Yonghua Ji
Contact
Associate Professor, Alberta School of Business - Department of Accounting and Business Analytics
- yji@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0006
- Address
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3-30E Business Building
11203 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2R6
Overview
About
Research
Research Interests
- Economics of Information Systems
- Dynamic Optimization of Software Development
- Information Systems Performance Analysis and Optimization
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Accounting Information Systems
- Electronic Commerce
- Information Systems Security and Auditing
- Programming Languages: VB.NET, Java, C/C++
Courses Taught
- MIS/ACCT 437 - Accounting Information Systems, University of Alberta
- MIS 418/618 - Introduction to E-commerce, University of Alberta
- MIS 311 - Management Information Systems, University of Alberta
- MIS 412 - Managerial Support Systems, University of Alberta
- BA 4318 - Programming in Visual Basic, UT, Dallas
- IS 320 - Fundamentals of Application Programming, University of Washington
Scholarly Activities
Research - Conference Presentations
“Optimal Timing of Dynamic Requirement Reviews for Software Development Process”, December 2006, WITS 2006, Milwaukie, Wisconsin.
"Dynamic Development of Software Product Line", May 2006, International Conference on Management Sciences: Optimization Models and Applications in honor of Dr. Suresh P. Sethi, Dallas
"Optimal Software Development: A Control Theoretic Approach", November 2005, INFORMS 2005, San Francisco (Invited talk)
"An Integrated Planning Model of Systems Development and Release", December 2003, WITS 2003, Seattle, Washington
"Real Options and Software Upgrades: An Economic Analysis", December 2002, ICIS 2002, Barcelona, Spain
"Optimal Software Development and Debugging Policies: A Control Theoretic Approach", December 2002, WITS 2002, Barcelona, Spain
Research - Peer-Reviewed Journals
Y. Ji, S. Kumar, V. Mookerjee, S. Sethi, and D. Yeh. Forthcoming. Optimal Enhancement and Lifetime of Software Systems: A Control Theoretic Analysis. Production and Operations Management Forthcoming.
K. Dogan, Y. Ji, V. Mookerjee, and S. Radhakrishnan. Forthcoming. Managing the Versions of a Software Product under Variable and Endogenous Demand. Information Systems Research Forthcoming.
Y. Tan, Y. Ji, and V. Mookerjee. 2006. Analyzing Document Duplication Effects on Joint Policies for Browser and Proxy Caching. INFORMS Journal on Computing 18(4) 506-522.
Y. Ji, V. Mookerjee, and S. Sethi. 2005. Optimal Software Development: A Control Theoretic Approach. Information Systems Research 16(3) 292-306, 2005.
Research - Refereed Conference Proceedings
Y. Ji, M. Fan and Y. Tan. 2006. Optimal Timing of Dynamic Requirement Reviews for Software Development Process. Proceedings of WITS 2006.
Y. Ji, S. Kumar, S. Sethi, and D. Yeh. 2006. Dynamic Optimization of Software Enhancement Effort. Proceedings of WITS 2006.
D. Liu, Y. Ji and V. Mookerjee. 2005. Information Security Investment with Different Information Types: A Two-Firm Analysis. Proceedings of AMCIS 2005.
Y. Ji, V. Mookerjee, and S. Sethi. 2003. An Integrated Planning Model of Systems Development and Release. Proceedings of WITS 2003. (Best paper nominee)
Y. Ji, V. Mookerjee, and S. Radhakrishnan. 2002. Real Options and Software Upgrades: An Economic Analysis. Proceedings of ICIS 2002.
Y. Ji and V. Mookerjee. Optimal Software Development and Debugging Policies: A Control Theoretic Approach. Proceedings of WITS 2002. (Best paper nominee)
Research - Working Papers
“Time and Materials versus Fixed Price Contracts for Software Maintenance Outsourcing: an Agency Theoretic Analysis”, with S. Radhakrishnan
“Knowledge Sharing and Investment Decisions in Information Security”, with Dengpan Liu and Vijay Mookerjee