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Ping Wang

Associate Professor of Computer Information Systems and Business Analytics 

Started at JMU: August 1993

Office: 222 Zane Showker Hall
Phone: 540-568-3055
Fax: 540-568-3273
Email: mailto:wangpx@jmu.edu
Mailing Address: JMU, College of Business, MSC 0202, Harrisonburg, VA 22807

 

Education:
Ph.D., Management Science and Information Technology, The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Athens, Georgia, 12/1992.
M.B.A., Appalachian State University, Walker College of Business, Boone, North Carolina, December 1996
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, People's Republic of China, February 1982

Professional Interests:
Classification problems, international education

Current Courses Taught:
Quantitative Methods and Business Statistics

Courses Taught
Operations Planning/Control (Senior level)
Operations Management (MBA level)
Problems in Operations Management
Production/Operations Management (Junior level)
Total Quality Management (Junior and Senior level)
Introduction to Computers and Information Technology in Business (Sophomore level)

Awards/Recognitions:
Kenneth R. Bartee Endowed Award for Teaching Innovation, College of Business, 2006
The Provost Award for Excellence in International Education, May 2006

Key Publications:

  1. Momiao Xiong, Jun Wang and Ping Wang, Differential-algebraic approach to linear
    programming, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, Vol. 114, No. 2, August 2002, pp.443-470,.
  2. Susan W. Palocsay, Ping Wang and Robert G. Brookshire. Predicting Criminal Recidivism Using Neural Networks,  Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, The International Journal of Public Sector Decision Making, 2000, Vol. 34, Issue 4, pages 271-284.
  3. Procedures to Improve the House List Segment Tests,Journal of Direct Marketing, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 1996, 24-35, Ping Wang and Joanna R. Baker
  4. A New Way to Estimate Orders of Time Series, Journal of Time Series Analysis, United Kingdom, Vol. 15, No.5, September 1994, 545-559, by Huming Zhang and Ping Wang