCDM-DSS for establishing Close Encounter (of the right kind). Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Jayakumar, M.D. (1991). Detection of Staircase Structure in Large Scale L P matrices using the Rank Order Clustering Procedures. Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Ramasesh, R.V., Jayakumar, M.D. (1991). A Revenue-Based Measure for Manufacturing Flexibility. Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences.
  • Jayakumar, M.D. (1991). An Empirical Study of a Decomposition Procedure with the Elastic Simplex Algorithm. Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Harrison, T.P. (1990). Structure of Large Scale LP's and a Taxonomy for their Simplex Solution Schemes. Decision Sciences Institute.

    • Journal Article

  • Kulkarni, S., Ramasesh, R.V., Jayakumar, M.D. (2001). Agility in Manufacturing: An Exploratory Modeling Framework and Simulation. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 12 (7) 534-548.
  • Kulkarni, S., Jayakumar, M.D., Prybutok, V.R. (2001). Optimal Productivity and Investments in Quality: An Operations Parametric Model. Economic Quality Control. 16 (2) 255-269.
  • Pavur, R., Clayton, H., Jayakumar, M.D. (1999). Software Testing Metrics: Do they have merit?. Industrial Management & Data Systems. 99 (1) 5-10.
  • Iqbal, Z., Shetty, S., Haley, J., Jayakumar, M.D. (1999). Takeover Likelihood, Managerial Ownership, and Stockholders' Evaluation of Over Funded Pension Plan Terminations. American Business Review. 17 (1) 289-306.
  • Iqbal, Z., Shekar, S., Haley, J., Jayakumar, M.D. (1997). Managerial Ownership and Termination of Over Funded Pension Plans associated with Financial Weakness. Managerial Finance. 23 (8) 57-66.
  • Ramasesh, R.V., Jayakumar, M.D. (1997). Valuation of Flexibility in Investment Justification. European Journal of Operational Research. 102 124-141.
  • D'Souza, D.E., Jayakumar, M.D. (1995). A Game Theoretic Approach to Modeling Service Encounters. International Journal of Management Reviews. 12 (3) 276-288.
  • Jayakumar, M.D. (1995). Cascading Heuristics for the Solution of Staircase Linear Programs. Computers & Operations Research. 22 (3) 285-295.
  • Meera, A.K., Jayakumar, M.D. (1995). Determinants of Crime in a Developing Country: A Regression Model. Applied Economics. 27 455-460.
  • Nam, K., Prybutok, V.R., Jayakumar, M.D. (1995). Trained Neural Networks: An Alternative Paradigm for Least Squares Fitting. International Journal of Computer and Engineering Management. 3 (3) 18-30.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Ramasesh, R.V. (1994). A Clustering Heuristic to Detect Stair Case Structures in Large Scale Linear Programming Models. European Journal of Operational Research. 76 229-239.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Ramasesh, R.V. (1994). A Solution Cascading Approach in the Decomposition of Staircase Linear Programs. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 45 (3) 301-308.
  • Ramasesh, R.V., Jayakumar, M.D. (1993). Economic Justification of Advanced Manafacturing Technology. OMEGA - The International Journal of Management Science. 21 (3) 281-306.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Prybutok, V.R., Guzek, R.T. (1993). Intergrating Quality and Productivity to Improve Net Profits: A Management Science Approach. Economic Quality Control. 8 (2) 83-95.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Ramasesh, R.V. (1991). Measurement of Manufacturing Felxibility- A Value Based Approach. Journal of Operations Management. 10 (4) 446-468.
  • Jayakumar, M.D., Lucas, G.E. (1984). The Determination of Flow Distribution by Analysis of Indentation Geometry. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 122-123 840-844.

Presentations Given

  • Evangelopoulos, N., Jayakumar, M., Exploring Student Expectations of Business Statistics, Decision Sciences Institute, New Orleans, Louisiana, (2009).

Service

University Service

  • Member, Student Retention. (October 2018 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Diversity Advisory. (September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008).
  • News Letter Coordination. (2006 - 2007).
  • COBA: Center for Quality and Productivity. (1999 - 2007).
  • Executive Committee. (2006 - 2006).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (2005 - 2006).
  • DSCI 3710 Coordinator. (1999 - 2006).
  • Committee Member, Library Committee. (September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006).
  • Committee Member, Diversity Advisory Committee. (September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2006).
  • College Library Committee. (2004 - 2005).
  • Executive Committee. (2003 - 2003).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (2000 - 2001).
  • Department Secretary. (1998 - 1998).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (1998 - 1998).
  • Department Secretary. (1996 - 1996).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (1996 - 1996).
  • Ph. D Exam Pool Committee. (1996 - 1996).
  • COBA International Committee. (1995 - 1995).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (1994 - 1994).
  • COBA International Committee. (1990 - 1993).
  • Personnel Affairs Committee. (1990 - 1990).
  • Ph. D Exam Pool Committee. (1990 - 1990).

Public Service

  • Committee Member, Denton Tennis Association. Denton, Texas. (1994 - 2011).

Professional Service

  • Other (Special Projects or Assignments), (2010 - 2010).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, DSI Southwestern Regional Meeting. San Antonio, Texas. (2009 - 2009).
  • Reviewer, Conference Paper, DSI Southwestern Regional Meeting. (2008 - 2008).