April

2018

Best Paper Awards

These papers were chosen in the following categories by the Best Paper Awards Committee. The awards were presented during the WDSI 2018 Business Luncheon at noon on April 6, 2018, on the last day of our conference.
Application Paper Category

"Modeling Driver Behavior and Learning in Dilemma Zone Using an Adaptive Driving Simulator Design" by Sahar H. Machiani (San Diego State University), Montasir Abbas (Virginia Tech), and Kale Balfour-Kawasaki (San Diego State University).


Empirical Paper Category

"Investor Response to Jumps in Mutual Fund Returns" by Michael J. Gibbs (California State University Long Beach), Andrew A. Lynch (University of Mississippi), and K. Pukthuanthong (University of Missouri)


Theoretical Paper Category

"The generalized node-capacitated maximum flow problem" by Cenk Caliskan (Utah Valley University)


Best Graduate Student Paper Category

"A Multi-Objective Bilevel Optimization Model for the Relocation of Integrated Air Defense System Assets" by Aaron M. Lessin (Air Force Institute of Technology), Brian J. Lunday (Air Force Institute of Technology)


To all these awardees, our heartfelt congratulations. On behalf of the WDSI Board, we take this opportunity to thank the selection committee:

  • Mahyar Amouzegar, The University of New Orleans
  • John Davies, Victoria Business School Orauariki, New Zealand
  • Nafi Heiat, Montana State University – Billings
  • Bruce Raymond, Colorado State University - Pueblo

Best Junior Faculty Awards

A check of $500 and a certificate of recognition were presented to the above three awardees by WDSI Treasurer, Professor Sheldon Smith of Utah Valley University, during the WDSI 2018 business luncheon at noon on April 6, 2018.

The governing board of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) has approved funding for a number of $500 awards to support junior faculty (tenure-track faculty) to attend the 2018 WDSI annual meeting.

We are delighted to announce the five winners of these awards:

  • GALIA NOVAKOVA OF SOFIA UNIVERSITY
  • ZHENG YANG OF CSU DOMINGUEZ HILLS
  • SPYRIDON SAMONAS OF CSU LONG BEACH


To all these awardees, our heartfelt congratulations. On behalf of the WDSI Board, we take this opportunity to thank the selection committee for the thorough work that they have done, which was comprised of

  • Mahyar Amouzegar, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Freeport McMoRan Distinguished Professor of Logistics, The University of New Orleans,
  • John Bell, Professor, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, University of Tennessee,
  • Debbie Gilliard, Chair, Department of Management, Metropolitan State University of Denver.