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1994 ProceedingsDecision Sciences Institute
1994 Annual MeetingNovember 20-22, 1994
Hawaii, Honolulu
VOLUME 2
DSS/AI/Expert SystemsManagement Information SystemsMS/OR: Techniques, Models, and ApplicationsStatistics, Decision Analysis, and Forecasting
Pamela Perrewe, Proceeding Coordinator
Florida State University
Michael J. Showalter, Program Chair
Florida State University
UB/TIB Hannover 89 I
Contents—Volume 2
DSS/AI/EXPERT SYSTEMS
KNOWLEDGE BASED DSS APPLICATIONS
641 Paraprofessional Use of Clinical Knowledge-BasedSystems for Social Service DeliveryWilliam J. Ferns and Marion Riedel
645 'Sherpa'—Knowledge Based Decision SupportSystemfor Drug InvestigationRahul Bhaskar, Amit Gupta and Sang C. Park
647 R&D Project Selection: A Knowledge Based
Decision Aid ApproachStephen A. Floyd and G. Steven Wakefield
INVITED WORKSHOP: PHILOSOPHICALFOUNDATIONS FOR DSS/ES/AI
650 The Exposition ofthe Foundations of ArtificialIntelligence on the Systems Continuum—The
PhylogenyJaana Porra
654 The Guiding Principle ofForm in the Neural
Network PerspectiveJohn D. Haynes
USER CHARACTERISTICS AND DSSAPPLICATIONS
658 The Influences of Task and User Factors on
Performance in a Logistics DSS ApplicationMorgan Swink
661 Influencing User's Decision Making Processes: A
Simulation ApproachAhmer S. Karim
664 The Impacts on User Performance and Satisfactionof a Menu-Style User Interface and a Verbal
Interface for a Standard Software Tool: A Pilot StudyKathleen K. Molnar, Marilyn G. Kletke and Steve H.
Barr
DSS TOPICS
667 The DSS Toolkit: A Justification for FuzzyMethodologiesNancy Green Hall
670 A Conceptual Foundationfor the Design ofElectronic Meeting SystemsMohamed A. Nour and David (Chi-Chung) Yen
673 Extraneous versus Missing Information in the
Pattern Recognition Effectiveness of Neural Network
Learning AlgorithmsRobert P. Marble
673 Modeling a Helpful Teacher in Neural Network
Training Methods
Douglas Kline, Charlene G. Riggle and Frank Dull
674 A Hybrid Learning Neural Network Model forBusiness Failure Prediction
Sid H. Credle, Jaymeen R. Shah and Mirza B. Murtaza
674 Performance Evaluation of Neural Networks vs, the
Maximum Likelihood Function of AvailabilityDesigns in Estimating Market Shares
Andreas G. Lazari and George V. Meghabghab
TOPIC TABLE: NEURAL NETWORKS
TOPICS
675 Training Backpropagation Networks with NoisyInputsTerry R. Rakes, Loren Paul Rees and Julia K. Brande
675 Applying a Binary Feedforward Network to
Discover Generalized Rules in a Medical Database
Tod A. Sedbrook and Richard Wright
675 Multipoint Competitive Response Prediction:
Logistic Regression vs. Neural Networks
faye I. smith and Rick L. Wilson
675 Performance Evaluation of the ALN and ANN
TechniquesKee S, Kim
676 Forecasting Advertising and Sales by a Neural
Network Model
Ping Wang, Momiao Xiong and Joanna R. Baker
MODELING SYSTEMS AND DSS
APPLICATIONS
677 A Graphical Modeling SystemKaushal Chari and Tarun Sen
680 Combining Heuristics and Algorithms forProduction Planning in a Corporate SettingKenneth R. MacLeod and Uma G. Gupta
683 FleetManager: A Microcomputer-Based Decision
Support System for Vehicle RoutingChuda B. Basnet, Les R. Foulds and Magid Igbaria
TOPIC TABLE: TRAINING ISSUES IN
NEURAL NETWORKS
673 Designing the Training Process to Improve Neural
Network Performancefor Classification Problems
Ruth K. Meyer and Randy S. Weinberg
673 Analyzing the Impact of Correlated Data on
Training and Prediction for an Artificial Neural
Network
Barry A. Wray, Ina S. Markham and Rene Panis
DSS AND CREATIVITY
686 Creativity-Enhancing Decision Support Systems: Do
They Really Work?
James P. Clements
689 Idea Management and Generation for Decision
SupportJames P. Clements and Barin N. Nag
692 The Impacts of Decision Support Tools on
Individual Creative Problem-Solving Processes
Jane M. Mackay, Marilyn G. Kletke and Steve H. Barr
TOPIC TABLE: GDSS TOPICS
695 A Theory-Based Analysis of Selected Recent GDSS
Research
Donald E. Reed and Robert H. Elrod
695 Knowledge Quality in Knowledge Based Systems:An Empirical Study in a Group Decision MakingFramework
Subhasish Dasgupta, Michael N. Chanin and AnthonyIoannidis
NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS
696 Predicting Death among ICU Patients with a
Neural Network
Ernest Preston Goss, Harish Ramchandani and Vera
Buelow
699 Current Neural Network Applications for Prediction
of BankruptcyYung-Ho Suh and Jeong-Bon Kim
702 Saks Territory Alignment: A Neural Network
ApproachShashidhar Kaparthi, Shashi Jasthi and Srinivas Y.
Prasad
TOPIC TABLE: INDUSTRIAL
APPLICATIONS OF EXPERT SYSTEMS
705 A Perceptual Grid for Guiding ApplicationsConcerning LogisticsMike Tracey
705 Quotes: A Knowledge-Based Decision SupportSystem for Aluminum CostingAnne P. Massey and Dwayne Stenzel
705 An Integrated Evaluation Systemfor Industrial
ApplicationsAlireza Lari
705 An Expert System for Inventory ManagementSameer Prasad, Vijay Shah and Javed Hasan
TOPIC TABLE: DSS AND EXPERT
SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
706 Modeling Strategic Choice Decisions Using Genetic
AlgorithmsParag C. Pendharkar
706 Fuzzy Logic, Neural Networks and the Decision
Making Process
Eugene Richman
706 An Object-Oriented Framework for a SecuritySelection Decision Support SystemAntonio Palma-dos-Reis
706 An Introduction to Expert Systems with a SampleApplication: The Supplier Evaluation Process
Josephine F. Morecroft and Paul B. Bowers
DECISION SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIC
PROCESSES
707 COMPSTRAT: A Computer Assisted Environment
for the Formulation of Competitive StrategiesCarlos Scheel
711 COPASS: An Object-Oriented Knowledge SupportSystem for Strategic PlanningAlok Srivastava, Man Ho Han and Gin Hallm
714 Tlie Discovery of Strategic Environmental
Information and the Use of Computer Technology:Tlte Dilemmas of What, When, and How Much
Homer A. Ooten and Jeff A. LePine
NEURAL NETWORKS:
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
717 A Systematic Methodfor Developing Neural
Network Based Classification Models
Louis W. Glorfeld and Russell K.H. Ching
720 Domain Specific Heuristics: An Alternative to
General Purpose Look-Back Schemes for Increasingthe Efficiency of Backtrack Search
Alan Schamp and Heidi Owens
723 Integrating Neural Networks and Blackboard
SystemsVincent S. Lai and Robert P, Trueblood
FUZZY APPROACHES TO DECISION
SUPPORT
726 A Fuzzy Approach to Interactive Multiple Criteria
Decision MakingWei Xiong Ho and Bee K. Yew
729 FUNN: A Fuzzy Neural Network Architecture
Applied to Construction Modularization
Vipul K. Gupta, Mirza B. Murtaza and Deborah J.Fisher
733 Application of Hamming Neural Network to
Cellular ManufacturingMirza B. Murtaza, Vipul K. Gupta and Jaymeen R.
Shah
TOPIC TABLE: INDIVIDUAL DECISION
MAKING AND USER INTERFACES
736 Effects of Information Compression and Time
Pressure on Individual Decision Making in a Task
Utilizing Textual InformationGary R. Spurrier, Heikki Topi and Joseph S. Valacich
736 New Trends in User System Interface for Decision
Support SystemsHossein Bidgoli
736 The Effects ofCognitive Functions and Biases to
Decision Support System in Problem DefinitionGwangyong Gim and Robert H. Elrod
736 Efficiency and Effectiveness of InformationProcessing Strategies: An Empirical InvestigationDonna F. Davis, Donald L. Davis and Masood A. Badri
737 Hypermedia-Based Decisional Guidance for
Knowledge-Based DSS
Bijan Fazlollahi and Mihir Parikh
EXPERT SYSTEMS METHODOLOGIES
738 RITCaG: Intelligent Test Case Generator forRule-Based Expert SystemsUma G. Gupta
741 Incorporating Probability Measures in Case Based
ReasoningSumlt Sarkar and Debashish Ghosh
743 Three Heuristics for Identifying Missing Data in
Propositional Knowledge Bases
JinChang Wang
TOPIC TABLE: DSS PLANNING ANDDESIGN
747 A Survey of Business Needs Relative to Decision
Support SystemsWilliam T. Harding, Aaron H. Brown and James K.Fugate
747 A DATMS Approach to Serializing Decision Plans
within an Organizational Decision PlanningSupport SystemGary V. Howorka and Lorien Anderson
747 Using IDEF and QFD to Develop an
Organizational Decision Support Methodologyforthe Strategic fustification ofComputer IntegratedTechnologyJoseph Sarkis and Don Liles
747 Decision Support Systemfor the Determination ofOutsourcing Using an Interactive Hierarchy Process
William G. Bistline and Sudhirkumar N. Mallya
EMPIRICAL ISSUES IN DSS RESEARCH
748 Ethical Decision Support Systems; An Examination
of the Relationship Between DSS DesignCharacteristics and Ethical Decision MakingJohn R. Carlson and Dawn S. Carlson
751 An Examination of Hypermedia as a Decision
Support Tool
Laura L. Hall
754 An Empirical Investigation ofManager Strategies in
Prioritization Decision Problems
Rick L. Wilson and Kenneth K. Eastman
DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT DSS
757 Systems for Intelligent Guidance: IntegratingIntelligent Modules in Decision Support SystemsAlok Srivastava, Sameer Verma and Suresh S. Prabhu
760 A Study of Some AI-Based TechniquesforIncorporating Intelligence in Decision SupportSystemsJigish S. Zaveri, William P. Wagner and AryyaGangopadhyay
GSS RESEARCH ISSUES
763 A Proposal for an Experimental Study of the Effectof Communication Medium and Level of Conflict on
Negotiation in Dispersed SettingsAbbas Foroughi
766 Research Issues and Directions forComputer-Supported Distributed AsynchronousGroup Processes
Karen Dowling and Andrew S. Philippakis
769 Second-Chance Meetings in Group Decision SupportSystems: New Potentialsfor Improving Decision
QualityAndreas Schwab
ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGEMANAGEMENT: PROCESSES AND DATA
772 A Knowledge-Based Tool for System Developmentfrom Domain Models
Vijayan Sugumaran
775 Integrating Organizational Knowledge and Decision
Support Facilities to Support Work Flow: A
Process-Based ApproachBrenda L. Killingsworth and P. Candace Deans
Ronald Mueller
778 Using Hybrid Techniques for Data Mining: AnEmpirical Investigation of the Effectiveness ofPollingA. Ramaprasad and T. Ravichandran
KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION FOR EXPERT
SYSTEMS
781 Classification by Rules and ExamplesAlexander Mechitov, David L. Olson and Brenda L.
Killingsworth
784 Multimedia/Hypermedia Protocol Analysis forGuided Self-ElicitationGlenn G. Shephard
787 Assertors and Facilitators: A New Communication
Paradigm for Knowledge AcquisitionMerrill E. Warkentin, Janice C. Sipior and Barin N.
Nag
EXECUTIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMSAND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
790 Executive Information System (EIS) Types andTheir Characteristics: An Empirical Field StudyKent A. Walstrom and Rick L. Wilson
793 A Macro-Level Comparison oflT-EnabledOrganizational Coordination Structures
Alexander Talalayevsky and James C. Hershauer
796 Executive Information Systems in Major U.S.
Corporations: An UpdateJeretta Horn Nord, G. Daryl Nord and Claude L.
Simpson
TOPIC TABLE: MANAGERIAL ASPECTSOF DSS
799 Management Support Systems: Current Practices
and Challengesfor Management DevelopmentAtuI Gupta, Donald Golden and Dalen Chaing
799 Predicting Success ofMergers and AcquisitionsUsing a Neural NetworkD. Gulati and B.A. Suresh
MODEL BASED DSS: AHP AND
SIMULATION
800 An AHP Based Decision Model to Assess
Productivity of New Business VenturesBharat A. Jain and Barin N. Nag
803 A Simulation Modelfor LAN Design and
Performance Measurement: A Tool for the Novice
DesignerGeorge M. Marakas
806 Preferential Schedule Assignmentsfor Airline Crew
SchedulingWendy R. Schmidt and Jamshid C, Hosseini
EXPERT SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
809 A Prototype Expert System for Assessing Risk of
Computer ProjectsMichael J. Cerullo
811 SWExpert: A Practical Application of Expert
Systems Technology in the Food Service Sector
C. Lynn Davis, John M. Pearson and Carol W.
Shanklin
814 A Prototype Model-Based Expert System for
Inventory Control
Mohammad Z. Bsat and John Seydel
MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
SYSTEMS
817 HELPING STUDENTS ACHIEVE
RADICAL IMPROVEMENT IN
CREATIVITY (I)
J. Daniel Couger
TOPIC TABLE: MIS
818 And Your Dean Asked: "What Do You Do the Rest
of the Week?"
J. Michael Pearson, Jung P. Shim and John English
818 Information Resources Management: An Evolution
ofa Stand-Alone DisciplineJanet F. Laribee and Kamlesh T. Mehta
818 Preferred Information Systems Skills: A
Multi-Regional Study of Current and Future Needs
Margaret H. Neumann, Carol J. Jeffries and Henry D.
Crockett
END USER TRAINING AND SATISFACTION
819 Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the End-User
Computing Satisfaction Instrument
William J. Doll, Weidong Xia and Gholamreza
Torkzadeh
822 A Model of the Determinants of Computer UsageGholamreza Torkzadeh and Deborah J. Dwyer
825 A Study of Management Involvement in End-User
TrainingInjazz J. Chen, Atul Gupta, Mike Lin and Dalen
Chiang
RESEARCH ISSUES IN MIS (I)
828 The Evolution ofMIS Research Topics: An
Empirical AnalysisKent A. Walstrom and BUI C. Hardgrave
831 The Classification of Information Systems: An
Updated Model
E. Reed Doke and Tonya B. Barrier
834 A Framework for MIS Research
Susan E, Rebstock
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE ISSUE
837 The Impact ofIndustrial, Organizational, and
Technological Factors on EDI DiffusionDavid J. Paper and Arun Rai
840 Factors Influencing the Adoption of ISDN by
OrganizationsNarender K. Ramarapu, N. Dan Worobetz and Mark
N. Frolick
843 The Impact of Inter-Organizational Relationships on
Initiation of Inter-Organizational SystemsG. Premkumar and Keshavamurthy Ramamurthy
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT
846 Software Quality Assurance: An Analytical Survey
and Research Prioritization
Arun Rai, Haidong Song and Marvin D. Troutt
849 Immediate Versus Delayed Learning TransferPerformance for the Extended Entity RelationshipModel
Douglas B. Bock and Terence F. Ryan
852 The Object-Oriented Paradigm as a Function of the
Relational Database Paradigm: A Consideration
Timothy P. O'Keefe and Douglas E. White
STRATEGY ISSUES
855 The Congruence Bettoeen an Organization'sCompetitive Strategy and Information TechnologyLeader's Rank and Role
Jahangir Karimi, Yash P. Gupta and Toni M. Somers
858 A Theoretical Model of IS Planning and Business
StrategyJianwen Liao
861 The Information Systems Outsourcing Decisions:
Empirical Test of a Strategy—Theoretic DiscrepancyModel
James T.C. Teng, Myun Joong Cheon and Varun
Grover
IS IN HEALTHCARE
864 The Impact of Extent of Use, Staff Scheduling, and
Adoption ofFormal Quality Control Mechanisms on
End-User Perceptions of Information Technology in
the Health Care IndustryParag C. Pendharkar and James A. Rodger
867 Measuring the Impact of a Point-of-Care ComputerSystem on ICU Nurses
Ernest Preston Goss, Vera A. Buelow and Harish
Ramchandani
870 The Medical Center "MED" Information Systems
ProjectJames Vorbach
CAREERS AND TRAINING
873 A Longitudinal Study of the Most Wanted Skills in
the MIS job Market
Charles R. Litecky and Kirk P. Arnett
876 IS Employee Turnover Intentions: The Current
Picture
Seung-Hee Ko, Kirk P. Arnett, Charles R. Litecky and
James E. Trumbly
vni
879 A Study of Training in Computer-Supported GroupDecision MakingEdward T. Chen, Sumtt Sircar and Hsin-Ginn Hwang
MEASURING SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS
882 Toward a Comprehensive Measure ofIT EffectivenessKristy D. Glorfeld, Timothy Paul Cronan and Thomas
W. Jones
886 The Development of Computer System Success
Measures
Robert W. Stone and David J. Good
889 Tlxe Relationship Between Integrative Task Designfor Information Systems Professionals and Perceived
Information Systems EffectivenessStanley E. Gambill and Ronald B. Wilkes
TOPIC TABLE: IS EDUCATION
890 The MIS Undergraduate Curriculum—Does It
Impart Adequate Skills for Entry Level Jobs?Kamal K. Hingorani and Chetan S. Sankar
890 Relationships in MBA-MIS ProgramsJames Morgan and Craig A. VanLengen
890 The Skills Needed by Today's Systems AnalystMark M. Misic and David K, Graf
890 An Empirical Investigation of the Characteristics ofInformation Systems Academicians and Implicationsfor the Evolution of the Information Systems
DisciplineLuAnn Bean and Maeve L. Cummings
891 Ethics in IS Curricula
Sooun Lee, David (Chi-Chung) Yen and Hung-Lian
Tang
TOPIC TABLE: TQM AND EVALUATION
892 A Frameworkfor IS Design for TQM
ImplementationNazim U. Ahmed
892 Integrating Total Quality Management Conceptsinto the Systems Development Process
Moutaz Khouja, Ram Kumar and Anthony C.
Stylianou
892 Determining the Quality Factors in Maintenance
ProgrammingJoyce M. Rowe and Ralph D. Neal
892 Source Selection and Evaluation Using the AHP
J.P. Shim and Nam Y. Lee
893 TQM and Its Impact on Business Information
RequirementsStephen A. Floyd and Kenneth D. Tice
RESEARCH ISSUES IN MIS (II)
894 Measures of Computer Program ComprehensionProcesses: The Problem with Using Responses to
Comprehension Questions in Place of Concurrent
Verbal Protocols
Teresa M. Shaft
897 Assessing Test-Retest Reliability in the Presence ofUnstable Phenomena
Anthony R. Hendrickson and Kristy D. Glorfeld
900 Unidimensional Assessment of Davis' Perceived
Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use Instrument
Michael R, Collins, Anthony R. Hendrickson and Patti
D. Latta
IS EDUCATION (I)
903 Managerial Perspective on the Information
Technology Needs of End Users
Chung S. Kim, Nancy K. Keith and Neil E. Swanson
906 M.S. in Information Systems: The Scottish
PerspectiveThomas E. Sandman
909 The Dilemma of More, Less or the Status QuoforMIS Coverage in MBA Education: A CallforInnovative Solutions
Hindupur V. Ramakrishna, Bindiganavale S.
Vijayaraman and Vernon A. Quarstein
912 WILL MULTIMEDIA CHANGE OUR
LIFE AS TEACHERS?
Shimon Schocken
TOPIC TABLE: MIS ORGANIZATIONAL
ISSUES
913 The Decentralization ofInformation Systems:Towards an Operational DefinitionParamjit S. Kahai, Houston H. Carr and Charles A.
Snyder
913 The Changing Locus ofInformation Technology
Decision-MakingEdward G. Cale, Jr. and Jerome Kanter
913 Communication of Strategic Vision for Information
Technology to Organization Members: Effects ofChannel Use and Organizational Structure
Mary E. Brabston
913 Job Satisfaction and Burnout of IS ProfessionalsAdam S. Huarng
TOPIC TABLE: IS DEVELOPMENT (I)
914 Information Requirement Determination:
Establishing a Missing Link
Ganesh D. Bhatt
914 The Effects of the Intelligent Workstation Initiative
on the Corporate Computing StrategyRobert Urwiler, Mark N. Frolick, Ronald B. Wilkes
and Narender K. Ramarapu
914 Measurement of Support for Information SystemsRamarathnam Ravichandran
TOPIC TABLE: IS DEVELOPMENT (II)915 A Design and Implementation Modelfor Life-Cycle
CostingNazim U, Ahmed
915 Choosing the Appropriate CASE Tool
Tonya B. Barrier, Rajeev Kaula and Chung S. Kim
915 Object-Oriented Modeling and Heuristic QueryProcessing in Geographic Databases: Applications to
Geographic Districting Problems
Ramesh Subramanian and Minnie Y. Yen
915 MNC's IS Development Strategy: The Effect ofEnvironmental InterdependenceHaidong Song and Jianwen Liao
916 An Examination of the Factors Impacting Initiation
and Adoption of Object Oriented ApproachforSystems DevelopmentT. Ravichandran
NETWORKING
917 Local Area Network ManagementManfred W. Hopfe and Nancy Tsai
919 ISDN-LAN Connection
David C. Yen, Sooun Lee and H.L. Tang
922 Current Issues in Network ManagementH. Michael Chung and Tim Chacin
IT MANAGEMENT
925 Environmental Scanning for InformationTechnology: An Investigation of How Firms Assess
the Information Technology Component of the
External Business Environment
J. Lee Maier and Charles A. Snyder
928 The Management of Information TechnologyInitiatives: A Contextual Model
Karen L. Williams and Robert W. Zmud
IS EDUCATION (II)
931 Managing Student Computer Labs: A Simulation
Model
Ralph D. Neal and H. Roland Weistroffer
934 Teaching Management Information Systems Course
Using Cooperative Learning Process
Satya N. Prattipati
937 Effectiveness of a CAl Program Designed to DevelopComputer Literacy CompetenciesRobert B. Mitchell and Dianne E. Simmons
940 MULTIMEDIA: WHAT MIS TEACHING
TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE?
Julie E. Kendall
940 A New Perspective on the Computer ConceptsCourse
Joseph B. Dougherty
940 Teaching Systems Analysis and DesignInteractively: The HyperCase ExperienceJulie E. Kendall, Kenneth E. Kendall, Richard L.
Baskerville and Raymond J. Barnes
940 Building a Multimedia Database
Wallace J. Growney and Betty Schneider
TOPIC TABLE: EIS, GSS, AND DSS
941 Graphical versus Numerical Data Representations in
Computer-Assisted What-If Analysis: Effects on the
Illusion of Control
Andrew S. Philippakls and Gillian R. Hall
941 Executive Information Systems: Review of Researchand Suggestions for Future Directions
France Belanger and J. Ellis Blanton
941 Information Systems Architecture: A ComprehensiveApproach to Solve Data Problems of Executive
Information SystemsSrinarayan Sharma
941 Group Decision Support Systems: Academic Illusion
or Reality?Bijan Mashaw
942 AN INTRODUCTION TO CASE STUDY
METHODS FOR MIS
William J. Ferns
RESEARCH ISSUES IN MIS (III)
943 The Current Status of Information Systems Research
Centers: Circa 1993
Jack D. Becker, Glenn E. Maples and Nik R. Hassan
946 The Role of Research in MIS Faculty PerformanceEvaluation: An Exploratory StudyJin H. Im and Sandra J. Hartman
949 Increasing the Effectiveness of Research Literature
Retrieval
Paul M. Mangiameli, David A. West and Stuart Westin
CASE AND THE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
952 SDM-CASE: A Verification and Validation Tool forSemantic Database Schemata
Jaroslaw A. Chudziak and James Vorbach
955 An Examination of the Legal Environment in
Systems Development: Propositions and nn AgendaKathleen Mykytyn and Peter P. Mykytyn, Jr.
958 Matching Software Process Maturity and CASE
Tool Philosophy: An Organizational Context
Framework
Ravi G.R. Patnayakuni and Nainika Patnayakuni
USER PARTICIPATION IN SYSTEMS
DEVELOPMENT
961 User Involvement in Systems Development:Separating Structurefrom Process
Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah
964 The Social Process of User and System DeveloperInteraction: A Conceptual Model
Jack T. Marchewka and Kuldeep Kumar
967 An Exploratory Study of the Impact of User
Participation and Socio-Technical SystemsMethodology on System Success—The Case StudyApproachLillian Y. Fok, Kuldeep Kumar and Wing M. Fok
TOPIC TABLE: STRATEGIC ISSUES
970 An Examination of the Relationship Between
Competitive Strategy and the Scope ofInformationTechnology Enabled BPR
Kirk D. Fiedler, Varun Grover and James T.C. Teng
970 Leaders in IT Spending: Do They Lead in
PerformanceRavi G.R. Patnayakuni, Nainika Patnayakuni andRakesh Neunaha
970 Evaluating Information System TechnologySophistication and Its Relationship to Environmental
UncertaintyB. Wayne Rockmore, Allen E. Smith and Ronald F.
Green
970 MIS Issues in 1995: A Delphi StudyMerle P. Martin and Thomas E. Sandman
971 A Contingency Framework Influencing the
CIS-Organizational Characteristics
J.V. Iyengar
972 MODEL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT—A
JOINT ACTIVITY OF DPMA, ICIS, ANDACM
Dorothy G. Dologite
CLIENT/SERVER TECHNOLOGY
973 MIS Client/Server Case Study of Dun & Bradstreet
Plan Services, Inc.
Gordon Couturier and Jack Munyan
976 Client/Server Technology: Is It Living up to Its
Hype?Albert L. Harris
979 The Implications of Rightsizing to Client/Server
Network Architecture
Patricia Sendall
ELECTRONIC MAIL AND INTERNET
982 A Quasi-Experimental Field Study ofIndividualCharacteristics and E-mail Use DiffusionN. Dan Worobetz and Shashidhar Kaparthi
985 Data Integrity and the Internet: Implications forResearch in the Decision Sciences
Richard G. Mathleu and Robert L. Woodard
988 Internet Growth and Usage by Selected Ports
Eric Wettstein, Arun Rai and David J. Paper
SYSTEMS IN SMALL BUSINESS
991 Criteria Utilized by a Very Small Business in the
Computer Implementation Decision
James M. Henson and Ravinder Nath
994 An Evaluation of Small Business SoftwareAcquisition Procedures: A Life Cycle ApproachC. Bryan Foltz and George Heilman
CROSS CULTURAL STUDIES
997 Assessing the Influence ofCulture on the Systems
Analysis and Design Process: A Pilot Test for the
Comparison of American and Chinese Systems
Analysts i
Robert B. Sweeney, Jr.
1000 77ie India Option: A Survey of Perceived Quality,
Productivity and Viability of Indian SoftwareSolutions
Thomas Abraham and Jay Nathan
END USER STUDIES
1003 Taxonomy of Information Complexity and the EffectofRelevant vs. Irrelevant Information on Task
PerformanceAlbert H.C. Huang
1006 A User Interview System for the Automated
Generation of Relational Schema
Gillian R. Hall
1009 Integrating OR/MS Techniques and ITfor Efficientand Effective Problem SolvingSrinarayan Sharma
TOPIC TABLE: INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
1012 An Experimental Analysis ofInformationChanneling with Weighted Attributes
Manouchehr Tabatabai and James C. Hershauer
1012 Solutionsfor the Capacitated Minimum SpanningTree (CMST): A Hybrid Neural Network Solution
ApproachHassan Pirkul and Raymond A. Patterson
1012 A Comparative Analysis of Two ForecastingMethods: Linear Regression and Neural Networks
Suzanne Kailasam and Sachidanandam Sakthivel
1012 Microcomputer Hardware Pricing: RegressionModelsfor 386-Based and 486-Based SystemsTimothy Paul Cronan, Patti D. Latta and Timothy P.
O'Keefe
1013 MULTIMEDIA—WHAT CAN WE
LEARN FROM INDUSTRY?
J.P. Shim
MANUFACTURING
1014 Information Systems: The Missing Link in
Manufacturing Strategy and Corporate StrategicPlanningFrederick C. Weston, Jr.
1017 A Survey of Research Issues in ManufacturingInformation ManagementMohammad Dadashzadeh, Saeid Motavalli and
Mohammad Taghavi-Fard
1020 Evolution of the Information
Technology/Manufacturing Technology Interfacewithin Small Manufacturing Firms
Gary A. Williams, James W. Pearce and George W.
Mechling
REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
1023 Causal Maps as a Requirements Analysis Tool: An
Empirical Examination of Complexity and
UnderstandingRichard D. Hauser, Jr.
1026 Pern' Net Modeling of Business Computer SystemsDiane M. Miller
1029 Assessing and Managing the Risk of New
Technology: An Application ofa Framework and
Assessment Instrument
Charlotte S. Stephens
GLOBAL IT
1032 Global and Strategic Impact ofInformationTechnology: A Model and Measurement Instrument
Prashant C. Palvia and Shailendra C. Palvia
1035 Information Technology and Business Strategy in
RomaniaCharles R. Franz and Robert Klepper
1037 Requirements of a Global Executive InformationSystem: A Preliminary Assessment
Prashant Palvia, Anil Kumar, Nadesan S. Kumar and
Rebecca A. Hendon
USER SYSTEM ACCEPTANCE ISSUES
1040 What Motivates Individuals to Use ComputerTechnology? The Finns Case
Juhani livari, Magid Igbaria, Milton A. Silver and
Donna Weaver
1043 An Empirical Assessment of Predictive Change to
Perceived Information System Use
Russell K.H. Ching, Louis W. Glorfeld and AnthonyR. Hendrickson
1046 MIS Implementation and User Acceptance: An
Exploratory Survey of Human Aspect Consideration
Karen A. Forcht, Faye P. Teer and Friedrich Jacobi
DATA COMMUNICATIONS
1049 Problems Associated toith Telecommunications
Technologies and Their Capabilities: A Study ofTelecommuting and ISDN
Yash P. Gupta, Toni M. Somers and Jahangir Karimi
1052 Electronic Commerce: The Case of the Textile
IndustryRam Kumar and Connie W. Crook
1055 Estimating LAN Performance Models by SimulatingBackground ActivityGrant O, Alexander, Timothy Paul Cronan and David
E. Douglas
IT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
1058 CIO Effectiveness in IT Partnerships: An
Organizational Learning PerspectiveTimothy R. Kayworth
1061 Strategic Information System Planning: Does
Practice Follow Theory?Constanza Hagmann
1064 Identification of Factors for SuccessfulImplementation of Strategic Information SystemsPlanningSrinarayan Sharma
GROUP SUPPORT SYSTEM
1067 The Role of Participation in Group Decision SupportSystemsPaul S. Licker
1070 Visualization of Complex Group Decisions
Robert F. Easley and David B. MacKay
1073 Effects of Prediscussion Information Characteristics
on Computer Mediated Group Discussion
Ross Hightower and Lutfus Sayeed
EXPERT SYSTEMS
1076 E-R Modeling, Knowledge Formalization, and
Front-End Expert SystemsShawn D. Bird and Diane Lockwood
1080 Organizational Impacts ofExpert SystemsBrenda Massetti, Robert J. Mockler and Dorothy G.
Dologite
1083 Project Champions in Systems DevelopmentJanice C. Sipior and Edward J. Garrity
COST CONCERNS
1086 An ABC Pricing Schema for Determining Base
Prices in a Fuzzy Logic Transaction-Based
Differential Pricing Chargeback DSS
Jyh-Horng Tarn, Presha E. Neidermeycr, A. JamesWynne and Joseph H. Wen
1089 IT Investment: An Institutional PerspectiveJlanwen Liao
1092 Impact of CASE Technology on SoftwareMaintenance
Ravi G.R. Patnayakuni and Nainika Patnayakuni
SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
1095 An Investigation into the Abandonment of a LargeSystems Development EffortRalph M. Stair, Jr.
1098 Towards a Model for Selecting a SystemsDevelopment StrategyBill C. Hardgrave and E. Reed Doke
1101 Successful Information Systems Integration DuringCorporate MergersAnthony C. Stylianou, Carol J. Jeffries and StephanieS. Robbins
EXECUTIVE SUPPORT SYSTEMS
1104 An Empirical Analysis of the Uses of an Executive
Information System in the Strategic ManagementProcess
Sanjay K. Singh, Julio C. Rivera and Khris McAlister
1107 Schematic Faces as a Data Portrayal Technique in
EIS
Peter De Vries
1110 The Implementation of Executive Support SystemsDeepinder S. Bajwa and Arun Rai
RESEARCH ISSUES IN MIS (IV)
1113 The Effects of Personality and Media Differences on
the Performance of Dyads Addressing a CognitiveConflict Task
Heikki Topi, Madhu T. Rao and Joseph S. Valacich
1116 Developing the Information Systems Architecture:
Risk Factors and Coping StrategiesAlbert H. Segars
1119 Global IT Transfer: A Framework for AnalysisMary Helen Fagan
MIS PUBLICATIONS
1122 An Analysis of Keyword Usage in MIS Journals:1979-1990
Peeter J. Kirs, George M. Marakas and Dana Farrow
1125 Assessing MIS Journal Criteria: An AHP Evaluation
Peeter J. Kirs, Krishnamurty Muralidhar and Ramesh
Vijayasarathy
1128 A Study of MIS Publications: A Validation of"Information Systems Management Issuesfor the
1990s"
Joe Harrison, Rebecca A. Hendon, Anil Kumar,Nadesan S. Kumar, Rita Moore and Balaji Rajagopalan
CREATIVITY AND KNOWLEDGE OF IS
PROFESSIONALS
1131 Software Development—Is Creativity Suppressed?Judy L. Wynekoop and Diane B. Walz
1134 Toward Creativity Outcome Assessment in IS
OrganizationsBeata M. Lobert and Brenda Massetti
1137 Knowledge and Skill Requirements for InformationSystems Professionals: An Exploratory StudyE. Reed Doke, Douglas E. Durand and Neil E.
Swanson
COMPUTER-AIDED SOFTWARE
ENGINEERING
1140 Information Technology Expenditure and
Organization Performance: An EmpiricalInvestigationNainika Patnayakuni and Ravi G.R. Patnayakuni
1143 The Usage and Performance Impacts ofComputer-Aided Software Engineering: AContextual Assessment by Industry Type and
Organizational Size
Arun Rai and Subhashish Samaddar
1146 Automated Life-Cycle Support Tools and the System
Development MethodologyTom L. Roberts, Jr., Michael L. Gibson, William N.
Ledbetter, Kent T. Fields and Charlotte S. Stephens
TOPIC TABLE: DATA COMMUNICATION
1149 The Future of NetworkingVivek Shah and Marcos P. Sivitanides
1149 Security Issues in Local Area Networks
Mustafa A. Kamal and Curtis Coleman
1149 Electronic Data Interchange as an EnablingTechnology for International Business
Susan Haugen and Robert Behling
1149 An Analysis of Electronic Message HandlingStandards
AH F. Emdad
TOPIC TABLE: ORGANIZATION AND
REENGINEERING
1150 Outsourcing Preferences and the Strategic Grid
Robert B. Sweeney, Jr.
1150 The Effect of IT on Organizational Structures
Kamal K. Hingorani, Jack Seaman and Michael L.
Gibson
1150 An Integrated Concurrent Engineering Approach to
Information Systems DevelopmentShad Dowlatshahi, Jyh-Horng Tarn and LyndaHodgson
1150 Modeling Dynamic System Performance of Business
Processes
Paul J, Dardeau and Debashish Ghosh
1151 A Pilot Study on Business Process ReengineeringRebecca A. Hendon
MS/OR: TECHNIQUES, MODELS
AND APPLICATIONS
1152 ANOTHER LOOK AT PROBLEM
SOLVING: DETERMINING WHAT TO
CHANGE USING THE THEORY OF
CONSTRAINTS
Christina D. McCart and Ina S. Markham
DECISION MODELS FOR SYSTEM
EFFECTIVENESS
1153 A Two Stage Least Cost Credit Scoring Model
William V. Gehrlein
1156 A Methodfor Cost-Effectiveness Analysis with an
Example from the USMC
CM. Keller and Allan C. Polley
1160 A Comprehensive Model for Managing Credit Risk
and Forecasting Losses on Portfolios ofHome
MortgagesL. Douglas Smith, Susan M. Sanchez and Edward C.
Lawrence
MODELS FOR SCHEDULING AND LOT
SIZING
1163 Anode Production Scheduling in an Aluminium
Smelter
Miles G. Nicholls
1166 Price-Break Analysis Under Uncertainty: An
Exploratory ApproachChandra Sekhar Das
1169 Safety Stock Allocation in a One-Warehouse N-Non
Identical Retailers Inventory SystemBabita Sen, Sanjay Laxman Ahire, Charles P. Schmidt
and David M. Miller
SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS PROCEDURES
1172 Sensitivity Analysis Procedures for the Generalized
Assignment Problem: A Case Study of the
Variable-Depth-Search Heuristic
Mohammad M. Amini and Michael Racer
1174 Sensitivity Analysis ofConvex Quadratic Programswith Linear Constraints
Patrick Lee and Bruce M. Bradford
SIMULATION MODELING
1177 Probability Distributions for the Relative Precision
of Confidence Intervals in Terminating Simulations
Neil B. Marks
1180 Development of a Framework for Discrete Event
Simulation
Roger W. McHaney and Douglas E. White
1183 Applications of Simulation in Maintenance
ManagementYasemin Aksoy, Bahadir Inozu and Rahul Saxena
TOPIC TABLE: TECHNIQUES FOR
SCHEDULING AND INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT
1186 A Bicriterion Scheduling Problem Involving Total
Flowtime and Total Tardiness
Tapan L. Sen and Parthasarati Dileepan
1186 A Partial Backlogging Inventory Model with Price
Dependent DemandSe-Kwon Kim and Seung Lae Kim
1186 A New Approach to the Two-Stage Flow Shop
Scheduling on a Cumulative Domain
Hirokazu Kono
1186 A Combined Transportation and Inventory Cost
Model for JIT Manufacturing SystemsMaliyakal D. Jayakumar and Ranga V. Ramasesh
TOPIC TABLE: TECHNIQUES FORDECISION MAKING
1187 Risk Assessment Technique to Internal Audit
Planning: A Multifactor ApproachRamadan S. Hemaida and S. Wathen
1187 Pure Activity Analysis Modelsfor Technical and
Scale Efficiency ComparisonsMarvin D. Troutt and Ike C. Ehie
1187 Measurement and Inter-Country Comparison of
Corporate Environmental PerformanceBernadette M. Ruf, Krish Muralldhar and Peeter J. Kirs
1187 Practitioner Oriented, Heuristic-Based DSS forService District DesignAjay K. Aggarwal
TOPIC TABLE: MODELLING TECHNIQUESIN P/OM
1188 An Operations Management Perspective ofRepro-ModelingJack A. Fuller
1188 Incorporating Information as a Direct Intervention
Policy Tool into an Industry Performance Gradient
Index
Lawrence A. West
1188 Modeling the Consequences ofActions: A Human
Resources Planning Model
Thomas Rohleder and Fred Krause
Wynne Chin
1188 Information Technology and Decision MakingKate Laskowitz
HEURISTIC PROCEDURES FOR SET
COVERING AND FACILITY LOCATION
PROBLEMS
1189 A. Simulated Annealing-Based Heuristic for the
Set-Covering Problem
Larry W. Jacobs and Michael J. Brusco
1192 An Intelligent Solverfor the Generalized
Telecommunication Facility Location Problem
V.T. Raja and Bernard T. Han
1195 Neighborhood Search Heuristic for the Set CoveringProblem on Cyclic Networks
Vijayakumar R. Pyreddy, Sudhirkumar N. Mallya and
Avijit Banerjee
TRANSPORTATION MODELLING
1198 Simulation of the Stochastic Transportation Problem
Huseyin Sarper
1201 Makespan Minimization for Cargo Delivery througha Transportation Network with Time Windows
Anand S. Kunnathur, Udayan Nandkeolyar and Dao
Wei Li
ADVANCES IN NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
1204 A Linear Algorithm for Minimum Flow in Planar
Networks
Veena G. Adlakha
1207 Candidate Lists Based on the Regeneration ofSolutions for the Symmetric Traveling Salesman
Problem: Accelerating Global Optimization StrategiesSanjay Bapna
1210 Variance of Server Response Time in the Stochastic
Queue Median Problem
Roger B. Grinde
DEA APPLICATIONS
1213 Data Envelopment Analysis: Assessing OperatingEfficiency of the USPS Facilities DepartmentMohammad M. Amini and Bryan Pease
1215 Selection of Input and Output Measures in Data
Envelopment Analysis of Large Indiana School
CorporationsConstance H. McLaren
DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION:
APPLICATION/SOLUTION1218 A Multitype Hierarchical Distribution System with
Multi-Level Distribution Centers
Choong Y. Lee
1221 A Discrete Optimization Model for Preserving
Biological DiversityFred W. Glover, Ching-Chung Kuo and Krishna S.
Dhir
1224 Modeling Considerations in the Application ofZero-One Goal Programming to the EquipmentSelection Problem: A Microcomputer SystemSelection Scenario
Timothy P. Garvin
TOPIC TABLE: OPTIMIZING METHODS
AND SIMULATION
1227 Improved Algorithms for Variants of the Generalized
Assignment Problem
Robert M. Nauss
1227 Simulation Modelingfor Long-Term Policy AnalysisMary-Margret Koball Little and Heather L. Koball
1227 An Algorithm for Bin-Packing Problem
Johnny C. Ho and Jatlnder N.D. Gupta
STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY
1228 Discriminant Power and Nonlinear ProgrammingApproachesBaichun Xiao
1231 RSM Strategiesfor the Optimization ofTransitory
SystemsRenato P. Panis, Ernest C. Houck and Raymond H.
Myers
1233 Reexamining the Normalization Issue in LP
Discriminant AnalysisDonna L. Retzlaff-Roberts
ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES FOR
DECISION MAKING: AHP AND MER
1236 Recent Results on the Maximum Efficiency Ratio
(MER) Model for Efficiency RankingMarvin D. Troutt, Aimao Zhang and M. Diane
Pettypool
1239 Preference Function Characterizations ofthe AHP
Hierarchic Composition Law
Marvin D. Troutt, Suresh K. Tadisina and Parag C.
Pendharkar
THE APPLICATION OF MANAGEMENT
SCIENCE
1242 The Intangible Benefits of Math ProgrammingJohn J. Lawrence
1245 A Multi-Criteria Model for a Renewable Warranty
ProgramJayprakash G. Patankar and Amitava Mitra
1248 Scheduling the Texas League with MultipleObjectivesRobert A. Russell
NONLINEAR AND STOCHASTIC
PROGRAMMING
1251 A Model for Planning Staffand Bed Requirementsin a Blood Bank
Kurt M. Bretthauer and Murray Cdt6
1254 A Stochastic Programming Modelfor Gas Supply
PlanningThomas W. Knowles
1257 A Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming Model for
Acquiring Advanced Technologies under Conditions
of Learning and ForgettingRoger J. Gagnon
ADVANCES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT
AND QUEUEING ANALYSIS
1260 Run Time Estimation for a Predefined Workload on
the AS/400
John A. Kaliski
1263 Simple Bounds on the Expected Project Duration in
PERT
Jerzy Kamburowski
1266 PERT Belief NetworksAll Jenzarli
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE METHODS IN
PRODUCTION PLANNING
1269 Mathematical Programming Approaches to Cell
Formation: A Survey and Assessment
Chao-Hsien Chu
1272 An Annealing Methodfor Production Planning in
FMS
Bharatendu Srivastava and Wun-Hwa Chen
MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE
DECISION-MAKING PROCEDURES
1275 A Two-Plwse Interactive Approachfor MultipleObjective Linear Programming Problems
Vahid Lotfi and Yong Seok Yoon
1278 An Alternative Tchebycheff Based Approach to
Interactive Multiple Objective Decision MakingGary R. Reeves and Kenneth R. MacLeod
GENETIC ALGORITHM APPLICATIONS
1280 A Survey of Genetic Algorithmic ApproachesforSolving Vehicle Routing ProblemsLawrence J. Schmitt II and Mohammad M. Amini
1283 Genetic and Branch and Bound Algorithms forAutomated Guided Vehicle Flow Path DesignKathryn W. Ernstberger and Munirpallam A.
Venkataramanan
1286 A Genetic Algorithmfor Discriminant AnalysisDaniel G. Conway, A. Victor Cabot and MunirpallamA. Venkataramanan
TOPIC TABLE: MATHEMATICAL
PROGRAMMING AND SOFTWARE
INTERFACE
1289 A Mathematical Programming Model to Assign
Visiting Students to Host Universities
Joo V.O. Lisboa and Mark A. McKnew
1289 An Application of Linear Programming in
SchedulingBangalore P. Lingaraj and Yunus Kathawala
1289 Use of Spreadsheet for Goal ProgrammingKala Chand Seal
1289 A Zero-One Goal Progamming Modelfor AssigningStudents to Project Teams
Ike C. Ehie and Marvin D. Troutt
1290 Microsoft Office: One Stop Shopping forIntroductory Quantitative Methods
William H. Rybolt and David P. Kopcso
STATISTICS, DECISION
ANALYSIS AND FORECASTING
NEURAL NETWORKS: INVITED PAPERS
1291 Model Selection Criteria: A Neural Network
ApproachA.R Venkatachalam and Jeffrey E. Sohl
1294 Determining the Saliency ofInput Variables in
Neural Network ClassifiersRavinder Nath, Balaji Rajagopalan and Randy Ryk
1297 NEURAL NETWORKS: STATISTICAL
APPLICATIONS OF NEURAL
NETWORKS
William E. Stein and Marietta J. Tretter
DESIGN AND LOSS FUNCTIONS
1298 Normal Prediction Under Linear-Quadratic Loss
Michael Cain
1301 Sequential Search Design and Analysis of3mFractional Factorial ExperimentsTimothy C. Krehbiel
1304 Optimal Control of a Process with Nonquadratic,
Nonsymmetric Cost Function—A Case StudyLawrence Magee and Helmut Schneider
HIERARCHICAL ANALYSIS
1307 Hierarchical Sensitivity AnalysisTerence Reilly
1310 On Rank Reversal and Relative Measurement in the
Hierarchy Process
Jeff Y. Zhang and Jlng Li
1313 AHP Using Chainwise Paired ComparisonsJang W, Ra
APPLIED STATISTICS
1316 City and Highway MPG Prediction Models (A Pilot
Study)Edward C, Larson, Kenneth A. Foster and Manfred
W. Hopfe
1318 17ie Two-Population Location Problem When
Nonnormal Populations Have Unequal Variances
Robert J. Pavur and Bill Brookshire
APPLICATIONS TO ECONOMICS AND
FINANCE
1321 Estimating the Regional Economic Impact of a
UniversityRajaram Gana
1324 An Empirical Evaluation of Interest-Rate,
Time-Series, and Combination Methods for InflationForecasts
Young H. Kim and Mesfin Bezuneh
1327 On the Accuracy of Time-Series MethodsforStock-Price Forecasts
Young H. Kim, Edward L. Davis and Fay D. Cobb
1330 WORKSHOP ON MAKING STATISTICS
MORE EFFECTIVE IN SCHOOLS OF
BUSINESS CONFERENCES
John D. McKenzie, Jr.
NEURAL NETWORKS
1331 The Use of Neural Networks and Combined
Forecasts in the Prediction of Portfolio Returns with
Differential Penalty Costs
Gerald Kohers, Terry R. Rakes and Loren P. Rees
1334 An Investigation ofClassical and Neural Network
Classifiersfor Gaussian and Non-Gaussian
Distributions
Balaji Rajagopalan, Nadesan S. Kumar, Ravindra
Krovi and Akhilesh Chandra
1337 Neural Network Model for College Student
Persistence Predictions
Kam Fui Lau, Seetharama L. Narasimhan and Shaw
K. Chen
TOPIC TABLE: TOPICS IN PROBABILITY
AND STATISTICS
1340 Untying the Gordian Knot: A Process of ProbabilityDistribution Selection
Fred W, Cooper, Susan A. Chesteen and Dan C.
Hailing
1340 A Statistic for Testing the Hypothesis ofRandomness in Sequential Selections with
ReplacementJames K. Fugate
1340 A Comparison Between the Trimmed and the
Untrimmed Mean Using Both Skeiued and
Symmetrical Distributions
Steven W. Lamb and C. Andrew Cooper
1340 A Stochastic Dominance Analysis of ConsumptionInterlinkage and Demand for Credit in a
Nonexpected Utility Maximization Model
Satyajit Ghosh
1341 Supporting Aversion Elicitation Under NegativeCriteria in the Analytic Hierarchy Process
Ido Millet
TOPIC TABLE: REGRESSION AND
FORECASTING
1342 Sinusoidal Modelfor Predicting Stock Prices
Vivek Shah and Mayur Mehta
1342 Approximating Tax-Adjusted Lost Income Awards:
A Regression ApproachCarol A. Markowski
1342 A Regression Model for Predicting Nonresidential
Construction Market Trends
Lisa A. Ferguson and Jerry L. Atwood
1342 Correlations and Time Lags Between Corn Futures
and Feeder Cattle Futures
Long-Geng Zhao and Calvin DeWitt
TIME SERIES FORECASTING
1343 An Evaluation of Subaggregate Time Series
Statistical Correlation for Aggregate Variable Time
Series Forecast StrategiesGene Fliedner
1346 Dynamic Diagnostics of Time Series ForecastingModel Using Phase Plane and Velocity DiagramTechniqueJyh-Homg Tarn and Muhammad A, Razi
1349 The Effects of Firm Size and Number of EarningsEstimates on the Accuracy of Combined Forecasts
Kamal M. El-Sheshat
TOPIC TABLE: QUALITY-RELATED ISSUES
1352 Using Statistical Analysis in Litigation: Health Care
Cost Containment
Michael A. Spinelli
1352 Managerial Efficiency and Experience: HowSuccession Affect Organizational PerformanceJohn L. Fizel and Michael P. DTtri
1352 Ri'sfc Assessment in New Product Development: ADecision Model to Evaluate Financial Variables
Peter W. Stonebraker
1352 Designing Measurement Studies with BudgetConstraints
George A. Marcoulides
1353 A Comparison ofForecasting Practices among JIT
and Non-JFT Purchasers
Joel D. Wisner and Linda L. Stanley
USING INFORMATION
1354 Constructing Subjective Probabilityfrom InformationM.R. Yilmaz
1357 Statistical Characterization of Input Processes in
Queueing SystemsHag-Min Kim and Stergios B. Fotopoulos
1360 The Value of Reliable InformationWilliam Remus, Marcus O'Connor and Kenneth
Griggs
TOPIC TABLE: NEURAL NETWORKS
1363 Analysis of Training Time, Learning Rate, and
Momentum in Developing a Back PropagationNeural Networkfor Discriminant Analysis
Kyungdoo T. Nam, Clive C Sanford and Victor R.
Prybutok
1363 Using Neural Networks as an Alternative to Linear
Regression Models in the Presence of an Outlier: A
Simulation StudyKyungdoo T. Nam and Victor R. Prybutok
1363 Combining Neural Netiuorks and Statistical
Predictions to Solve a Classification Problem
Ina S. Markham and Cliff T. Ragsdale
LOGISTIC, LINEAR PROBABILITY AND
DISCRIMINANT MODELS
1364 Balanced D-Optimum Designs for the Linear
Logistic Model
Joseph A. Scazzero
1367 Ridge Regression Estimation of the Linear
Probability Model
Rajaram Gana
1370 Evaluation ofAdaptive Discriminant Methods
Using a Balanced Error Criterion
Edward P. Markowski and Carol A. Markowski
1379 Explorations in Estimation Methodologies for a
Simplified Model of Residential Demandfor
Electricity with Systematically Varying Coefficients
Roger L. Burford and Susan M.L. Zee
TIME SERIES MODELS
1382 The Stochastic Hurdle Decision Rule
Douglas W. Mallenby
1385 Specification Error in Exponentially Weighted
Moving Average (EWMA) Models
Richard A. Toelle
1388 A Linear Approachfor Estimation ofARMA Models
Askar H. Choudhury
SAMPLING
1391 Identifying Data Generating Families of ProbabilityDensities: A Bootstrap Resampling ApproachLawrence R. Takeuchi, Peter A. Sharp and Ming-TungLee
1394 Bootstrap Approaches: Some Potential Problems
Howard R. Clayton
1397 Acceptance Sampling Can Play a Role
John Keith Ord
FORECASTING APPLICATIONS
1400 Forecasting Product Mix to Improve Inventory
ManagementArthur J. Adams
1403 Interval Analysis for Forecasting with Regional
Input-Output Models
Max E. Jerrell
1406 Tlte Effect of Forecast Precision on Inventory Review
Period
Timothy S. Vaughan
REGRESSION AND LINEAR MODELS
1409 GLIM and TaguchiSamuel X. Lowe
1412 A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Nonlinear Least
Squares Estimation
Alan D. Olinsky, Paul M. Mangiameli and Shaw K.
Chen
TOPIC TABLE: ACADEMIC ISSUES
1415 Content and Pedagogy of Business Statistics
Textbooks: The Past and the Future
Arthur J. Adams and Ronald E. Shiffler
1415 Statistical Analysis of Instructor's EffectivenessShad Dowlatshahi
1415 Publishing Management Science Manuscripts: An
Evaluation of Journal QualityJeremy B. Fox and Joan M- Donohue
1415 The Role Forecasting Education Should Play in
Business Schools
John E. Hanke
1416 Using a Spreadsheet to Compute the Fixed Vector
for a Markov Chain
David W. Pentico
ESTIMATION
1373 A Comparison ofSeveral Common Growth
Parameter Estimators
Jeffrey J. Green
1376 Evaluation of Preliminary Samples in ConfidenceInterval Estimation ofthe MeanNeil B. Marks
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