Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005

B.S. and B.E., University of Science & Technology of China, 1998

 

Associate Professor

Director of MS-CIS Graduate Program

Department of Mathematics, Computer

Science, and Information Systems

University of Houston, Victoria

Office:  305 Brazos Hall

Tel:      (281) 275-8807   

Email:   wany@uhv.edu

 

Teaching

COSC4320 Software Engineering

COSC4355 IT Service and Process Management

COSC6325 Policy, Strategy, and Ethical Issues in IS

 

Research

Electronic Commerce, Information System Analysis & Design , Decision Support System

Edited Book

 "Comparison-Shopping Services and Agent Designs,"  IGI Global, Hershey, PA, 2009, ISBN:1599049791

Selected Publications

[1] "The Impact of Age and Shopping Experience on the Classification of Search, Experience, and Credence goods in online Shopping," Information System and e-Business Management, Forthcoming, with Nakayama, M., and Sutcliffe, N.
[2] "Has the Web Transformed Experience Goods into Search Goods?" Electronic Markets, 2010. 20(3-4): p. 251-262, with Nakayama, M., and Sutcliffe, N.
[3] "Comparison-shopping and Recommendation Agents: a Research Agenda,"  Journal of Electronic Commerce Research, 11(3), 2010, with Fasli, M., Editorial
[4] "What's Next for Shopbots?" IEEE Computer, 2010. 43(5):p. 20-26. with Peng, G.
[5] "Health Service Quality Information Comparison: a Preliminary Investigation," in Healthcare and the Effect of Technology: Developments, Challenges and Advancements, Kabene, S., Editor. 2010, IGI Global: Hershey, PA.  with Evans-Mueller, S.
[6] "The Paradoxical Nature of Electronic Decision Aids on Comparison-Shopping: the Experiments and Analysis" Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, 2009 4(3): p.80-96. with Menon, S., and Ramaprasad, A.,  
[7] "Comparison-Shopping Channel Selection by Small Online Vendors: An Explorative Study," in Comparison-Shopping Services and Agent Designs, Y. Wan, Editor. 2009, IGI Global: Hershey.  with Hu, N.
[8]

"The Social Aspects of Agent Design" First Monday, Volume 14, Number 7 - July 6,  2009.

[9] "Will the Overseas Expansion of Facebook Succeed?" IEEE Internet Computing, 2008. 11(3): p. 69-73. with Kumar, V., and Bukhari, A.,
[10] "The Impact of Legal Challenges on the Evolution of Web-Based Intelligent Agents." Journal of International Commercial Law and Technology, 2008. 3(2): p. 112-119. with Liu, Y.
[11] "The Evolution of Comparison-Shopping Agents," in Agent Systems in Electronic Business, E.Y. Li and S.-T. Yuan, Editors. 2008, IGI Global: Hershey, PA. p. 25-37.
[12] "A Classification of Product Comparison Agents." Communications of the ACM, 2007. 50(8): p. 65-71. with Menon, S., and Ramaprasad, A.,
[13] "Factors Governing the Consumption of Explicit Knowledge." Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2006. 57(1): p. 36-43. with DeSouza, K. and Awazu, Y.
[14] "A New Paradigm for Developing Intelligent Decision Making Support Systems (iDMSS): A Case Study on the Development of Comparison-Shopping Agents," in Intelligent Decision-Making Support Systems (iDMSS): Foundations, Applications and Challenges, J. Gupta, G. Forgionne, and M. Mora, Editors. 2006, Springer-Verlag London: London. p. 147-165.
[15] "Comparison-Shopping as an Emerging Channel to Increase Web Visibility for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME) in the United States," in Global Electronic Business Research: Opportunities and Directions, N.A. Al-Qirim, Editor. 2005, Idea Group: Hershey, PA. p. 214-237.
   
 

Special Issue Editor

Journal of Electronic Commerce Research Special issue on Comparison-Shopping and Recommendation Agents,11(3), 2010
 

Last Updated: 9/8/2011