Wayne L. Winston

Wayne Leslie Winston (born February 14, 1950, in New Jersey) is an American academic who serves as Professor Emeritus of Decision and Information Systems at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Education

Winston has a master's degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1971)[1] and a PhD in Operations Research from Yale University (1975).[1] In 1986 he created the computer game Hoops with Jeff Sagarin.[2]

Career

Winston has worked for Microsoft Corporation, Cisco Systems, 3M Company, Deloitte, the Dallas Mavericks, the US Department of Defense and the US Army.[1] He is a Professor Emeritus of Decision and Information Systems at the Kelley School[3] and a visiting professor at the University of Houston.[4]

Winston's books include Marketing Analytics: Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel,[5] Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making[6] with S. Christian Albright, and Microsoft Excel 2016 Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Fifth Edition[7] IHis papers include "Optimal Price Skimming by a Monopolist Facing Rational Consumers" published on Management Science,[8] and "Optimality of the shortest line discipline" published by Cambridge University Press.[9] He also created the computer game Hoops with Jeff Sagarin.[2]

Awards and honors
  • Lilly Award for Teaching Excellence, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2004[1]
  • Two-time winner on the Jeopardy game show, 1992[10]

Selected publications
  • Operations research: applications and algorithms, PWS-Kent Pub. Co. (1991)[11]
  • S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston, Christopher James Zappe, Managerial Statistics, Duxbury, (2000)[12]
  • Financial Models Using Simulation and Optimization: A Step-by-step Guide with Excel and Palisade's DecisionTools Software, Volume 1, Palisade Corporation (2000)[13]
  • Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football, Princeton University Press (2012)[14]
  • S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston: Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making, Cengage Learning (2014)[6]
  • Marketing Analytics: Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel (2014)[5]
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Fifth Edition, Microsoft Press (2016)[7]

References
  1. "Faculty Profiles: Department of Operations & Decision Technologies : Kelley School of Business: Indiana University". Kelley.iu.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  2. Burns, Ed (30 March 1987). "WARNING: 'HOOPS' MAY BE ADDICTIVE". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  3. "Profile". Cogs.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  4. "Campus Directory: University of Houston". Uh.edu. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  5. Winston, Wayne L. (8 January 2014). Marketing Analytics: Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel - Wayne L. Winston - Βιβλία Google. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118417300. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  6. Christian Albright, S.; Winston, Wayne L. (28 February 2014). Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making - S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston - Βιβλία Google. Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781285965529. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  7. Kim Spilker (2016-12-14). "New book: Microsoft Excel 2016 Data Analysis and Business Modeling, Fifth Edition – Microsoft Press blog". Blogs.msdn.microsoft.com. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  8. Besanko, David; Winston, Wayne L. (May 1990). "INFORMS PubsOnline". Management Science. Pubsonline.informs.org. 36 (5): 555–567. doi:10.1287/mnsc.36.5.555. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  9. Indiana University (2016-07-14). "Optimality of the shortest line discipline | Journal of Applied Probability | Cambridge Core". Journal of Applied Probability. Cambridge.org. 14 (1): 181–189. doi:10.1017/S0021900200104772. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  10. "'Mathletics' Expert Wayne Winston Joins Bauer Faculty – Latest News". Bauerticker.uh.edu. 2014-04-14. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  11. Winston, Wayne L. (1991). Operations research: applications and algorithms - Wayne L. Winston - Βιβλία Google. PWS-Kent Publishing Company. ISBN 9780534980795. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  12. Christian Albright, S.; Winston, Wayne L.; Zappe, Christopher James (2000). Managerial Statistics - S. Christian Albright, Wayne L. Winston, Christopher James Zappe - Βιβλία Google. Duxbury. ISBN 9780534349813. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  13. Winston, Wayne L. (2000). Financial Models Using Simulation and Optimization: A Step-by-step Guide ... - Wayne L. Winston - Βιβλία Google. Palisade Corporation. ISBN 9781893281035. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  14. Winston, W.L.: Mathletics: How Gamblers, Managers, and Sports Enthusiasts Use Mathematics in Baseball, Basketball, and Football. (eBook and Paperback). Press.princeton.edu. 2017-04-20. ISBN 9780691154589. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
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