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

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Education

Winston has a master's degree in mathematics from the

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(1971) and a PhD in

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from

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(1975). In 1986 he created the computer game

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with

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Career

Winston has worked for

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, the

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, the

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and the

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. He is a Professor Emeritus of Decision and Information Systems at the Kelley School and a visiting professor at the

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. Winston's books include ''Marketing Analytics: Data-Driven Techniques with Microsoft Excel'', ''Business Analytics: Data Analysis & Decision Making'' with S. Christian Albright, and ''Microsoft Excel 2016 Data Analysis and Business Modeling'', Fifth Edition IHis papers include "Optimal Price Skimming by a Monopolist Facing Rational Consumers" published on

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, and "Optimality of the shortest line discipline" published by

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. He also created the computer game ''

'' with

Awards and honors

* Lilly Award for Teaching Excellence, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2004 * Two-time winner on the ''

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'' game show, 1992

Selected publications

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Winston, Wayne 1950 births Living people Yale University alumni Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Indiana University Bloomington faculty