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

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[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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