Michael Armstrong
Associate Professor
Goodman School of Business
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Michael J. Armstrong teaches courses on quality improvement, game theory, and operations management. He holds a PhD in management science from the University of British Columbia, an MBA from the University of Ottawa, and a BSc from the Royal Military College of Canada. Before his academic career, Armstrong was an aircraft maintenance manager. He holds several certifications from the American Society for Quality, including a six sigma black belt in quality improvement.
Research Interest
One of Armstrong's research programs aims to help students make better decisions about their studies. He is examining the performance of students who repeat courses, to see how well they perform compared to their previous attempts and compared to first-time course-takers. He is also experimenting with the use of grade forecasts to help students better understand their learning progress.
Publications
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Armstrong, MJ and Biktimirov, EN. To repeat or not to repeat a course, Journal of Education for Business. Volume 88, Number 6, 2013.
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Armstrong, MJ. The salvo combat model with area fire, Naval Research Logistics. Volume 60, Number 8, 2013.
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Armstrong, MJ. A preliminary study of grade forecasting by students, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. Volume 11, Number 2, 2013.
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Armstrong, MJ. The salvo combat model with a sequential exchange of fire, Journal of the Operational Research Society. Volume 65, Number 10, 2014.
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Armstrong, MJ and Biktimirov, EN. The performance of new and repeating students in introductory economics, Journal of the Academy of Business Education. Volume 15, Number 2, 2014.
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Armstrong, MJ. Modeling short-range ballistic missile defense and Israels Iron Dome system, Operations Research. Volume 62, Number 5, October, 2014.
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Cao, Y, Nsakanda, A, Diaby, M and Armstrong, MJ. Rewards-supply planning under option contracts in managing coalition loyalty programs, International Journal of Production Research. Volume 53, Number 22, 2015.
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Armstrong, MJ and Sodergren, SE. Refighting Pickett’s Charge: mathematical modeling of the Civil War battlefield, Social Science Quarterly. Volume 96, Number 4, 2015.
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Biktimirov, EN and Armstrong, MJ. Is the second time the charm for students repeating introductory finance?, Journal of Financial Education. Volume 41, Number 1, 2015.
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Connors, D, Armstrong, MJ and Bonnett, J. A counterfactual study of the Charge of the Light Brigade, Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History. Volume 48, Number 2, 2015.
