Scott Stevens

Professor of Computer Information Systems and Management Science 

Office: 229 Zane Showker Hall
Phone: 540-568-3060
Fax: 540-568-3273
Email: mailto:stevensp@jmu.edu
Mailing Address: JMU, College of Business, MSC 0202, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

Webpage

cob.jmu.edu/stevensp

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, December, 1987

    Dissertation:  Group-Action Graphs and Ramsey Graph Theory:  Investigating the Ramsey Numbers R(K1,n,     Kk,m) and R(K1,n, Bk,m).

    Dissertation Advisors:  Dr. Torrence D. Parson and Dr. George E. Andrews

    Primary Fields:  Combinatorics, Graph Theory, Neural Networks

    Secondary Fields:  Algebra, Topology, Number Theory, Analysis 

B.S., Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1979

B.S., Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, 1979

Interests

Graph theory, combinatorics, game theory, statistics, and quantum mechanics.

Current Courses Taught

Quantitative Methods, Operations Research, Statistics (univariate and multivariate), Game Theory,

Analytical Methods II (Newtonian Physics and Calculus)

Key Publications

“Games People Play: Game Theory in Life, Business, and Beyond”.  24-part series on  game theory for the Teaching Company, 2008.

"A Study of the Effectiveness of Web-Based Homework in Teaching Undergraduate Business Statistics" by Scott P. Stevens and Susan W. Palocsay, Decision Science Journal of Innovative Education, accepted, to appear.

"Does Private School Competition Harm Public Schools?  Revisiting Smith and Meier's The Case Against School Choice", with R. Maranto and S. Milliman,  Political Research Quarterly, March 2000.

“An Optimization Model for Planning Natural Gas Purchases, Transportation, Storage, and Deliverability”, with Bopp, A, Kannan, V.,  and Palocsay,  S.:  Omega, International Journal of Management Science 24(5) (1996).

"Using Neural Networks for Trauma Outcome Evaluation", with R. Brookshire, S. Palocsay, W. Sacco, W. Copes, R. Buckman, and J. Smith, European Journal of Operations Research (93)2, Special Issue on Neural Networks, 1996.

"Ramsey Numbers for Stars Versus Complete Multipartite Graphs", Congressus Numerantium 73 (1990).



 

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