James P Jarvis

Position:
Professor of Mathematical Sciences and Coordinator of Instruction

Education:
PhD, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
SM, Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973
BS, Mathematics, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1971

Professional Interests:
Operations Research and Computational Mathematics as applied to problems in systems modeling and design. Specific applications in enrollment modeling and course scheduling. Development of network algorithms, data structures, and associated computer software.

Professional Activities:
Member of INFORMS, SIAM.

Selected Publications:

• D.R. Shier, J.P. Jarvis. An Improved Algorithm for Approximating the Performance of Stochastic Flow Networks, ORSA Journal on Computing 8:4, 355-360 (1996).
• J.P. Jarvis, D.R. Shier. Graph Theoretic Analysis of Finite Markov Chains, in Applied Mathematical Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Approach, D. R. Shier and K. T. Wallenius (Eds.), CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1999.
• J.R. Aspland, T. Whitaker, K. Balaysagun, and J.P. Jarvis. Alternative Mathematical Approaches to Shade Sorting, Color Research and Application 25:5, 368-375 (2000).

Related Web Sites:
Course and reference materials.
Department of Mathematical Sciences.