Faculty Profile

Jay Jayakumar

Title
Associate Professor
Department
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
College
College of Business

    

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

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 Syllabus 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
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

* 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.

Published Publications

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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Engagement Index
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  • 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
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