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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). ... -
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 ... -
MARS Knot Positioning and Global Optimization
(2019-08-12)Multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) is a statistical modeling approach with wide real-world applications. In the MARS model building process, knot positioning is a critical step that potentially affects the ... -
Material Flow Control In A Sequence Dependent Job Shop Via Order Release And Dispatching Mechanisms
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-09-17)Material flow control on the shop floor involves the release and dispatching of orders to meet customer due dates, while minimizing operating costs. The early release of orders to the shop floor does not necessarily ensure ... -
MATHEMATICAL MODELING APPROACHES IN SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS
(2020-05-19)Access to high quality and safe food is vital for sustainable development in societies. Perishable foods lose a major portion of their quality after harvesting until the consumption point due to poor storage and distribution ... -
MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION FOR A FLEET OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS
(2016-05-19)Major commercial electricity generation is done by burning fossil fuels out of which coal-fired power plants produce a substantial quantity of electricity worldwide. The United States has large reserves of coal, and it is ... -
Mathematical Optimization Techniques For Managing Selective Catalytic Reduction For Coal-fired Power Plants
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-07-14)Coal is one of the most important energy sources in the U.S. However, it is also one of the biggest air polluters where the major emissions generated from coal combustion are oxides of nitrogen (NOx). NOx leads to ozone ... -
Mathematical Programming Approaches For Land Use Planning That Limits Urban Sprawl
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-12)Sprawl has a detrimental effect on quality of life and the environment. For example, it increases our dependence on vehicles for daily tasks. This leads to increased vehicular pollution. It also increases traffic, which ... -
A Methodology For Evaluating The Performance Of Reverse Supply Chains In Consumer Electronics Industry
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)Enterprises around the world are employing reverse supply chain practices to generate profit making opportunities while meeting new regulations. As a result of the rapid progress in technology the product lifecycles are ... -
Methodology For Reverse Supply Chain Design In Consumer Electronics Industry
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)Reverse Logistics (RL), the art and science of moving goods typically from the end consumer towards the upstream end of supply chains, has been the subject of many strategic meetings in organizations today. This is attributed ... -
Methodology To Forecast Product Returns For The Consumer Electronics Industry
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2010-03-03)Reverse logistics has gained much attention in recent years. It is becoming a value added area of a supply chain network day by day. For enterprises, it has therefore become essential to manage the reverse flow of materials ... -
Mixed Integer Programming Models For Selecting Ground-level Ozone Control Strategies
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-07-14)Under the Clean Air Act (CAA) in 1990, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was required to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six common air pollutants that are considered harmful to public ... -
A Model Characterization Of The Texas Healthcare Facilities
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-10)The Patient Protect and Affordable Care Act of 2010 became a law on March 23, 2010. This healthcare act, according to the authors, is designed to improve health services by targeting various facets of the industry: ... -
Models For Evaluation Of Supply Chain Risk With Application To Healthcare Management
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-03-20)Over the past two decades, supply chain management has come to be a key component of organization competitiveness and effectiveness. In the same period, most organizations have put a great deal of effort into improving ... -
Multi-objective Evaluation Of Dynamic Facility Layout Using Ant Colony Optimization
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-04-22)The Dynamic Facility Layout Problem (DFLP) deals with changes of facility layout throughout time. As an extension to Static Facility Layout Problem (SFLP), it has gathered increasing interests lately. Facility layouts are ... -
MULTI-OBJECTIVE TWO-STAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING FOR ADAPTIVE INTERDISCIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT WITH PIECE-WISE LINEAR NETWORK TRANSITION MODELS
(2017-08-16)Pain is the most common symptom when a patient visits a physician. People experience pain throughout their lifetime at different degrees. If short term pain is not treated properly, then it can become long term pain, ... -
Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline Based Framework For Statistically Parsimonious Adaptive Dynamic Programming
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-10-11)Central to Dynamic Programming (DP) is the `cost-to-go' or `future value' function, which is obtained via actually solving the Bellman's equation and central to Approximate Dynamic Programming (ADP) is the use of an ...