John Saccoman , Ph.D.
Professor, Program Adviser for Mathematics and Chair; Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
(973) 761-9466
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McQuaid Hall
Room 212B
John Saccoman, Ph.D.
Professor, Program Adviser for Mathematics and Chair; Department of Mathematics and
Computer Science
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
The Seton Hall University-Stevens Institute of Technology Graph Theory Group has been an important part of my research career. The group is still active today, responsible for scores of research publications, including those coauthored with students at both Stevens and Seton Hall. My particular areas of interest are in Network Reliability Analysis and Synthesis, Algebraic Graph Theory and Baseball Analytics.
I have taught most of the courses offered on the undergraduate level, especially in the areas of matrix theory and discrete mathematics. I also will teach a course in Network Analysis for our Masters Program in Data Science.
Education
- Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology
- M.S., Stevens Institute of Technology, 1987
- B.S., Seton Hall University
Scholarship
Books
- Understanding Sabermetrics, w/ Rev. G. Costa (SHU/USMA) and Prof. Mike Huber (Muhlenberg), 2008: McFarland
- Solutions manual (w/ JJ Saccoman) for Matrix Methods (3rd ed.) by Bronson and Costa, Elsevier
- Practicing Sabermetrics, w/ Rev. G. Costa (SHU/USMA) and Prof. Mike Huber (Muhlenberg), 2009 : McFarland
- Reasoning with Sabermetrics w/ Rev. G. Costa (SHU/USMA) and Prof. Mike Huber (Muhlenberg), 2012 : McFarland
- Linear Algebra w/ R. Bronson and Rev. G. Costa, 2013: Academic Press
- Spanning Tree Results for Graphs and Multigraphs: A Matrix-Theoretic Approach w/ D. Gross and C. Suffel, 2014; World Scientific Journal
Articles
- “Integral Split Multigraphs”, w/ E. Newman and B. Reilly, Congressus Numerantium 232 (2019), 189-200.
- “On the Laplacian eigenvalues of Ideal Proper Split multigraphs,”, w/ A. Desmond, Congressus Numerantium 230 (2018), 227-238
- “On a Class of Signless Laplacian Integral Multigraphs,” w/E. Lott, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 229 (2017), pp. 325-332.
- “On the Existence of Uniformly Most Reliable Trees Associated With Neighbor Component Order Connectivity,” w/ D. Gross, M. Heinig, C. Suffel, Congressus Numerantium Vol. 229 (2017), pp. 19-28.
- “On Reliability Models Associated with the Edge Domination Number for Trees,” w/D. Gross, M. Heinig, C. Suffel, M. Yatauro, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 227 (2016), pp. 65-83
- “A Note on Spanning Tree Increasing Surgeries for Threshold Graphs,” w/Christopher Motto, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 226, (2016), pp. 111-120.
- "On Neighbor Component Order Edge Connectivity" w/ D. Gross, M. Heinig, C. Suffel,. Congressus Numerantium Vol. 223 (2015), pp. 17-32.
- "Laplacian Integral Multigraphs II" w/Joseph O'Connor, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 223, (2015), pp. 131-143.
- "Alternate proof of the formula for the characteristic polynomial of a Threshold Graph" w/ D. Gross, M. Heinig, C. Suffel. Congressus Numerantium Vol. 222 (2014), pp. 169-178.
- "On a class of non-Threshold Laplacian Integral Split Graphs" w/ J. Fuller, Congressus Numerantium Vol. 220 (2014), pp. 5-16.
- "Spanning Trees of Almost Ideal Proper Split Graphs" w/ K. Moore. Congressus Numerantium Vol. 216 (2013), pp. 129-141.
- "Optimization results for Reliability Models" w/ C.Suffel, D.Gross, L.Iswara, L.W.Kazmierczak, K.Luttrell, Congressus Numerantium Vol. 216 (2013), pp. 43-54.
- "On Component Order Edge Connectivity of a Complete Bipartite Graph" w/ D. Gross, B. Kazmierczak, C. Suffel, A. Suharotomo, Ars Combinatoria Vol. 112 (2013), pp. 433-448.
- "A Survey of Component Order Connectivity Models of Graph Theoretic Networks" w/ C.Suffel, D.Gross, M.Heinig, L.Iswara, L.W.Kazmierczak, K.Luttrell. WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics Vol. 12 (2013), 895-910.
- "On Component Order Edge Reliability and the Existence of Uniformly Most Reliable Unicycles" w/C.Suffel, D.Gross, L.Iswara, L.W.Kazmierczak, K.Luttrell. WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics Vol. 12 (2013), 873-883.
- "The Relationship Between Neighbor-Connectivity, Component Order Connectivity, and Neighbor-Component Order Connectivity" w/ K.Luttrell, L.Iswara, L.W.Kazmierczak, C.Suffel, D.Gross, Congressus Numerantium, 212 (2012), pp. 15-30.
- "On Component Order Edge Reliability and Uniform Optimality" w/ L.Iswara, L.W.Kazmierczak, K.Luttrell, C.Suffel, D.Gross. Congressus Numerantium, 212 (2012), pp. 65-76.
- "Laplacian Integral Multigraphs" w/Monika Heinig, Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 212, (2012), pp. 131-143.
- "On Component Order Edge Reliability and Uniform Optimality" w/ L.Iswara , L.Kazmierczak, K. Luttrell, C.Suffel , D.Gross. Congressus Numerantium 212 (2012), pp. 65-76.
- "The relationship between neighbor-connectivity, component order connectivity and neighbor-component order connectivity" w/ K. Luttrell, L. Iswara, L.W. Kazmierczak, C. Suffel, D. Gross. Congressus Numerantium 212 (2012), pp. 15-30.
- "On weighted component edge connectivity of trees and unicycles" w/ L.Iswara , D.Gross, L.Kazmierczak, A Suhartomo, C.Suffel. Congressus Numerantium 206 (2010), 85-97.
- "Weighted Component Edge Connectivity of Trees and Unicycles II" w/ L. Chandra, D. Gross, L. Kazmierczak, K. Luttrell, C. Suffel. Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 208, (Dec. 2011), pp. 33-54.
- "On Component Order Edge Connectivity of a Complete Bipartite Graph" w/D. Gross, B. Kazmierczak,C. Suffel, A. Suharotomo, accepted by Ars Combinatoria.
- "A surgery reducing the number of spanning trees for threshold graphs by creating a bridge" w/ M. Houck. Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 203, (Dec. 2010), pp. 43-55.
- "On Weighted Component Edge Connectivity of Trees and Cycles" w/ L. Chandra, D. Gross, L. Kazmierczak, A. Suharotomo, C. Suffel. Congressus Numerantium, Vol. 203, (Dec. 2010), pp. 85-97.
- " All I needed to know about teaching mathematics I learned from Bernard Lonergan … and George Harrison" Proceedings of the SHU Center for Catholic Studies Seminar on Teaching as an Ethical Act, (2010), pp. 42-43.
- "Graphs with the maximum number of k-factors" w/ D. Gross and N. Kahl, Discrete Mathematics, Volume 310, Issue 4, Feb., 2010, pp. 687-691.
Accomplishments
Honors and Awards
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University Research Council Award, 2009, Seton Hall University
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Who's Who in America's Teachers, 2006
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Champion of EOF-NJ (2002, 2007)
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SHU University Teaching Fellow (2x --1997-98, 2001-2002)
Affiliations
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American Mathematical Society (AMS)
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Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
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Society of American Baseball Research (SABR); also, Elysian Fields Chapter (SABR-NJ)