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1996 ProceedingsDecision Sciences Institute
1996 Annual MeetingNovember 24-26, 1996
Orlando, Florida
VOLUME 1 VOLUME 2 VOLUME 3
Special & Theme Sessions DSS/AI/Expert Systems POM - Manufacturing
Accounting: Theory, Application, Management Information Systems POM - Service
and Practice MS/OR: Techniques, Models, Quality and ProductivityCase Studies and Applications
Finance/Financial Management Statistics, Decision Analysis,
Innovative Education and Forecasting
Marketing: Theory, Models,
and Applications
Organizational Behavior/Theory
Strategy and Policy
Ronald J, Ebert, Proceedings Coordinator
University of Missouri - Columbia
Lori Franz, Program Chair
University of Missouri - ColumbiaUB/TIB Hannover 89115 594 957
Contents—Volume 2
DSS/AI/EXPERT SYSTEMS
[DS1-S2J
GROUP DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS
475 Group Support Systems: A Mete-Analysis of theLiterature and Suggestions for Future Research
Toru Sakaguchi and Ronald B. Wilkes
478 Negative Evaluations and Innovativeness in
Group Decision Making: Insights for GDSS
Development from a Social Risk Framework
Lisa Troyer and Steven D. Silver
481 Group Decision Support Tools for AnalyzingCommittee Consensus Structures Based on the LiDistance Function
Louis W. Glorfeld
484 Computer Support of Shift Work: An
Experiment in a GSS Environment
Wenhong Luo and Russell S. Morton
[DS2-S2]
487 FUZZY EXPERT SYSTEMS: DESIGN ANDDEVELOPMENT USING WINDOWS-BASEDEXPERT SYSTEM SOFTWARE
Vipul K. Gupta and Timothy J. Ross
[DS3-S2]
APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETS IN
PRODUCTION AND SCHEDULING
488 Parametric Experimentation with a GeneticAlgorithmic Configuration for Solving the Vehicle
Routing Problem
Lawrence J. Schmitt II and Mohammad M. Amini
491 A Decision Support System for Scheduling: ANeural-Net ApproachIn Lee
494 Application of Histogram Equalization for aNeural Net Based Multi-Product ForecastingRajan Kumaralingam, Robert Elliot Smith and David
M. Miller
[DS5-S3]
CASE STUDIES IN EXPERT SYSTEMS AND DSS
497 Treatment of the Potential Benefits of ExpertSystems for the United States Air Force
Robert G. Little, Jr.
500 Diffusion of Executive Information Systems: ACase StudyMurad Akmanligil, Choton Basu, Mark N. Frolick
and James E. Whitworth
503 Evaluating Methods for Capturing DispatcherExpertise
Daniel D. Friesen
[DS8-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: EXPERT SYSTEMSAPPLICATIONS
506 Intelligent Two-Way Tutors that Learn
Stuart H. Rubin
506 A DSS for Home Mortgage Loan ApplicationEvaluation
Wullianallur Raghupathi
506 Geographic Decision Support Systems: Florida'sMarine Resource Information SystemLawrence A. West, Jr.
IDS7-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: GROUP SUPPORT AND
INTEGRATED EXPERT SYSTEMS
507 Expert Systems: A Key for Improving the
Management of Processes Quality in Total
Quality Management OrganizationsSean B. Eom and Demetrius Karathanos
507 Using a Group Decision Support System in the
Classroom
Milam W. Aiken, Mahesh B. Vanjani, Robert B.
Sweeney and Tommie Singleton
507 Attaining Simulation Task Independence Using a
Combination of Databases and ObjectOrientation: A New Approach to Design aSimulation Environment
Rashmi Malhotra
507 Computerized Negotiation Support Systems in
Dispersed Settings: The Effect of Communication
Medium
Abbas Foroughi and Renee M. Wachter
508 Group Support Systems: Definition, Taxonomy &Applications
Hossein Bidgoli
[DS8-S4]
COGNITION AND DESIGN
509 Creating Expert Systems from Cognitive Mapsfor Strategic Decision MakingSouren Paul, Masoud Yasai-Ardekani and Fatemeh
Zahedi
512 Using Computerized Decision Aids forIll-Structured Problems: The Effects of
Familiarization and Aid ComplexityDavid L. McLain and Ramon J. Aldag
515 Object Oriented Cognitive Structures:
Implications for Systems DesignAkhilesh Chandra and Ravindra Krovi
[DS9-M1]
INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURES IN DSS
518 Architecture of a Case-Based ConceptualDatabase Design Tool
W. Amber Lo, Joobin Choobineh and James F.
Courtney
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521 Intelligent Simulation Code Generator—A
Relational Database Management Approach
Rashmi Malhotra and Joseph M. Mellichamp
524 The Role of Text-Based Intelligent Systems in the
Maintenance of Computer-Based Information
Systems
Sumali J, Conlon, Edward L. Gillenwater and Chi
Hwang
[DS10-M2]
SOFTWARE ISSUES IN DSS
527 Visualizing Software ComplexityPatricia A. McQuaid, Kai H. Chang and James H.
Cross II
530 Trust Between Users and Their Intelligent Agents
Craig Van Slyke and Rosann Webb Collins
533 Eliciting and Mapping Business Rules to IS Design:Introducing a Natural Language Case Tool
Alexander Hars and Jack T. Marchewka
[DS11-M4]
TABLE TOPICS: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN
EXPERT SYSTEMS AND DSS
536 Influence of DSS Types, Decision Style, andEnvironment on Individual Decision Making
Jagannathan V. Iyengar
536 An Expert System to Assist in Selection of a
Decision Support Model
Wullianallur Raghupathi
536 Selecting an Expert System Shell for Classroom
Instruction
Alka R. Harriger and Amita Goyal
536 Evaluating Expert Systems: A Case Study
William T. Harding, A. Susan Nelson, Richard T.
Redmond and Mary C. Corley
537 The Effect of Utilization Metrics on EvaluatingDecision Support Systems
Louis A. LeBlanc and Nicholas A, Beadles
[DS12-M4]
TABLE TOPICS: ISSUES IN NEURAL NETS
538 Diagnostic Neural Network Models that Control
for Data Collection and Coding Errors in
Hospital Emergency Departments
Robert P. Marble and James C. Healy
538 An Artificial Neural Network Model for Expediting
Sally Gessner, Barbara Osyk and BindiganavaleVijayaraman
[DS14-T1]
DSS APPLICATIONS
539 Modelling an Aluminum Reduction Cell in Real
World Conditions with a View to Optimisation of
Its Operations
Renuka D. Rodrigo and Miles G. Nicholls
542 A Decision Support System for Partial DrugTesting
Kaushal Chart, Joanna R, Baker and Pamela K.
Lattimore
544 An Adaptive Decision Support System for Asset
Allocation
Bijan Fazlollahi, Mihir A. Parikh and Rustam
Vahidov
[DS15-T2]
MACHINE METHODS TO AID STRATEGIC
PLANNING
547 Preferred Classes in Induced Decision Trees
Catherine K. Murphy
550 Sample Design and Neural Network Decision
Performance
Bharat A. Jain and Barin N. Nag
553 Artificial Neural Networks and Conventional
Strategic Planning Techniques: Performance
Comparison
Godwin Udo and Rodney L. Carlson
[DS16-T3]
PROTOTYPING EXPERT SYSTEMS
556 An Application of DSS in Truck Dispatching
Steven Lursen and Jiaqin Yang
559 A Prototype Expert System for the Evaluation
and Selection of Potential SuppliersRobert J. Vokurka, Joobin Choobineh and Lakshmi
Vadi
562 Requirements Analysis and Design of Intelligent,Adaptive Agents to Support Decision MakingRahul D6 and Dolphy M. Abraham
[DS17-T3]
ADVANCES IN EXPERT SYSTEMS
METHODOLOGIES
565 Fuzzy Learning Rate for BackpropagationS. Monica Lam
568 Comparison of Recent Metaheuristic Procedures
for Large Traveling Salesman Problems
Chen-Pei Hwang, Bahram Alidaee and John D.
Johnson
571 A Genetic Algorithm Solution to the Efficient Set
Problem: A Technique for Portfolio Selection
Based on the Markowitz Model
Jacqueline S. Shoaf and James A. Foster
[DS18-T4]
FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETS
574 Software Cost Estimation Using Artificial Neural
Networks
A.R, Venkatachalam
577 Forecast U.S. Long Bond Weekly Direction UsingMultiple Neural Networks and a Decision Model
Wei Cheng, Chien-Hua Lin and Fay X. Zhu
MANAGEMENT INFORMATIONSYSTEMS
[MI1-S2]
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
580
583
Global Outsourcing of Information SystemsDevelopment: Perceptions of Singapore IT
ManagersSachidanandam Sakthivel and Kanapathy P. Periasamy
International Technology Transfer Model
Veerappan Jayaraman, Rakesh K. Agrawal and CongN. Truong
[MI2-S2]
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
PROCESS REENGINEERING
586 An Adaptive Information Architecture to SupportBusiness Process Reengineering
Thomas A. Ottaway and Gerald E. Evans
589 Business Process Reengineering—A Competitive
NecessityRadha K. Mahapatra and Vincent S. Lai
592 Empirical Study of Business Process
Reengineering Project Profile and
Implementation Problems and Success
James T.C. Teng, Seung Ryul Jeong and Varun
Grover
[MI3-S2]
MEASUREMENT OF KEY IS VARIABLES
595 A New Measure of User Information Satisfaction
Janet S. Renwick
598 Dimensionality of the Strategic Grid Framework:
The Construct and Its Measurement
Qiang Tu, Bhanu Raghunathan and T.S. Raghunathan
601 Structural Equation Modeling for Confirming the
Self-Efficacy Instrument
Gholamreza Torkzadeh, Xenophon A. Koufteros and
Kurt Pflughoeft
[MI4-S2]
SOFTWARE ISSUES
604 Legal Liabilities in Software Piracy
Jin H. Im and Clifford M. Koen, Jr.
607 An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of
Individual and Program Characteristics on
Software Maintenance Effort: A Human
Information Processing Perspective
Sam Ramanujan and Richard W. Scamell
610 Computer Software Education: Alternative
Conceptual ApproachesShailendra C. Palvia and David S. Jalajas
[MI5-S2]
INNOVATIVE EDUCATION THROUGH
TECHNOLOGY
613 A Methodology for Developing a Distance
Learning Course
Luvai F. Motiwalla and Jagdeep Duggal
616 Integrating Information System Concepts into the
Classroom Via the World-Wide Web
William P. Wagner
619 The Role of Technology in Achieving LearningObjectives
Penelope R. Verhoeven, Samia M. Siha and HopeMacmillan Baker
[MI6-S3]
INTERNATIONAL IT: COUNTRY STORIES
622 The Cultural and Political Influences on IT
Diffusion in the People's Republic of China
Jack T. Marchewka and Qiong Wu
625 Adopting Information Technology in Eastern
EuropeCharles R. Franz, Robert Klepper and Liviu Rosea
[MI7-S3]628 WORKSHOP ON TEACHING THE SYSTEMS
PROJECT COURSE
Albert L. Harris, Marvin E. Darter and Richard G.
Mathieu
[MI8-S3]
OBJECT-ORIENTED METHODOLOGEES
629 The Coad/Yourdon Object-Oriented and
Structured Methodologies: A Comparison of
ApproachesJennifer Kreie
632 Relating Object-Oriented Systems DevelopmentMethods to Conventional Systems DevelopmentApproachesRichard A. Johnson
635 Update Consistency in the Object-OrientedDocument Support System for Information
Systems Analysis and Design
Long-Geng Zhao and Calvin W. DeWitt
[MI9-S3]
TABLE TOPICS: PUBLIC SECTOR USES OF IT
638 An Empirical Investigation of ImplementationFactors for IT Tools in U.S. Courts
Lutfus Sayeed and Merrill Warkentin
638 Electronic Markets and Electronic Governments
Lawrence A. West
[MI10-S3]
INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION
SYSTEMS TRANSFER
639 A Framework for Analyzing ElectronicallyMediated Virtual OrganizationsRam Kumar and Connie W. Crook
642 Factors in Information Systems OutsourcingSuccess
Mary Gebelt, Carol S. Saunders and Qing Hu
645 An Empirical Study of Electronic Data
Interchange Trading Partner Selection Criteria
Rebecca A. Hendon and Ravinder Nath
IX
[MI11-S3]
STUDDIS IN SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND
RECOVERY
648 A Conceptual Approach to Disaster RecoveryManagement Decisions
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay and Lawrence L. Schkade
651 Determinants of Software Procurement: An
Empirical InvestigationAmarnath C. Prakash
654 Systems Development and OrganizationalChange: Two Case Studies
James T.C. Teng, Varun Grover and Mark E.
McMurtrey
[MI12-S3]
INNOVATIVE EDUCATION: TRAINING
657 Spreadsheet Training and Use-Student Needs
Beyond the Computer Literacy Class
Kathleen Moffitt
660 End-User Training Effectiveness: The Role of
Computer Trainability
Bassam Hasan
[MI13-S3]
INDIVIDUAL ADAPTATION TO THE
ORGANIZATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGE
663 An Empirical Analysis of the OrganizationalCommitment of Information Systems Executives
Bhanu Raghunathan, T.S. Raghunathan and Qiang Tu
666 The Nature of the Socialization of Information
Systems Professionals
Ruth C. King, Vikram Sethi, Thomas S. Brown and
Tonya B. Barrier
669 Scaling the Human Tendency to Adapt to
Technological Change
Sherry D. Ryan
[MI14-S4]
672 A RESPONSE TO THE MANDATE FOR THE
INTERNATIONALIZATION OF
INFORMATION SYSTEMS EDUCATION
Kirk D. Fiedler, P. Candace Deans, Karen D, Loch
and Prashant C. Palvia
[MI15-S4]
IT SUCCESS
673 Development of a Framework for ComputerSimulation Success
Roger W. McHaney and Timothy Paul Cronan
675 Consequences of Information TechnologyAcceptance in an Advanced Environment
Magid Igbaria, Margaret Tan, Donna Weaver
McCloskey and Milton A. Silver
678 An Exploratory Study of Factors Influencing the
Utilization of Executive Information SystemsAndre1 M. Everett and Jong-Weon Kim
[MI16-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: CURRICULUM INNOVATION
IN IS
681 A Baccalaureate Discipline-Based PedagogyRonald King and Mary L. Fischer
681 MIS Programs Meet Expectations
Bijan Mashaw
681 Re-Engineering Database Course
Anil K. Aggarwal
681 Need for Information Systems (IS) Curriculum
Change: Continuous Improvement or
Reengineering?
Hindupur V. Ramakrishna and BindiganavaleVijayaraman
682 Future of MIS: Inclusion of Reference Disciplinesin MIS Doctoral ProgramsJudith C. Simon, Ronald B. Wilkes and Toru
Sakaguchi
[MI17-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
ISSUES
683 Assessing Client/Server Costs: Issues for ChargeBack
Brent J. Bowman and William E, Newman, Jr.
683 Necessary Modeling Constructs for ManagementInformation SystemsDale L. Lunsford
683 Selecting a Multimedia Authoring System via the
Analytic Hierarchy Process Technique
Robert P, Trueblood and Vincent S. Lai
683 Wireless Communications: A Description of
Types and Considerations for ImplementationsDavid C. Yen, Randy B. Stepp and Craig R. Simon
684 User Perceptions of Integrated CASE Tools
Chung S. Kim, Neil E. Swanson and Dane Peterson
[MI18-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: ADOPTION AND USE OF IT IN
ORGANIZATIONS
685 A Diffusion Theory Approach to Multimedia
AdoptionKaushik Mitra and Bipin Prabhakar
685 CIO's Perception on Multi-Media: A
Longitudinal StudySun-Gi Chun and Jung P. Shim
685 The Use of Computer Networking in a Small
Business
Vivek Shah, Roy B. Martin and Roger Scow
685 A Critical Look at the Imaging of Business
Documents: Another Case of Paving the Cow
Paths?
Richard L. Jenson and I. Richard Johnson
[MI19-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: ELECTRONIC COMMERCEAND THE USE OF THE INTERNET
686 Electronic Malls and TelemarketingShahdad Naghshpour and William S. Piper
686 The Internet and Free Lunch
Shahdad Naghshpour and William S. Piper
686 Factors Influencing the Use of On-Line Services
Hsuan Chang and Kurtis L. Lowe
686 A Profile of the Internet Users' Concerns: An
Empirical StudyMohammed H.A. Tafti and Ashraf I. Shirani
687 Impact of IT Networks on OrganizationalMemory
Gary Hackbarth and Varun Grover
[MI20-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: IS ISSUES THAT WE ALWAYSWANTED TO KNOW, BUT....
688 Information Engineering and Object-OrientedDevelopment: A Comparison
Lynn H. Craig and Bill C. Hardgrave
688 Interviewee's Reactions to Distance Interviews
Jane Webster and Peter Hackley
688 When to Counsel Students out of CIS
David B. Meinert, Neil E. Swanson, Vikram Sethi
and Ray Blankenship
688 Alice Grapples with the Looking Glass: UserInterface Evaluation Needs and Measures
Vance Cooney
689 Computer-Based Systems Design and Human
Factors: Important Legal Considerations
Kathleen Mykytyn, Peter P. Mykytyn, Jr., Kakoli
Bandyopadhyay and M.K. Raja
[MI21-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: USING THE INTERNET
EFFECTIVELY
690 Educational Value of the Internet: Students'
Perceptions
Chang-tseh Hsieh
690 Systems Development for World Wide Web
Applications: Do Existing Systems DevelopmentMethodologies Fit?
Mark M. Misic and Nancy L. Russo
690 The World Wide Web: A Proposed Typology and
Agenda for Instructional Effectiveness
Mark A. Myerscough and James J. Cappel
690 World Wide Web Tutorials: How Do They Stack
Up?
Lynn R. Heinrichs
691 Strategic Impacts and Implications of Internet
Robert J. Mockler and Dorothy G. Dologite
[MI22-S4]
FACTORS INFLUENCING SUCCESSFUL IS
DEVELOPMENT
692 A Study of the Impact of User Participation andSocio-Technical Systems Methodology on
Information System Success
Lillian Y. Fok, Wing M. Fok and K. Caleb Chan
695 The Poor Quality of Indirect User-DeveloperCommunication Channels: A Proposed Solution
Richard A. Huff and Mayur S. Desai
698 The Effectiveness of Information SystemsDevelopment Groups in the Analysis Phase
Deepak Khazanchi and R. Prasad Bingi
[MI23-S4]
APPROACHES TO INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSIMILATION
701 Assimilation of Information Technology in
Manufacturing Firms in Mexico
Stephen E. Lunce and Stephanie A.M. Smith
707 Use of and Acquisition of Knowledge About
Information Technology: An International
PerspectiveRonald L, Berry, Mary C. Jones, Robert C. Beattyand Cathy Ku
710 Examination of Some Critical Factors in CIM
Strategy
Asghar Sabbaghi
[MI24-S4J713 USING SYSTEM ARCHITECT FOR OBJECT
ORIENTED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
EDUCATION
Kevin C. Dittman
[MI25-S4]
IS CASE STUDIES
714
717
IT Solutions for Data Integration at Globol
Chemicals (UK), Ltd: A Case StudyDavid J. Paper and David Nicol
A Framework for Planning Acceptance Testing of
the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Systems
Stephen L. Tracy and Bijayananda Naik
[MI27-M1]
TABLE TOPICS: INNOVATIVE EDUCATION IN
IS
721 Multimedia Presentation Format: Does It
Persuade?
Nathan A. Buchheit, David B, Paradice and Robert
J. Vokurka
721 Internet Usage in the Classroom: A Survey of
Student Attitudes
Paul J.A, van Vliet
721 Changes in Technology and Its Effect on Distance
Learning
Sylnovie Spann
xt
721 How Is the Marketplace for IS Graduates
Changing?Albert L. Harris
[MI28-M1]
TABLE TOPICS: IT INNOVATION
722 The Impact of Information Technology Changeon the Management of Information
John H. Benamati and Albert L. Lederer
722 An Integrative Model of the Impact of
Telecommunications on Organizational Innovation
Alexander Wagner, Gary F. Templeton and Chetan
S. Sankar
722 The Tower of Babel in Turbulent Fields
Kristina Setzekorn
722 Effects of Organizational Learning on the
Productivity and Quality of CASE Tools
Ahmer S. Karim, Spyros Velianitis, Arti
Sahni-Notani and Thomas E. Sandman
[MI29-M1]
TABLE TOPICS: IT INNOVATION,IMPLEMENTATION, AND IMPACT
723 Software Metrics in IS Project Management
Haidong Song, Arun Rai and Arkalgud Ramaprasad
723 Outsourcing, Downsizing, and Reengineering:Common Characteristics and Differences in
Three Contemporary Information SystemsStrategiesKamlesh T. Mehta and Janet F. Laribee
723 Organizational Determinants of Business Process
Innovation Initiation and Implementation
Souren Paul
[MI30-M1]
SKILLS REQUIRED IN THE MIS JOB MARKET
724 A Comparison of the Perceptions of Selected Job
Characteristics Held by MIS/CS and
Non-MIS/CS MajorsWilliam H. Moates, LeRoy A. Franklin and M. Khris
McAlister
727 Some Educational Implications of MIS Job
Market Trends: A 5 Year Longitudinal Study,1992-1996
Kirk P. Amett, Bipin Prabhakar and Charles R.
Litecky
730 Skill Needs and IS Developers' ManagerialPositions
James J. Jiang, Walleed A. Muhanna and Roger A. Pick
[MI32-M1]
PUBLIC SECTOR ISSUES IN IT
733 Adoption of IT in the Private, Non-profit Sector:
An Empirical Study-in-ProgressWilliam J. Fems, Jr., Gregg Van Ryzin and David S.
Birdsell
736 Information System Use in the Service of the
Public: Experiences and Opportunities for UsingGeographic Information Systems to SupportAmerica's Labor Market Information SystemEmployer Database
Brenda L. Killingsworth, Brian E. Mennecke, Robert
E. Schellenberger and Michael E, McLeod
739 Implementing Business Process Reengineering in
the Public Sector
Robert I. Mann and Harry Reif
[MI33-M2]
742 MULTI-MEDIA—WHAT CAN WE LEARN
FROM INDUSTRY? REVISED
Jung P. Shim, Elias R. Callahan, Jr. and Gerald W.
Oakley
[MI34-M2]
TABLE TOPICS: MIS RESEARCH ISSUES
743 How Reliable Is the Cronbach Coefficient AlphaMeasure of Reliability?
J. Alexander Heslin, Jr.
743 Methodologies in MIS Research: An Examination
of the Literature
Anil Kumar, Prashant Palvia, Choton Basu and
Paulette S. Alexander
743 The Measure of MIS Academic Scientific
Research Productivity
Kent A. Walstrom and Bill C. Hardgrave
743 Object-Oriented Database: A Research Document
Roger W. McHaney and Constanza Hagmann
(MI35-M2]
ETHICAL ISSUES IN IS
744 On Ethical Decision-Making: Factors InfluencingIS Decisions
Timothy P. Cronan and Jennifer Kreie
747 Privacy, Piracy, Plagiarism and Porn: Ethical
Issues Surrounding the 'Net
Susan E. Rebstock
750 The Role of Ethics and Deterrence on Software
Piracy: A Cross Cultural StudyRam D. Gopal, Ravi Bapna and G. Lawrence Sanders
[MI36-M2]
GROUP SUPPORT USING INFORMATION
NETWORKS
753 A Bootstrapping Approach to TestingHeterogeneity in GDSS Research
Rathindra Sarathy and Krishnamurty Muralidhar
756 A Case for Including Work Group ProductivityMeasures in a Comprehensive IS AssessmentModel
Barry L. Myers, Leon A. Kappelman and Victor R,
Prybutok
759 A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to the Study of
Virtual Workgroups
Anthony M. Townsend, Samuel M. DeMarie and
Anthony R. Hendrickson
xu
IWH37-M2}
INTERNET OPPORTUNITIES
762 The Internet Opens a New Business Channel: The
Fortune 1000's Web Sites and Home Pages
Chang Liu and Kirk P. Arnett
765 A Framework Study of Research in
Telecommunications
Kathleen K. Mokvar
768 Full-Text Search in a Web-Based Oracle ImageDatabase
Vijayan Sugumaran
[MI60-M2J
TABLE TOPICS: INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INTERVENTION IN THE CHANGING
ORGANIZATION
771 User Type and Problem Type: A Classification of
Development Environments and CASE Tools
Tonya B. Barrier, Chung S. Kim and Rajeev Kaula
771 An Investigative Study of the Role of Information
Technology in Business Process ReengineeringNaser Eisa AI-Essa, Russell K.H. Ching and Peter C.
Johnson
771 Information Systems as Interventions: The Case
for Outcomes-Based Evaluation
Gerald E. Evans, Roberta D. Evans and Thomas A.
Ottaway
[M13B-M3]
GLOBAL ISSUES IN IS
772 The Evolving Role of the Global IT Management
Vicki R. McKinney and Cynthia K. Riemenschneider
775 Information Systems in the Multinational
Environment: Transferring Technology to
Emerging Countries
Robert J. Mockler and Dorothy G. Dologite
778 An International Battle of Distinctive
Competencies: Managing Information Flows
Bonnie C. Glassberg and Kirk D. Fiedler
[MI39-M3]
IS TRAINING AND EDUCATION
781 Educating Systems Analysts: An Analysis of
Systems Analysis and Design Texts
Nancy L. Russo and Mark M. Misic
784 Characteristics of Information Systems Training
ProgramsVikram Sethi, David Meinert and Vijay Sethi
787 A TQM Approach to Revising the Principles of
Information Systems Course
Susan Helms, Katby Marold, Charles H, Mawhinneyand Joseph Morrell
IMI40-M3]
TRAINING ISSUES FOR MIS
790 Computer Self-Efficacy and TrainingEffectiveness: An Empirical Study
Gholamreza Torkzadeh and Kurt A. Pflughoeft
793 An Impulsive Control Approach to Investment in
Information TechnologyKaren J. Napoleon and Cheryl Gaimon
796 Longitudinal Study to Assess the Impact of
Learning Style, Training Task, and TrainingMethods on User Performance: A Field
Experiment
Mayur S. Desai and J. Wayne Spence
[MI41-M3]
VALUES AND ETHICS IN IS
799 Ethical Attitudes of Computer Professionals: Do
They Meet Expectations?
Margaret Anne Pierce and John W. Henry
802 Security Measures and Computer Fraud Issues in
IndustryHeidi R. Perreault and Nancy K. Keith
805 An Anti-Social Education: EmpiricalInvestigation of the Hardening Effects of Formal
IS Education on Systems Developers Values
Sofiane Sahraoui
808 Ethical Views and Behavior Regarding Software:
Undergraduate Business Students vs. MBA
Students
Peggy L. Lane and Michael R. Lane
[MI42-M4]
TABLE TOPICS: INTERNET—CURRENT
DEVELOPMENTS
811 Using Internet Technology to Simplify End User
Development Evaluation
Michael G. Wells
811 Information Superhighway: Current
Developments and Future Analysis
Riccardo Camera, David C. Yen, Sooun Lee and
David C. Chou
811 Assessing Threats to Consumer Privacy on the
Internet
Rebecca Grant and David McCutcheon
811 What Should Be the Function and Contents of a
College of Business Web Site?
Kenneth A. Dunning and Bindiganavale S. Vijayaraman
[MI43-M4]
TABLE TOPICS: DECISION SUPPORT AND
DATABASE DESIGN
812 A Technique for Mapping ConceptualRelationshipsSridhar P. Nerur, Jim Q. Chen, Stephen E. Lunce
and Balasundram Maniam
812 Using Reverse Engineering as a Tool for
Comprehending Database Design
Kamal K. Hingorani and Francine Ezekannagha
812 Logical Design of Deductive Database: An
Application
Someswar Kesh
812 Group Decision Support Systems and Their
Effect on Decision Making in the NFL Draft
Jeffrey W. Allen
[MI44-M4]
IS STRATEGIES
813 Implementing Strategy in an Interdisciplinary IS
Organization: An Empirical Comparison of
Theoretical Frameworks
Brian D. Janz
817 Strategic Information Systems Planning: The
Coalignment of Planning System Design and
Implications for Planning System Success
Albert H. Segars, Varun Grover and James T.C. Teng
[MI45-M4]
OBJECT-ORIENTED PARADIGM
820 Object-Oriented Methodologies: A ComparisonBased Upon Objective Characteristics
George E. Heilman, Charles B. Foltz and Bill C.
Hardgrave
823 Pitfalls of Object-Oriented Development
Vivek Shah, Marcos P. Sivitanides and Roy B.
Martin
826 Pedagogical Issues in the Shift to the
Object-Oriented Paradigm
Sherry D. Ryan
[MI46-M4]
GDSS
829 Group Decision Support Systems: Revitalizingwith New Technology
Santosh S. Venkatraman
832 A Computer-based System for Choice Decision
Making Investigation
Manouchehr Tabatabai
835 Improving Information Exchange in Small GroupsRoss Hightower and Lutfus Sayeed
[MI47-T1]
838 FOUNDATIONS OF STRUCTURAL
EQUATION MODELING: MEASUREMENT
OF VARIABLES AND RELATIONSHIPS
Albert H. Segars
[MI48-T1]
839 TOP INFORMATION SYSTEMS
DISSERTATIONS: 1996 DSI DISSERTATION
COMPETITION
William J. Doll, George M. Marakas and Donna
Mosier
[MI49-T1]
840 THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON
INFORMATION SYSTEMS EDUCATION:PRACTICE AND TRENDS
Kirk D. Fiedler, Brian S. Butler, Richard A. Elnicki
and Elizabeth R. Towell
[MI50-T1]
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS: RISK AND
SELECTION
841 The Human Resources Dimension of Information
Economics
Sherry D. Ryan and Lawrence L. Schkade
844 The Reexamination of Information SystemProject Selection Bias
Radhika Santhanam, Sungwan Hong and Solomon
Antony
847 A Real Options Approach to Justifying RiskyInformation Technology Projects
Ram L. Kumar
[MI51-T1]
IS ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES
850 Information System Centralization/Decentralization in Hospitals
Yongjoon Choi, John Seydel and Frank A. Weibe
853 An Overview of Group Support Systems and
Organizational Power
Susan E. Rebstock and Rick L, Wilson
856 Organizational Characteristics and Information
System Quality: A Comparative AnalysisEldon Y. Li and John C, Rogers
[MI52-T1]
CLIENT-SERVER AND THE NEW
TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
859 Adoption of New Information Technologies in
Small Businesses
G, Premkumar and Margaret Roberts
862 Research Trends and Opportunities in
Client/Server ComputingO. Guy Posey and John C. Windsor
865 Client/Server Technology and User-AnalystCommunications: A Socio-Technical Perspective
Margaret T. O'Hara and C. Bruce Kavan
[MI53-T1]
OBJECT ORIENTED SUCCESS
868 The Impact of Object-Oriented SystemsDevelopment on System Success: A ConceptualView
Richard A. Johnson
871 A Comparison of Relational and Object Data
Models: Implications for DBMS
Richard A. Johnson and George E. Heilman
874 Benefits of Denormalized Relational Database
Tables
Douglas B. Bock and John F. Schrage
[MI54-T1]
IT'S IMPACT: MANUFACTURING
877 Enterprise Information Systems Integration and
Business Process Improvement: An EmpiricalStudyGanesh D. Bhatt and Suresh K. Tadisina
880 Information Technology in ManufacturingIndustry: ITs Use and Impact
Snehamay Banerjee
[MI56-T2]
IS ARCHITECTURAL APPROACHES
883 Creating a Distributed Information SystemsArchitecture Using an Analogous LogisticsManagement Model
Anthony R. Hendrickson and Joel D. Wisner
886 Linkage Analysis: CEO's Tool for AssessingInformation Architecture
Kirk P. Arnett, Bipin Prabhakar, Charles R. Liteckyand Robert C. Beatty
889 Information Technology Resources and Structure
Kirk D. Fiedler, Varun Grover and James T.C. Teng
[MI57-T2]
DATA RESOURCE ISSUES
892 An Examination of the Complexity of the Data
Allocation Problem in Distributed Relational
Databases
Rathindra Sarathy
895 Key Issues in Data Warehouse
Fred R. McFadden
898 Maintaining the Relationship Between
Confidential and Non-Confidential Attributes in
Statistical Databases
Krish Muralidhar, Rahul A. Parsa and Rathindra
Sarathy
[MI58-T2]
IT IMPACT ON THE FIRM
900 The Inter-Organizational Impact of Electronic
Data Interchange on Customer Service
Don H. Lim and Prashant C. Palvia
903 A Study of the Effects of a Computer Mediated
Environment (CME) on Dominance and
Expertise in Decision Making Teams
Bee K. Yew and David Roach
906 - Information Systems for Intellectual Capital
Management
Nancy Green Hall, Bonnie P. Stivers, Teresa J.
Covin and Steven W. Smalt
[MI59-T2]
EVALUATING THE USER-IMPACT OF IS
909 Longitudinal Observations on User Satisfaction
Jennifer Kreie, Douglas E. White and Roger W.
McHaney
912 Predicting User Intentions: Attitudes Before and
After Using Application Software
Thomas W. Dillon, Jean-Pierre Kuilboer and JosephD. Quinn
915 The Effects of a Hypertext Environment on User
Decision Time, Confidence and Satisfaction
Ernest A. Capozzoli, David E. Gundersen and Ravi
S. Behara
[MI61-T3]
EVALUATING INFORMATION SYSTEMS
918 Validating the Delone and McLean Information
Systems Success Model: A Meta-Analysis
Mark I. Hwang and John C. Windsor
921 Information Systems Evaluations by Users:
System Topology ApproachJames J. Jiang, Gary Klein and Jaideep Motwani
924 Investigating the Relationship Between Task
Characteristics, Perceived Usefulness, Importanceof Information, and Perceived Service Qualitywith the Information Services Function
Deepinder S. Bajwa and Arun Rai
[MI62-T3]
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: METHODS
927 A Theoretical Model of Software Metrics
Deployment
Haidong Song, Arun Rai and Arkalgud Ramaprasad
930 A Model of Cognitive Biasing Effects in
Information Systems Development
Peeter J. Kirs, Galen Kroeck and Kurt A. Pflughoeft
933 An Analysis of Excluded IS Processes in the
Capability Maturity Model and Their Potential
ImpactRussell L. Purvis and Jose Santiago
[MI64-T4]
INNOVATIVE TEACHING OF IS COURSES
936 Building Alliances for MIS Program Development
Merle P, Martin
939 Effectiveness of the Case Study Method: An
Empirical StudyKamal K. Hlngorani
942 Virtual Group Projects: A Critical UniversityEducational Experience
Marilyn G. Kletke, Paul J.A. van Vliet, David L.
Schroeder, Janet S. Renwick and Bill C. Hardgrave
[MI65-T4]
SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT: TQM
945 Enforcing Total Quality Management Concept in
Systems Development Life Cycle
Sooun Lee, David C. Yen, Hung-Lian Tang and
Christopher Wodzisz
948 Implementation of Software Reuse: Technical and
Organizational Issues
Shishir Kumar, Parag C. Pendharkar and James >
Rodger
MS/OR: TECHNIQUES, MODELS AND
APPLICATIONS
[MS1-S2]
PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY
951 A Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Model
for Acquiring Advanced Technologies under
Conditions of Learning
Roger J. Gagnon and Chwen Sheu
954 Product and Warranty Parameters for
Renewable Warranty Programs
Amitava Mitra and Jayprakash G. Patankar
[MS2-S2]
MARKETING APPLICATIONS OF MS/OR
957 A Concave Minimization Heuristic for OptimalPooling of Customers with Correlated Demands
Rajesh Tyagi and Chandrasekhar Das
960 Optimizing Latent Segment Model for Market
Segmentation: A Simulated Annealing-basedApproach
Rohit Verma and William L. Moore
963 Optimal Selection and Ordering Strategies in the
Consumer Search and Purchase Process
Young H. Chun
[MS3-S3J
MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING
966 An Experimental Evaluation of the Efficacy of
Four Multiobjective Linear ProgrammingAlgorithms
Charles E. Downing and Jeffrey L. Ringuest
969 The Application of a Nonlinear Bilevel
Programming Algorithm for the Optimisation of
an Aluminum Smelters' Operations on a Monthlyand Multiperiod Basis
Miles G. Nicholls
972 A Simplex Algorithm for General TransportationProblems
Veena Adlakha and Hossein Arsham
[MS4-S3J
MULTICRITERIA DECISION MAKING
975 A Proposed Multi-Objective Mixed-IntegerProgram for Ranking College Football Teams
B. Jay Coleman
978 Combining Mathematical Programming and AHPTechniques for Multicriterla Location Decision
Making
Rajesh Tyagi and Chandrasekhar Das
981 Reconciliation of Valuation Indications in the
Real Estate Appraisal Process: A Multicriterla
ApproachPatricia Arneson, Timothy P. Garvin and Bruce J.
Neubauer
[MS5-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: GOAL PROGRAMMING
APPLICATIONS
984 Board Director Selection: A Zero-One Goal
Programming Application
Jeryl L. Nelson
984 Goal Programming vs. Integer Interval
Programming for Transshipment Problems
Solution
Ramadan S. Hemaida
984 INAHP: An Interactive Approach to Multkriteria
Decision Making Using the Analytic HierarchyProcess
Hamid R. Nemati
[MS6-S4]
SCHEDULING
985 A Case Study of Customer Fulfillment Time
Donna L. Retzlaff-Roberts and Ernest L. Nichols, Jr.
988 Project Management to Minimize Flowtime in
Multi-Purpose Machine Environments
Siddhartha S. Syam, George Vairaktarakis and
Jamshid C. Hosseini
991 Lot Sizing for Multiple Products in a Flow Shop
Bhaba R. Sarker and Junfang Yu
[MS7-M1]
TABLE TOPICS: ECLECTIC ISSUES IN MS/OR
994 Managerial Decision Analysis: An Evaluation of
Computer Performance
Patrick T. Hogan and Patrick V. Jaska
994 Design Evaluation in Product Development: AHuman Factor Approach
Steve Pascale, James W. Carland and JoAnn C.
Carland
994 Frontier Analysis for Motor Vehicle Contribution
to Airborne Organic Carbon in Los AngelesEleni Pratsini
994 Minimization of Waste in Reinforcing Steel Bars
in Egypt: A Trim Loss Approach
Emtissal M. Hassan and Hesham A.B. Shehata
995 Bargaining and Search with AsymmetricInformation about Search Cost
Ching Chyi Lee
[MS8-M1]
EDUCATION ISSUES
996 Gender Differences in Math Deficiencies of
Business Students
William E. Pinney and Srinivas Talluri
998 A Two-Stage Multiobjective Scheduling Modelfor Faculty-Course-Time AssignmentsMasood A. Badri, John A. Hollingsworth, Donald L.
Davis and Donna F. Davis
1001 On Faculty Salary Compression and Inversion in
State Universities
Sidney P. Glandon, Hani I. Mesak and Joe M. Pullis
[MS9-M1]
FINANCIAL APPLICATIONS IN MS/OR
1004 Uncertainty and Risk Analysis for the Coast
Guard's International Ice Patrol
Robert L. Armacost, Julia J.A. Pet-Edwards and
Clark W. Pritchett
1007 Modeling the Equity Assignment Problem
Ching-Chung Kuo
[MS10-M2]
TABLE TOPICS: NETWORKS AND QUEUING
1010 Applying Genetic Algorithm to the Multi-DepotVehicle Routing Problem
Robert T. Sumichrast and Ina S. Markham
1010 A Circular Queue Simulation
Jennifer A. Pope and James A. Pope III
1010 Expected Values for the M/M/l/k Queue with
State-Dependent Service Times
Neil B. Marks
1010 Tactical Optimization Model for Local Distribution
Companies in the Natural Gas IndustryThomas W. Knowles
1011 A Creative Solution to the Problem of Vehicle
Basing Policy in a Logistics Network
William E. Pinney and Rao Prabhakar
[MS11-M2]
INNOVATIVE TEACHING IN QUANTITATIVEMETHODS
1012 Teaching Modeling When We Teach Linear
Programming: Making LP Come Alive
Robert J. Campbell and Richard H. McClure
1015 New Paradigms with Respect to the Role of the
Quantitative Core in Business School
Curriculum: A Survey of Current Practices
Ashok Chadrashekar and Ilene K. Kleinsorge
1018 Modeling, Problem Solving and Becoming an
Effective Practitioner: A Capstone Course for a
Master's Program in OperationsResearch/Systems Analysis
Abel A. Fernandez
[MS12-M2]
SOFTWARE AND SPREADSHEETS
1021 Quantitative Methods Educational Software
Packages: Are Instructors Satisfied?
Eyong B. Kim and Shin-Cheol Kang
1024 Quality Oriented Process Planning—A Spreadsheet Based DSS
Ram Mohan V. Rachamadugu and Qiang Tu
1027 Guidelines for Designing Effective SpreadsheetModels for Optimization Problems
Daniel G. Conway and Cliff T. Ragsdale
[MS13-M3]
HEALTH CARE APPLICATIONS OF MS/OR
1030 A Flexible Hospital Resource Scheduling Model
Irem Ozkarahan
1033 Capacity Planning in Health Care SystemsKurt M. Bretthauer and Murray J. Cdte"
1036 Multi-Modal Testing for Monitoring Illegal DrugUse
Joanna R. Baker, Pamela K. Lattimore and Lance A.
Matheson
[MS14-M3]
DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS
1038 Rates of Change and Data Envelopment Analysis
Susan X. Li, Zhimin Huang and John J. Rousseau
1041 A Diagnostic for Measuring Influence in Data
Envelopment AnalysisLiam O'Neill, Holly S. Lewis and J. Keith Ord
[MS16-T1]
1044 TEACHING QUANTITATIVE METHODS FOR
MBA STUDENTS USING EXCEL
Donald L. Harnett
[MS17-T1]
APPLICATIONS IN MS/OR (I)
1045 Negotiation Analysis in the ImplementationProcess of an Information System
Jae-Hyeon Ahn and Ann E. Skudlark
1048 Utility-Maximized Thrifty Food Plans for Food
Stamp ProgramShahram Taj
1051 A Study of Centralized, Distributed anJ "1-—
Warehousing of Spare Parts
Edward F. Watson, Helmut Schneider and David Peak;
[MS18-T2]
1054 EXCEL TEACHING DEMONSTRATIONS:SHOW AND TELL
Robert L. Andrews
[MS19-T2]
APPLICATIONS IN MS/OR (H)
1055 A Heuristic for Minimizing Monthly Demand
Charges in Daily Water Pumping Schedules
Rick L. Wilson, Blaine T. Reely and Mike Cox
1058 A Hierarchical Location-Allocation Model to Site
Commercial Service Facilities
Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Hasan Pirkul and Rakesh
Gupta
1061 Work Group Performance in Lean
Manufacturing Systems: Which WIP Worries
Workers?
Ken Schultz, Dave Juran, John Boudreau, John
McClain and L. Joseph Thomas
IMS20-T3]
COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION
1064 Simulated Annealing Approaches to a
Distribution Network Design Problem
Anthony D. Ross and Munirpallam A. Venkataramanan
1067 A Morph-Based Simulated Annealing Heuristicfor a Modified Bin-Packing Problem
Michael J. Brusco, Gary M, Thompson and LarryW. Jacobs
1070 Managing Pesticide Resistance of the Colorado
Potato Beetle: An Application of Combinatorial
Optimization
Mary E. Graybeal and Charles H. Smith
[MS21-T3]
INVENTORY (I)
1073 A Probabilistic Algorithm for DeterminingOptimum Salt Inventories
Zhongxian Wang, Arun Kumar and Dajin Wang
1076 Products Selection and Inventory Control Model
for Multi-unit Manufacturing Systems
Aniekan A. Ebiefung and Godwin J. Udo
1079 A Retailer's Price and Order Quantity Decisionsin Face of Price Elastic Demand and a One-Time
Sale by the Wholesaler
Prafulla Joglekar and Patrick S. Lee
(MS22-T4]
PROJECT SCHEDULING
1082 On Maximizing the Net Present Value in ProjectScheduling
Jerzy Kamburowski
1085 Operational Validity of GERT Project Networks
William J. Cosgrovc
1088 A Refinement of the Historical PERT AssumptionsSteven G. Rhiel
[MS23-T4]
INVENTORY (H)
1090 A Multi-Supplier, Multi-Item Model for
Simultaneous Supplier Selection and Order
Quantity Allocation
Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Rajesh Srivastava and
W.C. Benton
1093 Lot Sizing with Inventory-Level DependentDemand and Deterioration
Avinash M. Waikar and Bhaba R. Sarker
STATISTICS, DECISION ANALYSISAND FORECASTING
[ST2-S3]
WORKSHOP: THE TEACHING OF STATISTICS
IN THE BUSINESS CURRICULUM
1096 Workshop on Making Statistics More Effective in
Schools of Business Conferences
John D. McKenzie, Jr., P. George Benson and BettyJ. Thome
1097 A Status Report on the Evolution of BusinessStatistics Education: Empirical Evidence
Concerning the Recommendations of the
MSMESB and ICOTS Conferences
Lynn McAlevey and Andre" M. Everett
1100 Panel on Introductory Business Statistics
Education: Models for Improved TeachingEffectiveness
Roger C. Pfaffenberger
[ST1-S4]
1101 HOW SHOULD BUSINESS SCHOOLS TEACHFORECASTING?
John E. Hanke
[ST3-S4]
TABLE TOPICS: EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
ISSUES IN STATISTICS
1102 Integrating Decision Analysis, Hypothesis Testing,and Data Analysis with a JIT PhilosophyThomas W. Bolland
1102 A Canonical Correlation Procedure for
Spreadsheets
David W. Ashley
1102 Regression Model with Autocorrelation and
HeteroscedasticityAskar H. Choudhury
1102 Performance of AI Tools vis-a-vis MultipleDiscriminant Analysis in Anticipating Default
Among High-Yield BondsDavid Ashby, Nadesan S, Kumar and BalajiRajagopalan
[ST4-M1]
EMPD1ICAL APPLICATIONS IN STATISTICS
1103 Prediction of Greek Company Takeovers viaDiscriminant & Logit Analysis of Financial Ratios
Stelios H. Zanakis and Costas Zopounidis
1104 Predicting Research Findings: A Meta-Analysis of
Union Wage Premiums
Stephen B. Jarrell and T.D. Stanley
1107 Developing a Robust Parametric BootstrapBound for Evaluating Audit Samples
Howard R. Clayton
[ST5-M3]
TABLE TOPICS: FORECASTING ISSUES AND
APPLICATIONS
1110 The Accuracy of Smoothing Methods in Time
Series ForecastingChau Song Ou and Edward M. Edwin
1110 A Bayesian Approach to Load ForecastingCem Canel, Elizabeth A. Anderson and Abdullah
Omer Ba-Fail
1110 Risk Aversion, Probability Assessment, and
Faculty Salary Increases
Constance H. McLaren and Steven W. Lamb
1110 Seasonal Trends: Short-term Forecasting for
Practitioners in Small Business SettingsGeorge W. Mechling and Hanson Smith
1111 An Analysis of the Usefulness of GroupForecasting in Multi-Item Sales Environments
Young H. Kim
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[ST6-M3]
TABLE TOPICS: APPLICATIONS IN STATISTICS
1112 The Probability of Electing the Condorcet Loser
William V. Gehrlein
1112 A Regional Planning Index
James A. Pope IJJ and Margarethe Hsu
1112 Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of
Materials Subject to Destructive Testing: ABayesian Approach
Elisabeth J. Umble and John W. Seaman
1112 Alternative Listing Price Determination Models
for Residential Real Estate
Gary E. Meek, Ceyhun O. Ozgur and Kenneth A.
Dunning
1113 A Non-Expected Utility Analysis of Cost
Reducing R&D Decisions
Satyajit Ghosh
[ST7-M3]
APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS
1114 A Neural Network Approach to the Detection of
Nuclear Material Losses
James H. Hamburg, David E. Booth and Jay G.
Weinroth
1117 Household Trip Forecasting Using NeuralNetworks: An Exploratory InvestigationDavid L. Mitchell, Junsub Yi and Shekhar Govind
1120 The Accuracy of Neural Network Classification
Models
Shaw K. Chen, Paul M. Mangiameli and David A. West
[ST8-M4]
DESIGN ISSUES IN STATISTICS (III)
1123 An Evaluation of the Scaled Maximum
Likelihood Test Statistic
Ronald D. Anderson
1126 Use of Ordinal Judgments to Rank Multiattribute
Alternatives
David L. Olson, Helen M. Moshkovich, Alexander I.
Mechitov and Robert E. Schellenberger
1129 When Nonrandomness Appears Random: A
Challenge to the Decision Sciences
A.G. Malliaris and Mary E. Malliaris
[ST9-M4]
STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION
1132 Predicting Weekly Portfolio Returns with the Use
of Composite Models: A Comparison of Neural
Networks and Traditional Composite Models
Gerald Kohers, Terry R. Rakes and Loren P. Rees
1135 MBA Admission Criteria and Graduate Student
Performance: A Logistical Regression Study
Srinivasan Ragothaman, Thomas L. Davies and
David H. Moen
1138 Tearing Down the Silo Surrounding QuantitativeCourses: Incorporating Ethics into Introductory
Statistics
James J. Divoky and Mary Anne Rothermel
[ST10-M4]
REGRESSION MODELING
1141 Identifying and Determining the Effect of
Outliers in Discrete Models
Jeffrey L. Snow and Collin J. Watson
1143 Minimum Sum of Absolute Errors Regression:Some Examples and AnalysesSubhash C. Narula and John F. Wellington
1146 The Effect of Kurtosis on the Probability of aFalse Alarm and the Probability of a True Alarm
for S and R Charts
G. Steven Rhiel
[ST11-T1]
TIME SERIES FORECASTING
1149 Automatic Feature Identification and GraphicalSupport in Rule-Based Forecasting: AComparison
Robert J. Vokurka, Benito E. Flores and Stephen L.
Pearce
1152 EWMA Tracking Signals for AutoregressiveModels
Anne B, Koehler and Neil B. Marks
1155 A Comparison of Neural Networks and
Quantitative Forecasting Techniques with Time
Series Data that Contains Seasonal Variation
Kyungdoo Nam, Junsub Yi and Victor R, Prybutok
(ST12-T21
STATISTICAL APPLICATIONS IN FINANCE
1158 Determining Bid Cost-Competitiveness
Charles E. Green and Gordon E. McCray
1161 An a Priori Classification of Financial Ratios bythe Method of Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Alan D. Olinsky, Lisa L. Harlow and Shaw K. Chen
1164 An Empirical Evaluation of Univariate
Time-Series Methods and Combination of
Forecasts for Earnings Per Share
Young H. Kim
[ST13-T2]
WORKSHOP: INNOVATIVE WAYS OF
TEACHING STATISTICS
1167 The Lectureless Classroom
Sandra E. Strasser
1170 Projects in Introductory Statistics
Classes—Getting It RightSharon R, Neidert
[ST14-T3]
1171 PANEL DISCUSSION/TUTORIAL ONINTEGRATING MICROSOFT EXCEL INTO
THE INTRODUCTORY BUSINESS
STATISTICS COURSE
David M. Levine, John McKenzie and Nancy Weida
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[ST15-T3]
DESIGN ISSUES IN STATISTICS (I)
1172 Using Normal Probability Plots to Find
Significant Factors
William J. Kasperski and Helmut Schneider
1175 An Algorithm for Determining the Correlation
Integral and the Correlation Dimension
Jonathan P. Pinder
1178 4m Availability Designs
Andreas G, Lazari
[ST16-T4]
DESIGN ISSUES IN STATISTICS <II)
1181 Reexamining Technology Measurement in the
Portable Microcomputer Industry
Phillip E. Miller and David K. Peterson
1184 The Ratio Control Chart
Nazario D. Ramfrez-Beltrfin
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