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Oklahoma State University

RICK WILSON

RICK WILSON

Department of Management Science & Information Systems
Dan and Tiffany Howard MBA Faculty Fellow
W. Paul Miller Professorship in Business Administration
Professor

449A BUSINESS BLDG.
STILLWATER, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-3551

rick.wilson@okstate.edu

Education

  • Ph D, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Management Information Systems, 1990
  • MS, Creighton University, Computer Systems Management, 1987
  • BS, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Computer Science/Engineering, 1983

Publications

  • Carol Johnson and Rick Wilson. "Practice Summary: A Multi-Objective Assignment Model for Optimal Socially Distanced Classrooms for the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University". INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics .
  • Rick Wilson. (2020). "College Football Overtime Outcomes: Implications for In-game Decision Making". Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence: AI in Business. (3), 61, 6.
  • C.M. Fuller, D.P. Twitchell, David Biros, and Rick Wilson. (2015). "Real-World Deception and the Impact of Severity". Journal of Computer Information Systems. (55), 2, 59-67.
  • Rick Wilson. (2012). "Solving the Solver: A Practical Introduction to the Use of Management Science in Business Through Spreadsheets". Green River Technologies.
  • Rick Wilson. (2011). "American Football: Rules and Research". Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science.
  • Rick Wilson. (2011). "Impact of Class Selection Reasons On On-LIne Student Performance: An Operations Management Case Study". International Journal of Management in Education.
  • H Koch, C Van Slyke, R Watson, Rick Wilson, and J Wells. (2010). "Best Practices for Increasing IS Enrollment: A Program Perspective". Communications of the AIS. (26), 22,
  • Christie Fuller, David Biros, and Rick Wilson. (2009). "Decision Support for Determining Veracity via Linguistic Based Cues". Decision Support Systems. (46), 695-703.
  • G. Kannabirian, Ramesh Sharda, A. Gupta, and Rick Wilson. (2009). "Predictors of Effective IS Strategy Implementation: A Longitudinal Study of Indian Organizations". Asia-Pacific Business Review. (V), 2, 3-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097324700900500201.
  • Christie Fuller and Rick Wilson. (2008). ""Extracting Knowledge From Neural Networks," in Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications". IDEA Group Publishing. 748-757.
  • Christie Fuller and Rick Wilson. (2008). "Assessing Extracted Knowledge from Classifier Neural Networks: An Exploratory Empirical Study". International Journal of Management and Decision Making. (8), 1, 62-74.
  • M. Al-Ahmadi, P. Rosen, and Rick Wilson. (2008). "Data Mining Performance on Perturbed Databases: Important Influences on Classification Accuracy". International Journal of Information and Computer Security. (2), 1, 71-85.
  • Rick Wilson, Peter Rosen, and M. Al-Ahmadi. (2008). "Knowledge Structure and Data Mining Techniques". Data Warehousing and Mining: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications.
  • Rick Wilson, P. Rosen, and M. Al-Ahmadi. (2008). "Knowledge Structure and Data Mining Techniques". Knowledge Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. 874-885.
  • Rick Wilson and P. Rosen. (2008). "Protecting Data through Perturbation: The Impact on Knowledge Discovery in Databases". Information Security and Ethics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications. 1550-1561.
  • P. Rosen and Rick Wilson. (2007). "An Analysis of the Defense First Strategy in College Football Overtime Games". Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports. (3), 2,
  • Christie Fuller and Rick Wilson. (2006). ""Extracting Knowledge From Neural Networks," in Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management". IDEA Group Publishing. 188-196.
  • Rick Wilson, P. Rosen, and M. Al-Ahmadi. (2006). "Knowledge Discovery in Database Secured via Perturbation Techniques". Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management. 787-794.
  • Rick Wilson, P. Rosen, and M. Al-Ahmadi. (2006). "Knowledge Structure: Understanding Why Data Mining Techniques Perform Differently". Encyclopedia of Knowledge Management. 523-529.
  • Rick Wilson. (2005). "Validating a Division I-A College Football Season Simulation System". Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference.
  • Rick Wilson and P. Rosen. (2005). ""Databases, Security, Accuracy and Knowledge Discovery: An Update," in Recent Advances in Database Management". Hershey, PA: IGI Press. (4), Ch. 3,
  • Christie Fuller and Rick Wilson. (2005). "Comparing Methods to Extract the Knowledge From Neural Networks". Proceedings of the Eleventh Americas Conference on Information Systems.
  • Rick Wilson and P. Rosen. (2003). "Protecting Data through Perturbation: The Impact on Knowledge Discovery in Databases". Journal of Database Management. (14), 2, 14-26.
  • Rick Wilson and P. Rosen. (2002). "The Impact of Data Perturbation Techniques on Data Mining Accuracy". Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute.
  • Ramesh Sharda, C. Shuffield, and Rick Wilson. (1998). "Telecommunications Management". OR/MS Today. (25), 5,
  • Rick Wilson and Ramesh Sharda. (1997). "Business Failure Prediction Using Neural Networks". Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Marcel Dekker, Inc.. (37), 22, 193-204.
  • Ramesh Sharda and Rick Wilson. (1996). "Neural Network Experiments in Business Failures Prediction: A Review of Predictive Performance Issues". International Journal of Computational Intelligence and Organizations. (1), 2, 107-117.
  • Rick Wilson and Ramesh Sharda. (1994). "Bankruptcy Prediction Using Neural Networks". Decision Support Systems, Elsevier. (11), 545-557. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0167-9236(94)90024-8.
  • Rick Wilson and Ramesh Sharda. (1993). "Knowledge Acquisition in Expert Systems and Neural Networks: The Case of Packer Selection in Oil Well Design". Neural Networks in Design and Manufacturing, World Scientific Pub Co Inc . 121-133. ISBN:981-02-1281-X.
  • Rick Wilson and Ramesh Sharda. (1993). "Performance Comparison Issues in Neural Network Experiments for Classification Problems". Proceedings of the 26th Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.1993.284245.
  • Rick Wilson and Ramesh Sharda. (1992). "Neural Networks". OR/MS Today. (19), 4, 36-42.
  • Rick Wilson, Ramesh Sharda, and M. Odom. (1991). "Predicting Firm Failure: Neural Network vs. a Discriminant Analysis Approach". Proceedings of the Oklahoma Symposium on Artificial Intelligence.

Editorial and Review Activities

  • Annals of Operations Research
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Communications of the ACM
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Computers and Operations Research
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Decision Sciences
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Decision Support Systems
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • European Journal of Operations Research
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Interfaces
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Management Science
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Managerial and Decision Economics
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Operations Research
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • ORSA Journal of Computing
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • Production and Operations Management
    Ad Hoc Reviewer
  • IACIS
    Editorial Board Member
    2017
  • Case Studies in Business, Industry and Government Statistics
    Associate Editor
    2008
  • Invited Manuscript Reviewer
    2004
  • Journal of Computer Information Systems
    Editorial Board Member
    2004
  • International Journal of Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
    Editorial Board Member
    2006 - 2008
  • Invited Manuscript Reviewer
    2002 - 2003

Awards and Honors

  • Outstanding Stillwater Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2023)
  • Outstanding Stillwater Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2022)
  • Outstanding Stillwater Faculty Teaching Award (2021)
  • Jack Allen Family Education Foundation Teaching Excellence Award (2020)
  • Outstanding Stillwater Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (2020)
  • Outstanding Stillwater MBA Faculty Excellence Award (2017)
  • Oklahoma State Faculty Outreach Excellence Award (2016)
  • Outstanding Stillwater MBA Faculty Excellence Award (2016)
  • Richard Poole Outreach Excellence Award (2016)
  • Chandler-Frates and Reitz Teaching Excellence Award (2015)
  • Regents Distinguished Teaching Award (2014)
  • Outstanding Stillwater MBA Faculty Excellence Award (2013)
  • Kenneth D. and Leitner Greiner Graduate Teaching Award (2012)
  • IACIS Computer Educator of the Year (2011)
  • Chandler-Frates and Reitz Teaching Excellence Award (2010)
  • Outstanding Stillwater MBA Faculty Excellence Award (2009)
  • Richard W. Poole Research Excellence Award (2009)
  • Outstanding Stillwater MBA Faculty Excellence Award (2007)
  • Kenneth D. and Leitner Greiner Graduate Teaching Award (2006)

Academic, Military, and Professional Positions

  • Department of MSIS, Oklahoma State University, Department Head,
  • Oklahoma State University, Dan and Tiffany Howard MBA Faculty Fellow, July 2020
  • Oklahoma State University, W. Paul Miller Professorship in Business Administration, July 2001
  • Oklahoma State University, Professor, June 2000
  • Oklahoma State University, Associate Professor, June 1995 - June 2000
  • Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor, August 1990 - June 1995
  • University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Graduate Teaching Associate, August 1987 - July 1990
  • U S West, Director, June 1983 - August 1987