Professor Emeritus, College of Business, SJSU
Ph.D., M.B.A., M.S.E., M.A., University of Pennsylvania, combined program with business and engineering. B.A., Utah State. Formerly Vice President of Technology Research Group for McGraw-Hill, Manager of Planning for WCBS-TV, Systems Analyst for the City of Philadelphia, Assistant Professor of Business at Drexel University. Research project at: Deer Friendly
Research
"Problematic White-Tailed Deer Information in Rochlinet al. (2022) Regarding Past and Future Tick (Amblyommaamericanum, Acari: Ixodidae) Distributions." (2022). Journal of Medical Entomology. July.
"The Origin of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD): Results from a text mining project" Video presentation to the 2022 Western Section of the Wildlife Society. Interview with BBC (2023). Episode 10 "Zombie Deer" in the Program "The Cows Are Mad"
"Text mining to identify the origin of chronic wasting disease," [PDF] (2021). Issues in Information Systems. 22(3), pp. 184-196.
"Price and Performance Trends for Cellular Trail Cameras Explained with a Time Trend, Google Keyword Trends, and a Use Case of Suburban Deer Management," [PDF] (2020). Issues in Information Systems. 21(2), pp. 196 - 205.
"Factors Related to Larger but Fewer Wildfires and Fewer Deer in California: A Google Sites Knowledge Base," [PDF] (2019). Issues in Information Systems. 20(1), pp. 22 - 31.
"The Strong Correlation Between Declining California Deer Harvests and Declining Timber Removed," presentation to the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, February, 2019.
"Searching the Internet to Estimate Deer Population Trends in the U.S., California, and Connecticut" [PDF] (2018). Issues in Information Systems. 19(2), pp. 163 - 173.
"Information Acquisition and Decision Support for Suburban Deer Management" (2017). Issues in Information Systems. 18(2), pp. 158-170
"Decision Support for Suburban Deer Management," presentation to the International Urban Wildlife Conference, San Diego, June, 2017.
"Public Management Decisions Related to the Decline of California Deer Populations: A Comparative Management Approach" (2016). Environment and Ecology Research Vol. 4(2), pp. 63 - 73 DOI: 10.13189/eer.2016.040203
"Internet Search Engine Capture Success Rates and Mortality Statistics for Hyperlinks to Public News Articles" (2016) Issues in Information Systems. Volume 17, Issue II, pp. 25-33
“Internet Survey of Urban Deer Management Strategies” presentation to the International Urban Wildlife Conference, Chicago, May, 2015
“Comparative Analysis of State Deer Management Strategies” presentation to the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, January, 2015
Deer Management Interview on Bloomington, Indiana, radio
“Results of Environmental Scanning Applied to the Design of a Deer Management Decision Support System (DSS) for the United States and California” [PDF] (2014) Issues in Information Systems. Volume 15, Issue 2. pp. 77-88
“Trends in Deer Harvest, Population, Management, and Citizen Participation” presentation to the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, January, 2014
“Deer Herd Management Using the Internet: A Comparative Study of California Targeted by Data Mining the Internet” [PDF] (2013). Issues in Information Systems. Volume 14, Issue 2. pp. 156-165
“Deer Management Research Using the Internet: Analysis of Deer-Vehicle Collisions and a Survey of Current Deer Management Issues” presentation to the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, January, 2013
"Predicting Risk of Deer-Vehicle Collisions Using a Social Media-Based Geographic Information System" [PDF] (2012). Issues in Information Systems. Volume 13, Issue 2. pp. 170-181.
“Internet Survey of Current Deer Management Issues” presentation to the Western Section of the Wildlife Society, February, 2012.
“Designing and Building a Knowledge Warehouse Oriented, Public Decision Support Site Using Free Google Tools: An Analysis and Case Application to Deer Management” [PDF] (2011). Issues in Information Systems. Volume XII, No. 1. pp. 280-290.
“A Case-Based Decision Analysis of Urban Deer Management Strategies,” presentation to the 2011 International Wildlife Management and Planning Conference.
“Extrapolating the Price to Performance Frontier for Computer System Components: Processing, Storage, Memory, and Network Interface,” [PDF] (2011). The Business Review, Cambridge. vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 28 - 34.
“Social Management Networks: Analysis of Postings in Facebook Groups Related to Wildlife Management and Prospects for Data Collection,” (2010). Issues in Information Systems.Volume XI, No. 1, pp. 473 – 482.
“Survey of wildlife management science decision making objectives and methods,” presentation to the Wildlife Society 17th Annual Conference (2010).
“Internet Search Statistics As a Source of Business Intelligence: Searches on Foreclosure as an Estimate of Actual Home Foreclosures,” [PDF] (2009) .Issues in Information Systems.Volume X, No. 2, pp. 82 - 87
“Forecasting U.S. Home Foreclosures with an Index of Internet Keyword Searches” Value Creation in E-Business Management. Editors: Matthew L. Nelson, Michael J. Shaw and Troy J. Strader. 15th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2009, SIGeBIZ track. Selected Papers (36). pp. 196-203.
“Using Google Keyword Statistics to Explain Changes in Traffic to Internet Sites Related to Global Environmental Management,” Issues in Information Systems (2008), Volume IX, No. 2, pp. 111 - 116
“Extrapolating Trends in Distributed System Costs: The Future of Distributed Graphic Computing”, paper presented to 4th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society (2008).
“Analysis of Web Pages and Metrics Related to Global Environmental Management”, Issues in Information Systems (2007), Volume VIII, No. 2, pp. 7-13
“Risk Adjustment for Decision Analysis: Decision Trees, NPV, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model”, Proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2007), Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 1735-1741
“The Market for IS and MIS Skills and Knowledge: Analysis of On-Line Job Postings”, Issues in Information Systems 7(1) (2006). pp. 253 - 258.
“An Estimate of Demand for MIS Skills”, proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute (2005), pp. 14821 – 14829.
“Using an Online Virtual Server to Simulate Network Administration”, Issues in Information Systems 6(1) (2005). pp. 135 - 141
“Stock Market Data as an Input to the Enterprise Resources Planning Forecast”, proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (2005).
“Predicting Processor Performance”, Issues in Information Systems, 5(1) (2004). pp. 340 – 346.
“Interconnection Strategies for Single-Board Computers”, proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (2004).
“Optimal Sampling for Systems Integration: A Case Study”, proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (2004).
“A Rule Based Forecast of Hard Disk Drive Costs”, Issues in Information Systems, 4(1) (2003). pp. 337 - 343.
“Faster Ethernet and the ATM Market Boundary”, Issues in Information Systems, 3(2002), pp. 639 - 645.
“Estimating Storage Costs for Computer Network Design”, presented at INFORMS, 2002.
"From E-Business into the O-Zone: Development of Optical Networks", Issues in Information Systems, 2(2001), pp. 474 - 479.
"Evaluating Deployment of Virtual Private Networks", abstract in proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2001.
"Database Cost-Benefit Analysis: The Case of Quality Control for a Computer Manufacturer", proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, 2001
"Selecting the Transmission Architecture for Backbone Networks," proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering, 2000.
"Location of Network Components," Issues in Information Systems, 1(2000), pp. 446-452.
"Distance Routing Algorithms," presented at INFORMS, 2000.
"Choosing the Display for Distributed Interactive Systems," proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 2000.
"Decision Analysis of Design Choice: The LAN Data Layer," proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 2000.
"Cost Estimating for Distributed System Design," presented at INFORMS, 1999.
"Building a Strategic Decision Support System for the Printed Circuit Market", proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1999.
"Batch or Real-Time: User Preferences for Training Over the Internet", proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1999.
"Client Preference for Synchronous versus Asynchronous Training", proceedings of the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 1999.
"Integrating Client Analysis into the Systems Design Process", paper presented at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences, 1999
"Software Productivity: The Promise of Objects", paper presented at Western Economics Association, 1998.
"Economics of Local Area Network Design," paper presented at Fifth Annual Conference on Telecommunications Modeling, 1998.
"Product Development and Price Trends for Local Area Network Components," proceedings of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1997
"Estimating Customer Satisfaction with Hotel Service", proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1997
"Designing a Customer Satisfaction Database", paper presented at INFORMS, 1997.
"A Cost Model of Network Computing", paper presented at Western Economics Association, 1997.
"Price Trends and Product Life Cycles for Fiber Optic Components", Technovation, 16(3)(1996)pp 133-141.
"Empirical Tests of Exchange Rate Theories: Yen to Dollars," proceedings of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1996.
"Technological Basis for the Integrated Circuit Price Path", proceedings of the International Conference on the Management of Technology, 1996
"Local Area Network Design" paper presented at the Western Economics Association, 1996.
"A Financial Model of Cable Television with a Simulation Analysis of the 1993 Rate Regulations", Telecommunications Systems, 4(1995). pp. 217 -239.
"Decision Analysis of Pricing Strategy: The Case of Cable Television", proceedings of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1995.
"Quantitative Techniques Used by Practicing Operations Research Analysts", proceedings of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1995.
"Forecasting Demand for Electronic Components", paper presented at the 15th International Symposium on Forecasting, 1995.
"Analysis of the 1994 Cable Rate Regulations", paper presented to Western Economics Association, 1995.
"Optimal Pricing of Telecommunications Services", paper presented to conference on Telecommunications Modeling sponsored by INFORMS, 1995.
"Electronics Industry Model: A Report on Two Decades of Implementation", International Journal of Forecasting. 10(1994) pp. 583-596.
"Integrated Circuit Pricing", the Journal of High Technology Management Research, 5(1994) pp. 247-260.
"Trends in Stock Prices: The Case of a Computer Company", proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1994.
"Multimedia: Producing an Inexpensive and Reliable Computer Demonstration," proceedings of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1994.
"A Cable Television Financial Model with Analysis of the 1993 Rate Regulations", proceedings of the Third International Conference on Telecommunications Systems Modeling, 1994.
"Life Cycles for Fiber Optic Components," proceedings of International Conference on Management of Technology, 1994.
"Dollars to Deutsche Marks as Explained by Inflation, Interest Rates, Trade Balance, Gold, and a Trend", proceeding of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1993.
"Estimating Delivery Times in Scheduling Truck Transport," proceeding of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1993.
"Regulating Cable Television", paper presented to Western Economics Association, 1993.
"A Financial Analysis of Corporate Investment in New Technology: Electronic News Gathering", proceedings of Western Decision Sciences Institute, 1992.
"Survey versus Cross Section Methods for Estimating Demand", paper presented to ORSA/TIMS conference, 1992.
"Electronic Component Price Model," paper presented to ORSA/TIMS conference, 1992.
Economics of Cable Television (Lexington Books, 1983).