Ph.D.	Business Administration	The University of Georgia	1992
	MBA	Business Administration	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	1987
	B.S.	Nonferrous Metallurgy	Northeastern University, Shenyang, PRC	1982

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	2003–Present	Professor, Department of Management Science and Statistics, College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio
	1998–2003	Associate Professor, Department of Management Science and Statistics, College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio
	1992–1998	Assistant Professor, Division of Management and Marketing, College of Business, The University of Texas at San Antonio
	1995	Visiting Research Scientist, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
	1987–1992	Teaching Assistant, Department of Management Sciences and Information Technology, Terry College of Business, The University of Georgia
	1982–1985	Assistant Lecturer, Department of Management Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang, Liaoning, PRC

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Refereed Journal Articles:
 

	Bafahm, A. and M. Sun, “Some Conflicting Results in the Analytic Hierarchy Process,” International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, forthcoming, 2019.
	Beebe, N. L., L. A. Maddox, L. Liu and M. Sun, “Sceadan: Using Concatenated N-Gram Vectors for Improved File and Data Type Classification,” IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security, Vol. 8, No. 9, pp. 1519–1530, 2013.
	Cao, B., M. Sun and C. Macleod, “Applying GIS and Combinatorial Optimization to Fiber Deployment Plan,” Journal of Heuristics, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 385–402, 1999.
	Chen, Z. -Y., Z. -P. Fan, M. Sun, “A Hierarchical Multiple Kernel Support Vector Machine for Customer Churn Prediction Using Longitudinal Behavioral Data,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 223, No. 2. PP. 461–472, 2012.
	Chen, Z. -Y., Z. -P. Fan, M. Sun, “Behavior-aware User Response Modeling in Social Media: Learning from Diverse Heterogeneous Data,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 241, No. 2, pp. 422-434, 2015.
	Chen, Z. -Y., Z. -P. Fan, M. Sun, “A multi-kernel support tensor machine for classification with multitype multiway data and an application to cross-selling recommendations,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 255, No. 1, pp. 110-120, 2016.
	Chen, Z. -Y., Z. -P. Fan, M. Sun, "Individual-level Social Influence Identification in Social Media: A Learning-Simulation Coordinated Method,” European Journal of Operational Research, forthcoming, 2019.
	Drinka, D., M. Sun and B. Murray, “A Multiple Objective Embedded Network Model for Human Resource Planning and an Implementation of the Tchebycheff Method,” Decision Sciences, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 319–341, 1996.
	Dulebohn, J. H., B. Murray and M. Sun “Selection Among Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans: The Roles of  Plan Features, Demographics, and Attitudes,” Personnel Psychology,  Vol. 53, No. 2, pp. 405–432, 2000.
	Graham, R. G. and M. Sun, “An Empirical Analysis of Project Management in a Selected Industrial Area in the Peoples Republic of China,” Project Management Journal, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 59–64, 1988.
	Hao, M., M. Sun and J. Yin, “Convergence to IFRS, Accounting Quality, and the Role of Regional Institutions: Evidence from China,” Asian Review of Accounting, forthcoming, 2019.
	Hassanzadeh F., H. Nemati and M. Sun, “Robust Optimization for Interactive Multiobjective Programming with Imprecise Information Applied to R&D Project Portfolio Selection,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 238, No. 1, pp. 41–53, 2014.
	Jiang, Y. -P., Z. -P. Fan, H. -M. Liang and M. Sun, “An Optimization Approach for Existing Home Seller-Buyer Matching,” Journal of the Operational Research Society, forthcoming, 2019.
	Jiang, Y. -P., H. -M. Liang and M. Sun, “A method based on the ideal and nadir solutions for stochastic MADM problems,” Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 87, pp. 114-125, 2015.
	Jin, X. -B, G. -G. Geng, M. Sun and D. Zhang, “Combination of Multiple Bipartite Ranking for Multipartite Web Content Quality Evaluation,” Neurocomputing, Vol. 149, Part C, pp. 1305-1314, 2015.
	Liu, H. -C., Y. -P. Hu, J. -J. Wang and M. Sun, “Failure Mode and Effects Analysis Using Two-Dimensional Uncertain Linguistic Variables and Alternative Queuing Method,” IEEE Transactions on Reliability, forthcoming, 2019.
	Liu, X., Y. Zhao and M. Sun, “An Improved Apriori Algorithm Based on an Evolution-Communication Tissue-like P System with Promoters and Inhibitors”, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Vol. 2017, Article ID 6978146, 11 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/6978146.
	Lutz, C. M., K. R. Davis and M. Sun, “Determining Buffer Location and Size in Production Lines Using Tabu Search,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 106, No. 2–3, pp. 301–316, 1998.
	Mancha, R., M. T. Leung, J. Clark and M. Sun, “Finite Mixture Partial Least Squares for Segmentation and Behavioral Characterization of Auction Bidders,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 57, pp. 200–211, 2014.
	Marlin, D., J. W. Huonker and M. Sun, “An Examination of the Relationship between Strategic Group Membership and Hospital Performance,” Health Care Management Review, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 18–29, 2002.
	Marlin, D., M. Sun and J. W. Huonker, “Strategic Groups and Performance in the Nursing Home Industry: A Reexamination,” Medical Care Research and Review, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 156–176, 1999.
	Philippart, J., M. Sun, J.-L. Doucet and P. Lejeune, “Mathematical Formulation and Exact Solution for Landing Location Problem in Tropical Forest Selective Logging, a Case Study in Southeast Cameroon,” Journal of Forest Economics, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 113–122, 2012.
	Qiu, R., M. Sun and Y. F. Lim, “Optimizing (s, S) Policies for Multi-period Inventory Models with Uncertainties in Demand Distributions: A Robust Dynamic Programming Approach”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 261, No. 3, pp. 880–892, 2017.
	Qu, J., X. Liu, M. Sun and F. Qi, “GPU-based Parallel Particle Swarm Optimization Methods for Graph Drawing”, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, Vol. 2017, Article ID 2013673, 15 pages, 2017. doi.org/10.1155/2017/2013673.
	Stam, A., M. Sun and M. Haines, “Artificial Neural Network Representations for Hierarchical Preference Structures,” Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 23, No. 12, pp. 1191–1201, 1996.
	Stam, A., M. Sun and M. Haines, “Feed-Forward Neural Networks for Approximating Pairwise Preference Structures,” Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 448, pp. 413–420, 1997.
	Steuer, R. E. and M. Sun, “The Parameter Space Investigation Method for Multiple Objective Nonlinear Programming: A Computational Investigation,” Operations Research, Vol. 43, No. 4, pp. 641–648, 1995.
	Stummer, C and M. Sun, “New Multiobjective Metaheuristic Solution Procedures for Capital Investment Planning,” Journal of Heuristics, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 183–199, 2005.
	Sun, M., “A Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for Solving the Transportation Problem with Exclusionary Side Constraints,” Journal of Heuristics, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 305–326, 1998.
	Sun, M., “A Multiple Objective Programming Approach for Determing Faculty Salary Equity Adjustment,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 138, No. 2, pp. 302–319, 2002.
	Sun, M., “The Transportation Problem with Exclusionary Side Constraints and Two Branch-and-Bound Algorithms,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 140, No. 3, pp. 629–647, 2002.
	Sun, M., “Procedures for Finding Nondominated Solutions for Multiple Objective Network Programming Problems,” Transportation Science, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 139–152, 2003.
	Sun, M., “Some Issues in Measuring and Reporting Solution quality of Interactive Multiple Objective Programming Procedures,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 162, No. 2, pp. 468–483, 2005.
	Sun, M., “Warm-Start Routines for Solving Augmented Weighted Tchebycheff Programs in Multiple Objective Network Programming,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 422–437, 2005.
	Sun, M., “Solving Uncapacitated Facility Location Problems Using Tabu Search,” Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 9, pp.2563–2589, 2006.
	Sun, M., “A Primogenitary Linked Quad Tree Data Structure and Its Application to Discrete Multiple Criteria Optimization,” Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 147, No. 1, pp. 87–107, 2006.
	Sun, M., “Linear Programming Approaches for Multiple-Class Discriminant and Classification Analysis,” International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 57–80, 2010.
	Sun, M., “Finding Integer Efficient Solutions for Multiple Objective Network Programming Problems,” Networks, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 362–375, 2011.
	Sun, M., “A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Multiple-Class Discriminant Analysis,” International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1–24, 2011.
	Sun, M., “A Primogenitary Linked Quad Tree Approach for Solution Storage and Retrieval in Heuristic Binary Optimization,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 209, No. 3, pp. 228–240, 2011.
	Sun, M. “A Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for the Capacitated Facility Location Problem,” Journal of Heuristics,Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 91–118, 2012.
	Sun, M., “A Multi-Class Support Vector Machine: Theory and Model,” International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 1175–1199, 2013.
	Sun, M., “A Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Representative Integer Efficient Solutions in Multiple Objective Network Programming Problems,” Networks, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 56–71, 2013.
	Sun, M., J. E. Aronson, P. G. McKeown and D. Drinka, “A Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for the Fixed Charge Transportation Problem,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 106, No. 2–3, pp. 441–456, 1998.
	Sun, M. and H. Nemati, “TABU MACHINE: A New Neural Network Solution Approach for Combinatorial Optimization Problems,” Journal of Heuristics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 5–27, 2003.
	Sun, M. and P. G. McKeown, “Tabu Search Applied to the General Fixed Charge Problem,” Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 41, pp. 405–1993.
	Sun, M., A. Stam and R. E. Steuer, “Solving Multiple Objective Programming Problems Using Feed-Forward Artificial Neural Networks: The Interactive FFANN Procedure,” Management Science, Vol. 42, No. 6, pp. 835–849, 1996.
	Sun, M., A. Stam and R. E. Steuer, “Interactive Multiple Objective Programming Using Tchebycheff Programs and Artificial Neural Networks,” Computers & Operations Research, Vol. 27, No. 7–8, pp. 601–620, 2000.
	Sun, M. and R. E. Steuer, “InterQuad: An Interactive Quad Tree Based Procedure for Solving the Discrete Alternative Multiple Criteria Problem,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 89, No. 3, pp. 462–472, 1996.
	Sun, M. and R. E. Steuer, “Quad Trees and Linear List for Identifying Nondominated Criterion Vectors,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 367–375, 1996.
	Sun, M. and M. Xiong, “ A Mathematical Programming Approach for Gene Selection and Tissue Classification,” Bioinformatics, Vol. 19, No. 10, pp. 1243–1251, 2003.
	Wang, L. X. Liu, M. Sun, J. Qu and Y. Wei, “A New Chaotic Starling Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Clustering Problems ,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Vol. 2018, Article ID 8250480, 14 pages, 2018.
	Xin, B. and M. Sun, “ A Differential Oligopoly Game for Optimal Production Planning and Water Saving,” European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 269, No. 1, pp. 206–217, 2018.
	Zang, W. and M. Sun, “Searching Parameter Values in Support Vector Machines Using DNA Genetic Algorithms,” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 9567, pp. 588–598, 2016.
	Zang, W., M. Sun and Z. Jiang, “A DNA Genetic Algorithm Inspired by Biological Membrane Structure,” Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 3763–3772, 2016.

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Book Chapters:

	Beebe, N., L. Liu and M. Sun, “Data Type Classification: Hierarchical Class-to-Type Modeling,” in, Advances in Digital Forensics XII,  Perterson, G. and S. Shenoi (Eds.), Vol. 484, pp. 325–343. Springer, 2016.
	Drinka, D. and M. Sun, “A Human Resource Planning Multiple Objective Embedded Network Model and its Tchebycheff Method Implementation,” in Multiple Criteria Decision Making, Theory and Applications,  J. Gu, G. Chen, Q. Wei and S. Wang (Eds.), pp. 177–184, SCI-TECH Information Service, Vindsor, Berks, U.K., 1995.
	Hassanzadeh, F., H. Nemati and M. Sun, "“Robust Optimization for Multiobjective Programming Problems with Imprecise Information, ” Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 17, pp. 357–364, 2013.
	Stam, A., M. Sun and M. Haines, “Feed-Forward Neural Networks for Approximating Pairwise Preference Structures,” in Multiple Criteria Decision Making, G. Fandel and T. Gal (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 448, pp. 413–420, Springer-Verlag, New York, NY, 1997.
	Leung, M., S. Pan and M. Sun, “A Review of Data Analytic Methods and Their Applications in E-Commerce Research,” in C. Mazzanti (ed.), Electronic Commerce: Technologies, Challenges and Future Prospects, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, pp. 1–79, 2017.
	Sun, M., “A Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for the Uncapacitated Facility Location Problem,” in C. Rego and B. Alidaee (eds.) Metaheuristic Optimization via Memory and Evolution: Tabu Search and Scatter Search, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, pp. 191–211, 2005.
	Sun, M., “z-Distribution,” in Salkind, N. J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design, Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Vol. 3, pp. 1653–1657, 2010.
	Sun, M., “z-Score,” in Salkind, N. J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design, Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Vol. 3, pp 1662–1667, 2010.
	Sun, M., “z-Test,” in Salkind, N. J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Research Design, Sage Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, Vol. 3, pp. 1667–1674, 2010.
	Sun, M., “Mathematical Programming Models for Classification,” in Wang, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, Vol. 3, Ch. 136, pp. 1503–1516, 2014.
	Sun, M., “Multiple Objective Programming,” in Wang, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, Vol. 3, Ch. 143, pp. 1585–1604, 2014.
	Sun, M., “Support Vector Machine Models for Classification,” in Wang, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization, IGI Global, Hershey, PA, Vol. 5, Ch. 215, pp. 2395–2409, 2014.
	Sun, M., Z-Y. Chen and Z-P. Fan, “ A Multi-task Multi-kernel Transfer Learning Method for Customer Response Modeling in Social Media,” Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 31, pp. 221–230, 2014.
	Sun, M. and R. E. Steuer, “Quad Tree Data Structures for Use in Large-Scale Discrete Alternative Multiple Criteria Problems, ” in Shi, Y. and M. Zeleny (eds.), New Frontiers of Decision Making for the Information Technology Era, World Scientific Publishing Co., River Edge, NJ, pp. 44–47, 2000.

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Conference Proceedings:
 
 

	Agrell, P. J., M. Sun and A. Stam, “A Tabu Search Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Facility Location Planning,” Proceedings of the 1997 DSI Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, Vol. 2, pp. 908–910, 1997.
	Nemati, H., M. B. Montaner and M. Sun, “A Multi-Agent Framework for Web Based Information Retrieval and Filtering, ” Proceedings of the 2000 Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2000), pp. 308–310, 2000.
	Rosales, R., M. T. Leung and M. Sun, “An Intelligent Decision Support System for Adaptive Prediction of Student Attrition, ” Proceedings of the 2015 DSI Annual Meeting, available at http://www.decisionsciences.org/Portals/16/Proceedings/AM-2015/files/p1043740.pdf.
	Stummer C., M. Sun, “A Tabu Search heuristic for R&D project portfolio selection,” Proceedings of the 6th Metaheuristics International Conference, Vienna, Austria, pp. 847–852, 2005.
	Sun, M., “The AHP, Principal Eigenvectors and the Hopfield Neural Network,” Proceedings of the 1993 DSI Annual Meeting, Vol. 2, pp. 1024–1026, 1993.
	Sun, M., “Applying Tabu Search to Multiple Objective Combinatorial Optimization Problems,” Proceedings of the 1997 DSI Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, Vol. 2, pp. 945–947, 1997.
	Sun, M., “Determining Faculty Salary Equity Adjustments: A Multiple Objective Programming Approach,” Proceedings of the 1999 DSI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, Vol. 2, pp. 891–893, 1999.
	Sun, M., “Discrete Multiple Criteria Optimization via a Primogenitary Linked Quad Tree Data Structure,” Proceedings of the 2001 DSI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, pp. 1034–1036, 2001.
	Sun, M., “An Improved Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for the Capacitated Facility Location Problem,” Proceedings of the 2009 DSI Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, pp. 1461–1466, 2009.
	Sun, M., “Finding Integer Efficient Solutions in Multiple Objective Network Flow Problems with a Branch-and-Bound Algorithm,” Proceedings of the 2010 DSI Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, pp. 321–326, 2010.
	Sun, M., “A MIP Model for Feature Selection in Multiple-Class Classification,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery, Shanghai, China, pp. 998–1002, 2011.
	Sun, M., D. Drinka and J. E. Aronson, “Implementation Data Structures for a Tabu Search Heuristic Procedure for Solving the Fixed Charge Transportation Problem,” Proceedings of the 1995 DSI Annual Meeting, Vol. 2, pp. 915–917, 1995.
	Sun, M. and R. G. Graham, “An Empirical Analysis of Project Management in Selected Areas in PRC,” Proceedings of the Chinese Style Business Administration Seminar, Hong Kong, 1986.
	Sun, M. and R. E. Steuer, “Quad Tree Data Structures for Discrete Multiple Criteria Optimization,” Proceedings of the 2000 DSI Annual Meeting, Vol. 2, pp. 905–907, 2000.

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	Li, K., Z. -H. Liu, M. Sun and H. -Q. Su, “Conditions for Resale Price Maintenance Implementation under Retailer's Countervailing Power,” submitted to Review of Industrial Organization. (first review)
	Li, K., H. -Q. Su, M. Sun and Z. -H. Liu, “Consumer Preference and Retailer’s Countervailing Power”, submitted to International Journal of Industrial Organization. (first review)
	Sun, M., “A Mixed Integer Programming Model for Feature Selection in Multiple-Class Classification,” submitted to Journal of the Operational Research Society. (first review)
	Sun, M. “A Tabu Search Procedure for a Feature Selection Mixed Integer Programming Model in Multiple-Class Classification,” submitted to Journal of Heuristics. (first review)
	Xin, B., H. Gui and M. Sun, "Differential Games of Transboundary Production Planning and Pollution Abating under Cap-and-Trade Regulations,” submitted to Journal of Cleaner Production. (first revision)

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	Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award of the Decision Sciences Institute for the paper "A Multiple-Class Support Vector Machine, Theory and Model" at the 37th Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, Nov. 21, 2006.
	Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper Award of the Decision Sciences Institute for the paper "Multiple-Group Discriminant and Classification Analysis with Linear Programming Approaches" at the 34th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., Nov. 25, 2003.
	University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business Advisory Council the Col. Jean Migliorino and Lt. Col. Philip Piccione Endowed Faculty Award for Research Excellence (2000).
	Award for Outstanding Service as the Local Arrangements Chair of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Production Operations Management Society (2000).
	University of Texas System Chancellor's Council Outstanding Teaching Award (1999).
	Outstanding Paper Award for the Health Care, Hospitality Management and Public Sector Track, Southern Management Association (1998).
	University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business Advisory Council Teaching, Research and Service Combined Award (1997).
	University of Texas at San Antonio College of Business Advisory Council Research Award (1995).
	Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition Award of the Decision Sciences Institute (1993).

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	2012–present	Decision Analytics, Associate Editor.
	2000–present	International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, Editorial Board (member).
	2011–present	The Springer Series in Quantitative Management, Editorial Board (member).
	2008–present	International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, Associate Editor.
	2010–present	ISRN Applied Mathematics, Editorial Board (member).
	2010–present	Information Science and Technology, Associate Editor.

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	2001–present	Who's Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who.
	2004–present	Who's Who in American Education, Marquis Who’s Who.
	2005–present	Who's Who in Finance and Business, Marquis Who’s Who.
	2006–present	Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who.
	2002	2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, UK.
	2006	Leading Educators of the World, International Biographical Centre, UK.

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