Dr. Jaya Singhal, Professor
Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Education
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Ph.D. in Business Administration, Department of Information Systems,
University of Arizona, May 1982. The department consistently ranks among the
top five in the nation.
M.Sc. in Physics, Marathwada University, India, 1974. First rank in the class.
B. Sc. in Physics, Marathwada University, India, 1972
Academic Experience
University of Baltimore, Merrick School of Business
Since Fall 1993: Full Professor
1989-93: Associate Professor
1983-89: Assistant Professor
Fall 1997: Coordinator of the Management Science Area
Marathwada University
December 1974 -- June 1975: Research Fellow. Worked on a project in nuclear
physics. The Atomic Energy Commission in India funded the project.
INSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITY
Courses Taught
Graduate
 Business Statistics
 Basic Economics
 E-commerce and Supply Chain Management
 Applied Management Science
Undergraduate
 Statistical Data Analysis
 Decision Sciences
OTHER ACTVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS RELATED TO
INSTRUCTION
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Basic Economics was outside my area, and I had to adopt the website prepared by
another colleague.
Developed websites for Statistical Data Analysis and Decision Sciences while
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teaching it at the same time. I am one of the two professors in the Merrick School
who developed website for a required undergraduate course without a stipend.
In both Spring and Fall 2003, I had to use the website prepared by another
colleague, and I made major changes.
In Spring 2001, I co-developed the E-Commerce and Supply Chain Management
course and its web version with a colleague.
OPRE 640 had to be adapted for CIA students.
Prepared learning objectives for OPRE courses for AACSB records.
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Journal Articles
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D - J. Singhal, K. Singhal (2007). "A Noniterative Algorithm for the LinearQuadratic Profit-Maximization Model for Smoothing Multiproduct Production,"
Forthcoming, INFORMS Journal on Computing.
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D - K. Singhal, J. Singhal, M. K. Starr (2007). "The Domain of Operations
Management and the Role of Elwood Buffa in its Delineation," Forthcoming,
Journal of Operations Management.
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D - J. Singhal, K. Singhal (2007). "Holt, Modigliani, Muth, and Simon's Work
and Its Role in Renaissance and Evolution of Operations." Forthcoming, Journal
of Operations Management.
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D – C. Buhman, S. Kekre, and J. Singhal (2005). "Interdisciplinary and
interorganizational Research: Establishing the Science of Enterprise Networks,"
Production and Operations Management, 14, 4, 493513.
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D - J. Singhal and K. Singhal (2002). "Supply Chains and Compatibility among
Components in Product Design", Journal of Operations Management, 20, 289302.
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D - J. Singhal (1998). "Optimal Design of a Two-Level Hierarchical
Transportation Network with a Different Unit Cost for Each Secondary Link,"
Decision Sciences, 29, 1, 87-103.
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D - A. Roth, A. Gray, J. Singhal, and K. Singhal (1997). "International
Technology and Operations Management: Resource Toolkit for Research and
Teaching," Production and Operations Management, 6, 2, 167-187.
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D - J. Singhal and K. Singhal (1996). "The Number of Feasible Designs in a
Compatibility Matrix," European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 94,
October 186-193.
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D - J. Singhal and K. Singhal (1996). "Alternate Approaches to Solving the Holt
et al. Model and to Performing Sensitivity Analysis," European Journal of
Operational Research, Vol. 91, May, 89-98.
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D - J. Singhal and J. Katz (1990). "A Branch-and-Fathom Algorithm for the Long
Range Process Design Problem," Management Science, 36, 4, 513-516.
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D - J. Singhal (1990). "Two-Level Hierarchical Transportation Networks: A New
Set of Problems and Practical Applications," Decision Sciences, 21, 1, 171-182.
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D - J. Singhal, R. Marsten, and T. Morin (1989). "Fixed Order Branch and Bound
Methods for Mixed Integer Programming: The ZOOM System," ORSA Journal
on Computing, 1,1, 44-51.
Singhal is also the lead author of the software ZOOM (zero-one optimization
methods) that accompanies this paper. ZOOM has been used by several thousand
organizations for successful applications. Some of the decisions involved
millions, and in some cases billions, of dollars. The users include World Bank,
General Motors, Lufthansa German Airlines, Rand Corporation, DOW USA,
Chemical Bank, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, American Express Company,
Universal Foods Corporation, Mitre Corporation, Weyerhauser Technology
Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Educational
Testing Service, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military Academy, Verizon,
Defense Logistics Agency, GTE Lab, and U.S. Center of Naval Analysis. It has
also been used for teaching. (For additional information, please see the appendix.
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D - J. Katz and J. Singhal (1988). "Structural Properties of the Compatibility
Matrix: The Existence of Mathematical Relationships," Information Systems and
Operational Research (INFOR), August 26, 3, 163-169.
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D - J. Singhal, K. Singhal and J. Weeks (1988). "Long Range Process Design and
Compatibility Among Operations," Management Science, 34, 5, 619-632,
Erratum to the paper: Vol. 34, p.1033.
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D - K. Singhal and J. Singhal (1986)."A Solution to the Holt et al. Model for
Aggregate Production Planning," OMEGA: The International Journal of
Management Science, 14, 6, 502-505.
Articles in Books
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D - J. Singhal, L. Fortuin, P. van Beek and L. V. Wassenhove (2001). "Industrial
Applications," in Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science
edited by Saul I. Gass and Carl M. Harris, Second Edition, Kluwer, Boston, pp.
385-391.
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D - J. Singhal, G. Bitran, and S. Dasu (2001). "Production Management." in
Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science edited by Saul I.
Gass and Carl M. Harris, Second Edition, Kluwer, Boston, Kluwer, Boston, 2001,
pp. 639-647.
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DP - R. Marsten and J. Singhal (1992). "GAMS/ZOOM,", a chapter in GAMS
(General Algebraic Modeling System): A User's Guide by A. Brooke, D.
Kendrick, and A. Meeraus, Scientific Press, Redwood City, California, pp. 225239.
Refereed Proceedings
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D - J. Singhal and K. Singhal (2004). "Theory and Computational Algorithm for
Solving a Multiproduct Aggregate Planning Problem, and a Framework for
Obtaining Managerial Insights," Proceedings, 35th Annual National Meeting,
Decision Science Institute, Boston, November 20-23, 2004, 1351-1356.
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D - J. Singhal (1995). "An Expert-Based Approach to Generating and Screening
Potentially Viable New Product Ideas," Proceedings of the Twenty Sixth Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Decision Sciences Institute, May 4-6, 1995, pp. 145-147.
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D - J. Singhal (1988). "The Morphological Method for Generating New Product
Ideas," Proceedings of the National Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute,
November 1988, pp. 723-725.
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D - J. Singhal (1988). "The Primary and Secondary Links in Transportation
Networks," Proceedings of the Annual Midwest Region Meeting of the Decision
Sciences Institute, p. 64, May 1988. D - K. Singhal and J. Singhal (1987).
"Discrete Optimal Control Approach to Solving the Multi-product Extension of
the Holt et al. Model," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Northeast
Region of The Decision Sciences Institute, April 1987, pp. 136-138.
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D - K. Singhal and J. Singhal (1985). "Technological Interaction and Feasible
Product Design Alternatives," Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the
Northeast Region of The American Institute of Decision Sciences, March 1985,
pp. 187-190.
Presentations without Proceedings
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D – "Elwood Buffa's Pioneering Contributions to the Evolution of Production and
Operations Management". (S. K. Gupta, J. Singhal, K. Singhal, M. K. Starr)
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research and
Management Sciences, Pittsburgh, November 4-7, 2006.
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D– "The Evolution of Production and Operations Management: The Role of
Elwood Buffa in Delineation of Its Domain" (M. K. Starr, K. Singhal, J. Singhal)
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Production and Operations Management
Society, Boston, April 28 – May 1, 2006.
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D - "An Efficient Algorithm for the Compatibility Matrix," (coauthor), Joint
National Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences and Operations
Research Society of America, Washington, DC, April 1988, abstract in the
bulletin.
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D - "Interactions Among Subsystems in Technological Forecasting," (K. Singhal
and J. Singhal), Joint National Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences
and Operations Research Society of America, Miami Beach, October 27-29, 1986,
abstract in the bulletin, p.155.
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D - "International Productivity: Adopting Measurement Criteria to the National
Context," (A. Aggarwal, J. Singhal, and K. Singhal), Annual Meeting of The
American Institute of Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, November 1985, abstract in
the proceedings.
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D - "On Solution of the Holt et al. Model for Aggregate Production Planning," (K.
Singhal and J. Singhal), Annual Meeting of The American Institute of Decision
Sciences, Las Vegas, November 1985, abstract in the proceedings.
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L - "Komar Auto Products," (S. K. Gupta, K. Singhal, and J. Singhal), presented
at the Case Research Workshop of the Annual Meeting of The American Institute
of Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, November 1985, abstract in the proceedings.
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D - "Alternate Production Plans with the Holt et al. Model," (K. Singhal and J.
Singhal), Joint National Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences and
Operations Research Society of America, Boston, April-May 1985. abstract in the
bulletin.
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D - "A Branch-and-Fathom Algorithm for Compatibility Matrices," (coauthor),
Joint National Meeting of Operations Research Society of America and The
Institute of Management Sciences, Dallas, November 1984, abstract in the
bulletin.
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D - "Minimization of Length of Road Network Connecting Several Points,"
(coauthor), Joint National Meeting of Operations Research Society of America
and The Institute of Management Sciences, OrlandoNovember 1983, abstract in
the bulletin.
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D - "New Results in Fixed Order Branch-and-Bound Methods," (coauthor), Joint
National Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences and Operations
Research Society of America, Houston, October 1981, abstract in the bulletin.
Other Publications
Software for Teaching
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L - GAMS/ZOOM: Student Version (coauthor), The Scientific Press, 1992. It has
been used for teaching at several leading schools, including Stanford and
Wharton.
Application Software
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P - GAMS/ZOOM: Release 2.25 (coauthor), Mainframe Version, The Scientific
Press, 1992.
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L - GAMS/ZOOM: Release 2.25 (coauthor), PC Version, The Scientific Press,
1992. GAMS/ZOOM is an adaptation of ZOOM to work with GAMS, a high
level language developed by A. Meeraus and A. Brooke of the World Bank.
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D - COMMAND (Compatibility Matrix and Design), University of Baltimore,
Baltimore, Maryland, March 1992. COMMAND identifies feasible designs of a
system (product, process, project, or project portfolio) given the alternatives of
each subsystem (product components, process operations, project activities, or
projects in the portfolio) and the compatibility relationships among subsystems.
Editorial Roles
Executive Editor, Production and Operations Management, the flagship journal of the
Production and Operations Management Society, since 1996. The journal is one of the 24
premier journal Business Week uses to rank business schools. It is also one of the 24
journals the University of Texas at Dallas uses to rank business schools.
Co-founder and Co-Editor-in-Chief, POMS Series in Technology and Operations
Management, a series of hardcover books. The first volume, Global Supply Chain and
Technology Management, cosponsored by Hong Kong UST Stanford University, was
published in 1998. The second volume, Teaching Supply Chain Management,
cosponsored by Dartmouth and Vanderbilt, was published in 2000.
Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Operations Management, 1994-1998. It is
also one of the 24 journals the University of Texas at Dallas uses to rank business
schools.
Projects involving Collaboration with or mentoring of Colleagues
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Innovations in one country always benefit all other countries under Ricardian free
trade.
COMMAND Software: A Prescribed Reduction Mechanism for the
Morphological Method of Product Design."
Identification of feasible sets of project portfolios from pair of mutually exclusive
projects.
Identification of tenable hypotheses for a system from the tenable hypotheses for
its subsystems and interrelationships between hypotheses of pairs of subsystems.
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The impact of the Holt, Modigliani, Muth, and Simon model on production and
employment smoothing.
The golden age of operations research: A historical perspective, pervasiveness of
applications, and promise for the future.
Technological forecasting and compatibility of subsystems.
Incorporating the value of the customer's time in waiting line models.
Incorporating supplier costs in production and employment smoothing models.
Work in Progress
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Innovations in one country always benefit all other countries under Ricardian free
trade.
Identification of feasible sets of project portfolios from pair of mutually exclusive
projects.
Identification of tenable hypotheses for a system from the tenable hypotheses for
its subsystems and interrelationships between hypotheses of pairs of subsystems.
The impact of the Holt, Modigliani, Muth, and Simon model on production and
employment smoothing.
Technological forecasting and compatibility of subsystems.
Incorporating the value of the customer's time in waiting line models.
Grants and Contracts
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Two grants from the National Science Foundation
Two grants from the US Department of Education through the Center for
International Business Education and Research at the University of Maryland.
Four grants from the University of Baltimore Educational Foundation.
Two grants from Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
Several grants from the University of Baltimore Education Foundation.
Several external grants to buyout classes to work on journals.
SERVICE
Professional Association Participation
 Member, Website and Publicity committee for Production and Operations
Management, (2002-2006). One of the tasks for the committee was to create an
online version of the past and current issues of the journal.
University Service
CLA-MSB Ethics Committee, 2004-05.
Merrick School of Business
 Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2003-04, 2005-06, and 2006-07.
 Personnel Committee: Member, 2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03: Chair (from
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beginning of the academic year to middle of October 2001). As the chair, I had to
get a several issues resolved since the applicants for promotion also included the
Dean; Chair of the Division of Finance, Economics, and Management Science;
and the Chair of the Accounting Division. I worked with the Faculty Senate
President, Provost, and the committee. I also worked with the candidates to
provide them with the guidelines, collect and distribute their resumes and other
submissions, and respond to their concerns/questions.
Students' Issues Committee 2001-02 and 2002-03.
Division Curriculum Committee 2001-02, 2002-03.
Attended open houses, community colleges teachers' meeting, faculty senate
meetings, Dean's meetings for AACSB, numerous discussions on curriculum, and
so forth, 1999-2004.
LANGUAGES
English and Hindi
AREAS OF INTEREST
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Teaching: Management science, operations research, e-commerce, and supply
chain management.
Research: Multi-product production planning, waiting lines, and the impact of
operations research on business.
APPENDIX: THE PAPER IN THE ORSA JOURNAL ON COMPUTING
AND THE SOFTWARE, ZOOM (Zero-One Optimization Methods)
Dr. Singhal's software ZOOM (zero-one optimization methods) that accompanies her
paper in the ORSA Journal on Computing has been used by several thousand
organizations for successful applications as a stand alone system or as a part of other
packages. Some of the decisions involved millions, and in some cases billions, of dollars.
ZOOM, has been used for teaching and Ph.D. dissertation research at a number of
universities, including Carnegie Mellon, Minnesota, Princeton, Purdue, Stanford, and the
Wharton.
Real world applications: ZOOM has been used for solving large scale mixed integer
programming problems, some involving hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars,
by many corporations and the agencies of the federal government. They include World
Bank, General Motors, Lufthansa German Airlines, Rand Corporation, DOW USA,
Chemical Bank, Martin Marietta Energy Systems, American Express Company,
Universal Foods Corporation, Mitre Corporation, Weyerhauser Technology Center,
Brookhaven National Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey, Educational Testing Service,
U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military Academy, Bell Atlantic Company, Defense
Logistics Agency, GTE Lab, and U.S. Center of Naval Analysis.
Decision support systems using ZOOM: ZOOM has been an integral part of the
following user oriented decision support systems: IFPS/OPTIMUM distributed by
Execucom, MAINPLAN (Maintenance Planning) distributed by Energy Management
Associates, BONDOPS distributed by BARRA, HYDROMAX distributed by
Environmental Research & Technology, and GAMS/ZOOM published by the Scientific
Press. GAMS/ZOOM, an adaptation of ZOOM, uses a high level language for
formulating models that are easily read by modelers and computers alike, easily
modified, and easily moved from one computer environment to another.
ZOOM as a research tool for other scholars: ZOOM has been, and remains, the only
general-purpose mixed integer optimizer for which the source code has been made
available to researchers. As such it has been of great use to Ph.D. students in business and
engineering. Many scholars all over the world are also using her work, including the
software, for further research. They include Bernhard Korce, University of Bonn, West
Germany; Martin Grotschel, University of Augsburg, West Germany; Yoshiko
Wakabayashi, University of Saopsulo, Brazil; Jaume Barcelo, University of Barcelona,
Spain; and many others in the United States at Stanford, Princeton, Minnesota, Wharton
School, Purdue, and Carnegie Mellon.