Dr. Maliyakal D. Jayakumar
University of North Texas
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
(940) 565-4146
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Education

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

Professional Memberships

Member, Decision Sciences Institute. (2009).

Member, Institute For Operations Research and Management Sciences. (1998).

Student Member, Association for Computing Machinery. (1985).

Student Member, 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. (2002).

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

Uncategorized

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

Awards and Honors

National Metallurgists Day Award, The Government of India. (1980).

Service

University Service

Member, Student Retention. (October 2018 – Present).

Committee Member, Diversity Advisory. (September 1, 2007 – August 31, 2008).

Other Institutional Service Activities, News Letter Coordination. (2006 – 2007).

Other Institutional Service Activities, 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).

Other Institutional Service Activities, Department Secretary. (1998 – 1998).

Personnel Affairs Committee. (1998 – 1998).

Other Institutional Service Activities, 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).

Professional Service

Other. (2010 – 2010).

Reviewer, Journal Article, DSI Southwestern Regional Meeting, San Antonio, Texas. (2009 – 2009).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, DSI Southwestern Regional Meeting. (2008 – 2008).

Public Service

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