Research

Dr. John Affisco has been an active researcher in a number of different fields. Among these are inventory modelling, information systems and technology, environmental issues in operations, and simulation/gaming. A selection of some of his published work in each of thes areas includes:

Inventory Modelling

"Setup Cost Reduction in a Two Stage System with Power Investment Function," Paknejad, M.J., Nasri, F., & Affisco, J. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Vol. 43, No. 3 (1996), pp. 389-401.

Defective Units in Continuous-Review (s,Q) System," Paknejad, M.J., Nasri, F., & Affisco, J.F. International Journal of Production Research, Vol.33, No. 10 (October 1995), pp. 2767-2777.

"A Comparison of Joint Vendor-Purchaser Lot-Sizing Models," Affisco, J.F., Paknejad, M.J., & Nasri, F. International Journal of Production Research, Vol.31, No. 11 (Nov. 1993), pp. 2661-2676.

"Reducing Lot Sizes - Analytical Results and Techniques for Implementation," Affisco, J.F., Nasri, F., & Paknejad, M.J. In C. Madu (Ed.) Management of New Technologies for Global Competition, Quorum Books, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993.

"Lead Time Variability Reduction in the Stochastic Lot Size Model," Paknejad, M.J, Nasri, F., & Affisco, J. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 62, No.3 (Nov. 1992), pp. 311-322.

Information Systems and Technology

"Task and Technology Fit: A Comparison of Two Technologies for Synchronous and Asynchronous Group Communication," Shirani, A., Tafti, M., & Affisco, J. Information and Management, Vol. 36, No. 3 (September 1999), pp. 139-150.

"Expert Decision Systems: A Cybernetic Systems Model," Affisco, J.F. & Chandra, M. SCIMA: Journal of Management Science and Applied Cybernetics, 25 (1998), pp. 107-119.

"Quality Assurance and Expert Systems," Affisco, J.F. and Chandra, M. In C. Madu (Ed.) Management of New Technologies for Global Competition, Quorom Books, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1993.

"Quality Engineering and Expert Systems," Affisco, J.F. & Chandra, M., Quality Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 4 (1991), pp. 433-453.

"Expert Systems and Quality Assurance - A Framework and Conceptual Model," Affisco, J.F. & Chandra, M., Expert Systems with Applications, Vol. 1, No. 2 (1990), 147-153.

Environment and Operations

"ISO 14000 and Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing," Affisco, J.F. In Madu, C.N. (Ed.) Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 2001.

"TQEM-Methods for Continuous Environmental Improvement," Affisco, J.F. In Madu, C.N. (Ed.) Handbook of Total Quality Management, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 1998.

"Identifying Environmental Aspects - An Experiential Exercise," Affisco, J.F. 1998 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, 40-42.

"Environmental Versus Quality Standards-An Overview and Comparison," Affisco, J.F., Nasri, F., & Paknejad, J. International Journal of Quality Science, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1997), pp. 5-23.

"ISO 9000 and the Baldrige Award vs ISO/CD 14000 - A Comparison of Quality and Environmental Standards," Affisco, J., Nasri, F. & Paknejad, M.J. 1996 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, 502-504.

"Environmental Management and the Operations Management Course: A Framework," Affisco, J. 1995 Northeast Decision Sciences Institute Proceedings, 58-60. Winner of the Robert W. Pearson - P-W Industries Best Paper Award for Education in the Decision Sciences.

SImulation/Gaming

"My Experiences with Simulation/Gaming - Five Years Further Down the Road," Affisco, J.F. Invited Paper - Simulation and Gaming - An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research, Vol. 30, No. 1 (March 2000), pp. 60-65.

"My Experiences with Simulation/Gaming," Affisco, J.F. Invited Paper - Simulation and Gaming-An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research, Vol. 25, No. 2 (June 1994), pp. 167-172.

"An Empirical Investigation of Integrated Multicriteria Group Decision Models in a Simulation/Gaming Context," Affisco, J. & Chanin, M., Simulation and Gaming-An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research, Vol. 21, No.1 (1990), pp. 27-47. Note: An abstract of this paper was selected for inclusion in Sociological Abstracts.