F.R. McMorris
Professor of Applied Mathematics (joint appointment with Computer Science) and
Dean of College of Science and Letters
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Research Interests:

Discrete applied mathematics, computational and mathematical biology, classification theory, location theory.

Selected Publications:

• Topics in Intersection Graph Theory, with T.A. McKee, SIAM Monographs on Discrete Mathematics and Applications, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
• Consensus functions on tree quasi-orders that satisfy an independence condition, with R.C. Powers, Math. Social Sci. (48), 2004, 183-192.
• The median function on distributive semilattices, with H.M. Mulder and R.C. Powers, Discrete Appl. Math. (127), 2003, 319-324.
• Axiomatic Consensus Theory in Group Choice and Biomathematics, with W.H.E. Day, SIAM Frontiers of Applied Mathematics, vol.29, Philadelphia PA, 2003.
• The compatibility of comparative and stratigraphic constraints on estimates of the ancestor-descendant relation, with G.F. Estabrook, Systematics & Biodiversity 4(2006), 9-17.