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One Step at a Time: Improving the Fidelity of Geospatial Agent-Based Models Using Empirical Data
(2021-11-18)Agent-based modeling is frequently used to produce geospatial models of transportation systems. However, reducing the computational requirements of these models can require a degree of abstraction that can compromise the ... -
Optimization Models For Leishmaniasis Control: A Case For Bihar, India
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-10-22)Leishmaniasis, is a family of infectious diseases, which mostly affects poor and developing countries. The highest prevalence and mortality rate of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) the world over occurs in Bihar state of ... -
Optimized Estimates Based On Multiple Sensor Configuration Knowledge
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-10-23)There has been an increase in the usage of sensor technology as they are adaptable for use in different environments, many of which are hostile to direct human observation, such as regions affected by land mines or forest ... -
OPTIMIZING A SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS
(2018-05-07)There has been a significant increase in the number of electric vehicles (EVs) mainly because of the need to have a greener living. Thus, ease of access to charging facilities is a prerequisite for large scale deployment ... -
Optimizing Load Control For A Residential Microgrid In A Collaborative Environment
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-07-22)This research is aimed to develop an analytical model for a Residential Microgrid under a collaborative environment. In order to maximize profit, Collaborative Consumption (C.C) as a community-based social agreement has ... -
Optimizing the Performance of Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation
(2022-05-04)Surrogate Optimization and Global Optimization approaches to optimize underlying functions have been studied and used extensively in the field of Operations Research. However, there are very few instances where these ... -
Optimizing The Use Of Systems Engineering On Proposals
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-12)Organizations whose primary business is executing contracts must be able to capture contracts to survive. When the contracts involve engineering complex systems, systems engineering often plays a significant role in the ... -
Outcome And State Transition Modeling For Adaptive Interdisciplinary Pain Management
Pain management is a major global health problem. The World Health Organization estimates that, globally, 1 in 5 adults suffer from chronic pain and in the United States alone, chronic pain affects nearly 100 million ... -
Parametric Cost Estimation Model For Microchannel Bonding Process Based On Activity Based Costing
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-10-22)The microchannel bonding process was developed to decrease product size and improve product performance. As the microchannel bonding process has moved from research to industrial manufacturing, it has become increasingly ... -
Performance Evaluation In Reverse Logistics With Data Envelopment Analysis
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2009-09-16)Good reverse logistics design can save cost, increase revenues, and gain competitive edges over the rivals. Design of the optimized reverse supply chain model is a very important task to help enterprises save cost and gain ... -
Phase I Monitoring With Applications In Manufacturing And Healthcare
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-07-14)This research develops statistical methods for quality monitoring in complex systems. Quality monitoring typically consists of two phases called Phase I analysis (or offline monitoring) and Phase II analysis (or online ... -
PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION OF A STOCHASTIC MULTI-PHASE MULTI- CRITERIA MULTI-ECHELON HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS NETWORK
(2019-11-12)Disasters, may that be anthropogenic or natural, cause much havoc to vast area and population. Property and infrastructures get destroyed. People are often in need of urgent relief like dry foods and water to survive. In ... -
Predicting a Quarterback's Fantasy Football Point Output For Daily Fantasy Sports Using Statistical Models
(2017-04-24)In the new age of daily fantasy sports (DFS), fantasy football has become an enormous revenue generator for DFS sites, such as DraftKings and FanDuel. Both companies are valued over \$1 billion. However, previous analysis ... -
Probability of Success in Program Management
(2017-11-16)The field of Program Management is subject to high program failures. The Project Management Institute (PMI) states that 74% of programs are executed unsuccessfully (Mulcahy, Rita). The high rate of program failures is ... -
Process Modeling System For Press Cure, Closed-cavity Tooled Thick Composites
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2011-10-11)Thick structural composite parts often use press curing with closed-cavity tooling for achieving dimensional tolerances. A commonly encountered defect for these parts is fiber waviness, whick limits its structural strength. ... -
Productivity Improvement and Cost Optimization of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises
(2017-05-11)Productivity improvement and cost optimization have been a topic of discussion for at least a century. The publication of Fredrick Taylor’s book ‘The Principles of Scientific Management’ in 1911 can be considered as the ... -
Proposing a Sparse Weighted Directed Network Construction Method and a Novel Mutual-Information based Sparse Feature Selection Algorithm for Multivariate Time-series Analysis and its Application in Medical Diagnostic Problems
(2018-08-24)The main purpose of this study is feature engineering/learning from multivariate (MV) time-series to achieve a more interpretable model by dimension reduction. This aim is fulfilled in 2 main parts. In part 1, we proposed ... -
RFID And RTLS Enhancement For Retained Surgical Instrument In The Body
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2014-03-10)Retained surgical items (e.g., sponges, needles, and instruments) are classified as preventable medical errors that cost the United States about $17 to $29 billion each year and the most frequently reported sentinel events ... -
Risk Assessment and Analysis of Pharmaceutical Industry due to Recalls
(2017-05-04)In the past five years, there have been 5900 recalls of drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which created distraught consumers and shareholders of pharmaceutical companies. In addition, recalls cause ... -
Robust Airline Fleet Assignment
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2007-08-23)The fleet assignment model allocates the fleet of aircraft types to the scheduled flight legs in the airline timetable published 90 days prior to the departure of the aircraft. The objective is to maximize profit. While ...