American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences
Editor-in-Chief
Madhuri S. Mulekar
University of South Alabama
Editorial Board
Subhash Bagui
University of West Florida
Yogendra P. Chaubey
Concordia University
Hokwon Cho
University of Nevada
Carlos A. Coelho
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Sanku Dey
St. Anthony's College
Sat Gupta
University of North Carolina-Greensboro
U. C. Gupta
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Hiroto Hyakutake
Kyushu University
Jack P.C. Kleijen
Tilburg University
Narinder Kumar
Panjab University
Artur Lemonte
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Matthew Liberatore
Villanova University
Mikhail Malioutov
Northeastern University
Panagis Moschopoulos
University of Texas at El Paso
George C. Runger
Arizona State University
Takashi Seo
Tokyo University of Science
Tumulesh Solanky
University of New Orleans
Aman Ullah
Universtiy of California-Riverside
Edward A. Wasil
American University
Chelsea C. White, III
Georgia Institute of Technology
Henry Wolkowicz
University of Waterloo
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