BA, National University of Iran, 1975; MS, Western Michigan University, 1980; PhD, University of Virginia, 1987. Asst. Prof.-Prof., Southern Connecticut State University, 1984-present; Visiting Fellow, Yale Department of Economics, 1993-94; Sr. Decision Analyst, Market Research and Portfolio Analysis Group, 1997, Sr. Manager, Portfolio and Decision Analysis Group, 1998-99, Pfizer Pharmaceutical.
Forecasting and Decision Analysis with Applications in Strategic Decision Making in Public and Private Sectors.
- Information Collection Strategic Design in Experts-Assisted Decision Making
Paradigm, Group Decision and Negotiation, Volum 10, No. 5, 2001.
- Are the New U.S. Composite Leading Economic Indicators More Informative?,
Indian Economic Review: Special Issue on Analysis of Business Cycles,
Vol. XXXVI, Number 1, 2001.
- Modeling Monetary Policy Using SPSA-based Neural Networks, Proceedings
of the 36th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 1997.
- Bayesian Estimation of a Decision Using Information Theory, IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans, 1997.
- Probability Forecast of Downturn in U.S. Economy Using Classical Statistical
Decision Theory, with F. Rezayat, Empirical Economics, 1996.
- Combining Ranked Mean Valued Forecasts, European Journal of Operational
Research, 1996.
- INFORMS: International Chapter Committee (Chair; 2001-2003, Member; 1996-2000);
NY Metro Chapter; CT Chapter (past Program Chair); Decision Analysis Society.
- American Statistical Association: Member of the Committee on International
Relations, 1993-97; CT Chapter (past President).
- Decision Analysis Affinity Group.
- Southern CT Business Economist Club.
Business Economic Forecasting
Decision Analysis
Statistical Decision Making
Management Science
Southern Connecticut State University
Department of Economic and Finance
202 Seabury Hall
New Haven, CT 06515
Telephone: (203) 392-5625
Fax: (203) 392-5863
Email: mostaghimi@SouthernCT.edu
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