Browsing Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering by Title
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Facility Capital Equipment And Labor Decision Support System Using A Discrete-event Simulation And Bottleneck Detection Approach
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)Market demand is constantly changing. Therefore, it is critical for companies to be flexible and willing to adapt in order to remain competitive. This study will evaluate bottleneck detection techniques that have been ... -
FORMING COALITIONS AND SHARING PAYOFFS IN n-PERSON NORMAL FORM GAMES
(2022-12-19)For a given n-person normal form game, we form all possible sets of mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive coalitions of the n players. For each set of coalitions, we define a coalitional semi-cooperative game as ... -
Formulation Of Lean Six Sigma Critical Business Processes For Manufacturing Facilitites
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-04-22)The author desired to create a method organizing the concepts from Lean, Six Sigma, critical business processes, and simplifying the usage of these concepts to identify Lean Six Sigma Critical Business Processes. Inspired ... -
Functional Data Analysis For Environmental And Biomedical Problems
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009-09-16)Vast amounts of data are being generated due to the development of sensing technology. Among those, one of the common types of data usually found in various discipline is the functional data. Because the functional data ... -
Global Optimization Of Nonconvex Piecewise Linear Regression Splines
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-10-22)Global optimization has been applied to a wide variety of science and engineering design problems. Although numerous global optimization techniques have been developed and studied for decades, when used for complex systems ... -
High-dimensional Adaptive Dynamic Programming With Mixed Integer Linear Programming
Dynamic programming (DP, Bellman 1957) is a classic mathematical programming approach to solve multistage decision problems. The “Bellman equation” uses a recursive concept that includes both the current contribution and ... -
Hybrid Simulation Modeling for Humanitarian Relief Chain Coordination
(Emerald, 2015-12-07)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for a hybrid simulation model that can be used to study the decision making and behaviors ... -
A Hybrid Simulation Modeling Framework for Regional Food Hubs
(Springer, 2017-02-06)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: As demand for regionally-produced food has increased, regional food hubs have helped to facilitate connections between consumers and small-scale food producers. ... -
IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PRIMARY CARE CLINICS
(2020-05-14)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/25/2024** ABSTRACT: The main aim of this dissertation is to study how unrecognized opportunities for improving efficiency of in-person patient visits in a primary care ... -
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR AUTOMATED DATA ANALYSIS IN MINERAL EXTRACTION COMPANIES
(2015-11-24)The need to determine knowledge from increasing amounts of information and raw data is a current and ongoing goal [1]. As technology continues to advance in the ability to collect and save more and more data, companies ... -
INCREASING THE SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS USING A CYCLIST BEHAVIOR QUESTIONNAIRE AND A SMARTPHONE BASED APPLICATION
(2023-08-23)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 8/1/2025** ABSTRACT: Bicycling is beneficial for health, the environment, road users’ flexibility, and personal expenses. Compared to motor vehicles, they are an active ... -
Integrated Nurse Staffing And Assignment Under Uncertainty
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-09-17)One of the major problems in the United States health care system is a shortage of nurses. Baby boomers and an increasing elderly population are the main reasons for a rapidly growing demand for nurses. Besides the decline ... -
Integration Of Data Mining Algorithms And Control Charts For Multivariate And Autocorrelated Processes
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2010-03-03)The objective of this dissertation is to integrate state-of-the-art data mining algorithms with statistical process control (SPC) tools to achieve efficient monitoring in multivariate and autocorrelated process. Process ... -
Inventory Pooling In Petroleum Upstream Logistics Network
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)The petroleum industry is heading toward the era of efficiency and cost reduction. Oilfield service companies have to raise their efficiency to stay competitive. This dissertation explores the efficiency issues facing an ... -
Joint Kinematics, Muscle Activity And Postural Strain For Finger- Intensive Operation Of Small Hand- Held Devices
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014)Background: Extensive movement of fingers while playing video games, and while browsing or texting in a smartphone often result in medically recognized repetitive strain injuries such as "PlayStation thumb" or "Blackberry ... -
LASSO Based State Transition Modeling with Interactions in Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management
(2022-08-10)The Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has an interdisciplinary pain management program for chronic pain. This program treats patients with a holistic view ... -
LEVERAGING AI AND SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES WITH THERMAL IMAGING AND TELEMEDICINE FOR EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF COVID-19 AND RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS IN URM COMMUNITIES
(2022-05-18)The underserved population could be at risk during the times of crisis, unless there is strong involvement from government agencies such as local and state Health departments and federal Center for Disease Control (CDC). ... -
Logistics Best Practices for Regional Food Systems: A Review
(MDPI, 11-01-2018)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The modern industrial food supply system faces many major environmental and social sustainability challenges. Regional food systems, in which consumers prefer ... -
Machine learning for ultraviolet spectral prediction
(2023-05-24)Machine Learning has found wide applications in material science, including dielectric polymers, superconducting materials, and drug property prediction. The use of data analytics and machine learning methods to predict ... -
Machine Learning Framework for Nonlinear and Interaction Relationships Involving Categorical and Numerical Features
(2021-09-01)Traditionally, physical scientific experiments have been conducted extensively to study and understand the behavior of a process or a system. With the advancement of computing technology in recent years, computer codes and ...