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Jairus M Hihn
Lecturer
Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Phone: (714) 732-tbd
Email: Jairus.M.Hihn @ jpl.nasa.gov
Education
Dr.
Hihn received B.A. from the Pennsylvania
State University
and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland.
Dissertation was "A Hierarchical Approach to Decision Making: Methodology and Economic Theory.”
Experience
Dr.
Hihn has 17 years experience in aerospace working at NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory. He is currently the manager for the Measurement Estimation and
Analysis Element, which is establishing a laboratory wide software metrics and
software estimation program. He has been developing estimation models and
providing software and mission level cost estimation support to JPL’s Deep
Space Network and flight projects since 1988.
Dr. Hihn previously worked at at the University of
California, Berkeley in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
where he co-developed a statistical technique based on the semi-variance of a
probability distribution for use in estimating agricultural production and
income risks and was also the co-author on several papers which formally
applied catastrophe theory to the analysis of political instability in third
world countries using both non-parametric and maximum likelihood methods.
Honors
- Principal
Member of JPL Engineering Staff
- Parametrician
of the Year Award 2004
- International
Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA): 1990, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004,
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NASA Certificate of Recognition, 1992
Research Interests
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Cost and size estimation techniques
Recent Publications
- Menzies, T, Port D, Chen Z, Hihn, J, Stukes, S., Validation Methods for
Calibrating Software Effort Models, Proceedings of the Twenty Seventh
International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE’05), St. Louis, MO, June,
2005
- Hihn, J, Lum,
K., and Monson, E.. Economic Analysis of the Software Cost Function,
Proceedings AIAA Space 2004, 28-30 September, 2004, San Diego, CA
- Hihn, J
and Lum, K. , Improving Software Size
Estimates by Using Probabilistic Pairwise Comparison Matrices, IEEE Metrics 2004 14-16 September, 2004,
Chicago, IL.
- Hihn, J and
Lum, K., , The Impact of Organizational Structure on Cost Risk, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of
the International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA), 10-12 May, 2004,
Frascati, Italy
- R. Wheeler, J.
Hihn, B. Wilkinson, Distributive Collaborative Team Effectiveness: Measurement
and Process Improvement, 9th ISPE International Conference On Concurrent
Engineering: Research And Applications, 27th - 31st JULY, 2002, Cranfield
University, United Kingdom
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Macias, M. and
Hihn, J., Simpkins, P.(KSC) and S. Paydarfar, Proving the Value of Advanced
Systems with Metrics, Integrated Enterprise,
Fall, 2001.
- Hihn, J and
Habib-agahi, H. Identification and Measurement of the Sources of Flight
Software Cost Growth, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the
International Society of Parametric Analysts (ISPA), 8-10 May, 2000, Noordwijk,
Netherlands
- Hihn, J.,
Wheeler, R., and Zak, H. Controlling Rapid Change Through Systems Engineering
the Organization, Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium of the
International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), 6-11 June, 1999,
Brighton, England, p.233-240
- Griesel, A.,
Hihn, J., Bruno, K., and Tausworthe, R..
Software Forecasting As it Is
Really Done: A Study of JPL Software Engineers. Proceedings of the Eighteenth
Annual Software Engineering Workshop. Goddard Space
Flight Center.
December 1-2, 1993.
- Hihn, J.M. and
H. Habib-agahi. Cost Estimation of
Software Intensive Projects: A Survey of Current Practices. Proceedings of the Thirteenth IEEE International Conference on Software
Engineering, May 13-16, 1991.
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Hihn, J. M.,
S. Malhotra and M. Malhotra. Volatility and Organizational Structure. Journal
of Parametrics. September 1990. pp.
65-82.
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