Jay D. Jayakumar

Title: Associate Professor

Department: Information Technology and Decision Sciences

College: College of Business

Business Leadership Building 312 F
Jaykumar@unt.edu
(940) 565-4146 (Office)
(940) 565-3110 (Department)
jaykumar@unt.edu

General Information Previous Courses Publications Research

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae Link

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

Current Scheduled Teaching

No current or future courses scheduled.

Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.

Previous Scheduled Teaching

DSCI 3710.501	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2019		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2019		SPOT
DSCI 3710.005	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 3710.006	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2019	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2019		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2019		SPOT
DSCI 5180.444	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 3W1 2019		SPOT
DSCI 5180.501	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2019		SPOT
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.086	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.792	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2018
DSCI 3710.001	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.086	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 3710.005	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 3710.006	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2018	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2018		SPOT
DSCI 5180.501	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2018		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.090	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2017		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.086	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2017	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5180.501	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 5010.080	Statistical Analysis	Spring 8W1 2017		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5180.003	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5010.080	Statistical Analysis	Fall 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2016	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5180.501	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 5010.080	Statistical Analysis	Spring 8W1 2016		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2015	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5180.003	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5180.086	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 8W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 8W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5010.080	Statistical Analysis	Fall 8W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2015	Syllabus	SPOT
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2015		SPOT
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2015	Syllabus
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2015
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 8W1 2015
DSCI 5180.050	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2015
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring MA 2015
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 8W1 2015
DSCI 5010.080	Statistical Analysis	Spring MA 2015
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2014	Syllabus
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2014
DSCI 5180.003	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2014
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2014
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2014
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer MA 2014
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2014
DSCI 3710.004	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2014
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2014
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2014
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring MA 2014
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2014
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2013
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2013
DSCI 5180.003	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2013
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2013
DSCI 5180.080	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall MA 2013
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2013
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2013
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Summer 5W1 2013
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2013
DSCI 3710.004	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Spring 2013
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2013
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Spring 2013
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2013
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistics with Spreadsheets	Fall 2012
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2012
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to the Business Decision Process	Fall 2012
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2012
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2012
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2012
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2012
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2012
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2012
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2012
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2012
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2012
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Fall 2011
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2011
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2011
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2011
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2011
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2011
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2011
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2011
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2011
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2011
DSCI 5180.050	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2011
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2011
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Fall 2010
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2010
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2010
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2010
DSCI 5010.026	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2010
DSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2010
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2010
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2010
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2010
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2010
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2010
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2010
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2009
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2009
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2009
DSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2009
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2009
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2009
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2009
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2009
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2009
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2008
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2008
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2008
DSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 3W1 2008
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W1 2008
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2008
DSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2008
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2008
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2008
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2008
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2007
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2007
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2007
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W1 2007
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Summer 5W2 2007
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2007
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2007
DSCI 5180.026	Introduction to Decision Making	Spring 2007
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Spring 2007
DSCI 5180.001	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2006
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2006
DSCI 5010.001	Statistical Analysis	Fall 2006
DSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 3W1 2006
DSCI 3710.091	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2006
DSCI 3870.001	Management Science	Spring 2006
DSCI 3710.002	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Fall 2005
DSCI 3710.090	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Fall 2005
DSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2005
MSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 3W1 2005
MSCI 3710.003	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Summer 5W2 2005
MSCI 3710.090	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Spring 2005
MSCI 3870.001	Management Science	Spring 2005
MSCI 3710.001	Business Statistical Analysis Using Spreadsheets	Fall 2004
MSCI 5180.002	Introduction to Decision Making	Fall 2004

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.

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Overall Summative Rating	Challenge and Engagement Index	Response Rate
out of 5	out of 7	% of students responded

Overall Summative Rating (median):
This rating represents the combined responses of students to the four global summative items and is presented to provide an overall index of the class’s quality. Overall summative statements include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 5 = Excellent, 3 = Good, and 1= Very poor):
- The course as a whole was
- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):
- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was