Ulas Akkucuk, Assistant Professor

Vice Chair

Ph.D. : Rutgers University

Teaching Areas: Linear Programming, Probability and Statistics, Multivariate Analysis, Marketing Research, Production and Operations Management

Research Areas: Multidimensional Scaling, Nonlinear Optimization and Its Applications in MDS, Multivariate Analyses, Clustering, Tree-Fitting and Network Models Applied to Marketing, Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction

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Selected Publications:

• Akkucuk, U. and Carroll, J.D. (2006), "PARAMAP vs. Isomap: A Comparison of Two Nonlinear Mapping Algorithms", Journal of Classification, 23, pp. 221-254. SSCI.
• Akkucuk, U. & Kucukkancabas, S. (2007), Analyzing the Perceptions of Turkish Universities Using Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) Analysis, Bogazici Journal, 21, 125-141.
• Akkucuk, U., & Carroll, J. D. (2006), Parametric Mapping (PARAMAP): An Approach to Nonlinear Mapping, 2006 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Statistical Computing [CD-ROM], Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association: 1980-1986.